awoe (ah-way)
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he/him/his | urban environmentalist working to decarbonize buildings in california 🌍🌳💡 | los angeles based arsenal fan ⚽ | views are my own
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I finished Jason Stanley's "How Fascism Works" this weekend (after reading Erasing History earlier this year) and wow it is absolutely terrifying how on point it is for being written in 2018. Everything from the elusive search for the mythic past (MAGA), to trying to subvert the rule of law... 1/3
March 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I finished Jason Stanley's "How Fascism Works" this weekend (after reading Erasing History earlier this year) and wow it is absolutely terrifying how on point it is for being written in 2018. Everything from the elusive search for the mythic past (MAGA), to trying to subvert the rule of law... 1/3
Currently reading @ayanaeliza.bsky.social's What If We Get It Right? and one of the most shocking facts is from her conversation with Bill McKibben: "if you have $125k in the bank, that's producing more carbon than flying/cooking/heating/cooling/driving than the average American in a year!" Wow!
March 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Currently reading @ayanaeliza.bsky.social's What If We Get It Right? and one of the most shocking facts is from her conversation with Bill McKibben: "if you have $125k in the bank, that's producing more carbon than flying/cooking/heating/cooling/driving than the average American in a year!" Wow!
Feeling overwhelmed with all the news? Join this evening for our last reading of It's Not That Radical x Mikaela Loach for some hope! We'll be live on Substack for all subscribers.
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March 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Feeling overwhelmed with all the news? Join this evening for our last reading of It's Not That Radical x Mikaela Loach for some hope! We'll be live on Substack for all subscribers.
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Join my live read along for Fostering Our Earth, reading Mikaela Loach's "It's Not That Radical" tonight at 5pm PT!
Subscribe to join! www.fosteringourearth.com
#bookclub
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#bookclub
March 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Join my live read along for Fostering Our Earth, reading Mikaela Loach's "It's Not That Radical" tonight at 5pm PT!
Subscribe to join! www.fosteringourearth.com
#bookclub
Subscribe to join! www.fosteringourearth.com
#bookclub
Last night, I saw this family crossing a road with a 15 second walk sign. One member used a walker so they were obviously moving slowly. Cars from behind (who couldn't see) started honking and it felt tense.
Far too often the walk signs are wayyyy too short leaving the least abled at greater risk.
Far too often the walk signs are wayyyy too short leaving the least abled at greater risk.
January 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Last night, I saw this family crossing a road with a 15 second walk sign. One member used a walker so they were obviously moving slowly. Cars from behind (who couldn't see) started honking and it felt tense.
Far too often the walk signs are wayyyy too short leaving the least abled at greater risk.
Far too often the walk signs are wayyyy too short leaving the least abled at greater risk.
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One book I heavily recommend is Jake Bittle's The Great Displacement where he talks about all this. In one example, he shares about Greenville, CA, where those factors include:
- an underfunded disaster relief system,
- a dire affordable housing shortage,
- and a broken insurance market.
One book I heavily recommend is Jake Bittle's The Great Displacement where he talks about all this. In one example, he shares about Greenville, CA, where those factors include:
- an underfunded disaster relief system,
- a dire affordable housing shortage,
- and a broken insurance market.
January 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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One book I heavily recommend is Jake Bittle's The Great Displacement where he talks about all this. In one example, he shares about Greenville, CA, where those factors include:
- an underfunded disaster relief system,
- a dire affordable housing shortage,
- and a broken insurance market.
One book I heavily recommend is Jake Bittle's The Great Displacement where he talks about all this. In one example, he shares about Greenville, CA, where those factors include:
- an underfunded disaster relief system,
- a dire affordable housing shortage,
- and a broken insurance market.
I remember reading Jimmy Carter's "A Full Life" after Trump was elected in 2017 and thinking about how far we'd strayed from the type of person our President ought to be.
From environmentalism to condemning Israel's occupation of Palestine, I hoped to be as vocal about my values as he was.
From environmentalism to condemning Israel's occupation of Palestine, I hoped to be as vocal about my values as he was.
December 30, 2024 at 2:46 AM
I remember reading Jimmy Carter's "A Full Life" after Trump was elected in 2017 and thinking about how far we'd strayed from the type of person our President ought to be.
From environmentalism to condemning Israel's occupation of Palestine, I hoped to be as vocal about my values as he was.
From environmentalism to condemning Israel's occupation of Palestine, I hoped to be as vocal about my values as he was.
I absolutely ate up Dark Matter by Blake Crouch on my red-eye from LA to Baltimore and the 12 hrs following my arrival. Such a gripping fast paced sci-fi thriller.
I often don't finish books so quickly but this one was it! #booksky #darkmatter
I often don't finish books so quickly but this one was it! #booksky #darkmatter
December 20, 2024 at 6:25 PM
I absolutely ate up Dark Matter by Blake Crouch on my red-eye from LA to Baltimore and the 12 hrs following my arrival. Such a gripping fast paced sci-fi thriller.
I often don't finish books so quickly but this one was it! #booksky #darkmatter
I often don't finish books so quickly but this one was it! #booksky #darkmatter
I finished Masha Gessen's Surviving Autocracy this weekend and the biggest takeaway is that we cannot continue using our language of liberal democracy to describe all the dangerous and nonsensical bs that Trump puts us through. By doing so we normalize and minimize it. Highly recommend!
December 16, 2024 at 7:16 PM
I finished Masha Gessen's Surviving Autocracy this weekend and the biggest takeaway is that we cannot continue using our language of liberal democracy to describe all the dangerous and nonsensical bs that Trump puts us through. By doing so we normalize and minimize it. Highly recommend!
Horrible. Just want to use this opportunity to recommend folks read Rosenthals' An American Sickness.
She describes 10 rules in healthcare that will leave you disillusioned including #9: "there are no standards for billing. There’s money to be made in billing for anything and everything. "
She describes 10 rules in healthcare that will leave you disillusioned including #9: "there are no standards for billing. There’s money to be made in billing for anything and everything. "
December 5, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Horrible. Just want to use this opportunity to recommend folks read Rosenthals' An American Sickness.
She describes 10 rules in healthcare that will leave you disillusioned including #9: "there are no standards for billing. There’s money to be made in billing for anything and everything. "
She describes 10 rules in healthcare that will leave you disillusioned including #9: "there are no standards for billing. There’s money to be made in billing for anything and everything. "
East Coast native shamelessly wearing gloves + hat in 45 deg Los Angeles
December 5, 2024 at 6:10 PM
East Coast native shamelessly wearing gloves + hat in 45 deg Los Angeles
I finished @leahstokes.bsky.social's Short Circuiting Policy this morning & wow as someone who works on state-level climate policies/regulations, this was really powerful.
I found the concepts introduced super helpful from the "fog of enactment" to implementation resistance and retrenchment. 1/2
I found the concepts introduced super helpful from the "fog of enactment" to implementation resistance and retrenchment. 1/2
December 3, 2024 at 6:54 PM
I finished @leahstokes.bsky.social's Short Circuiting Policy this morning & wow as someone who works on state-level climate policies/regulations, this was really powerful.
I found the concepts introduced super helpful from the "fog of enactment" to implementation resistance and retrenchment. 1/2
I found the concepts introduced super helpful from the "fog of enactment" to implementation resistance and retrenchment. 1/2
I read Tim Snyder's "On Tyranny" and it's so timely. The book presents 20 lessons from the 20th century on how to defend democracy. Reading works like these is scary bc we're witnessing everything unfold in real-time but also instills hope bc overcoming this means a better world is possible 1/2
December 1, 2024 at 6:35 AM
I read Tim Snyder's "On Tyranny" and it's so timely. The book presents 20 lessons from the 20th century on how to defend democracy. Reading works like these is scary bc we're witnessing everything unfold in real-time but also instills hope bc overcoming this means a better world is possible 1/2
libraries are the best third/public spaces/social infrastructure with the best resources! Sign up for your local library card and get using!
Also for more on how places like libraries are so important, check out Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg :)
Also for more on how places like libraries are so important, check out Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg :)
November 29, 2024 at 10:38 PM
libraries are the best third/public spaces/social infrastructure with the best resources! Sign up for your local library card and get using!
Also for more on how places like libraries are so important, check out Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg :)
Also for more on how places like libraries are so important, check out Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg :)
"We don't mind if women suffer, as long it makes things easier for men" - Ejaculate Responsibly by Gabrielle Blair.
It shifts the conversation about unwanted pregnancies to men and how they must be held accountable and calls for destigmatization about vasectomies. Highly recommend.
It shifts the conversation about unwanted pregnancies to men and how they must be held accountable and calls for destigmatization about vasectomies. Highly recommend.
November 27, 2024 at 5:49 PM
"We don't mind if women suffer, as long it makes things easier for men" - Ejaculate Responsibly by Gabrielle Blair.
It shifts the conversation about unwanted pregnancies to men and how they must be held accountable and calls for destigmatization about vasectomies. Highly recommend.
It shifts the conversation about unwanted pregnancies to men and how they must be held accountable and calls for destigmatization about vasectomies. Highly recommend.
4. I also love running so ofc I had to bring climate into it. I recently co-hosted an eight week program exploring the intersection of running and climate activism.
We had 115 participants join from around the world! Each week we had an guest join us to help us explore this intersections!
We had 115 participants join from around the world! Each week we had an guest join us to help us explore this intersections!
November 25, 2024 at 10:22 PM
4. I also love running so ofc I had to bring climate into it. I recently co-hosted an eight week program exploring the intersection of running and climate activism.
We had 115 participants join from around the world! Each week we had an guest join us to help us explore this intersections!
We had 115 participants join from around the world! Each week we had an guest join us to help us explore this intersections!
5. On the instagram, I try to share books about sustainablity and other resources related to im equity, justice, and liberation. One of these included an exploration of climate resilience in Palestine 🍉. www.instagram.com/fostering.ou...
November 25, 2024 at 10:22 PM
5. On the instagram, I try to share books about sustainablity and other resources related to im equity, justice, and liberation. One of these included an exploration of climate resilience in Palestine 🍉. www.instagram.com/fostering.ou...
Police are almost never the answer to any of their current applications including crime, housing, schooling, immigration, and everything in-between.
I highly recommend @alexvitale.bsky.social's The End of Policing for more on this. This is easily one of the best books I read this year.
I highly recommend @alexvitale.bsky.social's The End of Policing for more on this. This is easily one of the best books I read this year.
November 24, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Police are almost never the answer to any of their current applications including crime, housing, schooling, immigration, and everything in-between.
I highly recommend @alexvitale.bsky.social's The End of Policing for more on this. This is easily one of the best books I read this year.
I highly recommend @alexvitale.bsky.social's The End of Policing for more on this. This is easily one of the best books I read this year.
One way for folks to get involved locally is to join an advocacy group for anything your're interested in! I've had the honor of co-leading Urban Environmentalists LA for about a year now and some of the best work comes from endorsing candidates in local races. (1/3)
November 22, 2024 at 5:43 AM
One way for folks to get involved locally is to join an advocacy group for anything your're interested in! I've had the honor of co-leading Urban Environmentalists LA for about a year now and some of the best work comes from endorsing candidates in local races. (1/3)
change what we're allowed to build and where, we can guaranteed address all these crises. AND on a deeper level, it can impact national elections. We're losing electoral votes with folks leaving our urban centers! Just look at this! (3/4)
November 21, 2024 at 7:21 PM
change what we're allowed to build and where, we can guaranteed address all these crises. AND on a deeper level, it can impact national elections. We're losing electoral votes with folks leaving our urban centers! Just look at this! (3/4)
I'm only three chapters into @leahstokes.bsky.social's Short Circuiting Policy but I think it's gonna sneak into my top five books of the year. So well researched and detailed and yet clear and elucidating. As someone working on climate policy this is so good!
November 19, 2024 at 7:47 PM
I'm only three chapters into @leahstokes.bsky.social's Short Circuiting Policy but I think it's gonna sneak into my top five books of the year. So well researched and detailed and yet clear and elucidating. As someone working on climate policy this is so good!
My RF Kuang journey continues -- this weekend I finished The Poppy Way (#1) and wow so good! I'll hold any really critiques till the end of the trilogy (maybe by the end of this year?).
My rankings go
1. Babel
2. The Poppy War
3. Yellowface
but ofc loved all of them!
My rankings go
1. Babel
2. The Poppy War
3. Yellowface
but ofc loved all of them!
November 18, 2024 at 8:00 PM
My RF Kuang journey continues -- this weekend I finished The Poppy Way (#1) and wow so good! I'll hold any really critiques till the end of the trilogy (maybe by the end of this year?).
My rankings go
1. Babel
2. The Poppy War
3. Yellowface
but ofc loved all of them!
My rankings go
1. Babel
2. The Poppy War
3. Yellowface
but ofc loved all of them!