Reposted by Greg QuetinQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I don't think being a jerk is an effective way for a councilmember to interact with SDOT. 1471
Greg Quetin @grquetin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The number of times a day I think about this...probably not healthy, but sidewalks matter! 000
Reposted by Greg QuetinDavid William with a 'This IS my costume' pin @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The enshittification of Google Scholar has begun.scholar.googleblog.comQuick Read: see how a paper answers your questionAnswering a research question often requires reading through several papers and figuring out how each of them might be useful. You need to t... 32014
Greg Quetin @grquetin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Agreed, one of these days we will get serious about trains. www.theurbanist.org/we-need-to-t...theurbanist.orgWe Need to Try Everything But Build a New Airport » The Urbanist# If you sit on the Seattle waterfront on a sunny spring day you can hear a rumble in the distance. No, it’s not the new waterfront highway built where the old highway Viaduct used to be -- and on top... 071
Reposted by Greg QuetinMarcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 19/08/2026Stunning chart from the Times. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 012
Greg Quetin @grquetin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I just walked through here and couldn't have even imagined adding cars back in... 030
Reposted by Greg QuetinThe Climate Brink @theclimatebrink.skystack.xyz · 12/08/2026♫ Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ♫ • and your lungs, your blood stream, your brain, just about everywheretheclimatebrink.com♫ Smoke Gets in Your Eyes ♫and your lungs, your blood stream, your brain, just about everywhere 033
Reposted by Greg Quetinjseattle @jseattle.bsky.social · 03/08/2026SDOT rolls out first big changes to make the 8 less late on Denny Waydlvr.itSDOT rolls out first big changes to make the 8 less late on Denny WayThe 8 is on its way to not being late. Over the weekend, the Seattle Department of Transportation put the pieces in place for the opening of the first phase of changes on Denny Way hoped to streamline transit service … Continue reading → 0322
Reposted by Greg QuetinQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026WE ARE PEDESTRIANIZING THIS STREET. Core stakeholders are meeting with SDOT and their consulting team for three hours tomorrow to set the design parameters for future Crockett Plaza. 6722
Reposted by Greg QuetinNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 03/08/2026“It’s not a matter of money. It’s not a matter of investment. It’s not a matter of how heroic the firefighters are,” said Raul Cordero Carrasco, a climate researcher at the University of Groningen. “You just cannot stop a fire when the conditions are so extreme as we have seen in recent days”bloomberg.comThe Age of Unstoppable Wildfires Has Reached EuropeClimate change means giant fires of the kind that ripped across France and Spain are becoming common, with potentially dire consequences for Europe’s economies. 074
Reposted by Greg QuetinDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/07/2026Really interesting story here. You know how the hyperscaler cowboys are powering their data centers with gas turbines? It turns out the demands of AI are not very friendly to those turbines. They're supposed to last 5+ years & instead they're wearing out in under 12 months! 31888225
Reposted by Greg QuetinCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 24/07/2026Why is your current, and future, energy bill higher than before? Here's a reason. 24617
Reposted by Greg Quetinlines down @linesdown.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The growth of solar energy in Pakistan 750467
Reposted by Greg QuetinBenjamin DeAngelo @bendeangelo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Congrats to my former NOAA colleagues for launching the independent climate.us. This websites restores and maintains lots of taxpayer-funded and in some cases congressionally-mandated info that has been removed from fed websites. Check it out if you haven't already. lnkd.in/emwFQN7wclimate.usClimate.us Homeindependent, nonprofit, and immune to politics 1318
Reposted by Greg QuetinRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The vibes across downtown are, as they say, immaculate. 519421
Reposted by Greg QuetinScientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for the past decadescientificamerican.comTrump administration takes aim at crucial ocean monitoring networkThe Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for the past decade 54421
Reposted by Greg QuetinJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n 2719251090
Reposted by Greg QuetinThe Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 29/05/2026👀 “I really do think it’s time to start talking about governance. If we’re in this constant cycle of crisis, recovery, crisis, recovery, crisis, recovery, maybe a board full of people who are expert at transit running a transit agency and delivering transit projects would be more attuned.” 617532
Reposted by Greg QuetinMichael Smith @mesmith35673.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Some good news: the number of crashes on MLK Way between Rainier Ave and the I-90 lid was cut in half between 2023 and 2025 (20 vs 10). What happened in 2024? SDOT built protected bike lanes along this segment. 38521
Reposted by Greg QuetinStreetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 28/05/2026Two people died in a head-on crash on the Queensboro Bridge bike lane between the rider of an illegal e-scooter with a top speed of 50 miles per hour and a cyclist, underscoring the need for enforcement against illegal, super-fast micromobility vehicles.buff.lyTwo Dead After Illegal Scooter Rider And Cyclist Crash On Queensboro Bridge - Streetsblog New York CityStreet safety advocates have been criticizing city officials for failing to fully grasp the dangers of e-motos and illegal stand-up scooters for years. 1012924
Reposted by Greg QuetinLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026California could hand over $200 million meant to cool kids’ classrooms to utilities. That money was promised to schools through CalSHAPE — a program Gov. Newsom helped create. With heat waves in winter, kids need cool classrooms. My latest in @latimes.comlatimes.comContributor: Use designated money to cool California schools, not to enrich utilitiesAs the state gets hotter, even in winter, working air conditioning in classrooms is as essential as the lights or the roofing. 14619
Reposted by Greg QuetinHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 13/05/2026It's still a shock every time I look at what used to be one of the standard US environmental data services and see that the live data just isn't being updated any more due to funding cuts. It hurts all of us. 1126268
Greg Quetin @grquetin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Ah, 340ppm. Likely (WILDLY so) the lowest CO2 concentration I will ever experience outside of a fairly expensive experimental plant chamber. 051
Reposted by Greg QuetinJared Rennie @jjrennie.bsky.social · 01/04/2026HOLY CRAP! @nasaspaceflight.com @wxfront.bsky.social 18434
Reposted by Greg QuetinChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/04/2026If all goes according to plan, in a few hours, a crew of astronauts will begin a journey that will take them on a loop around the moon. Here's a video that NASA put together to help people visualize the journey through space, first orbiting the earth before looping around the moon and flying home 🔭 3732541083
Reposted by Greg QuetinJohn Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset. 168183426899
Reposted by Greg QuetinQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026My question was meant to be a softball lobbed across the plate—an opportunity for SDOT to express its stated values. So, here’s a thread demonstrating how they could have responded if they wanted to. 🧵 1303
Greg Quetin @grquetin.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Does the equivalent of a smart electrical panel (digital, managed load control) exist for the water meter? Could we manage the water supply system better with a bit of water capacity (i.e. water batteries) in more dispersed locations? Smaller pipes between demand points? Easier connection? 000
Greg Quetin @grquetin.bsky.social · 26/03/2026This is the bar. We are still very far from "could a child and their grandma cycle here, be safe, and have fun" in most places. 0111
Reposted by Greg QuetinDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/03/2026As a starting point, lets just narrow it down to super rich Trump cabinet officials or appointees with a record of using their public position for private gain. *Taps earpiece* Being told that does not help at all. 513522
Reposted by Greg QuetinJeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Making lemonade out of lemons. EV demand growth is far below expectations, but a lot of those facilities are still coming online, repurposed towards the grid. Very important pivot. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...canarymedia.comSuddenly, the US manufactures a ton of grid batteriesEnergy storage is surging on the U.S. grid — and now the country has more than enough battery-making factories to meet that booming demand. 14515
Reposted by Greg QuetinElizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 23/03/2026"The deal is an extraordinary transfer of taxpayer dollars to a foreign company for the purposes of boosting the production of fossil fuels, a main driver of climate change, while throttling offshore wind power."nytimes.comTrump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms 99161
Reposted by Greg QuetinUrban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Not density OR trees. Density AND trees. Better cities are climate action. #UrbanTruth 8624183
Reposted by Greg QuetinQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 15/03/2026We need to stop asking how much street width we can use for cars and start asking how much we can use for playgrounds. 620339
Greg Quetin @grquetin.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I started working on leaves and climate in 2012...still at it with some new tools (plant hydraulics - the plumping of the terrestrial biosphere) to try and predict interannual variation. Response to drought suggests an adaptive acclimate to leaf shedding. eos.org/editor-highl...eos.orgTrees Shed Their Leaves to Adapt to Droughts - EosThe browning or loss of tree leaves that can be observed during droughts may be a coping mechanism to deal with dry circumstances by avoiding additional water stress. 173
Reposted by Greg QuetinEos @eos.org · 16/03/2026Breaking: UCAR filed a lawsuit today against several federal agencies and their directors, alleging that “The Agencies’ ultimate apparent goal is to destroy NCAR entirely.” eos.org/research-and...eos.orgUCAR Sues Federal Agencies - EosThe lawsuit alleges that the federal agencies are “waging a campaign of retaliation” against Colorado and its institutions because the state has not bowed to federal authorities. 1217
Greg Quetin @grquetin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026PLONK infrastructure. @gordonofseattle.bsky.social (acronym to be determined at a future date, negotiations between PLONK infrastructure and PLOP infrastructure on going) 021
Reposted by Greg QuetinQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 13/03/2026When you learn how cheap and easy it is to create safer neighborhoods, all the time and effort we spend doing nothing feels like a waste. 319841
Reposted by Greg QuetinDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/03/2026This should be the biggest weather and climate news on your radar today. You can send an email today to say why dismantling NCAR is a bad idea for everyone: NSF_NCAR@nsf.govnytimes.comTrump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab 181307865
Reposted by Greg QuetinDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 13/03/2026All signs continue to point to an exceptional, long-duration, and record-breaking to (in some cases) record-shattering March heatwave initially centered across U.S. Southwest but expanding to much broader region next week. This is effectively a full-on summer heatwave in March. 29683326
Reposted by Greg QuetinRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 10/03/2026We're very excited to be launching the new and improved @theurbanist.org website tonight. The new site comes with the ability to become a subscriber and turn off ads, one of our most-requested features. www.theurbanist.orgtheurbanist.orgThe UrbanistAdvocacy journalism for better cities. 517117
Greg Quetin @grquetin.bsky.social · 10/03/2026The difference between a slowly cooling cloud of gas and a fusion powered star. 020
Greg Quetin @grquetin.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I've probably just been listening to too much @volts.wtf, but I can't read this article without thinking "why not just add a small battery?", win for the grid, win for housing. Also cringing at the level of concern trolling around a smart panel curtailing a few percent of people's load. 100
Reposted by Greg Quetinsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 04/03/2026A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000 miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...reuters.comU.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zoneA U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy. 528133974917
Reposted by Greg QuetinRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 03/03/2026The concerning background: -CEO of the Thiel Foundation -Managing Director at Thiel Capital -Managing Director of Clarium Capital (hedge fund led by Peter Thiel) -Managing Director of Mithril Capital Management (VC fund founded by Peter Thiel that funds Palantir) -Co-founder of the Thiel Fellowship 20414253
Reposted by Greg QuetinMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇nature.comWhite House stalls release of approved US science budgetsThe US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed. 221130758