Evan Fields

Unironically earnest. NAO, bikes, super-serious about dessert. I dream of sourdough and carbon taxes, and I cooperate in prisoner's dilemmas.

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

I'm almost entirely (95%?) off Twitter for the last year. Strong recommend for general mental well being; screaming matches with the void are bad for you.

I do miss some of you though! Keep on screaming the good scream?

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

Signs on the Minuteman Bikeway to donate so it can be plowed in the winter. A worthy goal.

Weirdly, I didn't see any signs on adjacent roads soliciting donations for winter road plowing?

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

Cambridge has at least two parking spaces per household: https://t.co/z2sFRKnx7V

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

New blog post, inspired by @s8mb: products I recommend you buy. Starting with an ode to the Breville Control Freak (currently on sale at @chefsteps) then a rapid fire list of other products. https://t.co/nhx9Chkloa

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

@Alby ?? Yes, all the joules come from the rider pedaling, but on a normal bike a lot of joules go rider => kinetic energy => heat wasted in braking. Here rider => kinetic => capacitor => kinetic => [repeat w/ loss] The bike doesn't generate energy, it just helps you waste less, right?

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

@Alby I don't see how this bike idea requires 100% efficient regenerative braking - can you elaborate?

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

@Alby I'm skeptical this is a good ride, but...ELI5 why it's thermodynamically impossible? Capacitors are real, capturing energy from regenerative braking is real, what am I missing?

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

https://t.co/Hls4N6yDYd This combination of shortsighted selfishness is fucking depressing. If these people have children or grandchildren, they should be embarrassed to look them in the eye.

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

@ChapelLanguage What do squares vs circles mean in the plots?

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

@TWallack @MBTA I like to consider myself a reasonable guy, usually, but I subscribe to every possible conspiracy theory about MBTA escalator repair people and incentives to not repair them too fast or too well

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

Mixed night overall for Cambridge elections but great to see @realBurhanAzeem and @Marc_C_McGovern strong performances and a delight to say welcome back to @VoteJivan

Seems like we retain slim majorities for housing and safe shared streets?

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

Happy election day to those who celebrate! I love election day in Cambridge, so civic, so civilized

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

Got my Cambridge property tax bill aka biannual reminder of how absurdly low (and warped) our residential tax rates are

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

Happy to report October is, once again, looking red
#RingTheBell

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

@realBurhanAzeem First they came for the parking minimums, and I said "wow, really nice" because I was not a car

Then they came for zoning and I said "absolutely incredible go get it king"

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

Cambridge has 31,000 [nearly free] street parking spots https://t.co/2ZskxwqlOs

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

@paul_boye My timeline is half techno optimists and half Phillies, had to check the username on this one :)

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

My wife and I just did our donations for the 2023 Cambridge city council election: @realBurhanAzeem, @Marc_C_McGovern, @ABetterCambMA, @cambbikesafety. Good luck to all the pro-housing pro-cities-for-people candidates !

[Evan Fields @evanjfields]

My mom has Parkinson's. This made me tear up on the T. Good lord, open the damn park.

[George S @noisecapella]

"I am 88 years old and handicapped with Parkinson's disease. Riding my tricycle (Trike) on Saturdays and
Sundays on Memorial Drive is one of the few forms of exercise I can enjoy, and it makes a huge difference in
my health, strength, well-being, and even my self esteem"