Dave Karlsgodt
@dk8760.bsky.social
Seattle-based, Montana native, husband, dad, energy, sustainability, infrastructure, higher ed, modeling, decision support, podcaster, software, jazz, the outdoors and good food.
Clover and I are exploring the hellscape that is Portland
October 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Clover and I are exploring the hellscape that is Portland
There has to be some type of French philosophy term when your kid calls you for help deciphering an Albert Camus quote!?
September 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
There has to be some type of French philosophy term when your kid calls you for help deciphering an Albert Camus quote!?
I find articles like these confounding…
It’s not overtly biased but essentially feeds into plastic industry ethos (effectively becoming propaganda) by reducing a global wicked problem into a grade school “would you rather.” Ask better questions!
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
It’s not overtly biased but essentially feeds into plastic industry ethos (effectively becoming propaganda) by reducing a global wicked problem into a grade school “would you rather.” Ask better questions!
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
What happens if you drink from a plastic water bottle left in a hot car
These bottles — particularly single-use ones — can release plastic particles, along with chemicals and metals, into the water. How big is the risk?
www.seattletimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I find articles like these confounding…
It’s not overtly biased but essentially feeds into plastic industry ethos (effectively becoming propaganda) by reducing a global wicked problem into a grade school “would you rather.” Ask better questions!
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
It’s not overtly biased but essentially feeds into plastic industry ethos (effectively becoming propaganda) by reducing a global wicked problem into a grade school “would you rather.” Ask better questions!
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
I will for evermore referr to @chrisnelder.bsky.social as “the Taylor Swift of energy nerds”
In Ep. 256, the founder of the world’s first all-electric farm, Mike Casey, explains how farmers can make money and ease grid pressures by adding solar to their farms, and how Rewiring Aotearoa are working to electrify New Zealand […]
Original post on mastodon.energy
mastodon.energy
August 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I will for evermore referr to @chrisnelder.bsky.social as “the Taylor Swift of energy nerds”
Voting ease and good customer (voter) support alive and well in King County Washington. Here is the text received message for my municipal primary election ballot sent out and received back by mail. #vote!
July 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Voting ease and good customer (voter) support alive and well in King County Washington. Here is the text received message for my municipal primary election ballot sent out and received back by mail. #vote!
Change! Irony in this story includes some old streetcar tracks that are slowing a new bus lane project.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
North Seattle bus-only lanes trim transit commutes, rankle businesses
SDOT said the bus lanes will cut Route 40's overall travel times and encourage ridership. Some business owners aren't convinced.
www.seattletimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Change! Irony in this story includes some old streetcar tracks that are slowing a new bus lane project.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
It has been interesting to see this former strip-mall masquerading as a city find itself turning into an actual place in my 25 years here in Washington.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Why a WA city is removing parking requirements and allowing corner stores
Bothell is about to get "more Bothell," the city's mayor said. The city says updating its municipal code will make living there more affordable and welcoming.
www.seattletimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It has been interesting to see this former strip-mall masquerading as a city find itself turning into an actual place in my 25 years here in Washington.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Reposted by Dave Karlsgodt
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. ✊🏻
June 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. ✊🏻
Reposted by Dave Karlsgodt
This engineer goes grocery shopping and manages to take all of this home on a scooter.
Watch to the end!
Obviously there should be a tram or a bus for his route, but in the USA those are not as abundant as they should be.
Watch to the end!
Obviously there should be a tram or a bus for his route, but in the USA those are not as abundant as they should be.
June 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This engineer goes grocery shopping and manages to take all of this home on a scooter.
Watch to the end!
Obviously there should be a tram or a bus for his route, but in the USA those are not as abundant as they should be.
Watch to the end!
Obviously there should be a tram or a bus for his route, but in the USA those are not as abundant as they should be.
“There is a lot going on” takes on new meaning when I saw this guy cruisin’ around my picnic table. Made me realize I’m missing quite a bit, and my near site without my glasses is not as good as it used to be!
June 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“There is a lot going on” takes on new meaning when I saw this guy cruisin’ around my picnic table. Made me realize I’m missing quite a bit, and my near site without my glasses is not as good as it used to be!
Enjoyed this podcast on parking reform which was actually about housing, daycare and small business in my home states of WA and MT!? Too much bipartisan, counter cyclical hope in one episode @volts.wtf!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
Parking reform in Washington, parking reform everywhere!
Podcast Episode · Volts · 05/28/2025 · 1h 4m
podcasts.apple.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Enjoyed this podcast on parking reform which was actually about housing, daycare and small business in my home states of WA and MT!? Too much bipartisan, counter cyclical hope in one episode @volts.wtf!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
A thoughtful piece with lessons well beyond the title topics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
Opinion | The Hidden Motive Behind Trump’s Attacks on Trans People
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:12 AM
A thoughtful piece with lessons well beyond the title topics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
great quote! "...Dying, it’s funny. Everybody is afraid to die because it’s the unknown. But my mother died. My father died. My brother died. My sister died. My uncle died. My grandmother died. They’re all great people. If they can die then why can’t I die?... "
great quote! "...Dying, it’s funny. Everybody is afraid to die because it’s the unknown. But my mother died. My father died. My brother died. My sister died. My uncle died. My grandmother died. They’re all great people. If they can die then why can’t I die?... "
Sonny Rollins Is at Peace. But He Regrets Trying to One-Up Coltrane. (Published 2020)
The jazz icon, 89, says “I am the most content I’ve ever been.” He recalls thinking of John Coltrane as a “whippersnapper.”
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
great quote! "...Dying, it’s funny. Everybody is afraid to die because it’s the unknown. But my mother died. My father died. My brother died. My sister died. My uncle died. My grandmother died. They’re all great people. If they can die then why can’t I die?... "
great quote! "...Dying, it’s funny. Everybody is afraid to die because it’s the unknown. But my mother died. My father died. My brother died. My sister died. My uncle died. My grandmother died. They’re all great people. If they can die then why can’t I die?... "
What does it look like to drill a 600 ft deep hole to push and pull energy out of the ground? Today I got to see the results of my excel spreadsheet and hand waving in real life! Catawba College, Salisbury, NC, USA
April 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
What does it look like to drill a 600 ft deep hole to push and pull energy out of the ground? Today I got to see the results of my excel spreadsheet and hand waving in real life! Catawba College, Salisbury, NC, USA
A guy from Seattle went to a bar in North Carolina… (that would be me.) He chatted with a local, white male republican who said his pick for president in 2028 is AOC. Interesting times!
April 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A guy from Seattle went to a bar in North Carolina… (that would be me.) He chatted with a local, white male republican who said his pick for president in 2028 is AOC. Interesting times!
Reposted by Dave Karlsgodt
Florida Sheriff hits child with his car in order to arrest him for riding his bike in the street
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/04/01/v...
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/04/01/v...
April 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Florida Sheriff hits child with his car in order to arrest him for riding his bike in the street
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/04/01/v...
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/04/01/v...
No lack of disturbing things going on right now but this one hit me extra hard today. Not okay!https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/ice-tufts-student-detained-rumeysa-ozturk.html
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Student, Is Detained by ICE
The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
No lack of disturbing things going on right now but this one hit me extra hard today. Not okay!https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/ice-tufts-student-detained-rumeysa-ozturk.html