Owen Biesel
@owenbiesel.bsky.social
Math prof, dad, gardener, knitter, cyclist, community member, friendly introvert. he/him 🏳️🌈
Also on mastodon as @owenbiesel@mathstodon.xyz
Also on mastodon as @owenbiesel@mathstodon.xyz
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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The person and the purpose matters so much.
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The person and the purpose matters so much.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Don't be mean in responses, this is often an unpaid volunteer or underpaid staffer sending these out - instead just explain why you not donating at this time with concrete policy asks.
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Don't be mean in responses, this is often an unpaid volunteer or underpaid staffer sending these out - instead just explain why you not donating at this time with concrete policy asks.
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Anyone else obsessed with the urbanism of K Pop Demon Hunters? I presume the unamed city is Seoul.
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Anyone else obsessed with the urbanism of K Pop Demon Hunters? I presume the unamed city is Seoul.
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I am once again reminding you that you can get recipes and crossword puzzles elsewhere
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I am once again reminding you that you can get recipes and crossword puzzles elsewhere
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okay how come my ID says I'm 6'4", not 1'10"? it's a historical fact that I was just a real little guy once.
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 AM
okay how come my ID says I'm 6'4", not 1'10"? it's a historical fact that I was just a real little guy once.
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My hot take is that companies that mandate a return to the office should be forced to pay an additional tax. That new tax revenue should be used exclusively to fund better public transit for the city they occupy.
Empresas que exigem o retorno ao escritório deveriam pagar impostos adicionais para financiar um transporte público melhor.
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My hot take is that companies that mandate a return to the office should be forced to pay an additional tax. That new tax revenue should be used exclusively to fund better public transit for the city they occupy.
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I wish that if I *follow* someone and then they get put on a blocklist I subscribe to that my follow overrode the block.
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I wish that if I *follow* someone and then they get put on a blocklist I subscribe to that my follow overrode the block.
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If you like this one, get excited because there’s a whole book of short stories set in this #solarpunk future coming out in May from @stelliform.press 💚🌿
A Holdout in the Northern California Designated Wildcraft Zone.
By @tkrex.bsky.social
An inquisitive drone responsible for protecting a forest ecosystem stumbles upon a surprise deep in the woods.
grist.org/climate-fict...
#California #Fiction #Solarpunk #CA #Rewilding
By @tkrex.bsky.social
An inquisitive drone responsible for protecting a forest ecosystem stumbles upon a surprise deep in the woods.
grist.org/climate-fict...
#California #Fiction #Solarpunk #CA #Rewilding
A Holdout in the Northern California Designated Wildcraft Zone
From the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: An inquisitive drone responsible for protecting a forest ecosystem stumbles upon a surprise deep in the woods.
grist.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
If you like this one, get excited because there’s a whole book of short stories set in this #solarpunk future coming out in May from @stelliform.press 💚🌿
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Drivers have killed 47 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut. The most recent preventable death happened on Route 2 in Preston.
Speed Limit: 50 MPH
Sidewalks: None
Streetlights: None
Marked crosswalks: None
Car lanes: three
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
Speed Limit: 50 MPH
Sidewalks: None
Streetlights: None
Marked crosswalks: None
Car lanes: three
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
October 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Drivers have killed 47 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut. The most recent preventable death happened on Route 2 in Preston.
Speed Limit: 50 MPH
Sidewalks: None
Streetlights: None
Marked crosswalks: None
Car lanes: three
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
Speed Limit: 50 MPH
Sidewalks: None
Streetlights: None
Marked crosswalks: None
Car lanes: three
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
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"65% of Americans say they “rarely” or “never” discuss global warming with family and friends'
#EndClimateSilence
Have a #climate conversation with the people around you.
climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
#EndClimateSilence
Have a #climate conversation with the people around you.
climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
October 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"65% of Americans say they “rarely” or “never” discuss global warming with family and friends'
#EndClimateSilence
Have a #climate conversation with the people around you.
climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
#EndClimateSilence
Have a #climate conversation with the people around you.
climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
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Update: city that sheltered 3 judges from regicide charges still dislikes kings
October 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Update: city that sheltered 3 judges from regicide charges still dislikes kings
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
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Telling moment: I was walking back from the rally, but a couple miles from it, carrying nothing but my gigantic American flag. An eight year old on his bike sees me with it and yells "No Kings!!" with absolute conviction.
My friends, they have lost the flag.
My friends, they have lost the flag.
October 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Telling moment: I was walking back from the rally, but a couple miles from it, carrying nothing but my gigantic American flag. An eight year old on his bike sees me with it and yells "No Kings!!" with absolute conviction.
My friends, they have lost the flag.
My friends, they have lost the flag.
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Ok this protest has me rapidly reevaluating my personal safety rating. If you are trans and its safe to do so, try to head out today.
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Ok this protest has me rapidly reevaluating my personal safety rating. If you are trans and its safe to do so, try to head out today.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM