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Andrew

@sandshrew.bsky.social
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he/him; anti-fascist, from the river to the sea Palestine will be free, organize your workplace, trans rights = human rights; touch grass, pet a dog

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 4h
Now that Denny Way is much less of an issue for the L8 we're really going to need to do something about E John/Olive Way.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A war on walking. A war on biking. A war on public transit. A war on better cities. But a war on cars? Hardly. The #UrbanTruth is that #CarDependency is still the norm in far too many cities, and the #RoadLobby will do everything they can to keep it going. Don’t buy the lie. #WarOnWalking
Picture of a luxury car parked mostly on the sidewalk with an elderly couple with mobility aids forced to walk around the car on the street into traffic. The text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. 
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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Time for 2026 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread, now with storage. If you like these, you might like edition 2 of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website til end of Nov 2026. www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
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Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/10/2026
Today on Volts: the new federal permitting bill is 417 pages long. Some people love it, some hate it, some are just confused. With Daniel Palken, I methodically walk through why it's happening, what exactly is in it, & the political rationale for doing it now. This one is epic & fairly technical.
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What’s up with the new federal permitting reform bill?
A conversation with Daniel Palken of Arnold Ventures.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/10/2026
Right-wing Christians are such deeply repulsive people.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/10/2026
On Monday, I'm recording a podcast with Sam D'Amico, the head of Impulse (which makes those dreamy high-end induction cooktops) & co-author of the influential "Electric Slide" piece arguing that the future belongs to whoever dominates electricity. What should I ask him?
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The Electric Slide
The history, 99% decline, and future of the Electric Stack with Sam D'Amico
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
folks, they’re saying this one’s a banger
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026
"When one side rejects pluralism, electoral legitimacy, or epistemic accountability, then 'reconciliation' & even 'civility' function less as neutral civic virtues than as asymmetric constraints, & they risk unilaterally disarming pro-democracy forces." Gonna link to this piece every week, forever.
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Frontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism
"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i...
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Andrew @sandshrew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Anyone got a study for this on buses and other mass transit options??
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 08/10/2026
the nerds have taken over ms now
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026
MeToo went about 1% as far as it should have gone.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Back from our book tour week in London and, man, after spending time in a place that’s made so much progress as far as streets and transportation go, it’s always a shock to come home. New York just smacks you in the face with the sheer volume of cars everywhere.
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Expand congestion pricing. Implement ULEZ and ZEZ. Low traffic neighborhoods. And just take the parking and do something with it that benefits people. We can do it. We have to.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 07/10/2026
guy who is hearing a strong maine accent on a man for the first time
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/10/2026
American cities are getting left behind just like American automakers are.
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 01/10/2026
On “cutting off aid to Israel,” as with everything, read the fine print: by @ahjohnson.bsky.social
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Democrats aren’t ‘breaking from Israel’—they’re rebranding the status quo
On “cutting off aid to Israel,” as with everything, read the fine print.
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Citations Needed @citationspod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In this News Brief, we discuss the Drop The Genocide 20 campaign, efforts to water down progressive demands around Israel and whether or not progressive electeds are following through on the implications and obligations inherent in their use of the word "genocide" to describe the destruction of Gaza
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News Brief: 2028, Israel's Progressive Rebrand and the Risk of "Genocide" as Rhetorical Box Check
In this News Brief, we discuss the Drop The Genocide 20 campaign, efforts to water down progressive demands around Israel and whether or not progressive electeds are following through on the implicati
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've known about this one for a bit and it is incredibly exciting. Can't wait to see what Danny and Tim are doing with this space.
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Andrew @sandshrew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh no, how do you even remove that from fingers??
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Katie @littlelistmaker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
turns out if you get e6000 on your fingers the fingerprint scanners that unlock every piece of technology you own wont work
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
One thing Climate Week convinced me of is that Volts is creating a lot of value for a lot of people, not least the people who appear on it, and I am receiving very little of that value myself. I'm tired of being the only poor guy in these rooms.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026
I've kept telling people not to sleep on Mississippi. Can you imagine what this barnburner Senate election between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Scott Colom would've looked like had one-sixth of its Black population regained the right to vote overnight? bsky.app/profile/dutc...
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026
If basic human rights are predicated on whether someone committed crimes (see the "except as punishment for a crime" clause in the Thirteenth Amendment), then you create perverse incentives for those in power to create as many "criminals" out of the opposition as possible. Prisoners are humans.
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Mr. Buick @mrbuick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What did they think the universal franchise meant? Vibes, papers, essays? Pathetic.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026
All prisoners should have the right to vote while in prison
Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It is my honor and privilege to announce that President @barackobama.bsky.social is joining us on the trail in Detroit on Saturday, October 24. Get. Ready.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 05/10/2026
In the aftermath of the Cornell rape case, @espiers.bsky.social reflects on her own experiences with sexual assault, and how our current models of consent-based sex education may not be enough.
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My Rape, the Cornell Case—and Why We Need Better Approaches to Teaching How Consent Works
I tried to process the experience of being raped by disassociating. We have to show our kids a better way
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/10/2026
If you can stomach it, here's a detailed reported story from @dropsitenews.com on the schoolchildren that the US bombed in Iran. However angry you are, it's not angry enough.
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Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave
The bombing of an Iranian school, killing 120 children, is one of the worst U.S. war crimes since Vietnam. Drop Site spoke to survivors, first responders, parents, and witnesses. This is their story.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/10/2026
Super-excited to listen to this, but it's worth noting that the right is still engaging in exactly this tactic. And I mean, *exactly* this tactic.
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POLITICO Pro: Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy First Thursday Seattle.
First Thursday strolling from Occidental MallFirst Thursday at Occidental and MainFirst Thursday in the parkFirst Thursday on the mall
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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Impossible for me to be less invested in a race than this one. Would be nice to never hear her 3 names ever again
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Matt Dragon @mattdragon.com · 30/09/2026
🧵AI is already killing people by coaching children how to die by suicide, or how to best hide their suicidal ideations and self harm from their parents or other adults in their lives who could help them.
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AI won't kill us — At least not like that
Gen AI companies are laying the groundwork for escaping accountability. Don't let them.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/09/2026
Today on Volts: Heat-pump water heaters use a fraction of the energy of the conventional kind, but they've often been bulky, loud, & a hassle to install. A company called Reservoir has made one that's smaller, quieter, & much smarter, installed in hours by their own plumbers. I talk with the CEO.
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What’s up with heat-pump water heaters?
A conversation with Luke Winston-Almanzar of Reservoir.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/09/2026
I don't know what went wrong with the universe such that I don't live in Denmark. I don't understand it. I'm clearly supposed to live here.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“you live in a bubble” yeah, we all do, social media literally manufactures bubbles for us.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026
I love this paper so much. If I had my way every single journalist, pundit, analyst, and politician in the US would read it & then read it again. I want to quote all of it. www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...
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Frontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism
"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i...
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 28/09/2026
The countdown is on for a traffic-free Oxford Street. Monday 26 October marks a new chapter for the nation’s high street as it becomes pedestrianised.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/09/2026
Great commentary in Nature Energy: "Smart energy must address enshittification risks." I really don't think people are taking these risks seriously enough.
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Smart energy must address enshittification risks - Nature Energy
Nature Energy - Smart energy must address enshittification risks
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/09/2026
If you want to understand just how pathetic the clean energy is on politics, read this excellent piece in @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social. There are like a half-dozen quotes in here that make me want to jump off a fucking roof.
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Why Won’t the Clean Energy Industry Play Dirty?
After Republican attacks, why does the industry still spend so little on elections?
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 27/09/2026
Enough with the skywalkers already. Do the Thrawn ascendancy trilogy you cowards
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Your taxpayer dollars are being illegally spent to air a literal Trump 2024 campaign ad.
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Brett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Smart Growth Plan" ft. D5 candidate Julie Kang #doomloop #bretthamil
JULIE KANG: You can’t put more housing in neighborhoods where people already live!They might not like it!
[in front of easel that reads "D5 Smart Growth Plan"] That’s why I’ve identified several sites in District 5 that everyone would be ok with
[gesturing at map] Here’s a nice lot between the tow yard and the hazardous waste transfer station [*actual example]
[pointing at picture of a culvert with brackish water running out of it] Here’s a lovely tract just downhill from the raw sewage sluice! 
[picture of a tar pit surrounded by trees with a washing machine, a bike, and various garbage sinking into it] and there’s also the Weeping Tar Bog of Northgate
-All of these places would be *perfect* for renters!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026
Class solidarity.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026
I keep telling y'all, electric aviation is a dark horse.
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The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity
Heart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet...
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.
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Rebecca Burns @rebeccaburns.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🧵The billionaire-backed Common Ground Collective was just caught electioneering at a back-to-school event for its endorsed candidates—including fundraising consultant Kyna Lenhof. NB: 6 months ago, Lenhof had this to say about another race where CGC was spending big to spread misinformation. 🤔
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Citations Needed @citationspod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In Part 1 of our 3-part series on the uses and misuses of "authenticity," we examine the Real America "listening tour," its propaganda utility and how it uses the superficial aesthetics of rural simplicity to sell class-flattening, power-serving narratives. With guest John Patrick Leary.
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Ep 243: The Authenticity Affect (Part I) — Whistlestop Tours, Smarm & the Art of Channeling 'Folk'
In part 1 of our 3-part series on the uses and misuses of "authenticity," we examine the Real America "listening tour," its propaganda utility, and how it uses cultural performance to sell class-flatt
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