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Paul Lewis

@p-g-lewis.bsky.social

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Urban politics & public policy researcher. 1st-gen college grad. Not that other Paul Lewis. Skeets don't purport to represent my employer.

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 1d

I regret to inform you the NIMBYs have discovered AI. Shut it all down

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

AI-powered nimbyism could grind UK planning system to a halt, experts warn

Tools that help people scan applications and find grounds for objection have potential to hit government’s housebuilding plans

www.theguardian.com

Paul Lewis @p-g-lewis.bsky.social · 4d

It's different though, in that unlike the taco spot, none of the doctors will be open on nights or weekends.

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Sarah Viren @sarahviren.bsky.social · 6d

Free link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/m...

The Soothing British Radio Show That Blew My Mind — and Put Me Right to Sleep

www.nytimes.com

Paul Lewis @p-g-lewis.bsky.social · 10d

My editor on the Arts desk at the IDS was the not-yet-famous Ryan Murphy.

Paul Lewis @p-g-lewis.bsky.social · 10d

Glad to see that IU student journalists are once again free to print the news. (I wrote for the IDS my freshman year, where I learned something valuable too: my anticipated career as a reporter was not a good fit for me! Given what's happened to the news biz since, I'm glad I changed my plans.)

Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 10d

Heartened to see Indiana University resume print publication of Indiana Daily Student, dropping bizarre demand that newspaper not print news. I often say I learn from my students. Looks like the student editors of the IDS taught IU leaders something, too. https://loom.ly/JMYaFSU

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IDS to continue printing after IU reverses course

Our next edition will hit the stands Nov. 20.

www.idsnews.com

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 10d

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IDS to continue printing after IU reverses course

Our next edition will hit the stands Nov. 20.

www.idsnews.com

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 12d

Walkable city baseball edition:
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 14d

The expiration of enhanced premium tax credits, combined with premium increases by ACA insurers, will mean that 22 million subsidized ACA enrollees will see an average out-of-pocket premium increase of 114%.

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acieb.bsky.social @acieb.bsky.social · 16d

“Imagine you step into your vehicle, you push a button, and it drives you to the office. You catch up on work, send emails, or watch an episode of your favorite show,” said GM CEO Mary Barra.

This exists, it's called a bus

www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/c...

GM will introduce eyes-off driving in 2028 | CNN Business

General Motors, the 100-year-old car company, plans to offer Americans hands-free driving and the freedom to watch a movie on the go.

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Brahm Resnik @brahmresnik.bsky.social · 17d

Former US Sen. Kyrsten Sinema lobbies for data center developer at Chandler AZ Plan Commission. Says she's working "hand in glove" w Trump Admin & warns city to embrace DCs or face federal intervention. City Council vote on Sinema's DC scheduled for Nov. 13.

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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 19d

We're two weeks out from Virginia's election. Almost no state's electorate has realigned as much as Virginia's over the past decades. When Mark Warner won the 2001 Gov. election, he did so with a coalition that included the Western coal counties and Hampton Roads, but mostly lost NOVA. 1/x

Paul Lewis @p-g-lewis.bsky.social · 21d

Can you imagine the adverse selection issues if every young person who is (or thought they were) healthy abandoned the insurance pool to maybe save a few bucks?

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 21d

DeSantis said “Most people, particularly under 50, what they really need is a catastrophic plan that’s affordable, where then they can pay whatever they’re doing out of a health savings account.”
floridapolitics.com/archives/761...

Ron DeSantis says people under 50 don’t have much use for comprehensive health insurance

'Catastrophic care' should be enough for them.

floridapolitics.com

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 21d

Ron DeSantis says people under 50 don’t have much use for comprehensive health insurance

'Catastrophic care' should be enough for them.

floridapolitics.com

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 24d

The American centrist punditocracy has decided that what the US transit industry needs are endless lectures about the importance of security.

These writers misunderstand the problem, and are making things worse. 1/

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Other Reason Americans Don’t Use Mass Transit

People will take buses and trains only if they feel safe while riding them.

www.theatlantic.com

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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 29d

"Sincerity, if you can fake that, you've got it made."

Paul Lewis @p-g-lewis.bsky.social · Oct 9

Interesting how they have Subway capitalized in US but not Canadian English. Maybe that's a tell: we're not building many undergrounds, just sandwich shops.

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · Sep 27

Your war correspondent on the ground in battle-ravaged inner northeast Portland

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Jack @wakeupangry.bsky.social · Sep 27

I hope the military stays safe in Portland. When I took my family there we were terrified of the largest Japanese garden in the US, the independent book store selling banned books, the massive & free rose garden, and urban green spaces. What a hellscape.

Paul Lewis @p-g-lewis.bsky.social · Sep 24

Do we know how lay publics define "corruption"? I've encountered quite a few folks (incl. undergrads) who conceive of corruption as something far broader than using public office for private gain. Instead they seem to think of it as "politicians taking any action I vehemently disagree with."

Paul Lewis @p-g-lewis.bsky.social · Sep 21

Chance of having ticket checked on Phoenix light rail is 150%, per my recent experience (checked 3 times in 2 trips).

Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · Sep 21

Anecdotal, but I've been in Copenhagen for 24 hours, and I've had my ticket checked 3 (three) times in the metro. I've taken a dozen trips, maybe, so that's 1 in 4 chances of being checked

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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · Sep 21

Anecdotal, but I've been in Copenhagen for 24 hours, and I've had my ticket checked 3 (three) times in the metro. I've taken a dozen trips, maybe, so that's 1 in 4 chances of being checked

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Journal publishers *are* bundling your papers up in "data licensing agreements" for big tech companies to use for AI model training. Our publisher, T&F, got £75m from Microsoft for that last year alone.

Paul Lewis @p-g-lewis.bsky.social · Sep 6

i.e., *through* a red light

Paul Lewis @p-g-lewis.bsky.social · Sep 6

@waymo.bsky.social I just saw one of your driverless cars make a left turn at a red light (from a stop) into a busy intersection in Tempe, AZ.

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Caleb Bushner @calebbushner.bsky.social · Aug 24

Tom Fishburne commemorated this a couple years ago and I’ve been thinking about it ever since.

marketoonist.com/2023/03/ai-w...

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Aug 20

L.A. student seized by immigration agents alleges they bragged of $1,500 arrest payment

A detained Reseda High student tells visiting teacher that the men who seized him bragged to each other that, by detaining him, they would earn $1,500.

www.latimes.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · Aug 14

"moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average. These changes hold across different genders, ages and body mass index values, and are sustained over 3 months." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity - Nature

By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walka...

www.nature.com

Paul Lewis @p-g-lewis.bsky.social · Aug 13

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