Kevin Essington
@citygreenerstrategies.com
Usually: cities, nature, parks, climate, New England. Occasional: Arsenal and UMich football bantz. https://www.citygreenerstrategies.com
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Cornish pasty.
Crawfish étouffée
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Cornish pasty.
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I think these guys sent too many emails
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I think these guys sent too many emails
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The Allens Ave / Narragansett Blvd bike lane easily could be a separated, and safer, bike lane, but of course it is not. www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
www.wpri.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The Allens Ave / Narragansett Blvd bike lane easily could be a separated, and safer, bike lane, but of course it is not. www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
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Some waves just now
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Some waves just now
The Michigander and science nerd in me thinks this is the coolest thing.
The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The Michigander and science nerd in me thinks this is the coolest thing.
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I can tell you this: Based on multiple tabletop exercises with local municipalities around Massachusetts- No, they are not prepared. No matter what you hear. Local EM capacity is not up for it.
Insurers plan for 1-in-200-year storms. Why don’t governments?
If a Melissa-level hurricane hit the Northeast, would we be ready? New column looks at climate whiplash, risk, and what real preparedness means.
open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...
If a Melissa-level hurricane hit the Northeast, would we be ready? New column looks at climate whiplash, risk, and what real preparedness means.
open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...
Insurers plan for extreme events that could crater their solvency. Shouldn’t all levels of government do the same?
What if a storm like Melissa hit the northeast US?
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I can tell you this: Based on multiple tabletop exercises with local municipalities around Massachusetts- No, they are not prepared. No matter what you hear. Local EM capacity is not up for it.
Sorry to contribute to your doom scrolling but my God, this is terrifying. No one should have to experience seeing the words "Doobie Brothers" on their credit card statement.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/b...
She was charged $1,780 for Doobie Brothers tickets she didn’t order. Her credit card refused a refund. - The Boston Globe
Megan Reilly Padilla had never even set up an account on StubHub, but her Chase card held her responsible for the charges on the ticket resale site.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Sorry to contribute to your doom scrolling but my God, this is terrifying. No one should have to experience seeing the words "Doobie Brothers" on their credit card statement.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/b...
I am pleased to announce the first week of pie season has arrived. Hail, pie!
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I am pleased to announce the first week of pie season has arrived. Hail, pie!
Kenny reminds me how undemocratic the Providence mayoral election is. The current mayor won with only 42% of the *primary* vote, only 21% of voters voted in the primary, and there was no opponent in the general. Would RCV make this fairer @rebeccakislak.bsky.social @samghoward.riliberator.com?
Originally thought that David Caldwell was going to win the Providence City Council Ward 2 Dem. primary because in 2022, most of the East Side voted for Smiley for mayor! Caldwell emphasized that he would be a strong ally to Mayor Smiley if elected so yeah...
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Kenny reminds me how undemocratic the Providence mayoral election is. The current mayor won with only 42% of the *primary* vote, only 21% of voters voted in the primary, and there was no opponent in the general. Would RCV make this fairer @rebeccakislak.bsky.social @samghoward.riliberator.com?
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🔥🔥🔥A record warm October for the Arctic (60N to 90N) AND a record warm October for the Antarctic (60S to 90S). This is a disaster. 🔥🔥🔥
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
🔥🔥🔥A record warm October for the Arctic (60N to 90N) AND a record warm October for the Antarctic (60S to 90S). This is a disaster. 🔥🔥🔥
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Reading the brilliant book 'Inventing the Renaissance' by @adapalmer.bsky.social, and I think she coined a phrase for the ages:
"History, unlike fiction, doesn't have to be plausible."
"History, unlike fiction, doesn't have to be plausible."
a man with red hair and a beard is standing in the woods
ALT: a man with red hair and a beard is standing in the woods
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reading the brilliant book 'Inventing the Renaissance' by @adapalmer.bsky.social, and I think she coined a phrase for the ages:
"History, unlike fiction, doesn't have to be plausible."
"History, unlike fiction, doesn't have to be plausible."
The last time Arsenal gave up a goal I had hair.
Arsenal have now gone 776 minutes without conceding in any competition. The last player to score against them was Newcastle's Nick Woltemade in September.
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The last time Arsenal gave up a goal I had hair.
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This doesn't get talked about enough.
California has about 40 million people and the 4th largest economy in the world.
The amount of battery capacity added to their grid has doubled in past two years, solar has increased by 43% and methane burning for electricity has gone down by over 40%. 🔌💡
California has about 40 million people and the 4th largest economy in the world.
The amount of battery capacity added to their grid has doubled in past two years, solar has increased by 43% and methane burning for electricity has gone down by over 40%. 🔌💡
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This doesn't get talked about enough.
California has about 40 million people and the 4th largest economy in the world.
The amount of battery capacity added to their grid has doubled in past two years, solar has increased by 43% and methane burning for electricity has gone down by over 40%. 🔌💡
California has about 40 million people and the 4th largest economy in the world.
The amount of battery capacity added to their grid has doubled in past two years, solar has increased by 43% and methane burning for electricity has gone down by over 40%. 🔌💡
Hi everyone! Kevin here with a friendly reminder that
1) Many Bluesky users are here because X is a Nazi bar,
2) We do not want to be around Nazi bar talk, and
3) When you post screenshots from the Nazi bar we are around Nazi bar talk.
Please stop. Thanks!
1) Many Bluesky users are here because X is a Nazi bar,
2) We do not want to be around Nazi bar talk, and
3) When you post screenshots from the Nazi bar we are around Nazi bar talk.
Please stop. Thanks!
November 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hi everyone! Kevin here with a friendly reminder that
1) Many Bluesky users are here because X is a Nazi bar,
2) We do not want to be around Nazi bar talk, and
3) When you post screenshots from the Nazi bar we are around Nazi bar talk.
Please stop. Thanks!
1) Many Bluesky users are here because X is a Nazi bar,
2) We do not want to be around Nazi bar talk, and
3) When you post screenshots from the Nazi bar we are around Nazi bar talk.
Please stop. Thanks!
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Confederate leaders punished? ❌
Teapot Dome leaders convicted? ❌
Nixon prosecuted? ❌
Iran-Contra convictions? ❌
Iraq War criminals prosecuted? ❌
I’m gonna get historico-nihilist and guess nothing happens with this current gang of criminal leaders of the US either.
Yes, I am fun at parties.
Teapot Dome leaders convicted? ❌
Nixon prosecuted? ❌
Iran-Contra convictions? ❌
Iraq War criminals prosecuted? ❌
I’m gonna get historico-nihilist and guess nothing happens with this current gang of criminal leaders of the US either.
Yes, I am fun at parties.
no amount of electoral success will matter if there are no consequences for the members of the current administration
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Confederate leaders punished? ❌
Teapot Dome leaders convicted? ❌
Nixon prosecuted? ❌
Iran-Contra convictions? ❌
Iraq War criminals prosecuted? ❌
I’m gonna get historico-nihilist and guess nothing happens with this current gang of criminal leaders of the US either.
Yes, I am fun at parties.
Teapot Dome leaders convicted? ❌
Nixon prosecuted? ❌
Iran-Contra convictions? ❌
Iraq War criminals prosecuted? ❌
I’m gonna get historico-nihilist and guess nothing happens with this current gang of criminal leaders of the US either.
Yes, I am fun at parties.
Another good man besmirched by this sh!t football team.
“Micky and Djed came into my office yesterday unprompted & said, ‘We want to say sorry for the situation.'”
Micky van de Ven & Djed Spence apologised to Thomas Frank for walking straight down the tunnel after Tottenham's defeat to Chelsea.
@jaydmharris.bsky.social
Micky van de Ven & Djed Spence apologised to Thomas Frank for walking straight down the tunnel after Tottenham's defeat to Chelsea.
@jaydmharris.bsky.social
Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence apologised ‘unprompted’ for Chelsea snub, says Thomas Frank
Van de Ven and Spence appeared to refuse a request from Frank to applaud supporters after Saturday's defeat by Chelsea.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Another good man besmirched by this sh!t football team.
Really wanted the Dodgers to lose on a “This Week In Baseball”-style fielding error.
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Really wanted the Dodgers to lose on a “This Week In Baseball”-style fielding error.
So at a fight at a baseball game in Canada they drop the gloves, right?
a hockey player in a green jersey with the number 71 on it
ALT: a hockey player in a green jersey with the number 71 on it
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
So at a fight at a baseball game in Canada they drop the gloves, right?
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Villa watched Liverpool get beat by long balls for weeks and then thought "let's just play out the back all game." This is textbook Emery
November 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Villa watched Liverpool get beat by long balls for weeks and then thought "let's just play out the back all game." This is textbook Emery
Narrator: “He did indeed, cock this up.”
Unai cocks this up today, doesn’t he?
November 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Narrator: “He did indeed, cock this up.”
Unai cocks this up today, doesn’t he?
November 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Unai cocks this up today, doesn’t he?
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Please let oil pieces go down because of falling demand. Good for climate, bad for Russians massacring Ukrainians.
"The global oil market may be at a tipping point as signs of a significant supply glut emerge" writes the IEA.
Tepid demand due to "subpar economic conditions, increasing vehicle efficiencies, & robust electric vehicle sales in many markets." 😮
www.iea.org/commentaries...
Tepid demand due to "subpar economic conditions, increasing vehicle efficiencies, & robust electric vehicle sales in many markets." 😮
www.iea.org/commentaries...
As oil market surplus keeps rising, something’s got to give – Analysis - IEA
As oil market surplus keeps rising, something’s got to give - A commentary by Toril Bosoni
www.iea.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Please let oil pieces go down because of falling demand. Good for climate, bad for Russians massacring Ukrainians.
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He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM