The REM is essential infrastructure — an automated light metro system across Greater Montréal that will connect more and more of the city as it grows.
Great cities have great public transit, and that’s what we’re investing to build more of across Canada in Budget 2025.
Great cities have great public transit, and that’s what we’re investing to build more of across Canada in Budget 2025.
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The REM is essential infrastructure — an automated light metro system across Greater Montréal that will connect more and more of the city as it grows.
Great cities have great public transit, and that’s what we’re investing to build more of across Canada in Budget 2025.
Great cities have great public transit, and that’s what we’re investing to build more of across Canada in Budget 2025.
This is so cool: Copper, which makes induction stoves with li-ion batteries integrated, is going to build *10,000* of these suckers for use in New York public housing.
Better cooking, easier cleaning, grid resiliency built in. Win win win.
Better cooking, easier cleaning, grid resiliency built in. Win win win.
$32 Million Commitment Announced to Electrify Cooking Appliances in NYCHA Buildings Through Induction Stove Challenge - NYSERDA
The New York Power Authority (NYPA), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) today announced that the next phase of the ...
www.nyserda.ny.gov
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is so cool: Copper, which makes induction stoves with li-ion batteries integrated, is going to build *10,000* of these suckers for use in New York public housing.
Better cooking, easier cleaning, grid resiliency built in. Win win win.
Better cooking, easier cleaning, grid resiliency built in. Win win win.
@maddow.msnbc.com Word got out this week that ICE wants to build a detention facility in Newport, OR (pop. ~10,400), so City Council held an public meeting last night. More than 800 people showed up in opposition. Not a single person spoke up in favor. tinyurl.com/2p8xkb2e
Tears, frustration & fear from 800+ attending Newport meeting on potential ICE facility
Outrage has been pouring in over the potential siting of an ICE facility in the small Oregon coastal town 130 miles southwest of Portland.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com Word got out this week that ICE wants to build a detention facility in Newport, OR (pop. ~10,400), so City Council held an public meeting last night. More than 800 people showed up in opposition. Not a single person spoke up in favor. tinyurl.com/2p8xkb2e
A housing crisis that is on fire. Build public housing. Fix the taxes driving the explosive spike in wealthy property investor activity. Cap investor borrowing. End unlimited rent increases. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Fixing Australia's housing crisis — is increasing supply really a silver bullet? - ABC listen
Build more houses. That'll fix Australia's housing crisis won't it? If you listen to governments, you'd sure think so. Under the National Housing Accord, all governments have agreed to support a targ...
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A housing crisis that is on fire. Build public housing. Fix the taxes driving the explosive spike in wealthy property investor activity. Cap investor borrowing. End unlimited rent increases. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
“Liberty Arts has hosted a FREE public arts event in Durham Central Park. Over 5,500 attendees gather to watch teams of artists build furnaces which heat pieces of iron to unfathomable temperatures. All evening and into the night, thousands of pounds of molten iron will be poured into molds”
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“Liberty Arts has hosted a FREE public arts event in Durham Central Park. Over 5,500 attendees gather to watch teams of artists build furnaces which heat pieces of iron to unfathomable temperatures. All evening and into the night, thousands of pounds of molten iron will be poured into molds”
(6) Abolish ICE, radically rework CPB, and the military should be completely repurposed to build defenses against climate change: Sea walls, public renewable energy projects in wind and solar, etc.
Our next great threat isn't terrorism, or a foreign invasion, its climate change
Our next great threat isn't terrorism, or a foreign invasion, its climate change
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
(6) Abolish ICE, radically rework CPB, and the military should be completely repurposed to build defenses against climate change: Sea walls, public renewable energy projects in wind and solar, etc.
Our next great threat isn't terrorism, or a foreign invasion, its climate change
Our next great threat isn't terrorism, or a foreign invasion, its climate change
Governments used to build places for people to live in.
Housing used to be affordable.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Housing used to be affordable.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Governments used to build places for people to live in.
Housing used to be affordable.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Housing used to be affordable.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Governments can and should buy and build public homes. Enough for all who want to live in one. It benefits the people who get to live in them AND stabilises the private rental market, in turn stabilising house prices.
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Governments can and should buy and build public homes. Enough for all who want to live in one. It benefits the people who get to live in them AND stabilises the private rental market, in turn stabilising house prices.
How lucky for this private developer that Vancouver needs housing so desperately that the council is willing to take away land from children, just not desperately enough to build public housing on that land.
We're in a Goldilocks zone of a housing crisis where it always benefits private developers.
We're in a Goldilocks zone of a housing crisis where it always benefits private developers.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
How lucky for this private developer that Vancouver needs housing so desperately that the council is willing to take away land from children, just not desperately enough to build public housing on that land.
We're in a Goldilocks zone of a housing crisis where it always benefits private developers.
We're in a Goldilocks zone of a housing crisis where it always benefits private developers.
Oracle has had to take on $56 billion in debt to build data centers for OpenAI's $300 billion, 5-year-long compute deal. OpenAI doesn't have the money, Oracle doesn't have the compute, but the debt is very real, and can hurt them. This could be existential!
www.wheresyoured.at/premium-the-...
www.wheresyoured.at/premium-the-...
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oracle has had to take on $56 billion in debt to build data centers for OpenAI's $300 billion, 5-year-long compute deal. OpenAI doesn't have the money, Oracle doesn't have the compute, but the debt is very real, and can hurt them. This could be existential!
www.wheresyoured.at/premium-the-...
www.wheresyoured.at/premium-the-...
For months, ministers have been pushing a false choice between nature and growth.
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
For months, ministers have been pushing a false choice between nature and growth.
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are.
With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇
While artist housing is appealing in theory—who doesn't love The Arts?—artists are not uniquely deserving of housing and using scarce public money to build subsidized apartments for rich kids and are low-income by choice is wildly unjust.
We need cheap housing for *everyone,* not just RISD grads.
We need cheap housing for *everyone,* not just RISD grads.
Manhattan lawmakers want more affordable housing for artists https://gothamist.com/news/manhattan-lawmakers-want-more-affordable-housing-for-artists
Manhattan lawmakers want more affordable housing for artists
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November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
While artist housing is appealing in theory—who doesn't love The Arts?—artists are not uniquely deserving of housing and using scarce public money to build subsidized apartments for rich kids and are low-income by choice is wildly unjust.
We need cheap housing for *everyone,* not just RISD grads.
We need cheap housing for *everyone,* not just RISD grads.
Can someone please send these Georgia election results to Senate Democrats?
almanacofamericanpolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
almanacofamericanpolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Can someone please send these Georgia election results to Senate Democrats?
almanacofamericanpolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
almanacofamericanpolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
spank them in public again, your honor, I beg
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
spank them in public again, your honor, I beg
Better supporting persons with disabilities concerns us all.
We've launched a public consultation on how to enhance the Strategy for Rights of Persons with Disabilities and lower accessibility and inclusion barriers.
We're taking the next step to build an inclusive 🇪🇺.
More: link.europa.eu/MxbWnJ
We've launched a public consultation on how to enhance the Strategy for Rights of Persons with Disabilities and lower accessibility and inclusion barriers.
We're taking the next step to build an inclusive 🇪🇺.
More: link.europa.eu/MxbWnJ
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Better supporting persons with disabilities concerns us all.
We've launched a public consultation on how to enhance the Strategy for Rights of Persons with Disabilities and lower accessibility and inclusion barriers.
We're taking the next step to build an inclusive 🇪🇺.
More: link.europa.eu/MxbWnJ
We've launched a public consultation on how to enhance the Strategy for Rights of Persons with Disabilities and lower accessibility and inclusion barriers.
We're taking the next step to build an inclusive 🇪🇺.
More: link.europa.eu/MxbWnJ
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“Seven years ago, left-leaning politicians opposed a plan that would have given incentives to Amazon to build a headquarters in the same neighborhood.
The new plan, with its focus on housing and community amenities instead of huge public subsidies for a wealthy company like Amazon…”
“Seven years ago, left-leaning politicians opposed a plan that would have given incentives to Amazon to build a headquarters in the same neighborhood.
The new plan, with its focus on housing and community amenities instead of huge public subsidies for a wealthy company like Amazon…”
Breaking News: The New York City Council overwhelmingly approved a rezoning on Wednesday that could transform an industrial stretch of Queens into thousands of apartments — private development aimed at addressing the city’s affordable housing crisis. nyti.ms/4p71Cqv
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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“Seven years ago, left-leaning politicians opposed a plan that would have given incentives to Amazon to build a headquarters in the same neighborhood.
The new plan, with its focus on housing and community amenities instead of huge public subsidies for a wealthy company like Amazon…”
“Seven years ago, left-leaning politicians opposed a plan that would have given incentives to Amazon to build a headquarters in the same neighborhood.
The new plan, with its focus on housing and community amenities instead of huge public subsidies for a wealthy company like Amazon…”
Cross Bronx Expressway -- my public sector was too quick to build housing and it left us in a rough budgeting spot. Community and I survived through the 40s, 50s, and 60s to get to the end with Private sector's win.
Lots learned for next time though.
Lots learned for next time though.
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Cross Bronx Expressway -- my public sector was too quick to build housing and it left us in a rough budgeting spot. Community and I survived through the 40s, 50s, and 60s to get to the end with Private sector's win.
Lots learned for next time though.
Lots learned for next time though.
I had a good laugh there.
I would build 25 story towers of public housing pronto and put in a Brighton / Toorak Tax just to sweeten things up.
I would build 25 story towers of public housing pronto and put in a Brighton / Toorak Tax just to sweeten things up.
November 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I had a good laugh there.
I would build 25 story towers of public housing pronto and put in a Brighton / Toorak Tax just to sweeten things up.
I would build 25 story towers of public housing pronto and put in a Brighton / Toorak Tax just to sweeten things up.
Government's housing plan is an admission of failure in advance.
The policy of stuffing increasingly more money into the pockets of private developers and corporate landlords will continue to fail.
We need a State Construction Company to cut out the profiteering and directly build public housing.
The policy of stuffing increasingly more money into the pockets of private developers and corporate landlords will continue to fail.
We need a State Construction Company to cut out the profiteering and directly build public housing.
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Government's housing plan is an admission of failure in advance.
The policy of stuffing increasingly more money into the pockets of private developers and corporate landlords will continue to fail.
We need a State Construction Company to cut out the profiteering and directly build public housing.
The policy of stuffing increasingly more money into the pockets of private developers and corporate landlords will continue to fail.
We need a State Construction Company to cut out the profiteering and directly build public housing.
This is terrible news. The mistake was not to build a firewall into CPB funding. Other countries have the firewall. The big difference is that commercial media came first here while in other countries public media came first.
PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
WETA to cut staff, cancel ‘PBS News Weekend’ and close News Hour West bureau
The restructuring includes the elimination of 34 positions, following another round of cuts made in September.
current.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
This is terrible news. The mistake was not to build a firewall into CPB funding. Other countries have the firewall. The big difference is that commercial media came first here while in other countries public media came first.
Yesterday, SG @alain-berset.coe.int delivered a public lecture at the University of Fribourg. In a world shaped by interconnected crises, he explored how decision-makers can build stronger, lasting partnerships with science and expertise.
www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
Honoré de parler ce soir à l’Université de Fribourg.
C’était une occasion de repenser au choc du Covid : non seulement sanitaire, mais aussi de communication. Dans la crise, tout dépend de notre capacité à construire du sens commun. C’est ainsi que la démocratie reste possible.
C’était une occasion de repenser au choc du Covid : non seulement sanitaire, mais aussi de communication. Dans la crise, tout dépend de notre capacité à construire du sens commun. C’est ainsi que la démocratie reste possible.
November 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Yesterday, SG @alain-berset.coe.int delivered a public lecture at the University of Fribourg. In a world shaped by interconnected crises, he explored how decision-makers can build stronger, lasting partnerships with science and expertise.
www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
56: proud to live here. Organizes queer sports. Grants build string communities. Incest in public places. This is public safety. Feel ownership. Look out for eachother. Studies show increased police funding doesn’t make things safer. Come back with a budget that people asked for.
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
56: proud to live here. Organizes queer sports. Grants build string communities. Incest in public places. This is public safety. Feel ownership. Look out for eachother. Studies show increased police funding doesn’t make things safer. Come back with a budget that people asked for.
I want my area to build more housing but one thing that is genuinely frustrating is that new home construction is not tied to public school expansion, which leaves schools overcrowded, half the kids learning in portable classroom trailers, and any new construction requires a new property tax levy.
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I want my area to build more housing but one thing that is genuinely frustrating is that new home construction is not tied to public school expansion, which leaves schools overcrowded, half the kids learning in portable classroom trailers, and any new construction requires a new property tax levy.
From the interview:
My background in public health and choreography taught me that everything is connected if you look closely enough. For anyone starting out, don’t separate your interests. Let them inform one another. The bridges you build between them will become your signature.
My background in public health and choreography taught me that everything is connected if you look closely enough. For anyone starting out, don’t separate your interests. Let them inform one another. The bridges you build between them will become your signature.
My nephew Pioneer Winter is such an inspiration. The more time I spend with him, the better I am as a person.
boldjourney.com/meet-pioneer...
boldjourney.com/meet-pioneer...
boldjourney.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
From the interview:
My background in public health and choreography taught me that everything is connected if you look closely enough. For anyone starting out, don’t separate your interests. Let them inform one another. The bridges you build between them will become your signature.
My background in public health and choreography taught me that everything is connected if you look closely enough. For anyone starting out, don’t separate your interests. Let them inform one another. The bridges you build between them will become your signature.
As Québec’s largest public transit project, the REM showcases Canada’s ambition to build at the speed and scale this moment demands. Today, Prime Minister Carney participated in the opening of its next phase, helping to expand service, cut emissions, and strengthen communities.
November 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
As Québec’s largest public transit project, the REM showcases Canada’s ambition to build at the speed and scale this moment demands. Today, Prime Minister Carney participated in the opening of its next phase, helping to expand service, cut emissions, and strengthen communities.