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Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York link.theoverheadwire.com/pkdw6 @nytimes.com @emmbadger.bsky.social
Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York
Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still can’t answer.
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May 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York link.theoverheadwire.com/pkdw6 @nytimes.com @emmbadger.bsky.social
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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty”
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
January 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty”
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
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On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.
January 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.
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A few years ago, my friend, outspoken climate scientist Peter Kalmus @climatehuman.bsky.social, moved his family out of LA because he could extrapolate from the data. This week the house where he raised his kids burned down.
His words for us all (gift link):
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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
His words for us all (gift link):
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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles (Gift Article)
After the Bobcat Fire, L.A. no longer felt safe.
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January 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A few years ago, my friend, outspoken climate scientist Peter Kalmus @climatehuman.bsky.social, moved his family out of LA because he could extrapolate from the data. This week the house where he raised his kids burned down.
His words for us all (gift link):
🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
His words for us all (gift link):
🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
This self-deception happens north of the border, too. We need to stop it! www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
This self-deception happens north of the border, too. We need to stop it! www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
Opinion | Enough (Gift Article)
To suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
This self-deception happens north of the border, too. We need to stop it! www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
This self-deception happens north of the border, too. We need to stop it! www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
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“Every $1,300 New York invested in building bike-lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to 1 additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.”
Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment.
www.reuters.com/article/busi...
Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment.
www.reuters.com/article/busi...
December 2, 2024 at 3:24 AM
“Every $1,300 New York invested in building bike-lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to 1 additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.”
Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment.
www.reuters.com/article/busi...
Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment.
www.reuters.com/article/busi...
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GPsky
This essay from a former family doc is so worth a read if you want to understand why so many are thinking of quitting -- or have quit family medicine.
(Thank you to Matti for the 🎁 link for those who want to read it!)
(Thank you to Matti for the 🎁 link for those who want to read it!)
February 10, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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