John Burkhardt
@jburkhardt.bsky.social
Computer programmer. Cargo bike builder at Cool City Cargo. Climate and cycling activist at Car Free Boston.
https://coolcitycargo.com
https://coolcitycargo.com
Learn about the impacts of cuts to science from the scientists themselves.
silencedsciencestories.com
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Silenced Science Stories
Explore the people and groundbreaking science research affected by federal firings, budget cuts, and grant terminations. Featuring scientists via art.
silencedsciencestories.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Learn about the impacts of cuts to science from the scientists themselves.
silencedsciencestories.com
silencedsciencestories.com
Don't conservatives often argue that we shouldn't do anything about our emissions until China does?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...
Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time - Carbon Brief
For the first time, the growth in China’s clean power generation has caused the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to fall despite rapid power demand growth.
www.carbonbrief.org
May 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Don't conservatives often argue that we shouldn't do anything about our emissions until China does?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...
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Ok, so apparently it is real. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Musk’s AI Grok bot rants about ‘white genocide’ in South Africa in unrelated chats
X chatbot tells users it was ‘instructed by my creators’ to accept ‘white genocide as real and racially motivated’
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Ok, so apparently it is real. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Does anyone want "ai" embedded in gmail to write emails for you? Does anyone want to receive an email from someone that they didn't actually write? The only use cases for ai in email I can think of: 1. spam detection, 2. categorization
May 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Does anyone want "ai" embedded in gmail to write emails for you? Does anyone want to receive an email from someone that they didn't actually write? The only use cases for ai in email I can think of: 1. spam detection, 2. categorization
Some interesting analysis of the (now hacked) Signal clone that the Trump fascists were using.
micahflee.com/tm-sgnl-the-...
micahflee.com/tm-sgnl-the-...
TM SGNL, the obscure unofficial Signal app Mike Waltz uses to text with Trump officials
💡Update May 3, 2025: I have posted a follow-up, Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials.
Update May 4, 2025: Another followup, and a big one: The Signal Clone the...
micahflee.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Some interesting analysis of the (now hacked) Signal clone that the Trump fascists were using.
micahflee.com/tm-sgnl-the-...
micahflee.com/tm-sgnl-the-...
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These are dark times. It's good to see #Foolproof back on some of the bestselling Amazon charts, we need to arm every citizen around the world with the tools to dismantle disinformation and propaganda. If you can't afford a copy, I'll send you one for free. Resist 💪 www.amazon.com/Foolproof-Mi...
May 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
These are dark times. It's good to see #Foolproof back on some of the bestselling Amazon charts, we need to arm every citizen around the world with the tools to dismantle disinformation and propaganda. If you can't afford a copy, I'll send you one for free. Resist 💪 www.amazon.com/Foolproof-Mi...
Trump's response to the climate emergency is like a child who covers his eyes and thinks that the monster can't see him.
April 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trump's response to the climate emergency is like a child who covers his eyes and thinks that the monster can't see him.
My pixel 6a has become practically unusable this am. Swipe gestures don't really work anymore. It is impossible to swipe down twice to the full settings menu. Impossible to swipe up twice to close an app. Weird because it doesn't look like it took an update last night but it had rebooted.
April 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
My pixel 6a has become practically unusable this am. Swipe gestures don't really work anymore. It is impossible to swipe down twice to the full settings menu. Impossible to swipe up twice to close an app. Weird because it doesn't look like it took an update last night but it had rebooted.
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Pete Hegseth? Mike Waltz?
April 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Pete Hegseth? Mike Waltz?
I logged off of Facebook when they changed their moderation policy to allow hate speech specifically towards trans people. Should have done it a lot sooner.
pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/z...
pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/z...
Pluralistic: Sarah Wynn-Williams’s ‘Careless People’ (23 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
April 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I logged off of Facebook when they changed their moderation policy to allow hate speech specifically towards trans people. Should have done it a lot sooner.
pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/z...
pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/z...
Good Lord. Somehow I missed this. www.commondreams.org/news/can-ice...
Plainclothes DHS Agents Lied to LA School Officials to Question Elementary Students | Common Dreams
Los Angeles schools stood strong against federal immigration agents who lied to gain access to question children. Why would Homeland Security target first graders? In New York, a community rallied for...
www.commondreams.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Good Lord. Somehow I missed this. www.commondreams.org/news/can-ice...
As a former Google employee I am happy to see this article. I did internal activism when I learned Google was contracting with oil and gas companies because that violated the AI principles. Now those principles have been deleted.
www-thenation-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.then...
www-thenation-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.then...
I’ve Worked at Google for Decades. I’m Sickened by What It’s Doing.
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April 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
As a former Google employee I am happy to see this article. I did internal activism when I learned Google was contracting with oil and gas companies because that violated the AI principles. Now those principles have been deleted.
www-thenation-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.then...
www-thenation-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.then...
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
April 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
"States rights" for restricting bodily autonomy of women but not for restricting fossil fuels?
April 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"States rights" for restricting bodily autonomy of women but not for restricting fossil fuels?
Yeah, so when you see Musk claiming that doge cuts are needed "or the us will be insolvent" you know that's utter BS. And the trillions in tax cuts are still coming?
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/u...
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/u...
U.S. budget deficit surged in February, passing $1 trillion for year-to-date record
The U.S. debt and deficit problem worsened during President Donald Trump's first month in office.
www.cnbc.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Yeah, so when you see Musk claiming that doge cuts are needed "or the us will be insolvent" you know that's utter BS. And the trillions in tax cuts are still coming?
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/u...
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/u...
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From @bostonglobe.com, a recap of #HandsOffBoston and other New England #HandsOff events today:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/05/m...
#Boston #MAPoli #Massachusetts
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/05/m...
#Boston #MAPoli #Massachusetts
Thousands of people protest in Boston, and New England, against Trump and Musk. See a recap. - The Boston Globe
Saturday was a day of nationwide demonstrations against policies by the Trump administration. Protests happened in Boston, Providence, Concord, N.H., and elsewhere in New England.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
From @bostonglobe.com, a recap of #HandsOffBoston and other New England #HandsOff events today:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/05/m...
#Boston #MAPoli #Massachusetts
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/05/m...
#Boston #MAPoli #Massachusetts
Boston resistance is 🔥🔥🔥❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜✊
April 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Boston resistance is 🔥🔥🔥❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜✊
Brian Eno tells it like it is.
"Don't we love life because we love seeing everybody else enjoying it as well?"
youtu.be/hh7Cxt_PKqw?...
"Don't we love life because we love seeing everybody else enjoying it as well?"
youtu.be/hh7Cxt_PKqw?...
Brian Eno perfectly explains selfishness of the super rich
YouTube video by Peeps
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March 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Brian Eno tells it like it is.
"Don't we love life because we love seeing everybody else enjoying it as well?"
youtu.be/hh7Cxt_PKqw?...
"Don't we love life because we love seeing everybody else enjoying it as well?"
youtu.be/hh7Cxt_PKqw?...
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Wondering if the West diving headfirst into the darkest waters of fascism isn’t prep for the massive backlash once people truly get what big oil, banks, Gov, Corp news media have done/allowed to happen to the planet.
We’re at 1.5C right now & roughly 10 yrs from unimaginably horrific 2C.
We’re at 1.5C right now & roughly 10 yrs from unimaginably horrific 2C.
March 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Wondering if the West diving headfirst into the darkest waters of fascism isn’t prep for the massive backlash once people truly get what big oil, banks, Gov, Corp news media have done/allowed to happen to the planet.
We’re at 1.5C right now & roughly 10 yrs from unimaginably horrific 2C.
We’re at 1.5C right now & roughly 10 yrs from unimaginably horrific 2C.
Expanding private jet operations at Hanscomb would undo most of the climate mitigation measures Massachusetts has done: solar, hear pumps, induction stoves, etc.
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
These Activists Are Right: The World Doesn’t Need Any More Private Jets
Local activists in Massachusetts have taken on the private jet lobby—and they might just win.
www.thenation.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Expanding private jet operations at Hanscomb would undo most of the climate mitigation measures Massachusetts has done: solar, hear pumps, induction stoves, etc.
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
I use Signal and about a month ago I shared this in several groups I am part of there.
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
Signals of Trouble: Multiple Russia-Aligned Threat Actors Actively Targeting Signal Messenger | Google Cloud Blog
Russia state-aligned threat actors target Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russia's intelligence services.
cloud.google.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I use Signal and about a month ago I shared this in several groups I am part of there.
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
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Pointless to waste your time trying to change the Nazi bartender's mind.
March 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Pointless to waste your time trying to change the Nazi bartender's mind.
Ignoring this or pretending it isn't true is a civilization ending strategy. I keep hearing the voice of a climate activist who said (while being arrested):
"What will we tell our children when they ask us why we didn't do anything to stop this while we still had time?"
"What will we tell our children when they ask us why we didn't do anything to stop this while we still had time?"
March 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ignoring this or pretending it isn't true is a civilization ending strategy. I keep hearing the voice of a climate activist who said (while being arrested):
"What will we tell our children when they ask us why we didn't do anything to stop this while we still had time?"
"What will we tell our children when they ask us why we didn't do anything to stop this while we still had time?"