Ian McLeod
@iansmcleod.bsky.social
Dog Lover and caretaker. Runner (@rprc.bsky.social) and backpacker. Energy nerd and climate concerned person. Employed at a well known open source software company. Opinions my own. Rogers Park, Chicago.
Chicago people, particularly those with detailed knowledge of the city _south_ of Roosevelt, please solve @sorenspicknall.bsky.social's riddle here. I'm terribly curious and have run out of guesses.
January 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Chicago people, particularly those with detailed knowledge of the city _south_ of Roosevelt, please solve @sorenspicknall.bsky.social's riddle here. I'm terribly curious and have run out of guesses.
Heh. OK. I'm tapped out. As a far north-sider I'm at a disadvantage given the clues you've dropped. Thank you for a fun morning quiz though! (Will be watching for the answer.)
January 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Heh. OK. I'm tapped out. As a far north-sider I'm at a disadvantage given the clues you've dropped. Thank you for a fun morning quiz though! (Will be watching for the answer.)
Or maybe the Roosevelt road CTA transfer corridor?
January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Or maybe the Roosevelt road CTA transfer corridor?
The 1970s business environment - www.youtube.com/watch?v=r257... - (I genuinely enjoyed this archive report, but goodness.... that was a different time.)
January 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The 1970s business environment - www.youtube.com/watch?v=r257... - (I genuinely enjoyed this archive report, but goodness.... that was a different time.)
I Love Chicago
January 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I Love Chicago
Given that some of this re-purposes very mature technologies, where do they see the new opportunity for economies of scale?
December 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Given that some of this re-purposes very mature technologies, where do they see the new opportunity for economies of scale?
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
Real "Homonym!" energy - www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZLk...
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Real "Homonym!" energy - www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZLk...
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Good news, everyone! Today is my first day as a climate and weather editor for CNN (For realsies, instead of a temp position. I'm bona-fide now) and I got to publish my first CNN byline on the same day.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/c...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/c...
How should we deal with space junk? Space recycling, of course | CNN
Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, with millions of pieces orbiting the Earth, and humans need to figure out a way to deal with it.
www.cnn.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Good news, everyone! Today is my first day as a climate and weather editor for CNN (For realsies, instead of a temp position. I'm bona-fide now) and I got to publish my first CNN byline on the same day.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/c...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/c...
Strong agree - Spoken more clearly than I am capable of
if you're going somewhere Metra goes at a time that Metra goes there, Metra is incredible
22 minutes from the Loop to South Shore at rush hour, trains are in fact awesome.
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Strong agree - Spoken more clearly than I am capable of
Damnit. Next time I will follow my gut and post what I was going to post: "Looks fantastic. How do you do it? Seriously. Mine always end up either too dense or too chewy."
love the website where posting a picture of a biscuit inspires deranged comments and some of the most tedious discourse imaginable
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Damnit. Next time I will follow my gut and post what I was going to post: "Looks fantastic. How do you do it? Seriously. Mine always end up either too dense or too chewy."
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At a recent gathering of Rogers Park volunteers, we heard from a neighbor who choked up telling us about their dad turning around and going home when he heard whistles up the street. "One of you may have saved his life that day." It all matters, it really does.
One thing that is tough about rapid response/patrols, besides constantly being threatened by armed secret police, is that for the most part they see the defeats. There are exceptions, but you’ll never know how many people were saved by slowing feds down, whistles, community alerts, etc.
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
At a recent gathering of Rogers Park volunteers, we heard from a neighbor who choked up telling us about their dad turning around and going home when he heard whistles up the street. "One of you may have saved his life that day." It all matters, it really does.
You got greedy Martin.
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
You got greedy Martin.
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Battery export boom: China has exported approximately $60 billion in battery energy storage systems and components in the first three quarters of 2025, up 24% from last year www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
www.reuters.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Battery export boom: China has exported approximately $60 billion in battery energy storage systems and components in the first three quarters of 2025, up 24% from last year www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
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So here’s a really fascinating thing in energy news today. According to PJM, the only thing better at meeting grid short-term power needs than load-sited demand reduction “DR” is nuclear. This is a really BFD. www.pjm.com/-/media/DotC...
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So here’s a really fascinating thing in energy news today. According to PJM, the only thing better at meeting grid short-term power needs than load-sited demand reduction “DR” is nuclear. This is a really BFD. www.pjm.com/-/media/DotC...
Also notable that the numbers for storage and various types of gas turbines are roughly the same, yeah? My eye is drawn to that as the intersection of "climate compatible" and "demonstrably deployed at scale in the recent past".
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Also notable that the numbers for storage and various types of gas turbines are roughly the same, yeah? My eye is drawn to that as the intersection of "climate compatible" and "demonstrably deployed at scale in the recent past".
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~ timeline cleanse ~
parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
~ timeline cleanse ~
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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I have a plea for you. I need an automotive engineer familiar with programming of the safety systems in a crash.
This is both an engineering passion of mine, and deeply personal. Hell, I will pay them an hourly rate.
Story I've tried for years. It feels like I've hit a wall on millisecond logic.
This is both an engineering passion of mine, and deeply personal. Hell, I will pay them an hourly rate.
Story I've tried for years. It feels like I've hit a wall on millisecond logic.
November 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I have a plea for you. I need an automotive engineer familiar with programming of the safety systems in a crash.
This is both an engineering passion of mine, and deeply personal. Hell, I will pay them an hourly rate.
Story I've tried for years. It feels like I've hit a wall on millisecond logic.
This is both an engineering passion of mine, and deeply personal. Hell, I will pay them an hourly rate.
Story I've tried for years. It feels like I've hit a wall on millisecond logic.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I recall.
Jays radio announcers bringing on a curse by counting down how many outs away to the win. Just ask anyone who recalls 2003 NLCS Game Six. 5 outs away . . .
November 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I recall.