IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10

Zack Polanski frightens me Mostly because I am a coward. What is your confession?

Artificial Intelligence is stupid. Tehran is days away from running out of water. Google says it will send up food prices because Iran will buy in food. 17 million people at risk. Real intelligence may view this differently.

There were some incredibly powerful talks at the #NationalEmergencyBriefing today And hearing 9 interrelated themes brought home the systemic nature of the polycrisis. Can this be the start of a societal tipping point? . www.theguardian.com/environment/...

EXCEPTIONAL TROPICAL HEAT Thousands of records will be smashed with extreme margins next days in every corner of the tropics:South America,allover Oceania,allover tropical Africa,SE Asia and Australia There has never been anything remotely comparable to this scale of records

Now there is a telling stat #RenewableEnergy phys.org/news/2025-02...

This is my first like on Bluesky. I like it because it is my first taste of actual bluesky thinking. That pink bluemoon caused by forest fires. I have come a long way and maynot go much further.