Alessandro Rigolon

@alerigolon.bsky.social

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Associate prof of urban planning. Research on green space equity, green gentrification, climate adaptation, and health equity. Love SLC, my family, and the great outdoors. Opinions (good or bad) are my own 🇮🇹🇺🇸 🌩️👀 rJgnW3igNgz7 .. more

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · Nov 18

My older daughter learned to ride a bike today. She was so happy. As she was riding, she said, “I feel free.” My heart is full.

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 8h

Always fun to see Manhattanites against the Manhattanization of Manhattan

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 13h

Currently dialed into a community board meeting where a bunch of boomer NIMBYs are trying to argue this NoHo parking lot needs to be preserved and not turned into affordable housing.

god, NIMBYs are beyond parody. they must be politically crushed

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 12h

Ironically, the only public comment in favor of the bill today was from the SLc council chair. Everyone else was in strong opposition. Kudos to those who showed up and wrote to legislators. It’s not over - it might pass, but it can get better. Keep emailing and calling

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 12h

Worth noting that SLC, with a gun pointed at their back (figuratively), had to show support for the bill. This is likely to avoid a much worse version of the hill. This is the political nature of a blue city in a red supermajority

Carter Williams @cwilliams.ksl.com · 13h

To clarify here, Puy tells me that the city is supportive of the conversations and process of crafting SB242. Told me after the meeting it's been much better than SB195.

So it sounds like it's more of the "we wish this bill didn't exist" but if it is going to happen, it better look like this

Carter Williams @cwilliams.ksl.com · 14h

SLC Council Chair Puy is here, reading a statement in support of SB242, saying the city wants a "world-class transportation system" in place ahead of 2034 #utpol

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 12h

Salt Lake City one step closer to have its ability to implement traffic calming and road diets significantly limited by the Utah Department of Transportation. The bill is slightly less harmful than the first version but it will likely pass in the end

Carter Williams @cwilliams.ksl.com · 13h

Just in: Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Committee votes 4-2 to favorably recommend SB242, sending it to Senate floor for vote. #utpol

Reposted by Alessandro Rigolon

Carter Williams @cwilliams.ksl.com · 13h

Carter Williams @cwilliams.ksl.com · 14h

SLC Council Chair Puy is here, reading a statement in support of SB242, saying the city wants a "world-class transportation system" in place ahead of 2034 #utpol

Reposted by Alessandro Rigolon

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 13h

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Carter Williams @cwilliams.ksl.com · 13h

Just in: Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Committee votes 4-2 to favorably recommend SB242, sending it to Senate floor for vote. #utpol

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 16h

My Mexican family members tell me that Puerto Rican is a dialect they can have a hard time understanding

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 19h

The Spanish language is spoken by millions of people in the United States. English is not the only or official language

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 20h

“But I didn’t understand a word he said.” Guess what, that’s the experience of many immigrants when they arrive in a new country, including the United States. You get humbled. Then you work hard and start understanding. We could all use that experience

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 21h

Translation: “I know Jonas can no longer beat Tadej at the Tour, or at least I can’t make that happen.”

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 21h

Another angle of MAGA’s anger against Bad Bunny: authoritarians have always feared artists, because they speak to the hearts of people with empathy, something that authoritarians will never be able to achieve. So many understood Benito’s messages despite not speaking Spanish

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 22h

Wasatch sunrise

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Fake news: Kid Rock gave lil Kyle Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

He had performed in a dress before. Nothing wrong with that on my end. He just hasn’t burned an American flag (which by the way is free speech m)

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

This is probably how things went

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Someone created an AI image of Bad Bunny burning an American flag while wearing a dress during a show. Conservatives (or maybe Russian bots) have been posting it all over social media. It sucks that so many people fell for it, but this shows that the conservative movement is so cooked

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

My father in law is Mexican and can’t understand more than half of what he says, lol

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it’s legal in Puerto Rico? ah, that’s America too

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Where does he want to deport Bad Bunny to? Which country?

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Sam Darnold, Super Bowl champion. Not many people had that on their bingo card. I guess perseverance and a great defense will do that

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

They are saying Kid Rock handed his Grammy to lil’ Kyle Rittenhouse during the halftime show.

(Not true. Kid Rock has never won a Grammy).

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Growing up in Europe, American presidents saying “God bless America” always sounded weird and so self centered. “And screw anyone else” seemed like the underlying missing message

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Bad Bunny saying that God should bless all the countries in the Americas. There are so many, not just the United States. It was a great show but that was the most powerful. Conservatives will get mad, but just let them

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Christopher Crawford @crawfordchrisv.bsky.social · 1d

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mr potato @tweetpotato314.bsky.social · 1d

bad bunny already has more yards than the patriots

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

It doesn’t matter that Bad Bunny is factually an American citizen. MAGA chooses to believe he’s not American because he’s Latino and speaks Spanish

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, the words racism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc are easier explanations. But I think the cultural erasure and the imposition of their culture are key issues that must be highlighted to understand today

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

Why so much MAGA backlash against Bad Bunny? Because so much of MAGA’s project is to erase the many cultures within the U.S. that are not white, Christian, conservative, non-immigrant, and straight. And it’s particularly bothering them because football is seen as a conservative space

Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 1d

PS: my Spanish is very basic and my reggaeton dance is embarrassing but I’ll have lots of fun

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