Connor Esterwood PhD
@connoresterwood.bsky.social
#academicsky
A Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) scholar focused on building effective, ethical, and robust Human-Robot collaborations.
Specific foci are: Trust Management, Personality, Individual Differences, and Open Science, and Methodology in Robotics.
A Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) scholar focused on building effective, ethical, and robust Human-Robot collaborations.
Specific foci are: Trust Management, Personality, Individual Differences, and Open Science, and Methodology in Robotics.
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Umbrella use is an indicator sign of a healthy city. People used to actively moving about their urban spaces know that simple tools mitigate weather concerns.
Alternatively, this is why you see North Americans getting soaked in the rain. They know nothing beyond car to door, door to car transit.
Alternatively, this is why you see North Americans getting soaked in the rain. They know nothing beyond car to door, door to car transit.
October 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Umbrella use is an indicator sign of a healthy city. People used to actively moving about their urban spaces know that simple tools mitigate weather concerns.
Alternatively, this is why you see North Americans getting soaked in the rain. They know nothing beyond car to door, door to car transit.
Alternatively, this is why you see North Americans getting soaked in the rain. They know nothing beyond car to door, door to car transit.
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Tonight at #A2Council I think we will hear some very nasty accusations.
My unsolicited advice for local advocacy groups: Demonizing your opponents by claiming they are corrupt and hate democracy can fire up your base, but it also damages your credibility and reputation.
My unsolicited advice for local advocacy groups: Demonizing your opponents by claiming they are corrupt and hate democracy can fire up your base, but it also damages your credibility and reputation.
October 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Tonight at #A2Council I think we will hear some very nasty accusations.
My unsolicited advice for local advocacy groups: Demonizing your opponents by claiming they are corrupt and hate democracy can fire up your base, but it also damages your credibility and reputation.
My unsolicited advice for local advocacy groups: Demonizing your opponents by claiming they are corrupt and hate democracy can fire up your base, but it also damages your credibility and reputation.
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🚨 NEW: Wales has become the first UK nation to BAN greyhound racing, but animal welfare groups are now warning the transition itself could create a major rehoming crisis.
October 5, 2026 at 6:36 AM
🚨 NEW: Wales has become the first UK nation to BAN greyhound racing, but animal welfare groups are now warning the transition itself could create a major rehoming crisis.
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I wish #a2council would do this!
Halloween is coming. You don’t have to go to a “trunk-or-treat” event in Seattle!
You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free!
Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets
You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free!
Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets
October 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I wish #a2council would do this!
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Cities everywhere are discussing the dangers of ebikes in cities and passing swift legislation to tightly control them.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
October 4, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Cities everywhere are discussing the dangers of ebikes in cities and passing swift legislation to tightly control them.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
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"For a long time, I thought becoming a scientist meant learning how to appear certain, composed, and knowledgeable. But the people I came to admire have held on to their willingness to ask questions and to be excited by what they did not yet know." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4rsIztb
September 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM
"For a long time, I thought becoming a scientist meant learning how to appear certain, composed, and knowledgeable. But the people I came to admire have held on to their willingness to ask questions and to be excited by what they did not yet know." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4rsIztb
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You take our bike lanes, we take the road.
Toronto showed up Friday night.
📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram
Toronto showed up Friday night.
📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram
September 27, 2026 at 12:40 PM
You take our bike lanes, we take the road.
Toronto showed up Friday night.
📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram
Toronto showed up Friday night.
📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram
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People are discussing the "problem of ebikes in cities".
September 24, 2026 at 11:46 PM
People are discussing the "problem of ebikes in cities".
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September 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Some kind of …. Comprehensive land use plan revision perhaps?
youtube.com/shorts/9glIc...
#AnnArbor #A2Council @moreneighbors.org
youtube.com/shorts/9glIc...
#AnnArbor #A2Council @moreneighbors.org
Why don't we build more of this?
YouTube video by Streetcraft
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September 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Some kind of …. Comprehensive land use plan revision perhaps?
youtube.com/shorts/9glIc...
#AnnArbor #A2Council @moreneighbors.org
youtube.com/shorts/9glIc...
#AnnArbor #A2Council @moreneighbors.org
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37240 Arrives at York with 1Z31, Vintage Trains service from Derby. Following a bit of messing about and shunting, the train went forward to Scarborough behind the Flying Scotsman…I didn’t photograph that bit!
#Class37 #Tractor #York #Transrail
#Class37 #Tractor #York #Transrail
September 17, 2026 at 9:22 AM
37240 Arrives at York with 1Z31, Vintage Trains service from Derby. Following a bit of messing about and shunting, the train went forward to Scarborough behind the Flying Scotsman…I didn’t photograph that bit!
#Class37 #Tractor #York #Transrail
#Class37 #Tractor #York #Transrail
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From: Zima Blue (2019), dir. Robert Valley, Passion Animation Studios
September 8, 2026 at 11:32 PM
From: Zima Blue (2019), dir. Robert Valley, Passion Animation Studios
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Common Flame-back woodpecker 29cm
S and SE Asia
Lifespan 11 years
Diet ants, termites, larvae inside bark, fruit and nectar
Pair are monogamous sharing equally all duties, incubating for 28days,
feeding 28 days, and 3 more weeks after the fledge
until they are fully independent
Beautiful video
S and SE Asia
Lifespan 11 years
Diet ants, termites, larvae inside bark, fruit and nectar
Pair are monogamous sharing equally all duties, incubating for 28days,
feeding 28 days, and 3 more weeks after the fledge
until they are fully independent
Beautiful video
September 15, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Common Flame-back woodpecker 29cm
S and SE Asia
Lifespan 11 years
Diet ants, termites, larvae inside bark, fruit and nectar
Pair are monogamous sharing equally all duties, incubating for 28days,
feeding 28 days, and 3 more weeks after the fledge
until they are fully independent
Beautiful video
S and SE Asia
Lifespan 11 years
Diet ants, termites, larvae inside bark, fruit and nectar
Pair are monogamous sharing equally all duties, incubating for 28days,
feeding 28 days, and 3 more weeks after the fledge
until they are fully independent
Beautiful video
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it's just such an unbelievably good piece of clothing
September 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM
it's just such an unbelievably good piece of clothing
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Really good stamp from @bittelmethis.bsky.social
September 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Really good stamp from @bittelmethis.bsky.social
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Researchers across the country are turning to side hustles to fund their work. Behind the cuts sits a bigger shift: whether American science can still sustain durable research capacity. @lindseydcameron.bsky.social and I examine the stakes in a new piece @science.org: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The wrong platform for science
Daniel Blumstein recently sat in a Colorado meadow waiting for yellow-bellied marmots to appear, as the ecologist and evolutionary biologist had done many times before, the New York Times reported. Bu...
www.science.org
September 10, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Researchers across the country are turning to side hustles to fund their work. Behind the cuts sits a bigger shift: whether American science can still sustain durable research capacity. @lindseydcameron.bsky.social and I examine the stakes in a new piece @science.org: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Me stepping up to the microphone at a local community meeting where the residents are already losing their collective minds over the removal of three parking spots:
September 8, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Me stepping up to the microphone at a local community meeting where the residents are already losing their collective minds over the removal of three parking spots:
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Happy #LaborDay! ⛏️ Today, we’re celebrating the thousands of workers, past and present, who built our transit system and keep it running 24/7.
September 7, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Happy #LaborDay! ⛏️ Today, we’re celebrating the thousands of workers, past and present, who built our transit system and keep it running 24/7.
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“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.”
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane.
#CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com
#BikeLanesMeanBusiness
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane.
#CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com
#BikeLanesMeanBusiness
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
www.fastcompany.com
September 7, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Today at the GCR starts behind Derby Lightweight 79900 - a lovely little railcar and always a pleasure to ride with!
September 4, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Today at the GCR starts behind Derby Lightweight 79900 - a lovely little railcar and always a pleasure to ride with!
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When cities are designed around people rather than cars, a new face to the term "cyclists" begins to emerge. It's one that encompasses all ages and abilities that get to experience the freedom of independent mobility with safety, comfort, efficiency, and enjoyment.
September 4, 2026 at 11:20 AM
When cities are designed around people rather than cars, a new face to the term "cyclists" begins to emerge. It's one that encompasses all ages and abilities that get to experience the freedom of independent mobility with safety, comfort, efficiency, and enjoyment.
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The amazing rufous hornero bird building its iconic, oven-shaped clay nest on a tree branch. It’s waterproof and cozy
September 1, 2026 at 12:22 AM
The amazing rufous hornero bird building its iconic, oven-shaped clay nest on a tree branch. It’s waterproof and cozy
WHO ARE WE IN DEBT TO?
YouTube video by NPR's Planet Money
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September 1, 2026 at 11:44 AM