Al Bergstein

Energy-sucking AI data centers are coming for your salmon and your electricity Are you ready to see salmon recovery efforts on the Columbia River curtailed?

Horsey on Energy-sucking AI data centers are coming for your salmon and your electricity open.substack.com/pub/horseyto...

What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain

Another great reason to support increased bike infrastructure in cities. It’s also somewhat of a warning for those of us riding bikes in cities. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...

The SNAP Hunger Games view from the Olympic Peninsula: Port Angeles, # of households accessing the food bank grew from 10,000 in 2017 to 45,000 in 2024,

Sequim Food Bank has seen an increase in need of 35 percent, Jefferson County Food Bank expecting a 25 percent increase in client load.

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

Goodbye to a legend...Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

A partisan speech to a mandated assembly of officers was a gross violation of the Hatch Act. telling officers to be ready to use force against U.S. citizens — was an impeachable offense. In an earlier era, Trump’s incoherent ranting would have meant his removal from office under the 25th Amend.

Paul Krugman: If USA still had a fully functioning democracy, Trump’s speech Tuesday to the generals would have ended his presidency.
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recent survey from Seattle this was in the Seattle Times this morning. Bicycle commuting is up 32% in Seattle year over a year. I'm going to use this every time. I see a comment by an anti-cycling person to remind them that these are almost 17,000 trips that are not on his damn or her damn highway

yeah, sometimes there's a reason but I agree. I read so many comments by people who are just angry by bicyclist being even anywhere on the roads.

yeah, there's so many choices right now in the $2000 price range lots of great ones

It always has been it's terrible

when is Bluesky going to grow up and allow longer than 300 character posts?

HIAS, originally the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, is an immigrant and refugee aid group that was also targeted in online writing by Robert Bowers, the man convicted of murdering 11 Jews in the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh in 2018.”

Minn. shooting: “The suspect, had weapons w/antisemitic & anti-Israel slogans, including “6 million wasn’t enough” praise for mass killers — echoing some of the same grievances against the Jewish immigrant aid group that motivated the Tree of Life synagogue gunman in Pittsburgh.

Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures

Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...

I think we need to reframe the argument against bike lanes. Let's start calling streets and roads "car lanes" instead. Document all the empty unused car lanes that you can find in your town and promote those as needing to be turned into bike lanes . like these!

"Where's the beef?"

WA homeowners struggle after losing insurance for perceived fire risk In the last few years, insurance companies have been shedding thousands of policies for properties in the state at risk for wildfire damage. Homeowners are left stranded.

You may not believe in climate change but your insurance company does. WA homeowners struggle to find insurance in areas of perceived wildfire risk

www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...

In Colombia, the Bike Ride Starts Before Dawn

In Colombia, the Bike Ride Starts Before Dawn www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

Right. I walked or rode my bike to school everyday for years. Now parents seem to want to drive their kids everywhere. Sigh.

You are missing the side of the equation that has massive mining of resources by machines that put out incredibly large amounts of carbon, in order to offset that by EVs. We could eliminate a large number of trips by car entirely by proper infrastructure.

“There is no scientific evidence to support the changes HHS made to COVID recommendations for pregnant women or for children most at risk for high-risk transmission of severe disease,” said the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy

Kids under the age of 2 are especially vulnerable to severe COVID-19, the group said, and should be prioritized for vaccination unless they have an allergy to the jab or its ingredients.

In case you missed it: The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended Tuesday that children between 6 months and 23 months old receive the vaccine to protect them against serious illness caused by the virus.

PBS Slashes Budget by 21% After Federal Funding Cuts

PBS Slashes Budget by 21% After Federal Funding Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
Let's remember that two Democrats who didn't vote msde this happen. Emily Randall was one.

it may be a revolution but once again we see a helmetless bike rider speeding down the street. To me I see an emergency room visit waiting to happen.

no helmet....sigh...

Where Are the Men in Boys’ Lives?

Where Are the Men in Boys’ Lives? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

Trump and Republicans Mislead on Policy Bill’s Effect

Trump and Republicans Mislead on Policy Bill’s Effect www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

Where was Emily Randall when the vote happened that defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting & numerous foreign aid? (HR 4)She was one of four Democrats who did not vote and the vote was lost by two.

I grew up in the 1970s using a bicycle to get all over the city of Chicago. College Friday nights out, etc. yes it's a fabulous city to try and convert some streets into bike lanes or make more bike lanes. 1 of 2