Alex Pawlowski
@apawlows.bsky.social
Do sustainable car stuff for Kia in SoCal. UVA, UT alum. Rant about bikes urban planning and racecars. he/him
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boston sent vital assistance following the 1917 halifax harbor explosion (so awful it killed 1700 people), and as thanks, nova scotia has sent us a christmas tree every year. it’s a nice little tradition. this is the first time the boston mayor visited to retrieve it in person
In Canada, Wu helps chop down Boston's Christmas tree
Mayor Michelle Wu spent three days in Nova Scotia, saying she wanted to affirm Boston's relationship with Canada amid antagonism from the Trump administration.
www.boston.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
boston sent vital assistance following the 1917 halifax harbor explosion (so awful it killed 1700 people), and as thanks, nova scotia has sent us a christmas tree every year. it’s a nice little tradition. this is the first time the boston mayor visited to retrieve it in person
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pickup trucks for the average person should not have been allowed to advance past this. if you need anything bigger, you should have to provide some kind of documentation showing you have the license and need for special heavy machinery, otherwise you get the 1990 toyota hilux
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
pickup trucks for the average person should not have been allowed to advance past this. if you need anything bigger, you should have to provide some kind of documentation showing you have the license and need for special heavy machinery, otherwise you get the 1990 toyota hilux
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Behold the atmospheric river rolling into California today.. a firehose of moisture wrapped into the rotation of an extratropical cyclone. 🌀🌧️🌧️🌧️
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Behold the atmospheric river rolling into California today.. a firehose of moisture wrapped into the rotation of an extratropical cyclone. 🌀🌧️🌧️🌧️
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Street Art - Ireland
A roadside vertical post aka bollard painted as a blue octopus with tentacles extending across the pavement, using the curb and cobbles to suggest movement. I love the use of multiple colors and the eyes & brows are wonderful!! 😁
#StreetArt #Ireland #ArtSky #Octopus #Graffiti
A roadside vertical post aka bollard painted as a blue octopus with tentacles extending across the pavement, using the curb and cobbles to suggest movement. I love the use of multiple colors and the eyes & brows are wonderful!! 😁
#StreetArt #Ireland #ArtSky #Octopus #Graffiti
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Street Art - Ireland
A roadside vertical post aka bollard painted as a blue octopus with tentacles extending across the pavement, using the curb and cobbles to suggest movement. I love the use of multiple colors and the eyes & brows are wonderful!! 😁
#StreetArt #Ireland #ArtSky #Octopus #Graffiti
A roadside vertical post aka bollard painted as a blue octopus with tentacles extending across the pavement, using the curb and cobbles to suggest movement. I love the use of multiple colors and the eyes & brows are wonderful!! 😁
#StreetArt #Ireland #ArtSky #Octopus #Graffiti
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November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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New Post: Katie Wilson is Seattle’s Next Mayor seattletransitblog.com/2025/11/13/k...
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New Post: Katie Wilson is Seattle’s Next Mayor seattletransitblog.com/2025/11/13/k...
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This is so cool: Copper, which makes induction stoves with li-ion batteries integrated, is going to build *10,000* of these suckers for use in New York public housing.
Better cooking, easier cleaning, grid resiliency built in. Win win win.
Better cooking, easier cleaning, grid resiliency built in. Win win win.
$32 Million Commitment Announced to Electrify Cooking Appliances in NYCHA Buildings Through Induction Stove Challenge - NYSERDA
The New York Power Authority (NYPA), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) today announced that the next phase of the ...
www.nyserda.ny.gov
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is so cool: Copper, which makes induction stoves with li-ion batteries integrated, is going to build *10,000* of these suckers for use in New York public housing.
Better cooking, easier cleaning, grid resiliency built in. Win win win.
Better cooking, easier cleaning, grid resiliency built in. Win win win.
Winter is here!
“So the first system looks more significant in Southern California in the next few days. It’s the second system that looks more significant in Northern California,” said @ucanr.edu climate scientist Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Winter is here!
South Park predicted this...
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
South Park predicted this...
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WE call ourselves smug, Y’ALL don’t get to call us smug! But this paragraph is gonna have me fist-pumping all damn day:
(archive today version: archive.is/OcaC9 )
(archive today version: archive.is/OcaC9 )
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
WE call ourselves smug, Y’ALL don’t get to call us smug! But this paragraph is gonna have me fist-pumping all damn day:
(archive today version: archive.is/OcaC9 )
(archive today version: archive.is/OcaC9 )
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New Marron survey of 400+ subway lines across the world from London to Paris to Shanghai finds just 6% still use two-person train operation, which would be required by a TWU-backed bill.
“It doesn’t really matter to us what the data shows,” says TWU boss Samuelsen
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
“It doesn’t really matter to us what the data shows,” says TWU boss Samuelsen
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
Does the Subway Still Need Train Conductors?
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New Marron survey of 400+ subway lines across the world from London to Paris to Shanghai finds just 6% still use two-person train operation, which would be required by a TWU-backed bill.
“It doesn’t really matter to us what the data shows,” says TWU boss Samuelsen
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
“It doesn’t really matter to us what the data shows,” says TWU boss Samuelsen
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
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The Trump administration wants to rescind a 2009 finding that climate change endangers public health.
Physicians and epidemiologists argue the move ignores mounting evidence linking climate change to heat deaths, epidemics, air pollution and mental health crises.
Physicians and epidemiologists argue the move ignores mounting evidence linking climate change to heat deaths, epidemics, air pollution and mental health crises.
Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change
From extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses, climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease. Health scientists explain what individuals and governments can do about it.
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The Trump administration wants to rescind a 2009 finding that climate change endangers public health.
Physicians and epidemiologists argue the move ignores mounting evidence linking climate change to heat deaths, epidemics, air pollution and mental health crises.
Physicians and epidemiologists argue the move ignores mounting evidence linking climate change to heat deaths, epidemics, air pollution and mental health crises.
Have to say I'm surprised
More and more Republican lawmakers are defecting to throw their weight behind the release of the Epstein files.
More MAGA Reps Break Ranks to Rally Behind Epstein Files Release
The House vote on whether or not to release the Epstein files will come as soon as next week, Speaker Mike Johnson said.
trib.al
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Have to say I'm surprised
Hell yeah. I've had to get creative with placing my panels out of HOA scrutiny...
On Friday, I'm finally doing it: I'm recording a pod on balcony solar! This is probably the No. 1 request I get from listeners.
I'm talking to Cora Stryker of Bright Saver, author of the whitepaper below.
What should I ask her?
I'm talking to Cora Stryker of Bright Saver, author of the whitepaper below.
What should I ask her?
White Paper | Bright Saver
Register for upcoming Bright Saver webinars here.
www.brightsaver.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hell yeah. I've had to get creative with placing my panels out of HOA scrutiny...
Nickel for your thoughts
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Nickel for your thoughts
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Next time someone tells you renewables will beat gas on economics to justify deregulating everything, maybe consider that even wildly uneconomic coal plants continue to run and pollute, and coal pollution may well go up not down due to bonkers state intervention.
The Trump admin seems set to force two Colorado coal plants to stay open past their planned closure this year, even as the costs of keeping an aging, unnecessary Michigan coal plant running through the summer top $80M. Are more must-run orders coming?
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
#energysky
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
#energysky
Trump’s DOE may soon force more coal plants to stay open
Colorado coal plants are likely to face DOE orders to keep running past planned closure dates, even as the costs of keeping an old Michigan plant open…
www.canarymedia.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Next time someone tells you renewables will beat gas on economics to justify deregulating everything, maybe consider that even wildly uneconomic coal plants continue to run and pollute, and coal pollution may well go up not down due to bonkers state intervention.
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Trump's EPA set up a system whereby corporate polluters could be relieved of the burden of meeting air-quality regulations. How? By, uh, asking.
Sure enough, lots of them have asked, with devastating consequences for air quality. New report:
Sure enough, lots of them have asked, with devastating consequences for air quality. New report:
envirodatagov.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Trump's EPA set up a system whereby corporate polluters could be relieved of the burden of meeting air-quality regulations. How? By, uh, asking.
Sure enough, lots of them have asked, with devastating consequences for air quality. New report:
Sure enough, lots of them have asked, with devastating consequences for air quality. New report:
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Former Veep writers are like "no, it's too much--pull it back a notch"
Nothing says you’re a Very Serious FBI Director quite like taking the bureau’s plane, during a government shutdown, to a hunting lodge called … The Boondoggle Ranch.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Former Veep writers are like "no, it's too much--pull it back a notch"
The chicks at Valhalla will not let you come inside, Pete.
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The chicks at Valhalla will not let you come inside, Pete.
I disrupt your aurora wall to wall coverage for a tube replacement job. Found a rusty nail 3 miles into my 17 mile ride home, so Lyft xl home, dinner then tube change, ordering more tubes to replenish my stock... I did finally add my cargo trailer attachment (a new one for bigger axle)
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I disrupt your aurora wall to wall coverage for a tube replacement job. Found a rusty nail 3 miles into my 17 mile ride home, so Lyft xl home, dinner then tube change, ordering more tubes to replenish my stock... I did finally add my cargo trailer attachment (a new one for bigger axle)
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Somebody please show Bari Weiss my interview with Portnoy from 13 YEARS AGO TELLING (AND REPEATEDLY DEFENDING) RAPE JOKES. Why is CBS platforming a dude with a looong history of misogyny? Forward to a 1:35 to see my confrontation with him. youtu.be/B7QTahhIBqI
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Somebody please show Bari Weiss my interview with Portnoy from 13 YEARS AGO TELLING (AND REPEATEDLY DEFENDING) RAPE JOKES. Why is CBS platforming a dude with a looong history of misogyny? Forward to a 1:35 to see my confrontation with him. youtu.be/B7QTahhIBqI
Fuck
scoop: one of the largest renewable energy projects in the u.s. is quietly getting killed
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
say goodbye to leading light, the latest casualty of trump’s war on offshore wind
(also means there is essentially no more offshore wind in progress at all for new jersey)
Scoop: Giant Wind Farm Off New Jersey Coast Is Getting Killed
Leading Light can’t move forward, a legal counsel wrote to state regulators.
heatmap.news
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Fuck