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Edgardo Block

@edgardoblock.bsky.social

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Personal account for personal comments, which are solely my responsibility and no one else’s. Argentina-born American, transport infrastructure professional. Started the very empty @evalpavement.bsky.social.

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Edgardo Block @edgardoblock.bsky.social · 23d

Hi all - I will inactivate this account at least for a while, and I will miss you in the meantime. I’ll leave this up until tomorrow night.
Nothing to worry about in terms of how I’m doing and if there’s one thing I’ve learned in social media is that an announced goodbye is a guarantee of return.

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Edgardo Block @edgardoblock.bsky.social · 23h

glad to read this😅

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 1d

Wow.

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 2d

So one of the ways I keep myself sane is that I play rock and roll music with some really cool people. Our band is called Suffragette Kitty, and next week we will be releasing our new EP of originals. Celebration show will be at the Bitter End on October 18, check it out! bitterend.com

A promotional poster for Suffragette Kitty record release, showing the four band members posing against a graphic skyline backdrop. The Bitter End, Saturday October 18, 8pm, 147 Bleecker Street. Vinyl available @ show. Tix at bitterend.com

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Edgardo Block @edgardoblock.bsky.social · 5d

The anagram machine says When Labour negotiates,
“silo barn ties.”
It’s not a total loss for agriculture

Edgardo Block @edgardoblock.bsky.social · 5d

🍿⏳

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 6d

when facebook was the big platform for young users - influential in new ways - and they opened up to non-friend followers? i racked up over 200k followers & it was horrific what hateful & inappropriate stuff many wanted to “share” in comments on my posts or to my wall. i coulda gone “influencer”…

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 6d

i personally prefer not to marinate in bot driven hate speech & science denial journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... and i hope bsky does not succumb to the forces that degraded most maybe all other social networks

X under Musk’s leadership: Substantial hate and no reduction in inauthentic activity

Numerous studies have reported an increase in hate speech on X (formerly Twitter) in the months immediately following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform on October 27th, 2022; relatedly, despite ...

journals.plos.org

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Edgardo Block @edgardoblock.bsky.social · 6d

If @bostontimelapse.org harbored envy it’d be the green monster

Edgardo Block @edgardoblock.bsky.social · 7d

Just to clarify, in light of mass email received by all soccer parents

Thermos (Stanley) with mate and bombilla
with masking-tape labels “Not Yeti” and “Alcohol-free”

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y2000k @y2000k.bsky.social · 19d

First day of Fall #homegrown garden update

Natal dahlia (deep red) perfection

I've grown the pink/white dahlia for the past 5 years and this year they finally reached their potential in terms of number and size of blooms

Celoisa in full bloom

Sedum in full bloom

#bloomscrolling

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Edgardo Block @edgardoblock.bsky.social · 10d

Propose an improbable cover artist for this song (which would probably work amazingly if they did it too)

Celine Dion

youtube.com/watch?v=7YvA...

Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by RockwellVEVO

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Edgardo Block @edgardoblock.bsky.social · 10d

No ill feelings, but this explanation (low density, balmy weather) about the 3 top cities with low winter illness incidence is puzzling

City. Pop Dens Low. Balmy
Wilmington NC. ✅. ✅
Honolulu. ❌. ✅
Madison WI. 🟰. ❌

Wilmington, North Carolina was the least illness-prone city on the list with a score of
28. With 122,000 residents, the researchers said the low population density and balmy weather could help ward off germs, as reported in Daily Mail. It was followed by Madison, Wisconsin and Honolulu, Hawaii followed with scores of 34 and 36. Raleigh, North Carolina and San Jose, California also made the top five, both scoring 37.

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Freak-lin D. Spook-efella @roosefella.bsky.social · 10d

city anthem, penned by Twain himself!

Hartford Whalers Song - Brass Bonanza!

YouTube video by lojosol

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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 10d

I’m going to endorse and withdraw.

Again. My ancestor is on this Founder’s Monument.

How dare you speak ill of his deeds.

www.foundersofhartford.org/founders-mon...

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Edgardo Block @edgardoblock.bsky.social · 10d

…and Adriaen… wait for it… Block 😎

(I’m guessing the last part your post is not directed at me, but if I’m wrong the Hartford thing to do is to take it all in stride and move on!)

Edgardo Block @edgardoblock.bsky.social · 10d

and it gives back in an understated way.
That’s my Hartford defense, the Hartford of Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe and Wallace Stevens and Colonel Pope, and the Whalers

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Edgardo Block @edgardoblock.bsky.social · 10d

There are people from all over the world, with large influences from the West Indies 🇯🇲and Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 but really, name the country and it’s feeding the Hartford culture… +

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Edgardo Block @edgardoblock.bsky.social · 10d

I will - a Hartford citizen is remarkably open-minded, resilient, and down-to-earth. The city presents you its former glory (albeit with an austere Yankee ethos) freely and generously.
It doesn’t brag, but look at the industry that has been born and grown there and it’s darn impressive… +