Reposted by puntPoint Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026No bones, no brains, no teeth, fins, or even blood; in fact, jellies are mostly water. But they survive in oceans around the world and are mesmerizingly beautiful. Drift with the jellies at our Pacific Seas Aquarium. 010318
Reposted by puntVoteHub @votehub.com · 23/08/2026NEWS — Former Anchorage Mayor Dan A. Sullivan has endorsed Alaska Sen. Dan S. Sullivan for re-election this fall over teacher Dan J. Sullivan and former Rep. Mary Peltola, according to a post on his Facebook page. 54548112
Reposted by puntBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026There’s been surprisingly little about how we are in the very last years of living memory of service in WW2. 542226468
punt @punt1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026shuffling around the same houses back and forth is not enough. 000
Reposted by puntMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 22/07/2026The idea that the wealthy, the middle class, and the poor are all in completely separate housing markets with no overlap ignores how things work in the real world. In the absence of new high end housing, wealthy people outbid the middle class for the best available existing housing and renovate it. 18708106
Reposted by puntCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026"For one hour each week, in a converted office building in New Haven, 5-year-old Camila got to see her mom." www.ctinsider.com/news/article...ctinsider.com5-year-old spent 118 days on her own in federal immigration custody in CTOn any given day there are more than two dozen immigrant children detained without a parent or guardian in programs run by Connecticut nonprofits. 1020499
Reposted by puntjentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 15/07/2026Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeansshare.googleTwo Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soyb...Two Minnesota solar farms planted 66 native species under their panels. Five years of counting revealed a staggering result that nobody had written into the engineering plan. 157621904
Reposted by puntHit 'Em in the Bskets @wykstrad.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Even before AI, I know of some teachers who were getting good results by "inverting" classes: Students would watch pre-recorded lectures at home, and then do "homework" in class, where active learning is both socially enforced and guided by a teacher who can help if a student hits a wall. 3243
Reposted by puntEvelyn Waughluigi @mattressisland.bsky.social · 07/07/2026if you want to know why every new building looks Like That, it's because cities mandate them to look that way 0132
Reposted by puntMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 25/06/2026Americans and Europeans need to do a building technology knowledge swap: we help them retrofit their old buildings with air conditioning and they help us retrofit ours with elevators. 2338250
Reposted by puntStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 21/06/2026Logging on to Bluesky 241939231
Reposted by punt🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 17/06/2026[confused but trying my best] what these world cup players are great at is establishing the run. 727921
Reposted by puntDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/06/2026"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).proelectrica.substack.comElite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy DisruptionNotes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026 241130914160
Reposted by puntStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 07/06/2026“The real surprise from the OECD’s subsidy numbers is that it cost China less than $18bn in sectoral support over 15 years to build an industry that can now provide more clean power than the world can readily absorb.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comWasting China’s solar panel surplus is madnessClean power is within our reach — yet factories sit idle 25822
Reposted by puntWillie Lopez @willielopezshow.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I can't say enough about the player that Karl Athony Towns, affectionately known as "Bodega KAT", is! The only thing better than his balls skills is the MAN that he is! His upbringing & the passing of his Mom has had a profound impact on his life. He is so well spoken & thankful. God bless you! 🙏✝️static.klipy.comKarl-Anthony Towns Knicks CelebrationALT: Karl-Anthony Towns Knicks Celebration 3573083
Reposted by puntCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/06/2026“.. The U.S. is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure, according to new Census Bureau figures out today.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 26138282010
Reposted by puntMichael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines 615288269434
Reposted by puntryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 15/05/2026"The cost of a typical utility-scale battery installation has fallen by well over half since 2022, and by 27 per cent last year alone" www.ft.com/content/b5c5...ft.comThe dawn of 24/7 solar powerFalling battery costs drive the economics of round-the-clock renewables 11271109
Reposted by puntStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026You all need to post more about your hobbies. Knitting, model trains, yodeling, fucking whatever. I don’t care. The point is brighting up the timeline a bit. Just need to see more folks interested and/or happy about something. 136752143
Reposted by puntJonathan English @englishrail.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Infrastructure projects routinely spend billions of dollars to avoid difficult conversations. I wrote a new piece on Infrastory on how we need to be better at recognizing the problems that can be solved with a phone call rather than big infrastructure. open.substack.com/pub/infrasto...open.substack.comEngineering Problems and Phone Call ProblemsPerhaps sometimes we really should just phone it in 36316
Reposted by puntCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Well that’s a little on the nose. Message I just received from the New York City Bar Association: 893405949
Reposted by puntmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/05/2026The Box is the correct shape for most buildings to be 2178265
Reposted by puntPetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 23/04/2026Exhibit A: in a recent antitrust filing, Meta argued it isn't a social media monopoly because it isn't really a social media company anymore. Only 7% of Instagram time and 17% of Facebook time is spent on content from friends or followed accounts. The rest is algorithmic video from strangers. 421354430
punt @punt1.bsky.social · 23/04/2026the most surprising part, which gets almost zero explanation in the story, is: "Citrus greening has been around for 120 years, and exists worldwide, and has, so far, caused an extinction-level event only in Florida." the story seems to vaguely gesture at excessive pesticides, but... explain that! 100
Reposted by puntMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3insidehighered.comFaculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing CensorshipFed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom. 14332781275
Reposted by puntRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Jake Mangum spots kid in the crowd, tosses the ball, and her brother catches it and gives it to her. Dudes rock. 1014099742
Reposted by puntMiska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social · 18/04/2026I've used up my daily cynicism quota, otherwise I'd wrote a proper reply to this :+) 011
Reposted by puntAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I hate the too-cool-for-school attitude of dismissing this with a "but they won't." That is surrendering in advance. The pressure should be put on them, the message should be unrelenting that this is what must be done and they're the ones refusing to do it. Don't act like they don't have agency. 683026640
Reposted by puntLukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 01/04/2026If electric vehicles had been available during the mid-70s energy crisis we'd be in a different world but at least they are now and in fifty years time now might be seen as a turning point for people achieving access to energy security for both generation and transport. 131
Reposted by puntJustin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Most people still don't understand what is coming in the world of energy. This graph should help but what would be good is to see this everywhere in the media so the public understood that what they think they know about renewable tech and EVs is not up to date. 19293106
Reposted by puntJuliet Shen @julietshen.online · 27/03/2026I'm staying right next to Pacific Spirit Park and I've been spending any free moments between conference sessions doing forest walks 415411
Reposted by puntPaige Ellis @paige-ellis.bsky.social · 25/03/2026In this week’s work session, we discussed Item # 40 which I brought forward to expand what’s known as “missing middle” housing in Austin. 184
Reposted by puntJacob Kornbluh @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Raul Rivera yelling outside Mamdani presser. Mamdani: “I want that man to be able to afford to keep living in NYC, because the day that I don't hear him yelling at me, it means he got priced out of this place.” “We need to make this a city where it's affordable enough to yell at your politicians.” 755365858
Reposted by puntSarastro @financeguy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026“Thanks to .. falling costs, batteries are now seizing the role of last marginal generator… Electricity from a four-hour battery is now cheaper in almost every market that depends on LNG.... Even Saudi Arabia can now provide solar-plus-storage for less than gas.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comEnergy Falling Below $100 Shows the World a Way OutWorried about the way crude oil has stampeded above and then back below $100 a barrel in a matter of hours this week? What if I told you that another crucial component of energy prices has just slumpe... 0167
Reposted by puntDaniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Counterintuitively, in congested cities 20mph or lower speed limits actually speed up traffic because when vehicles are moving more slowly, the stopping space required between each one is smaller and so the capacity of any given road is higher 27512
Reposted by puntQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 14/03/2026This NACTO/USDOT report addresses how to downsize fire trucks in cities. nacto.org/wp-content/u... 1235783
Reposted by puntKevin Erdmann @kevinerdmann.bsky.social · 12/03/2026How to be a housing pundit. 16111
Reposted by puntSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 10/03/2026strong 2nd this; it feels kind of decadent to be like "PAIN AT DA PUMP????" when there's still bombs flying 1233435
Reposted by puntAutumn 🚠 @abnyc.bsky.social · 09/03/2026It is 2012. I am 8 years old. I take note of the price of gas for the first time. Now I know that gas costs $3.50. It is 2026. I am 21 years old. I rent a car. Gas costs $3.50. What a bargain. 131
Reposted by puntRegime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Time to start my day, better open up all these apps where people can bother me 2293
Reposted by puntmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18/02/2026It's kinda annoying how solar panels were hung around the neck of the left as impractical pie in the sky treehugger shit *right* up until it started outcompeting every other energy source. Then suddenly, instead of going "hey the left was correct about solar" it's no longer a "left" idea! 242545417
Reposted by puntJonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jmgilligan.org · 27/01/2026In 2025, more than 10,000 STEM PhDs quit or were fired from federal jobs. That's 14% of the federal STEM PhD workforce, and 17% of STEM PhDs at 14 critical agencies. A huge loss of expertise and institutional memory, representing more than 106,000 person-years of experience. 0177
Reposted by puntMarco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Skinner "I'm I out of touch" meme .gif 1736
Reposted by puntryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 02/01/2026"the increase in real estate values relative to incomes has been...entirely due to rising rents on old, depreciating homes that are not improving in quality or providing more real housing services...rising rents is a claim on future incomes of tenants, lowering their real spending potential." 511912
Reposted by puntPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Black bear living underneath California house shows no sign of budging as homeowner mulls legal actioncbsnews.comBlack bear living underneath Altadena house shows no sign of budging as homeowner mulls legal actionThe 550-pound black bear has taken up residence in the crawlspace underneath Ken Johnson's home in California for a month. 1451099168
Reposted by puntJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 01/01/2026the most rewarding thing about publicly reading a bunch of books last year was having people come up to me and go "you know I read such and such book from your recommendation and really loved it." It's something we've lost as reading becomes less frequent & the variety of books continually increases 1964
punt @punt1.bsky.social · 26/12/2025family gatherings do be getting in fights for absolutely zero reason at all 000
Reposted by puntM. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 15/12/2025On the theme of, "American planners regulate the wrong things," we should have much stricter regulations on noise-proofing apartments. It's the sort of issue regulation is meant to handle: it's difficult for most consumer to assess it before making a decision, and it really impacts qualify of life. 1451987
