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Climate scientist and urban/transportation policy dilettante. Personal account with my own opinions.

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The quotes were bad though. Real bad.

05.03.2026 13:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Urban Construction Boom Threatens Climate Goals Cities are under pressure to build housing while also cutting emissions. Researchers say it is possible to do both, but only if we rethink current construction practices.

My latest for @forbes.com is on a fascinating study from @utoronto.ca. I'd really appreciate it if you'd consider reading it ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌโš›๏ธ www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...

16.02.2026 03:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare

12.02.2026 12:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 27 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And luckily itโ€™s easier to do than completely reforming the entire health care system!

04.02.2026 18:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had to become a presidential primary candidate litmus test like universal health care became in 2008. I feel like 2020 was akin to 2004 (2024 a mulligan for obvious reasons). 2028 should be like 2008 when it comes to reigning in scotus. No excuse for not signing onto some kind of plan to do so.

04.02.2026 18:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Delicious interactive data products by time slice and exceedance probability, I love it so much - THANK YOU NOAA

29.01.2026 19:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 48 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Immediate bookmark. Thank you ๐Ÿ™

29.01.2026 19:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So this is your interminably long way of saying you donโ€™t support an impeachment vote?

28.01.2026 14:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Shame is an under appreciated activism tactic!!

27.01.2026 19:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Second graders down here unanimous thumbs down (thankfully not quite old enough to have to bear the burden of rage yet)

27.01.2026 19:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have they spread the message/values around their friend groups yet?

27.01.2026 19:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was an agonizing decision to have to make.

27.01.2026 02:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At this point, let them zero out the regular approps and have to survive on BBB. It will hamstring them and theyโ€™ll be on borrowed time.

27.01.2026 02:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Claw back the $75 bn. They did it with the IRS, you can do it with DHS.

26.01.2026 01:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had to make sure that dem senators were at least on board before we could focus on republicans. Sad that that was even in doubt (with dems), but a Harry Reid-led caucus this ainโ€™t.

25.01.2026 04:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No unanimous consent on any senate business at all until this ends. None. Shut it all down.

24.01.2026 23:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 33 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The senate should not be allowed to conduct any business through unanimous consent until there is agreement on bill language to stop these unlawful and unconstitutional acts of armed roving gangs.

24.01.2026 22:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Articles of impeachment on Monday?

24.01.2026 20:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He telegraphed pretty hard he was going this way. Waiting for something from Murry or the NH senators for it to mean anything.

24.01.2026 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would be good to hear if thereโ€™s any info that this process isnโ€™t just window dressing for a decision thatโ€™s already been made (not that the effort isnโ€™t important/critical even if thatโ€™s the case).

23.01.2026 23:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s pretty clear to me thatโ€™s exactly what they are doing too. They want to be appropriators. Full stop. They donโ€™t really care about anything else and itโ€™s why itโ€™s so hard to get them to use the shutdown as leverage.

06.01.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you in a state with toll roads? Literally all of them use the same technology now. Might enlighten your state legislator with that analogy.

12.12.2025 21:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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After the new COP30 text leaves out reference to a "fossil-fuel roadmap", a group of nations led by Colombia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด has launched a new push against fossil fuels.

The list of 24 nations supporting the โ€œBelem Declaration for transitioning away from fossil fuelsโ€ includes:

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป

21.11.2025 13:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.

#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: โคต๏ธ

20.11.2025 22:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 960 ๐Ÿ” 411 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41 ๐Ÿ“Œ 134

And they found the one Democrat (wyden) who basically offered the same plan almost 20 years ago

09.11.2025 22:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Didnโ€™t Wyden propose this very idea with some Republican in like 2006? I think he wanted to give everyone 12k/yr (at the time) for health expenses and call it a day. Not surprising heโ€™s open to this.

09.11.2025 22:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mitigation efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and meet the Paris Agreement have been offset by economic growth - Communications Earth & Environment Global carbon dioxide intensity declined from 2015 to 2024 following the Paris Agreement, but total emissions still increased due to economic growth, according to a global analysis of population, gros...

Good news: carbon intensity has declined

Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP

Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2ยฐC remained low, at 17%

Better news: chance of going above 3ยฐC has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%

18.10.2025 14:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 512 ๐Ÿ” 187 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.

IG nytimes

06.08.2025 02:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 7130 ๐Ÿ” 1787 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 112 ๐Ÿ“Œ 133

I think Starter Parks have been one of the best ways to grow the conversation on smarter, better cities here on @bsky.app. This was my 1st (I have several you should check out). Please consider following the accounts on them, and share with your followers who love cities & want them to be better!

15.08.2025 22:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 122 ๐Ÿ” 33 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Climate Science 101 Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe explains the basics of climate change for beginners and those in need of a refresher.

Gain an understanding of climate change basics from renowned scientist @katharinehayhoe.com. Whether youโ€™re new to the climate story or a veteran reporter aiming to refine how you explain it to audiences, this guide is for you.

04.08.2025 17:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 86 ๐Ÿ” 49 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2