"A new water supply forecast released this week estimated that the amount of water that will reach Lake Powell during the spring runoff season, between April and July, will be 15% of the average recorded between 1991 and 2020." www.denverpost.com/2026/06/05/c... via @denverpost.com #WaterintheWest

We had a blast seeing all the lowriders at the deYoung yesterday. It was kicked off by the New Mexico artist ( and friend of my wife ) Rose Simpson whose cars are on show inside until November patterned after her families tradition of pottery making.

Have your AI call my AI.

Alaska oil lease sale failure youtu.be/v_J2QHDoGQY?...

I’m at PHN’s conference at Hotel Marcel: a brutalist building that’s been retrofit to #Passivhaus EnerPHit standard. Packed house! Learning from the masters in a Breuer building.

In Malmo, the uncompromisingly ambitious builder-developer ETC Bygg has achieved something revolutionary. This here is a building made from straw: 12 storeys, 38 meters tall, with a fully timber structure (including core), wrapped in EcoCocon's straw panel external wall system.

Happy Boards of Canada Day.

I just got into town. Sister invites us over for margaritas. Asks us to bring tequila and mixer. She has ice. Family :|

The opinion makers

Just submitted an ADU permit to the city of Oakland. They are clearly trying to make it smoother than a regular permit. Problem is I really don't know how much less information they need from a regular job on my plan set.

Oh maybe they’re right. I was thinking it was the plagiarism, job loss, environmental destruction, surveillance capitalism, concentration of power, engagement hacking, and existential risk. But yeah probably I’m just unevolved.

Thats $.25 per gallon @eastbaymud

Finally got a spare tire tucked in the Model y.

Gov Jared Polis told a Colorado Sun event that his decision to give clemency to Tina Peters "will be remembered fondly." He was later interrupted by protesters carrying an enormous banner reading EAT SHIT POLIS coloradosun.com/2026/05/19/j...

Grift all the way down.

The Trump administration intends to dismantle the National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), one of the US leading weather and climate research institutions. We must urge Congress to halt this dangerous action immediately. Take action: #NCAR #ClimateResearch

COMMENTARY: Gov. Jared Polis (D) removed a standard line from Tina Peters' clemency letter which reads: "I believe you will be successful upon your release." If Peters is successful in helping President Trump overthrow American elections, that will be Polis' legacy.

Progressive candidate for Colorado AG calls for censure or impeachment of Gov Jared Polis (D) for giving clemency to Tina Peters

I tend to buy the used items on Amazon because of how often they are thrown away otherwise. One in say five is defective but still better than a landfill, especially as the majority are basically unopened.

The case to de-privatize energy providers youtu.be/-Ma6jRDi4Ik?...

I tried the "day" question and Claude went post-hoc.

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

The Suncor refinery is a smokeshow. But perhaps we're being unfair to Colorado's biggest polluter just because it occasionally belches black and yellow smoke for our lungs to enjoy. So we looked at how Suncor's pollution compares to similar refineries.

Modern Cascadia Passive House Premium youtu.be/WGzfu0ls7_8?...

Ask me what the funniest thing ever broadcast is? youtu.be/injU8BZstxg?...

I am baffled that builders still put gas lines in buildings.

"F&ck the planet" by the New York Times

There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.

Hear me out, the greatest architecture typology in California is the Dingbat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat...

Colorado’s Delta County Orchard Crop Is Lost After a Devastating Spring Frost - 5280 share.google/1MfxriZ56U14...

The future of oil wars youtu.be/Gl2hTmgG18k?...

The LA county redlines for our Altadena fire rebuild. Need five extra dimension call outs. I'll take that as a win.

This is insane. This is the government’s “independent” advisor on antisemitism. He sees four antisemitic cartoons targeting Zack Polanski. His response? To demand an end to the antisemitic targeting of Polanski? No. It’s to attack the Green Party.

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This may be anti-hot take, but dumping billion of tons of particles into the atmosphere to block the sun is maybe a bad idea, which is why I'm very worried some billionaire will want to do it. Words by me. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/dimming-th... 🧪

Which downtown am I in?

LinkedIn videos. That is all.

Testing a sample passive house window install for retrofit of our 93 year old family house.

Here's @elrondburrell.bsky.social on #Marketing #Passivhaus, talking about the epiphany he had when he first learned about #passivehouse: It gives us the tools and methods to quantify isolated metrics and design intuition. Listen to the full episode here => marketingpassivhaus.com/episodes/elr...

There is so much grifting at scale now but hardly any news reports that connect the dots. Seems like pultzer prize material for the right team.

(WSJ) - The U.S. national debt now exceeds 100% of gross domestic product, crossing a once-unthinkable threshold, on the way toward breaking the record set in the wake of World War II. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-...

Oil prices soar on fears of long supply disruption, US siege of Iran ports https://aje.news/7ytv67

Closed for repair.

PassivGlas? youtu.be/CqosfYjmCec?...

Stalin extensively purged top science advisers, engineers & researchers during the '1930s-50s, particularly targeting biology, physics & technical fields. Thousands were arrested, sent to Gulags, or executed. @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I discuss in our sadly prophetic book #ScienceUnderSiege:

This would be great for people that park on the street and need to run the cable accross the sidewalk. ghostallaccess.com

Slate wall corner detail Oakland