From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
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This is supremely fucked up. I mean, I read about this earlier, but to see it in writing is devastating.

There will never be a bell loud enough, a helmet strong enough or clothing bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure.

“This study adds to a growing body of research that suggests that even the hardest to serve in our communities can be successfully housed and that housing with supportive services not only leads to better outcomes for individuals BUT IS CHEAPER FOR THE COMMUNITY.” www.fastcompany.com/3028384/hous...

I choose not.

Get out of the way. There are fights all the time. Teams handle it. Deploying pepper spray is such a weak and unnecessary response. If they shot a gun in the air would you be “genuinely” questioning that too! Come on. Good thing they don’t have cops at hockey games…🙄🙄

Tree is up and decorated. Christmas music playing. Now we just need some snow.

Here are some positive things to raise your spirits:

E-bike vouchers.
Bike paths separate from roads.
Less frequent oil changes.
Fresh air.
Finding a great pair of gloves.

People dislike politicians so much that they will dismiss Kamala helping as a political stunt and will think Trump is cool/enviable for owning and partying at his private club. I don’t know how to fix it, but it’s part of the rot that is diminishing science, higher ed, career professionals, etc. 😖

Table For One Please.

Can we all agree that minimum parking requirements for bars should be 0 everywhere like yesterday? If a bar wants parking, ok sure whatever, but mandating it is just insane.

I really think we are in a gilded age a City building. We are running towards a fiscal cliff and keep papering over the obvious issues. Particularly difficult problem because citizens think that things like wide roads, single family neighborhoods, and drive throughs are a sign of success. It’s bad.

That Elon tween was the last straw for my X account. Finally officially left. He ruined such a good platform.

An annual U.S. Thanksgiving reminder that you’re not “stuck in traffic,” you ARE traffic.

Happy #Thanksgiving.

The biggest challenge for small Cities is to stop losing money. That starts with actually being honest about long-term costs.

The second biggest challenge is making density desirable. Current densification efforts are viewed negatively. Hint: Allow cities to build more of the places people visit.