Erik Watkins
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Erik Watkins
@erikwatkins.bsky.social
Urban Planner, Active Transportation. Urbanist. #goodtrouble #necessarytrouble
I'm sorry that you were hit, but my heart is gladdened that you're well enough to be typing these words.
September 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
So much could be said about this, the vulture capitalism system we're now living in. Making sports so merged with sports betting that once people were banned & fair play was once the norm. You have cities being extorted into paying for billionaires stadiums that won't give return on investment.
April 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
There's also food scientists working to make certain foods more addictive that will bypass the benefits of GLP-1's because they are helping people eat less sugar smh...
April 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
And to enrich the wealthy further as they can buy low, to consolidate more wealth
April 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Reposted by Erik Watkins
Also, *because* these COBOL systems are old ...

... the code is *very* bug-free

The maintainers have had decades to find and fix all the flaws in the system

In contrast, as any developer will tell you, the newer a code base is ...

... the more bugs it's gonna have, the more it'll crash

3/9
March 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My condolences
March 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Comedy, nothing worse than jokes that don't land and them trying too hard.
March 29, 2025 at 5:18 AM
He even signed the bill 4 or 5 years ago that reduced his office's power. He has a duty to uphold the Utah and Federal Constitution, failing on both.
March 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
He's smart enough to know what a production possibilities curve is (how education helps improve our workforce)but wants to defund ed. I've heard him speak at a Utah APA/MPO conference as Lt. Gov, he knows the material...just lacks the political conviction to advocate for it.
March 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM