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Aimee Witteman @aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 1h

Entire CDC office in Washington was fired last night, along with dozens of high ranking global disease detectives, and…

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 17h

Vaxxed and relaxed, just like President Trump. #MAHA

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 15h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Aimee Witteman @aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 20h

Times are tough, but Takoma Park’s Nimbee, Portland’s Protest Frogs, and SB 79 gave me life this week

Nimbee, Takoma Park’s mascot hates development

Nimbee walking the Takoma Park Street Fest last Sunday

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Aimee Witteman @aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 20h

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Boston’s Window Heat Pump Pilot Could Be a Blueprint for Greening Multifamily Housing

Boston is testing window-mounted heat pumps to decarbonize public housing quickly and affordably, offering a scalable model for retrofitting older multifamily buildings nationwide amid rising heat ris...

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 1d

This bill I wrote is now law.

California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 1d

[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed AB 1154, which will make it faster, cheaper, and easier to add small accessory dwelling units to existing homes.

Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...

California Law Makes it Easier to Build Small, In-Home ADUs

New Law Signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Removes Barriers, Imposes Standards

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

The Administration

- raised taxes on clean energy with one big beautiful bill

- is stopping or making clean energy projects harder to be built

- is raising prices on materials with tariffs

- all while AI is spiking electricity demand

They are stopping supply while demand goes up

It’s a crisis

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Aimee Witteman @aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 1d

Boston gradients

Sunset gradients and wing of a plane over Boston MA

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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L Chupacabra: The Pope Of Chili Town @lchupacabra.bsky.social · 15d

Bikes

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 15d

Does anyone have any good home remedies for treating the aching void inside the dark hearts of men

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Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism @mateosfo.bsky.social · 2d

At this stage, any pundit or Democratic consultant who says there's no chance GOP tries to shut down elections is gaslighting you. These same people told us Project 2025 was a joke.

Assume things will be much worse than today, and if we're lucky, we'll only end up with the 3rd or 4th worst outcome.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 2d

The wild success of the upzoning near the Expo/Bundy station in west LA suggests that similar transit oriented upzonings will spur significant housing construction.

Hunter Owens @hunterowens.net · 2d

man, the Expo TNP upzoning around Expo Bundy is really resulting in huge results - was at the station yesterday and saw 4 buildings under construction, and now this

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Eight-story, 42-unit development planned at 2219 S. Wellsely Avenue

In a familiar tale, single-family homes located just south of Metro's Expo/Bundy Station in Sawtelle are set to give way to apartments, according to a recent application to the Los Angeles Department ...

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Aimee Witteman @aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 2d

Unstoppable www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Aimee Witteman @aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 2d

Things that are energizing: getting together with folks that are exploring how to make urbanism and housing a powerful strategy to reduce emissions

How can we address housing and climate challenges simultaneously

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

would you like to live multi-modally?

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Third Summers Brother @hugetinymistake.bsky.social · 3d

This is, of course, incredibly illegal. Congress passed this bill into law and allocated this funding.

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 3d

Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
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Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law

A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 3d

A shameful continued destruction of the innovation engine of the United States. For nothing! For no reason!

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 3d

Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...

Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law

A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.

heatmap.news

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Aimee Witteman @aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 3d

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Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism @mateosfo.bsky.social · 4d

“The e-bike lets me keep riding bikes and spend time outside, even though I have this health condition,” she said. “I don’t think that a lot of people realize that e-bikes make things accessible to people with disabilities.” www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/07/e...

Why electric bikes are everywhere in Berkeley

Residents of all ages and abilities are taking to electric bikes — used for commutes, school drop-offs, grocery trips and joy rides.

www.berkeleyside.org

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Zack Colman @zcolman.bsky.social · 4d

Trump & his Cabinet say wind & solar are making electricity more expensive.

Federal data say the opposite.

Our analysis showed states w/ > avg wind/solar generation & > avg acceleration of wind/solar since ‘21 were likelier to have < avg power prices.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

The government’s own data rebuts Trump’s claims about wind and solar prices

The Trump administration has targeted renewable energy for driving up electricity prices, but POLITICO’s analysis shows states that are growing their wind and solar power typically have lower power co...

www.politico.com

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Aimee Witteman @aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 4d

Typo! Yes Brompton

Aimee Witteman @aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 4d

And it’s so cute when it’s folded up and tucked into a luggage rack 😍🚲🚆#bikesky

Folded Brampton bike next to Acela train

Folded Brampton bike in luggage rack on Amtrak train

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 4d

Folding bikes are the Swiss Army Knife of mobility.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

i recently got a great deal on a barely used folding ebike and i have to say it has revolutionized my train travel. i can get from my front door to the amtrak station in a little less than 5 minutes!!!

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 4d

Lots of people think Dems are forcing these dirty coal plants to “retire” with policies and regs.

It’s simply not true!

Coal plants are incredibly inefficient to run compared to gas and renewables. This New England plant didn’t “retire” — the company closed it because it was too expensive!

Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 4d

New England has said its final goodbye to coal power. Here’s how a transition to gas — and now renewables — helped shut its last plant down early.

New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule

Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.

www.canarymedia.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

Less than a year into the Trump admin and the National Governors Association, founded over 115 years ago, is on the brink of collapse.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 4d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 4d

I know the news is tough right now.

So take a moment and soak in the gorgeousness & promise of the science that led to this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine & Physiology.

WOW.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

www.nytimes.com

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