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Started several shifts. Carbon, climate, start-ups, politics, policy... and bicycles. always bicycles
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Note for posterity:
Last day of the Biden admin:
Dow: 43,487.83
Unemployment: 4.1%
Fed interest rate: 4.5%
Eggs: 4.21/dozen regular Costco eggs 5 dozen/pack
Inflation: 2.9%
The Big Sur Coast is just insanely beautiful. It's the last few weeks before they open hwy1 from the slide, right now if you park at Nepenthe and ride south you have the road to yourself #bikesky #santacruzñ
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

Yes, this is totally what people do when they don't have anything to hide? 🙂
Trump Ramps Up Pressure on G.O.P. to Thwart Epstein Vote
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Chef's kiss
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Democratic Sens. Tim Kaine, Dick Durbin, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, Jacky Rosen, and Catherine Cortez Masto have all received financial, and in one case volunteer support from me. Today they broke the filibuster and threw millions of people under the bus. Remember their names. Primary them all
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Ok, seriously, we need public healthcare. Right now with the expiration of subsidies it should be clear to anyone who can do basic math that what we're subsidizing is insurance company profit. It's not subsidizing healthcare. If we put the same amount of money toward the public option, we win.
November 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
When you're LITERALLY destroying OUR White House....
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
October 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Morning phone meeting? I think I'll take it from the West Cliff office #santacruz
October 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#Santacruz Saturday San Lorenzo Park.
October 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I don't even know anymore...wtf?

#politics

US announces it will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility in Idaho | CNN Politics share.google/gD7AzCToHOQ9...
US announces it will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility in Idaho | CNN Politics
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the US will allow Qatar to build an Air Force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, which will host Qatari F-15 fighter jets and...
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October 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
*checks notes* nope, those aren't the records millions of people are asking to be released. Nope.
October 9, 2025 at 6:20 AM
#climate innovation leaving the country because of these idiotic policies....

financialpost.com/commodities/...
Carbon capture startup moves project to Canada from U.S.
A carbon capture startup has moved its first commercial pilot project from the U.S. to Canada due to stable government incentives. Read on.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is pretty interesting analysis of the Argentina bailout. Brad de Long had been around for a long time and knows what he's talking about
October 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The response should be succinct and to the point. And it should start with Go and end with Fuck Yourself.

Trump is temporary. Reputation is much less so.

🧪

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Great illustration to the dictionary entry for "colossal douchebag"
Hegseth: "If the words I'm speaking today are making your heart sink, they you should do the honorable thing and resign."
September 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We're getting absurd here, folks... #bikesky

Full suspension gravel??
With a 90s paint scheme? Might as well take an old FS bike and ride that...

New Trek CheckOUT - BIKEPACKING.com share.google/H4FQtnYYoLm4...
September 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Shame on Giant, if true. This does beg the question, since a lot of bike mfg's are in Taiwan, how widespread is this problem? #bikesky

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...
Giant Brand Bikes Made in Taiwan Barred by Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Wanna kill innovation in the US? do this.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...
Trump Says the U.S. Will Institute $100,000 Fee for Skilled Worker Visas
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Ok, with all the new groupsets coming out, I have to take a stand. The absolute best, sexiest groupset to ever grace the land of cycling is the 950/952 XTR. Yes, I said it, and I mean it. Have at me #bikesky. 3X9, bulletproof, instantly tuneable, pinnacle of tech. Outlast any modern group. Perfect.
August 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
#SantaCruz summer
August 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Yes, basically all this... She's magnificent
Lisa Kudrow as Nancy Mace/Karoline Leavitt/Kristi Noem/Tulsi Gabbard and more (!) in EVERY SINGLE press interview.
Lisa Kudrow's Perfect Parody of 2020 Politics | Death To 2020
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
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August 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Y'all can't make this shit up. 2025. This headline is everything. I don't even know what hashtag to use here....
August 8, 2025 at 4:55 AM
August 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Documenting #climate atrocities. The Trump administration is shutting down two critical satellites for #climatechage research, and data for a lot of #climatesky folks. Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 and 3 are on a premature chopping block

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NASA Planning for Unauthorized Shutdown of Carbon Monitoring Satellites - Eos
Despite warnings that their actions are illegal, Duffy and other senior NASA officials have continued to secretly direct NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellites missions s...
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August 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM