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Eric Lopez

@astroericl.bsky.social

Exoplaneteer, waver of hands, knower of trivia, person trying to avoid howling into the void. Opinions are my own. He/him

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Class 1 e-bikes, which require pedaling and have electric assist that tops out at 18mph, are very different than throttle-operated class 2 and 3 bikes, which are themselves very different from the bigger, faster electric motorcycles that are proliferating under the β€œebike” label.

08.10.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 131    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

I think of this image a lot

08.10.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 503    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5
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one of the top things about DC imo is the god-tier Ethiopian food

08.10.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

07.10.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2818    πŸ” 748    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 16

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

07.10.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6601    πŸ” 3109    πŸ’¬ 286    πŸ“Œ 137

kinda surprised it isn't being delayed given the shutdown

06.10.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

that was the sorta 4th quarter collapse where you burn the jerseys and bring in an exorcist after the game

05.10.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bezos definitely getting his money’s worth

05.10.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

05.10.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 16920    πŸ” 3726    πŸ’¬ 1328    πŸ“Œ 543

Second this!

05.10.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not having small kids I just assumed that they would be absolutely flooding the market with costumes and merch rn

05.10.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.

It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.

That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.

Rightly confident in his impunity.

04.10.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 9498    πŸ” 4098    πŸ’¬ 327    πŸ“Œ 139

also, in keeping with Vance’s view of american identity, only white people are fully American with the right to critique or dissent. nonwhites must show proper gratitude (supporting Trump or marrying JD Vance) before they can speak critically of the country (in approved ways, of course)

04.10.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7736    πŸ” 1645    πŸ’¬ 220    πŸ“Œ 44

Do you ever think about the fact that Wikipedia is the last good major website on the internet? You aren't bombarded with ads. It doesn't try to push video on you, and it doesn't redirect you to a scam site.

02.10.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4965    πŸ” 1014    πŸ’¬ 121    πŸ“Œ 129
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Pharmacists who recommend homeopathy should be willing to accept as payment envelopes that once contained money.

- @davidjuurlink.bsky.social

01.10.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2134    πŸ” 492    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 29
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The Destruction of NASA’s Mission” Whistleblowers reveal OMB’s Unconstitutional Plot to Gut the Agency
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil... #NASA #IAC #IAC2025

29.09.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

that's what the alcohol is for

30.09.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked β€” what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers β€” what would we say?

Authoritarianism β€” let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

30.09.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 34904    πŸ” 10484    πŸ’¬ 661    πŸ“Œ 281
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Why Trump’s Use of Military in US Is So Controversial President Donald Trump has repeatedly deployed the US military for domestic assignments. In June, he summoned the Guard and the Marines to Los Angeles β€” over the objections of local leaders β€” to subdu...

I would have gone with β€œillegal”
in the headline, here.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

29.09.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 371    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.

These two gotta go.

28.09.2025 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 15239    πŸ” 3595    πŸ’¬ 803    πŸ“Œ 364

Brett Kavanaugh: well, he is a brown-skinned delivery driver, so this is fine actually. This is the world we want to live in.

29.09.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 678    πŸ” 143    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 5
28.09.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3730    πŸ” 724    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 22

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

27.09.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8064    πŸ” 1760    πŸ’¬ 155    πŸ“Œ 159

we must abolish ICE

28.09.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 9698    πŸ” 1549    πŸ’¬ 226    πŸ“Œ 46

I dislike the whole β€œand you’re SURPRISED?!” bullshit whenever anyone expresses alarm at a news event because the people posting it act like they’re wise sages for democracy but are basically doing the work of evil people because there’s nothing evil people want more than for evil to become routine

26.09.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1453    πŸ” 237    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 10

Tapping the sign until my finger is broken

27.09.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 392    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Dump girl, mom

26.09.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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