Chris Schaffner
@thegreenengineer.bsky.social
CEO and Founder, The Green Engineer, Inc. Part-time faculty at Northeastern. Here to talk about green buildings, sustainability, running, baseball and life.
RIP #FrankGehry. I never actually met the man, but working on one of his projects (MIT Stata Center) was one of the formative projects of my career, and opened the path to sustainable design consulting for me.
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
RIP #FrankGehry. I never actually met the man, but working on one of his projects (MIT Stata Center) was one of the formative projects of my career, and opened the path to sustainable design consulting for me.
"One should be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"One should be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
As if we didn't already know this. Will any MAGAs care?
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As if we didn't already know this. Will any MAGAs care?
Crazy that the Senate Democrats caved before YouTube TV did.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Crazy that the Senate Democrats caved before YouTube TV did.
I am a Halloween scrooge.
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I am a Halloween scrooge.
AI is a ponzi scheme at this point
Another depiction if the circularity of capital flows between OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, CoreWeave, AMD, and Oracle.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
AI is a ponzi scheme at this point
In the US, there are more yoga instructors than coal miners.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In the US, there are more yoga instructors than coal miners.
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🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2
October 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2
War ravaged Chicago
Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!
I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.
I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.
October 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
War ravaged Chicago
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Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.
It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
October 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.
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We don’t bow.
We don’t kneel.
In America, we decide, not dictators.
No thrones. No crowns. #NoKings
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
We don’t kneel.
In America, we decide, not dictators.
No thrones. No crowns. #NoKings
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
October 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We don’t bow.
We don’t kneel.
In America, we decide, not dictators.
No thrones. No crowns. #NoKings
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
We don’t kneel.
In America, we decide, not dictators.
No thrones. No crowns. #NoKings
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
Some good news! - New England's last cola plant has shut down.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule
Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.
www.canarymedia.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Some good news! - New England's last cola plant has shut down.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Concord” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Concord · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
In Concord, we first made that point 250 years ago. Now everything our predecessors fought for is at risk. It's our turn to fight tyranny.
Our pe...
www.mobilize.us
September 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Concord” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Some of us do.
September 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Some of us do.
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The president of the United States is a fucking moron.
September 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The president of the United States is a fucking moron.
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One thing I wish more stories noted: Trump is more unpopular now than at any point in his second term. He‘s intensifying his authoritarian tactics not because he’s strong, but because he’s weak
September 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
One thing I wish more stories noted: Trump is more unpopular now than at any point in his second term. He‘s intensifying his authoritarian tactics not because he’s strong, but because he’s weak
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Donald Trump and the Republican Party are hellbent on silencing any speech that hurts their feelings. This isn’t just cancel culture, it’s state censorship. And it has no place in our democracy.
ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show after comments about Charlie Kirk’s killing - The Boston Globe
ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Donald Trump and the Republican Party are hellbent on silencing any speech that hurts their feelings. This isn’t just cancel culture, it’s state censorship. And it has no place in our democracy.
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Why would the DOJ scrub the fact that right-wing extremism is the #1 domestic terror threat in America?
Why not acknowledge and confront it?
Also why haven't they released the Epstein Files?
Also why did Ghislaine Maxwell get a sweetheart deal transfer?
These problems won't go away.
Why not acknowledge and confront it?
Also why haven't they released the Epstein Files?
Also why did Ghislaine Maxwell get a sweetheart deal transfer?
These problems won't go away.
September 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Why would the DOJ scrub the fact that right-wing extremism is the #1 domestic terror threat in America?
Why not acknowledge and confront it?
Also why haven't they released the Epstein Files?
Also why did Ghislaine Maxwell get a sweetheart deal transfer?
These problems won't go away.
Why not acknowledge and confront it?
Also why haven't they released the Epstein Files?
Also why did Ghislaine Maxwell get a sweetheart deal transfer?
These problems won't go away.
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must be something wrong with my internet, I just woke up and tried to find the massive Democratic party pushback to all these attacks on the first amendment and nothing's coming up in my browser
September 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
must be something wrong with my internet, I just woke up and tried to find the massive Democratic party pushback to all these attacks on the first amendment and nothing's coming up in my browser
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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I completely agree with Charlie Kirk that it was totally worth Charlie Kirk dying to protect the Second Amendment.
I also agree with Charlie Kirk that we should have no empathy for him or his family.
I never thought agreeing with Charlie Kirk would be this easy.
I also agree with Charlie Kirk that we should have no empathy for him or his family.
I never thought agreeing with Charlie Kirk would be this easy.
September 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I completely agree with Charlie Kirk that it was totally worth Charlie Kirk dying to protect the Second Amendment.
I also agree with Charlie Kirk that we should have no empathy for him or his family.
I never thought agreeing with Charlie Kirk would be this easy.
I also agree with Charlie Kirk that we should have no empathy for him or his family.
I never thought agreeing with Charlie Kirk would be this easy.
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No one believes that Trump didn't write that card and that isn't his signature. Why are we participating in this charade?
September 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
No one believes that Trump didn't write that card and that isn't his signature. Why are we participating in this charade?
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It’s not just that that song is creepy. Many Neil Diamond songs are creepy.
September 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It’s not just that that song is creepy. Many Neil Diamond songs are creepy.