Mike Eliason
@holz-bau.bsky.social
climate adaptive social housing developer architect for car-light climate forward cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
Trump's USDOT has published a rather hollow National Roadway Safety Strategy. Among the many topics it ignores: 🔹 Pedestrian crash safety standards (which Biden proposed) 🔹 Bike safety 🔹 Restrictions on car bloat, blind zones, or infotainment distraction www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
You may not be interested in neglected tropical diseases, but thanks to climate change, they are interested in you
Isaac Bogoch@isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 25m agoThere was just a locally acquired case of dengue fever reported in Virginia, USA. The climate is becoming more suitable, the compatible mosquito species (Aedes) is already there, and we’ll likely see more cases across a wider area. Link: tinyurl.com/2pu4xrc5
This is a masterclass in great urbanism. Mixed-use development, tons of green, wonderful bike infrastructure, and even some space for the car. It's a shame that so many developments are mediocre when such beautiful examples exist. 📍Little C, Rotterdam
Three lions held at the Tokyo Zoo have died from heat stroke. Four lions remain so ill that they're unable to stand. The average heat index in Tokyo in July was 110°. And we are in just 1.4C of global heating. We are on track for 3C in my kid's lifetime. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/w...
'Then there’s tax of moving to distant, affordable suburbs or taking out big mortgages: More debt, longer commutes, more maintenance & less time for socializing & exercise, among other trade-offs. We can end up, Rojas said, overworked & under-relating.' yep! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Column | Why smaller houses can lead to happier lives
It turns out asking “Are you happy with your home?” yields a very different answer than “Are you happy with your life?”
washingtonpost.com
Car-free streets are great for wheelchairs and mobility scooters.
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
Wow, the article starts off straight away by highlighting the already - crystal clear - dead end we find ourselves in. With energy efficiency measures and conventional materials alone, it blows the budget (with it, our climate). Note that in the SMART pathway, new con fades out & reno takes over.
Martin Röck@martinroeck.com · 10h ago🎉 New article @nature.com! Ever wondered how the European Union can effectively reduce and remove life cycle #emissions of building construction and operation and reach its #climate targets across Member States? Check this out! 👇 Available #OpenAccess - Free download via: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🎉 New article @nature.com! Ever wondered how the European Union can effectively reduce and remove life cycle #emissions of building construction and operation and reach its #climate targets across Member States? Check this out! 👇 Available #OpenAccess - Free download via: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Presidential campaigns are the moments when coalitions can redefine the terms of debate. Whoever wears the progressive mantle in 2028 will need to treat foreign policy as an extension of democratic struggle at home.
Building a Post-Trump Foreign Policy - Dissent Magazine
Progressives need to ground international commitments to democratic accountability at home and engage with social movements abroad. Few political figures have articulated this as clearly as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
dissentmagazine.org
The Kelsey (disability-forward housing developer) is leading the Elevator Reform Coalition. If you belong to a YIMBY/AARP/AIA/NAHB group, or are just interested, RSVP for the kick-off (9/16, 1 pm ET) here: form.jotform.com/262106622196... ...general group here: form.jotform.com/262085033647...
Relief in sight! Surface smoke will remain moderate to heavy overnight, with moderate smoke on Wednesday, then less surface smoke on Thursday, as onshore winds push smoke east. Stay tuned for more info! #wawx Loop: HRRR surface smoke via @wxfront.bsky.social
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
thenerve.news
Regardless of the politics of an individual race, I always find it heartening when the candidate with a lopsided money advantage doesn't win.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 13h agoUnfathomable
It's very easy to rein in stupid capitalism once you understand that insurance actually rules everything.
I was recently in a few Spanish cities, including Malaga, and it was great to see shade structures all around. The critical thing is that European cities care about people outside of cars. North American cities mostly don't. Shade matters for people walking, biking, rolling, and waiting for buses
Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab.com · 3d agoA friend’s recent photo of civic shading in Malaga
This is going to be a massive bubble...
Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · yesterdayAnalysts estimate that 70%+ of Microsoft, Google and Amazon's present and future AI revenues are from Anthropic and OpenAI's compute spend and model sales. Outside of two unsustainable AI labs, demand barely exists, and they've massively overbuilt capacity. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-deman...
Reminder that studies have shown that the health harms of from extended exposure to wildfire smoke last for years afterwards. Reduced lung function and more risk of respiratory problems, brought to you by Big Oil. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Sustained Effects on Lung Function in Community Members Following Exposure to Hazardous PM2.5 Levels from Wildfire Smoke
Extreme wildfire events are becoming more common and while the immediate risks of particulate exposures to susceptible populations (i.e., elderly, asthmatics) are appreciated, the long-term health eff...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Meade Krosby@meadekrosby.bsky.social · 22h agoSmoke has arrived in Seattle, but the other side of the Cascades is absolutely brutal. Wenatchee and other towns (e.g., Plain, Entiat) have been over 1,000 AQI today. Please use air purifiers, N95 masks, and avoid being outdoors if you’re able - there is no safe level of wildfire smoke exposure.
Musk proving that his ability to turn his own company's stock downward while he speaks during an earnings call is durable beyond Tesla
seattle also (and yet our levies always talk about costs to *homeowners*)
Stephen Jacob Smith@stephenjacobsmith.com · 23h agoRenters pay higher property taxes in NYC than single-family homeowners
We're not going to stop climate change unless we phase out fossil fuels.
Oil giant BP profits more than double due to Iran war - again
The "strong" three-month results come amid "one of the most disrupted periods in the global energy market".
news.sky.com
Beef is the top single cause of deforestation globally, by far. Next come oilseeds, especially soy and palm, but the vast majority of those is fed to livestock - chicken, pigs, dairy cows. We can't have our planet and eat it! We urgently need to shift diets away from animal-based foods.
Our World in Data@ourworldindata.org · 2d agoThe largest cause of deforestation is, and has been, the expansion of farmland. But the production of which products, in particular, has been driving this in recent decades? A recent study, published in Nature Food by Chandrakant Singh and Martin Persson, answered this question.
kind of incredible the tree PAC picked the most anti-housing electeds
Manipulated white boy urbanit [sic]@sarahchadd.bsky.social · 2d ago"Tree Action Seattle is not associated with any of these endorsements" as posted by Tree Action Seattle 🙃
One of the clearest descriptions of climate dynamics for laypeople that you’ll ever hear: “It will inevitably get worse. It will get worse and worse and worse.”
This isn't the new normal. It's just the beginning
This summer’s disasters appear to have boosted climate multilateralism, at least within Europe, and underscored the need to tackle fossil fuels. But we may not be waiting long for the scientists' “wor...
nationalobserver.com
