🎓 PhD Astrophysics UCSD 2010 💻 Now I tell computers what to do; sometimes they do it 🏡 Boulder, CO 🚲 I like bikes, I ride them as often as I can 🏙️ YIMBY 🕸️ stephenskory.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mkpnaiapu22wSolid financial advice for the average American. Struggling to pay for housing or childcare? Gas too expensive? Too bad, I got mine. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpnaiapu22whttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mkdcva3nr22chttps://proton.me/blog/2026-spring-summer-roadmaps "Your Proton Mail mobile app is about to become more powerful: Content searching will help you find emails on your mobile app by searching their full body text as well as their subject lines." Big if it happens, and years, years too late. If it works I might switch!25 Apr 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdcva3nr22chttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mk6gdh6fwk26I just learned that if you hit "Command (⌘) + Delete" on something in the Trash folder in Mac OS, it puts it back where it came from. Neat!23 Apr 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6gdh6fwk26https://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mjmstuvpes2pI'm no fan of Xcel, but if we want to have clean power we need more transmission lines. Inconveniently, much of the best clean power (wind/solar) is not close to population centers. On balance, this is the correct choice. https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/15/power-pathway-elbert-el-paso-puc-transmission-electricity/16 Apr 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmstuvpes2phttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mjmg3eszvk2hI knew that facts have a liberal bias, but I didn’t know they were unpatriotic. Huh. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmg3eszvk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mjkei4szc22t@nerd4cities.bsky.social takes on Prop 13. When I was a CA voter, I would go to the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Assoc. (the man behind prop 13) website and vote the opposite of their recommendations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWvzhYGCk4Q15 Apr 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkei4szc22thttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mjhpd4ccdc2370%+ of my ~$100/mo water bill are fixed costs, so if I _halve_ my water usage, which is huge, I only save $15/mo at the cost of all the luxuries that water provides. The city should make pricing follow usage more closely if they want more conservation. #Boulder https://bouldercolorado.gov/news/city-boulder-enters-drought-watch14 Apr 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhpd4ccdc23https://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mj5dqthrt22rYou know what raises the tax base in a city? Increased density! https://boulderreportinglab.org/2026/04/09/boulder-city-council-weighs-future-of-aging-rec-centers-as-400m-funding-gap-looms/10 Apr 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5dqthrt22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3miyfiknbgs2dOnly the most honest above-the-board people use crypto. Seems legit. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyfiknbgs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mivu46j2jc2rI’m not sure this is a thing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivu46j2jc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mivra65bcs2r@neguse.house.gov @hickenlooper.senate.gov what are you going to do about this? [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivra65bcs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3miudgjtqzc2gWhat a great shot of the Moon and Earth from the #NASA live feed of Artemis II!06 Apr 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3miudgjtqzc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3miubhzdnfc2hIf I had a few $billion I’d endow a bunch of local newspapers across the country. It’s a social good! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Apr 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3miubhzdnfc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mijccq2sqk2wSeemingly deranged? He’s 100% mentally unfit. Call a spade a spade. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijccq2sqk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mibyboqbns2dNot that I encourage lying to a school district, but walking and biking to school would avoid license plate readers. Add that to the list of reasons to not drive to school! https://www.nbcchicago.com/consumer/suburban-school-district-uses-license-plate-readers-to-verify-student-residency/3906703/30 Mar 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibyboqbns2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mi2ro356yc2gIf these standings hold up, HyperCard and the printers are way too low. All the youngins never had to do any desktop publishing before Laser/ImageWriter came around. And HyperCard? Revolutionary! Myst! The WWW was inspired by it! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2ro356yc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/stephenskory.com/post/3mhrnkpnic223Armstrong Woods24 Mar 2026 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:glotgozv6ephhuvnnos5eezs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhrnkpnic223