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It's notable that of all of "the elites" who JD Vance blamed for the plight of people in rural Kentucky coal country, he never mentioned the elites who owned the coal companies and who extracted generations worth of wealth from the land and the people there. Oddly selective "populism" there.
July 21, 2024 at 3:03 PM
It's notable that of all of "the elites" who JD Vance blamed for the plight of people in rural Kentucky coal country, he never mentioned the elites who owned the coal companies and who extracted generations worth of wealth from the land and the people there. Oddly selective "populism" there.
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automakers invented a whole-ass crime just to further their interests. let's not fool ourselves into thinking america's cities organically became car-centric.
www.vox.com/2015/1/15/75...
www.vox.com/2015/1/15/75...
January 24, 2024 at 7:56 PM
automakers invented a whole-ass crime just to further their interests. let's not fool ourselves into thinking america's cities organically became car-centric.
www.vox.com/2015/1/15/75...
www.vox.com/2015/1/15/75...
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the collapse of google search as a useful source of accurate information is a boon to screenwriters everywhere. "why didn't they just google the house to see if it was haunted" they did and the top ten entries were identical automatically generated real estate ads on different seo-scumming websites
January 21, 2024 at 1:27 PM
the collapse of google search as a useful source of accurate information is a boon to screenwriters everywhere. "why didn't they just google the house to see if it was haunted" they did and the top ten entries were identical automatically generated real estate ads on different seo-scumming websites
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"Record heat, record emissions, record fossil fuel consumption, the world is further than ever from reaching its collective climate goals. At the root of all is the human “behavioural crisis”, a term coined by an interdisciplinary team of scientists."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
January 14, 2024 at 10:03 PM
"Record heat, record emissions, record fossil fuel consumption, the world is further than ever from reaching its collective climate goals. At the root of all is the human “behavioural crisis”, a term coined by an interdisciplinary team of scientists."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Interesting to think that much of the MAGA cosplay is well off suburban car dealers and real estate agents acting like poor white rural to convince themselves (and apparently the majority of the political journalist caste) that it's economic populism rather than plutocratic fascism
The January 6th rioters were largely well-off, financially-stable professionals - and this popular, false idea they were mostly marginalized losers is a dangerous one that benefits the GOP.
www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...
www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...
January 14, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Interesting to think that much of the MAGA cosplay is well off suburban car dealers and real estate agents acting like poor white rural to convince themselves (and apparently the majority of the political journalist caste) that it's economic populism rather than plutocratic fascism
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Amidst all the front-page 737 Max coverage, glad to see Axios note that the US takes aviation safety *extremely* seriously while basically letting carmakers design whatever they like
www.axios.com/2024/01/13/a...
www.axios.com/2024/01/13/a...
January 14, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Amidst all the front-page 737 Max coverage, glad to see Axios note that the US takes aviation safety *extremely* seriously while basically letting carmakers design whatever they like
www.axios.com/2024/01/13/a...
www.axios.com/2024/01/13/a...
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I hate this sort of advice - people are healthier in walkable places and few places in the US are walkable therefore…eat fresh not packaged food?!
January 14, 2024 at 12:48 AM
I hate this sort of advice - people are healthier in walkable places and few places in the US are walkable therefore…eat fresh not packaged food?!
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Ancient Amazon Civilization Developed Unique Form of 'Garden Urbanism'
Ancient Amazon Civilization Developed Unique Form of 'Garden Urbanism'
www.scientificamerican.com
January 11, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Ancient Amazon Civilization Developed Unique Form of 'Garden Urbanism'
The thing about hostile architecture is that it isn't just hostile towards "undesirables" like homeless people. It makes cities awkward, uncomfortable, and ugly for everyone. What's the point of having uncomfortable benches on dirty streets with a view of dumpsters? Why make people hate cities?
January 11, 2024 at 9:23 PM
The thing about hostile architecture is that it isn't just hostile towards "undesirables" like homeless people. It makes cities awkward, uncomfortable, and ugly for everyone. What's the point of having uncomfortable benches on dirty streets with a view of dumpsters? Why make people hate cities?
It's actually unbelievable how stupid this situation is. We have to be living in a simulation.
“Devised by the France-based urbanist, Carlos Moreno, 15-minute cities are a broad planning concept based on people living within easy reach of workplaces and schools, as well as local amenities, gradually reducing the need for short car trips.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories
Exclusive: Documents show shift in transport policy influenced by unfounded fears about loss of freedom of movement in ‘15-minute cities’
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2024 at 7:32 AM
It's actually unbelievable how stupid this situation is. We have to be living in a simulation.
Not to brag, but I've lived in 15 minute neighbourhoods with 90% of what I want within a six block radius and easy access to excellent public transportation for everything else. It changed my life.
I was thinking last week about how a cruise ship is a fantastic model of a high population density and mixed use environment. How long until Americans realize that we can design cities to have these same features.
January 10, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Not to brag, but I've lived in 15 minute neighbourhoods with 90% of what I want within a six block radius and easy access to excellent public transportation for everything else. It changed my life.
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Calling all cyclists who live in climates where winter is cold, rainy, or snowy!
We’re running a survey on the challenges people face in biking in the winter. If you're interested, here's the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sharing is appreciated.
We’re running a survey on the challenges people face in biking in the winter. If you're interested, here's the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sharing is appreciated.
Oh The Urbanity: Winter Cycling Survey
This survey is for people who use a bike at least occasionally for any purpose and live in a climate where biking is more difficult in the winter (due to cold, rain, or snow).
The questions won't be ...
docs.google.com
January 8, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Calling all cyclists who live in climates where winter is cold, rainy, or snowy!
We’re running a survey on the challenges people face in biking in the winter. If you're interested, here's the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sharing is appreciated.
We’re running a survey on the challenges people face in biking in the winter. If you're interested, here's the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sharing is appreciated.
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Best known for its housing programs, this radical municipal project also entailed comprehensive social improvements that included health care, education, child care, and cultural reform efforts. #socialism #redvienna
Remembering Red Vienna
Though tragically snuffed out by the rise of fascism, Red Vienna was an island of socialist organizing and workers' power worth commemorating.
jacobin.com
January 8, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Best known for its housing programs, this radical municipal project also entailed comprehensive social improvements that included health care, education, child care, and cultural reform efforts. #socialism #redvienna
Really interesting essay. No wonder America is in such decline. The fact that half the people who read this seem to think it's about regulating ebikes and not the absolute state of American cities and culture is *chef's kiss*.
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/o...
January 7, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Really interesting essay. No wonder America is in such decline. The fact that half the people who read this seem to think it's about regulating ebikes and not the absolute state of American cities and culture is *chef's kiss*.
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/o...
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@thewaroncars.bsky.social 116. Road Ecology with Ben Goldfarb
how roads and cars are wreaking havoc on nature across the globe.
thewaroncars.org/2023/12/19/1...
how roads and cars are wreaking havoc on nature across the globe.
thewaroncars.org/2023/12/19/1...
116. Road Ecology with Ben Goldfarb
thewaroncars.org
January 7, 2024 at 9:59 PM
@thewaroncars.bsky.social 116. Road Ecology with Ben Goldfarb
how roads and cars are wreaking havoc on nature across the globe.
thewaroncars.org/2023/12/19/1...
how roads and cars are wreaking havoc on nature across the globe.
thewaroncars.org/2023/12/19/1...
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Interviewed by The World, I noted that the USA's abysmal road safety record makes it a global outlier.
"We're now at a 40-year high in both pedestrian and cyclist deaths. No other affluent nation is at anywhere near that kind of a crisis."
theworld.org/media/2024-0...
"We're now at a 40-year high in both pedestrian and cyclist deaths. No other affluent nation is at anywhere near that kind of a crisis."
theworld.org/media/2024-0...
January 6, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Interviewed by The World, I noted that the USA's abysmal road safety record makes it a global outlier.
"We're now at a 40-year high in both pedestrian and cyclist deaths. No other affluent nation is at anywhere near that kind of a crisis."
theworld.org/media/2024-0...
"We're now at a 40-year high in both pedestrian and cyclist deaths. No other affluent nation is at anywhere near that kind of a crisis."
theworld.org/media/2024-0...
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IMPORTANT: “A new cost-benefit study in New Zealand finds that investments in cycling & walking facilities outweigh the costs of building them by 10 to 1. The research found the most important economic benefits were health gains from use of active transport.”
It costs public money to NOT do it.
It costs public money to NOT do it.
January 5, 2024 at 7:32 PM
IMPORTANT: “A new cost-benefit study in New Zealand finds that investments in cycling & walking facilities outweigh the costs of building them by 10 to 1. The research found the most important economic benefits were health gains from use of active transport.”
It costs public money to NOT do it.
It costs public money to NOT do it.
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Art is the process of dreaming on paper, and I dreamt an imaginary city with *a Pier* (fountain pen on paper)
January 6, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Art is the process of dreaming on paper, and I dreamt an imaginary city with *a Pier* (fountain pen on paper)
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Walkable City. How Downtown Can Save North American Cities One Step at a Time. : : Why Walkability? Jeff Speck
January 4, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Walkable City. How Downtown Can Save North American Cities One Step at a Time. : : Why Walkability? Jeff Speck
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WA bans commercial native logging in move state says could save 20,000 sq km of forest
WA bans commercial native logging in move state says could save 20,000 sq km of forest
New plan bans selling of native timbers and includes transition payouts to sawmills and towns to diversify industryThe end of unsustainable commercial logging in Western Australia could save almost 20,000 square kilometres of forest, the state government says.Chopping down native karri, jarrah and wandoo hardwood in the state’s south-west and selling it is banned from Monday. The state’s environment minister, Reece Whitby, said it was a historic moment for WA. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2024 at 7:36 AM
WA bans commercial native logging in move state says could save 20,000 sq km of forest
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How to make an university affordable.
1) Cut everyone except faculty. Fire all whose job title didn't exist in 1990.
2) Stop any student funds from going to sports or sports infrastructure
3) Get out of the housing market and upzone all adjacent land
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
1) Cut everyone except faculty. Fire all whose job title didn't exist in 1990.
2) Stop any student funds from going to sports or sports infrastructure
3) Get out of the housing market and upzone all adjacent land
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
December 28, 2023 at 11:06 PM
How to make an university affordable.
1) Cut everyone except faculty. Fire all whose job title didn't exist in 1990.
2) Stop any student funds from going to sports or sports infrastructure
3) Get out of the housing market and upzone all adjacent land
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
1) Cut everyone except faculty. Fire all whose job title didn't exist in 1990.
2) Stop any student funds from going to sports or sports infrastructure
3) Get out of the housing market and upzone all adjacent land
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
It's beyond absurd.
December 27, 2023 at 9:57 PM
It's beyond absurd.
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December 26, 2023
Protesters on the pedestrian bridge leading to West Edmonton Mall during a Boxing Day action encourage people to take a closer look at their consumer choices, and to "stop shopping when bombs are dropping".
Protesters on the pedestrian bridge leading to West Edmonton Mall during a Boxing Day action encourage people to take a closer look at their consumer choices, and to "stop shopping when bombs are dropping".
December 27, 2023 at 6:14 PM
December 26, 2023
Protesters on the pedestrian bridge leading to West Edmonton Mall during a Boxing Day action encourage people to take a closer look at their consumer choices, and to "stop shopping when bombs are dropping".
Protesters on the pedestrian bridge leading to West Edmonton Mall during a Boxing Day action encourage people to take a closer look at their consumer choices, and to "stop shopping when bombs are dropping".
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Peter Norton on robotaxis:
"Public policies have permitted private co's to turn disastrous safety records into marketing opportunities – and whenever we let [one] diagnose our ailments, we can be sure that its prescription will include its own products."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
"Public policies have permitted private co's to turn disastrous safety records into marketing opportunities – and whenever we let [one] diagnose our ailments, we can be sure that its prescription will include its own products."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
December 27, 2023 at 6:26 PM
Peter Norton on robotaxis:
"Public policies have permitted private co's to turn disastrous safety records into marketing opportunities – and whenever we let [one] diagnose our ailments, we can be sure that its prescription will include its own products."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
"Public policies have permitted private co's to turn disastrous safety records into marketing opportunities – and whenever we let [one] diagnose our ailments, we can be sure that its prescription will include its own products."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...