Zane Selvans
@zaneselvans.org
Data Liberation Engineer @catalyst.coop. Climate, energy, bikes, cities, co-ops, and the strangeness of Our Modern Age. A former space explorer, now lost in the misty highlands of Mexico.
https://amateurearthling.org
🇺🇸/🇲🇽 he/él
https://amateurearthling.org
🇺🇸/🇲🇽 he/él
Just a little pilot project. Collect some data. Though to be statistically significant the experiment might have to run for a while.
hear me out, maybe it’s time to stop making men the president for awhile
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Just a little pilot project. Collect some data. Though to be statistically significant the experiment might have to run for a while.
I remember going to some hearings about building affordable housing on the Hogan-Pancost property.
bouldercolorado.gov/projects/eas...
bouldercolorado.gov/projects/eas...
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I remember going to some hearings about building affordable housing on the Hogan-Pancost property.
bouldercolorado.gov/projects/eas...
bouldercolorado.gov/projects/eas...
Of course this kind of market *should* exist, but aren't there a bunch of lucrative monopoly rate base capex opportunities that it will displace? Will utilities just stand by and let it happen? Is there a reason why they no longer have a choice? #EnergySky
www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-mak...
www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-mak...
How to make a market for distributed energy flexibility
Piclo has created a marketplace where buyers of grid flexibility can find sellers.
www.volts.wtf
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Of course this kind of market *should* exist, but aren't there a bunch of lucrative monopoly rate base capex opportunities that it will displace? Will utilities just stand by and let it happen? Is there a reason why they no longer have a choice? #EnergySky
www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-mak...
www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-mak...
It's got those old school "They call it pollution, we call it life." vibes.
Former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe is the latest prominent Democrat to join Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future, a fossil fuel industry front group that seeks to influence liberals to embrace methane gas as clean, climate-friendly energy
Former Gov. McAuliffe joins pro-natural gas group as national co-chair • Virginia Mercury
Terry McAuliffe to promote natural gas as a route to long-term energy reliability as renewable energy sources are built out.
virginiamercury.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
It's got those old school "They call it pollution, we call it life." vibes.
It's like Comanche 3 decided to retire even earlier than expected.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/11/x...
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/11/x...
Xcel Energy seeks to delay closing coal plant while its largest generating unit remains down
Xcel Energy-Colorado and three state agencies are asking regulators to keep a coal plant open a year beyond its planned closure because the utility’s largest generating unit is out of commiss…
www.denverpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's like Comanche 3 decided to retire even earlier than expected.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/11/x...
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/11/x...
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KATIE WILSON LEADS BY 1,346!
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
KATIE WILSON LEADS BY 1,346!
I feel like insurance companies have 3 departments:
1. The department of lying to you about how great their insurance is.
2. The department of investing your premiums.
3. The department of figuring out how not to pay you when you make a claim.
1. The department of lying to you about how great their insurance is.
2. The department of investing your premiums.
3. The department of figuring out how not to pay you when you make a claim.
New York Times investigation finds home insurance companies have exploited loopholes in California wildfire regulations to avoid high-risk areas while still charging higher rates: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...
California Promised Insurance Relief, But Delivered Loopholes
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I feel like insurance companies have 3 departments:
1. The department of lying to you about how great their insurance is.
2. The department of investing your premiums.
3. The department of figuring out how not to pay you when you make a claim.
1. The department of lying to you about how great their insurance is.
2. The department of investing your premiums.
3. The department of figuring out how not to pay you when you make a claim.
Guinea Bissau you have three minutes!
In college I was in Model UN but like bad at it (you should do things you enjoy but are bad at). And one conference I was like Libya or something and rather than engage in actual geopolitics I decided to embody the "vibe" of Libya and the chair kept calling on me just cause I was funny.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Guinea Bissau you have three minutes!
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It's a terrible idea to hire Captain Ahab! He's clearly nuts!
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It's a terrible idea to hire Captain Ahab! He's clearly nuts!
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
¡Bienvenidos a México!
You know who's the real winner in all of this?
Medical tourism.
Medical tourism.
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
¡Bienvenidos a México!
"NICE, RETALIATORY, FORGIVING, AND CLEAR"
"Nice, retaliatory, forgiving, and clear."
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"NICE, RETALIATORY, FORGIVING, AND CLEAR"
"Nice, retaliatory, forgiving, and clear."
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
"Nice, retaliatory, forgiving, and clear."
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
On my flight back Aeromexico wouldn't let me bring my bike without paying for it again because I'd booked it as a "surfboard" since they didn't include bikes in the dropdown menu for oversize luggage, despite bikes being allowed, and listed on the website as costing the same amount as surfboards.
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
On my flight back Aeromexico wouldn't let me bring my bike without paying for it again because I'd booked it as a "surfboard" since they didn't include bikes in the dropdown menu for oversize luggage, despite bikes being allowed, and listed on the website as costing the same amount as surfboards.
neodymium iron moron
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
neodymium iron moron
Lol come on. 🤡
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Lol come on. 🤡
I've always called these Cthulu lemons.
Buddha's hand (Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis), also known as the fingered citron, is a citron variety whose fruit is segmented into finger-like sections, resembling those seen on representations of the Buddha.
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I've always called these Cthulu lemons.
Apropos of nothing at all, some films about poverty and economic precarity in the US that have an experiential vibe.
American Honey (2016). Young people with no place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Sp...
American Honey (2016). Young people with no place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Sp...
American Honey | Official Trailer HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
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November 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Apropos of nothing at all, some films about poverty and economic precarity in the US that have an experiential vibe.
American Honey (2016). Young people with no place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Sp...
American Honey (2016). Young people with no place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Sp...
Not optimistic about finding reasonable employer-sponsored health insurance for a small all-remote business with employees scattered across a bunch of different states.
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Not optimistic about finding reasonable employer-sponsored health insurance for a small all-remote business with employees scattered across a bunch of different states.
I made it out for a bike ride and read some Mexican history. It was a small bike ride. But the sunset was nice.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I made it out for a bike ride and read some Mexican history. It was a small bike ride. But the sunset was nice.
Okay but how about a 30 year fixed rate mortgage for permanently affordable housing?
It drives me crazy that financing for nonprofit housing is so much more expensive, risky, or complex than single family homes. Or even an owner-occupied, 75% for-profit investment 4-plex.
It drives me crazy that financing for nonprofit housing is so much more expensive, risky, or complex than single family homes. Or even an owner-occupied, 75% for-profit investment 4-plex.
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Okay but how about a 30 year fixed rate mortgage for permanently affordable housing?
It drives me crazy that financing for nonprofit housing is so much more expensive, risky, or complex than single family homes. Or even an owner-occupied, 75% for-profit investment 4-plex.
It drives me crazy that financing for nonprofit housing is so much more expensive, risky, or complex than single family homes. Or even an owner-occupied, 75% for-profit investment 4-plex.
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