And in other other words, it’s the umpteenth example of the most blatantly, overt, corrupt administration in…maybe ever?

Who was president in 2020? There appears to be a concerted effort to get you to forget www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...

A Nobel Peace Prize nominee who withdraws from the World Health Organization, Paris climate accords, threatens Greenland, calls climate change a hoax, reverses environmental protections, fixates on destroying democracy, a convicted felon and twice impeached - should NOT earn the prize or privileges.

Typical Charlotte NC streetscape 2025. This is AFTER improvements were made A fast growing city that puts people and nature last is not on track to be a world class city. It’s just not.

Here's the assignment folks. Write op-eds for your local papers and campus newspapers too. Just. Say. No. This is a classic authoritarian move and risks the future of higher education and science and innovation in the US. Speak out today. No time to lose. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

“Moreover, there is a basic principle of constitutional law — the unconstitutional conditions doctrine — that the government cannot condition a benefit on a recipient having to give up a constitutional right.”

“Together we can, together we will.” Jane Goodall

According to the numbers, these are the 26 most vulnerable MAGA House representatives. They've spent more time defending “Dear Leader” than the Constitution, and they can be beat. We're pledging to target them all in the 2026 midterms. See anybody missing? Let us know here: https://t.co/geQUe7ptY6

The Trump administration has canceled grants for street safety, pedestrian trails, and bike lanes in communities around the country. One official wrote that a project was canceled because it created "a road diet that is hostile to motor vehicles." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump never wanted political change, he wanted power for himself and money for his businesses at the expense of his voters. Listen to Stuart Stevens on MSNBC :

Simple proof - if you spend a dollar on something you essentially vote on that something. You want something to change? Vote with where you put your dollar. We the people still have a lot of power. Cost shift - values based - support local entrepreneurs - build resilience at the local level.

More and more - ‘debate’ needs to be an integral part of modern life. (It was always a club activity in school back in the day). Let’s revive our capacity & love for discourse & framing / reframing of complex ideas in ways that young people can see broader progress through our speech and conduct.

Excellent episode. The tinderbox of political violence and where the buck stops at the elected leadership level. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

So much of the surface discourse re: tariffs and market economies fails to address what Robin Wall Kimmerer calls the gift economy which is rooted in abundance and reciprocity - mutual flourishing and regenerative flows. The root of ‘trade’ is building communities of practice and place.

Outrageous. “Removing structures from FEMA’s flood maps can eliminate federal requirements to build in ways that can better withstand a flood…it can also remove reqs for property owners to carry flood insurance.” Camp Mystic asked to remove buildings from government flood maps despite risk - NPR

“as I said, evil and megalomaniacal. If we still had a functioning democracy, this Brazil gambit would by itself be grounds for impeachment. Of course, it would have to wait in line behind all the other grounds.”

Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.

Welp. It’s happening.

"Right now, 90% of people in immigration detention are in a facility operated by a private detention corporation. GEO Group and CoreCivic are the two main corporations, and we’ve heard from their earnings calls that they’re very excited about getting more money & expand detention."

It’s the fourth of July 2025 - Independence Day - #No Kings

As alumni, we know the real power center of UVA is the Board of Visitors & their ideological mix is the result of being appointed - not elected to the BOV. MAGA threatens funding & a public Higher Ed institution comes tumbling down toward fascism. Outrageous! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

Large majorities of Americans, including many Republican voters, oppose bombing Iran. They might want to weigh in with both the House and the Senate. US Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.

Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.

@maddow.msnbc.com is doing a brilliant job framing the context of this moment.

"These snowflakes in Missouri and Maryland are more provincial than any elite Manhattanite I’ve ever met. They believe that the world ends at their line of sight....And in their malicious stupidity they have set the country ablaze." www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-the-w...

Pt. 4 Senator Tillis of NC, please consider the tremendous opportunity before you - to end oppression and inhumane practices, and to ensure that we become a true beacon of light worthy of respect from the rest of the world.

Pt. 3 There will always be those with less among us. But there is no person without dignity, without the inherent right to health, freedom, happiness, and opportunity. When we lift up those with less, we lift up all of humanity.

Pt. 2 As you know, where there is fragility in the democratic structure, there are always those who will move quickly to consolidate power for themselves. This 2025 reconciliation bill-among many other strategies employed in the first 100 days of this administration- does exactly that.

Pt.1 What I wrote to Senator Thom Tillis (NC) today. I hope to inspire each of you to act up and speak out at every intersection of decision making @democracynow.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social

Breaking: King Charles Delivered Carney’s MAGA-Killing Mandate to the Nation The Throne Speech That Just Declared Canada the Leader of the Free World. #cdnpoli deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-k...

#Trump vs #Science: Medical journals including @nejm.org and @jama.com hit with threatening letters from Justice Department "It's an indication of the degree to which this administration will go to try to interfere with scientific research and the scientific community" www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Dins — love this … so many ways to be curious about biomimicry as design challenge — structures, patterns, textures, colors, shapes, sizes, movement, sound, odor — know the book The Immense World?

Design brief for a 5th grade biomimicry design challenge starts with appreciative inquiry and continues to soar with novel insights. Discovering anew means oppty to ‘dive in’ & ‘step out’ - a mode of co-learning with nature and peers. Environment as abundant catalyst!

Worth the 6 mins listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.

Simple question: why go silent?Doesn’t it make more evolutionary sense to band together and be annoyingly loud? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

We’re drowning in data but meaningful data is revalued through collective impact. Our SHARED biosphere - not chopped up by subpolitics - needs our full investment; research and innovation. This is another set back that ‘we the people’ need to push through www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly

Drain U.S. of intelligence, innovation & investment at universities and institutions then whack every country (and island) on the planet w/tariffs coupled w/retribution and then tell business leaders to bring back the industrial revolution for our ‘golden age’. Looks insane on paper but here we are…

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

The chaotic & thoughtless cuts to HHS will set the U.S. back by a century. Biomedical advances & world renowned researchers who lead those innovations? Out of a job? We can rescind those cuts and we should @schumer.senate.gov

My name is Martin O'Malley, and I am running to be the next DNC Chair. We need to rebuild our party and reconnect with hardworking people across our country. It's time to get back to the party of FDR. The party that says there is nothing to fear but fear itself. youtu.be/iQWL4WMmZpk

More than five years ago, I wrote about the American conservatives who admire Russia dictatorship. Now they run America www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

@schumer.senate.gov just resist the temptation to give the GOP another free pass on budget. YOU can invalidate current intimidation tactics and stand strong with the rest of us who stand to loose the most.

One word I strategically - in the context of architecture practice - refused to say or use - was ‘efficiency’…why? It’s simple - human innovation and creativity is an extraordinary asset to behold…and to nurture. Machines are efficient but humans are illuminating a light from within -

Senators Susan Collins (ME) Thom Tillis (NC) Dan Sullivan (AK) Jon Husted (OH) and John Ernst (IA) all face reelections in 2026. It’s not too early to participate in turning all of these seats BLUE.