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Kevin Rowe

@kevinrowe.bsky.social

Just some guy who plays bass for a living. Piano, too. Still looking for my second professional accordion engagement. Enjoyer of Thursdays. South Minneapolis. 🧀 Go Pack Go 🧀 Cloverandthebeemusic.com

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Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 6d ago

Ok so this lady says solar panels are getting built on "the most productive farmland" in her area. Which just ain't true at all. It ain't true here in NC either. Where I ALSO hear that talking point over & over again. Smells like astroturf! So let's get the dirt on solar farms & dirt ✨

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 6d ago

I genuinely don't know what to do about this. In our diseased information environment, one MAGA-adjacent "influencer" can do more to shape public opinion than mountains of studies or facts. Where are the pro-clean-energy influencers to counter this shit?

Chris Steller@chrissteller.bsky.social · 7d ago

I’m happy this guy considers himself part of the Twin Cities but I think I can answer the question he says “we” should be asking: residents of Prescott, Wisconsin paid zero of their dollars to build Metro Transit’s light-rail system, and pay zero dollars to police it.

What's the real cost of the honor system? I grew up in Boston. Getting to high school required a bus, a subway train and another bus. I learned early that public transportation works best when there are clear rules, and those rules are enforced. One major difference between Boston's subway system and the Twin Cities' light rail has always struck me. In Boston, you couldn't simply walk onto a subway platform. You paid your fare first, passed through a controlled entrance and then entered the platform area. The Twin Cities chose a different approach: the honor system. You can walk onto a light-rail platform and board a train without first proving that you've paid. Instead, passengers are expected to buy a ticket and hope they aren't caught if they don't. That may have saved money when the system was built. But has it really saved money in the long run? For years, we've watched the Twin Cities struggle with fare evasion, drug use, homelessness and disorder on light rail. The response has been to increase police and security presence, at considerable public expense. So here's the question we should be asking: How much money did we save by not installing controlled entrances, and how much are we now spending on police, security and enforcement because we didn't? If we want light rail to be a safe, reliable and attractive option for commuters, families and visitors, we need to rethink how we operate it. Modern fare gates and controlled access should be seriously considered at our light-rail stations. We shouldn't keep throwing more police and security resources at a problem that may be partly rooted in the way the system itself was designed. Sometimes the cheapest way to build something isn't the cheapest way to operate it. The Twin Cities should take a hard look at whether the honor system has cost us more than it saved - and whether it's finally time to end it. RICK FRASER, Prescott, Wis.
Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 7d ago

I’m just basing this on what other species do when one of their own goes rogue but I feel like if a guy’s business model involves making everybody stupid & gatekeeping the collectively earned knowledge of humankind in order to charge people for it we kind of have to rip apart & eat that guy.

Dylan Roth@dylanroth.bsky.social · last wk.

“We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.” - Sam Altman. I will never stop thinking about how nakedly evil this is, and it has framed every single AI headline I’ve read since.

Kevin Rowe@kevinrowe.bsky.social · 2w ago

(not really a spoiler but hey you've been warned) In The Odyssey, anyone else notice that there was music the whole time? Like almost zero silence, even during dialogue, hardly one uninterrupted second of background music.

ceej@ceej.online · 2w ago

pretending you’re a pundit and not obviously addicted to arguing online is a pathetic way to use social media. social media is for posting toilet jokes and replying “hell yeah” to cool shit

Kevin Rowe@kevinrowe.bsky.social · 2w ago

Free relationship advice: even though your wife's swimsuit reminds you of Andre the Giant's signature wrestling singlet, you don't have to tell your wife that her swimsuit reminds you of Andre the Giant's signature wrestling singlet

Rachael@rrhd.bsky.social · 2w ago

I wish more Minnesota politicians would remember that we have triple the transgender population of most states, plus the families, friends, and colleagues of transgender folks. We are collectively well capable of shifting elections.

Kevin Rowe@kevinrowe.bsky.social · 2w ago

The ice cream truck parked next to kids soccer practice. Exactly zero of the kids are paying attention to the coaches, and I get to listen to the most obnoxious 8 bit version of She'll Be Comin Round the Mountain on repeat.