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  @jzb@hachyderm.io Yeah, that was the target audience. I’m sympathetic to lack of affordability on many fronts: housing, cars, groceries, etc. But I’m not sympathetic about gas prices at the pump (though certainly, increasing diesel drives up costs of goods that are trucked to market). Consumers should have learned from past prices & insulated themselves against price spikes by getting the most fuel-efficient vehicle (&/or maximizing bike/walk/transit mobility instead of car ownersh...

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  @GreenFire@mstdn.social Yeah, who could have predicted that gas prices would rise again? In addition to short-sightedness, the CEOs suffered from another common illness among CEOs: Greed. Marketing & manufacturing big gas trucks & SUVs cuz that’s where the big profits are (soon to be “were”), rather than move their industry forward.

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  Are conservatives & libertarians really ok with the surveillance state they voted for? I suppose as long as “those people” are being targeted. #surveillance #SurveillanceState #privacy #GovernmentDataPractices #uspol #ice #dhs #ThomsonReuters #WriteYourRep https://www.startribune.com/ice-crackdown-thomson-reuters-eagan-license-plate-data-westlaw-clear/601583754

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  @GreenFire@mstdn.social Yup! I bought mine in the spring of ‘23. A combination of high gas prices & newly passed tax credits put a pinch on the supply of EVs, newer used ones were selling for almost as much as new. And all new EVs at dealerships were spoken for. So I ordered a new one from the factory & waited 3 months. I love the car, especially the value proposition compared to other EVs. The deals on recent model year Bolts right now are crazy.

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  @vidar@m.galaxybound.com Beautiful pic! You really have those blossoms on 7 March in London? That’s about 8 weeks before we blossom in Minneapolis, even though we’re six degrees farther south in latitude

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  @indigo8s@mastodon.social Good. Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

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  @ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social a8 #BikeNite I saw my longest ride of the year so far on Tuesday, 33 miles from South Minneapolis to my home in Anoka County. Had to stop on the Hennepin Ave Bridge for the photo opp.

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  @bikenite@fedigroups.social @ascentale@sfba.social @uxmark@mstdn.ca a1 #BikeNite Pine City, Minnesota, an hour’s drive from home. Gray squirrels & wild turkeys are my most familiar run-ins. Pics from May 2023 bicycle tour along the Mississippi on which I carried along a birding camera & lens. The birdwatching during spring migration & nesting was fabulous. The bison were a surprise. Dakota County had restored some prairie & returned some bison to a portion of it, next to bik...

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  @mjd@mathstodon.xyz Ok, but my reply was to a beautiful photo of lichen, so the hashtag was entirely appropriate, I.e. no need for quiet public.

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  @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green I have a general question for you about data centers. I’ve read that in Finland, they’re capturing the “waste” heat and using it to heat buildings and such. With so many gigawatts of heat being generated by these silly data centers, why isn’t heat capture & reuse a requirement? Why aren’t all data centers sited in areas where “waste” heat can (must) be used as a resource? Any policy movement on this?

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  @danzbichorski@hachyderm.io Indeed. But they have only so much bandwidth, and they have to pursue the cases with the strongest evidence.

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  I was intrigued by Rivian; thought I might look seriously at their smaller, more affordable SUV for those situations when i want more ruggedness than my Bolt delivers (for snow; logging roads in the Superior National Forest—use cases for 1 percent of my miles). But the more they embrace garbage tech, the more I’m turned off. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2026/02/28/what-rivians-new-vehicle-ai-is-all-about-and-how-its-taking-on-tesla/ #EV #EVs #Rivian #ChevyBolt #noAI #ai

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  ActionNetwork.org has a handy webform to write your Members of Congress to: Demand AG Bondi release ALL of the Epstein files now! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-demand-ag-bondi-release-all-of-the-epstein-files-now #WriteYourRep #TrumpEpsteinFiles #uspol #boost #epstein #trump

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  @GreenFire@mstdn.social I’ll add: In USA gas was dirt cheap yesterday, & has been since the supply pinch of the post-Covid recovery. That will change very soon. But with recent cheap gas, there are killer deals out there now on lightly used EVs. It’s a great time to make the switch & stop funding the #OilyBoys. Especially if one can charge at home. My EV fuel costs <2 cents per mile when I home charge off-peak (which is 95 percent of the time). #EV #EVs #OilWar #GasPrices #NoMor...

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  Have you written your Members of Congress yet? ACLU has a quick web form: TELL CONGRESS: NO UNCONSTITUTIONAL WAR WITH IRAN https://action.aclu.org/send-message/war-on-iran #ACLU #IranWar #war #WriteYourRep #uspol #TrumpsWar #iran #WarOfChoice #unconstitutional #NoWar

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  @adhdeanasl@beige.party Here we go! #MarshMadness

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  @greenpeace@mastodon.social that’s ridiculous. I hope you win on appeal.

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  Heather Cox Richardson on the importance of pushing back to your members of Congress…especially the Republican ones. “If your grandfather were driving a car & repeatedly ran over toddlers, at some point it would be your responsibility to take those keys away.” “GOP owns this now…The way for gop to recognize that [we] don’t want this is for us to speak up more & more.” https://youtube.com/shorts/hjqJ6Lf2jrE?si=VWkDexUxlaWUccLR #WriteYourRep #CallYourRep #resist #uspol #gop #MAGA

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  Amtrak lags in maintenance & updates to its inventory. When a rail car needs service, it gets mothballed & trains get shorter. Not enough cars are in service to meet demand. They have funding but are moving slow. High Speed Rail Alliance has an easy web form to write Transportation Secretary Duffy to request they expedite orders. https://www.hsrail.org/blog/ask-sec-duffy-to-expedite-superliner-replacement/ #amtrak #rail #trains #TakeAction #WriteYourRep #boost #HighSpeedRailAlliance #H...

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  @froomkin.bsky.social Shush. The Olympics are on. [sarcasm, or snark]

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  @jennycohn.bsky.social If that’s not a pro-life bill, what is?

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  Do you believe in miracles? YES! Congrats to both USA Hockey teams. Awesome. Connor Hellebuyck is the new Jim Craig. Jack Hughes the new Mike Eruzione. #hockey #OlympicHockey #Olympics

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  @LibertyOverGov@mastodon.social @benroyce@mastodon.social Yup, entitled white male bitches punching down…or in this case, strangling down.

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  @donmoyn.bsky.social Defending the goal in sports like hockey, soccer, basketball, LaCrosse. Good goal-tending is a precious asset in some sports; a foul in others.

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  As Congress ponders Federal EV & hybrid car fees, they need to hear from folks to make sure the fees aren't punitive (vis-à-vis gas taxes in comparably sized vehicles). Fortunately, @cclusa.org has a nifty Tell Congress web form to make it easy to #WriteYourRep Be sure to customize the message, especially if you own an #EV or #hybrid car. https://citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-take-action/ev-fee/ #ClimateAction #CCL #uspol

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  @Geri@mastodon.online @jackpearse@nrw.social Yes! Solar + wind + storage + energy efficiency All these things are cheaper long term, and provide independence from fossil fuels. The problem is the up-front costs make it difficult to pivot quickly. Easier to stay addicted to fossil fuel even though it costs more long term.

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  @Petesmom@kolektiva.social @Geri@mastodon.online China is stepping up, investing in transmission lines to carry electricity from wind farms AND helping build solar capacity. Need a lot of new installations, both for non-fossil production and storage. But Trump’s weaponization of oil is accelerating transition. #CleanEnergy #renewables #solar #WindPower #cuba https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/18/us-sanctions-power-cuts-climate-crisis-why-cuba-is-betting-on-renewables

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  @Geri@mastodon.online “The Trump admin says its measures increase pressure for political change in Cuba… press secretary Leavitt said it was in Cuba's ‘best interest to make…dramatic changes very soon.’” https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/cuba-blackouts-trump-us-oil-b2924702.html I say: Great if those ‘dramatic changes’ render obsolete the use of oil as a geopolitical weapon against Cuba. Hopefully the international community accelerates aid to help them transition.

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  @Geri@mastodon.online Sucks, and I’m sympathetic to anyone whose energy gets abruptly cut off. But Cuba, like every other country on the planet (including USA), should have spent the last several decades decarbonizing their economy. Everyone knew that decarbonizing was and is the path forward, for environmental, geopolitical, national security, & economic reasons.

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  Remember what conservatives used to sound like? George Will on #trump and our current predicament. https://youtu.be/gwdHz1Xnfm0?si=XSTlCMsb2Xgk2xSe 22 minute video. Highly recommended! #uspol #authoritarianism #History #resist #conservatism #GeorgeWill