burritojustice

burritojustice, 1 day ago to random

seriously Costco

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burritojustice, 1 day ago to random

‘A Canadian politician has a modest proposal to her city’s drivers: pay a tax equivalent to the current cost of an annual bus pass to register their cars— the equivalent of $858 American dollars a year — or give up those cars altogether and take the bus for free’

“If we could wave a magic wand and double the network, take away the debt and make the bus free — oh my God, why would we not do that? That's an easy decision”

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/05/16/this-city-leader-wants-drivers-to-pay-850-year-to-register-their-cars-and-give-the-money-to-transit

burritojustice, 1 month ago to random

this image generation party trick is going to destroy the planet

“For context, the most carbon-intensive image generation model (stable-diffusion-x1-base-1.0) generates 1,594 grams of COz for 1,000 inferences, which is roughly the equivalent to 4.1 miles driven by an average gasoline-powered passenger vehicle”

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.16863.pdf

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burritojustice, 2 days ago to random

https://press.coop/@Nature/112451626209475743

burritojustice, 2 days ago to random

you can tell it’s a tight race when Mayor Breed told SFMTA Director Tumlin to make a protected bike lane in front of city hall by removing supervisors’ parking spots, in front of multiple supervisors during the Bike to Wherever Day

burritojustice, 3 days ago to random

‘When she came back out, 17 hours later, Gubser was at the Farallon Islands, 29.7 miles away…’

“I was pretty steady for the most part, but at the end we hit a strong current and the water got colder,” said Gubser. “My progress was slowed because I was chilled to the bone. I did not expect 43 degrees. That was nuts.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/woman-first-to-swim-golden-gate-bridge-farallons-19457394.php

burritojustice, 8 days ago to random

“A Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm is LIKELY - possibly as early as later today and continuing through the weekend; exact timing remains somewhat uncertain. At least seven
earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are in transit

Only three Severe (G4) geomagnetic storms have occurred so far this solar cycle (since 2019); the last was a brief occurrence on March 23. This is SWPC's first G4 Watch since 2005”

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/severe-geomagnetic-storming-likely-continue

danhon, 8 days ago to random

Can't wait to be a Kardashev Type >1.5<=2.0 civilization with human traits and then have to worry about anthropogenic space climate change

burritojustice, 10 days ago to random

omfg TEXTURE

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burritojustice, 19 days ago to random

oh wait Washington Post sorry now 10GW https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/california-energy-storage-system-survey https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/04/25/california-achieves-major-clean-energy-victory-10000-megawatts-of-battery-storage/ https://mastodon.social/@burritojustice/112322972926799767

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burritojustice, 14 days ago to random

in which the Vancouver Canucks join together to form one giant goalie

burritojustice, 15 days ago to random

ACCESSING THE PAST AT SCALE
https://hcommons.social/@wragge/112375354334429112

jef, 17 days ago to random

LOL

The thermoplastic installers got it right, these are supposed to look like Yield signs.

Not that any drivers know what they mean. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

burritojustice, 18 days ago to random

“When the people and institutions that are funded by tax dollars simply choose to stop doing their job or disregard elected civilian leadership at the local or national level, we cease to have a democracy. If what it takes to get police who are well paid to do their job is a veto over democratic elections, then we no longer have a democracy” https://www.sfexaminer.com/forum/san-franciscos-former-da-chesa-boudin-reflects-on-recall/article_36ff9c7a-03fa-11ef-9187-bfb40d473c0b.html

burritojustice, 19 days ago to random

“Just last week, for the first time ever, battery storage discharge exceeded 6,000 MW and batteries were the largest source of supply to power the grid at one point during the day” https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/04/19/californias-grid-keeps-setting-new-clean-energy-records/
https://mastodon.green/@JustinGerdes/112356105490737360

burritojustice, 21 days ago to random

“It's truly absurd that transit riders, cyclists, and even pedestrians are guaranteed travel on a very limited number of streets, while drivers are granted virtually every road and cry discrimination if a portion of one is given to someone else.” https://darrellowens.substack.com/p/businesses-are-getting-their-customers

burritojustice, 22 days ago to random

omfg FLOATPLANE CAMINO

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burritojustice, 22 days ago to random

“The simple fact is the merchants who are protesting safety improvements drive. And they don't want anyone interfering with that” https://sf.streetsblog.org/2024/04/25/commentary-there-is-zero-ambiguity-to-the-west-portal-tragedy

burritojustice, 22 days ago to random

“Those who still protest safety improvements to West Portal know no shame and keep grousing about a supposed loss of parking and their need for "more time" to analyze what they claim is a rushed plan. Their behavior was and continues to be puerile and contemptible” https://sf.streetsblog.org/2024/04/25/commentary-there-is-zero-ambiguity-to-the-west-portal-tragedy

burritojustice, 23 days ago to random

@rollovereasy hey so SFMTA has a survey for the West Portal safety improvements — really important given the big boomer car energy against removing [checks notes] two left turns

https://www.sfmta.com/projects/west-portal-station-safety-and-community-space-improvements

https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7807748/West-Portal-Project-All-Languages