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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 9h

Worth noting she did this speech on "The Old World Is Not Coming Back" to The General Assembly in D.C. on Nov. 12 2024: youtu.be/TTIccKc9ZP0

Bari Weiss: The Old World Is Not Coming Back

YouTube video by The Free Press

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 20h

related: bsky.app/profile/elad...

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 22h

"Wait isnt it Menchaca, with an E?"

"🎵 Oh the MAN-Chack is a little old place where..."

www.kut.org/austin/2016-...

What's in a name? The long debate over Manchaca versus Menchaca

This story was originally published on Feb. 17, 2016. If you’ve ever lived – or even spent a weekend – in Austin, you know we’ve got a thing about street…

www.kut.org

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Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: A Chicago federal judge has partially blocked President Donald Trump’s deployment of Texas troops in Illinois

More details forthcoming. #txlege
www.expressnews.com/politics/art...

Chicago federal judge partially blocks Texas National Guard deployment

A Chicago federal judge partially blocked President Donald Trump’s deployment of Texas troops in Illinois on Thursday, but did not immediately reveal the details of her order.

www.expressnews.com

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 1d

...that said, I'm aware some of the wear issues have to do with driving style, not just weight.

Hopefully state-level bans on 6PPD in tires will also help (e.g. www.ncel.net/articles/was... Washington State, Jan 2025) -> app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?... .

Washington Passes Legislation to Phase Out 6PPD | National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

In March 2024, Washington enacted SB 5931, addressing the chemical 6PPD in motorized vehicle tires. This made Washington the first state to pass legislation to regulate 6PPD. The bill, sponsored by Se...

www.ncel.net

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 1d

Tire particulate emissions (and faster wear) should still be talked about, particularly on aquatic life impacts.

David Zipper's late 2023 article on this slate.com/technology/2... (Nov. 2023) references archive.ph/NBuYX (May 2023) specifically about owner concerns of faster tire wear in EVs...

There’s a Big Problem With Your Car’s Tires

Regulators—and a reluctant industry—are finally starting to deal with it.

slate.com

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 1d

Hope youre not perceiving me as 'fossil fuel industry seven figure social media' - I recently bought an EV (wanted one for 20 yrs) and was factoring in weight and battery thermal management.

Still think it should be considered when US market cars have gotten bigger.

bsky.app/profile/vive...

vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 1d

Curb weight:

2011 leaf: ~3401 lbs (24kWh batt)

2019 leaf: ~3433 - 3853 lbs (40kWh - 62 kWh batt)

2026 leaf: ~4187 - 4369 lbs (75 kWh batt)

bsky.app/profile/jind...

Jindre @jindre.bsky.social · 1d

Bigger and heavier too

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Roland Maurice @rolandmau.bsky.social · 1d

Study of Greenland Iceberg by Robert Longo, 2020 (ink and charcoal on vellum)
#robertlongo #art #contemporaryart #drawing #climatechange

The image is a black and white, hyperrealistic charcoal drawing. The artwork depicts a massive, jagged iceberg rising from the dark water, with deep shadows and bright white areas creating a dramatic contrast.
Longo's work often addresses the human impact on nature.

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Greg Juhasz @greg-juhasz.bsky.social · 2d

Never to return

The fairy tree of Silver Lake, has since been destroyed.

Ilford FP4+, Mamiya RZ67

@ilfordphoto.com #fridayfavourites #fallfilm #bnw #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #photography #canada

Mamiya RZ67, APO-Sekor Z 350mm f/5.6, 8s @ f11 on Ilford FP4+

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 1d

Vehicle weight should get talked about more if its been increasing by 20-25%. It impacts tire wear, roads, taxes, etc.

We had other EVs just under 3000lbs (42.2 kWh batt, ~160mi range) until a few years ago

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 1d

Curb weight:

2011 leaf: ~3401 lbs (24kWh batt)

2019 leaf: ~3433 - 3853 lbs (40kWh - 62 kWh batt)

2026 leaf: ~4187 - 4369 lbs (75 kWh batt)

bsky.app/profile/jind...

Jindre @jindre.bsky.social · 1d

Bigger and heavier too

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Robert Hirschfeld @rfhirschfeld.bsky.social · 2d

I’m quoted here on data centers and water use.

My 2 cents: Data centers are just one among many large water users.

Illinois law is totally unprepared to properly regulate water use, ensure water goes to its highest & best use, or enable serious challenges to wasteful, extractive uses.

Virtual water: Inside Illinois’ data centers, water flows quietly — and unchecked - IPM Newsroom

The steady hum inside the National Petascale Computing Facility (NPCF) is so loud that it’s hard to hear anything else inside. But beneath this noise is a hidden current of water.

ipmnewsroom.org

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 2d

So the memetics over the past year have been 'Institutional neutrality', 'Intellectual diversity', and now 'Academic integrity'?

vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 2d

Networking effects, scroll down a bit in this essay: bsky.app/profile/thom...

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 2d

Network-effect discovery is probably a big concern among folks trying to make a living off writing.

Steady.page might be a decent alternative that still has some of those elements, see bsky.app/profile/thom...

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 16d

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

I wrote about why I left academia, why I left America, why I left Substack - and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:

Some major personal news:

steady.page/en/democracy...

Onward. Forward. Steady.

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

steady.page

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 2d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 2d

Possibly related on the topic of small-scale hydropower / micro-hydro turbines: bsky.app/profile/emil... -> itpo-tokyo.unido.org/en/technolog... -> pico-pica.com

Renewable energy: Micro Hydraulic Power Unit (Spiral Type Pico-Hydro Unit “PicoPica10”, “PicoPica500”) | United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Articles containing the word 'Renewable energy: Micro Hydraulic Power Unit (Spiral Type Pico-Hydro Unit “PicoPica10”, “PicoPica500”)'

itpo-tokyo.unido.org

vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 2d

Fun personal fact: around 13-14 years ago I almost drove into a wild boar going like 70-80mph somewhere on a small West Texas highway early in the morning heading towards Big Bend, and there was much fear.

LAISSEZ LES BON QUESO ROULER @thequeso.bsky.social · 3d

if you have ever come across a boar in the wild unarmed (or even improperly armed) you have known mortal fear, just saying.

vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 2d

Regarding UT Austin petitions about the compact, there's another petition with more signatures here: bsky.app/profile/texa...

Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 7d

Hey, there @texasexes.org! 🤠

Sign the petition below to protect UT and demand President Davis refuse to sign the Trump administration’s “compact” for higher education, an attack on UTAustin’s integrity and independence!

alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

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Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 7d

Hey, there @texasexes.org! 🤠

Sign the petition below to protect UT and demand President Davis refuse to sign the Trump administration’s “compact” for higher education, an attack on UTAustin’s integrity and independence!

alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 2d

UT-Austin alumni: Here's a letter you can sign expressing opposition to this destruction of our alma mater. www.change.org/p/alumni-urg...

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 2d

A number of folks over the past day have been re-sharing this video which was originally from 18 days ago: bsky.app/profile/mske... (Sept. 19 2025)

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 2d

So it took them over three months just to state a [not good] plan?

Previously recall this from early July: bsky.app/profile/vive... ('Trump, DeSantis and Noem on deportations at Alligator Alcatraz, plans to ease farm workers ICE raids', July 1 2025)

vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · Jul 3

This video gets cutoff early, the question with a longer answer can be found at youtu.be/2gCa7RviKiQ&... (at 2:03)

(Via bsky.app/profile/eile... )

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 2d

Alice Cappelle just did a video on them: youtu.be/wevu2BMTJlk

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vivekgani.bsky.social @vivekgani.bsky.social · 3d

Im 30 minutes ecohana.org is hosting a 'Dirty Fingernails Campfire' zoom call hosted by an internet friend and water cycle restoration practitioner I've known for years.

Welcome to join if you just want to casually talk with folks about what you're working on or wanting to do.

ecohana

A warm and welcoming place to connect with like hearts and minds, where we can share our learnings, our practices, and our projects, wherever in the world we might be, and wherever we find ourselves o...

ecohana.org

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