Hansi Munasinghe
@hansimunasinghe.bsky.social
Researcher 👩🏾💻 Cities and transportation policy | Sociology PhD 🔬 Immigration, social & political inequality | also here to chit chat about 📺 TV and movies, 📚 books, 🧶 fiber arts, 🌱gardening | 🇩🇪 🇱🇰 🇺🇸 she/her
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Hi I'm new here! 👋🏾
I am a #sociology PhD and an applied researcher working on #publictransit #transportation #cities #urbanplanning #publichealth #envionment
Things that bring me joy:
👩🏾🍳 Cooking, baking and eating delicious food
📚 Reading #books
🌱 Learning about #gardening and #permaculture
I am a #sociology PhD and an applied researcher working on #publictransit #transportation #cities #urbanplanning #publichealth #envionment
Things that bring me joy:
👩🏾🍳 Cooking, baking and eating delicious food
📚 Reading #books
🌱 Learning about #gardening and #permaculture
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This is the face of a man who got into the computer gaming hardware business and accidentally found himself in charge of The Entire Economy, Inc.
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
This is the face of a man who got into the computer gaming hardware business and accidentally found himself in charge of The Entire Economy, Inc.
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
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Linkedin can be useful.
For networking.
And for in-the-weeds discussions on important but niche topics.
But there is one thing I struggle with.
An insidious property that needs to be held in check.
And that is very long posts of seemingly profound sentences, each separated by an empty line.
For networking.
And for in-the-weeds discussions on important but niche topics.
But there is one thing I struggle with.
An insidious property that needs to be held in check.
And that is very long posts of seemingly profound sentences, each separated by an empty line.
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Linkedin can be useful.
For networking.
And for in-the-weeds discussions on important but niche topics.
But there is one thing I struggle with.
An insidious property that needs to be held in check.
And that is very long posts of seemingly profound sentences, each separated by an empty line.
For networking.
And for in-the-weeds discussions on important but niche topics.
But there is one thing I struggle with.
An insidious property that needs to be held in check.
And that is very long posts of seemingly profound sentences, each separated by an empty line.
Watching Twin Peaks for the first time. Feels like it's ahead of its time *now*, let alone 35 years ago!
November 17, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Watching Twin Peaks for the first time. Feels like it's ahead of its time *now*, let alone 35 years ago!
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Happy “Why the fuck doesn’t The Onion own Infowars” day for those who celebrate!
November 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Happy “Why the fuck doesn’t The Onion own Infowars” day for those who celebrate!
Wrapped up the last day of #APPAM2025 with a hat trick of sessions on place-based inequalities and policy impact:
(1) geography of housing and job access;
(2) food and transportation security;
(3) natural hazard risk management.
Some things that stood out to me:
1/4
(1) geography of housing and job access;
(2) food and transportation security;
(3) natural hazard risk management.
Some things that stood out to me:
1/4
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Wrapped up the last day of #APPAM2025 with a hat trick of sessions on place-based inequalities and policy impact:
(1) geography of housing and job access;
(2) food and transportation security;
(3) natural hazard risk management.
Some things that stood out to me:
1/4
(1) geography of housing and job access;
(2) food and transportation security;
(3) natural hazard risk management.
Some things that stood out to me:
1/4
Inspiring and insightful keynote by #APPAM2025 President Ingrid Gould Ellen on importance of and opportunities for policy research at local and state government levels.
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Inspiring and insightful keynote by #APPAM2025 President Ingrid Gould Ellen on importance of and opportunities for policy research at local and state government levels.
I'm very lucky that #APPAM2025 is happening in my backyard this year.
Welcome to Seattle to all conference attendees! Safe travels if you are still en route! And if you are presenting, break a leg!
Welcome to Seattle to all conference attendees! Safe travels if you are still en route! And if you are presenting, break a leg!
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I'm very lucky that #APPAM2025 is happening in my backyard this year.
Welcome to Seattle to all conference attendees! Safe travels if you are still en route! And if you are presenting, break a leg!
Welcome to Seattle to all conference attendees! Safe travels if you are still en route! And if you are presenting, break a leg!
If you live in Seattle, check to make sure your vote was counted. This election is ridiculously close, so every vote really matters!
This race could very easily be decided by challenged ballots. Use this link to track your ballot, and remind your friends and family to do the same: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
If you live in Seattle, check to make sure your vote was counted. This election is ridiculously close, so every vote really matters!
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Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
Social media, especially X formerly known as Twitter, really does rot brains.
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Social media, especially X formerly known as Twitter, really does rot brains.
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You ever think about how there was only 1 to 2 months between the actual wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Gordon Lightfoot recording his song.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
You ever think about how there was only 1 to 2 months between the actual wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Gordon Lightfoot recording his song.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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Dems: Donate now to save democracy
Dems: cave on Big Beautiful Bill
Dems: Your donation will save America!
Dems: Cave again, risking ACA
Dems tomorrow: Just 25 dollars could keep the republic alive!
Dems: cave on Big Beautiful Bill
Dems: Your donation will save America!
Dems: Cave again, risking ACA
Dems tomorrow: Just 25 dollars could keep the republic alive!
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Dems: Donate now to save democracy
Dems: cave on Big Beautiful Bill
Dems: Your donation will save America!
Dems: Cave again, risking ACA
Dems tomorrow: Just 25 dollars could keep the republic alive!
Dems: cave on Big Beautiful Bill
Dems: Your donation will save America!
Dems: Cave again, risking ACA
Dems tomorrow: Just 25 dollars could keep the republic alive!
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Where are my Fitzgeraldheads out there?
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Where are my Fitzgeraldheads out there?
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The stove
November 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The stove
Calling all elders "aunt/uncle" is considered good manners in South Asian cultures, so when I heard about this *scandal* I assumed he called a random woman in his community "aunt". Turns out it was actually a relative, his father's cousin, which is like an aunt once removed or whatever right???
i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
October 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Calling all elders "aunt/uncle" is considered good manners in South Asian cultures, so when I heard about this *scandal* I assumed he called a random woman in his community "aunt". Turns out it was actually a relative, his father's cousin, which is like an aunt once removed or whatever right???
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This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.
October 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.
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I’ll be that guy. It’s really hard to rationalize the stand up to cancer MLB campaign knowing a LOT of the people on that field voted for a guy who is actively dismantling cancer research and picked a meth head who hates vaccines as his health guy.
October 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I’ll be that guy. It’s really hard to rationalize the stand up to cancer MLB campaign knowing a LOT of the people on that field voted for a guy who is actively dismantling cancer research and picked a meth head who hates vaccines as his health guy.
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The costs of America’s wasteful transportation and land use systems (and its failure to invest in rail) are becoming more evident:
- Cars are more expensive than ever
- Cities struggling with debt
- Some state DOTs are reducing plans to expand highways
- The housing affordability crisis
- Cars are more expensive than ever
- Cities struggling with debt
- Some state DOTs are reducing plans to expand highways
- The housing affordability crisis
October 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The costs of America’s wasteful transportation and land use systems (and its failure to invest in rail) are becoming more evident:
- Cars are more expensive than ever
- Cities struggling with debt
- Some state DOTs are reducing plans to expand highways
- The housing affordability crisis
- Cars are more expensive than ever
- Cities struggling with debt
- Some state DOTs are reducing plans to expand highways
- The housing affordability crisis
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every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...