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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦
@shastingssimon.bsky.social
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Currently on partial medical leave and Associate professor, Dept of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary; co-director http://NZERI.ca; energy/carbon/innovation policy + bikes.
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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · Nov 8
Hi from Alberta where I’m a professor at University of Calgary in the dept of earth energy and environment. I’m a physicist turned mgmt consultant turned think tanker now researching the energy transition. I love e-bikes and etrikes. And I’m currently on med leave fighting breast cancer.
shastingssimon.bsky.social
Signs that winter has returned to Calgary (and my battery is working again)
Small ducks made out of snow sitting on top of a shelf of snow over a trash can. People make them using a mold all over campus at UCalgary after the snow and it’s such a delightful joyfully act. A woman wearing a ski helmet with visor, glasses, and a neck garter
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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blakeshaffer.bsky.social
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irpp.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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charles.littlegreenfootballs.com
i’m not crying you’re crying

xkcd: Fifteen Years

Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
shastingssimon.bsky.social
PSA - if you have a second ebike/etrike and you haven’t ridden it for a little bit you should be very wary of what the battery gauge says about how much range you have left

Second PSA (can not confirm/deny any link)- if you go slowly you CAN get your heavy etrike home even if it runs out of charge
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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maelp.bsky.social
Interesting, at infinite-battery.com we make a sustainable and fireproof e-bike battery that's RAD-compatible
Infinite Battery
The only universally compatible and repairable battery.
infinite-battery.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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bikebikeyyc.bsky.social
Yup. Ben nails it here bsky.app/profile/brom...
bromptonymous.ca Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 21h
Ultimately this is a regulatory problem that serious people in transport department offices dismissed because bikes are thought of as a child’s toy, a rich man’s hobby, or a poor man’s last resort. (Gender deliberate, bc women don’t ride bikes). What other problemAtIc unreguted tech is out there?
cpsc.gov U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 22h
CPSC urges consumers to immediately remove the battery from the e-bike and dispose of the battery following local hazardous waste disposal procedures. Do not sell or give away these hazardous batteries.
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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bromptonymous.ca
Ultimately this is a regulatory problem that serious people in transport department offices dismissed because bikes are thought of as a child’s toy, a rich man’s hobby, or a poor man’s last resort. (Gender deliberate, bc women don’t ride bikes). What other problemAtIc unreguted tech is out there?
cpsc.gov U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 22h
CPSC urges consumers to immediately remove the battery from the e-bike and dispose of the battery following local hazardous waste disposal procedures. Do not sell or give away these hazardous batteries.
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
shastingssimon.bsky.social
Honestly between this, ebike battery fires with uncertified batteries, AI in general, I'm getting ready to come out of the closet with my "government regulation is good actually" stance loudly.
lorak.bsky.social Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
shastingssimon.bsky.social
Finally got my copy of @hayleygullen.com “this might surprise you” graphic novel about breast cancer.
These are just 3 of my favourite pages from the book but if you have or had breast cancer, or know anyone you does you need to get a copy of this
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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mondomascots.bsky.social
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
A yellow lightbulb mascot is stuck in a doorway.
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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pembina.org
💰 Rural Alberta earned $70M in tax revenue from wind & solar in 2025 — funding roads, emergency services & recreation.

But a provincial moratorium has stalled future growth, costing municipalities $84M/year in lost revenue.

🧾Your weekend read ⬇️
Rural Alberta's $70-million question: Will renewable energy revenue keep growing?
Rural Alberta's $70 million question: Will renewable energy revenue keep growing?
buff.ly
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
shastingssimon.bsky.social
If only there was some way for the state to get money from the “wealthy older Canadians”
Like some kind of percentage you take each year that was in proportion to their ability to pay based on the amount of money their investments make? Or when they pass on inheritance?
Wonder what we could call it
12:16 4 Bluesky = * 凸 畄 That bill is bound to grow, as boomers age. A Canadian born in 1956 is only just entering the years in which health care costs mount. According to Prof. Kershaw's study, average annual medical spending for Canadians aged 65 to 69 is $8,167. By age 80, that figure will have more than tripled, to $18,922. So how should that cost be borne? The advocates for the status quo would simply raise taxes on working-age Canadians, dumping billions and billions of dollars more into a system little improved by previous billions of dollars, while demanding nothing from wealthy, older Canadians.
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Omg Vancouver
They are keeping it interesting
November 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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hayleygullen.com
3/3
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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blakeshaffer.bsky.social
Postdoc 2: Demand Flexibility

Working with Erica Myers and Blake Shaffer

A mix of independent research and also being part of a team implementing multiple field experiments on electricity demand flexibility.

Details and apply here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1706288...
Postdoctoral Scholar in Electricity Economics, Demand Flexibility, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, ...
Postdoctoral Scholar in Electricity Economics, Demand Flexibility, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, ...
careers.ucalgary.ca
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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blakeshaffer.bsky.social
Postdoc 1: Transmission

Working with Sarah Johnston and Blake Shaffer

A mix of independent research and also being part of an exciting multiyear multi-province and multidisciplinary interprovincial transmission initiative!

Details and apply here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1706289...
Postdoctoral Scholar in Electricity Economics, Transmission, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, A...
Postdoctoral Scholar in Electricity Economics, Transmission, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, A...
careers.ucalgary.ca
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
shastingssimon.bsky.social
Doing a PhD with Emily would be super awesome! you should apply.
gruberte.bsky.social Emily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 3d
🚨job alert🚨

I'm looking to hire at least one PhD student for next year, looking at decarbonization-oriented technology deployment within an ethical frame of resource allocation and justice outcomes.

Full ad attached! Pref for CEEES admissions; deadline is 1 January.
Screenshot, job description: The “Ethical Technology Transitions to Mitigate Climate Change” program seeks one PhD student to be advised by Dr. Emily Grubert either in Notre Dame’s Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES) program (School of Engineering) or the Sustainable Development (SD) program (Keough School of Global Affairs). This position is fully funded for four years (anticipated stipend: $36,000/year) and will be supported by the resources associated with the Ethics and the Common Good program chair for three years, with remaining funding to come from other sources that might carry additional deliverable requirements (e.g., a secondary project) that will be clearly communicated to the candidate. The primary research area for this position will focus on ethical considerations related to technology deployment for reducing and removing greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere, with a particular focus either on modeling distributional effects of particular deployment patterns associated with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions pathways (CEEES PhD) or on designing governance systems for emerging technology systems, including Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR); hydrogen; renewable electricity; or end use electrification technologies (SD PhD). Teaching requirements are aligned with the requirements of the specific degree program. Funding is available for conference attendance, and students will have the opportunity to work with and/or mentor undergraduate research assistants.
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
shastingssimon.bsky.social
Hair regrowth check in. Getting longer (and maybe showing the curl more?)
Woman sits in front of a bulletin board with short curly hair and glasses
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
shastingssimon.bsky.social
Never trust your producer when they say they are going to edit something out 😉
November 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
shastingssimon.bsky.social
I remember when kids toys were in trouble because they said math is hard.
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
shastingssimon.bsky.social
I have a medium milestone birthday coming up and I missed celebrating my last one because covid (and my mom died a month before) and now I’m here and not dead after the last year so I want to go all out.
Whats the most fun birthday celebration you have been to or had?
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
shastingssimon.bsky.social
When I was a child I somehow thought that adults were on average relatively smart.
I just read this tweet to my 14 year old who did a face palm and I think his experience with childhood is much different.
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
Polymarket tweets: "BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals." Laura Loomer replies: "You know things are bad when you can't tell if this is real or a joke. Dear God. It's real. Isn't it?"
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Seen at the pharmacy.
Accurate.
Card in display case. Card reads: this is fucked.
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
shastingssimon.bsky.social
I learned so much from Dr Asundi about the energy transition in India. Have a listen here:
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
" It turns out Big Oil loved the show’s misleading nonsense so much that the American Petroleum Institute is running a “seven-figure ad campaign featuring real landmen” with its airings on Paramount+ and CBS" oh my god, so exhausting
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM