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“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
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Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland
Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...
newatlas.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
I’ve been trying to work out exactly where my furrowed brow about AI comes from. This, exactly this.
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I’ve been trying to work out exactly where my furrowed brow about AI comes from. This, exactly this.
This floof turned up under a bush up the road, and she’s now a permanent fixture. Welcome, Pippin!
September 19, 2024 at 6:40 AM
This floof turned up under a bush up the road, and she’s now a permanent fixture. Welcome, Pippin!
This, again, is quite excellent
February 7, 2024 at 9:12 PM
This, again, is quite excellent
This is, indeed, excellent
"Wherever you get your podcasts" is a radical statement. www.anildash.com/2024/02/06/w...
“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
February 7, 2024 at 8:16 PM
This is, indeed, excellent
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"Wherever you get your podcasts" is a radical statement. www.anildash.com/2024/02/06/w...
“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
February 6, 2024 at 6:57 AM
"Wherever you get your podcasts" is a radical statement. www.anildash.com/2024/02/06/w...
This is excellent and I commend it to you and all your nerdy friends
February 7, 2024 at 8:10 PM
This is excellent and I commend it to you and all your nerdy friends