Doug King in San Jose
@dekgreen.bsky.social
Green building professional. Also post on: affordable housing, sustainability, urban development, NBA, downtown San Jose, and interesting science content.
If you're a real person around the Bay, I'll prob follow back.
#LEED #CMU #EPP #YIMBY #DTSJ
If you're a real person around the Bay, I'll prob follow back.
#LEED #CMU #EPP #YIMBY #DTSJ
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With the Christmas / shopping season coming, I strongly recommend Games Unlimited (@gamesunl.bsky.social), a board game shop in Pittsburgh, PA. Three things:
1) free shipping on purchases >$100
2) the website has lots of useful game reviews w/ videos
3) they have a great newsletter
#boardgames
1) free shipping on purchases >$100
2) the website has lots of useful game reviews w/ videos
3) they have a great newsletter
#boardgames
Games Unlimited, LLC
Games Unlimited, LLC
gamesunl.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
With the Christmas / shopping season coming, I strongly recommend Games Unlimited (@gamesunl.bsky.social), a board game shop in Pittsburgh, PA. Three things:
1) free shipping on purchases >$100
2) the website has lots of useful game reviews w/ videos
3) they have a great newsletter
#boardgames
1) free shipping on purchases >$100
2) the website has lots of useful game reviews w/ videos
3) they have a great newsletter
#boardgames
This is your friendly reminder to change the air filter in your HVAC system. Ideally the filter should be MERV-10 or higher and must completely fill the housing.
Top: old filter
Bottom: new filter
#IAQ
Top: old filter
Bottom: new filter
#IAQ
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is your friendly reminder to change the air filter in your HVAC system. Ideally the filter should be MERV-10 or higher and must completely fill the housing.
Top: old filter
Bottom: new filter
#IAQ
Top: old filter
Bottom: new filter
#IAQ
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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Next Tue, Nov 18: Join us for a convo about the evolving landscape of affordable housing finance, the impacts of federal disruptions, and policy opportunities to support growth in Massachusetts and beyond. @masshousing.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/aff...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/aff...
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Next Tue, Nov 18: Join us for a convo about the evolving landscape of affordable housing finance, the impacts of federal disruptions, and policy opportunities to support growth in Massachusetts and beyond. @masshousing.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/aff...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/aff...
Another day, another multifamily project with a central heat pump water heater. This time, a Nyle e360 system, 3-4 COP efficiency, operational to 10 degrees F.
Also, nice to see them advertising their use of a lower-GWP refrigerant, R513A.
Also, nice to see them advertising their use of a lower-GWP refrigerant, R513A.
Nyle e360 Cold Climate Heat Pump Water Heater Review
Discover the Nyle e360 Cold Climate Heat Pump for efficient water heating in challenging climates. Enhance your energy savings today.
heatwater.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Another day, another multifamily project with a central heat pump water heater. This time, a Nyle e360 system, 3-4 COP efficiency, operational to 10 degrees F.
Also, nice to see them advertising their use of a lower-GWP refrigerant, R513A.
Also, nice to see them advertising their use of a lower-GWP refrigerant, R513A.
With the Christmas / shopping season coming, I strongly recommend Games Unlimited (@gamesunl.bsky.social), a board game shop in Pittsburgh, PA. Three things:
1) free shipping on purchases >$100
2) the website has lots of useful game reviews w/ videos
3) they have a great newsletter
#boardgames
1) free shipping on purchases >$100
2) the website has lots of useful game reviews w/ videos
3) they have a great newsletter
#boardgames
Games Unlimited, LLC
Games Unlimited, LLC
gamesunl.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
With the Christmas / shopping season coming, I strongly recommend Games Unlimited (@gamesunl.bsky.social), a board game shop in Pittsburgh, PA. Three things:
1) free shipping on purchases >$100
2) the website has lots of useful game reviews w/ videos
3) they have a great newsletter
#boardgames
1) free shipping on purchases >$100
2) the website has lots of useful game reviews w/ videos
3) they have a great newsletter
#boardgames
Interesting video on the history of Penn Station in NYC and the challenges w trying to refurbish it.
#transit
#transit
Video: Why Can’t We Fix Penn Station?
The biggest thing holding Penn Station back from a much-needed rehaul is what’s on top of it: Madison Square Garden.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Interesting video on the history of Penn Station in NYC and the challenges w trying to refurbish it.
#transit
#transit
new Plain English podcast w/@dkthomp.bsky.social is titled "Are Young People Screwed?" My wife & I were just discussing this. Feels like Thompson gets it but his guests don't.
Uncertainty & insecurity w/r/t housing & employment affects quality of life more than [financially secure] people think.
Uncertainty & insecurity w/r/t housing & employment affects quality of life more than [financially secure] people think.
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
new Plain English podcast w/@dkthomp.bsky.social is titled "Are Young People Screwed?" My wife & I were just discussing this. Feels like Thompson gets it but his guests don't.
Uncertainty & insecurity w/r/t housing & employment affects quality of life more than [financially secure] people think.
Uncertainty & insecurity w/r/t housing & employment affects quality of life more than [financially secure] people think.
New Barr Brothers album dropped last month. A bit of a different sound but I’m really enjoying it.
#barrbrothers
#barrbrothers
The Barr Brothers - Let it Hiss (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by The Barr Brothers
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November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
New Barr Brothers album dropped last month. A bit of a different sound but I’m really enjoying it.
#barrbrothers
#barrbrothers
Subscribe, follow, consume work by actual journalists.
You may not always like how NY Times or WaPo or BBC report things. But it's unthinkable that they'd just published slop.
Also: you can/should support other real news outlets like @propublica.org, or local ones like @sanjosespotlight.com
You may not always like how NY Times or WaPo or BBC report things. But it's unthinkable that they'd just published slop.
Also: you can/should support other real news outlets like @propublica.org, or local ones like @sanjosespotlight.com
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Subscribe, follow, consume work by actual journalists.
You may not always like how NY Times or WaPo or BBC report things. But it's unthinkable that they'd just published slop.
Also: you can/should support other real news outlets like @propublica.org, or local ones like @sanjosespotlight.com
You may not always like how NY Times or WaPo or BBC report things. But it's unthinkable that they'd just published slop.
Also: you can/should support other real news outlets like @propublica.org, or local ones like @sanjosespotlight.com
They laughed at me for not taking down the Christmas lights in January.
Well, well… who’s laughing now?
Well, well… who’s laughing now?
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
They laughed at me for not taking down the Christmas lights in January.
Well, well… who’s laughing now?
Well, well… who’s laughing now?
This may seem nit-picky, but why does YouTube TV require me to click a couple links to get the $20 credit (bc of the ongoing stand-off with Disney/ESPN)? Why not just put a $20 credit in my account automatically?
... sneaky bastards...
... sneaky bastards...
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This may seem nit-picky, but why does YouTube TV require me to click a couple links to get the $20 credit (bc of the ongoing stand-off with Disney/ESPN)? Why not just put a $20 credit in my account automatically?
... sneaky bastards...
... sneaky bastards...
You know how I know AI will never replace real music? Because it’s fucking amazing to see someone perform actual music in front of you.
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
You know how I know AI will never replace real music? Because it’s fucking amazing to see someone perform actual music in front of you.
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☕️ We’re holding office hours! Join me for Coffee with a Councilmember at Playback Coffee on November 21 at 4:30. I’ll be there to answer your questions and fill you in with what our office and your city government is doing to serve our D3 neighbors. See you there!
RSVP: bit.ly/TordillosCoffee
RSVP: bit.ly/TordillosCoffee
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
☕️ We’re holding office hours! Join me for Coffee with a Councilmember at Playback Coffee on November 21 at 4:30. I’ll be there to answer your questions and fill you in with what our office and your city government is doing to serve our D3 neighbors. See you there!
RSVP: bit.ly/TordillosCoffee
RSVP: bit.ly/TordillosCoffee
San Jose State has set up something they call a StoryWalk, with posters around campus w excerpts from their Book of the Year.
Inspired idea to seed student interest in literature.
#SJSU
Inspired idea to seed student interest in literature.
#SJSU
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
San Jose State has set up something they call a StoryWalk, with posters around campus w excerpts from their Book of the Year.
Inspired idea to seed student interest in literature.
#SJSU
Inspired idea to seed student interest in literature.
#SJSU
Just received an updated contract from my largest client. The contract explicitly *disallows* the use of AI for basically all work, which I absolutely applaud.
I’m not an anti-AI absolutist but I believe caution is appropriate. Esp when other analytical tools can already do so much heavy lifting.
I’m not an anti-AI absolutist but I believe caution is appropriate. Esp when other analytical tools can already do so much heavy lifting.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Just received an updated contract from my largest client. The contract explicitly *disallows* the use of AI for basically all work, which I absolutely applaud.
I’m not an anti-AI absolutist but I believe caution is appropriate. Esp when other analytical tools can already do so much heavy lifting.
I’m not an anti-AI absolutist but I believe caution is appropriate. Esp when other analytical tools can already do so much heavy lifting.
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This reminded me of the famous Duke Zion photo. I showed it to my son and shared stories and it made me sad.
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This reminded me of the famous Duke Zion photo. I showed it to my son and shared stories and it made me sad.
Nice bit of news from @sanjosespotlight.com re: a new 220-unit affordable housing project coming to downtown San Jose #dtsj
sanjosespotlight.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Nice bit of news from @sanjosespotlight.com re: a new 220-unit affordable housing project coming to downtown San Jose #dtsj
I know there are some stormwater management nerds on here. This is an interesting article on the London “supersewer”.
Why London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour
The Thames Tideway is designed to prevent sewage spills into waterways, but the capital has had such a long dry spell that it hasn’t been properly tested yet
www.thetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I know there are some stormwater management nerds on here. This is an interesting article on the London “supersewer”.
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Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
Guy in HMB saw my shirt and said “what!? There’s a pinball museum in Alameda?!”
I’m pleased to spread the joy.
I’m pleased to spread the joy.
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Guy in HMB saw my shirt and said “what!? There’s a pinball museum in Alameda?!”
I’m pleased to spread the joy.
I’m pleased to spread the joy.
Just listened to Plain English with @dkthomp.bsky.social, interviewing Matthew Yglesias. I love Thompson but Yglesias really offers nothing. Talks in circles. Ignores realities of modern media.
For example: it doesn’t matter what D’s say, R’s will paint them as radical. How do you not get that?
For example: it doesn’t matter what D’s say, R’s will paint them as radical. How do you not get that?
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Just listened to Plain English with @dkthomp.bsky.social, interviewing Matthew Yglesias. I love Thompson but Yglesias really offers nothing. Talks in circles. Ignores realities of modern media.
For example: it doesn’t matter what D’s say, R’s will paint them as radical. How do you not get that?
For example: it doesn’t matter what D’s say, R’s will paint them as radical. How do you not get that?
Reposted by Doug King in San Jose
Do you want:
a) to be super comfortable on cold nights?
b) to avoid fighting over the covers w/ your bedmate?
c) to avoid heating your *entire* house?
d) to use electricity for heating, even though you have a gas furnace?
I cannot recommend a heated mattress pad strongly enough.
a) to be super comfortable on cold nights?
b) to avoid fighting over the covers w/ your bedmate?
c) to avoid heating your *entire* house?
d) to use electricity for heating, even though you have a gas furnace?
I cannot recommend a heated mattress pad strongly enough.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Do you want:
a) to be super comfortable on cold nights?
b) to avoid fighting over the covers w/ your bedmate?
c) to avoid heating your *entire* house?
d) to use electricity for heating, even though you have a gas furnace?
I cannot recommend a heated mattress pad strongly enough.
a) to be super comfortable on cold nights?
b) to avoid fighting over the covers w/ your bedmate?
c) to avoid heating your *entire* house?
d) to use electricity for heating, even though you have a gas furnace?
I cannot recommend a heated mattress pad strongly enough.
Do you want:
a) to be super comfortable on cold nights?
b) to avoid fighting over the covers w/ your bedmate?
c) to avoid heating your *entire* house?
d) to use electricity for heating, even though you have a gas furnace?
I cannot recommend a heated mattress pad strongly enough.
a) to be super comfortable on cold nights?
b) to avoid fighting over the covers w/ your bedmate?
c) to avoid heating your *entire* house?
d) to use electricity for heating, even though you have a gas furnace?
I cannot recommend a heated mattress pad strongly enough.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Do you want:
a) to be super comfortable on cold nights?
b) to avoid fighting over the covers w/ your bedmate?
c) to avoid heating your *entire* house?
d) to use electricity for heating, even though you have a gas furnace?
I cannot recommend a heated mattress pad strongly enough.
a) to be super comfortable on cold nights?
b) to avoid fighting over the covers w/ your bedmate?
c) to avoid heating your *entire* house?
d) to use electricity for heating, even though you have a gas furnace?
I cannot recommend a heated mattress pad strongly enough.