Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

I am ashamed to live in a world where civilian humanitarians are illegally intercepted in international waters. Their mission is to bring aid to a people undergoing genocide. In solidarity with people across the globe demanding an end to this horror, I will be on strike on Friday.

Within hours of a nationwide general strike, the Italian government has sent a ship to protect the Global Sumud Flotilla from illegal attacks by Israel. Earlier this week, MIT pulled out of a grant given by Israel's military after student protests.

Le Haine (dir Matthieu Kassowitz, 1995) In an increasingly xenophobic world (see recent UN address by US president 🙄), this film about the friction between gaps in social services, hatred of immigrants by the ruling class, and the tragedy of misunderstandings is ever more timely. Also, guns suck.

Over ten years ago, I got a metal mechanical pencil. Along with a couple pens and a woodless graphite, that pencil was one of my main tools for sketching. Used heavily over dozens of sketchbooks. I lost it recently and went looking for a replacement...

drifting, floating youtu.be/vk4NL1vpAiE

Cross Bronx Expressway coming. Haven't been this pumped for a game in a looong time. What is Cross Bronx Expressway? So glad you asked. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34...

Will you be at SPIEL Essen next month? Or maybe just a European looking for Beychella or Live Evil? Let me know if you'd like a copy and I'll stuff my luggage with one for you! (I also have some handmade maple card racks I'd love to sell) Cheers!

Labor Day, baby!

Fourth time through and it's just getting going (Kidding...it's all gold)

In 1987, the United Church of Christ's Commission on Racial Justice released a paper that reported "more than half the total population of the US reside in communities with uncontrolled toxic waste sites." This is what we return to? What the avg [white] US worker should support with env. dereg?

N: Reykjavik, Iceland E: Singapore S: Moyale, Ethiopia W: Gold Beach, OR, USA

Indeed, one of life's big questions

USCPSC does duck shed!

This clip...I have no words. Gaza Humanitarian Fund whistleblower Anthony Aguilar describes ordering pizzas for their site while Palestinians starve.

The absolute best character in all TV

Wax stamp seal folks I think y'all would dig this YouTube channel on letterlocking: youtu.be/_4j4tyzzcso?... The violence committed to paper ages ago to secure its contents is amazing.

A big bummer, but followed by some hopeful action items. A few weeks ago, Princeton's Zero Lab and REPEAT Program put out a damning report on the OBBB showing that: (The report: zenodo.org/records/1580...) 1/

still mindblowing so many "how did they think of that?!" moments

Happy birthday to the Lord Mayor in a pink shirt @wunfatkid.bsky.social

really hoping folks don't see this and think the moral of the story is "trains are bad" instead of "corporate greed for profit ignores human welfare" and "the suicide crisis in the US demands far more resources" great journalism here. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...

"Where did you learn to dance?!?" umm... www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqYh...

This guy wrote a history of the NYPD. I recommend it. The continuity is clear. www.dukeupress.edu/police-and-t...

While we was away for a couple months, some friends stayed in out apartment and I made some recommendations for self tours w/ food for their first visits to Boston. Below are two -- one Super Touristy and one Smarty Pants -- and some recs within 30 min of our place in Brookline Village.

One red paperclip, forever.

Let's begin again...

Had a Dependence Day picnic fostering community we need. Great time with multigenerational friends who could make it ...and a cop on a horse told us to remove our hammocks 🙃

I can't run no more With that lawless crowd While the killers in high places Say their prayers out loud But they've summoned up A thundercloud They're going to hear from me Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in

David Harvey writing about Wu and Mamdani in 2012 Those who build and maintain urban life have a primary claim to shaping their city in their heart's desire.

Rad www.archpaper.com/2025/07/rebu...

A game about fireworks

Which means a baby born in New York to undocumented parents will be a citizen. But a baby born to undocumented parents in Kentucky will not be a citizen. This is madness.

Went to have a follow up chat about abolition with the director of a prominent prison design firm, but they didn't show up. At least we rescheduled! They have the reading list and syllabus for my restorative justice design course so... 😬

Underwater you can learn to breathe The hand that beckons you can't receive Under ether you can finally understand There is no promise, there is no land -- Activity, Her Alphabet

Every sustainability event should have a live funk band. This was a symposium on the just transition needed in climate action. Great program for the day (shout-out to Misha Thomas for organizing!!) and honored to have been asked to speak.

Great piece on the architectural delusions of "good design" new prisons and a heckuva closing line. "Perhaps one day, CDCR will realize that going out of business is the only true sign of success." www.archpaper.com/2025/06/cali...

My best movies of the 21st century. Agree, Sony does Spider-Man to the max. But we have different views on representations of war and violence. 😊 topsters.org

So you like the films of Jacques Tati? You should check out Universal Language dir. by Matthew Rankin. Brilliant.

One of my "favorite" takeaways from AG Hopkins was the observation that US military bases abroad actually *weakened* the US after its peak in the 70's. In exchange for the projection of power, the US is willing to give anything to these comprador states, who extract far more than just money.

you are the only one I can fool death with in this world in this world in this world -- lucrecia dalt

Go NYC tabletop workers!

Timely historical rhyme

Quick trip to NY for a wedding and hangout with friends I haven't seen in years. It is through these personal connections and communities that we can resist bloodthirsty capitalist systems that surround us.

Recharging today in my happy place: with the wind and water. Introduced two friends to sailing, too!

Marjan Satrapi, Iranian writer: "If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it’s that the world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, [...]

Statement by Jafar Panahi, Iranian director who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year. Using this as a launching point for my own emails and calls.

The US gov't is actively arming Israel toward a genocide in Palestine and illegal invasion of Iran. The US gov't is threatening to enter the Israel-Iran war under the false pretenses of Iran holding WMD. Please consider writing your reps to say NO WAR and PROSECUTE + NO MORE WEAPONS FOR ISRAEL.

If you want to learn about Iran, I highly recommend watching the two parts of PBS Frontline's Our Man in Tehran. The first part is during the nuclear deal. The second is after it was ripped by the US in 2017. You will laugh, wonder, and hurt for what the US has done. www.pbs.org/video/our-ma...

Sitting in the airport overhearing Brits talk about a plane crash carrying their fellow countryfolk as I await boarding a plane to my country of citizenship, the US... 1/