Tom Simchak
simchak.bsky.social
Tom Simchak
@simchak.bsky.social
Energy; Bikes; Norway; and Washington, DC more or less.
Happy World Penguin Day to all who celebrate.
April 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Yesterday, we enjoyed hosting a seminar on hydropower innovation and 🇳🇴-🇺🇸 collaboration on technological advancements in hydro. Topics included new tools for improving performance of hydroelectric dams and reducing their environmental impacts. Thanks to all who attended!
April 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Norway increases its support to Ukraine to 7.25 billion euro for 2025, more than doubling its initially planned contribution, and confirming Norway’s firm stance together with European allies in support of Ukraine 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇺🇦🇪🇺
March 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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A special Sunday event: a photographic essay celebrating owls, magnificent birds of prey. These nocturnal hunters hail from Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, and are seen here in photos from recent years.
Superb Owl Sunday IX
A special Sunday event: a photographic essay celebrating such magnificent birds of prey. These nocturnal hunters hail from Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, and are seen here in photos f...
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February 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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I’ve seen a number of great Lemon Pig posts again this year, and some claiming the tradition as starting in the 1970s.

In fact, the earliest reference comes from Ballou’s Monthly magazine in 1882.

Here is the article, which also describes how to make one.

#folklore #lemonpig #NewYear
January 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Lemon pig! Lemon pig! Bring us good fortune!
#2025 #lemonpig
January 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
When #bicycles and #trade policy collide once again...
That's a @parktool.com TS 2.2, right? Congrats on making the front page, Park Tool.
December 31, 2024 at 3:18 PM
God Jul, Washington! - PoPville
Thanks, as always, Norway!! In Union Station Main Hall.
www.popville.com
December 25, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Oxyclean: Just a placebo?
December 20, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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The "Zoolights and the Continuing Resolution" email on my neighborhood listserv is the most D.C. thing ever. (It's also a fair point to raise, since a government shutdown would shutter the zoo and the many Smithsonian museums.)
December 20, 2024 at 2:14 PM
This will be quite a time. #DCCX #cyclocross @cxhairs.bsky.social
Pan American Cyclocross Championships Awarded to Washington DC
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Pan American Cyclocross Championships Awarded to Washington DC
2025-2026 Pan Ams and the return of DCCX
cxhairs.substack.com
December 15, 2024 at 5:25 PM