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Evan Foss

@scribblesonnapkins.bsky.social

Engineer, Public Transit Enthusiast, Concerned Citizen. Personally : Trying to improve public transit in MA Professionally : +15 years designing mostly electronics for hearing research. Mastodon : @scribblesonnapkins@mastodon.social

194 Followers  |  488 Following  |  513 Posts  |  Joined: 25.09.2023  |  2.3958

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I have no idea if they were gov funded or not by in my experience this is completely true. The wife is from Quakertown and her last apartment there was one of these. I always thought they were housing built by a factory or something.

05.08.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes I am aware of the great work that has been done on open source toolchains for this like icestorm but I want to be able to run both toolchains.

05.08.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Does anyone understand how to resolve this error message from lattice semi icecube2? I am sure the license file is there. I have jumped through a lot of hoops to install this "current" software that needs an OS release from 2010. (RHEL 6)

05.08.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œHolding it” is a skill for Rhode Island’s future I guess 😬

04.08.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

@nucsafetyucs.bsky.social‬ any idea what happened?

04.08.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fact-checking Donald Trump's claim that wind turbines kill whales The former president blamed wind farms for a spike in whale deaths - but his claims don't stand up.

There’s no evidence that offshore wind kills whales. But you know what does kill whales? Commercial fishing kills at least 300,000 whales and dolphins every year.

03.08.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 528    πŸ” 173    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 9
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Timeline cleanse: Insta video of Allen Dershowitz being told by Martha's Vineyard police to stop harassing vendors or be charged with trespassing after three different sellers refused him service. 1/3

www.instagram.com/reel/DMvVG1S...

02.08.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 16259    πŸ” 3669    πŸ’¬ 1893    πŸ“Œ 1090
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NEW: Incredible scenes in Sydney, Australia today as tens of thousands march for Gaza, demanding an end to the genocide.

#MarchForHumanity

(πŸŽ₯ Ema Franklin)

03.08.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1555    πŸ” 545    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 41

Sorry I can't tell where The Onion ends and the real world begins any more. Is this some new thing from trump or an internet meme?

03.08.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We were so happy to welcome Mayor Wu to Franklin Field this afternoon to celebrate the opening of the new community garden. Thanks to support from CPA, GrowBoston, and our amazing residents, Franklin Field has a new, beautiful outdoor space for the community to share and enjoy.

02.08.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two polar stereographic maps side-by-side showing Antarctic sea ice concentration and its anomalies relative to 1981-2010 for July 2025. Red shading is shown for less ice, and blue shading is shown for more ice. More areas are below average than above. Antarctica is masked out in grey shading.

Two polar stereographic maps side-by-side showing Antarctic sea ice concentration and its anomalies relative to 1981-2010 for July 2025. Red shading is shown for less ice, and blue shading is shown for more ice. More areas are below average than above. Antarctica is masked out in grey shading.

This graphic shows a map view of sea ice departures in July 2025. Red areas indicate less ice than the 1981-2010 July average, and blue areas indicate more. For instance, ice continued to grow slowly in the Bellingshausen Sea region.

Data provided by @nsidc.bsky.social (nsidc.org/data/g02202/...).

03.08.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@sashazandr.bsky.social this thread is on your wire!

03.08.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think I have seen some in where they are under roofs and they made them longer and with ridge mounting.

03.08.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In moments like this I wish Blusky had a bookmark function.

02.08.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
NTSB chair blasts FAA over crash that killed 67 people
YouTube video by CNN NTSB chair blasts FAA over crash that killed 67 people

Jennifer Homendy the last competent adult leading in a federal agency.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBTM...

31.07.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I remember you from all the Fiscal Management & Control Board meetings when you helped run @MBTA this well. Never forget people this is the guy who repeatedly stressed "revenue neutrality". He was also general manager in the yrs before this.

Don't elect tiny Charlie Baker.

31.07.2025 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A friend of mine was getting married and wanted to engineer the wedding properly. She found stats on the number of brides who go strapless and unintentionally end up flashing.

30.07.2025 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tom Lehrer - I got it from Agnes | SUB ITA
YouTube video by Comedy Bay Tom Lehrer - I got it from Agnes | SUB ITA

At least he wasn't playing Agnes...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6qF...

30.07.2025 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So much news sucks these days but nothing will stop me from smiling when I see this graph.

@mbta.com Income Eligible Reduced Fare users grew rapidly once the T found out how to reach large groups of people that were effectively pre-approved by other programs (SNAP).

cdn.mbta.com/sites/defaul...

27.07.2025 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

cdn.mbta.com/sites/defaul...

27.07.2025 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

DEA at homedespot? Did someone tell him people getting high on ladders?

26.07.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it like sewing machine oil and ozone?

26.07.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can my whole state apply for immigration?

25.07.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

U.S. speedrunning through all the things they make fun of Russia for.

25.07.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Disgusting. Next they will let all the baby bells remerge into ma bell again but we won't even get Bell labs back, just higher bills and crap service.

24.07.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bunching = 15 minute headway.

2 minutes to load about 50 pax in the tunnel.

Prepayment and all door boarding would probably have cut this to 40 seconds.

24.07.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lol so for religious figures you could say they are a performance enhancing drug.

24.07.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Don't attack Holocaust Survivors" should be non-controversial too but Israel didn't follow that either.
bsky.app/profile/flor...

23.07.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alan Cumming on bathroom bills:

"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."

22.07.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 10149    πŸ” 3037    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 86
Board Meeting | MBTA Board of Directors | Events | MBTA Official website of the MBTA -- schedules, maps, and fare information for Greater Boston's public transportation system, including subway, commuter rail, bus routes, and boat lines.

@fortpointer.bsky.social The next @mbta.com board meeting has 20mins directed to the FIFA world cup. Thoughts?
www.mbta.com/events/2025-...

22.07.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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