Evan Foss
@scribblesonnapkins.bsky.social
Engineer, Public Transit Enthusiast, Concerned Citizen.
Personally : Trying to improve public transit in MA
Professionally : +15 years designing mostly electronics for hearing research.
Mastodon : @scribblesonnapkins@mastodon.social
Personally : Trying to improve public transit in MA
Professionally : +15 years designing mostly electronics for hearing research.
Mastodon : @scribblesonnapkins@mastodon.social
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2021 vs 2026 @mbta.com
fixed the column I made famous with help from @mayahoman.bsky.social and @bostonglobe.com
It was featured in one of board presentations in a list of projects that was made possible in less time by the creation of an internal engineering team.
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fixed the column I made famous with help from @mayahoman.bsky.social and @bostonglobe.com
It was featured in one of board presentations in a list of projects that was made possible in less time by the creation of an internal engineering team.
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🫠 We're doomed. I saw this in Beaverton yesterday. "eliminating the
unnecessary idling of personal vehicles would be the same as
taking 5 million vehicles off the roads." (2015)
afdc.energy.gov/files/u/publ...
unnecessary idling of personal vehicles would be the same as
taking 5 million vehicles off the roads." (2015)
afdc.energy.gov/files/u/publ...
January 27, 2026 at 5:51 AM
🫠 We're doomed. I saw this in Beaverton yesterday. "eliminating the
unnecessary idling of personal vehicles would be the same as
taking 5 million vehicles off the roads." (2015)
afdc.energy.gov/files/u/publ...
unnecessary idling of personal vehicles would be the same as
taking 5 million vehicles off the roads." (2015)
afdc.energy.gov/files/u/publ...
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This dude was a keynote speaker at the 2025 Abundance conference, along with Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, and a host of other Abundance-aligned folks.
Heterodox thinking indeed.
Heterodox thinking indeed.
The Abundance crowd LOVES masked agents kidnapping delivery drivers and snatching children away from their families
January 24, 2026 at 2:53 PM
This dude was a keynote speaker at the 2025 Abundance conference, along with Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, and a host of other Abundance-aligned folks.
Heterodox thinking indeed.
Heterodox thinking indeed.
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Just called it quits shoveling for the night.
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Just called it quits shoveling for the night.
My thanks to all the public transit workers making sure we can get around during this weather.
Now has anyone seen how the battery buses are doing?
Now has anyone seen how the battery buses are doing?
January 26, 2026 at 12:09 AM
My thanks to all the public transit workers making sure we can get around during this weather.
Now has anyone seen how the battery buses are doing?
Now has anyone seen how the battery buses are doing?
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
Freedom units.
Mary Markos of NBC Boston is in Lynn, so of course used a tub of Fluff to show us how much snow has fallen.
January 25, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Freedom units.
If anyone wonders where I got the last MBTA public comment from:
May 2024 LA Metro update on bus electrification. They are receiving 95 electric buses this year, ordering up to 1,060 more. Since bus divisions are not yet fully capable of charging all buses, they will use 54 natural gas generators to charge buses.
www.dropbox.com/sh/moaeawf95...
www.dropbox.com/sh/moaeawf95...
January 25, 2026 at 9:19 PM
If anyone wonders where I got the last MBTA public comment from:
So excited to experience a 50% failure rate on chargers here @mbta.com
July 2024 LA Metro update on G Line BRT charger issues. After less than 3 years of being fully electric, 4 of 8 New Flyer chargers are down. They are replacing/investigating. 8 40’ CNG buses being used and plan to use 5 new 60’ BYD electric buses.
boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...
boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...
January 25, 2026 at 9:15 PM
So excited to experience a 50% failure rate on chargers here @mbta.com
Dude's a hero
Did you know that @georgetakei.bsky.social served on the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD) Board of Directors during the ‘70s and ‘80s? SCRTD is @metrolosangeles.bsky.social's predecessor! 🤓🚌🌴
January 25, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Dude's a hero
What if I instead FEMA just protected people from all forms of ICE?
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 25, 2026 at 6:43 AM
What if I instead FEMA just protected people from all forms of ICE?
2021 vs 2026 @mbta.com
fixed the column I made famous with help from @mayahoman.bsky.social and @bostonglobe.com
It was featured in one of board presentations in a list of projects that was made possible in less time by the creation of an internal engineering team.
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fixed the column I made famous with help from @mayahoman.bsky.social and @bostonglobe.com
It was featured in one of board presentations in a list of projects that was made possible in less time by the creation of an internal engineering team.
1/🧵
January 25, 2026 at 3:37 AM
2021 vs 2026 @mbta.com
fixed the column I made famous with help from @mayahoman.bsky.social and @bostonglobe.com
It was featured in one of board presentations in a list of projects that was made possible in less time by the creation of an internal engineering team.
1/🧵
fixed the column I made famous with help from @mayahoman.bsky.social and @bostonglobe.com
It was featured in one of board presentations in a list of projects that was made possible in less time by the creation of an internal engineering team.
1/🧵
This should be a new unit of measurement.
I remember traveling from England to France and seeing the tidy british queue broken by people who refuse to fall in line. :)
I remember traveling from England to France and seeing the tidy british queue broken by people who refuse to fall in line. :)
not quite but the Porter Square Star Market was absolute chaos at the checkout line, you could have stunned a Brit at 20 yards with the mess of that queue
January 25, 2026 at 2:42 AM
This should be a new unit of measurement.
I remember traveling from England to France and seeing the tidy british queue broken by people who refuse to fall in line. :)
I remember traveling from England to France and seeing the tidy british queue broken by people who refuse to fall in line. :)
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"gallons of milk" is one of the weirdest unit choices I've ever seen or hope to ever see
channel 2 leaning into it this morning
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"gallons of milk" is one of the weirdest unit choices I've ever seen or hope to ever see
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Bottom trawling is horribly destructive to coastal ocean ecosystems, and deep-sea mining will do the same to the open ocean. #OceanFilm 🌊
May 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Bottom trawling is horribly destructive to coastal ocean ecosystems, and deep-sea mining will do the same to the open ocean. #OceanFilm 🌊
I am considering the epistemological implications of bus electrification.
January 22, 2026 at 3:49 AM
I am considering the epistemological implications of bus electrification.
Question: why is that bus line you use that has more riders than my light rail line still a bus?
🧵 We still have work to do...
“Urban transit systems in most American cities... have become a genuine civil rights issue - and a valid one - because the layout of rapid-transit systems determines the accessibility of jobs to the black community. (1/3)
“Urban transit systems in most American cities... have become a genuine civil rights issue - and a valid one - because the layout of rapid-transit systems determines the accessibility of jobs to the black community. (1/3)
January 21, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Question: why is that bus line you use that has more riders than my light rail line still a bus?
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1979 report warns of warming world (C02 Newsletter, Vol. 1, no. 2)
President Carter's science adviser asked top scientists to check if the predictions of a warmer world b/c of carbon dioxide emissions were accurate.
They came back with a firm "hell yes."
allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/20/1...
President Carter's science adviser asked top scientists to check if the predictions of a warmer world b/c of carbon dioxide emissions were accurate.
They came back with a firm "hell yes."
allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/20/1...
January 20, 2026 at 2:39 PM
1979 report warns of warming world (C02 Newsletter, Vol. 1, no. 2)
President Carter's science adviser asked top scientists to check if the predictions of a warmer world b/c of carbon dioxide emissions were accurate.
They came back with a firm "hell yes."
allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/20/1...
President Carter's science adviser asked top scientists to check if the predictions of a warmer world b/c of carbon dioxide emissions were accurate.
They came back with a firm "hell yes."
allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/20/1...
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A greeting card for my Bluesky friends
January 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A greeting card for my Bluesky friends
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Did we really need a study? I thought this was Econ 101.
January 19, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Did we really need a study? I thought this was Econ 101.
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This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
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Latest newsletter from @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social is a refreshingly honest, comprehensive, yet achievable set of things we should be doing in MA to fight ICE. Worth a read.
www.repmikeconnolly.org/9_things_the...
www.repmikeconnolly.org/9_things_the...
9 things the legislature should do in response to the ICE crackdown
In the text that follows, I will outline 9 things the Massachusetts state legislature should do right now to respond to the ICE crackdown. And then, I'll talk about one or two things that you can do, ...
www.repmikeconnolly.org
January 18, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Latest newsletter from @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social is a refreshingly honest, comprehensive, yet achievable set of things we should be doing in MA to fight ICE. Worth a read.
www.repmikeconnolly.org/9_things_the...
www.repmikeconnolly.org/9_things_the...
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MAGA = Make America Go Away
January 18, 2026 at 12:45 AM
MAGA = Make America Go Away