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Liz - High and Inside @lizzierie.bsky.social · 14h

Schwarbs being a transit guy is elite stuff

Screenshot of Kyle Schwarber’s instagram story of him on a septa train and text reads

Top 5 Reasons
Riding SEPTA is a Pro Move
Phillies
1. It's $2.90
2. No traffic
3. No parking
4. Center City to South Philly in 11 minutes
5. Kids ride free

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 12h

In beautiful southwestern Michigan, a person is judged righteous if they can walk barefoot to the end of the south pier at Saugatuck Harbor and back and remain untouched by guano

Color photo of a concrete pier extending into Lake Michigan. A red and white beacon is at the end of the pier. A green and white beacon is visible on a little strip on the far right. Concrete is splotched with seabird guano.

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Jake Schoolman @jake.school · 16h

I love strapping my taco bell into the divvy basket.

A Taco Bell paper bag sitting inside a blue bicycle basket at night, illuminated by the bike's front light.

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I got to see a special screening of Tenzing last night and -- 10/10. Beautiful film. Cannot recommend more highly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkYC...

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Tenzing — Official Trailer | Apple TV

YouTube video by Apple TV

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Do y'all have an obvious favorite photo of your dog? Because I sure do, and it will forever be this one of him photobombing Devil's Tower lol.

A photo of my dog photo-bombing Devil's Tower. My dog, a husky/malamute/wolf with black and tan fur is sitting in front of the towering rocky pillar with a large smile and tongue hanging out.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just got an email from a former student who took my class a decade ago, asking me for the reading list because she enjoyed the course so much and wants to revisit the texts. And she *apologized* for making the request. Are you kidding me?

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Sad Old Man Crying

ALT: Sad Old Man Crying

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

visited Artists of the Wall today

A photo of a painted section of low wall formed into a bench. The design shows a variety of colorful shapes with different cartoon-style facial expressions ranging from surprise to anger to happiness. A caption says "Todos somos vecinos"

A photo of a painted section of low wall formed into a bench. The design shows Mister Rogers surrounded by diverse images of people with dogs below. Around the figures it says "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor, would you be mine? could you be mine?". And at the bottom by the dogs it says "We (heart image) Rogers Bark"

A photo of a painted section of low wall formed into a bench. The design shows an elevated Red Line train with arches below

A photo of a painted section of low wall formed into a bench. The design has some different colorful portions around a Chicago flag that says "hands off our Chicago neighbors"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026

desperately want to break the hold that slim, tapered, low rise pants have on my generational cohort

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TomTom @tomtomchi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I was biking through Devon recently and it was crazy bustling with people and music everywhere, cars with plates from all over North America. It hit me how underrated it is, not just as a South Asian enclave, but as a super vibrant Chicago community generally. blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/18/y...

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Your Guide To Devon Avenue: Where To Eat, Shop And Spend The Day

Though commonly known as "Little India," the West Ridge street is a hub for a diverse swath of South and Southeast Asian immigrant communities that continues to grow.

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 10/09/2026

I don't disagree! bsky.app/profile/lizt...

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just before sunrise, bats were flying around above the bridge over the Chicago River’s North Branch in LaBagh Woods.

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Karl Schamotta @karl-schamotta.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

God-level badassery: Canadian Constable Sukhvinder “Suki” Singh Sunger, Drum Major of the Vancouver Police Pipe Band making history at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-o...

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Before there were megapixels, there was Ektar 25.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Triggered a memory of this print advert for Ektar 25. I would have originally seen this in an actual photography magazine during my brief flirtation with the art in early high school in... ugh... the late 1980s.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"The frogert is also cursed"

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Because I have followed Mr. Simon for quite some time, my brain briefly processed this as "Perhaps if you elucidate, fucker." Language processing is a funny thing.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just an awesome park. If you want a top-shelf "touch grass" experience without leaving the city, go here. I recommend pairing with a visit to Steelworkers Park and Park 566. Followed by smoked shrimp and whitefish at Calumet Fisheries. Go now. I might.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is soul nourishing. The pivot from impact driver use while prone and upside down (which is hard), to an amused "OMG the kitten just fell out like the skid plate was a trap door!" to gentle, calming/caring/paternal concern.. "It's OK little buddy" is just lovely. Followed on Insta.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My wife and I reference this at least a couple of times a month and have done so for as long as we can remember. (We Remember! We Remember!) I feel genuinely blessed to have grown up during the golden age of the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop).

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I will say, to my audience of no one, that Sunday long runs with @rprc.bsky.social are the secret Goldilocks un-simulated combination of these two.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Finnish nature photographer Lassi Rautiainen followed a female grey wolf (Canis lupus) & a male brown bear (Ursos arctos) for 10 days. They played together, shared meals, napped together. Both were young adults. They appeared to be... friends? (📷: Lassi Rautiainen, www.wildfinland.org)

A brown bear and a grey wolf on a green grassy plain, both looking in the same direction, with strange wispy trees out of focus and concealed in fog in the distance. The suggestion is of a land of magic where bears and wolves are friends.

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“Goose Exclusion Fence”

A paper sign in a plastic cover is posted on a fence in front of a lagoon, trees, and grass, with text saying: “New grass establishment in progress. Goose exclusion fence is temporary.”

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

the Field of Dreams game has reminded me to once again watch John Mulaney presenting the Academy Award for sound

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I'll show myself out. :-)

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

www.wilmotmountain.com - Our closest "ski resort" - Wilmot mountain features a stunning 230 feet of vertical drop. (Seriously)

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Wilmot Mountain | Wilmot Mountain Resort

Traditional ski mountain offering skiing trails & snow tubing, plus rentals & a cozy eatery.

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 13/08/2026

just want to say 3 things 1. this is absolutely correct, I narrowly avoided colon cancer by getting a colonoscopy on time 2. YOU CAN ASK YOUR DOCTOR FOR PREP IN PILL FORM. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE LIQUID 3. the anesthetic hospitals prefer, propofol, can be substituted for a sedative

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

* Enjoying this debate from the flat-lands of Chicago....

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I really need to explore this. Your general observation being that RLM unlocks a big skill space that is on-demand generated exactly how/when it is needed. I've had good success with in-project skills (inspired by the linked post), but limited success generalizing them. bsky.app/profile/timk...

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Our first dog had chronic bad breath. Near the end of his life it did change, noticeably. I just discovered this has a name: "Uremic Breath" - Smells like urine/ammonia and indicates kidney failure. My wife detected it pretty clearly as something new, on top of the existing.... unpleasantness.

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 05/08/2026

Published estimates of AI energy use per prompt (~0.3 watt-hours) appear reassuring small. But they are increasingly disconnected from how we actually use AI. Modern agentic tools use around 600 times more energy per prompt, as I discuss in my latest over at The Climate Brink www.theclimatebrink....

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

He was a cruel man. Cruel but fair.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I have a LR Kia EV6 and a warm battery really does hit the mid 200s during the 0-50 percent range. (It's a joy) A further confounding point is that the larger pack is slightly heavier and thus your average range per kWh is lower.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

OK. Up front, I completely agree with your conclusion. There is extremely limited additional utility in the "Large" versus "Medium" range configuration. Having said that, in many platforms, including yours, the larger pack does charge faster. The practical difference over a long day is small.

Examples where the pattern holds (smaller pack → lower DC peak):

Hyundai Ioniq 5: 58–63 kWh Standard Range tops out around 175–200 kW, while the 77–84 kWh Long Range peaks around 230–235 kW (independent testing has clocked it as high as 260 kW).
Recharged + 2
Tesla Model 3: the LFP Standard/RWD pack (~60–64 kWh) is capped at 170 kW, while the NMC Long Range pack (~82–85 kWh) goes up to 250 kW.
CoPilot
CoPilot
VW ID.4: the 62 kWh pack peaks at 140 kW, the 82 kWh pack at 175 kW.
Volkswagen of Des Moines
Volkswagen of Des Moines
Polestar 2: in the pre-2024 lineup the smaller pack topped out around 135–155 kW while the larger pack reached up to 205 kW (180 kW for the Standard Range version) after the 2024 refresh.
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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Napkin math on shared session link shows 6 hours of wall time. It would be _very_ interesting to contemplate what lives inside that chain of thought output, sub-agent breakdowns, etc. Is anyone thinking about, talking about or actually doing this for these "insanely long" deep reasoning tasks?

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

My understanding is that newer machines need far less helium, and that it's now rare to simply vent it outside of an emergency. Too valuable.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I stumbled onto several youtube videos of a quenches done on end of life MRI machines. My favorite is this one. Note the pile of objects launched into the field in the name of "force testing" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOU...

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MRI magnet quench: the movie

YouTube video by practiCal fMRI

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

How much of this is just unavoidable if you only have weights versus inference implementation details? Right now I can run Gemma on identical MB Pro hardware under Asahi/Vulkan and on MacOS. The MacOS runs are faster because the execution is Metal-native, whereas Vulkan is a compromise.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Not only do they have them but grey North American squirrels are invasive and regularly culled. They displace the native reds. So, the meat supply is good.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I'm pleased to inform you that @righto.com himself is here. :-)

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Thought experiment/question: In a hypothetical net-zero future, NY is fully electrified and thus winter-peaking due to heat. What happens to that summer solar over-production? Curtailment? Seasonal recharge of geothermal? Yet-to-be-imagined seasonal industrial use?

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

* sorry - 5% within _half_ an hour - In any case, it feels like a tool every grid operator should be aware of. People are willing to help.

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This is not apples to apples, but CAISO had a notable win for an escalated (via emergency broadcast, including to phones) reduction request during a heat event in 2022. Found this article suggesting a 2% aggregate drop in 5 minutes and 5% in an hour - www.abc10.com/article/ente...

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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Bikes on Metra is old enough to drink

A bike on Metra Bike Car 1.5 green rack with little seatbelt

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Posted past you on this but yes, separate units. Nice to see confirmation that it's an efficiency benefit! Alas, I still need to switch us to a HPWH. It's on the list. :-)

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Ian @iansmcleod.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

These are all single head with their own outdoor unit. I had absorbed a "multi-splits are frequently inefficient due to high minimum output" wisdom from Green Building Advisor when planning this out. They've worked well. The cooling, in particular, is incredibly comfortable _and_ efficient.

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