drew hanson
@pedview.bsky.social
varied interests, 1st generation college grad, dad, independent, older than I look, views are my own
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Republicans have complained the Knowles-Nelson stewardship fund claims too much land. But other public land uses account for much more, @henry-redman.bsky.social finds in his latest story.
Republicans attack ‘strawman’ Knowles-Nelson for land conservation • Wisconsin Examiner
Republicans may allow a popular land stewardship program to expire next year, but most Wisconsin public land comes from other sources.
buff.ly
December 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Republicans have complained the Knowles-Nelson stewardship fund claims too much land. But other public land uses account for much more, @henry-redman.bsky.social finds in his latest story.
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The Kansas City Chiefs are relocating from Missouri to Kansas and getting a new $3 billion stadium.
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
The Sports Stadium Scam | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Kansas City Chiefs are relocating from Missouri to Kansas and getting a new $3 billion stadium.
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
60 percent of it will be publicly funded — despite the owners boasting a nearly $25 billion net worth.
This isn't the first stadium scam we've seen recently...
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just one more lane…
December 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
just one more lane…
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Worth repeating: In 2025, California met 67% or more of its energy needs with clean energy on 90% of days. What state wouldn’t want these bragging rights?
‘The biggest transformation in a century’: how California remade itself as a clean energy powerhouse
The Golden State’s clean energy use hit new highs in 2025. As the Trump administration abandons US climate initiatives, can California fill the void?
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Worth repeating: In 2025, California met 67% or more of its energy needs with clean energy on 90% of days. What state wouldn’t want these bragging rights?
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What in the world is the point of getting a PhD if you're going to let the robot write your articles? Go do something else. There are plenty of us that love this stuff.
December 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
What in the world is the point of getting a PhD if you're going to let the robot write your articles? Go do something else. There are plenty of us that love this stuff.
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Think of AI instead of cigarettes here. Nothing is inevitable.
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Think of AI instead of cigarettes here. Nothing is inevitable.
Cities used to annex Villages in Wisconsin. Look up the history of Menekaunee—today a neighborhood that was a Village until it was annexed by Marinette—or Elmside, formerly a Village that was annexed by Madison.
This is such a shit show. This place needs to be annexed like yesterday. Lofti now talking about accusations she had made against staff that they cut off her mic at one point.
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Cities used to annex Villages in Wisconsin. Look up the history of Menekaunee—today a neighborhood that was a Village until it was annexed by Marinette—or Elmside, formerly a Village that was annexed by Madison.
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Just don't buy 'em at Target or Walmart, or from Amazon.
Make your holidays a little brighter, buy Union-Made!
December 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just don't buy 'em at Target or Walmart, or from Amazon.
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Walking with other people who are grieving a loss is one way to ease some of the pain and feel less alone. n.pr/4iW5b13
The 'magic' of walking with grief
Walking with other people who are grieving a loss is one way to ease some of the pain and feel less alone.
n.pr
December 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Walking with other people who are grieving a loss is one way to ease some of the pain and feel less alone. n.pr/4iW5b13
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Wisconsin’s Environmental Funding Cuts Among Nation’s Largest
Wisconsin’s Environmental Funding Cuts Among Nation’s Largest
Report finds state funding for DNR has dropped 29% since 2010 when accounting for inflation.
urbanmilwaukee.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Wisconsin’s Environmental Funding Cuts Among Nation’s Largest
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"Despite the Trump administration’s alarming trajectory on public lands in 2025, the future is far from certain. Protecting public lands remains deeply popular, and more people than ever are demonstrating with their precious free time how much they value these lands."
#publiclands
#publiclands
A Historically Bad Year for Public Lands Under President Trump
The Trump administration’s attacks on parks and public lands broke records in 2025, but they also met intense public opposition.
www.americanprogress.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Despite the Trump administration’s alarming trajectory on public lands in 2025, the future is far from certain. Protecting public lands remains deeply popular, and more people than ever are demonstrating with their precious free time how much they value these lands."
#publiclands
#publiclands
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Trump’s America.
Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
1/2
Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
1/2
December 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump’s America.
Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
1/2
Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
1/2
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This week Mongabay speaks with Senator @russfeingold.bsky.social about conservation & the climate
As chair of the Campaign for Nature, Feingold emphasizes that nature is essential for a healthy society, despite what figures like Bill Gates have recently argued
Hear his good thoughts here:
As chair of the Campaign for Nature, Feingold emphasizes that nature is essential for a healthy society, despite what figures like Bill Gates have recently argued
Hear his good thoughts here:
Governments must prioritize nature protection, former US senator Russ Feingold says
Bill Gates recently claimed that protecting nature or improving human health is an either-or choice, but former national leaders like Russ Feingold, a retired U.S. senator, and Mary Robinson, former I...
news.mongabay.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This week Mongabay speaks with Senator @russfeingold.bsky.social about conservation & the climate
As chair of the Campaign for Nature, Feingold emphasizes that nature is essential for a healthy society, despite what figures like Bill Gates have recently argued
Hear his good thoughts here:
As chair of the Campaign for Nature, Feingold emphasizes that nature is essential for a healthy society, despite what figures like Bill Gates have recently argued
Hear his good thoughts here:
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@wisconsinwatch.org checks just how much state funding of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has been reduced.
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
@wisconsinwatch.org checks just how much state funding of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has been reduced.
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We don’t need to overthink induced demand to do something about it.
"Build for cars, and you’ll get more driving; build for transit or biking, and you’ll get more of those too."
Read my latest piece from SSTI.
"Build for cars, and you’ll get more driving; build for transit or biking, and you’ll get more of those too."
Read my latest piece from SSTI.
We don’t need to overthink induced demand to act on it
The concept of induced demand is now widely recognized in transportation. But we often treat it as a technical modeling issue rather than a basic principle of how people respond to the world around th...
ssti.us
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We don’t need to overthink induced demand to do something about it.
"Build for cars, and you’ll get more driving; build for transit or biking, and you’ll get more of those too."
Read my latest piece from SSTI.
"Build for cars, and you’ll get more driving; build for transit or biking, and you’ll get more of those too."
Read my latest piece from SSTI.
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I read a piece recently that is a year or two old about how Japan spent decades trying to build elder care robots. What was meant to replace workers (or missing workers) at scale is still nothing more than a curiosity.
Care is the holy grail of automation. Because we need it to survive, but it's too labor-intensive to be profitable, even as it gets more expensive. And because we could make it a public good, but only by raising taxes on billionaires.
So, be *very* skeptical when they claim AI can replace care.
So, be *very* skeptical when they claim AI can replace care.
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I read a piece recently that is a year or two old about how Japan spent decades trying to build elder care robots. What was meant to replace workers (or missing workers) at scale is still nothing more than a curiosity.
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Promising research on a plastic alternative for food packaging. 🌎
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/this...
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/this...
This 3-ingredient film made from food waste may actually beat regular plastic packaging?
The next-gen bioplastic invention surpassed the abilities of some conventional plastic packaging in repelling water and oxygen.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Promising research on a plastic alternative for food packaging. 🌎
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/this...
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/this...
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"It is energy-dense, can be stored and transported in liquid form, and — crucially — many ship engines can be converted to run on it. Global giants like Maersk and CMA CGM are already operating methanol-powered container vessels." 🌎 reasonstobecheerful.world/city-turning...
The City That Turns Human Waste into Clean Fuel
Sewage is a massive untapped source of green methanol, perfect for powering ships. One German city is producing it with every flush.
reasonstobecheerful.world
December 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"It is energy-dense, can be stored and transported in liquid form, and — crucially — many ship engines can be converted to run on it. Global giants like Maersk and CMA CGM are already operating methanol-powered container vessels." 🌎 reasonstobecheerful.world/city-turning...
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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Everyone thinks wisconsin is about beer and cheese but it's actually about wild rice and cranberry.
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Everyone thinks wisconsin is about beer and cheese but it's actually about wild rice and cranberry.
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It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
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imagine thinking that unregulated capitalism is good for the spirit. just imagine that shit.
For context:
"Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit. They can provide you shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you're ill, all the things guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave. They don't understand that we also dream." -- Ronald Reagan
"Socialists ignore the side of man that is the spirit. They can provide you shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you're ill, all the things guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave. They don't understand that we also dream." -- Ronald Reagan
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
imagine thinking that unregulated capitalism is good for the spirit. just imagine that shit.