Dan Edwards

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

Picture of Citizens Climate Lobby representatives and Senator Hickenlooper staff standing in front of a conference room wall that has a large longhorn cow skull above them.

I got to work with Citizens Climate Lobby lobby day 2025. I greatly appreciate our meeting with the @hickenlooper.senate.gov staff talking about the Fix Our Forests Act and other environmental and energy issues facing Colorado and the Nation. #CCL2025 #GrassrootsClimate

For #ClimateAction, I really enjoyed our @cclusa.org meeting with my @repdexteror.bsky.social , M.D. last Tuesday in Washington D.C. to talk about ways we can find common ground to #ActOnClimate. #GrassrootsClimate #CCL2025

A painting that's a bit abstract, with a blue background fading to yellow on the right in the foreground is, well an LSD version of Crow from Mystery Science Theater 3000. Two eyes blended into one stare out from under a curved yellow head with green cheek like things on the side. I mean this is really hard to explain except that it looks like Crow.

The plaque for the painting. It's by Arthur Dove in 1941 and I think it's called 1941. It's wax emulsion on canvas.

At the Phillips Collection today I saw this painting. My first thought was, that's Crow T. Robot. My wife walks up behind me and says, "That's Crow T. Robot!"

cc @billcorbett.bsky.social @frankconniff.bsky.social

Yesterday, I and 850 members of Citizens Climate Lobby met with a large percentage of the the House and Senate to advocate for clean affordable energy. Join us in our efforts for sustainable solutions #EnergySky #CCL2025 #GrassrootsClimate

CCL volunteers posing in front of Nancy Pelosi’s office with her staff member McKenzie.

#CCL2025

Household battery rebate smashes forecasts, could deliver twice the energy of Snowy Hydro by 2030 The uptake of household batteries under the new rebate scheme is beating all forecasts. If this continues, it will be delivering twice as much energy as Snowy Hydro by 2030.

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Karina Ramirez giving closing remarks at Citizens' Climate Lobby conference.

"Be you. Bring your most beautiful self to these meetings. Bring your CCL values to these meetings. And thank you for standing up for climate." -- @karinaframirez.bsky.social
#CCL2025

Proud to stand with climate advocates from Georgia and Alabama. We're asking Congress to continue our progress on affordable and reliable energy! #CCL2025 #GrassrootsClimate

How important is the climate to me? I got my butt in a suit to meet with my representatives in Washington DC today! This is #GrassrootsClimate with #CCL2025

Amplify my voice by calling today!

citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak... Capitol Hill Call-In

Visit cclusa.org/callin to get started!

I’m in Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress on Tuesday as part of #CCL2025. @CitizensClimate is their spot on Bluesky. So proud to be with CCL climate advocates from all across the country and from other countries, too.

Trevor has the correct attire for meeting with other Citizens Climate Lobby members. I need to step up my game! #CCL2025

Capitol Call-In: Amplify CCL’s Message this Lobby Day You don't have to be in D.C. to show up! Tell your representatives: I stand with the advocates on Capitol Hill today. Help us reach our goal of 3,000 calls to Congress.

All hyped for CCL Lobby Day tomorrow. I will be at the capitol in person working for the climate meeting with Senators and Representatives. Can you help amplify my message. Add your voice!

It important that we work towards building real and lasting relationships so when we do have common ground we can move on it.

Two older white women wearing lanyards smile at the viewer. They are standing in a hotel ballroom and the background shows other conference attendees walking around.

Three young women are seated on the floor of a hotel ballroom in between conference sessions, smiling at the camera, with notes on papers in front of them

A tall white man in a suit has his arm around a shorter Latina woman in a blouse and floral skirt, and his head is tilted down closer to hers. They both smile at the camera

A Black woman, wearing a silk scarf and blazer, and young Black man wearing a button down and sunglasses, are shown in a selfie from the hotel ballroom, smiling at the camera

We're heading to an afternoon of breakout sessions here at #CCL2025!

Help us out from home by calling your members of Congress — tell them you support our clean energy message.

This will boost the impact of our 400+ lobby meetings tomorrow! Call now ➡️ cclusa.org/callin

The Cincy crew (not pictured: Joy driving) is on our way to Washington DC to lobby Congress on clean energy and climate change action. Love Citizens Climate Lobby but I hope someday soon I don't feel the need to make this trip. #CCL2025 #GrassrootsClimate #CleanEnergy

For #ClimateAction, I arrived in Washington D.C. today to attend the @cclusa.org conference and Lobby Day on July 22nd to urge Congress to #ActOnClimate. #CCL2025 #GrassrootsClimate

A white man in a suit is shown on stage on a projector screen, with audience members seated in chairs

“Our setbacks are temporary — our momentum is real.”

CCL Interim Executive Director Ricky Bradley kicks off #CCL2025 this morning!

"The only way to stay out of high conflict in the long term is to cultivate a tradition and a culture of healthy conflict. Avoidance doesn't get you there." - Amanda Ripley at #CCL2025

It really is an important message for our current situation.

Getting ready to meet with my congressional representatives with 850 other members of Citizens Climate Lobby in Washington DC.
#CCL2025 #GrassrootsClimate

Ohdamn. I wanted to make a voice for my home automation based on Smaug from the R&B Hobbit, but I just saw a tiktok that made me think I need one based on Janet from The Good Place, an AI with correct answers.

OMG. Yes that is exactly what I need. Janet’s pop in sound is just perfect.

YouTube video by Becca Farsace I built an e-bike with unlimited range and tried to ride 450 miles on it...

This such a cool adventure and fun story.

I have been very happy with the community and commitment to Home Assistant over the years. The backup process is very simple and reliable. I will say if I had it to do over again I would probably stick with Zigbee devices rather than WiFi.

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy - Reactor Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover… Novelette | 7,540 words They were still three hours out when Perihelion...

The new Murderbot short story is up at Reactor Magazine: reactormag.com/rapport-mart... Edited by Lee Harris, art by Jaime Jones.

Read a New Murderbot Story for Free, Right After the Season Finale - Reactor The new novelette will be released on Reactor immediately following the final episode of Apple TV+’s Murderbot

Remember tonight: reactormag.com/read-a-new-m...

YouTube video by Apple TV Murderbot — Official Trailer | Apple TV+

Now is the best time to binge Murderbot on AppleTV. I am a huge fan of the books and this is a fantastic adaptation. My only complaint is each episode is too short. Now that the entire season will be available it will be a better experience for people who are starting the show.