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/
Pinned
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.
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This makes a lot of sense to me and also points toward the type of scaffolding you could build on top of this to help patients determine the right information. Not a new problem really, although of course doctors actually good at this will direct. But doctors will also overdirect and contradict pts
When chatbots are given complete information on medical conditions, they typically spit out correct diagnoses and recommendations.
Actual patients, however, often describe their conditions with incomplete or irrelevant information and the chatbots cannot handle it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Actual patients, however, often describe their conditions with incomplete or irrelevant information and the chatbots cannot handle it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This makes a lot of sense to me and also points toward the type of scaffolding you could build on top of this to help patients determine the right information. Not a new problem really, although of course doctors actually good at this will direct. But doctors will also overdirect and contradict pts
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My wife's magnificent owl costume she made for this Mardi Gras
February 18, 2026 at 2:43 PM
My wife's magnificent owl costume she made for this Mardi Gras
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Dems keep feeding free content to the Nazi child sex abuse material site, which then hides it
@edmarkey.bsky.social has 196K followers & this post has tons of engagement, but only 2K views, because X buries Dem content
Depressing that it's 2026 & Dems still put this little thought into digital
@edmarkey.bsky.social has 196K followers & this post has tons of engagement, but only 2K views, because X buries Dem content
Depressing that it's 2026 & Dems still put this little thought into digital
February 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Dems keep feeding free content to the Nazi child sex abuse material site, which then hides it
@edmarkey.bsky.social has 196K followers & this post has tons of engagement, but only 2K views, because X buries Dem content
Depressing that it's 2026 & Dems still put this little thought into digital
@edmarkey.bsky.social has 196K followers & this post has tons of engagement, but only 2K views, because X buries Dem content
Depressing that it's 2026 & Dems still put this little thought into digital
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Remember, if you own a carbon-fiber Specialized, you also owe Liu some gratitude for fabricating your frame.
February 18, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Remember, if you own a carbon-fiber Specialized, you also owe Liu some gratitude for fabricating your frame.
Bicycle manufacturing makes up the same percentage of Taiwan’s GDP as automobile & auto parts. Same as US, too. (~4%)
Windshield bias does not dominate in Taiwan for myriad reasons, including that money talks
Windshield bias does not dominate in Taiwan for myriad reasons, including that money talks
February 18, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Bicycle manufacturing makes up the same percentage of Taiwan’s GDP as automobile & auto parts. Same as US, too. (~4%)
Windshield bias does not dominate in Taiwan for myriad reasons, including that money talks
Windshield bias does not dominate in Taiwan for myriad reasons, including that money talks
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We could never do that in America! We are a nation of by-your-bootstraps capitalists!
* Actually we did, enormous hypocrite Ayn Rand sold her play to the WPA's Federal Theatre Project, which then paid her a generous royalty for each performance.
* Actually we did, enormous hypocrite Ayn Rand sold her play to the WPA's Federal Theatre Project, which then paid her a generous royalty for each performance.
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
We could never do that in America! We are a nation of by-your-bootstraps capitalists!
* Actually we did, enormous hypocrite Ayn Rand sold her play to the WPA's Federal Theatre Project, which then paid her a generous royalty for each performance.
* Actually we did, enormous hypocrite Ayn Rand sold her play to the WPA's Federal Theatre Project, which then paid her a generous royalty for each performance.