Christo Silvia
@christosilvia.bsky.social
Housing 🏘️, transit🚇, walking🚶♂️ and cycling 🚲 advocate in Woburn, MA, USA
Car lite advocate, ebike owner
Historic 🏠 owner, renovation amateur, and marriage enthusiast
Vegetarian
Senior RF Design Eng
The opinions on this account do not represent my employer
Car lite advocate, ebike owner
Historic 🏠 owner, renovation amateur, and marriage enthusiast
Vegetarian
Senior RF Design Eng
The opinions on this account do not represent my employer
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very funny to read these emails and then remember summers wondering whether the leaky pipeline in stem was because women are inherently bad at math
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
very funny to read these emails and then remember summers wondering whether the leaky pipeline in stem was because women are inherently bad at math
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people don't even notice how at the beginning of the last chapter of The Lord of the Rings, Frodo defunds the police
February 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
people don't even notice how at the beginning of the last chapter of The Lord of the Rings, Frodo defunds the police
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More and more people are coming around to socialist with tolkien characteristics
people don't even notice how at the beginning of the last chapter of The Lord of the Rings, Frodo defunds the police
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
More and more people are coming around to socialist with tolkien characteristics
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Do not take birth control advice from the “we are scared about low birth rates” party!!!!!
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Do not take birth control advice from the “we are scared about low birth rates” party!!!!!
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Francis Younghusband was born in 1863, but first married in 1897, which is a rare failure of nominative determinism
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Francis Younghusband was born in 1863, but first married in 1897, which is a rare failure of nominative determinism
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I used to call it comically evil but it really feels closer to straight up biblical evil at this point.
The rot is so epic and so layered, and so deeply injected into every aspect of our culture and our economy and our politics.
By a very few ultra-powerful people.
The rot is so epic and so layered, and so deeply injected into every aspect of our culture and our economy and our politics.
By a very few ultra-powerful people.
I entered 2025 resolved to look at the regime and explicitly tell myself "that is Babylon" and emotional detach when it came to them and their enablers, especially when it came to tech and retailers.
The Epstein emails really pushes that narrative almost to the point of parody, though
The Epstein emails really pushes that narrative almost to the point of parody, though
Being reminded Larry Summers is currently on the board of Open AI
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I used to call it comically evil but it really feels closer to straight up biblical evil at this point.
The rot is so epic and so layered, and so deeply injected into every aspect of our culture and our economy and our politics.
By a very few ultra-powerful people.
The rot is so epic and so layered, and so deeply injected into every aspect of our culture and our economy and our politics.
By a very few ultra-powerful people.
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So he's not denying that Trump had some guy named Bubba's dick in his mouth and that Putin has a photo of it. Correct?
NEW: Mark Epstein says that the "Bubba" he joked about with his brother Jeffrey Epstein "is not, in any way, a reference to former President
Bill Clinton."
Bill Clinton."
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
So he's not denying that Trump had some guy named Bubba's dick in his mouth and that Putin has a photo of it. Correct?
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Akio… why you gotta do me like this man…
Ahhh...... Yeah. Not great.
Toyota is a long time RNC donor too. 🏎️
Toyota is a long time RNC donor too. 🏎️
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Akio… why you gotta do me like this man…
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It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
Spike Lee Blesses Pope Leo with Knicks Jersey
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
www.vulture.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
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we don’t even know where the money really came from
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
we don’t even know where the money really came from
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yup. wish we had transparency & comparable data on allllll this. lots to criticize in the ridehail & AV industries. hyperbole doesn’t help sort things out usually.
I'm not a fan of automated cars but it would be interesting to see a compilation of the number of pets and kids hit by human drivers on any given week in San Francisco.
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
yup. wish we had transparency & comparable data on allllll this. lots to criticize in the ridehail & AV industries. hyperbole doesn’t help sort things out usually.
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it's okay to embrace the enemy of your enemy when the time comes imo but you GOTTA. you ABSOLUTELY GOTTA do it without compromising your morals and ethics. otherwise you're just. becoming, by definition, the enemy
I'm not trying to be mean, but racists who believe Trump betrayed them by being a child molester are not going to embrace the Democratic Party without forcing that party to embrace racism. And the people gained would in no way make up for those lost.
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
it's okay to embrace the enemy of your enemy when the time comes imo but you GOTTA. you ABSOLUTELY GOTTA do it without compromising your morals and ethics. otherwise you're just. becoming, by definition, the enemy
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In 2018, then-Mayor Ada Colau called Barcelona’s new 30% inclusionary housing requirement for projects over 600m^2 a “paradigm shift,” making housing “a right and not a commodity.” It was supposed to produce 330 affordable units a year. The reality: just 31 affordable apartments in all these years.
Cuando se ha aprobó esta medida dije repetidamente que iba a ser un fracaso y que no construirían nada de vivienda asequible. Se ha probado en mil sitios y no funciona.
Acerté. www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcel...
Acerté. www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcel...
La reserva del 30% solo ha generado 31 nuevas viviendas protegidas en siete años en Barcelona
Otros 123 pisos disponen de licencia ya aprobada, mientras los gremios afectados reclaman un marco legal estable para poder despertar al sector de su letargo
www.lavanguardia.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In 2018, then-Mayor Ada Colau called Barcelona’s new 30% inclusionary housing requirement for projects over 600m^2 a “paradigm shift,” making housing “a right and not a commodity.” It was supposed to produce 330 affordable units a year. The reality: just 31 affordable apartments in all these years.
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it's hard to accept that power and wealth do not require you to be smart or savvy in some way both bc we're told they do and also because it's insulting, but. here we are.
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
it's hard to accept that power and wealth do not require you to be smart or savvy in some way both bc we're told they do and also because it's insulting, but. here we are.
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People want to believe that the GOP’s electoral success in red states is the result of dirty tricks and gerrymandering instead of the sincerely held beliefs of a majority of the population because a mechanical issue is easier to fix than wrestling with how to make people not believe what they do.
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
People want to believe that the GOP’s electoral success in red states is the result of dirty tricks and gerrymandering instead of the sincerely held beliefs of a majority of the population because a mechanical issue is easier to fix than wrestling with how to make people not believe what they do.
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Watching Fellowship of the Ring with my nine-year-old son for the first time, just saw the fight in Moria, and his comment was, “Frodo really needs to stop getting stabbed.”
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Watching Fellowship of the Ring with my nine-year-old son for the first time, just saw the fight in Moria, and his comment was, “Frodo really needs to stop getting stabbed.”
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Just a reminder for the congressional staffers secretly following me.
The Speech and Debate clause? It only protects you if your member extends it to you. Otherwise, you are on your own.
The Speech and Debate clause? It only protects you if your member extends it to you. Otherwise, you are on your own.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Just a reminder for the congressional staffers secretly following me.
The Speech and Debate clause? It only protects you if your member extends it to you. Otherwise, you are on your own.
The Speech and Debate clause? It only protects you if your member extends it to you. Otherwise, you are on your own.
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I stand by this. Sorry, @edcooknj.bsky.social. ;-)
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I stand by this. Sorry, @edcooknj.bsky.social. ;-)
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Christmas is invading October (and even September in some stores!) in Australia, and I find it so demoralizing.
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Christmas is invading October (and even September in some stores!) in Australia, and I find it so demoralizing.
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Tucker Carlson is siding with MTG, so this should be even more interesting than I first thought.
Between this and the Heritage Foundation blowup, dude is doing more to tank MAGA than most Democrats.
Between this and the Heritage Foundation blowup, dude is doing more to tank MAGA than most Democrats.
November 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Tucker Carlson is siding with MTG, so this should be even more interesting than I first thought.
Between this and the Heritage Foundation blowup, dude is doing more to tank MAGA than most Democrats.
Between this and the Heritage Foundation blowup, dude is doing more to tank MAGA than most Democrats.
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I have many (many) issues with bluesky moderation but “why does bluesky not suspend the official accounts of this extremely online administration that loves to abuse its power to prosecute people it doesn’t like” - even when they very obviously break the rules - has an equally obvious answer
November 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I have many (many) issues with bluesky moderation but “why does bluesky not suspend the official accounts of this extremely online administration that loves to abuse its power to prosecute people it doesn’t like” - even when they very obviously break the rules - has an equally obvious answer
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I used to think that it was embarrassing that the idiots who run our country think this is how to project strength, but I've come to the conclusion that the idiots who make up our electorate and who run the rest of the world are genuinely impressed by it.
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I used to think that it was embarrassing that the idiots who run our country think this is how to project strength, but I've come to the conclusion that the idiots who make up our electorate and who run the rest of the world are genuinely impressed by it.
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day 151 of making a cow tools every day unless i don't
April 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
day 151 of making a cow tools every day unless i don't
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Yep. There are horrible rural whites in New England but there are objectively and obviously just way fewer of them.
(My family is from the NC Appalachians and I’ve spent a lot of time in VT - they are fascinatingly culturally different despite looking very similar).
(My family is from the NC Appalachians and I’ve spent a lot of time in VT - they are fascinatingly culturally different despite looking very similar).
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Yep. There are horrible rural whites in New England but there are objectively and obviously just way fewer of them.
(My family is from the NC Appalachians and I’ve spent a lot of time in VT - they are fascinatingly culturally different despite looking very similar).
(My family is from the NC Appalachians and I’ve spent a lot of time in VT - they are fascinatingly culturally different despite looking very similar).
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A guy who is asking advice from Jeffrey Epstein -- in 2018 -- about how to cheat on his wife with someone he is supposed to be mentoring is an evil man. It is probably safe to assume his economics analysis is dishonest, and exists to serve the cause of evil!
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A guy who is asking advice from Jeffrey Epstein -- in 2018 -- about how to cheat on his wife with someone he is supposed to be mentoring is an evil man. It is probably safe to assume his economics analysis is dishonest, and exists to serve the cause of evil!