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Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · Apr 8

don't worry about things that use electricity, worry about things that don't

Electrek @electrek.co · Apr 8

World surges past 40% clean power in record renewables boom

Renewables and nuclear provided 40.9% of the world’s power generation in 2024, passing the 40% mark for the first time since the 1940s, according to a new global energy think tank Ember report. more…

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d

this isn’t funny portlanders only turn into inflatable frogs when their neighbors are being kidnapped by a fascist secret police force

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 2d

some writers and artists do use AI though, so what do you think is different about them?

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 2d

they might as well rename the justice department the war department too

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 2d

you seem to be incredibly dishonest!

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 2d

what swear is that?

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Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 4d

now i love a good joke as much as the next guy, but it is useful to have one to replace @@ with your email address.

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 5d

not so, one guy is locked in

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 5d

more like Jerk Crapper

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 7d

learning facts about the real world through these i think is what has made the more recent ones even better

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 8d

it's not at all clear that ~anyone is replacing an SUV with an e-bike www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

E-bike ownership and usage: an analysis of Germany

E-bikes have the potential to promote sustainable mobility by increasing the mode share of cycling. This paper examines their impact on travel behavior in Germany, taking into account socio-demogra...

www.tandfonline.com

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 8d

it seems like this math assumes that someone getting an e-bike will replace 100% of their car use with e-bike use, when studies show it is actually 19% of their car use. i'm very skeptical that your analysis here is correct. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 8d

what is the methodology for calculating LCA

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 9d

i swear to god you cannot have a healthy online community with only LIKES and not DISLIKES because you can drive by keep someone in their bubble but not easily give feedback on dumbasses

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Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 9d

every federal government website has a banner like this right now

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 10d

boy i'd have rather had 8 years of hillary clinton!

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 11d

men used to do this instead of fascism

Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 11d

"Knight Rider" (1984) s02e17, Garthe Knight (Michael Knight's evil twin) breaks out of prison. Now in glorious HD.

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 11d

we don't really get to choose anymore whether ai exists, so we just have to raise it right

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 11d

syntax sin tax

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Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 12d

gaius baltar does not really have an arc about moral collapse

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Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 12d

the thing you are struggling with is that no one claimed that and no one suggested that message. you imagined that in your head, which is why you are so upset.

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 12d

it’s perfectly plausible that most people’s economic anxiety is the result of information. the way you combat that is by looking at the information

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Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 12d

it is not unempathetic to understand how the economy is doing. knowing true things about the world is in fact a prerequisite for improving things

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 13d

at the very least, it won't *necessarily* make people happier

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Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 13d

how so?

Wil Gieseler @wilgieseler.com · 13d

i think it’s strange people are dunking on him for making a prediction of what might happen, which is not an endorsement