Aphrodite Bouikidis
@urbanaphrodite.bsky.social
Urban resilience specialist.
Community resilience • Collective capabilities • Social Infrastructure • Disaster risk reduction • Diaspora studies.
Living, learning, playing and exploring in cities in Canada, Greece, Europe and the US.
Community resilience • Collective capabilities • Social Infrastructure • Disaster risk reduction • Diaspora studies.
Living, learning, playing and exploring in cities in Canada, Greece, Europe and the US.
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The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
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A new feature on X revealed that many influential MAGA accounts are not actually based in the US. President Donald Trump has continued sharing their posts anyway. www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Is Boosting MAGA X Accounts Operating Overseas
A new feature on X revealed that many influential MAGA accounts are not actually based in the US. President Donald Trump has continued sharing their posts anyway.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
A new feature on X revealed that many influential MAGA accounts are not actually based in the US. President Donald Trump has continued sharing their posts anyway. www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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The Trump Admin isn't interested in public safety - they're terrorizing communities to boost numbers in a mass deportation scheme that is as inhumane as it is a waste of resources. This sort of behavior from federal law enforcement is what you might expect in a military dictatorship - not the U.S.
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Trump Admin isn't interested in public safety - they're terrorizing communities to boost numbers in a mass deportation scheme that is as inhumane as it is a waste of resources. This sort of behavior from federal law enforcement is what you might expect in a military dictatorship - not the U.S.
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The Commission is referring Greece to the Court of Justice for failing to align its rules on family benefits with EU law: Rules on social security coordination explicitly prohibit any residence requirements for receiving social security benefits, incl family allowances. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission decides to refer GREECE to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to align its rules on family benefits with EU law
Today, the European Commission decided to refer Greece to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to bring its national legislation on family benefits in line with EU rules on social se...
ec.europa.eu
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Commission is referring Greece to the Court of Justice for failing to align its rules on family benefits with EU law: Rules on social security coordination explicitly prohibit any residence requirements for receiving social security benefits, incl family allowances. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Data from the National Association of Realtors paints a painful portrait of American home buying:
All-cash buyers at 26% of the market.
Median age of the typical homebuyer: a stunning 59 years old.
nar.realtor/research-and...
All-cash buyers at 26% of the market.
Median age of the typical homebuyer: a stunning 59 years old.
nar.realtor/research-and...
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Data from the National Association of Realtors paints a painful portrait of American home buying:
All-cash buyers at 26% of the market.
Median age of the typical homebuyer: a stunning 59 years old.
nar.realtor/research-and...
All-cash buyers at 26% of the market.
Median age of the typical homebuyer: a stunning 59 years old.
nar.realtor/research-and...
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ProPublica’s @andykroll.bsky.social spent months chronicling Russ Vought’s rise from the Senate mailroom to one of the most influential players in the current Trump administration, where he has tried to fulfill his desire to put federal workers “in trauma.”
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
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November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ProPublica’s @andykroll.bsky.social spent months chronicling Russ Vought’s rise from the Senate mailroom to one of the most influential players in the current Trump administration, where he has tried to fulfill his desire to put federal workers “in trauma.”
There are no "natural disasters". "'There is so much corruption': hundreds of thousands protest in Manila over missing flood funds" #NoNaturalDisasters Philippines www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘There is so much corruption’: hundreds of thousands protest in Manila over missing flood funds
Huge rally organised by megachurch whose members vote in a bloc could spell trouble for Philippine president
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
There are no "natural disasters". "'There is so much corruption': hundreds of thousands protest in Manila over missing flood funds" #NoNaturalDisasters Philippines www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
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🌡️ Stakeholder Spotlight: Athens
30+ partners are co-creating #UrbanHeat resilience with DT-HEAT+, a #DigitalTwin predicting heat risks and guiding action—now part of the EU’s DestinE platform for climate-resilient cities.
🔍 Learn more: schub.carmine-project.eu/llm/living-l...
#Climate #Resilience
30+ partners are co-creating #UrbanHeat resilience with DT-HEAT+, a #DigitalTwin predicting heat risks and guiding action—now part of the EU’s DestinE platform for climate-resilient cities.
🔍 Learn more: schub.carmine-project.eu/llm/living-l...
#Climate #Resilience
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🌡️ Stakeholder Spotlight: Athens
30+ partners are co-creating #UrbanHeat resilience with DT-HEAT+, a #DigitalTwin predicting heat risks and guiding action—now part of the EU’s DestinE platform for climate-resilient cities.
🔍 Learn more: schub.carmine-project.eu/llm/living-l...
#Climate #Resilience
30+ partners are co-creating #UrbanHeat resilience with DT-HEAT+, a #DigitalTwin predicting heat risks and guiding action—now part of the EU’s DestinE platform for climate-resilient cities.
🔍 Learn more: schub.carmine-project.eu/llm/living-l...
#Climate #Resilience
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
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#Oklahoma #Water #OK #Gas #Climate
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#Oklahoma #Water #OK #Gas #Climate
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from Oklahoma oil wells.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse.
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Disaster #Hurricane #Climate #Science
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Disaster #Hurricane #Climate #Science
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse
An analysis of the storm found “all aspects of this event were amplified by climate change, and that we'll see more of the same.”
grist.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse.
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Disaster #Hurricane #Climate #Science
grist.org/climate/no-d...
#Disaster #Hurricane #Climate #Science
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Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
‘New York City Has Fallen’: MAGA Responds to Zohran Mamdani’s Victory With a Racist Freak-Out
Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
wrd.cm
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Republican lawmakers, right-wing influencers, far-right extremists, and conspiracy theorists pushed anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
Greece still has no safety system for its trains and railway system. The country demonstrates that it does not care about the safety and lives of its people. #TrainDisaster #τεμπη
Sounds familiar? An incident involving a Hellenic Train service from Thessaloniki to Larissa sparked concern among passengers on Wed., after the train reportedly travelled on the wrong track for several kilometers near Sindos railway station. #Greece www.ekathimerini.com/news/1285971...
Train takes wrong track, prompting passenger alarm | eKathimerini.com
An incident involving a Hellenic Train service from Thessaloniki to Larissa sparked concern among passengers on Wednesday evening, after the train reportedly traveled on the wrong track for several ki...
www.ekathimerini.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Greece still has no safety system for its trains and railway system. The country demonstrates that it does not care about the safety and lives of its people. #TrainDisaster #τεμπη
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The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive ‘burp.’
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
#Ocean #Heat #Climate #Nature
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#Ocean #Heat #Climate #Nature
The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive 'burp.'
Even if humans cut emissions enough to reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.
grist.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive ‘burp.’
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
#Ocean #Heat #Climate #Nature
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
#Ocean #Heat #Climate #Nature
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Lipstick, manicures ... and fascism: the ugliness behind the $450bn beauty industry
Lipstick, manicures ... and fascism: the ugliness behind the $450bn beauty industry
In their new book The House of Beauty, beauty writer Arabelle Sicardi examines the good, the bad and the ugly of the lucrative industry
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Lipstick, manicures ... and fascism: the ugliness behind the $450bn beauty industry
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Officials with New Mexico’s state emergency management agency said Thursday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency opted to withhold disaster prevention funding following deadly flooding in the Ruidoso area, a decision they are appealing.
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State of New Mexico says FEMA denied ‘indispensable’ aid for Ruidoso flood recovery • Source New Mexico
The mitigation program enables the state to prepare for future disasters and prevent so-called “cascading events” from causing repeated damage or undoing progress in disaster areas.
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Officials with New Mexico’s state emergency management agency said Thursday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency opted to withhold disaster prevention funding following deadly flooding in the Ruidoso area, a decision they are appealing.
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This is corruption.
#DisasterRisk
#DisasterRisk
Kristi Noem has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters.
Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask.
(Published September)
Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask.
(Published September)
Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened
The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...
www.propublica.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
This is corruption.
#DisasterRisk
#DisasterRisk
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Our analysis of EPA air monitoring data shows that companies have far underestimated the pollution caused by their facilities.
At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.
@lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.
@lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Our analysis of EPA air monitoring data shows that companies have far underestimated the pollution caused by their facilities.
At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.
@lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.
@lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
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📢 We won! A Youth Climate Corps is in Budget 2025.
Years of youth organizing secured a $40M two-year commitment. A meaningful start, but only the beginning.
👉 Read our response & stay with us as we push for what comes next: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca
Years of youth organizing secured a $40M two-year commitment. A meaningful start, but only the beginning.
👉 Read our response & stay with us as we push for what comes next: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📢 We won! A Youth Climate Corps is in Budget 2025.
Years of youth organizing secured a $40M two-year commitment. A meaningful start, but only the beginning.
👉 Read our response & stay with us as we push for what comes next: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca
Years of youth organizing secured a $40M two-year commitment. A meaningful start, but only the beginning.
👉 Read our response & stay with us as we push for what comes next: www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca
Mussels reveal growing microplastic pollution in Greece’s prized seas
Overtourism and heavy maritime traffic across the Mediterranean are contributing to a rise in pollution in Greece's azure waters, say Greek scientists who have deployed thousands of mussels on the seafloor to help detect microplastics. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Mussels reveal growing microplastic pollution in Greece's prized seas
Overtourism and heavy maritime traffic across the Mediterranean are contributing to a rise in pollution in Greece's azure waters, say Greek scientists who have deployed thousands of mussels on the seafloor to help detect microplastics.
www.reuters.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Mussels reveal growing microplastic pollution in Greece’s prized seas
New report: Building Resilience to Heat in the City of Athens, in English and Greek #ResilientCitiesNetwork #ARSINOE_EU resilientcitiesnetwork.org/building-res...
Building Resilience to Heat in the City of Athens | Resilient Cities Network
resilientcitiesnetwork.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 AM
New report: Building Resilience to Heat in the City of Athens, in English and Greek #ResilientCitiesNetwork #ARSINOE_EU resilientcitiesnetwork.org/building-res...
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Decades of unchecked growth have turned Greece’s cities into sprawling heat traps, a new University of Athens study warns
When Greek Cities Outgrew Themselves - tovima.com
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October 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Decades of unchecked growth have turned Greece’s cities into sprawling heat traps, a new University of Athens study warns
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Houston Chronicle: In Houston-area floodplain development, political donations beat science www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...
In Houston-area floodplain development, political donations beat science
Many of the top political donors in the Houston area are businesses behind development projects in floodplains.
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Houston Chronicle: In Houston-area floodplain development, political donations beat science www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...
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This is next level authoritarianism.👇
"Following the suspension of two career prosecutors, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly revised a sentencing memo in a high-profile case — removing all references to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and President Donald Trump’s social media post."
"Following the suspension of two career prosecutors, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly revised a sentencing memo in a high-profile case — removing all references to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and President Donald Trump’s social media post."
DOJ Scrubs Jan. 6 Attack From Court Record After Suspending Career Prosecutors
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is next level authoritarianism.👇
"Following the suspension of two career prosecutors, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly revised a sentencing memo in a high-profile case — removing all references to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and President Donald Trump’s social media post."
"Following the suspension of two career prosecutors, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly revised a sentencing memo in a high-profile case — removing all references to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and President Donald Trump’s social media post."