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pewex.bsky.social
Bustech CDi Enjoyer
@pewex.bsky.social
260 followers 180 following 910 posts
she/her | ona/jej

Linguist, urbanist, wokeist, conservatist
Ceterum censeo car-centric infrastructure esse delendam
Cities Skylines 1 & 2 lover, player, beta tester, asset creator

Half Łemko, Half Việt — All Aussie
All I do I do with love on Dharug land
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junlper.beer
might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen
October 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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beebrookshire.bsky.social
I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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paraseptic.bsky.social
Conservatives: own the entire American political apparatus and are removing every check and balance so they can take more power than any other administration in American history

Also conservatives: "we're politically persecuted and silenced by the left! They control everything!"
September 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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davemayhem.bsky.social
Seth did a great video about this last month. European law makes it much simpler to differentiate between a legal e-bike and one of these, or even a regular bike retrofitted with a motor hub. If its not purely pedal assist then its classed as a motor vehicle and needs, plates and driver licence.
The STUPID Laws That Make THIS a ‘Bicycle’
YouTube video by Berm Peak
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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guiltysmith.bsky.social
There's something fascinating about "accurate descriptions of me and my actions are an incitement to violence against me"
September 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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junlper.beer
the world is healing
September 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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standplaatskrk.pl
Bleeding skullface wojak in the cycle of "I learn American politics against my will -> I learn American politics against my will -> I learn American politics against my will -> I learn American politics against my will"
April 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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kenjennings.bsky.social
2015: “oh no, it’s the dystopian future where everyone is playing dumb hypnotic games on their little screen.”
2025: “The dumb hypnotic games are actually best-case scenario; everything else your little screen can do to you is worse.”
September 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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andyroz.bsky.social
With China leading the way
Chart show China solar growth compared to the rest of the world
September 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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conradhackett.bsky.social
Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
Line chart showing that there's been a rapid escalation in how quickly the world installs a gigawatt of solar power capacity.
September 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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mtsw.bsky.social
one of the most important technological revolutions in modern history and you're likely not hearing anything about it because it's making the oligarchs who control our information environment poorer instead of richer
conradhackett.bsky.social Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Sep 15
Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
Line chart showing that there's been a rapid escalation in how quickly the world installs a gigawatt of solar power capacity.
September 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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sydneystations.bsky.social
I've hit 2,000 followers here so it's time for a progress update! I'm not even half way up the Blue Mountains Line yet, and there's a new ferry map with a few new wharves added too.

I hope you're all enjoying my adventures as much as I am and it brings good vibes to your feed!
September 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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sydneystations.bsky.social
Really can't wait to see how this all fits together in detail!

10 underground platforms in a complex that may even be busier than Central

www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
September 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
doubt it convinces anyone but i like the pro-solar framing that it's better at converting energy than corn. fuck corn, we're kicking corn's ass now
We can and should produce a good deal of our energy from rooftop solar panels and solar canopies over parking lots—but there aren’t enough of them to produce everything we need, and it’s considerably cheaper to use cleared land. Like, for example, some of the fields where we currently grow corn, the most widespread crop in America. And here—as someone who lives in a corn-growing county—is where I want to make an argument that may seem at first blush unlikely: Converting some of these fields to solar panels makes enormous ecological sense. That’s because one way to look at a field of corn (or any other crop) is that it’s already an array of solar panels. A plant is a way to convert sunshine into energy through photosynthesis, which is an enormous miracle—the chlorophyll in the leaves absorbs energy from the red and blue parts of the spectrum, which energizes electrons, moving them to a higher energy state. A miracle—but not a very efficient one. Somewhere between 1 and 3 percent of the sunlight falling on a leaf actually becomes energy. The photovoltaic panel works considerably better: As we’ve seen, the average panel is about 20 percent efficient, and we’re on a course that might someday soon get us to 40 percent efficient. Which means that, say, if you want to use corn to power a car, it takes a lot of it. About 40 percent of America’s corn crop is turned to ethanol—in Iowa, on the richest topsoil in the world, that number is over 60 percent. If you spent a day driving past Midwestern corn fields, mostly you’d be seeing gasoline plants. But, again, inefficient ones: A few years ago, 200 scientists at 31 colleges and universities across Iowa signed a statement noting that a “one-acre solar farm produces as much energy as 100 acres of ethanol.” Or, to do the math in reverse, an acre of corn will produce enough ethanol every year to drive a Ford F-150 pickup about 25,000 miles. But cover that same acre in solar panels and you will produce enough juice to drive the electric version of the same truck—the F-150 Lightning—about 750,000 miles. Or to do the math one more way, you could supply all the energy the US currently uses by covering 30 One truth is, we actually don’t need very much land to provide the energy we need. At the moment, according to Stanford’s Mark Jacobson, fossil fuel infrastructure takes up about 1.3 percent of America’s land area—this includes active and abandoned oil and gas wells and coal mines (since, unlike the sun, these play out, you need new ones every year) and deforested strips for pipelines, power plants, and tank farms. By his calculation, converting entirely to clean energy would use less of the landscape. It depends on how you count it, of course—when Jacobson looks at the acreage of a wind farm, for instance, he includes just the pads for mounting the turbines and the paved roads between them, since everything else can still be farmed. His numbers, across 145 countries: “The total new land area for footprint required . . . is about 0.17 percent” of their territory. By contrast, at the moment the US devotes about 41 percent of its land—both pasture and cropland—to feeding cows. We devote two million acres to golf courses and three million to airports.
September 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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dov.bsky.social
I am tired of being asked to pretend Ezra Klein is not a piece of shit
September 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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blindeke.bsky.social
Very thorough bike lock review. I have a Litelok on my e-cargo bike and feel much better about it now. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
I cut up 15 bike locks to find the best in the US. Here are my favorites
From U-locks and folding locks to heavy-duty chains, we tested 15 bicycle locks – with an angle grinder! – to find out which offer real protection
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
pewex.bsky.social
The way I use BlueSky makes it more "slowcial media" than "social media"... it's pretty good, we need more of this stuff in society. None of this algorithmic hell
August 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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wrennifer.bsky.social
A modern car already delivers gigabytes of data per mile to your insurance company, all of which is accessible by police across the country. You only disagree with speed & red light cameras because it limits the effect of a negative externality that you enjoy doing

www.ai-online.com/2021/08/lexi...
August 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
If you’re in New Zealand, or if you have NZ followers, please read the post below, and consider sharing it.

Actually, scratch that. No matter where you are, please consider sharing it. Frankly I’m seeing this kind of thing in too many places around the world.

Thanks.
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 26
Beware of any politician doing this. It’s a major red flag of the most cynical political opportunism, weaponization of lies & misinformation, and manipulation of some consultant’s idea of a “wedge issue.” It would waste public money, risk or even cost lives, weaken the city, make traffic worse, etc.
jennykaynz.bsky.social Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · Aug 26
Current Mayor of Christchurch New Zealand Phil Mauger is campaigning for reelection on basis of ripping out bike lanes! This for a city that used to be famous for cycle friendly infrastructure before earthquakes of 2010 and 2011!
#NZpol
August 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
Beware of any politician doing this. It’s a major red flag of the most cynical political opportunism, weaponization of lies & misinformation, and manipulation of some consultant’s idea of a “wedge issue.” It would waste public money, risk or even cost lives, weaken the city, make traffic worse, etc.
jennykaynz.bsky.social Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · Aug 26
Current Mayor of Christchurch New Zealand Phil Mauger is campaigning for reelection on basis of ripping out bike lanes! This for a city that used to be famous for cycle friendly infrastructure before earthquakes of 2010 and 2011!
#NZpol
August 26, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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andreradix.bsky.social
Paris cut 50,000 parking spots, added bike lanes & green space. Result: PM2.5 down 55%, NO₂ down 50%. Proof that bold climate action improves health & cities."
#Paris #AirQuality #ClimateAction

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
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 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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sriku.org
Repeat after me - "CARS RUIN CITIES"
scroll.in Scroll @scroll.in · Aug 19
“The number of personal vehicles has reached 1.2 crore, which means that there are more vehicles than adults in this city,” an expert noted. It is estimated that #Bengaluru has 62.5 lakh adults.

scroll.in/article/1085...

Johanna Deeksha unpacks why residents face traffic woes daily.
August 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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cityofsound.bsky.social
"Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling" (Doesn't even feel like 90 cents, to be honest! As article points out, this is thoroughly below par compared to equivalents, never mind best practice) theconversation.com/australia-sp...
Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling
Walking and cycling get 90c per person each year from the Australian government. What if that figure rose to $5, $10 or $15?
theconversation.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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hillthalisaup.bsky.social
“As a result of this over-investment in car road-building, Aust has smallest number of walking trips of 15 comparable countries across Western Europe & Nth America.
Cycling rates are equally dismal.
Globally, UN recommends nations spend 20% of their transport $ on walking/cycling infrastructure.
cityofsound.bsky.social Dan HIll @cityofsound.bsky.social · Aug 15
"Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling" (Doesn't even feel like 90 cents, to be honest! As article points out, this is thoroughly below par compared to equivalents, never mind best practice) theconversation.com/australia-sp...
Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling
Walking and cycling get 90c per person each year from the Australian government. What if that figure rose to $5, $10 or $15?
theconversation.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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katie.bzky.team
the thing most striking about this to me is that there is no world in which an 84 year old man should be operating heavy machinery but if you say this people respond "well how else are they going to get around" as if the answer isn't Maybe We Shouldn't Make Society Dependent On Cars????
August 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM