Scott Wahlstrom
@scottwahlstrom.bsky.social
Massachusetts native, father, husband, grandfather. Public school science educator, mechanical engineer, sustainability/environmental management. Environmental protection advocate, hiking, backpacking, gardening, climate. WPI, FSU, Harvard.
My experience in that endeavor was less successful.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
My experience in that endeavor was less successful.
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It’s on! Central Massachusetts…
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It’s on! Central Massachusetts…
And the only balance budget during my lifetime.
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
And the only balance budget during my lifetime.
Hard at work assuring public safety in DC.
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Hard at work assuring public safety in DC.
Freeze all motor functions.
#Westworld
#Westworld
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Freeze all motor functions.
#Westworld
#Westworld
Massachusetts follows through with lower rates for customers heating residential heat pumps.
The rate is designed to make air source heat pumps competitive with gas.
Heat pumps lower the overall gas demand for the state by displacing residential use with a more efficient system.
Let’s go!
The rate is designed to make air source heat pumps competitive with gas.
Heat pumps lower the overall gas demand for the state by displacing residential use with a more efficient system.
Let’s go!
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Massachusetts follows through with lower rates for customers heating residential heat pumps.
The rate is designed to make air source heat pumps competitive with gas.
Heat pumps lower the overall gas demand for the state by displacing residential use with a more efficient system.
Let’s go!
The rate is designed to make air source heat pumps competitive with gas.
Heat pumps lower the overall gas demand for the state by displacing residential use with a more efficient system.
Let’s go!
Didn’t they used to call lefty’s groomers?
October 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Didn’t they used to call lefty’s groomers?
Entirely by chance, I spotted the International Space Station passing overhead this morning on #WachusettMountain365. Binoculars confirmed it had no navigation lights, and it’s the only thing I know of bright enough to show up that late in the morning when other stars are washed out.
October 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Entirely by chance, I spotted the International Space Station passing overhead this morning on #WachusettMountain365. Binoculars confirmed it had no navigation lights, and it’s the only thing I know of bright enough to show up that late in the morning when other stars are washed out.
October 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
No Kings Worcester, MA
October 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
No Kings Worcester, MA
Every energy source has externalities. “It’s about choosing which ones we are able to live with” in both senses of that statement. To the privileged that live along the coast, this seems to be an abomination. Honestly, when I’m camping at the shore, I don’t like it. But, something got to give.
October 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Every energy source has externalities. “It’s about choosing which ones we are able to live with” in both senses of that statement. To the privileged that live along the coast, this seems to be an abomination. Honestly, when I’m camping at the shore, I don’t like it. But, something got to give.
October 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
There are enough chargers available in the northeast, that rates like this get a pass.
October 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
There are enough chargers available in the northeast, that rates like this get a pass.
Up over 10% compared to last week. Chicken and pork too.
October 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Up over 10% compared to last week. Chicken and pork too.
Something that uses a lot of fossil fuels and something that replaces them. Guesses?
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Something that uses a lot of fossil fuels and something that replaces them. Guesses?
Vineyard Wind 1 under construction, 15 miles offshore from horseneck Beach in Southeastern, Massachusetts. The wind farm is already producing power and sending it onto the grid in Cape Cod. The turbines are spaced 1 mile apart from each other.
September 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Vineyard Wind 1 under construction, 15 miles offshore from horseneck Beach in Southeastern, Massachusetts. The wind farm is already producing power and sending it onto the grid in Cape Cod. The turbines are spaced 1 mile apart from each other.
Sit quietly in a forest and wait until you see the beauty.
September 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Sit quietly in a forest and wait until you see the beauty.
Aldo Leopold
From, The Round River. 1953.
From, The Round River. 1953.
September 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Aldo Leopold
From, The Round River. 1953.
From, The Round River. 1953.
The right wingers in the family embrace bogus wellness solutions and health care conspiracies like it’s their personal brand. I was recently lectured on this. Black comedy indeed.
September 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The right wingers in the family embrace bogus wellness solutions and health care conspiracies like it’s their personal brand. I was recently lectured on this. Black comedy indeed.
@grumpygrumpyowl.bsky.social This is the first time the sight of the American flag has inspired me in many days.
September 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
@grumpygrumpyowl.bsky.social This is the first time the sight of the American flag has inspired me in many days.
Republicans claim programs ranging from foreign aid to Medicaid are riddled with waste and fraud. They cut funding, hurting people, but $aving next to nothing.
The only way to save money is to cut a bloated pentagon. The US spends more on its military than the next 9 nations combined.
The only way to save money is to cut a bloated pentagon. The US spends more on its military than the next 9 nations combined.
September 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Republicans claim programs ranging from foreign aid to Medicaid are riddled with waste and fraud. They cut funding, hurting people, but $aving next to nothing.
The only way to save money is to cut a bloated pentagon. The US spends more on its military than the next 9 nations combined.
The only way to save money is to cut a bloated pentagon. The US spends more on its military than the next 9 nations combined.