Lindsay 👩🔬🚲
@llbroadwell.bsky.social
PhD candidate. Bike nerd. Train enjoyer. Possibly BlueSky's leading expert on outrigger monorails. Nuclear power is pretty cool. Support my research: https://www.patreon.com/m/BroadwellElectrics - https://paypal.me/luusb
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I have a couple ideas for neat ways to incorporate regenerative braking into e-bikes but one of them means machining my own rear hub and to be honest I'm not quite that desperate yet.
November 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I have a couple ideas for neat ways to incorporate regenerative braking into e-bikes but one of them means machining my own rear hub and to be honest I'm not quite that desperate yet.
Currently puzzling out how to get a good pedal sensor, and honestly it looks like the answer might well be "use a little DC motor run off the cranks to measure speed and rotation direction"
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Currently puzzling out how to get a good pedal sensor, and honestly it looks like the answer might well be "use a little DC motor run off the cranks to measure speed and rotation direction"
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"Each of the two 15-megawatt units is expected to be 50 percent more efficient than existing steam technology, presenting major potential for wider industrial and power plant applications."
That's a serious increase!
https://www.newsweek.com/china-nuclear-leap-world-first-clean-energy-11103808
That's a serious increase!
https://www.newsweek.com/china-nuclear-leap-world-first-clean-energy-11103808
China makes huge nuclear leap in world first for clean energy
This latest breakthrough in nuclear power technology has implications for U.S. energy policy and global decarbonization efforts.
www.newsweek.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Each of the two 15-megawatt units is expected to be 50 percent more efficient than existing steam technology, presenting major potential for wider industrial and power plant applications."
That's a serious increase!
https://www.newsweek.com/china-nuclear-leap-world-first-clean-energy-11103808
That's a serious increase!
https://www.newsweek.com/china-nuclear-leap-world-first-clean-energy-11103808
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Rachel Reeves is the continuity Conservative chancellor
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Rachel Reeves is the continuity Conservative chancellor
quoting owen from the infinite review by asking every time if [musician I've never heard of] is "from the rock group Boy Zone"
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
quoting owen from the infinite review by asking every time if [musician I've never heard of] is "from the rock group Boy Zone"
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"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
January 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive."
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“Someone I don’t know didn’t have the emotional reaction I wanted them to and thus they can’t be a victim/perpetrator/whatever” is about as accurate a read as measuring someone’s skull. and that’s before you even examine how biases factor into how we interpret the emotions of others
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“Someone I don’t know didn’t have the emotional reaction I wanted them to and thus they can’t be a victim/perpetrator/whatever” is about as accurate a read as measuring someone’s skull. and that’s before you even examine how biases factor into how we interpret the emotions of others
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
very silly wheelbuild today. 14" (254mm BSD) wheel with 36 spokes. added reflective strip because shiny
anyway, this bike will be called "Lautrec" and I'm designing it to be small enough to be taken on the Thalys to France without incurring excess luggage fees.
hoorah.
anyway, this bike will be called "Lautrec" and I'm designing it to be small enough to be taken on the Thalys to France without incurring excess luggage fees.
hoorah.
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
very silly wheelbuild today. 14" (254mm BSD) wheel with 36 spokes. added reflective strip because shiny
anyway, this bike will be called "Lautrec" and I'm designing it to be small enough to be taken on the Thalys to France without incurring excess luggage fees.
hoorah.
anyway, this bike will be called "Lautrec" and I'm designing it to be small enough to be taken on the Thalys to France without incurring excess luggage fees.
hoorah.
*streaming service does some other nonsense*
me, who keeps an offline music library mostly of CDs ripped to FLAC:
me, who keeps an offline music library mostly of CDs ripped to FLAC:
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
*streaming service does some other nonsense*
me, who keeps an offline music library mostly of CDs ripped to FLAC:
me, who keeps an offline music library mostly of CDs ripped to FLAC:
deliberately misprounouncing it as "Arena Grandé" because saying "what the hell is an Arena Grandé?" is, to me, inherenrly funny
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
deliberately misprounouncing it as "Arena Grandé" because saying "what the hell is an Arena Grandé?" is, to me, inherenrly funny
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November 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
my decision to purchase Chinese DTC e-bike components but do so via a company (Yose) that wants to be in business long-term and has a reputation to protect has turned out to be a wise one.
they're not the cheapest, but they're safer than God knows what off of Aliexpress.
they're not the cheapest, but they're safer than God knows what off of Aliexpress.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
my decision to purchase Chinese DTC e-bike components but do so via a company (Yose) that wants to be in business long-term and has a reputation to protect has turned out to be a wise one.
they're not the cheapest, but they're safer than God knows what off of Aliexpress.
they're not the cheapest, but they're safer than God knows what off of Aliexpress.
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This is, of course, tragic, and a damning indictment of these technologies, but this is also how every reference to credentialism about higher education sounds to the rest of us, fwiw.
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
This is, of course, tragic, and a damning indictment of these technologies, but this is also how every reference to credentialism about higher education sounds to the rest of us, fwiw.
sign of progress that I look back on some of the earliest bikes I built and wondering how I ever accepted such low standards of fit and finish
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
sign of progress that I look back on some of the earliest bikes I built and wondering how I ever accepted such low standards of fit and finish
Last year I built up a little electric bike as a quick-and-dirty project, then left it outside for six months.
By some miracle, it never got stolen, and it also still works. In the middle of rebuilding it and cleaning all the bits, and I think it's gonna be very cool indeed.
By some miracle, it never got stolen, and it also still works. In the middle of rebuilding it and cleaning all the bits, and I think it's gonna be very cool indeed.
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Last year I built up a little electric bike as a quick-and-dirty project, then left it outside for six months.
By some miracle, it never got stolen, and it also still works. In the middle of rebuilding it and cleaning all the bits, and I think it's gonna be very cool indeed.
By some miracle, it never got stolen, and it also still works. In the middle of rebuilding it and cleaning all the bits, and I think it's gonna be very cool indeed.
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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An actual must-read article, as pretty much all of Malik's are. I genuinely worry how long she can keep up being the single British commentator who can say any of this stuff.
On Shabana Mahmood's contemptible attempt to mobilise her identity in support of her sadistic immigration policies, this from Nesrine Malik is exactly what needed saying.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
An actual must-read article, as pretty much all of Malik's are. I genuinely worry how long she can keep up being the single British commentator who can say any of this stuff.
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Kerala demonstrates that with political will, meticulous planning, and community engagement, poverty is not inevitable—it can be eradicated
| Nick Kemp
| Nick Kemp
Kerala shows the way: why the North East must go beyond child poverty
Kerala demonstrates that with political will, meticulous planning, and community engagement, poverty is not inevitable—it can be eradicated
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Kerala demonstrates that with political will, meticulous planning, and community engagement, poverty is not inevitable—it can be eradicated
| Nick Kemp
| Nick Kemp
watching TV from the early 2000s is such a trip. it's a Russian roulette of:
- better than you remember it being
- far worse than you remember it being
- surprise blackface!
- surprise transphobia!
- "haha isn't men being sexually assaulted funny"
- "haha women are sexy lamps shut up darling"
- him
- better than you remember it being
- far worse than you remember it being
- surprise blackface!
- surprise transphobia!
- "haha isn't men being sexually assaulted funny"
- "haha women are sexy lamps shut up darling"
- him
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
watching TV from the early 2000s is such a trip. it's a Russian roulette of:
- better than you remember it being
- far worse than you remember it being
- surprise blackface!
- surprise transphobia!
- "haha isn't men being sexually assaulted funny"
- "haha women are sexy lamps shut up darling"
- him
- better than you remember it being
- far worse than you remember it being
- surprise blackface!
- surprise transphobia!
- "haha isn't men being sexually assaulted funny"
- "haha women are sexy lamps shut up darling"
- him
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It's a pain to book and the station locations aren't great. But man the China-Laos railway is nice!
I'm traveling business class (2 kinds, randomly allocated) from Luang Prabang to Vientiane today. Price? 40 euro for the 2 hour journey.
Very expensive for locals, but a real treat for this trip 🚄🇱🇦
I'm traveling business class (2 kinds, randomly allocated) from Luang Prabang to Vientiane today. Price? 40 euro for the 2 hour journey.
Very expensive for locals, but a real treat for this trip 🚄🇱🇦
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 AM
It's a pain to book and the station locations aren't great. But man the China-Laos railway is nice!
I'm traveling business class (2 kinds, randomly allocated) from Luang Prabang to Vientiane today. Price? 40 euro for the 2 hour journey.
Very expensive for locals, but a real treat for this trip 🚄🇱🇦
I'm traveling business class (2 kinds, randomly allocated) from Luang Prabang to Vientiane today. Price? 40 euro for the 2 hour journey.
Very expensive for locals, but a real treat for this trip 🚄🇱🇦
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i think some of us (or at least, myself) are to blame for creating a culture where it's sort of treated as a personal failing if you haven't seen/played/listened to the classics, but yeah, this. it's fine to say "idk it"
ppl who "read" by having chatgpt summarize books are cut from the same cloth
ppl who "read" by having chatgpt summarize books are cut from the same cloth
My even more unpopular opinion is unless you have personally experienced the thing, you should probably refrain from having an opinion on it.
We need to return to shaming people for parroting YouTube/TikTok with stuff like "When I want your opinion, I'll just find the YouTuber who gave it to you."
We need to return to shaming people for parroting YouTube/TikTok with stuff like "When I want your opinion, I'll just find the YouTuber who gave it to you."
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
i think some of us (or at least, myself) are to blame for creating a culture where it's sort of treated as a personal failing if you haven't seen/played/listened to the classics, but yeah, this. it's fine to say "idk it"
ppl who "read" by having chatgpt summarize books are cut from the same cloth
ppl who "read" by having chatgpt summarize books are cut from the same cloth
xbox 360 turned 20 years old yesterday
still my favorite console of all time. the gamecube was my first (and Wind Waker was a hell of a disc for the last owner to to leave in the drive) but the 360 for me was formative.
still my favorite console of all time. the gamecube was my first (and Wind Waker was a hell of a disc for the last owner to to leave in the drive) but the 360 for me was formative.
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
xbox 360 turned 20 years old yesterday
still my favorite console of all time. the gamecube was my first (and Wind Waker was a hell of a disc for the last owner to to leave in the drive) but the 360 for me was formative.
still my favorite console of all time. the gamecube was my first (and Wind Waker was a hell of a disc for the last owner to to leave in the drive) but the 360 for me was formative.
my hottest of hot takes is that not every game needs a sequel. in fact, it can even take away from the original.
Portal 2 built on and expanded the original. It's a masterpiece.
Meanwhile... Frostpunk 2 takes a world that felt raw and desperate and deeply human and abstracts all that away.
Portal 2 built on and expanded the original. It's a masterpiece.
Meanwhile... Frostpunk 2 takes a world that felt raw and desperate and deeply human and abstracts all that away.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
my hottest of hot takes is that not every game needs a sequel. in fact, it can even take away from the original.
Portal 2 built on and expanded the original. It's a masterpiece.
Meanwhile... Frostpunk 2 takes a world that felt raw and desperate and deeply human and abstracts all that away.
Portal 2 built on and expanded the original. It's a masterpiece.
Meanwhile... Frostpunk 2 takes a world that felt raw and desperate and deeply human and abstracts all that away.
which one
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
which one