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burritojustice, 1 hour ago to random

ok this seems bad https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/what-you-need-to-know-about-record-breaking-heat-in-the-atlantic/

clive, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago) to random

People of Mastodon!

I'm researching the growth of ebikes ...

... in cities around the US

I've talked to many people who love them!

But also want to include the perspective of folks who have concerns ...

... i.e. about the speed and weight of ebikes in accidents with pedestrians or other cyclists, and the like

If anyone has thoughts they wanna share, ping me! I'm all ears: clive@clivethompson.net

Pass this along if you know anyone else with perspective they want to share

#fedibikes

burritojustice, 1 day ago to random

why do neither of these things surprise me

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burritojustice, 2 days ago to random

California’s solar deployment lets operators shift hydroelectric output to the evenings when it’s needed most:

“Lower midday usage of hydropower is highly desirable for the CAISO system as it allows for greater dispatch of hydropower resources during the hours without solar generation - a textbook complementary system... By reducing the need for midday hydropower, a significant portion of a given year’s available MWhs can be shifted towards more critical periods.”

https://blog.gridstatus.io/caiso-batteries-apr-2024/

burritojustice, 3 days ago to random

Ms. Saldana, 64, was exasperated at the sustained outage, the fourth she has had to endure, after Hurricane Ike in 2008, Harvey in 2017 and the winter freeze in 2021.

“I’ve lived in this house for 38 years,” she said. “I am old. I don’t want to do it anymore.”

She said she thought about moving but was not sure where she would go. For now, she said she was taking cold showers and driving her car around the block with the cold air blasting.

“Thank God I have water.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/19/us/houston-power-outages-texas-storm.html

burritojustice, 5 days ago to random

seriously Costco

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burritojustice, 5 days 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, 6 days ago to random

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

burritojustice, 6 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, 7 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, 12 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, 12 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, 14 days ago to random

omfg TEXTURE

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burritojustice, 23 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, 19 days ago to random

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

burritojustice, 20 days ago to random

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

jef, 21 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)_/¯