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Marine life dramatically declined in Gulf of Mexico in years after BP oil spill, study finds www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...
Marine life dramatically declined in Gulf of Mexico in years after BP oil spill, study finds
After the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion, the number of marine animals plummeted by about 60% in part of the Gulf, a new study found. Those populations haven’t recovered.
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Saw the first half of MUSK today - I'm going to watch it in two halves because I feel I need to absorb, there's also only so much Elon I can take, and I have no problem paying twice for this filmmaker @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social's excellent work. So far it's a thoughtful, compelling documentary.
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕@emma-briant.co.uk · 2w ago"Oscar-winner Alex Gibney’s 4-hour documentary about Elon Musk may be the most important film of the year." www.rogerebert.com/reviews/elon...
“Three out of four disabled people don’t drive. Stop using us as an excuse for car dependency.” — Anna Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social in collaboration with The Urban Truth Collective. Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices. #UrbanTruth
The dual state model of fascism seems potentially relevant to how things are playing out wrt to Ukraine now, DOGE meets foreign policy etc
Julia Carrie Wong@joolia.bsky.social · 2y agonot to freak anyone out or anything but I’ve been reading the Anatomy of Fascism by Robert Paxton and I think the concept of fascism as a model of government featuring a normative state and a prerogative state is potentially going to be useful for thinking about DOGE
Happy final CAHSR EIR day to all who celebrate. And note that Prop 45 does nothing to help high speed rail which tells you a lot about the agenda of its backers. Vote no on Prop 45. la.urbanize.city/post/final-e...
Final EIR released for California high-speed rail's L.A. to Anaheim segment
California high-speed rail may perpetually find itself in the political line of fire, but at least it's about to clear the CEQA gauntlet.
la.urbanize.city
The legislature has taken important steps over the last decade to exempt beneficial housing and transit projects in existing cities from CEQA, while not applying that to highway expansion and sprawl. Prop 45 opens the floodgates to the latter. www.nrdcactionfund.org/blog/vote-no...
Vote NO on Prop 45 to Keep California's Environmental Laws Strong
Prop 45 is a giant loophole that would dismantle protections Californians spent decades building.
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Citizens’ assemblies and referendums can reinforce each other - but they can also collide. @felixhoffmann.bsky.social shows how citizen initiatives may challenge assembly recommendations, while institutions may channel popular demands into deliberation. #CitizensAssembly
Coupling Democratic Innovations: Interactions of Mini-Publics and Direct Democratic Instruments in Germany and Beyond
Policy-making increasingly combines democratic innovations, most prominently deliberative mini-publics (DMP) and direct democratic instruments (DD). Yet systematic understanding of their coupling, ...
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if you were wondering whether Alito's book is an embarrassing crock of shit, I can now officially answer your question with a resounding yes ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
The cruelty of the way we treat our neighbors, for the sin of offending us in public, has real and deadly consequences. We as a city, and as a society, must do better at every level.
Kyle Stokes@kystokes.bsky.social · 2d agoStudy: When Minneapolis clears a homeless encampment, the surrounding area experiences a sharp uptick in drug overdoses for several days afterward New research findings shared with @axios.com >> www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
The main argument I've seen from urbanists supporting Prop 45 is that we should ban sprawl & freeway expansions through other means instead of using CEQA to delay them to death. Of course, this entirely ignores that the industry groups backing 45 would steamroll any effort to actually do so!
Fountain Avenue is known to be one of the most dangerous streets in West Hollywood. There have been 93 crashes in the last 5 years and now LAUREN MEISTER IS TRYING TO KILL FOUNTAIN'S BIKE LANES. Show up this Monday and make public comment in opposition of Item F-5. More: mailchi.mp/streetsforal...
🚨LAUREN MEISTER IS TRYING TO KILL PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON FOUNTAIN🚨
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I’ve been under this overpass a few times. It was built during The Gap road widening project. Not seen a deer injured, or worse, on the road since it opened.
mcg@upyourzone.bsky.social · 2d agoHow North America’s Largest Wildlife Overpass Reduced Collisions by 91% ponderwall.com/index.php/20...
Almost hit a black bear on 90/94 headed home from MSP once. We should have these things everywhere.
mcg@upyourzone.bsky.social · 2d agoHow North America’s Largest Wildlife Overpass Reduced Collisions by 91% ponderwall.com/index.php/20...
These things need to be built everywhere and they pay for themselves in eliminating collisions!
mcg@upyourzone.bsky.social · 2d agoHow North America’s Largest Wildlife Overpass Reduced Collisions by 91% ponderwall.com/index.php/20...
One of the best things that ever happened for wildlife and wildlife/vehicle collisions. The auto insurance industry should be making huge contributions to these wildlife overpasses especially since they are making massive, near record-breaking profits .
Now that we've wasted billions and billions on a dumb border wall we need a bunch of these for wildlife on the southern border. Or we could just remove huge sections of physical wall.
mcg@upyourzone.bsky.social · 2d agoHow North America’s Largest Wildlife Overpass Reduced Collisions by 91% ponderwall.com/index.php/20...
How North America’s Largest Wildlife Overpass Reduced Collisions by 91% ponderwall.com/index.php/20...
I-25 Wildlife Overpass Cuts Colorado Collisions by 91%
Colorado’s I-25 Greenland wildlife overpass reduced animal-vehicle collisions by 91%. Read the engineering and economic ROI analysis.
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So these are all AI, let your friends know who post them
Fountain Avenue is known to be one of the most dangerous streets in West Hollywood. There have been 93 crashes in the last 5 years and now LAUREN MEISTER IS TRYING TO KILL FOUNTAIN'S BIKE LANES. Show up this Monday and make public comment in opposition of Item F-5. More: mailchi.mp/streetsforal...
🚨LAUREN MEISTER IS TRYING TO KILL PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON FOUNTAIN🚨
mailchi.mp
As Joshua Kurlantzick writes, leading democracies are cutting international broadcasters like Voice of America, the BBC and Deutsche Welle just as authoritarian regimes pour money into expanding their own state media—ceding ground in a global war of narratives.
The World’s Autocrats Are Winning the War of Narratives
Amid an accelerating wave of democratic decline, authoritarian regimes are expanding the global reach of their state media outlets.
wpr.pub
Trump Admin to allow hunters to use donuts to lure bears www.npca.org/articles/115...
Interior Turns Alaska Parks Into Game Farms with Outrageous Hunting Rule
“It’s as outrageous as it is disheartening to again see the Interior Department go along with the state of Alaska’s effort to turn national parklands into de facto game farms."
npca.org
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Yes, it's good to vote when given the chance. But electoral oligarchy (voting for oligarchs to lead the people) is not actual #democracy. We all need to be clear about that. #sortition
dharmalee3❌👑@dharmalee3.bsky.social · 5d agoJust voters. No kings. Tomorrow, I’m choosing a ballot over somebody else’s crown. We get to decide who leads, whose rights matter, and whether democracy survives another power grab. Find your event and bring every person you know. #VoteEarlyForNoKings social.demcast.com/s/DUhiHJEX
James Talarico: False claims got millions of views — and this is an example of what I call the ‘rage economy.’ Billionaires who own these platforms get rich, we get angry, and nobody’s life gets better. Conspiracy theories don’t put food on the table, put gas in the tank, or improve our communities.
Huge YIMBY win at the CNN Talarico town hall tonight: asked about lowering housing costs, Talarico touts his work on single-stair reform! "Our outdated buildings didn't allow for single-stair housing, which is smaller apartments, smaller condos. It’s a great entry point for homeownership."
Bay Area folks: please vote yes on Measure RTM! Transit is essential. Save transit!!
Idothethinking@idothethinking.bsky.social · last wk.The East Bay Times editorial against Measure RTM is so bad I had to refute it. Bad argument after inaccurate statement and then completely ignoring AC Transit's existence because it disproves their core argument that cuts over service improves transit. darrellowens.substack.com/p/voting-aga...
Wealth is inherently political. You can't get big money out of politics. There is literally no way to prevent the rich from shaping public opinion and controlling elections. It's common sense: wealth is power. If you believe in democracy, then learn about Sortition and economic democracy.
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