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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 3d

We have got to do something about electricity rates in California.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 6h

(when it was planned in the late 00s, this seemed like a reasonable solution for “carbon-free power in the afternoon and evening” - have a big vat of molten sodium that could keep running steam generators late in the day. it wasn’t clear that “a bunch of computer batteries” would be cheaper”)

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 6h

(this project gets a lot of flack from right wing pollution fans, but it wasn’t “failed” - it was just a big bet on a technology that turned out to be more expensive than PV solar + batteries. but guess what - EVERYTHING is turning out to be more expensive than PV + batteries)

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 6h

I wonder if they’re going to disassemble Ivanpah or just leave it up as a monumental sculpture

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 5h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 6h

(May is probably the most insane month to do it in the Cascades too bc snowmelt can launch small phreatic (steam driven) explosions that uncork the whole mess, but you probably would not expect a lay person to think about that.)

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 6h

Now I mean. Extruding a harmless happy thick boy lava dome is something stratovolcanoes do. But blowing the top 5000’ of themselves off and launching devastating pyroclastic flows is ALSO something they do.

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 6h

Also… DICK LASHER are you kidding me

a cartoon character says phrasing boom while leaning on a wall

ALT: a cartoon character says phrasing boom while leaning on a wall

media.tenor.com

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 6h

Cannot begin to describe how insane it is to decide to go dirt biking around Spirit Lake on May 18, 1980. Just complete disregard for your own mortality.

Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 1d

#MSH45 | Richard Lasher
You've been at a job long enough to know a decent colleague to chat with.

The more you get to know them, the more they share. What's fact or fiction? You don't know, but you listen.

Then there's one story that's so over the top—a bona fide lie. But then, a photo appears.

A red Ford Pinto hatchback angles across a narrow gravel forest service road, a blue enduro motorcycle on a rear hitch carrier. Tall firs frame the view. Beyond them, a towering ash cloud from a pyroclastic density flow billows skyward. Photo by Richard Kent Lasher, May 18, 1980.

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 16h

My favorite thing about this eruption is that *one day* before it happened the state let a bunch of people go up to Spirit Lake to check their houses. Like can you imagine looking at volcano that had bulged out 300’ in the last month and being like “no prob gotta go get my shit”.

Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow, we will talk about this photo.

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 16h

😊

Ian @woolie.meowmeow.city · 17h

How are the LA nimbys handling the news?

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Militant Angeleno @militantangeleno.bsky.social · 23h

15 years ago #OTD, on 10/10/2010, #CicLAvia
premiered on the (open) streets of Los Angeles, engaging us to experience their city in a new way. The inaugural 7.5 mi route ran btwn #BoyleHeights & #EastHollywood via #DTLA.

You're invited to CicLAvia's Quinceañera this Sunday!

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 17h

You’re doing a bang up job though

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 17h

Let’s go California 🐻 🐻

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 18h

Congratulations

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 1d

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 23h

Incredible work by @cayimby.bsky.social @scottwiener.bsky.social and everyone who supported SB 79.

Now the real work begins - making sure it gets expanded, instead of chipped away at, in the future :)

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 23h

That’s right

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dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 1d

R-60 zone

“To provide areas for medium density
apartment development. Conditional use permits required for all developments with more than six dwelling units in order to ensure harmony with existing neighborhood character.”

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dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 1d

“Why Oakland Needs a New [Zoning] Ordinance?”

Oakland Planning Department 1963

babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc...

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

America is not building enough housing and Americans are facing sky-high housing costs as a result.

Today, the Senate took a historic step to change that.

The ROAD to Housing Act will help communities – urban, suburban, and rural – build more housing and bring down costs.

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 1d

It basically describes how faster depreciation after 1954 allowed investors to earn money back so quickly through tax benefits.

(Aside, I really wish they’d just automate alt text already, it would take a while to type that entire page of text out)

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Dark Bedroom Enjoyer 7’4” 520 lb @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 1d

Low-Rise Speculative Apartment specifically looked at Oakland 1957-1963. I think there was a parking minimum change in there?

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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 5d

Reflections on last week's #WeekWithoutDriving in a city that still refuses to acknowledge the existence of its nondrivers — which a comprehensive new report claims make up one-third of LA's population

One-third of Angelenos do not drive

Walking back the "car-free" games promise is unconscionable in a city where the people who don't drive are also the most vulnerable users of our streets

www.torched.la

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