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@stealmyposts.bsky.social
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HS Math Teacher, Reader of books, good and bad. Marylander. Into urbanism and transit and renewable energy Contrarian by nuture. Determined optimist by nature.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 3h
The rabbi telling Anthropic that he thinks what they’re doing is fine, because Claude is just a machine to him, but if they’re right (and it is conscious), then they’re world historic monsters, is really interesting.
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local margin scribbler @stealmyposts.bsky.social · 7h
First as tragedy: m.youtube.com/watch?v=FRhb... then as farce...
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Inherit the Wind (1960) - Death of Matthew Brady Scene (11/12) | Movieclips
YouTube video by Movieclips
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 23h
I truly think in retrospect, Trump traveling and giving daily speeches for 32 days is going to turn out to be somehow more disastrous than we can comprehend rn
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 11h
The EV market really is absolutely flying. www.businessgreen.com/news/4536682...
businessgreen.com
'Major achievement': Almost five new EVs sold in the UK every minute in September
UK car industry hails record electric vehicle sales in September, with almost 100,000 fully-electric vehicles registered
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 12h
"The 2027 BMW 3 Series comes in both gas and electric versions, and the EV is $4,400 cheaper." But I have range anxiety....
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BMW built the same car for gas and electric. The EV is $4,400 cheaper. | TechCrunch
The new BMW 3 Series shows just how quickly EVs have caught up to fossil fuel vehicles on pricing.
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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Geometry: "The most important concept in transport planning. Everything else is footnotes." ~Jarrett Walker (@humantransit.bsky.social).
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Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Remember those really cheap, DIY fans with filters for classrooms? They work! #CorsiRosenthal pubs.acs.org/aeacd5/artic...
Image of air cleaner in the link with graph showing >60% reduction in particle levels
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InsideEVs @insideevs.com · 01/10/2026
A growing proportion of Toyota and Lexus sales are EVs, hybrids, and plug-in hybrids. And the company isn't slowing down any time soon.
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Over 60% Of Toyotas Sold In Q3 Were Electrified
A growing share of Toyota and Lexus sales are hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and EVs. The company isn't slowing down, either.
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local margin scribbler @stealmyposts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One Shabbos morning, the postlady knocked on the my door, took one look at me in my Shabbos clothes and said, "Okay honey, i can see it's your sabbath but this is your passport so I'm signing right here and dropping this unlabeled package just inside your door. kay?" a true public servant
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
go ahead. keep raining. i'll just eat even more grilled cheese and tomato soup
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026
seen on my porch this morning
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 30/09/2026
these river otters are blissfully unaware the Cuyahoga has 13 fires in its history
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you want "personalized music" made just for you pick up a fucking guitar. Or else break the heart of someone who already has.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In all seriousness I wish every professor on here would post their reading lists each semester
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Hello Road / Ethan Tufts @helloroad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh hi there! Today I was really missing the old "weird car Twitter" from several years back. So I figured I'd jump on blueSky and try to find the weird here. Here's the wackiest car I own at the moment 💕
Pink Nissan S-Cargo
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
everyone lucked the hell out on the terror attack today where the co-pilot stabbed the pilot, passengers took down the attacker *and* there seem to have been two off-duty pilots who were able to land the plane safely. Could have been one of the worst attacks for a while otherwise.
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local margin scribbler @stealmyposts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this too is a recession(price of heating oil) indicator
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local margin scribbler @stealmyposts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
wry laughs get reupped
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Syd Cannings @sydcannings1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When the local dinosaur hops up onto your car... #birds #Yukon
large black raven on car hood
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
anyway it feels like-- herding cats is the wrong metaphor but it feels like releasing a bunch of cats who are now sending back hyperdetailed scouting reports before they go off to nap or stalk or groom or whatever. the early surge of focus is very, very real when you select on ADHD people
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 30/09/2026
EV sales double in Australia as one in four new cars now electric
abc.net.au
One EV sold every 100 seconds as Australia catches up to the world
Electric cars have become mainstream in the past decade, making up one in four new car sales.
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A new study "linked 2.3 million new cancer cases to an infection. Most were caused by just five pathogens: Helicobacter pylori (4%), human papillomavirus, or HPV (4%), hepatitis B (2%), Epstein-Barr virus (1%) and hepatitis C (under 1%). These infections can... theconversation.com/one-in-eight...
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One in eight cancers are likely caused by an infection worldwide – new study
Four viruses and one bacteria were responsible for 12% of the world’s cancer cases in 2024. Does this mean they’re preventable?
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Official monthly data is in, and US solar power generation hit a new record high, up 21% compared to this time last year!
a graph of US monthly solar generation
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Adam @adamshap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/09/2026
In Denmark, 96% of private individual vehicle sales are electric these days. 86% of total (fleets are slightly slower).
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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Aaah look what I got in the mail! Congratulations to @miriamposner.com on publication and congratulations to everyone else who finally gets to read this incredible book.
My hand holding the very groovy white and rainbow book cover of "seeing like a supply chain: the hidden life of logistics" by Miriam
Posner
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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 28/09/2026
The largest wildlife overpass in North America was completed in 2025 spanning I-25 in CO. According to Colorado Governor Jared Polis, the crossing, and nearby crossing infrastructure, has reduced wildlife-vehicle collisions on the stretch of I-25 by 91%. www.denvergazette.com/outtherecolo...
denvergazette.com
Massive wildlife overpass has helped reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions by 91% in Colorado
In December 2025, it was announced that the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) had completed the construction of the I-25 wildlife overpass in the area of Greenland, between Denver and Color...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes, the precondition for regular AI agent use is changing your culture to speak in middle America white bureaucratic language to make it work. You can’t put “the good collards“ on an optimized shopping list, much less account for what some call familect: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/m...
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Every Family Has Its Own Private Language. What Does That Tell Us About Ourselves? (Gift Article)
“Familects” emerge out of in-jokes and mispronunciations, but they reveal something about how all language evolves.
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taber @kvetch.gay · 28/09/2026
Here's a map of how iron ore mined in Minnesota moves (the red lines). Note the markers for where steel facilities are located, they're where they are because you have to move the stuff on ships. There are no steel mills in Iowa of any size because you can't get the fucking stuff it's made of there
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Probably the greatest parallel parking you’ll ever see. #WorldBollardAssociation
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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"'When an agency acts outside the bounds of its statutory authority, it violates the [Administrative Procedure Act],' Judge Mary McElroy, a Trump-appointed judge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, wrote in her ruling.": www.utilitydive.com/news/federal...
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Federal judge restores $7B Solar for All program, says EPA illegally axed it
A Trump-appointed judge said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act did not convert the funding into “a lump-sum amount subject to EPA’s discretion.” Defendants acted contrary to Congress’ intent and with “no...
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Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycanada.org · 25/09/2026
🔋 A fully electric Toyota Corolla could be on offer as early as next year, according to Car and Driver. The auto magazine expects it to offer "at least 250 miles of driving range" with a starting price of around US$30,000—though it may not sell in the U.S. at all.
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The Toyota Corolla Is Reportedly Going Electric
Toyota’s best-selling car of all time is expected to get a fully electric version for the first time.
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Detroit automakers lack the hybrid electric vehicles that are in demand in the US (and elsewhere). Now, Hyundai is expected to outsell Ford in q3… by Mike Wayland @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/09/24/h...
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Hyundai expected to outsell Ford in third quarter as Detroit automakers lack hybrids
Cox analysts said Ford and General Motors are seeing sales lag because they don't have many hybrid vehicles.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
this is part of a wider project of unaccountability that dominates American life
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
en.wikipedia.org
Iron Ring - Wikipedia
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Sisyphus Idaho @sisyphus43.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dam removal works. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/c...
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Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath Dam Removals, Study Finds (Gift Article)
The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations.
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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A new bill introduced in Congress is looking to shorten the standard U.S. workweek. The proposed change would prevent employers from cutting pay or benefits while allowing workers to earn overtime pay starting at 32 hours a week instead of 40. to.wttw.com/4AsFVId
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold www.ecoticias.com/en/two-minne...
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Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold
Minnesota solar farms planted with native flowers saw native bees rise 20-fold, with bees also pollinating nearby soybean fields.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Hannity's list of "TRUMP'S TOP ACCOMPLISHMENTS" includes restoring Confederate names to military bases and releasing dietary guidelines
cap from Hannity
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justine zhang @tisjune.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
they're saying the AI can do math and science again, so it's time to reread Thurston's On Proof and Progress in Mathematics, a lovely articulation of the social work of assembling understanding, i.e., the best reason to tackle hard problems. www.ams.org/journals/bul...
When I started as a graduate student at Berkeley, I had trouble imagining
how I could "prove" a new and interesting mathematical theorem. I didn't
really understand what a "proof was.
By going to seminars, reading papers, and talking to other graduate students,
I gradually began to catch on. Within any field, there are certain theorems and
certain techniques that are generally known and generally accepted. When you
write a paper, you refer to these without proof. You look at other papers in the
field, and you see what facts they quote without proof, and what they cite in
their bibliography. You learn from other people some idea of the proofs. Then
you're free to quote the same theorem and cite the same citations. You don't
necessarily have to read the full papers or books that are in your bibliography.
Many of the things that are generally known are things for which there may be
no known written source. As long as people in the field are comfortable that
the idea works, it doesn't need to have a formal written source.At first I was highly suspicious of this process. I would doubt whether a certain idea was really established. But I found that I could ask people, and they
could produce explanations and proofs, or else refer me to other people or to
written sources that would give explanations and proofs. There were published
theorems that were generally known to be false, or where the proofs were generally known to be incomplete. Mathematical knowledge and understanding were
embedded in the minds and in the social fabric of the community of people
thinking about a particular topic. This knowledge was supported by written
documents, but the written documents were not really primary.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#Toyota is preparing to introduce the electric version of its best-selling car of all time, the #Corolla. With over 57 million sold worldwide since it went on sale in 1966, the Corolla is widely considered the best-selling vehicle to date. electrek.co/2026/09/23/t... #ElectricVehicles #ActOnClimate
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Toyota is finally taking its best-seller electric
Toyota is preparing to introduce the electric version of its best-selling car of all time, the Corolla. When is Toyota...
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fascinating new figures confirming old EVs with a lot of miles on the clock are much more reliable than their petrol and diesel equivalents. www.businessgreen.com/news/4536166...
businessgreen.com
Study: High mileage EVs more reliable than petrol equivalents
Analysis of 47.4 million MOTs finds electric cars are around 25 per cent less likely to fail than petrol models as mileage climbs
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local margin scribbler @stealmyposts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
when harry enten has to use his fingers to describe your approval ratings...
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ScottCulkin 🇺🇸/🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿/🚒🚑(ret.)/🚴/🥁/⚽ @scottculkin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Astronomical summer is leaving us today. Fall starts at 5:05 p.m. (PDT).
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Volkswagen's new EVs are so popular that it's cutting ICE shifts. What fantastic news, I wonder what major world event may have caused this massive shift 🤔 share.google/hhDE8Rfi7MR9...
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Volkswagen's new EVs are so popular that the company is now cutting ICE shifts
Volkswagen’s new family of entry-level electric cars is proving to be more popular than its internal combustion engine vehicles. Volkswagen’s...
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
First mRNA Flu Vaccine Approved in the U.S. Now Available for Adults 50 Years and Older www.discovermagazine.com/first-mrna-f...
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First mRNA Flu Vaccine Approved in the U.S. Now Available for Adults 50 Years and Older
Learn who is eligible for the new flu vaccine and what makes the mRNA vaccine more efficient and adaptable than traditional flu shot.
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The Defence Blog @defence-blog.com · 22/09/2026
A British hybrid off-road vehicle landed its first export orders, with prototypes now being tested in Canada and the Middle East. The company also unveiled a bigger, 6-wheeled version that carries an extra tonne of cargo. Full story: defence-blog.com/british-hybr...
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British hybrid vehicle maker lands early export orders
British vehicle maker Fering has landed its first export orders for the Pioneer, a hybrid off-road vehicle, selling prototype units to Canada and an undisclosed country in the Middle East for testing,...
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Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I can’t tell how much of this is the result of being asked to solve poverty with classroom techniques
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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The meme I started is being replicated and now is using Seattle area coffee shops. So proud
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As an aside, a legal solution that @surcomplicated.bsky.social is fond of, which I think is very unlikely, but offers a potential rout to this outcome, is post-Trump to declare retroactively that Trump was ineligible under the 14th amendment and so was never legally president a second time.
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