Emily Kemper / is on Nostr

(she/her) Energy & climate professional & licensed architect in Portland, OR. Big fan of bikes, e-Bikes, greenways, sustainable urbanism, & housing for everyone
#eBikesAreTheFuture

Last Notes

2024-05-17 21:29:06

I think that Biden has an even bigger problem than the fact that he keeps giving taxpayer-funded weapons to Israel to kill Palestinian kids: it's the recognition by many people that the reason for doing so is to appease the #oligarchy actually in charge of our country. That #billionaires , not city leadership, are directing police to suppress free speech. That's not #democracy. #Gaza
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/16/business-leaders-chat-group-eric-adams-columbia-protesters/

2024-03-08 00:15:48

TFW it's sunny & 50 degrees F outside, & everyone's walking around with a stupid grin on their face or gardening in shorts, & then you step into the shade & you zip up your parka because it's actually still #winter in the #PNW
#pdxtst #portland

2024-02-15 02:54:56

It just never ceases to amaze me how bad drivers have gotten in the past few years. We have one car, which I drive as if I'm a grandma riding my bike - aka the speed limit & head on a swivel - because other drivers have gotten so terrible. Does #carbrain cause dementia? Is it all the California drivers? Did everyone just decide that rules don't apply to them anymore? Is it the fentanyl? What is going on? #carssuck

2024-01-26 01:23:04

It's really starting to feel like the only safe Boeing planes are those built before 1997:
#boeing #Alaska #airlines
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-not-spirit-mis-installed-piece-that-blew-off-alaska-max-9-jet/

2024-01-13 19:23:59

15 deg F in Lair Hill with strong winds & snow all morning. Per my neighbor, a tree fell down across Naito Pkwy earlier & our lights flickered but we've still got power.
#pdxtst #portland #winterstorm #snowmageddon
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2023-10-23 02:56:06

It's raining e-bike articles! #ebikes #BikeTooter
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/10/reasons-to-get-e-bike-emissions-climate-change-benefits/675716/?gift=0y-opnoTKZWjK7d_E4NerVwJUAxsA0-o7IHYiQEv8yI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

2023-09-03 14:50:00

In a year when Canadian #wildfires have scorched an area larger than the state of New York, while those & other wildfires have caused air quality issues across North America, I think it's karma that white-priviledge-fueled #BurningMan is beset with its own #ClimateChange -exacerbated calamity. (Also in a crowd that large, statistically speaking, somebody is bound to die anyway)
https://apnews.com/article/burning-man-festival-flooding-entrance-closed-d6cd88ee009c6e1f6d2d92739ec1ca18

2023-08-29 05:39:06

Dear Corporation That Almost Definitely Started a Fire That Destroyed a Historic Town & Killed Over 100 People: "it's the firefighters' fault" isn't the winning narrative you think it is.
#lahaina #climateresilience
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hawaii-power-utility-takes-responsibility-fire-maui-faults-102621518

2023-08-20 21:52:46

I just finished 32 hours of training to become an active Portland NET, aka Neighborhood Emergency Team member (CERT everywhere else). Our Final Field Exercise was at Portland Fire & Rescue's training center & it wasn't hot but our AQI sucks today, so it felt a bit more real. Thanks to PBEM & all the teachers who give up their weekends to teach us skills like search & rescue, putting out fires, extrication, & basic medical triage. What a great program! #pbem #portlandnet #cert #portland #pfr
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2023-08-11 17:14:03

My husband & I accidentally conducted an #ebike experiment yesterday afternoon.
We had to take 2 of our 3 e-bikes in for service to our shop in #portland, 2 miles away & across a bridge, w/bike paths the whole way. He rode the one e-bike while I drove the other so we could catch a ride home. We both left our house at exactly the same time, 4 pm. Guess who got there first?
The e-bike of course! I LOL'd when he flew past me. E-bikes are the future of #urbantransportation! #BikeTooter

2023-08-04 22:57:46

#ClimateChange is death by a thousand cuts
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/climate-change-is-death-by-a-thousand

2023-07-03 04:13:23

Half the police force quit, & the crime rate dropped. It's almost like we shouldn't be having sociopathic racists in charge of policing in the first place! Also this:
"...And despite significant staffing shortages at law enforcement agencies around the country, if trends continue, 2023 will have the largest percentage drop in homicides in U.S. history."
#ACAB #homicide #crime
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/02/opinion/half-the-police-force-quit-crime-dropped.html