Max Hawkins
@maxhawkins.me
Real-time protocol engineer, Mid-City Los Angeles, organizing @opensidewalks.la, art && code, maxhawkins.me
@cmonstah.bsky.social Hi! What’s the best way to pitch you on a story?
August 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
@cmonstah.bsky.social Hi! What’s the best way to pitch you on a story?
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this about sums things up.
June 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
this about sums things up.
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The Chemical Safety Board does not duplicate OSHA or EPA. It's more like the NTSB of chemical plant incidents.
Eliminating the #CSB will mean more chemical releases, evacuations illnesses and deaths -- everywhere in the US, not just cancer alley.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...
Eliminating the #CSB will mean more chemical releases, evacuations illnesses and deaths -- everywhere in the US, not just cancer alley.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...
Trump shutdown of chemical safety watchdog could mean ‘more explosions, more deaths’ in Cancer Alley
On a summer night in 2023, an explosion at one of Louisiana’s biggest petrochemical complexes sent a plume of fire into the sky. More explosions followed as poison gas spewed from damaged tanks at the...
www.yahoo.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Chemical Safety Board does not duplicate OSHA or EPA. It's more like the NTSB of chemical plant incidents.
Eliminating the #CSB will mean more chemical releases, evacuations illnesses and deaths -- everywhere in the US, not just cancer alley.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...
Eliminating the #CSB will mean more chemical releases, evacuations illnesses and deaths -- everywhere in the US, not just cancer alley.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...
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for context here’s a map of greater Los Angeles and the protest is the roughly the red circle
June 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
for context here’s a map of greater Los Angeles and the protest is the roughly the red circle
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just that period reminder that content posted to Bluesky is public to *anybody*. if you don't want to see it used in a court of law, don't post it here.
and DMs here are not E2EE, they can be subpoened. a great use for bsky DMs is to share secure comms and move the conversation there.
and DMs here are not E2EE, they can be subpoened. a great use for bsky DMs is to share secure comms and move the conversation there.
June 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
just that period reminder that content posted to Bluesky is public to *anybody*. if you don't want to see it used in a court of law, don't post it here.
and DMs here are not E2EE, they can be subpoened. a great use for bsky DMs is to share secure comms and move the conversation there.
and DMs here are not E2EE, they can be subpoened. a great use for bsky DMs is to share secure comms and move the conversation there.
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US Census updated its city-level pop estimates today, showing population increases from 2023–24 in most cities.
Interesting data:
—NYC added 87k, up to ~8.5 m
—LA added 31k
—Chicago added 22k
—Seattle added 17k, up to 781k. This is up from 563k in 2000! Its density went from 6700 ppl/sq mi to 9300!
Interesting data:
—NYC added 87k, up to ~8.5 m
—LA added 31k
—Chicago added 22k
—Seattle added 17k, up to 781k. This is up from 563k in 2000! Its density went from 6700 ppl/sq mi to 9300!
Population Growth Reported Across Cities and Towns in All U.S. Regions
Cities of all sizes grew on average from 2023 to 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2024 Subcounty population estimates released today.
www.census.gov
May 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
US Census updated its city-level pop estimates today, showing population increases from 2023–24 in most cities.
Interesting data:
—NYC added 87k, up to ~8.5 m
—LA added 31k
—Chicago added 22k
—Seattle added 17k, up to 781k. This is up from 563k in 2000! Its density went from 6700 ppl/sq mi to 9300!
Interesting data:
—NYC added 87k, up to ~8.5 m
—LA added 31k
—Chicago added 22k
—Seattle added 17k, up to 781k. This is up from 563k in 2000! Its density went from 6700 ppl/sq mi to 9300!
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NHK on the tariffs on uninhabited islands:
April 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
NHK on the tariffs on uninhabited islands:
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Historically prescient.
What he said six and seven decades ago is still relevant and likely to become yet more so.
www.liberalcurrents.com/existential-...
What he said six and seven decades ago is still relevant and likely to become yet more so.
www.liberalcurrents.com/existential-...
Existential Liberalism: James Baldwin and the Problem of Freedom
The burden of freedom has always been heavy, and Baldwin forces us to confront whether we are willing to bear it.
www.liberalcurrents.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Historically prescient.
What he said six and seven decades ago is still relevant and likely to become yet more so.
www.liberalcurrents.com/existential-...
What he said six and seven decades ago is still relevant and likely to become yet more so.
www.liberalcurrents.com/existential-...
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*Please repost* @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and I just launched a new personalized feed (*please pin*) that we hope will become a "must use" for #academicsky. The feed shows posts about papers filtered by *your* follower network. It's become my default Bluesky experience bsky.app/profile/pape...
March 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
*Please repost* @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and I just launched a new personalized feed (*please pin*) that we hope will become a "must use" for #academicsky. The feed shows posts about papers filtered by *your* follower network. It's become my default Bluesky experience bsky.app/profile/pape...
@bcantrill.bsky.social re: your comment on the latest oxide pod about wanting feeds for podcasts, @listennotes.com kind of does this!
thebrowser.com has an excellent podcast feed there called The Audio Browser. It’s a feed of hand-picked episodes from other podcasts. Highly recommended.
thebrowser.com has an excellent podcast feed there called The Audio Browser. It’s a feed of hand-picked episodes from other podcasts. Highly recommended.
The Browser
Feed your curiosity with daily writings and listenings on art, politics, science, history, and every other topic you can imagine.
thebrowser.com
December 19, 2024 at 6:39 PM
@bcantrill.bsky.social re: your comment on the latest oxide pod about wanting feeds for podcasts, @listennotes.com kind of does this!
thebrowser.com has an excellent podcast feed there called The Audio Browser. It’s a feed of hand-picked episodes from other podcasts. Highly recommended.
thebrowser.com has an excellent podcast feed there called The Audio Browser. It’s a feed of hand-picked episodes from other podcasts. Highly recommended.
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Now, neighbors and advocates in a group called Open Sidewalks LA (@opensidewalks.la) want the gates removed.
Read Maylin Tu’s (@maylintu) story to learn more about why the gates separated the community in the first place and what neighbors are doing about it now. buff.ly/3N9102X
Read Maylin Tu’s (@maylintu) story to learn more about why the gates separated the community in the first place and what neighbors are doing about it now. buff.ly/3N9102X
Decades ago, homeowners gated public streets in the name of curbing crime. Now, a group is trying to take them down
To some neighbors, the gates are an ugly symbol of exclusion and segregation.
buff.ly
December 19, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Now, neighbors and advocates in a group called Open Sidewalks LA (@opensidewalks.la) want the gates removed.
Read Maylin Tu’s (@maylintu) story to learn more about why the gates separated the community in the first place and what neighbors are doing about it now. buff.ly/3N9102X
Read Maylin Tu’s (@maylintu) story to learn more about why the gates separated the community in the first place and what neighbors are doing about it now. buff.ly/3N9102X
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Interesting work from @drib.net exploring and clustering image concepts with Gemma Scope got.drib.net/latents/
December 13, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Interesting work from @drib.net exploring and clustering image concepts with Gemma Scope got.drib.net/latents/
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Hello, LA! We have set up shop at 3rd and Catalina in Koreatown! Try our new low-fat steak elote!
December 8, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Hello, LA! We have set up shop at 3rd and Catalina in Koreatown! Try our new low-fat steak elote!
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Who uses Bluesky? We look at the political leanings of Users, and investigate polarisations and political leanings on Bluesky. Bluesky users are almost exclusively center-left leaning with a unimodal distribution of political opinions.
June 20, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Who uses Bluesky? We look at the political leanings of Users, and investigate polarisations and political leanings on Bluesky. Bluesky users are almost exclusively center-left leaning with a unimodal distribution of political opinions.
@jaz.bsky.social Is the embedding at bsky.jazco.dev/atlas being updated anymore? I was thinking of building a feed based on it.
Atlas - Engagement-Based Social Graph for Bluesky by Jaz (jaz.bsky.social)
bsky.jazco.dev
November 29, 2024 at 7:56 PM
@jaz.bsky.social Is the embedding at bsky.jazco.dev/atlas being updated anymore? I was thinking of building a feed based on it.
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I’ve come around the world and back again on my feelings after a decade of digisec work, facing this next chapter of madness. We know all the kinds of data that get collected, carry risks. But we overwhelm people with recommendations, spend too little time repeating fundamentals:
Switch to Signal.
Switch to Signal.
November 25, 2024 at 10:48 PM
I’ve come around the world and back again on my feelings after a decade of digisec work, facing this next chapter of madness. We know all the kinds of data that get collected, carry risks. But we overwhelm people with recommendations, spend too little time repeating fundamentals:
Switch to Signal.
Switch to Signal.
@jaz.bsky.social is the discover feed algorithm open source? I was curious how it worked but don’t see it on the GitHub.
November 12, 2024 at 5:06 AM
@jaz.bsky.social is the discover feed algorithm open source? I was curious how it worked but don’t see it on the GitHub.
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Hello Bluesky! It’s what you’ve all been waiting for: the Knock LA Voter Guide (November 2024 edition)
knock-la.com/the-knock-la...
knock-la.com/the-knock-la...
The Knock LA Progressive Voter Guide for the November 2024 General Election - Knock LA
The Most Anticipated - with breakdowns of city, county, state, and federal races, plus ballot initiatives!
knock-la.com
October 7, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Hello Bluesky! It’s what you’ve all been waiting for: the Knock LA Voter Guide (November 2024 edition)
knock-la.com/the-knock-la...
knock-la.com/the-knock-la...
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On June 25, 1961, the ‘space age’ Theme Building structure at Los Angeles International Airport was officially dedicated
June 26, 2024 at 1:30 PM
On June 25, 1961, the ‘space age’ Theme Building structure at Los Angeles International Airport was officially dedicated
@johnpfaff.bsky.social Do you have any writing about Prop 47? I’ve started to see more people talking about it with the new ballot initiative this November. I’m having a hard time finding good academic writing about the issue.
June 21, 2024 at 2:09 PM
@johnpfaff.bsky.social Do you have any writing about Prop 47? I’ve started to see more people talking about it with the new ballot initiative this November. I’m having a hard time finding good academic writing about the issue.
@voberoi.bsky.social Awesome work on citymeetings.nyc. Do you have any plans to expand to other cities like Los Angeles?
April 20, 2024 at 4:08 PM
@voberoi.bsky.social Awesome work on citymeetings.nyc. Do you have any plans to expand to other cities like Los Angeles?
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I am jealous, as I don't think I'll ever get to write an opening graf as good as this one in LA Mag.
And the story only gets more bizarre as it goes on. lamag.com/news/exclusi...
And the story only gets more bizarre as it goes on. lamag.com/news/exclusi...
August 24, 2023 at 3:14 PM
I am jealous, as I don't think I'll ever get to write an opening graf as good as this one in LA Mag.
And the story only gets more bizarre as it goes on. lamag.com/news/exclusi...
And the story only gets more bizarre as it goes on. lamag.com/news/exclusi...