Dr Grace Peng
@gspeng.bsky.social
Same interdisciplinary scientist as on the other sites with the same handle. Chemistry, math, physics, meteorology, GIS, data whisperer.
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
https://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
https://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/
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Designing parks for teenage girls does not mean taking space away from others.
It means noticing who is not using parks and asking why.
It’s about not assuming what teenagers want.
It doesn't mean spaces just for teenage girls, it’s about designing spaces that girls, and others, want to use.
It means noticing who is not using parks and asking why.
It’s about not assuming what teenagers want.
It doesn't mean spaces just for teenage girls, it’s about designing spaces that girls, and others, want to use.
February 19, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Designing parks for teenage girls does not mean taking space away from others.
It means noticing who is not using parks and asking why.
It’s about not assuming what teenagers want.
It doesn't mean spaces just for teenage girls, it’s about designing spaces that girls, and others, want to use.
It means noticing who is not using parks and asking why.
It’s about not assuming what teenagers want.
It doesn't mean spaces just for teenage girls, it’s about designing spaces that girls, and others, want to use.
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Moist owlette season, Italy edition 🤌
A Moist Owlette is freshly showered at Owl Park San Vigilio, a zoological park in northern Italy 🇮🇹 via fb.com/816647270688... #owlsintowels 💛🦉
February 19, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Moist owlette season, Italy edition 🤌
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Turnover at @californiapuc.bsky.social: President Alice Reynolds is leaving to join the @caiso.com governing board; Commissioner John Reynolds takes over as president; and Christine Harada joins as commissioner: www.gov.ca.gov/2026/02/18/g... 🔌💡
Governor Newsom names new California Public Utilities Commission President to launch new phase in effort to protect consumers from escalating utility costs | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
February 19, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Turnover at @californiapuc.bsky.social: President Alice Reynolds is leaving to join the @caiso.com governing board; Commissioner John Reynolds takes over as president; and Christine Harada joins as commissioner: www.gov.ca.gov/2026/02/18/g... 🔌💡
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For comparison, we spend $118 million for all geothermal energy R&D for the whole country.
In honor of DHS spokesliar Tricia McLaughlin's resignation, let's revisit how her husband's company won a $220 million no-bid contract to run a stupid propaganda campaign featuring her boss, Kristi Noem, bashing immigrants while sitting on a horse in front of Mt. Rushmore.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
February 19, 2026 at 3:28 AM
For comparison, we spend $118 million for all geothermal energy R&D for the whole country.
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This morning the Alliance for Pioneer Square came out opposed to neighborhood-wide intersection daylighting to make room for scooter parking. They're citing the "character of the neighborhood" as a reason the corrals aren't appropriate and calling the design of the corrals "one size fits all."
February 18, 2026 at 5:23 PM
This morning the Alliance for Pioneer Square came out opposed to neighborhood-wide intersection daylighting to make room for scooter parking. They're citing the "character of the neighborhood" as a reason the corrals aren't appropriate and calling the design of the corrals "one size fits all."
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We were told to scrub "biodiversity" from our websites because of this shit.
February 19, 2026 at 12:51 AM
We were told to scrub "biodiversity" from our websites because of this shit.
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James Marion Sims, known as “the father of modern gynecology," achieved his breakthroughs by experimenting on Black girls and women, without anesthesia or meaningful consent.
It’s an origin story the US medical establishment has spent almost 180 years trying to reconcile, whitewash, or ignore.
It’s an origin story the US medical establishment has spent almost 180 years trying to reconcile, whitewash, or ignore.
One woman's quest to reclaim the ugly history of Black maternal health
Artist Michelle Browder's Mothers of Gynecology project is an act of resistance.
www.motherjones.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:30 PM
James Marion Sims, known as “the father of modern gynecology," achieved his breakthroughs by experimenting on Black girls and women, without anesthesia or meaningful consent.
It’s an origin story the US medical establishment has spent almost 180 years trying to reconcile, whitewash, or ignore.
It’s an origin story the US medical establishment has spent almost 180 years trying to reconcile, whitewash, or ignore.
Went to Pho Hue Oi yesterday and they had taken the day off to celebrate Tet. So I walked across the parking lot to Ramen 369 for a garlic bomb ramen @sgoodyear.bsky.social
You know it's good when garlic comes out of your pores
You know it's good when garlic comes out of your pores
February 19, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Went to Pho Hue Oi yesterday and they had taken the day off to celebrate Tet. So I walked across the parking lot to Ramen 369 for a garlic bomb ramen @sgoodyear.bsky.social
You know it's good when garlic comes out of your pores
You know it's good when garlic comes out of your pores
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This is flying under the radar:
Donald Trump FIRED the DOJ official in charge of suing Live Nation-Ticketmaster for monopolizing ticketing and hiking prices.
Then, their stock jumped.
If Trump's DOJ takes it easy on Ticketmaster, it'll be a slap in the face to every American.
Donald Trump FIRED the DOJ official in charge of suing Live Nation-Ticketmaster for monopolizing ticketing and hiking prices.
Then, their stock jumped.
If Trump's DOJ takes it easy on Ticketmaster, it'll be a slap in the face to every American.
February 18, 2026 at 10:41 PM
This is flying under the radar:
Donald Trump FIRED the DOJ official in charge of suing Live Nation-Ticketmaster for monopolizing ticketing and hiking prices.
Then, their stock jumped.
If Trump's DOJ takes it easy on Ticketmaster, it'll be a slap in the face to every American.
Donald Trump FIRED the DOJ official in charge of suing Live Nation-Ticketmaster for monopolizing ticketing and hiking prices.
Then, their stock jumped.
If Trump's DOJ takes it easy on Ticketmaster, it'll be a slap in the face to every American.
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
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People tell me all the time that Waymo is bad because Google is unaccountable.
In other news, humans are so accountable that this woman who killed a whole family will (checks notes) be getting her driver’s license back in her mid-80s after (checks notes) transferring all her assets.
In other news, humans are so accountable that this woman who killed a whole family will (checks notes) be getting her driver’s license back in her mid-80s after (checks notes) transferring all her assets.
The woman prosecutors said killed a family of four after ramming into a bus stop with her car in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood will avoid jail time after changing her plea in court.
S.F. driver accused of killing family of 4 in West Portal crash likely to avoid prison time
The woman prosecutors said killed a family of four after ramming into a bus stop with her car in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood will avoid jail time after changing her plea in court.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
People tell me all the time that Waymo is bad because Google is unaccountable.
In other news, humans are so accountable that this woman who killed a whole family will (checks notes) be getting her driver’s license back in her mid-80s after (checks notes) transferring all her assets.
In other news, humans are so accountable that this woman who killed a whole family will (checks notes) be getting her driver’s license back in her mid-80s after (checks notes) transferring all her assets.
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Have you used up all your daily allotted SQUEES?
May I offer one additional?
Stick around till 18 seconds, its worth it, trust me!
🦉 🐣 🪶
May I offer one additional?
Stick around till 18 seconds, its worth it, trust me!
🦉 🐣 🪶
February 18, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Have you used up all your daily allotted SQUEES?
May I offer one additional?
Stick around till 18 seconds, its worth it, trust me!
🦉 🐣 🪶
May I offer one additional?
Stick around till 18 seconds, its worth it, trust me!
🦉 🐣 🪶
I am reading and making notes on the revised Redondo Beach Housing Element. 🫠
Halfway done.
How do I share my notes in iBooks?
www.redondo.org/departments/...
Halfway done.
How do I share my notes in iBooks?
www.redondo.org/departments/...
Housing Element Draft Update 2026
www.redondo.org
February 18, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I am reading and making notes on the revised Redondo Beach Housing Element. 🫠
Halfway done.
How do I share my notes in iBooks?
www.redondo.org/departments/...
Halfway done.
How do I share my notes in iBooks?
www.redondo.org/departments/...
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Countries that do not use Fritos as currency could be "left behind," says Frito-Lay CEO Ken Biddleman
February 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Countries that do not use Fritos as currency could be "left behind," says Frito-Lay CEO Ken Biddleman
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and i think the example of washington — whose peer, in this regard, is frederick douglass — is a reminder that artifice and performance are important parts of democratic society, and that the contempt for virtue signaling is corrosive. virtue is meant to be signaled!
February 18, 2026 at 4:29 PM
and i think the example of washington — whose peer, in this regard, is frederick douglass — is a reminder that artifice and performance are important parts of democratic society, and that the contempt for virtue signaling is corrosive. virtue is meant to be signaled!
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i really love @alexiscoe.bsky.social's biography of washington because she gets at exactly this: the fact that "george washington" is a character created by george washington, a man so consumed with presenting himself as an example of republican virtue that he became one
The Uncanny Artifice of George Washington
I got a number of fascinating replies to yesterday’s post about the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:29 PM
i really love @alexiscoe.bsky.social's biography of washington because she gets at exactly this: the fact that "george washington" is a character created by george washington, a man so consumed with presenting himself as an example of republican virtue that he became one
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Report from today’s #MeasureHLA appeals before the Board of Public Works: 10 appeals (all submitted by me) heard, 10 appeals denied unanimously by BPW.
February 18, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Report from today’s #MeasureHLA appeals before the Board of Public Works: 10 appeals (all submitted by me) heard, 10 appeals denied unanimously by BPW.
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All 10 HLA appeals denied today were LA City peak-hour lane removal projects where the city has added parking instead of planned bus/bike/walk upgrades - several add on-street car parking at Metro Stations la.streetsblog.org/2025/08/07/l...
LADOT Removing Some Peak Hour Car Lanes, Restoring On-Street Parking - Streetsblog Los Angeles
The program is reversing decades of LADOT peak hour parking removal for expanding car capacity, but the first phase doesn't quite live up to council's instructions supporting multimodal transportation
la.streetsblog.org
February 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM
All 10 HLA appeals denied today were LA City peak-hour lane removal projects where the city has added parking instead of planned bus/bike/walk upgrades - several add on-street car parking at Metro Stations la.streetsblog.org/2025/08/07/l...
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this something is the shingles vaccine btw.
evidence for its protection against all sorts of things is growing
evidence for its protection against all sorts of things is growing
Longevity influencers tell millions to take rapamycin, sit in hyperbaric oxygen chambers, blast themselves with red light therapy, and take 50+ supplements daily.
Meanwhile something that cuts dementia risk by 20% is invisible.
overmatter.substack.com/p/your-anti-...
Meanwhile something that cuts dementia risk by 20% is invisible.
overmatter.substack.com/p/your-anti-...
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:47 PM
this something is the shingles vaccine btw.
evidence for its protection against all sorts of things is growing
evidence for its protection against all sorts of things is growing
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There is a stark and likely deadly divide between the approaches of Tesla and Waymo and I wish it would be acknowledged loudly in every conversation on AV.
gizmodo.com/tesla-robota...
gizmodo.com/tesla-robota...
Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans
The incidents bring the robotaxi service to a total of 14 crashes since launching last summer.
gizmodo.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:36 PM
There is a stark and likely deadly divide between the approaches of Tesla and Waymo and I wish it would be acknowledged loudly in every conversation on AV.
gizmodo.com/tesla-robota...
gizmodo.com/tesla-robota...
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AI leveraged by lobby shop to ratfuck a SoCal initiative to fight global warming, is what this says. Thousands of emails sent to agency, can't tell if humans really sent them or not. AI spam vs. the planet. www.latimes.com/environment/...
Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments
SoCal’s pollution authority scrapped a plan to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 emails sent by an AI-powered platform called CiviClick.
www.latimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:54 PM
AI leveraged by lobby shop to ratfuck a SoCal initiative to fight global warming, is what this says. Thousands of emails sent to agency, can't tell if humans really sent them or not. AI spam vs. the planet. www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Human-caused climate change, which has likely increased the intensity of extreme rainfall by 40% compared to pre-industrial times, along with the cyclical La Niña, has led to catastrophic flooding in southern Africa, killing 200 and affecting thousands. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
February 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Human-caused climate change, which has likely increased the intensity of extreme rainfall by 40% compared to pre-industrial times, along with the cyclical La Niña, has led to catastrophic flooding in southern Africa, killing 200 and affecting thousands. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
I noticed a strobing light from our window. The shadow cast by our camellias is really moving in the wind!
February 18, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I noticed a strobing light from our window. The shadow cast by our camellias is really moving in the wind!
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minivans and cargo bikes
Wonderfully written NY Times piece by a local dad involved in the resistance, really echoes with a lot of what we’re feeling: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o... (gift link)
Opinion | In the Resistance, We Drive Minivans
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
minivans and cargo bikes
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We're horseposting post your horses.
February 18, 2026 at 3:17 PM
We're horseposting post your horses.