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Tom Carden
@randometc.org
· Sep 22
If my kids ask me what I did to fight for our country, I'll tell them the least I could do is support and endorse my friend Cammie Croft for congress in NJ-11. Please join me if you're able! cammieforcongress.com
Love everything about this emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-es...
Fran Sans Essay — Emily Sneddon
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November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Love everything about this emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-es...
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Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon
www.worldscientific.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
So much to unpack here, a remarkable piece. The timeline at the end highlights events and solidarity from Italy and Spain that hadn’t made it into my US news bubble before. Worth a read. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
www.aftonbladet.se
October 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
So much to unpack here, a remarkable piece. The timeline at the end highlights events and solidarity from Italy and Spain that hadn’t made it into my US news bubble before. Worth a read. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Talking away
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway
Today is another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, okay?
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway
Today is another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, okay?
October 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Talking away
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway
Today is another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, okay?
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway
Today is another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, okay?
“you only get answers to the questions you ask. And you only get reactions to the ads you produce. And you only assess impacts in the artificial environments you construct. And you only apply findings according to your theory of how humans come to judgments.”
Here it is, my answer for every time I get asked "why don't (most) Dems just...[message better, be bolder, sound authentic...etc]"
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.
www.weekendreading.net
October 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“you only get answers to the questions you ask. And you only get reactions to the ads you produce. And you only assess impacts in the artificial environments you construct. And you only apply findings according to your theory of how humans come to judgments.”
If my kids ask me what I did to fight for our country, I'll tell them the least I could do is support and endorse my friend Cammie Croft for congress in NJ-11. Please join me if you're able! cammieforcongress.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If my kids ask me what I did to fight for our country, I'll tell them the least I could do is support and endorse my friend Cammie Croft for congress in NJ-11. Please join me if you're able! cammieforcongress.com
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It’s ok to put the phone down.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It’s ok to put the phone down.
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This is an excellent example of what real leaders should be doing right now and for the last five years, and we’re all the worse for its lack.
I inserted myself into a conversation at a bar about Covid and vaccines. Here’s what happened
What happened when a public health scientist overheard four men sharing misinformation about Covid — and decided to talk to them about it.
www.statnews.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is an excellent example of what real leaders should be doing right now and for the last five years, and we’re all the worse for its lack.
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This story should get way more attention. Washington state is currently on fire and ICE just rolled up and arrested some of the firefighters. These are the dangerous criminals Trump wanted to evict? People risking their lives?
Border patrol arrests two firefighters while they were fighting Washington’s biggest wildfire | CNN
Border Patrol agents conducted an operation at the site of Washington state’s biggest wildfire this week, and a Washington congresswoman’s office confirmed two firefighters were arrested at the site ...
www.cnn.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This story should get way more attention. Washington state is currently on fire and ICE just rolled up and arrested some of the firefighters. These are the dangerous criminals Trump wanted to evict? People risking their lives?
Make a band a food:
BLT Soundsystem
BLT Soundsystem
Make a band a food:
Turkish Deee-Lite
Turkish Deee-Lite
Make a band a food:
The Almond Brothers Band
The Almond Brothers Band
August 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Make a band a food:
BLT Soundsystem
BLT Soundsystem
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Ha ok Washington post, this is a great photo
August 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Ha ok Washington post, this is a great photo
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great work from @theradavist.bsky.social: theradavist.com/portraits-20...
We’ve Always Been Here: Portraits at Pridecat SF – Erik Mathy
At this year’s Pridecat alley cat race in San Francisco, photojournalist Erik Mathy talked to 6 members of the nonbinary and transgender community about what it’s like to be the targets of state, fede...
theradavist.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
great work from @theradavist.bsky.social: theradavist.com/portraits-20...
www.freewheeling.info/blog/swiss-hs2 resonates - clear vision plus incremental delivery beats megaproject thinking.
This is how the Swiss would have done HS2 — Freewheeling
HS2 has become a case study in how not to build infrastructure. But what if we’d taken a different path entirely? In this post, I imagine how the Swiss would have done it: starting with the timetabl...
www.freewheeling.info
August 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
www.freewheeling.info/blog/swiss-hs2 resonates - clear vision plus incremental delivery beats megaproject thinking.
“He earned admission to a University of California school, where he’ll be studying biomedical engineering. Perhaps one day he’ll help develop a medicine that will benefit some of the people who don’t want him here.” —
www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...
www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...
I Teach Immigrant Kids In An LA High School. Here's The Truth About What's Happening Here.
"This week we held our graduation ceremony. Outside, school police patrolled to guard against potential ICE raids."
www.huffpost.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
“He earned admission to a University of California school, where he’ll be studying biomedical engineering. Perhaps one day he’ll help develop a medicine that will benefit some of the people who don’t want him here.” —
www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...
www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...
A quiet conversation over dinner, in a restaurant so clearly possible due to global migration, discussing the scenes from San Diego, wondering if it will happen here. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/91413/...
We Lived Happily During the War
And when they bombed other people’s houses, we protested but not enough, we opposed them but not enough. I was in my bed, around my bed America was falling: invisible house by invisible house by...
www.poetryfoundation.org
June 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A quiet conversation over dinner, in a restaurant so clearly possible due to global migration, discussing the scenes from San Diego, wondering if it will happen here. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/91413/...
“What if paying off a specific child’s lunch debt today doesn’t preclude advocating for a complete structural overhaul tomorrow? What if the emotional resonance of specific, concrete actions is precisely what builds the coalition necessary for systemic change?” — www.huffpost.com/entry/utah-s...
I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something Incredible Happened.
“I immediately wondered if this was real.”
www.huffpost.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“What if paying off a specific child’s lunch debt today doesn’t preclude advocating for a complete structural overhaul tomorrow? What if the emotional resonance of specific, concrete actions is precisely what builds the coalition necessary for systemic change?” — www.huffpost.com/entry/utah-s...
The rest of us can get EVs so that scientists can keep doing this if they need to. Article segues beautifully into chronicling the observatory’s relationship to the neighboring community, not always but eventually a part of it.
raoulpop.com/2012/04/15/c...
raoulpop.com/2012/04/15/c...
Chasing RFI Waves – Part Seven
Here is part seven (the final part) of my non-fiction work about the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, West Virginia. You can also read parts one, two, three, four, five an…
raoulpop.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The rest of us can get EVs so that scientists can keep doing this if they need to. Article segues beautifully into chronicling the observatory’s relationship to the neighboring community, not always but eventually a part of it.
raoulpop.com/2012/04/15/c...
raoulpop.com/2012/04/15/c...
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Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.
Her job is to remove homeless people from SF's parks. Her methods are extraordinary
Instead of forcing people out of Golden Gate Park, ranger Amanda Barrows helps them find housing.
sfstandard.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.