Tristan Heinen
@treestand.bsky.social
Philadelphia: plants, cities, what more do you need?
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Shamefully & at the root of what's holding back progress: the 4 largest Global North oil & gas producing countries — the US, Canada, Australia & Norway — are overwhelmingly responsible for driving up global oil & gas production, collectively up 40% since the Paris Agreement...
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Shamefully & at the root of what's holding back progress: the 4 largest Global North oil & gas producing countries — the US, Canada, Australia & Norway — are overwhelmingly responsible for driving up global oil & gas production, collectively up 40% since the Paris Agreement...
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i've been saying (literally for a decade)
@bmj.com, a renowned health journal, slams car bloat:
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
i've been saying (literally for a decade)
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here’s your sunday read: how fossil fuel ads, islamophobia and self-hatred in the beltway press corpse led me to write “horseglue,” a two-minute clarion call for accountability in the mainstream media.
if it bleeds, it leads. here we go 🖤
if it bleeds, it leads. here we go 🖤
“Can’t believe I’m just a dateline to my friends.”
The story of “horseglue” by Ekko Astral.
medium.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
here’s your sunday read: how fossil fuel ads, islamophobia and self-hatred in the beltway press corpse led me to write “horseglue,” a two-minute clarion call for accountability in the mainstream media.
if it bleeds, it leads. here we go 🖤
if it bleeds, it leads. here we go 🖤
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“Many cities had to claim these places back from cars.”
You can judge any city by the quality and vitality of its places for public life. Here in Torino Italy it’s the many piazzas, the pedestrian streets, & the public market. Many cities had to claim these places back from cars.
Don’t have those kinds of places in your city? Are you sure you’re a city?
Don’t have those kinds of places in your city? Are you sure you’re a city?
October 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“Many cities had to claim these places back from cars.”
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I can't stop thinking about this. We're pursuing zero fire risk in multifam, while tolerating much more in single-fam. People respond by building and living in single-fam, where they're exposed to not only one of the highest fire death risks in the developed world, but also TONS more car crash risk
Love this new report on buildings' relative fire safety from @alexhrwtz.bsky.social and Pew colleagues.
www.pew.org/en/research-...
www.pew.org/en/research-...
October 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I can't stop thinking about this. We're pursuing zero fire risk in multifam, while tolerating much more in single-fam. People respond by building and living in single-fam, where they're exposed to not only one of the highest fire death risks in the developed world, but also TONS more car crash risk
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Part 1 of The Shelter Gap, a three-part series examining barriers to buying, renting and building homes on reservation land and highlighting the community benefits of secure housing.
No roads home: How a chronic housing shortage keeps reservation communities in crisis.
Part 1 of a three-part series examining barriers to buying, renting and building homes on reservation land and highlighting the community benefits of secure housing.
montanafreepress.org
September 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Part 1 of The Shelter Gap, a three-part series examining barriers to buying, renting and building homes on reservation land and highlighting the community benefits of secure housing.
Philadelphia too! The building blocks are all there, just need political will. Shame it’s in such short supply
One of the pieces in that series is about whether/where superblocks could work in the US, and NYC is one of the very few candidates.
Could Barcelona’s plan to push out cars and build superblocks work in the US?
A few US cities, like Portland, Oregon, might have the infrastructure and civic will to follow in Barcelona’s footsteps.
www.vox.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Philadelphia too! The building blocks are all there, just need political will. Shame it’s in such short supply
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We should be expanding subways into the outer boroughs along with upzoning for transit. The city has never been all that strategic with it and seems to rarely work with the MTA on this. The existing network CAN support plenty of new riders, but there are plenty of transit deserts that are wanting.
September 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We should be expanding subways into the outer boroughs along with upzoning for transit. The city has never been all that strategic with it and seems to rarely work with the MTA on this. The existing network CAN support plenty of new riders, but there are plenty of transit deserts that are wanting.
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It is fantastic that the Ben Franklin Parkway vision is still moving forward despite Mayoral change, but any time someone has to convince you that you won't feel the "irrelevant" cars anymore, it's a major red flag that road dieting hasn't gone far enough!
September 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It is fantastic that the Ben Franklin Parkway vision is still moving forward despite Mayoral change, but any time someone has to convince you that you won't feel the "irrelevant" cars anymore, it's a major red flag that road dieting hasn't gone far enough!
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it genuinely sucks so much in this country how often you only learn about a super fucking cool person because something horrifying has happened to them
The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.
This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...
September 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
it genuinely sucks so much in this country how often you only learn about a super fucking cool person because something horrifying has happened to them
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Reducing car dependency is a key tool in defending democracy in a whole lotta ways.
whoa. Every single one of the Sinclair advert buyers on this list is automotive or automotive related (insurance). That is one aspect of the power in our society held by car companies that I haven't seen studied enough.
September 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Reducing car dependency is a key tool in defending democracy in a whole lotta ways.
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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Fairmount Park is one Philadelphia's most underused assets, because it's not designed to be safe or usable as a park.
Since 2019 41 people have been killed by crashes in the park.
@bikeaction.org is trying to fix that.
Sign their petition to call for a safer park: bikeaction.org/campaigns/de...
Since 2019 41 people have been killed by crashes in the park.
@bikeaction.org is trying to fix that.
Sign their petition to call for a safer park: bikeaction.org/campaigns/de...
Demand a Safer Fairmount Park! - Philly Bike Action
In the wake of Philly Bike Action member Harry Fenton’s death on Belmont Ave, we’re calling for immediate action. Sign our petition to City leaders and PennDOT to make Fairmount Park safer for everyon...
bikeaction.org
September 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Fairmount Park is one Philadelphia's most underused assets, because it's not designed to be safe or usable as a park.
Since 2019 41 people have been killed by crashes in the park.
@bikeaction.org is trying to fix that.
Sign their petition to call for a safer park: bikeaction.org/campaigns/de...
Since 2019 41 people have been killed by crashes in the park.
@bikeaction.org is trying to fix that.
Sign their petition to call for a safer park: bikeaction.org/campaigns/de...
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I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Should We Let Public Transit Die?
Urban-rural hostility is fueling a public transportation crisis in US cities. But demands to abandon bus and train riders ignore the economic and social costs of cutting service.
www.bloomberg.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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a few thoughts (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
Opinion | The MAGA Movement Is Not a Debating Society
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
a few thoughts (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
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#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
September 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
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Hey hey -- I'm looking for analyses of corridor- and transit area-based upzoning policies or proposals. The analyses can be looking at the change in estimated capacity or expected outcomes (e.g., how much might be built), or the actual outcomes post-reform. Doesn't have to be in CA! Thanks!
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Hey hey -- I'm looking for analyses of corridor- and transit area-based upzoning policies or proposals. The analyses can be looking at the change in estimated capacity or expected outcomes (e.g., how much might be built), or the actual outcomes post-reform. Doesn't have to be in CA! Thanks!
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Why is no one pointing out that he also pleaded the Fifth Amendment hundreds of times in order to avoid incriminating himself before Congress over January 6?
Isn't that a pretty significant fact, given that January 6 was a violent armed rebellion intended to overthrow our democracy?
Isn't that a pretty significant fact, given that January 6 was a violent armed rebellion intended to overthrow our democracy?
September 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Why is no one pointing out that he also pleaded the Fifth Amendment hundreds of times in order to avoid incriminating himself before Congress over January 6?
Isn't that a pretty significant fact, given that January 6 was a violent armed rebellion intended to overthrow our democracy?
Isn't that a pretty significant fact, given that January 6 was a violent armed rebellion intended to overthrow our democracy?
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Many things are challenging right now, but here's a country that is taking the food/agriculture/nature/climate challenge problem very seriously and turning from not only policy development but early implementation with farmers, government, & environmentalists. Go Denmark! www.wri.org/insights/den...
September 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Many things are challenging right now, but here's a country that is taking the food/agriculture/nature/climate challenge problem very seriously and turning from not only policy development but early implementation with farmers, government, & environmentalists. Go Denmark! www.wri.org/insights/den...
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You know, I used to believe this.
I used to be (privately) annoyed by the dreamers and the artists who insisted on spending time imagining and sketching and writing about possible futures when we had SO MUCH TO FIX in the now.
It took time to realize: that vision is the compass of movement.
I used to be (privately) annoyed by the dreamers and the artists who insisted on spending time imagining and sketching and writing about possible futures when we had SO MUCH TO FIX in the now.
It took time to realize: that vision is the compass of movement.
September 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
You know, I used to believe this.
I used to be (privately) annoyed by the dreamers and the artists who insisted on spending time imagining and sketching and writing about possible futures when we had SO MUCH TO FIX in the now.
It took time to realize: that vision is the compass of movement.
I used to be (privately) annoyed by the dreamers and the artists who insisted on spending time imagining and sketching and writing about possible futures when we had SO MUCH TO FIX in the now.
It took time to realize: that vision is the compass of movement.
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Harry Fenton, himself an advocate for bike safety in Philadelphia, was killed by a speeding hit & run driver while biking through Fairmount Park: www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
Fairmount Park is tragically decades overdue for safety improvements for people biking and walking.
Fairmount Park is tragically decades overdue for safety improvements for people biking and walking.
Bicyclist killed after being hit by car in West Philadelphia; suspect sought
Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a bicyclist in West Philly on Tuesday morning.
www.cbsnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Harry Fenton, himself an advocate for bike safety in Philadelphia, was killed by a speeding hit & run driver while biking through Fairmount Park: www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
Fairmount Park is tragically decades overdue for safety improvements for people biking and walking.
Fairmount Park is tragically decades overdue for safety improvements for people biking and walking.
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not to mention completely preventable but the city allows Fairmount Park (Kelly, MLK, & Belmont) to be used as high speed cut throughs from 76.
September 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
not to mention completely preventable but the city allows Fairmount Park (Kelly, MLK, & Belmont) to be used as high speed cut throughs from 76.
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I mean at least he's admitting the part none of them dare say: that they think being shaken down by fascists is preferrable to paying more taxes because the fascists are asking for less money
I’m the furthest from a Trump fan. But the reality is that he would have to shake very hard to equate to the shakedowns of the unrealized cap gains tax and warren’s tax that were proposed.
And what will YOU do, Mark Cuban, when he comes to shake you down, too?
August 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I mean at least he's admitting the part none of them dare say: that they think being shaken down by fascists is preferrable to paying more taxes because the fascists are asking for less money
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Do you think SEPTA's finances would be in such a poor shape (and ridership still way down) if the City government had actually built a few dedicated lanes for buses and trams along these corridors?
August 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Do you think SEPTA's finances would be in such a poor shape (and ridership still way down) if the City government had actually built a few dedicated lanes for buses and trams along these corridors?