“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

Want to learn about design and policy ideas to address the Urban Heat Island Effect? Start here. A helpful guide to all past and future articles on the Urban Cooling site, neatly organized into seven categories. #urbandesign #climatechange #urbanheatislandeffect #cityplanning #sustainability

This was fantastic. As someone who grew up in DFW, it is a question I’ve pondered many times over the years and I think Ray nailed it here.

This! Paris is a model for the rest of us to follow. I’ll be writing an article soon about how Anne Hidalgo’s efforts there have been some of the best urban planning policies of the decade.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Far right influencers, pundits and politicians have really ramped up their “who can spread the biggest, most asinine lie” contest.

Go small, or go home. Index motor tax to vehicle size & weight please @darraghobrientd.bsky.social. If people want to drive big, they should pay big. And any EV subsidies should favour small vehicles. #RoadBloat

Switzerland is “rich in something vanishingly rare in the rest of the world: common sense. This is most apparent in the way the Swiss get around…a model of sensible, sustainable — and yes, even enjoyable — transit. It’s simply the best transportation system in the world.” Via @taras-grescoe.com

26 Police Officers were injured in Londons fascist riots, but only 9 people were arrested. At last week's Palestine Action protest 0 Police Officers were injured, but nearly 900 people were arrested. The UK govt is chasing Reform votes & colluding with fascism, home & abroad. #fightfascism

Since HOMELESSNESS is suddenly in the news in America in a shockingly monstrous way, here’s a reminder in thread form that there ARE actually solutions that work, and aren’t completely unhinged and sociopathic. Please check out and share.

Every crisis of 2025 in a nutshell.

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This!!

violent rhetoric from the right starts all the way from the president at the top, and goes all the way down to the fringe randos. violent rhetoric from the left is confined to the fringe randos. can you spot the difference

Ridiculous. He tried to steal his election to remain in power just like Trump, so of course Lil Marco stands up for the coup leader. But the fact that this is the official position of the United States is disgusting.

Guns kill which is why they should be regulated. Is it too soon to get "political" like this and mention that climate change kills as well though?

Frost: We need housing not handcuffs. We have a housing crisis in this country. Every time the rent goes up $100, homelessness goes up 9%… We shouldn’t be criminalizing homeless people for the failures of government

#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory October 18 we have a simple message: NO thrones NO Crowns #NoKings Join us & find an event near you NoKings.org

This is the way. Awesome design, Bryn! Every city needs more housing and this would be a good solution especially designed for that city’s region and climate. I’m imagining beautiful CLT towers for the PNW for example.

Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's blowing up the economy. He hasn't done squat to help the working class. The Epstein scandal haunts him. He is a weak and failing president with his back against the wall. Keep up the pressure.

@billmckibben.bsky.social says although “this is as dark a moment as there's ever been in our democracy,” a surge in renewable energy is an "untold story" with huge potential. "It's so big and so good that it might help with both the climate and the authoritarianism crisis.”

Ever since the Reagan administration, when given the choice between democracy and capitalism, America’s “leaders” have chosen capitalism and the results have been economic, environmental, and political devastation. History will not be kind to their legacy.

Excited to read more about this soon.

Damn traitors. Of all the horrible, shameful actions of the Trump administration, propping up fossil fuels at the very moment we should be doing everything to stop them, may have the longest and most dangerous implications.

“I’ve never seen this before—I’ve never seen the Democratic leadership not endorse the Democratic candidate. It’s so ugly, it’s so cowardly, it’s so stupid."

Once again, Scandinavia leads the way.

JP Morgan Chase has always been all to happy to fund evil. Divest from them and close your accounts if you haven’t already. Use a local credit union instead and invest in your community.

This. We need to filter runoff and also reduce at the source. Several groups have developed onboard filtration systems for vehicles to capture brake dust and tire particulates. Mann+Hummel in Germany, and the Tyre Collective in the UK. Properly designed and planted bioswales also go a long way.

Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago

if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war

Changing the name of the Department of Defense will cost billions.We could build units for all unhoused veterans. Or give service members a pay raise so 35K active duty members wouldn’t have to rely on food stamps. Or… or… or…

Democracy, it turns out, doesn’t die in darkness. It dies in broad daylight when otherwise good but cowardly people fail to act until it’s too late.

West Coast states are teaming up to issue their own vaccine guidelines in the face of rapid changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. The federal turmoil has some people wondering what this means for their seasonal shots.

Damn cowards.

The FCC just voted to strip access to hotspots & Wi-Fi on school busses for millions of Americans without reliable home internet. Just as school begins, Republicans are cutting off the connectivity students and seniors depend on—while doing NOTHING to lower broadband costs in return.

Next time you’re stuck in the airport for hours and face a cancelled flight, remember to thank President Trump and his billionaire backers when your money is lost.

New data shows that for every millionaire who got a Trump tax cut, four Americans will lose their health insurance.

"Among those detained were South Korean employees on business travel.... "The raid could raise concerns for South Korean companies that are sending personnel to the US and hiring locally." It comes weeks after Hyundai pledged $26 billion in US investments. Gift link ⬇️ www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-...

We seem to understand the value of oil, timber, minerals, and housing, but not the value of unspoiled beauty, wildlife, solitude, and spiritual renewal.

WARNER: Do you accept the fact that 1 million Americans died from covid? RFK Jr: I don't know how many died W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid? RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that W: How can you be that ignorant?

Disappointing but not surprising.

The world needs more Ferdinands. Such a masterpiece of a children’s book.

More of this.

For book tour, I just looked for a train between two U.S. cities about 165 miles apart. There's one train a day, it leaves at 6:50 PM, involves a transfer, and takes 16 hours and 20 minutes.

Constantinople, the mosque of Tophane, by Ivan Aivazovsky (1884)

Solar is no longer “alternative energy.” It is the energy of the future. America risks remaining a petro-state, clinging to the past, instead of becoming an electro-state, embracing the future.

The Trump administration wants to repeal the Roadless Rule which would open up nearly 50 million acres of national forests to disastrous logging and destroy the habitat of over 50 endangered species. Submit a comment now to protect them. https://on.nrdc.org/4lTDsxN