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Teo u better hit bc the D is super suss

Some weird schwa things going on in the sky over Pasadena.

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what the hell is going on

Look at this wild ass sky!!

what is going on in LA? theories?

The City of LA is about to give back millions of dollars of previously won money for active transportation projects because it can’t build things in any reasonable amount of time.

Taken together, an overall look at protest patterns in 2026 reinforces the sense of a growing, durable, and disciplined pro-democracy movement increasingly mobilized at the grassroots.

just hit a quick fist pump in my chair

Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...

[competent progressive announces candidacy] me, an internet commenter: *snort*, she probably wont end global capitalism, institutional racism, and the carceral state.

Political earthquake. Nithya Raman is running for mayor. Not only does this pose a serious threat to Mayor Bass, but it reframes the June primary in a way that benefits down ballot progressives in other city races.

Nithya! Lets go

LA: @runforsomething.net alum Nithya Raman is running for MAYOR, the best possible news you could hope for. There are few sharper leaders or fighters out there. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

OMG!!! Nithya is who we want to be mayor of Los Angeles. I've worked with her personally through @hofoco.org. She's a progressive who actually gives a shit about helping people, not enriching herself. THE DREAM CANDIDATE: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Water off the Southern California coast is SIX DEGREES warmer than it typically is this time of year. Data from the Scripps Pier in San Diego: shorestations.ucsd.edu/about/scripp...

As of 2025, the US has taken a U-turn on climate progress, and it is only going to get worse.

Got my 2024 tax refund today, February 3, 2026. Filed 11 months ago. woo

It's true that the LA River bike path is cute and safe but it's also true that this is the road that goes *to* the LA River bike path

“Your shoes on, get up in the morn' Cup of milk, let's rock 'n' roll King Kong, kick the drum Rolling on like a Rolling Stone Sing-song when I'm walking home Jump up to the top, LeBron Ding-dong, call me on my phone Ice tea and a game of ping pong”

Folks who work in #ElectricVehicleWorld - I'm wondering what news sites, online shows or EV experts do you find most reliable?

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"[C]ompared with a new midsized SUV with an internal combustion engine, a 3-year-old used EV version offered a lifetime savings of $13,000"

Every time I look at this muf

to the extent that there is a “carrot” to trumpism it is the same carrot that slaveholders offered to lower class white men: “you can be an overseer”

In the early decades of the 20th century, electric trucks were popular in American cities. Large fleets were operated by businesses like Chicago retailers Carson Pirie Scott and Jewel Tea - the second of which began in 1899 as a tea and coffee delivery service and later evolved into Jewel-Osco.

Forget decoupling. German automakers go back to China to stay alive in the EV race.

In case anyone needs another reason to bike- today I spotted a seal wrestling a massive salmon right off the Hawthorne Bridge in the middle of Portland! No way I would have seen this (and been able to stop and watch) if I was driving.

"UK will provide one man to Greenland." The one man: www.facebook.com/watch?v=1277...

morels in my own yard!?! 🫦

Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

Reminds me of a great story from my travels in China. Never have I been so impressed with a warrior of the service industry.

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

What if there was a technology that could reduce energy costs for consumers, and also strengthen the reliability of the electrical grid? And, what if there was an enormous untapped asset class already distributed, just waiting to be switched on? www.mobilityhouse.com/usa_en/knowl...

Double rainbow over Eagle Rock! Merry Christmas LA

A pair of #AtmosphericRivers are forecast to bring heavy precipitation and snowfall to California with the risk for flooding in southern California in the next five days. See more here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/u...

Will be watching @gomez.house.gov closely on this one. #CA34

"Fatigue" by artist John Brosio #crustmas

US energy reporters and climate folks, take note! In one stroke, German gas utilities are abandoning the prospect of retail hydrogen delivery and accepting the obligation to shrink. In so doing, they're showing why US gas utilities are so insistent about H2 - it's their final tool of delay.

Going the wrong way… “NextEra is the largest renewable energy developer in the U.S., but it is leaning into natural gas to meet the growing demand from data centers. They plan to bring as much as 8 GW of gas generation online by 2032, and is developing a pipeline of 20 gigawatts of gas generation.”

The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.

Not saying tha he is THAT but... Uncanny

"Cutting grid use during just 10 of the year’s busiest hours provided nearly the same benefit as building a new power plant." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...

Energy Sec says that we are going to power everything with diesel generators. What could go wrong? www.msn.com/en-us/money/...