David Friedlander-Holm
David Friedlander-Holm
@friedlad.bsky.social
Dad, Astronomer/High School Teacher, Cyclist, Runner, Above average height, YIMBY. ikaros.xrg.us/eos/index.html
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Yes but there are no bears in space. Or rattle snakes.
Absolutely not. Humans evolved to live on Earth and there’s no other place that has the right amount of everything we need, like climate, liquid water, mix of oxygen and non-toxic gases in the atmosphere, magnetic field, gravity, puppies, kittens, etc.
“I’m not going to do a voter guide” Proceeds to do a really nice … guide!
I'm not doing a voter guide, but here are some CA state votes that I think deserve your attention: * Insurance Commissioner: Vote Ben Allen. Kim's plan would suck even more money out of cities to pay for houses that never should have been built in fire-prone areas. It's decidedly not socialist.
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This is some gross shit from GrowSF. Like what are we even doing here? sfstandard.com/2026/10/07/l...
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Replying to @idothethinking.bsky.social
If Connie Chan had her way, there would still be cars driving and parking on JFK Promenade. If she is elected to Congress, it's a safe bet that she will consistently vote to fund more high-speed roads, fewer bike lanes, fewer bus lanes, and fewer pedestrian spaces.
There's often little daylight between Trump's transportation chief, who works to block transit, bike, & pedestrian projects, and SF's own Connie Chan. "Chan was a leading critic of the city’s 2022 decision to permanently ban cars on a key stretch of Golden Gate Park’s John F. Kennedy Drive." 🎁link:
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Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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The carrot approach to speed cameras: Speed-detecting traffic signals that reward drivers for obeying the speed limit. If a driver is speeding towards the light, it will turn red. If the driver is approaching at a safe speed, it will turn green. These signals reduce speeding and injury crashes.
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New York’s congestion pricing program has resulted in a statistically significant reduction in travel times for EMS vehicles
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The GOP Supreme Court is the greatest threat to our freedoms and democracy
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"Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the introduction of the city’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) found a restoration of lung capacity that had been stunted by exposure to pollution."
This is what the billionaire press and many politicians were campaigning so hard to destroy. Their freedom to drive took precedence over our children's freedom to thrive. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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14 hours later and my mentions are still full of angry treatises about badly behaved cyclists. Bike lanes are not a reward for good cyclist behavior! They are infrastructure proven to make cities safer for ALL ROAD USERS. Whatever way cyclists have wronged you is irrelevant to the discussion!
Every conversation about bike lanes is like: "Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)." "But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!"
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This is a really interesting story, and good news! It's also well written.
Minnesota just plugged a 710-megawatt #solar farm into a coal plant that once burned 30,000 tons a day. The unique approach to connecting the panels to the grid allowed it to sidestep a typically years-long connection process.
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"The reason young people are riding their electric devices on the sidewalk is because it is not safe to ride them on the streets. The reason the streets are not safe is because of all the cars and trucks." (and increasingly, really bad driving habits) www.nsnews.com/opinion/opin...
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The WNBA, just like the rest of the leagues. “Fine if you stick to the games” is true about most of the leagues… it’s the rest of it that make them horrible (CTE, Being anti-pride, etc).
The W is fine if you stick to the games which are great…all the other bs is toxic and that’s from folks outside the W…Cunningham excluded because she’s grifting off her MAGA fame now since she would barely make any other team…🤔
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Since a certain movie is in the public consciousness: this obscenity — in the Greek sense of the term — is like something out of an ancient play. www.huffpost.com/entry/iran-w...
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Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social
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