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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 12h

Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sort of like the recent Alpine paper where AI enables more emissions than it mitigates. AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model | npj Climate Action share.google/CMrmCSPWhAYh...

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

@costasamaras.com as someone that doesnt understand the intricacies, help me understand how this doesnt advantage the entrenched fossil sector. In my experience, loosened laws tend to tend to give the incumbent the upper hand, no?

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The horror. The absolute inhumanity. The worst of us.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/10/2026

Today, I'm proud to announce that we formalized the PJM Governors’ Collaborative - a multi-state, bipartisan organization designed to hold PJM accountable. We are working together to reduce costs for working families and strengthen grid reliability.

Governor Pritzker speaks behind the podium at the PJM Governors’ Collaborative Conference.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The "bike highway S" between York and Lancaster was kind of a joke. Wide shoulders but plenty of pinches and lots of traffic. Lovely bridge over the Susquehanna river. Time to head West.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Obama presidential center has 160 at 500 ft deep. Its not the # or depth, its the heating load (tons or btu). (That sounded a bit dirty but you get the gist) Loyolas School of Env. Sustainability has 91 at 500' or about 450 tons (built in 2013)

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Beautiful day biking on the rail trail between Baltimore and York PA.

View of bike with a creek and falls behind.

Train caboose with the word Pennsylvania on it.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

All the Amtrak staff were so helpful in finding and delivering my bike. Too bad it got labeled wrong in Chicago.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Got my bike back in Baltimore. Leaving out of Baltimore working on my climbing.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Still got some riding in on the C&O tow path. Thanks Dustin!

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Snafu! Amtrak decided that my bike should go to Pennsylvania instead.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This US / Canada game is a slug fest. Ref needs to get this under control or someone is getting hurt.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Adventure time! Next stop Harper's Ferry.

Bike with bags in Union Stations Great Hall.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 01/10/2026

#Recall: Gazelle USA Recalls Urban Arrow Cargo Electric Bikes; The front bolt in the seat post clamping mechanism can break, causing the seat to become loose, posing a fall hazard. Get repair. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2027...

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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight

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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

With a new statewide law governing e-bikes and e-scooters taking effect in 2027, the Chicago Park District will hold a series of upcoming town halls to explain the rules and gather feedback on how the devices should be used on park paths and trails. to.wttw.com/4rAGUC3

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Chicago Park District To Hold Town Halls on E-Bike and E-Scooter Use on Paths and Trails

The Park District is holding town halls in advance of statewide e-bike and e-scooter regulations taking effect Jan. 1, 2027.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

i saw an employee from Gethsemane out there this morning with cold mix asphalt and a shovel. I think he might have done it? Can't prove it as I was biking by but found it pretty funny. Maybe the City will deal with it now?

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International Energy Agency @iea.org · 07/09/2026

Global energy spending is on track to reach $3.4 trillion in 2026 Around $2.2 trillion of this is set to go to grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, nuclear, renewables, efficiency & electrification And about $1.2 trillion goes to oil, natural gas & coal: iea.li/4x6k5IT

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I've experienced smaller biting flies for a day or three each spring near LM but these medium sized jerks (compared to large horseflies or deer flies) are a first. And they are persistent.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I guess I can go back to work now, and stop just refreshing Google Maps :)

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just when you think ya know what life on a warming planet will look like...

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

You cant fool me. 💨💦💨 rainy day

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"Increase America's carbon footprint" huh? What is conservative about that?

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I would be super interested in the same dialogue but for lights. I understand folks getting caught out without lights but I do think they should be required after dusk. Where do folks sit on the should/must require front and back bike lights?

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Chicago needs this on Lake Shore Drive, Ashland, Western, Cicero, Peterson, Irving Park, Fullerton, Roosevelt, 55th/Garfield and 95th.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My son was just biking through there today on the prairie duneland trail on his way to Indiana dunes state park and he said there were at least 50 trees across the trail.

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🌿Fern🌿 @itmustbebunnies.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

There was a guy in the bad place who charted everything shit that happened because of Reagan

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 19/08/2026

A massive rate increase in 2027 with additional hikes every two years sailed through the Illinois tollway board of directors Wednesday.

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Illinois tollway imposes 57% hikes on cars and 30% for trucks, with more to come

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Vegetarian. Let me know when you have chive dumpling intel.

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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 14/08/2026

NEW: i dove deep into the plans for several massive power plants being built specifically to power data centers crucially, they're designed much less efficiently than gas-fired power plants that are connected to the electric grid: www.wired.com/story/real-r...

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The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty

A massive new gas plant in Texas will be built with much less efficient technology than regular gas plants. It’s far from the only data center power project to rely on dirty turbines.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Straight into my veins! Celebrating progress and contextual framing is so needed. Thanks for sharing.

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My entry into the warmest year discourse... Over the years, I've used a couple of methods to estimate annual mean anomalies before they happen - using projected ENSO signals at the end of the previous year, or just from the relationship between the YTD data and the final annual average.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Folks are sleeping on refrigerants, tbh

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Wendy Suares @wsuares.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🚨 NEW REPORT: 45 rural hospitals in Oklahoma are at risk of closing — the third-highest number in the nation. 18 are at immediate risk. Hospital leaders warn closures could mean longer trips for patients needing emergency care. Full report: okcfox.com/news/local/r...

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

And those buses go through our most health-sensitive and burdened communities.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

And before we get too worked up. CTA buses used 14.7 million gallons of diesel in 2024. This is 330 million pounds of CO2! Or 150,000 tonnes. NASCAR is ~5% of what Wendella's water taxis use in a year. www.transit.dot.gov/ntd/data-pro...

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

In response, corporates quieted down, didn't report as much, and set less ambitious goals. It was a neutering of the Overton window. Just something to keep in mind in our current climate as risk-aversion can overtake public recognition and ambition.

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Aaron Durn-BOO! @adurnbaugh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I want to add, greenhushing originated as a corporate response to criticism from progressive environmental advocates. Instead of applauding climate action by corporations, sustainability groups attacked them for not doing enough, doing it the way they wanted it done, or doing it fast enough.

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