Why it’s time to study how rocket emissions change the atmosphere https://t.co/Kf4AgCMsjS via @Verge
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 14, 2018
"To improve energy security, we need to make infrastructures less reliable". Keeping Some of the Lights On: Redefining Energy Security https://t.co/vQajUrme0v pic.twitter.com/sAUZyd3ObO
— lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) December 10, 2018
Fumigate your home with the Colonel’s salty musk!https://t.co/1j1eTsQXaG
— The Baffler (@thebafflermag) December 14, 2018
Don't miss our big 100th episode in which we discuss Tarkovsky's masterpiece, 'Stalker.' With @skepoet Click here to listen: https://t.co/IJgGDzSrmP pic.twitter.com/c50USDdCqy
— Sectarian Review (@SectarianReview) December 13, 2018
This is happening in Los Angeles today, NOW, extra-low-wage immigrant garment workers who are paid per stitch or "operation." Disgraceful. And we can't get complacent about it: https://t.co/T1SGDfjmda @LATACO
— Daniel Hernandez✍🏽🌞 (@longdrivesouth) December 13, 2018
On speeding, seat belt laws, drunk driving and more, the United States is an outlier among wealthy nations.
That helps explain why our roads are 50 percent more deadly. https://t.co/bqLqCkm0Rf
— Streetsblog USA (@StreetsblogUSA) December 13, 2018
Executive summary: Most everyone drives too fast in LA. But after opportunistic lobbying from auto industry and AAA, the only way for city to control speeding is to raise speed limits so cops can write tickets. In short, the inmates are running the asylum. https://t.co/Xn9nYdu1R6
— Peter Flax (@Pflax1) December 12, 2018
Any street that has a speed limit increase should get an automatic bike lane #bikeLA
— Neel Sodha (@NeelSodha) December 11, 2018
LA Times: "Despite Garcetti’s enlightened climate oratory, transportation trends in L.A. are going in the wrong direction under his watch." https://t.co/Yy3bhgdA41
— Bike The Vote L.A. (@bikethevote) December 10, 2018
Employees of @Tesla parked in Demo Cars in the bike lane @LAAutoShow @elonmusk #BikeLA #LAAutoShow #VisionZeroLA #cycling @josehuizar @LAcycleHelper pic.twitter.com/a0GAdfmcDR
— LABikeLaneBlockers (@LABikeLaneBlock) December 10, 2018
Eat the Teacup, It’s Delicious https://t.co/j66Oam5NRy
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 9, 2018
.@Scarfolk is not fiction.
Dystopian shots of Britain’s rural edgelands https://t.co/RZnjoKMhiw
— Fiona C (@thepurplecleric) December 10, 2018
Argentine hacker mods Furby so it quotes Borges, creates a "Borgy" https://t.co/4Bfda6wWoq
— Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 9, 2018
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— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) December 8, 2018
$30 plug-and-play kit converts a Bird scooter into a "personal scooter" https://t.co/1S7yFLKjay
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The article about energy security was especially interesting. The whole “macro grid” thing is one of the more baffling aspects of the modern world, when they are so easily disrupted and vulnerable. We’re planning our future home to be “grid transitional”, where we’ll probably have access to the grid for electricity at least (planning to be rural, probably with our own well), but to also have some solar power and to be set up in such a way that we won’t be completely cold, dark and miserable if the grid goes down.
The PNW has got a big earthquake somewhere on the horizon, and unlike SoCal, we’re not ready for it. It’s actually terrifying to me that our current home is so absolutely dependent on the grid: not particularly well-insulated, no fireplace or wood stove, windows not well-placed, etc.