Schaeffer Somers
@schaeffer-s.bsky.social
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Schaeffer Somers
@schaeffer-s.bsky.social
· Dec 24
I like the fact the rail systems are having a moment in the media, and may lead to more advocacy
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I like the fact the rail systems are having a moment in the media, and may lead to more advocacy
So true!
It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
So true!
Time for me to quit looking at this app and read a book
"Like everyone who loves books, Carson felt at once awed and aggrieved that there was more to read than could ever be read, and that to choose to read one book was to forsake the chance to read a different one."
Lovely sentiment about Rachel Carson from Souder's biography—she's clearly my kindred
Lovely sentiment about Rachel Carson from Souder's biography—she's clearly my kindred
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Time for me to quit looking at this app and read a book
Let’s follow Europe’s lead!
Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Let’s follow Europe’s lead!
How many Christians have been murdered in international waters by the same Trump administration?
Finally, a Crusade sponsored by MyPillow and dietary supplements.
November 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
How many Christians have been murdered in international waters by the same Trump administration?
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For my forever Space Sis: 🎂
💞
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October 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
For my forever Space Sis: 🎂
💞
💞
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A true opposition party or leader would lay it all out:
1. Trials for all members of the government and military who violate the constitution,
2. Add 5 justices to the Supreme Court,
3. Break up monopolies,
4. Nationalize Space X and critical industries,
5. Tax billionaires out of existence.
1. Trials for all members of the government and military who violate the constitution,
2. Add 5 justices to the Supreme Court,
3. Break up monopolies,
4. Nationalize Space X and critical industries,
5. Tax billionaires out of existence.
September 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A true opposition party or leader would lay it all out:
1. Trials for all members of the government and military who violate the constitution,
2. Add 5 justices to the Supreme Court,
3. Break up monopolies,
4. Nationalize Space X and critical industries,
5. Tax billionaires out of existence.
1. Trials for all members of the government and military who violate the constitution,
2. Add 5 justices to the Supreme Court,
3. Break up monopolies,
4. Nationalize Space X and critical industries,
5. Tax billionaires out of existence.
The US relies on California and Europe to regulate our out-of-control industries
"Apple ... challenged the law on three fronts: EU obligations to make rival hardware work with its iPhone, the regulator’s decision to drag the hugely-profitable App Store under the rules, and a decision to probe whether iMessage should have faced the rules, which it later escaped."
Apple Attacks EU Crackdown in Digital Law’s Biggest Court Test
Apple Inc. lashed out at the European Union’s attempts to tame the power of Silicon Valley in the most far-reaching legal challenge of the bloc’s Big Tech antitrust rules.
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The US relies on California and Europe to regulate our out-of-control industries
It feels like the zeitgeist has turned: “This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends!”
Historians of the future: Rest assured, millions of us know all this in real time. We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends. trib.al/0islLh9
October 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It feels like the zeitgeist has turned: “This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends!”
Our inequality naturally leads to revolution or autocracy—I prefer the former
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
October 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Our inequality naturally leads to revolution or autocracy—I prefer the former
“We will never, ever have a king!” ~ @agwilliamtong.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“We will never, ever have a king!” ~ @agwilliamtong.bsky.social
Love this instinct and creativity
October 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Love this instinct and creativity
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October 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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At the 4th World Solar Energy Forum in Hermosillo, Mexico, I was delighted to share the opening speech with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple.
Let's move forward towards greener, more prosperous and more humane cities!
www.expreso.com.mx/amp/noticias...
Let's move forward towards greener, more prosperous and more humane cities!
www.expreso.com.mx/amp/noticias...
October 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
At the 4th World Solar Energy Forum in Hermosillo, Mexico, I was delighted to share the opening speech with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple.
Let's move forward towards greener, more prosperous and more humane cities!
www.expreso.com.mx/amp/noticias...
Let's move forward towards greener, more prosperous and more humane cities!
www.expreso.com.mx/amp/noticias...
How many sharks can one franchise jump?
If you… like me… love James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’ (1986), get into this: youtu.be/qDjW57AFPC8?...
Aliens Expanded - Final Trailer - Sigourney Weaver Joins Cast!
YouTube video by CREATORVC LIVE
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
How many sharks can one franchise jump?
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Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th
October 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th
“Let us create an extraordinary country…”
Sanders: Saturday, millions of people are going to come out on a No Kings day. Speaker Johnson said this is a hate America rally because people are coming out expressing their concerns.. It’s not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally.
October 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“Let us create an extraordinary country…”
My favorite native tree
HIGHLY recommend reading/listening to this book by an Indigenous author 🫶🏽✨️ it's also quite short but powerful
October 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My favorite native tree
Most of Oklahoma for starters
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
October 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Most of Oklahoma for starters
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Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
October 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
Great analogy!
“We assume that car use is an incompressible liquid that must be routed somewhere. But it’s more more like a gas that fills whatever space it is given.”
—Ian Lockwood, Harvard Loeb Fellow, transport planner.
—Ian Lockwood, Harvard Loeb Fellow, transport planner.
October 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Great analogy!
Absolutely
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Absolutely
Nationalize Space X
NEW: In newly unsealed testimony, a SpaceX insider revealed that Elon Musk’s company had directly received money from Chinese investors, raising questions about foreign ownership interests in one of the United States’ most important military contractors.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...
www.propublica.org
October 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Nationalize Space X