Xavier Harmony
@transitharmony.bsky.social
Australian-American 🇦🇺🇺🇸 | Transport Politics and Policy | PhD | Lover of cities 🌃, buses 🚌, trains 🚊, nature 🌳, and cats 🐈⬛ | He/him
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What if your ability to vote depended on your transport options? What if your ability to vote also shapes your transport options?🚍🗳️ My new Transport Reviews paper shows how democracy and transport are more connected than we think 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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a gentle reminder that wind power is bloody great, contributes bulk energy at a scale that was almost literally unimaginable in the energy discourse of the 2010s, and in conjunction with solar power, storage, transmission and aggressive demand reduction where possible, can eliminate fossil fuels ->
#GraphicOfTheWeek: The North Sea is home to 101 operational offshore wind farms, with around 30 GW of installed capacity.
It is the largest wind hub in the world, supplying #renewable #wind energy to six European countries.
See last week's top graphic: https://loom.ly/AWSeFdE
It is the largest wind hub in the world, supplying #renewable #wind energy to six European countries.
See last week's top graphic: https://loom.ly/AWSeFdE
January 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
a gentle reminder that wind power is bloody great, contributes bulk energy at a scale that was almost literally unimaginable in the energy discourse of the 2010s, and in conjunction with solar power, storage, transmission and aggressive demand reduction where possible, can eliminate fossil fuels ->
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The return of small cars can't happen soon enough.
January 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The return of small cars can't happen soon enough.
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I was cycling and a man pulled his pickup right out in front of me. I swerved to avoid him. At the next traffic light, we got into a yelling match. I told him he should be more careful. He asked why defiantly. When I said, “because you could kill me”, he completely changed and apologized profusely.
Thinking about driver’s perspectives and their place of privilege today.
What they misunderstand about sharing the road with cyclists and pedestrians is the scope of the problem.
It is easy to underestimate a problem by default when you are never personally exposed to that problem.
What they misunderstand about sharing the road with cyclists and pedestrians is the scope of the problem.
It is easy to underestimate a problem by default when you are never personally exposed to that problem.
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I was cycling and a man pulled his pickup right out in front of me. I swerved to avoid him. At the next traffic light, we got into a yelling match. I told him he should be more careful. He asked why defiantly. When I said, “because you could kill me”, he completely changed and apologized profusely.
Same age as my kid. I can only imagine how scared he is.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 22, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Same age as my kid. I can only imagine how scared he is.
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I miss when ICE vehicles just meant internal combustion vehicles.
All these things are true:
Electric vehicles ARE better than ICE vehicles, despite their issues.
When vehicles get “better,” too often people buy BIGGER vehicles & drive even more.
EV’s still pollute, take too much space, lead to too many deaths etc
Fewer cars, less driving is the REAL solution.
Electric vehicles ARE better than ICE vehicles, despite their issues.
When vehicles get “better,” too often people buy BIGGER vehicles & drive even more.
EV’s still pollute, take too much space, lead to too many deaths etc
Fewer cars, less driving is the REAL solution.
January 18, 2026 at 12:52 AM
I miss when ICE vehicles just meant internal combustion vehicles.
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"Solar generation met a large proportion of US electricity demand growth in 2025, including in regions where demand rose most. It met all the rise in daytime electricity demand and, supported by batteries, also met much of the rise in evening electricity demand."
Solar met 61% of US electricity demand growth in 2025 | Ember
ember-energy.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM
"Solar generation met a large proportion of US electricity demand growth in 2025, including in regions where demand rose most. It met all the rise in daytime electricity demand and, supported by batteries, also met much of the rise in evening electricity demand."
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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Want modernity? Vote Dem.
The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session:
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
January 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Want modernity? Vote Dem.
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It sucks being the citizen of a pariah state
January 8, 2026 at 9:15 AM
It sucks being the citizen of a pariah state
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After the assassination of Melissa Hortman it’s not hard to understand why a woman in Minnesota would be afraid of a man in a mask who says he’s a cop.
January 8, 2026 at 1:36 AM
After the assassination of Melissa Hortman it’s not hard to understand why a woman in Minnesota would be afraid of a man in a mask who says he’s a cop.
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keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
capitalbnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
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People who designed this bike lane don't realize that cars have doors.
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 AM
People who designed this bike lane don't realize that cars have doors.
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A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.
January 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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“It will be hard to kill the congestion fee now because it’s been a striking success. Traffic speeds are up. Pollution is down. The fee is generating high revenue for the city’s transit system. And predictions that it would be bad for business have proved completely wrong.” Via @pkrugman.bsky.social
Notes on New York
The Big Apple had a pretty good 2025, but …
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 AM
“It will be hard to kill the congestion fee now because it’s been a striking success. Traffic speeds are up. Pollution is down. The fee is generating high revenue for the city’s transit system. And predictions that it would be bad for business have proved completely wrong.” Via @pkrugman.bsky.social
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i am rooting as much as is appropriate for mamdani to be an effective mayor because if he manages it, he will be an important model and national leader for american progressives — one part fiorello la guardia, one part robert la folette
January 2, 2026 at 12:39 AM
i am rooting as much as is appropriate for mamdani to be an effective mayor because if he manages it, he will be an important model and national leader for american progressives — one part fiorello la guardia, one part robert la folette
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Mamdani plans to take the oath of office on New Year’s Eve in a disused subway station beneath city hall…
“It was a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples’ lives,” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social said.
Encouraging.
“It was a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples’ lives,” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social said.
Encouraging.
Mamdani to be sworn in as New York mayor in abandoned subway station
Mamdani to take oath of office on New Year’s Eve in gilded age subway station beneath city hall
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Mamdani plans to take the oath of office on New Year’s Eve in a disused subway station beneath city hall…
“It was a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples’ lives,” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social said.
Encouraging.
“It was a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples’ lives,” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social said.
Encouraging.
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The single most important scientific advancement for the future of our species and planet. #ClimateCrisis
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The single most important scientific advancement for the future of our species and planet. #ClimateCrisis
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There is no place for antisemitism.
Terrorism, such as occurred in Bondi, is abhorrent.
Peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy & not the cause of terrorism.
Banning peaceful protest takes society to a dark(er) place, including passive support for genocide.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Terrorism, such as occurred in Bondi, is abhorrent.
Peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy & not the cause of terrorism.
Banning peaceful protest takes society to a dark(er) place, including passive support for genocide.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
There is no place for antisemitism.
Terrorism, such as occurred in Bondi, is abhorrent.
Peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy & not the cause of terrorism.
Banning peaceful protest takes society to a dark(er) place, including passive support for genocide.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Terrorism, such as occurred in Bondi, is abhorrent.
Peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy & not the cause of terrorism.
Banning peaceful protest takes society to a dark(er) place, including passive support for genocide.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
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Remarkable comments from 2016, about how rising racism in Australia inevitably increases attacks on Jewish people.
One Nation's leader, Pauline Hanson, visited the Bondi memorial and was loudly applauded and cheered by mourners after she called for massive cuts to immigration in response
One Nation's leader, Pauline Hanson, visited the Bondi memorial and was loudly applauded and cheered by mourners after she called for massive cuts to immigration in response
December 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Remarkable comments from 2016, about how rising racism in Australia inevitably increases attacks on Jewish people.
One Nation's leader, Pauline Hanson, visited the Bondi memorial and was loudly applauded and cheered by mourners after she called for massive cuts to immigration in response
One Nation's leader, Pauline Hanson, visited the Bondi memorial and was loudly applauded and cheered by mourners after she called for massive cuts to immigration in response
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Just a friendly reminder to surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.
December 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Just a friendly reminder to surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.