If you live in California, call the governor's office and tell him to sign SB 79 into law. 916-445-2841

You know we don't have electron spills all over the roadway when crews have to deliver power for minisplit heating.. https://flipboard.com/@gothamist/gothamist-igeoft02z/-/a-i42gzWk4SZuVE7qdPX1hDw%3Aa%3A3807498986-%2F0

Watching a panel on "urbanism as climate action." This is a huge, burgeoning field/idea/movement, but the desiccated boomer counsels who decide where climate funding goes are *clueless* about it and so it has to seek funding elsewhere.

My personal view is that neither higher property taxes nor lower will solve Richmond’s many problems, but a shift to land taxes would help a whole lot

Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok. They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post. They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets. “Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.

If you care about climate, this state delegate candidate deserves your support. I don't live in their district, but if I did, I'd vote for Jonas Eppert […]

Hey #energy folks. I am looking for data on end energy uses in buildings for either Virginia or the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan statistical area. I've been digging into both the American Housing Survey data and the Residential Energy Consumption Data by the Energy Information Administration […]

Here's an unpopular opinion: as a podcast host, I would rather eat fucking glass than read some cheeseball add for a mattress or Better Help or whatever. The people who do it are humiliating themselves and I can't believe we've just all mutually decided this is ok. It's gross.

Python duck typing should have been named duct typing because it's going to require duct tape and tears to keep any sizable codebase running.

Great strides have been made over the past 25 years in the electrification of everything. Most of the things we run can now be run on electricity at a price that makes economic sense. When the price is right, people will choose the option that is cleaner […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

That wind in #rva was INSANE

There's always a tweet...

Do any #gardening folks know of a gardening Slack? In the past I've used Reddit a lot for gardening related stuff but I stopped using Reddit after they functionally banned third party clients. Lately I've been finding a lot of value in small, lightly moderated group chat settings like Slack […]

“Oh you keep moaning about AI, but there are always people complaining about progress. Lots of people complained about cars when they first started showing up, too!” “…Speaking of cars…”

"Commits to evenhanded reporting at CBS" is euphemism for right-wing bias. But part of the reasons euphemisms like that work is because US media culture that sees evenhandedness as the highest value—defined as always presenting different parties as equal—even to the point of distorting the truth.

This is heartbreaking, everyone. Please watch and share. This is now the new story of America. The area where she is walking is right by the Griffith Park Observatory in LA, and all the familiar sights and sounds have been taken from us.

So, you know, probably best to nominate a candidate who isn't dogshit on trans rights. People who spent all day yelling at me should probably use that energy yelling at politicians to stop embracing anti-trans BS. Just a thought!

A great way to make people’s fears about traffic impacts of infill development come true — and bolster their opposition to the next project — is to plan and build for all the people moving into your city-like place to bring their cars and carcentric travel habits with them.

Have you ever thought “wow my yard/front window really just needs a hit of vibrant teal and purple and also I want to support a fun progressive city council candidate who loves #safestreets and #transit (and upzoning and small businesses)?” WELL HAVE I GOT […] [Original post on better.boston]

It's only a nap if you do it in the Italian region of Napoli, otherwise it's just sparkling sleep

People really, really, really need to update their "liberal media" mental model. Billionaires bought all of it.

It's impossible to think that being obscenely rich is morally correct after watching this video. Tax billionaires out of existence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBsJ0vC4Xnw

Richmond has such a huge opportunity during its zoning rewrite to address a wide variety of issues. We could begin repairing the havoc that racist redlining wrought on our City in the 1900s which still reverberates into today's land uses. We could reduce the amount people need to drive to get […]

https://www.29news.com/2025/07/08/charlottesville-community-members-voice-concern-frustration-over-voided-zoning-ordinance/ “Although Judge Worell’s decision is a setback, we are not deterred in our goal to make Charlottesville a place where all kinds of people from all kinds of backgrounds can […]

Abstract: In these days of "vibe coding" and chatbots, users ask AIs for help with everything. Asked to find security problems in Open Source projects, AI bots tell users something that sounds right. Reporting these "findings" wastes everyone's time and causes much frustration and fatigue […]

This is the unsurprising difference between a Bluesky reply guy and a helpful person on the fediverse.

Tired of fossil fuel companies, auto manufacturers, state departments of transportation, and tech companies externalizing all of their costs into right into my fucking face. #climate #climatediary #climatechange

Mamdani: "[Congestion pricing] is an opportunity to reshape the streetscape of the central business district of Manhattan. We have an opportunity here to do immense amounts of pedestrianization for the entire congestion pricing zone..."

The GOP, ladies & gents. (Credit to an account called "This You?" on the other site, who is compiling these.)

People bike more when there are protected bike lanes. Also, the ocean is wet. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-025-00255-5

🇺🇸 Just called my congressman (R-NC) to let him know that I do not like the Big Bill. It was easy. Got connected right away to a staffer. Listed my reasons in a calm rational manner. Connected it to interfering with my state's success. 🔹 If you have a few minutes, you can do the same. Get your […]

Call your Republican Senators RIGHT NOW. Not later; not tonight; RIGHT NOW. Pick up the phone and dial the switchboard if you don’t know their office’s direct number: (202) 224-3121 Tell your Republican Senator or Senators that you demand they vote AGAINST the Big Ugly Bill that transfers […]

## Call your Republican Senators RIGHT NOW. Not later; not tonight; **RIGHT NOW.** Pick up the phone and dial the switchboard if you don’t know their office’s direct number: (202) 224-3121 Tell your Republican Senator or Senators that you demand they vote […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

Call your Republican Senators RIGHT NOW. Not later; not tonight; RIGHT NOW. Pick up the phone and dial the switchboard if you don’t know their office’s direct number: (202) 224-3121 Tell your Republican Senator or Senators that you demand they vote AGAINST the Big Ugly Bill that transfers […]

The garden is so happy it's finally raining #vawx #rvawx #gardening

Hey @skyfaller, you should call your republican senator today and let them know you oppose Trump's crazy bad budget. Among all of the really terrible things it does to fund ICE and cut healthcare, it also completely guts clean energy tax credits and actually imposes punitive taxes on wind & […]

Huh, turns out everything Republicans said about "all of the above" energy strategy was bullshit meant to manipulate Democrats until they could take power and crush renewables! The key is for all political analysts to immediately forget this so that we can be surprised again the next time.

Activate the gay space lasers!!!! #pride

"A cyclist can go 3 or 4 times faster than a pedestrian, but uses 5 times less energy. The bicycle is the perfect transducer to match metabolic energy to impedance of locomotion. Equipped with this tool, man outstrips efficiency of not only all machines, but all other animals as well." —Ivan Illich

Does sweating profusely in my own home count as a localized thunderstorm? 🥵 #rva #virginia #vawx

Remember folks, #dontrankcuomo! #nyc #nycmayor

This window was calling out to me on my bike ride home.

Currently using the Wayback Machine to gather historical gas utility rates in #rva. It has even better historical records than what the City was able to provide! It's an indispensable public good that you should donate to. https://archive.org/donate?origin=iawww-TopNavDonateButton

Before I take seriously any dreams you may have about terraforming Mars, buy a few acres of the worst farmland in your area, and build a no input farm on it that feeds your family year-round. If you can't even do that, no mention of living on Mars please.

After seeing the protest in Charlottesville today, my kid came home and set up his own Lego protest.

I am incredibly proud of Richmond today. I unfortunately couldn't attend and this isn't my footage, but it still warms my heart. #rva #nokings

I am so incredibly sad I can't make it to my local #nokings protest in #rva today 😔