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by Evan Roberts

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Happy week with a greater temperature span in Minneapolis than the annual range in your temperate hometown to all who celebrate! (immigrants from mild climates)
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Protip: If you can't fall asleep, try backtracing the context for some bluesy drama until you are exhausted
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by Evan Roberts

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New Zealand is doing quite nice urban infill these days.
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Malcolm McCracken @urbanistfromwhk.bsky.social · 14h
Check out Pīrangi, a new 88 home development under construction in Point England as part of the Tāmaki Regeneration programme.

It is a mix of apartments and terraced houses, ranging from 2 to 5 bedrooms, which will be social & shared ownership housing.

tamakiregeneration.co.nz/regen/about/...
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by Evan Roberts

evanrobertsnz.bsky.social
For comparison's sake we've had about 30* years of talking for the Southwest Light Rail too before that got started, so plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose, I guess

* I date this to some pretty serious planning documents from the mid-1980s, but you could probably trace it back to the mid-1970s
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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 12h
#Onthisday October 7, 1965, 60 years ago today, the Washington Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River opened to vehicle traffic. From the Minneapolis Tribune the day before:
cc: @vincempls.bsky.social
Washington Av. Bridge to Open to Vehicles Back in 1937 Alderman Heny Bank said, "The Washington Av. bridge is in the worst condition it's ever been in. Not only should it be closed to football traffic, but should be closed to all traf fic." From that day were discussed on plans for new bridge. After nearly 30 years of talking and three years of e building, the new two - level structure will open for vehicle it traffic Thursday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The bridge will be open to two-way traffic in the south lanes only. Fifteenth Av SE. will be close at the same time time east of Johnston Hall. On Thursday only, eastbound Twin Cities buses will s turn right on 15th to Pills- it left bury to liverso mon left to Union St… and right to Washington Av. There will be no bus top at ar 17th Av. SE, and Washington Av. this day only. The course of westbound buses will be the same. On Friday all bus service will return to the normal routes. The old bridge will close to pedestrians and traffic as soon as the new one opens. Demolition will begin in December.
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#Onthisday October 7, 1965, 60 years ago today, the Washington Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River opened to vehicle traffic. From the Minneapolis Tribune the day before:
cc: @vincempls.bsky.social
Washington Av. Bridge to Open to Vehicles Back in 1937 Alderman Heny Bank said, "The Washington Av. bridge is in the worst condition it's ever been in. Not only should it be closed to football traffic, but should be closed to all traf fic." From that day were discussed on plans for new bridge. After nearly 30 years of talking and three years of e building, the new two - level structure will open for vehicle it traffic Thursday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The bridge will be open to two-way traffic in the south lanes only. Fifteenth Av SE. will be close at the same time time east of Johnston Hall. On Thursday only, eastbound Twin Cities buses will s turn right on 15th to Pills- it left bury to liverso mon left to Union St… and right to Washington Av. There will be no bus top at ar 17th Av. SE, and Washington Av. this day only. The course of westbound buses will be the same. On Friday all bus service will return to the normal routes. The old bridge will close to pedestrians and traffic as soon as the new one opens. Demolition will begin in December.
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Rawls / Nozick / Gauthier
Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.
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by Evan Roberts

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Building codes and zoning codes are where cost benefit analysis goes to not just die, but be killed. In a very real way zoning codes have been written as if the real world is full of thresholds beyond which extraordinary costs are incurred for no benefit.
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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 13h
Real talk about tradeoffs is badly needed in the building code development process.
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Real talk about tradeoffs is badly needed in the building code development process.
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Love this new report on buildings' relative fire safety from @alexhrwtz.bsky.social and Pew colleagues.

www.pew.org/en/research-...
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Check out Pīrangi, a new 88 home development under construction in Point England as part of the Tāmaki Regeneration programme.

It is a mix of apartments and terraced houses, ranging from 2 to 5 bedrooms, which will be social & shared ownership housing.

tamakiregeneration.co.nz/regen/about/...
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this is the thing that worries me as a parent

rampant lawbreaking by motorists everywhere - enabled by feckless politicians who don't want to change a dangerous status quo, on roads engineered *explicitly to facilitate lawbreaking* (looking at you, SDOT) and leaving zero room for error.
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22nd Ave is one of the very few semi-continuous routes through NE that isn't Lowry or Broadway. It's said to have a "existing low-stress bikeway," but there are two and two only intersection treatments on its whole length: A ped refuge island at Johnson & a traffic circle at Polk
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New podcast episode where I talk about what's going on with mortality in the US

A wide-ranging discussion of what happened before the pandemic & what's happened since then; racial disparities and how to get our heads around their scope; why things might be going so badly for Millennials & Gen Zers
Prof. Elizabeth Wrigley-Field Discusses Excess Deaths
Because the US death rate has exceeded that of 21 other high income countries for over four decades, an estimated 14.7 million US lives have been lost since1980.
www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com
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by Evan Roberts

evanrobertsnz.bsky.social
saw this as I was off to teach a class about weighted averages! I told them weighted averages were so important professors make memes about them.
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New History Job Posted Today: Assistant/Associate Professor in Public History - Tenure Track/Tenured | Department of History | WSU
Assistant/Associate Professor in Public History - Tenure Track/Tenured | Department of History | WSU
Pullman, Washington, Washington State University’s Department of History invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate Professor in  Public History  for its flagship campus in Pullman, Washington, beginning August 16, 2026. We seek a creative scholar-teacher whose work engages the methods and practice of public history, embraces community-engaged teaching and research, and incorporates emerging digital technologies to expand the reach and impact of history. With departmental strengths in the American West, Pacific Northwest, Borderlands, World, and Public Histories, this position offers the opportunity to shape how public history addresses twenty-first century challenges while mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Applications are due by  November 30, 2025 . Assistant Professor salary range for this position is $80,000 to $85,000 per nine-month academic year. Associate Professor salary range for this position is $85,000 to $90,000 per nine-month academic year. Learn more and apply at  wsu.edu/jobs (search for R-14052). Required Qualifications (Assistant rank): ? Completed PhD in history or closely related field by start of employment date?   Demonstrated record of or potential for research and scholarship in public history    Proven or potential for successful teaching and instruction?   Demonstrated record of supporting, or potential to support, access and opportunity in research, teaching, and service in alignment with WSU’s land grant mission   Required Qualifications (Associate rank): In addition to those listed above:   Demonstrated record of national impact or significance of public history work and scholarship   Must have a record of accomplishments in research, teaching commensurate with school/department, college, and university standards for tenure at the level of associate professor    Assistant Professor salary range for this position is $80,000 to $85,000 per nine-month academic year. Associate Professor salary range for this position is $85,000 to $90,000 per nine-month academic year. In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate’s current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.? WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts. For a more detailed summary of benefits offered by WSU for Faculty visit: https://hrs.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-Benefit-Overview-for-Faculty-and-AP.pdf Find total compensation information here: https://hrs.wsu.edu/managers/recruitment-toolkit/total-compensation/.
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by Evan Roberts

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Can confirm the decorated garages. Also many abandoned, unseaworthy boats.
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by Seema Jayachandran — Reposted by: Evan Roberts, Valerie Mueller, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham , and 1 more

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We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."

Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.
Event study coefficients that show that men's earnings rise more than women's among couples following a cross-commuting zone move (left panels). The pattern is muted or reverses among single men and single women (right panels).
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by Evan Roberts

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Neurosurgeon, psychologist, psychiatrist
man in suit sitting by man in graphic shirt by man in pink tuxedo
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@robertloerzel.bsky.social did a fantastic deep dive into Dunning a while back. We went out to the former hospital site and did video interviews with people trying to keep the memory of the place alive.

www.wbez.org/curious-city...
The Story Of Dunning, A 'Tomb For The Living'
In both life and death, the people who ended up at the notorious asylum and poor farm were some of Chicago’s least fortunate residents.
www.wbez.org
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by Evan Roberts

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For a longer term perspective @kjhealy.co's graphs emphasize the contrast with the United States kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
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It's so incredible how low homicide rates are in Europe. The UK, with a population of 70 million people, had fewer than 600 murders in 2023.
www.connexionfrance.com/news/double-...
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quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods
Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.
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by Ilya Kashnitsky — Reposted by: Evan Roberts

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🤩 here's an exceptionally curious (brilliant?) way of showing disparities that are observed today. Yet, with a caveat that the countries lagging behind will likely cover much of the path much faster. I wonder how critical this limitation is for the most likely reading of the figure? #demography
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by Evan Roberts

evanrobertsnz.bsky.social
Just all reverting back to message boards and usenet groups
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by Evan Roberts

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Friendly neighborhood demographer here to say, 82, not extremely old. Old, yes. Declining, yes. Bad idea to try to lead your party into a physically demanding election campaign. But just average old. For a guy like Biden who reached 68 in 2010, life expectancy was 17.
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CDC Stacks
The Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library offers a diverse and extensive library collection that includes material in all areas of public health and disease and injury prevention, as well as other subjects i...
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by Evan Roberts

evanrobertsnz.bsky.social
By 1934 it was common knowledge people could drink enough to have higher risk of crashes in surprising situations, but appear sober at routine tasks. 90 years later many US states still need suspicion to test drivers. Equivalent to airports/stadiums only metal detecting people with bulging pockets
ALCOHOL AND AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
That the problem of controlling the drinking driver and pedestrian is far from being solved may be due, in part, to the fact that no accurate statistics are available regarding the relationship of alc...
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When Stephen Miller hijacks the Major League Baseball social media account
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Breaking up the massing's final boss
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by Evan Roberts

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Indeed, I think in a snowy climate you'd have to have limited depth, or space at the end between buildings to remove snow. Good snow blower essential.

by Evan Roberts

evanrobertsnz.bsky.social
interesting. a bit of the same geometry in Limerick I noticed this year, which is obviously a very different place!
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