Evan Roberts

@evanrobertsnz.bsky.social

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Social, demographic, & economic history @UMNews HMED & Population Studies. Coffee, photos, Dylan, urban & transit fan, road & trail runner. Constructive, loving critic of where I live (Minneapolis) and where I'm from (Wellington) @evanrobertsnz most places .. more

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 3h

if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.

large 20-foot tall concrete lined sewer tunnel. in the distance three people stand with head lamps on their hard hats, looking toward the camera as they stand in ankle-deep water.

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, had to do that too. In the dark. But worth it.

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 3h

The decline was obvious in real time, even to adolescents

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 3h

I found wide open, wide angle, and then varying shutter speed instead of aperture was way to go.

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Peter Wagenius @peterwagenius.bsky.social · 3h

Witch’s Hat in Tower Hill Park

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 4h

Should have taken the tripod weights, it was kinda windy on Tower Hill, so the longest sharp exposure I got was 6 seconds. This was before the reds really started coming out.

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 4h

camera shake (should have had heavier tripod), but they're visible over downtown

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 5h

9. Not a memorial, but Euston station (London) just before 11am on the 11th of November 2007. Everyone paused, they announced trains would not be departing. It was quite moving for the banality and routine of marking the moment (banal is not a criticism here).

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks! I mention Prager in a paper [i need to finish about WWI casualties and anti-German sentiment.]

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 6h

8. The WWI memorial on Arizona Capitol plaza, Phoenix. Small, befitting the limited number of AZ deaths (121) and accepted into USEF (8537). 3rd lowest deaths, 5th lowest serving. It was a small state. I passed by as local TV were out in 2018 (for my annual run to a WWI memorial. Was on work trip)

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 6h

New York subway is particularly poorly labeled for connecting compared to the London underground.

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 7h

That sucks. In the middle of a structurally similar review process—2 original reviews. Quite a bit of work to revise. Revisions to single new reviewer, who was positive, but also recommended more work. Editorial correspondence was transparent about why: generalist journal, need to test readability

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 7h

7. Hard to see (even on a crop sensor the 140mm lens was not enough) but the Tinui cross is on top of that hill: Mount Maunsell/Tīnui-Taipo. It's rare for being erected during WWI, in 1916 on the first anniversary of the Gallipoli landings
nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tin...

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 7h

You beat me to it, I was going to say I remember running round one on a local trail in the last month, but was having trouble remembering where. (Of course I circled it needlessly ... I'm a roundabout enthusiast)

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 9h

Love Denmark, but the OZs are from the Netherlands (who are on the €)

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 9h

6. Steps to the servicemen's lawn in Karori Cemetery, Wellington. The servicemen's lawn was established in 1916, and many WWI returned soldiers* are buried there. Soldiers buried elsewhere in the cemetery have been identified by poppies on their graves
* the British/Australasian term for veterans.

In Memory of Those Who Fought and Fell in Defence of the World's Peace, 1914-18

grave of Henry Edwin Ash (uncle and nephew)

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks! That's fascinating. I confess when I looked up the park website in August on our family holiday I was looking for the beer garden hours, and not this. Lovely park.

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 9h

Monetary unions are terribly overrated macroeconomic policy. Any advantages they might have have had for tourists vanished with the credit card.

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 9h

5. The Bay View WWI memorial in Humboldt Park, Bay View, Milwaukee. This one's distinctive because there aren't many neighborhood WWI memorials in the United States. Australia and New Zealand, yeah, lots of them. (waves at my fave Milwaukee Blueskyer @mikebradleymke.bsky.social for more local info)

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 10h

4. Whangaroa war memorial hall in the far north of New Zealand. Many New Zealand WWI memorials are practical municipal features: a community hall, the gates to a rugby field

Plaque at Whangaroa war memorial hall in the far north of New Zealand

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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 11h

The best analysis of the #mnufc season so far

open.substack.com/pub/wburdine...

Champagne of Beers Soccer

We need to talk about the Loons

open.substack.com

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 11h

3. A grove of trees on the Toronto waterfront that commemorates units in the CEF. A somewhat unusual approach.

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 12h

Today's a day for commemorating WWI memorials not urban planning, but will make an exception to note this horrific idea.

In 1959, planners suggested converting Victory Memorial Drive into a county highway

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 12h

2. Victory Memorial Parkway in Minneapolis. I try not be parochial, but this is one of the best. ~ 4 miles of parkway with a tree planted for every soldier from Hennepin County who died in the Great War.

Eastern entrance to Victory Memorial Parkway, Minneapolis, MN

A plaque for a Hennepin County soldier who died in World War I

Dedication of Hennepin County war memorial

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 12h

I finally got it!

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 14h

This one is going to take up my whole day. Glad to know it's solvable

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 15h

Armistice Day, so some WWI memorials 🧵 to be constructed throughout the day in an echo of the slow pace many memorials went up at
1. Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis. This one's among the grandest of US WWI memorials.

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 1d

Basically. Barr makes a distinction between transfers between groups at a point in time (rich -> poor, redistribution) and social insurance as facilitating transfers between the same person at different points in their life. Obviously (?) welfare states do it all in one go through taxes.

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 1d

feeling old when I see that Nicholas Barr's book is on its 6th edition 🧑‍🦳
books.google.com/books?hl=en&...

The Economics of the Welfare State

The sixth edition of this successful textbook discusses elements of the welfare system, including cash benefits, the health service and education. The text argues that the welfare state does not exist...

books.google.com

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 1d

Actuarial insurance is something you hope never to use. Social insurance is something you expect to (and should) use at different points in your life. Health insurance is a funny combination of both those things.

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1d

Remember that insurance is actually a thing you hope never to use, and then read this critique.

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