Lesley M
@lesleymath.bsky.social
Fascinated by puppets, nature, crafting & random oddities. Also made a few games.
Newsom signed SB 868! This means that certified balcony solar kits could be available for Californians as early as spring 2027!
Check out organizations like Bright Saver for certified kits next year:
www.brightsaver.org
Check out organizations like Bright Saver for certified kits next year:
www.brightsaver.org
Balcony Solar Kits — 180 W $285, 360 W $414 | At Cos
Members buy at exactly our cost: $285.30 for 180W, $414.17 for 360W. Hangs on a rail, plugs into a standard outlet. Free shipping.
www.brightsaver.org
October 1, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Newsom signed SB 868! This means that certified balcony solar kits could be available for Californians as early as spring 2027!
Check out organizations like Bright Saver for certified kits next year:
www.brightsaver.org
Check out organizations like Bright Saver for certified kits next year:
www.brightsaver.org
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Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades.
In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%.
Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.
In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%.
Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.
April 25, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades.
In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%.
Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.
In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%.
Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.
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In 1988, California banned public financing of elections — one of the best methods to counter the power of Big Money.
Voters can restore it this November by voting YES on Prop 4.
Watch.
Voters can restore it this November by voting YES on Prop 4.
Watch.
September 30, 2026 at 5:06 PM
In 1988, California banned public financing of elections — one of the best methods to counter the power of Big Money.
Voters can restore it this November by voting YES on Prop 4.
Watch.
Voters can restore it this November by voting YES on Prop 4.
Watch.
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Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails reut.rs/3VaLvPk
Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails
Cuban housewife Yuamilka Hechavarria was asleep last Tuesday when water rushed into the cistern of the crumbling tenement where she lives in old Havana.
reut.rs
September 30, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails reut.rs/3VaLvPk
The link to the deep dive at the end of the thread is worth reading.
In 1885, Montreal was ravaged by smallpox.
To stem the spread of the disease, public health officials enforced vaccinations. Those that mistrusted the vaccine rioted in the streets.
This is the story of the Montreal Smallpox Riots.
📸 McGill University
🧵 1/10
To stem the spread of the disease, public health officials enforced vaccinations. Those that mistrusted the vaccine rioted in the streets.
This is the story of the Montreal Smallpox Riots.
📸 McGill University
🧵 1/10
September 28, 2026 at 9:57 PM
The link to the deep dive at the end of the thread is worth reading.
I was fortunate enough to see Rogue Trooper at BeyondFEST today. What a fantastic film!! An excellent adaptation of the comic, and my husband, who has never read any 2000AD loved it too. Well done @manmademoon.bsky.social!
September 27, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I was fortunate enough to see Rogue Trooper at BeyondFEST today. What a fantastic film!! An excellent adaptation of the comic, and my husband, who has never read any 2000AD loved it too. Well done @manmademoon.bsky.social!
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💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥
Must See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net
"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo...
www.firstshowing.net
September 26, 2026 at 11:49 AM
💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥
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Happy Rogue Trooper US premier day!
Looking forward to finally seeing this, but waiting for several years now, feels like at least 5 🤷
Bonus Q&A with @manmademoon.bsky.social
Support indie animation!
#beyondfest 🎥
Looking forward to finally seeing this, but waiting for several years now, feels like at least 5 🤷
Bonus Q&A with @manmademoon.bsky.social
Support indie animation!
#beyondfest 🎥
Rogue Trooper - Beyond Fest
From the anarchic British comic 2000 AD, it tells the story of 19, a Genetic Infantry soldier, who is accidentally dropped behind enemy lines in the midst of a secret military operation. With the bioc...
beyondfest.com
September 26, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Happy Rogue Trooper US premier day!
Looking forward to finally seeing this, but waiting for several years now, feels like at least 5 🤷
Bonus Q&A with @manmademoon.bsky.social
Support indie animation!
#beyondfest 🎥
Looking forward to finally seeing this, but waiting for several years now, feels like at least 5 🤷
Bonus Q&A with @manmademoon.bsky.social
Support indie animation!
#beyondfest 🎥
Interesting article about people looking to form a coop to replace the brick and mortar craft sales gap left by Joann's. There's a link to a survey in the article for anyone interested in supporting this.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
JoAnn Fabrics fans seek to stitch void left by private equity with crafts co-op
US crafters are looking to build a communal network to replace the company after it was bankrupted by private equity investors in 2025
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Interesting article about people looking to form a coop to replace the brick and mortar craft sales gap left by Joann's. There's a link to a survey in the article for anyone interested in supporting this.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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I wrote a book last year showing how tech companies' values and goals show up in the rhetoric of their products themselves — including through AI chatbots. People questioned that; maybe it seemed too dystopian? Well, I've been collecting other examples in the wild, and here's the latest.
September 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I wrote a book last year showing how tech companies' values and goals show up in the rhetoric of their products themselves — including through AI chatbots. People questioned that; maybe it seemed too dystopian? Well, I've been collecting other examples in the wild, and here's the latest.
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The PMC COVlD map is above the fold on the front page of the Detroit Free Press today.
Get boosted. 💉💪😷
Get boosted. 💉💪😷
September 24, 2026 at 2:12 AM
The PMC COVlD map is above the fold on the front page of the Detroit Free Press today.
Get boosted. 💉💪😷
Get boosted. 💉💪😷
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Emperor Nero bribed officials to delay the 211th Olympic Games from AD 65 to AD 67 so that he could compete while touring Greece.
He bribed them to add music competitions so that he could demonstrate his mastery.
He won every event he entered, 7 crowns, including a chariot race he didn't finish.
He bribed them to add music competitions so that he could demonstrate his mastery.
He won every event he entered, 7 crowns, including a chariot race he didn't finish.
Emperor Nero: The most disgraceful competitor in Olympic history
Nero demanded events in which he considered himself an expert be added to the programme and then had himself declared the winner of every single one
www.history.co.uk
September 23, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Emperor Nero bribed officials to delay the 211th Olympic Games from AD 65 to AD 67 so that he could compete while touring Greece.
He bribed them to add music competitions so that he could demonstrate his mastery.
He won every event he entered, 7 crowns, including a chariot race he didn't finish.
He bribed them to add music competitions so that he could demonstrate his mastery.
He won every event he entered, 7 crowns, including a chariot race he didn't finish.
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ICYMI: Beluga whales need your help!
The Cook Inlet, where these sensitive whales live, is being eyed as the new home for an underwater #DataCenter.
The noise alone could spell destruction for these precious animals! Don't let Cook Inlet belugas become the latest casualty of the #AI boom.
The Cook Inlet, where these sensitive whales live, is being eyed as the new home for an underwater #DataCenter.
The noise alone could spell destruction for these precious animals! Don't let Cook Inlet belugas become the latest casualty of the #AI boom.
Save Cook Inlet Belugas From an Underwater Data Center
The Trump administration is considering a preliminary permit application for an underwater data center in Alaska, right in the middle of critical habitat for endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales. Tell ...
act.biologicaldiversity.org
September 23, 2026 at 11:13 PM
ICYMI: Beluga whales need your help!
The Cook Inlet, where these sensitive whales live, is being eyed as the new home for an underwater #DataCenter.
The noise alone could spell destruction for these precious animals! Don't let Cook Inlet belugas become the latest casualty of the #AI boom.
The Cook Inlet, where these sensitive whales live, is being eyed as the new home for an underwater #DataCenter.
The noise alone could spell destruction for these precious animals! Don't let Cook Inlet belugas become the latest casualty of the #AI boom.
Fun times with a false alarm on a carbon monoxide detector tonight. Many thanks to the firemen for coming out late in the evening to check the house. And apologies to the fireman who nearly had a heart attack because my teen was lurking in a tree in the dark in the front yard.
September 22, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Fun times with a false alarm on a carbon monoxide detector tonight. Many thanks to the firemen for coming out late in the evening to check the house. And apologies to the fireman who nearly had a heart attack because my teen was lurking in a tree in the dark in the front yard.
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If you want to cut through the campaign hype and see what the mayoral candidates actually plan to do, this article is for you.
The full story: lataco.com/karen-bass-n...
By Sam Ribakoff
The full story: lataco.com/karen-bass-n...
By Sam Ribakoff
September 21, 2026 at 11:48 PM
If you want to cut through the campaign hype and see what the mayoral candidates actually plan to do, this article is for you.
The full story: lataco.com/karen-bass-n...
By Sam Ribakoff
The full story: lataco.com/karen-bass-n...
By Sam Ribakoff
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September 21, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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when ai leaves u behind
September 20, 2026 at 11:37 AM
when ai leaves u behind
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September 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Bolts is so good, great reporting! Absolutely worth a month subscription.
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Green heron hunting dragonflies on my dock again!
#bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
#bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
September 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Green heron hunting dragonflies on my dock again!
#bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
#bird #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
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i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year
we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
Program's up!
30+ teams share evidence abt impacts on health, educ, & econ + community response. Great folks @ziibiing.com @ottergoose.net @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social @chrisuggen.bsky.social @casemcnich.bsky.social @ngraetz.bsky.social @craigstetter.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
30+ teams share evidence abt impacts on health, educ, & econ + community response. Great folks @ziibiing.com @ottergoose.net @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social @chrisuggen.bsky.social @casemcnich.bsky.social @ngraetz.bsky.social @craigstetter.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
September 12, 2026 at 3:39 AM
i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year
we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
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Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
September 17, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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A bill is quietly moving through Congress that would broaden DHS' power to surveil anyone shopping in a strip mall or picking up groceries.
Retailers shouldn't be deputized to help ICE.
Retailers shouldn't be deputized to help ICE.
How the retail crime bill could bolster ICE
Concerns are mounting that organized retail crime-fighting legislation, which passed the U.S. House and is now before the Senate, could drag retailers into mass deportations that have little to do wit...
www.retaildive.com
September 17, 2026 at 12:07 AM
A bill is quietly moving through Congress that would broaden DHS' power to surveil anyone shopping in a strip mall or picking up groceries.
Retailers shouldn't be deputized to help ICE.
Retailers shouldn't be deputized to help ICE.
A quick recommendation for The Half of It, a Cyrano de Bergerac interpretation on Netflix. My kiddo and I watched it and it was just excellently written - hilarious and touching in all the right ways.
September 16, 2026 at 9:44 PM
A quick recommendation for The Half of It, a Cyrano de Bergerac interpretation on Netflix. My kiddo and I watched it and it was just excellently written - hilarious and touching in all the right ways.
I'm starting to see increasing signs around for .Vote.gov, and wanted to post this as a reminder. Perhaps consider directing people to Vote.org, a non-partisan nonprofit organization.
September 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I'm starting to see increasing signs around for .Vote.gov, and wanted to post this as a reminder. Perhaps consider directing people to Vote.org, a non-partisan nonprofit organization.
The video seems so slow as to almost feel like a still image at first, but the ending is worth the wait.
newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/fro...
newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/fro...
The frog that reads the water with its fingertips
Surinam toads use ultrasensitive lobes on their fingertips to detect prey without seeing it by using the movement of water.
newsroom.ucla.edu
September 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The video seems so slow as to almost feel like a still image at first, but the ending is worth the wait.
newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/fro...
newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/fro...