Gregory Heller
@gregoryheller.bsky.social
Career and communication coach. AI early adopter. Podcaster. Climate/clean tech enthusiast and career guide.
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Anyone want to get together and talk to the Seattle city council in the new year?
Anyone want to get together and talk to the Seattle city council in the new year?
What It Takes to Defeat the Leaf Blowers
To end the use of gas-powered blowers, advocates in one New Jersey town focused on public health and made their case directly to local elected leaders.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Anyone want to get together and talk to the Seattle city council in the new year?
Anyone want to get together and talk to the Seattle city council in the new year?
Why aren’t we turning out democrats and independent voters in every republican house members district and telling them to go back to work!
No kings is nice, but we n the e to put pressure on the house to go back to work!
No kings is nice, but we n the e to put pressure on the house to go back to work!
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Why aren’t we turning out democrats and independent voters in every republican house members district and telling them to go back to work!
No kings is nice, but we n the e to put pressure on the house to go back to work!
No kings is nice, but we n the e to put pressure on the house to go back to work!
Maybe history doesn’t repeat itself, maybe it does, maybe it rhymes. Learn about the roaring twenties Tony sweat and these roaring 2020s. From political corruption (teapot dome) to financial speculation. wondery.com/search/
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November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Maybe history doesn’t repeat itself, maybe it does, maybe it rhymes. Learn about the roaring twenties Tony sweat and these roaring 2020s. From political corruption (teapot dome) to financial speculation. wondery.com/search/
Seattle residents reveal their greatest public safety concern: traffic related safety. Speeding, reckless driving, pedestrian/vehicle/bike/scooter conflicts
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Seattle’s ‘surprising’ top public-safety concern, according to an annual survey
Seattle University's annual survey on public safety, initiated in 2015, shows how local perceptions of crime, safety and policing have shifted.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Seattle residents reveal their greatest public safety concern: traffic related safety. Speeding, reckless driving, pedestrian/vehicle/bike/scooter conflicts
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Australia has so much solar generation capacity that it's offering customers free electricity for three hours in the middle of the day: electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Australia has so much solar generation capacity that it's offering customers free electricity for three hours in the middle of the day: electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
I'm feeling immense information overload. Too much news. Too many podcasts. Too many tabs open. Too many books on my "To Read" pile. And I am reminded of this wisdom...
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I'm feeling immense information overload. Too much news. Too many podcasts. Too many tabs open. Too many books on my "To Read" pile. And I am reminded of this wisdom...
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Two policies, with the same price tag, yet only one is on the chopping block. Why?
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Two policies, with the same price tag, yet only one is on the chopping block. Why?
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
Every educator should read this. Everyone who uses LLMs should read this. As someone who fits into both categories, it resonates deeply.
www.theargumentmag.com/p/you-have-1...
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“You have 18 months”
The real deadline isn’t when AI outsmarts us — it’s when we stop using our own minds.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Every educator should read this. Everyone who uses LLMs should read this. As someone who fits into both categories, it resonates deeply.
www.theargumentmag.com/p/you-have-1...
www.theargumentmag.com/p/you-have-1...
Democrats should find candidates to run against every Republican in Congress next year.
November 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Democrats should find candidates to run against every Republican in Congress next year.
Last 6 nyc mayor elections: Bloomberg 2001: 744k, 2005: 753k, 2009: 585k.
DeBlasio 2013: 793k, 2017: 760k.
Adams 2021: 753k
Mamdani 2025: 1M
That is almost > than total vote in 2021, 2017, 2009. 50k < total in 2013.
Congrats to amazing campaign. huge win for democracy when you increase turnout!
DeBlasio 2013: 793k, 2017: 760k.
Adams 2021: 753k
Mamdani 2025: 1M
That is almost > than total vote in 2021, 2017, 2009. 50k < total in 2013.
Congrats to amazing campaign. huge win for democracy when you increase turnout!
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Last 6 nyc mayor elections: Bloomberg 2001: 744k, 2005: 753k, 2009: 585k.
DeBlasio 2013: 793k, 2017: 760k.
Adams 2021: 753k
Mamdani 2025: 1M
That is almost > than total vote in 2021, 2017, 2009. 50k < total in 2013.
Congrats to amazing campaign. huge win for democracy when you increase turnout!
DeBlasio 2013: 793k, 2017: 760k.
Adams 2021: 753k
Mamdani 2025: 1M
That is almost > than total vote in 2021, 2017, 2009. 50k < total in 2013.
Congrats to amazing campaign. huge win for democracy when you increase turnout!
Trump Weighs Options, and Risks, for Attacks on Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Anyone else thinking about a 28 year old movie with deniro and Hoffman? #wagthedog
Anyone else thinking about a 28 year old movie with deniro and Hoffman? #wagthedog
Trump Weighs Options, and Risks, for Attacks on Venezuela
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November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Trump Weighs Options, and Risks, for Attacks on Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Anyone else thinking about a 28 year old movie with deniro and Hoffman? #wagthedog
Anyone else thinking about a 28 year old movie with deniro and Hoffman? #wagthedog
Pega.com's ad spot on MarketPlace Tech is awful. If you are trying to convince people that their legacy systems are a problem, and you are the solution, they should be able to understand that without w weird analogy to cooking a fancy dinner on broken equipment with expired ingredients.
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Pega.com's ad spot on MarketPlace Tech is awful. If you are trying to convince people that their legacy systems are a problem, and you are the solution, they should be able to understand that without w weird analogy to cooking a fancy dinner on broken equipment with expired ingredients.
WA Rep Cindy Ryu just told a room full of Ai/tech people at #seattleaiweek opening event to find your legislators, and talk to them. Look yours up here app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder
Washington State Legislature
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October 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
WA Rep Cindy Ryu just told a room full of Ai/tech people at #seattleaiweek opening event to find your legislators, and talk to them. Look yours up here app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder
Kamala Harris Suggests She Is Considering Another Presidential Run
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October 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I understand that sometimes, as a product evolves, features need to be retired. However, I can't imagine that #Microsoft 's #Outlook team talked with users before making major changes to saved search and mail merge features. #productmanagemet #productfail
October 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I understand that sometimes, as a product evolves, features need to be retired. However, I can't imagine that #Microsoft 's #Outlook team talked with users before making major changes to saved search and mail merge features. #productmanagemet #productfail
Mamdani and his media team are genius. Democrats need to learn from his team, the way they should have learned from Obama instead of basically catching and killing the innovative spirit.
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zohrankmamdani on Instagram: "Comment Zohran34 and we’ll send you the link to give us all the greatest gift: a city we can actually afford.View all 2,807 comment…"
Comment Zohran34 and we’ll send you the link to give us all the greatest gift: a city we can actually afford.View all 2,807 comments
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October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Mamdani and his media team are genius. Democrats need to learn from his team, the way they should have learned from Obama instead of basically catching and killing the innovative spirit.
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Today in unintended consequences of US trade policy: Brazilian deforestation…
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October 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Today in unintended consequences of US trade policy: Brazilian deforestation…
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/c...
So if these boats are carrying drugs that could kill tens of thousands of people, should this drugs be dumped in the ocean?
October 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
So if these boats are carrying drugs that could kill tens of thousands of people, should this drugs be dumped in the ocean?
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America is spending $20B of your tax dollars to ensure Argentina continues to have free healthcare while the US government is shutdown because it can’t afford to give you a discount on healthcare premiums?
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
October 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
America is spending $20B of your tax dollars to ensure Argentina continues to have free healthcare while the US government is shutdown because it can’t afford to give you a discount on healthcare premiums?
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Let's move our Thanksgiving. I love this idea: www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
Thanksgiving Should Be in October
A modest proposal for fixing the back-to-back-holiday crunch
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October 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Let's move our Thanksgiving. I love this idea: www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
"There are a few simple steps the craft beer industry can take to immediately address its downturn. For starters, it must abandon the I.P.A. arms race. Craft beer’s obsession with hops has gone too far." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/o...
Opinion | Wacky Labels and Silly Names Are Killing Craft Beer
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October 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"There are a few simple steps the craft beer industry can take to immediately address its downturn. For starters, it must abandon the I.P.A. arms race. Craft beer’s obsession with hops has gone too far." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/o...