Kevin
@zerocarbonkev.bsky.social
Urbanism, E-bikes, EV Charging
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We have a duty as American citizens who believe that “All men are created equal” to push back against the far right radicals who are trying to divide us.
One day, these will be the incredibly dark moments we read about in the history books.
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We have a duty as American citizens who believe that “All men are created equal” to push back against the far right radicals who are trying to divide us.
Just felt a pretty strong earthquake in Idyllwild. It was more of a loud jolt than long shaking. I thought a neighbor was setting off explosives or something.
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Just felt a pretty strong earthquake in Idyllwild. It was more of a loud jolt than long shaking. I thought a neighbor was setting off explosives or something.
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The cowboys really *are* America’s team (badly run by an ancient, unreconstructed racist and coasting on accomplishments from the previous century while daily inventing new ways to humiliate themselves)
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The cowboys really *are* America’s team (badly run by an ancient, unreconstructed racist and coasting on accomplishments from the previous century while daily inventing new ways to humiliate themselves)
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I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
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I think this is an underrated source of the extent to which Bluesky is in a false consensus about public AI hatred. If you are a power user on a microblogging site you are basically by definition not going to see the "take the effort out of reading and writing" machine as being useful
I think more than anything else AI feels like a miracle to people with questionable literacy because it can read and write for you, and a lot of us who are highly literate underestimate how many of our society's leaders, esp in business, struggle with literacy.
It's pretty much mandatory at work that I appear to be using it, so I've doe a few functional things with it, and it's a moderate time-saver if used right. But nowhere near worth it's stock value, energy cost.
Then I realize there's a lot of people who simply can't write coherent paragraphs.
Then I realize there's a lot of people who simply can't write coherent paragraphs.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I think this is an underrated source of the extent to which Bluesky is in a false consensus about public AI hatred. If you are a power user on a microblogging site you are basically by definition not going to see the "take the effort out of reading and writing" machine as being useful
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Via The Architect’s Newspaper:
“The authors mix history, outrage, and optimism to show that ditching car dependency isn’t anti-progress; it’s survival.”
www.archpaper.com/2025/11/eigh...
“The authors mix history, outrage, and optimism to show that ditching car dependency isn’t anti-progress; it’s survival.”
www.archpaper.com/2025/11/eigh...
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Via The Architect’s Newspaper:
“The authors mix history, outrage, and optimism to show that ditching car dependency isn’t anti-progress; it’s survival.”
www.archpaper.com/2025/11/eigh...
“The authors mix history, outrage, and optimism to show that ditching car dependency isn’t anti-progress; it’s survival.”
www.archpaper.com/2025/11/eigh...
My mom has twice clicked on scam ads on Facebook. Once needed up with a credit card chargeback, the second she had to change bank account numbers. Facebook should really have better protections in place
Senators Demand #Meta Be Investigated For Billions In Profits From #Facebook #Scams
www.benzinga.com/news/legal/2...
#TechBros
www.benzinga.com/news/legal/2...
#TechBros
Senators Demand Meta Be Investigated For Billions In Profits From Facebook Scams - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)
Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley call for an investigation and regulatory action against Meta over its alleged profiting from fraudulent advertisements on its platforms.
www.benzinga.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
My mom has twice clicked on scam ads on Facebook. Once needed up with a credit card chargeback, the second she had to change bank account numbers. Facebook should really have better protections in place
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The Department of Energy is one of the most significant global supporters of physical science research.
I joined my colleagues at the @scientistsorg.bsky.social Addy Smith, Alice Wu, Zoë Brouns, and Arjun Krishnaswami to offer our perspective and warnings on DOE’s reorganization.
I joined my colleagues at the @scientistsorg.bsky.social Addy Smith, Alice Wu, Zoë Brouns, and Arjun Krishnaswami to offer our perspective and warnings on DOE’s reorganization.
New DOE Re-Organization Raises Uncertainty for American Science, Energy Innovation, and Affordability
Eight offices with mission-critical responsibilities have been dismantled as part of the restructuring, implementing much of the proposal outlined in Project 2025 and fundamentally reshaping the agenc...
fas.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The Department of Energy is one of the most significant global supporters of physical science research.
I joined my colleagues at the @scientistsorg.bsky.social Addy Smith, Alice Wu, Zoë Brouns, and Arjun Krishnaswami to offer our perspective and warnings on DOE’s reorganization.
I joined my colleagues at the @scientistsorg.bsky.social Addy Smith, Alice Wu, Zoë Brouns, and Arjun Krishnaswami to offer our perspective and warnings on DOE’s reorganization.
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!!!!
The Department of the Interior's policy, basically:
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Demand for bad news is insatiable, and we’ve built a media ecosystem where the vast majority of content creators have total freedom to simply invent bad news to meet that demand
local TV stations' websites will display stories about crime in *cities in other states* when there isn't enough local crime content
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Demand for bad news is insatiable, and we’ve built a media ecosystem where the vast majority of content creators have total freedom to simply invent bad news to meet that demand
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Everything wrong with everything housing in a nutshell:
“Nearby residents who opposed the proposal cited all the variances the proposal needed…” to build housing identical to that surrounding it
“Nearby residents who opposed the proposal cited all the variances the proposal needed…” to build housing identical to that surrounding it
Zoning board approves a new triple decker, in Dorchester
www.universalhub.com/2025/zoning-...
#Boston #housing
www.universalhub.com/2025/zoning-...
#Boston #housing
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Everything wrong with everything housing in a nutshell:
“Nearby residents who opposed the proposal cited all the variances the proposal needed…” to build housing identical to that surrounding it
“Nearby residents who opposed the proposal cited all the variances the proposal needed…” to build housing identical to that surrounding it
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To afford ZEBs, transit agencies are limiting service, which makes it harder to rely on them, which means more people drive. @airresources.bsky.social is accomplishing the exact opposite of their goal.
North County Transit District Struggles to Afford the Price of Being Carbon Free
The district, trying to meet a state regulation, can’t operate all its hydrogen buses due to the expensive cost of fuel.
voiceofsandiego.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
To afford ZEBs, transit agencies are limiting service, which makes it harder to rely on them, which means more people drive. @airresources.bsky.social is accomplishing the exact opposite of their goal.
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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Autonomous vehicles! A traffic solution!
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Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Autonomous vehicles! A traffic solution!
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My "We're not at all like Enron" t-shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt
it's happening dot gif
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
My "We're not at all like Enron" t-shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt
As a parent and a cyclist this is horrifying. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/b...
Bicyclist, 72, dies when girl, 7, on scooter cuts him off
The man attempted to pass the girl, got cut off, veered to avoid a collision and crashed his bike, according to the Oceanside Police Department.
www.nbcsandiego.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
As a parent and a cyclist this is horrifying. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/b...
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Weirdly most high trust societies imprison considerably fewer people than America does. In fact no country on the planet imprisons as many people as America does.
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Weirdly most high trust societies imprison considerably fewer people than America does. In fact no country on the planet imprisons as many people as America does.
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We are seeing this admin over and over again decide to target people who have become technically deportable through no fault of their own other than government delay.
Why? One reason is because they’re the compliant ones who are easy targets for an admin who wants quick boosts in arrest numbers.
Why? One reason is because they’re the compliant ones who are easy targets for an admin who wants quick boosts in arrest numbers.
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
We are seeing this admin over and over again decide to target people who have become technically deportable through no fault of their own other than government delay.
Why? One reason is because they’re the compliant ones who are easy targets for an admin who wants quick boosts in arrest numbers.
Why? One reason is because they’re the compliant ones who are easy targets for an admin who wants quick boosts in arrest numbers.
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The domino meme and the smallest domino is "Craigslist destroys classified ad revenue for local newspapers" and the big domino is, well, everything happening now
one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
It gets lost in the shuffle, but the Speaker of the House is someone who, by all rights, should’ve had his career ended a decade ago by a Shreveport TV news investigative team.
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The domino meme and the smallest domino is "Craigslist destroys classified ad revenue for local newspapers" and the big domino is, well, everything happening now
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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Fresno is big enough that it would be the most populated municipality in 28 US states
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Fresno is big enough that it would be the most populated municipality in 28 US states
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San Diego has 2x the population of Helsinki and about 270 people died in traffic related fatalities in 2024
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
San Diego has 2x the population of Helsinki and about 270 people died in traffic related fatalities in 2024
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I attended a talk by a scientist at a Chinese University and realized that all the background climate data that she used came from the US (CO₂ Keeling Curve, global temperature time series, etc.). Although China funds a lot of research, the destruction of US science will affect science globally.
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I attended a talk by a scientist at a Chinese University and realized that all the background climate data that she used came from the US (CO₂ Keeling Curve, global temperature time series, etc.). Although China funds a lot of research, the destruction of US science will affect science globally.