Joshua Vargas
@joshvargas.bsky.social
i research cities, take photos, be gay
🏳️🌈 he/him | 🇵🇭 Filipino
🇨🇭🇸🇬 ETH Zürich / FCL Global
🇸🇬 Yale-NUS Urban Studies '23
🏳️🌈 he/him | 🇵🇭 Filipino
🇨🇭🇸🇬 ETH Zürich / FCL Global
🇸🇬 Yale-NUS Urban Studies '23
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Today at the “Stand up for Science” demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial.
March 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Today at the “Stand up for Science” demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial.
Went to the Cairngorms today, will return your texts and emails next week!
March 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Went to the Cairngorms today, will return your texts and emails next week!
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I have so many colleagues who work at NSF or NSF-funded agencies and organizations, I can't even fathom what they are all going through right now. And we will ALL be worse off for this. This isn't about improving efficiency at the margins, this is a wholesale attack on science of all kinds.
February 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I have so many colleagues who work at NSF or NSF-funded agencies and organizations, I can't even fathom what they are all going through right now. And we will ALL be worse off for this. This isn't about improving efficiency at the margins, this is a wholesale attack on science of all kinds.
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The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem
February 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem
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It is a remarkable (if not new) feat of propaganda that these world-shaking tariffs are supposedly about fentanyl, while virtually nothing is done that would actually address the drug epidemic, whether in urban centers or poor, rural communities.
These are our issues, planners/engrs/geographers/etc
These are our issues, planners/engrs/geographers/etc
February 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It is a remarkable (if not new) feat of propaganda that these world-shaking tariffs are supposedly about fentanyl, while virtually nothing is done that would actually address the drug epidemic, whether in urban centers or poor, rural communities.
These are our issues, planners/engrs/geographers/etc
These are our issues, planners/engrs/geographers/etc
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At least we don't have to read about this on a federal government website:
At 2°C of warming, the area on Earth that is too hot for humans will triple. This is fine. 🔥🧪
At 2°C of warming, the area on Earth that is too hot for humans will triple. This is fine. 🔥🧪
Mortality impacts of the most extreme heat events - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Extreme heat is increasing in magnitude and frequency, threatening human health. This Review assesses mortality risk associated with extreme heat, revealing that human thermal tolerances (that is, unc...
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
At least we don't have to read about this on a federal government website:
At 2°C of warming, the area on Earth that is too hot for humans will triple. This is fine. 🔥🧪
At 2°C of warming, the area on Earth that is too hot for humans will triple. This is fine. 🔥🧪
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Members of Congress were just denied entry to the Department of Treasury. This is a 5 alarm fire.
February 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Members of Congress were just denied entry to the Department of Treasury. This is a 5 alarm fire.
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Deportation is now to be called permanent displacement.
Breaking news: President Donald Trump proposes permanent displacement of Gazans as he welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, saying “they’d love” an option to resettle.
Trump proposes permanent displacement of Gazans as he welcomes Netanyahu to White House
The leaders were set to focus on the tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, relocating Palestinians, rebuilding Gaza and normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
wapo.st
February 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Deportation is now to be called permanent displacement.
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This is a genocidal war crime endorsed by the president of the United States
COLLINS: Where exactly are you suggesting Gazans should go? Who do you envision living there?
TRUMP: I envision world people living there. The world's people. I think you'll make that into an international, unbelievable place.
TRUMP: I envision world people living there. The world's people. I think you'll make that into an international, unbelievable place.
February 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is a genocidal war crime endorsed by the president of the United States
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Fascists need made-up enemies to distract you from what they, and their super-rich funders/bosses, are taking from you. They want you constantly mad, scared and distracted. And they love picking enemies that could help teach you to reason and see through through fascist lies.
January 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Fascists need made-up enemies to distract you from what they, and their super-rich funders/bosses, are taking from you. They want you constantly mad, scared and distracted. And they love picking enemies that could help teach you to reason and see through through fascist lies.
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For those who say “all politicians are the same,” it seems to me that in a week America has gone from “we’re angry our leaders aren’t going far or fast enough,” to “our leaders are quickly unravelling any progress we’ve made in half a century and rapidly launching fascism.”
Doesn’t seem “the same.”
Doesn’t seem “the same.”
January 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
For those who say “all politicians are the same,” it seems to me that in a week America has gone from “we’re angry our leaders aren’t going far or fast enough,” to “our leaders are quickly unravelling any progress we’ve made in half a century and rapidly launching fascism.”
Doesn’t seem “the same.”
Doesn’t seem “the same.”
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If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Can't wait for an Instagram-style app using the Bluesky protocol to go online
January 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Can't wait for an Instagram-style app using the Bluesky protocol to go online
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Trump’s supporters in the US honestly believe that the rest of the world “fears” Trump and admires him for being so brilliant and such a strong leader. Been telling them for years the rest of the world laughs at him and they refuse to believe it. It’s sad.
January 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Trump’s supporters in the US honestly believe that the rest of the world “fears” Trump and admires him for being so brilliant and such a strong leader. Been telling them for years the rest of the world laughs at him and they refuse to believe it. It’s sad.
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Important to see this type of info and statement come out of higher ed programs related to construction science, land development, planning, engineering, etc. I will be asking my College (which includes all of the above except engineering) what we will be communicating. (Of course SB 17 is an issue)
Immigrants accounted for 34% of workers in the construction trades last year and the jobs with the highest shares of immigrants are:
• Plasterers (61% foreign born)
• Drywall installers (61%)
• Roofers (52%)
• Painters (51%)
• Carpet/floor/tile installers (45%)
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/role-re...
• Plasterers (61% foreign born)
• Drywall installers (61%)
• Roofers (52%)
• Painters (51%)
• Carpet/floor/tile installers (45%)
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/role-re...
The Role of the Recent Immigrant Surge in Housing Costs
The recent surge in immigration has sparked a policy conversation about the role of immigrants in the housing market, particularly when it comes to ho
www.jchs.harvard.edu
January 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Important to see this type of info and statement come out of higher ed programs related to construction science, land development, planning, engineering, etc. I will be asking my College (which includes all of the above except engineering) what we will be communicating. (Of course SB 17 is an issue)
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Just made a donation to Wikipedia. I encourage you to do the same if you can
donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
January 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Just made a donation to Wikipedia. I encourage you to do the same if you can
donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
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While most public transport agencies think their job starts and ends at the turnstile, Dutch railways operate as a door-to-door mobility provider.
By investing in cycle parking and sharing, their ridership and revenue levels have steadily increased, creating a virtuous circle of sustainable travel.
By investing in cycle parking and sharing, their ridership and revenue levels have steadily increased, creating a virtuous circle of sustainable travel.
January 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
While most public transport agencies think their job starts and ends at the turnstile, Dutch railways operate as a door-to-door mobility provider.
By investing in cycle parking and sharing, their ridership and revenue levels have steadily increased, creating a virtuous circle of sustainable travel.
By investing in cycle parking and sharing, their ridership and revenue levels have steadily increased, creating a virtuous circle of sustainable travel.
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Wikipedia is a great achievement of our era, and (of course) it’s under attack by the far right. If you use it frequently like I do, consider donating: donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
January 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Wikipedia is a great achievement of our era, and (of course) it’s under attack by the far right. If you use it frequently like I do, consider donating: donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
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Support the team as well.
January 22, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Support the team as well.
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it’s becoming increasingly clear the goal of the far right is to defund and buy up every source of reliable information until there is no more objective reality to counter them
January 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
it’s becoming increasingly clear the goal of the far right is to defund and buy up every source of reliable information until there is no more objective reality to counter them
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“Burned-Out Parents Need Better Public Spaces: To ease the burden on families, we need places to let the kids roam free.” Via @langealexandra.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Burned-Out Parents Need Better Public Spaces
To ease the burden on families, we need places to let the kids roam free.
www.bloomberg.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
“Burned-Out Parents Need Better Public Spaces: To ease the burden on families, we need places to let the kids roam free.” Via @langealexandra.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I've gone from "Wikipedia is not a real source, students" to "I will defend Wikipedia with my life" in a short span of time. I don't know what we should do, I'll be looking to others for guidance on that, but I do know we have to defend every remotely democratic or open source tool we have now.
having succeeded in purchasing positions of influence inside the White House, the billionaires and tech VCs have now set their sights back on Wikipedia
January 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I've gone from "Wikipedia is not a real source, students" to "I will defend Wikipedia with my life" in a short span of time. I don't know what we should do, I'll be looking to others for guidance on that, but I do know we have to defend every remotely democratic or open source tool we have now.
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"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." — Maya Angelou
January 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." — Maya Angelou