Breck

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Urbanism | Mom x3 📍 🇫🇷

One year ago today, my family moved to France! Everyday I feel so grateful and lucky that we’re able to live here. Hopefully many more happy years ahead of us! 🇫🇷

I subscribe to a lot of cooking newsletters, and everyone keeps posting recipes that involve roasting or baking. Are they insane*?! I can’t turn on my oven in this heat! *no, they just have ac

NEW: Big new feature from me about offshore wind farms as anchors for wildlife! For example: seals swimming *into* turbine towers to, apparently, hunt fish - and scour protection at the base of turbines used by sea creatures as a dwelling place. atmos.earth/science-and-...

The Sea Life Making a Home in Offshore Wind Farms | Atmos

Offshore wind farms can pose risks to birds and marine life. But their foundations also serve as artificial reefs, offering essential habit.

atmos.earth

And bc folks don’t have a model for raising kids in a city, they apply the model they know to try to poke holes at things. Like: “Try getting your kids 3 towns over for hockey practice with a bike!” But… we’re not going 3 towns over bc we live in a city that has everything we need incl sports.

There is SUCH a strong cultural push for parents to raise kids in the suburbs in the US. It’s part of why I post boring photos/stories of our days, to show what raising kids in a city is really like. I genuinely think a lot of Americans don’t even entertain the idea & don’t know what’s possible.