CL Stimmel, PhD
@interswarm.com
Author and researcher posting opinions on electrification, including #STS, #electrification, and #smartcity topics. I also write about the history of tech, mediated human connection, and kinship. Verified through @interswarm.com.
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
Did you do well in high school here in Illinois? You're getting into our public universities automatically.
We're making it easier to go to college and easier to pay for it now.
We're making it easier to go to college and easier to pay for it now.
Students can soon earn automatic admission to state's universities, hoping to keep more in Illinois
High school and community college students in Illinois will soon be able to earn automatic admission to most state public universities based on their GPA — without even having to apply.
www.wglt.org
July 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Did you do well in high school here in Illinois? You're getting into our public universities automatically.
We're making it easier to go to college and easier to pay for it now.
We're making it easier to go to college and easier to pay for it now.
Electrification isn’t just about plugging more stuff it. We must rewrite the rules of how cities breathe, move, and thrive to fundamentally reimagine how our cities serve people. Behind the #smartcity glow hides crumbling grids and huge equity gaps.
July 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Electrification isn’t just about plugging more stuff it. We must rewrite the rules of how cities breathe, move, and thrive to fundamentally reimagine how our cities serve people. Behind the #smartcity glow hides crumbling grids and huge equity gaps.
Given the precipitous decline of the industry of academia and the recent layoffs at WPI and the absolute decimation of ClarkU, Worcester, MA is about to go through some things. Baseball isn't going to save it. Absolute mess about to overcome that fabulous community.
June 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Given the precipitous decline of the industry of academia and the recent layoffs at WPI and the absolute decimation of ClarkU, Worcester, MA is about to go through some things. Baseball isn't going to save it. Absolute mess about to overcome that fabulous community.
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
Updated list of Black-owned bookstores.
Getting closer to 400.
booksforblackkids.com/black-owned-...
#booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky #bookstores #bookstoread #supportsmallbusinesses #supportblackownedbusinesses #indiebookstores #blackentrepreneurs #diversereads #BIPOCreads
Getting closer to 400.
booksforblackkids.com/black-owned-...
#booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky #bookstores #bookstoread #supportsmallbusinesses #supportblackownedbusinesses #indiebookstores #blackentrepreneurs #diversereads #BIPOCreads
The Ultimate List of Black-Owned Bookstores: 370+ Shops in the United States and Worldwide | Books for Black Kids
The largest list of Black-owned bookstores in the United States and internationally. A must-read for lovers of diverse reads and BookTok.
booksforblackkids.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Updated list of Black-owned bookstores.
Getting closer to 400.
booksforblackkids.com/black-owned-...
#booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky #bookstores #bookstoread #supportsmallbusinesses #supportblackownedbusinesses #indiebookstores #blackentrepreneurs #diversereads #BIPOCreads
Getting closer to 400.
booksforblackkids.com/black-owned-...
#booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky #bookstores #bookstoread #supportsmallbusinesses #supportblackownedbusinesses #indiebookstores #blackentrepreneurs #diversereads #BIPOCreads
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
The Tunnels. NYC.
#streetphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacksky #travel #nyc #subway
#streetphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacksky #travel #nyc #subway
May 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The Tunnels. NYC.
#streetphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacksky #travel #nyc #subway
#streetphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacksky #travel #nyc #subway
Absent-mindedly put the washer on the wrong side of the config and over-torqued. Bad. I have chronic back pain and it really creates a lot of problems. I just didn't want to pay the price required to lean over and look. My spouse is gentle about the frustration, but for me, so hard. #chronicpain
May 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Absent-mindedly put the washer on the wrong side of the config and over-torqued. Bad. I have chronic back pain and it really creates a lot of problems. I just didn't want to pay the price required to lean over and look. My spouse is gentle about the frustration, but for me, so hard. #chronicpain
No joke trying to figure out how to cancel Hulu.
May 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
No joke trying to figure out how to cancel Hulu.
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
bread (white and spelt flour, za’atar, sesame seeds on the outside)
April 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
bread (white and spelt flour, za’atar, sesame seeds on the outside)
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
On this #EarthDay, one of the oldest trees on earth. A Bristlecone Pine at the Methuselah Grove, in the arid White Mountains of #California.
#trees #photography #naturephotography
#trees #photography #naturephotography
April 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
On this #EarthDay, one of the oldest trees on earth. A Bristlecone Pine at the Methuselah Grove, in the arid White Mountains of #California.
#trees #photography #naturephotography
#trees #photography #naturephotography
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
Always keep watch. Eventually the aliens will slip up and do something unhuman a little too nonchalantly. Then we'll know. 👽🛸
Yesterday, the lifeform we call "Elly De La Cruz" forgot himself and took flight to catch this baseball. 😮
Yesterday, the lifeform we call "Elly De La Cruz" forgot himself and took flight to catch this baseball. 😮
April 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Always keep watch. Eventually the aliens will slip up and do something unhuman a little too nonchalantly. Then we'll know. 👽🛸
Yesterday, the lifeform we call "Elly De La Cruz" forgot himself and took flight to catch this baseball. 😮
Yesterday, the lifeform we call "Elly De La Cruz" forgot himself and took flight to catch this baseball. 😮
I have modeled quite a few advanced tech markets, but not the EV one. If I were to embark on that, I'd be super intent on looking for the point where available incentives drop below new (as in new drivers) EV purchases. I'm sure that's done, just thinking out loud.
April 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I have modeled quite a few advanced tech markets, but not the EV one. If I were to embark on that, I'd be super intent on looking for the point where available incentives drop below new (as in new drivers) EV purchases. I'm sure that's done, just thinking out loud.
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, Texas)
Title: Clown with Red Wig
Artist: Walt Kuhn
Year: 1931
It is an oil on canvas.
I took the picture, but obviously I did not paint it.
Title: Clown with Red Wig
Artist: Walt Kuhn
Year: 1931
It is an oil on canvas.
I took the picture, but obviously I did not paint it.
April 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, Texas)
Title: Clown with Red Wig
Artist: Walt Kuhn
Year: 1931
It is an oil on canvas.
I took the picture, but obviously I did not paint it.
Title: Clown with Red Wig
Artist: Walt Kuhn
Year: 1931
It is an oil on canvas.
I took the picture, but obviously I did not paint it.
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
Everything is bad but birds are good so time to reinstitute BIRD PROTOCOL where a bird is deployed to offset endless evil vibes, please enjoy, birds are good, okay bye
(photo by me)
(photo by me)
April 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Everything is bad but birds are good so time to reinstitute BIRD PROTOCOL where a bird is deployed to offset endless evil vibes, please enjoy, birds are good, okay bye
(photo by me)
(photo by me)
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
"“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, in a statement to the university"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, in a statement to the university"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
The Light of Coincidence" is a 1933 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte. Currently at the Dallas Museum of Art. #surrealism
April 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The Light of Coincidence" is a 1933 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte. Currently at the Dallas Museum of Art. #surrealism
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
The final poster. THE LIFE OF CHUCK drops in June. I love this movie!
April 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The final poster. THE LIFE OF CHUCK drops in June. I love this movie!
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
This is like being stunned that your dead tree stump is not producing any apples. Honey it just doesn’t do that anymore
It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.
April 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is like being stunned that your dead tree stump is not producing any apples. Honey it just doesn’t do that anymore
It's startling. We may be as wealthy a country--and as individuals--as of yesterday as we will ever be again in our lifetimes.
April 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
It's startling. We may be as wealthy a country--and as individuals--as of yesterday as we will ever be again in our lifetimes.
The lack of consistent standards bothers me very much. I once had a friend who got fired for sending out a perfectly good press release of some very silly announcement (her job). If Hegseth can't get fired for this, then we have to admit we are in a state of utter lawlessness.
House Democratic Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social calls on Trump to fire SecDef Hegseth.
March 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The lack of consistent standards bothers me very much. I once had a friend who got fired for sending out a perfectly good press release of some very silly announcement (her job). If Hegseth can't get fired for this, then we have to admit we are in a state of utter lawlessness.
🤘After a few weeks of swimming in studies, reports, analyses, and forecasts for data center growth, energy demand, and efficiency opportunities, I have two immediate observations:
1/x
1/x
March 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🤘After a few weeks of swimming in studies, reports, analyses, and forecasts for data center growth, energy demand, and efficiency opportunities, I have two immediate observations:
1/x
1/x
Probably reflexively by now, I completely agree with @willbunch.bsky.social in this moment. I don't feel as if the Democrats are a coherent party in any way. I've lost complete faith in @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, as I have my own Senator @fetterman.senate.gov.
Save these dozen (plus AOC, Raskin, Green, and a few others) and primary these other losers
March 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Probably reflexively by now, I completely agree with @willbunch.bsky.social in this moment. I don't feel as if the Democrats are a coherent party in any way. I've lost complete faith in @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, as I have my own Senator @fetterman.senate.gov.
Reposted by CL Stimmel, PhD
"It is with great enthusiasm that we announce Starfleet’s commitment to moving beyond so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and embracing a post-bias future where everything is fine and no one needs to think too hard about it."
Starfleet Eliminating All Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
To all Starfleet personnel, It is with great enthusiasm that we announce Starfleet’s commitment to moving beyond so-called diversity, equity, and i...
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"It is with great enthusiasm that we announce Starfleet’s commitment to moving beyond so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and embracing a post-bias future where everything is fine and no one needs to think too hard about it."