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Roberto Baldwin

@strngwys.bsky.social

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SAE International Sustainability Editor.
Automotive and tech journalist that sings in far too many bands.
Let's be friends.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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Ohhhhhhh that’s cool. I’ll be curious to see what you think once It’s all installed

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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Pick guard?

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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They waited 30min to tell Me they couldn’t cut my hair until 1:30pm pt. Come on!

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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Currently at a barbershop with the bass turned up too high and the barbers taking vape hits and checking their phones while cutting hair. This will end well.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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I don’t think my hair dresser is working today. Noooooooooioooooo

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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What a week huh?

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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the biggest cowards in america today are right-wing white dudes. Just terrified of absolutely everything.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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it's so simple, a child could do it! which in some states is now legal for a child to take care of all of this between their shifts at the coal mine.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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LOL

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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Today I'll be shooting a video about heat pumps and EV battery preconditioning. Mostly in regard to cold weather so folks will be informed when winter rolls around. It'll be over 100 degrees today

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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I feel like you’re pudding us on.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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Every American is a pioneering adventurer! That means no pee breaks kids! The wagon trains don’t have pee breaks!

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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The people that will “never buy an EV” are the same ones that would “never buy a cellphone”

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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It was all a dream!

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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I am an adult and will not make a childish joke I am an adult and will not make a childish joke I am an adult and will not make a childish joke I am an adult and will not make a childish joke

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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Damn you

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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when you look at everything that needs to be changed, updated, or just abolished it's hard to see how we can manage it when the very powerful are doing their best to stop it because of greed. But there are more of us and every little victory will lead to greater victory for all. Even the shills

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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I know, we should be working on a more robust public transportation system and increase PROTECTED bike lanes. But right now, we don't have that and folks gotta get around while people fight the good fight at the local level. The grid needs updating and corporations need to be held accountable.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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LOL someone called me a shill because of my EV coverage because "EVs are a lie!" Uh ok. Listen folks, the move to a more sustainable world requires a lot of changes in a lot of industries including transportation. No one thing will fix this, it has to be a planet-wide group effort.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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I’m moving myself and all the animals into the bedroom so I can turn on the AC in only that room Because PGE is a monopoly

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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46th time is a charm

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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But the candy bars of mars? THE CANDY BARS OF MARS?!?!

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Katharine Hayhoe's avatar Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com
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Yesterday, I shared this same Canada Day thread on Bluesky, Threads, and X. Here's what I found. 🧵

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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wow, that's a gouda profit margin.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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it will be 2,000 degrees in bakersfield tomorrow. German engineering, don't let me down!

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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four years ago a person I thought was smart told me it didn't matter if trump won again. I lost my shit pointing to all our friends n marginalized communities. he understood the stakes at that point. Sometimes you need to yell at your friends to get them to understand, it's not about them.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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it's so nice. I wish someone was driving me. (checks traffic) ohhh, maybe I'll pick you up next year.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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I have to drive to SoCal tomorrow. Not for the holiday, for an unexpected family thing and I'm already dreading the traffic. Fortunately, I'll be rolling in the very fancy BM i7 EV and I'm planning on charging it at a Mexican restaurant. If anyone in the bay area needs a ride to Bakersfield...

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Dylan Flesch's avatar Dylan Flesch @dylanflesch.bsky.social
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Join For the People Leftist Library Project on August 1st for an event co-hosted by Run For Something. We’ll start by covering how public libraries work and then dive into specific ways you can get involved in strengthening and transforming them. www.mobilize.us/runforsometh...

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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pouring one out for the Bolt.

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Kashana's avatar Kashana @kashana.bsky.social
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Everybody freaking out about extrajudicial killings is going to lose it when they find out about the existence of cops.

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Heiða🍉's avatar Heiða🍉 @heida.bsky.social
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It’s really hard for anyone outside of the EEA/EU area to come and work here. You have two options: either there is a desperate demand for someone with your skillset (could be anywhere between a brain surgeon and a construction worker if there is an economic boom) or you secure employment before 1/2

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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let's just say there are parts of Mexico that some of my family can no longer live in. you know, because cartels.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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it's ridiculous to charge artists to come into the US to perform. It's not like bands are making a ton of money to begin without outside of the big names. I keep hearing horror stories about UK artists trying to tour post-brexit.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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ugh. double ugh on the taco front!

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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you know what fixes a housing shortage? Building more houses. being able to do that at scale without dealing with weather, that seems like a good idea.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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i'm gonna think abut this party for days.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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sigh. People think Canada is just another state but NOPE

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Jonathan Gitlin's avatar Jonathan Gitlin @drgitlin.bsky.social
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If you're not young, and don't have buckets of money, it's a near impossibility.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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No other country has been as angry at me for doing my job within their borders. I'm just like, "I don't make these plans. I'm not in charge of where things happen. I'm just here to write and shoot some video. I promise I'll leave soon."

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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If you're thinking Canada? This is purely anecdotal, but I travel all over the world for my job and Canada is the only country that aggressively questions me as to why I'm in Canada doing journalism and insists I should be doing it in America. So maybe they're not that keen on us just showing up.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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I think even with USMCA it's still tough. Also, Canada is the one country where I've been aggressively questioned about work travel. They do not like Americans working there I guess. As for Mexico. I'm lucky, my mom is Mexican so I can apply for Mexican citizenship.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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yeah, country questionnaires determining your value can be extremely depressing.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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they have very good tacos in Copenhagen. but also,I hear a lot of racism which is a bummer because I like Copenhagen. sigh

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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also, guess what kids, fascism is on the rise EVERYWHERE! Especially in Europe. So slow your roll. Oh and most of the world is nice to Americans when they visit, but they don't want out loud, rude asses moving into their country.

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Roberto Baldwin's avatar Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social
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just fucking myopic idiots top to bottom out there in the world.

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