Brett Holt
brettholt.bsky.social
Brett Holt
@brettholt.bsky.social
Software developer working with robotics and industrial automation. Interested in walkable communities, sustainable transportation and using technology to improve people’s lives, and mixing interesting cocktails for friends.
Here’s a transit promotion strategy I can get behind: orange cats as station masters!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikan_(...
Mikan (cat) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I just discovered Obsidian and it’s amazing! The clean, extendable text note solution I’ve been looking for! I was delighted to finally kick Synology’s abandoned DS Note to the curb.

obsidian.md
Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking
The free and flexible app for your private thoughts.
obsidian.md
June 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Munich 2025 is sounding eerily similar to Munich 1938

snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
Appeasement at Munich
World Wars, Past and Possible
snyder.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
People of Maine: your beautiful state can do better than the portrait in cowardice currently serving as your Senator
Susan Collins says "After extensive consideration of her nomination, I will support Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence." So that should be pretty much that.
February 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Reposted by Brett Holt
Not really surprised to learn that the estimable Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is a happy bike commuter. "I bike to work whenever I can. ...if it’s not quicker to ride my bike to work [than a car or Metro], it’s a lot more fun." www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2...
How Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde would spend a perfect day in D.C.
The leader of the area's Episcopalians sheds her collar for a helmet.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Trump sells out America’s youth to the Chinese Communist Party. Can’t wait to see what’s next
TikTok says it’s restoring service in the United States after Trump’s statement.

This does not mean that it will be in the app stores, however.

Just that it will be accessible in the United States once again.
January 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Reposted by Brett Holt
No one cycles in winter, today's edition
January 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Reposted by Brett Holt
Cycling home on CS2 tonight behind this guy with his son on his bike. Floating bus stops are an essential part of safe journeys, without them he'd have to navigate into traffic to overtake the bus
November 30, 2024 at 6:58 PM