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Liz Maly
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Disaster and housing recovery researcher. In Japan.
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chirla-org.bsky.social
Reminder: We keep us safe!

🛑 If you see ICE in LA, don’t stay silent. Report it to the LA Rapid Response Network. 📲

#ImmigrantsBelong #NoDeportations #SomosCHIRLA
June 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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jds-disasters.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce the publication of volume 1, issue 2 of the Journal of Disaster Studies, published by @pennpress.bsky.social! This issue includes a wide array of articles and other scholarly content (see the TOC in the thread below), all in open access: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54211
Project MUSE - Journal of Disaster Studies-Volume 1, Number 2, 2024
muse.jhu.edu
February 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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chenoweth.bsky.social
Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
The cover page for a discussion paper called "Questions, Answers, and Some Cautionary Updates Regarding the 3.5% Rule" by Erica Chenoweth. In the image, peaceful protesters can be seen in front of the US Capitol building.
April 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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jordanuhl.com
What we are seeing in Los Angeles right now with #NoKings is after several hours of a massive protest that was 100%, law enforcement—abruptly and without provocation—began firing tear gas, flash bangs and pepper balls at protesters.

It was broadcast live on air. “Unrest” is on them.
jordanuhl.com Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · Jun 14
Remarkable.

MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."

Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.

Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
June 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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ericagies.bsky.social
San Francisco #nokings
imanor.bsky.social Ilanit (illy) @imanor.bsky.social · Jun 14
So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco
#nokings
June 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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lorennacleary.bsky.social
Guard is walking behind cops. Cops are trying to push back at least a thousand people.
June 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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aclu.org
The people of Los Angeles will rally on Monday, 6/9 to demand the release of everyone unjustly detained by ICE, like SEIU leader David Huerta, and an end to militaristic escalation on our communities.

Join us and @aclusocal.bsky.social at 11 AM in LA to call for an end to these human rights abuses.
Free David Huerta, Rally Against ICE Raids
I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!
act.aclu.org
June 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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chadloder.bsky.social
Solidarity protests with Los Angeles for tomorrow (Mon, Jun 9th):

• Chicago: 9:00am
• Los Angeles: 11:00am
• Seattle: 11am
• Boston: 1:30pm
• Raleigh: 2:00pm
• Atlanta: 2:00pm
• Charlotte: 2:00 PM
• Sacramento: 4:00 PM
• Asheville: 6:00pm

Check link for updates and locations
#FreeDavidEndRaids
On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocat...
actionnetwork.org
June 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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danimmergluck.bsky.social
Yes, US Housing Corporation was federal housing production well *before* New Deal & 1937 Housing Act. But, it was killed by Congress soon after it began, by Red Scare anti-bolshevism panic, with help from real estate industry lobbyists. Opponents claimed it was "too luxurious" etc. Sounds familiar.
May 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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antoniajuhasz.bsky.social
The U.S. Secretary of Transportation doesn't believe in....wait for it....transportation.

Studies confirm that riding public transportation makes people happier (social interaction, less stress of driving), healthier (reduces air pollution/congestion, adds walking), and wealthier (reduces costs).
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 28
Duffy: "If you're liberal, they want you to take public transportation ... the problem is that it's dirty. You have criminals. It's homeless shelters. It's insane asylums. It's a work ground for the criminal element of the city to prey upon the good people."
May 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
"These $25,000 grants are for activities to address immediate needs following grant cancellations, including completing a wave of data collection, analyzing already collected data or writing, thoughtful project closure with community partners, or preparing grant proposals to continue the research."
charleswlogan.bsky.social Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · May 2
FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.

"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Both Rubio's tweet, and the response, are remarkable artifacts. You have a Secretary of State tweeting right wing talking points to defend Neo Nazis, and the country where Nazis originated telling him to sod off.
noahbarkin.bsky.social Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · May 2
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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awalkerinla.bsky.social
The UCLA-helmed Blue Ribbon Commission on fire recovery has its first round of draft recommendations out now and I love to see some *real* solutions in here like "large-scale land banking" 😍

Read more: labrcommission.org/blue-ribbon-commission-on-climate-action-and-fire-safe-recovery
The cover page of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action and Fire-Safe Recovery Initial Recommendations and Draft Action Plans for The Resilient and Sustainable Rebuilding of Los Angeles County May 1st , 2025 The skyline of downtown LA is shown on the cover with the mountains in the distance 1. Regional Entities for Resilient Rebuilding and Long-Term Fire Protection Overall Goal: Establish regional entities to sustain long-term support and focus on the effort. The entities, as described below, will help to reduce the cost and time of rebuilding resilient housing, businesses, landscapes, and communities in a resilient manner and of protecting the Palisades and Eaton burn areas and other communities from fire risk. A. Establish Resilient Rebuilding Authority/ies1 for the Eaton and Palisades Burn Areas What: Establish a Resilient Rebuilding Authority, or two separate Authorities, for the two major burn areas. The Authority/ies will be established by state legislation. Start-up funding could be provided via a combination of philanthropic, local, and State (e.g., Prop 4) resources. Through the resale of land and the collection/administration of Tax Increment Financing and/or Transfer of Development Rights, the Authorities could be revenue-neutral when they eventually sunset and disband. NOTE: achieving revenue neutrality would be dependent on purchase and sale pricing, timing, interest rates, market conditions, administrative costs of the Authority/ies, the use of purchased land for public purposes, and other public activities taken on by the Authorities. The Authority/ies would be empowered to do the following: • Facilitate large-scale land banking, rebuilding, planning, logistics management, and contracting to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and ensure compliance with resilience and sustainability requirements and best practices. o Authorize the ability to use tax increment financing and other financing tools that may include but not be limited to special financing districts (e.g., Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts and/or Climate Resilience 1 California’s Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction Act of 1986 allows for the creation of Reconstruction Authorities “with powers parallel to those of a community redevelopment agency, except that the reco… o Work with energy and water utilities to maximize opportunities for bulk purchasing of needed distribution system and property level equipment, and to facilitate inter-utility coordination. o Coordinate with other public agencies to implement landscape-scale fire mitigation practices o Identify opportunities to enhance evacuation routes when restoring commercial corridors and rebuilding housing supply. o Other potential roles and functions to be determined based on need and feedback. • Aggregate and leverage funding and finance mechanisms to benefit community o Work with community-oriented financing institutions (e.g., Community Development Finance Institutions, credit unions, community banks) to enhance opportunities to offer affordable financing option(s) for residents lacking the resources to fully fund their individual home rebuilding needs by working with community development finance institutions (CDFIs), banks, and foundations to ensure that there is patient, flexible capital available to all ranges of community stakeholders. o Collaborate with philanthropy, land banks/trusts, and other aligned entities to leverage capital, ensure community benefit, and maximize resilience and sustainability outcomes. Establish easements and/or purchase lots as available–when original family owners want to sell–to help avoid land speculation and facilitate a coordinated and consistent approach to rebuilding. o Use the above tools to offer “first look” priority to returning residents and/or their family members to repurchase properties at fair pricing and to encourage accessibility to low and moderate income community members. This may include coordinating incentives from the state and other sources for high performance, resilient housing. o Issue RFP(s) that both are informed by community input, align with existing community and area plan, and require climate-resilient standards that result in contracting with experienced homebuilders to build higher quality and more afforda… between the natural and built environments, including retrofitting nearby structures. These actions would also help enhance and increase the likelihood of insurability of homes and neighborhoods. NOTE: This is separate and distinct from the Consolidated Fire Protection District of Los Angeles County (CFPD) Why: In Los Angeles County, a large proportion of the open space that abuts urban development is publicly owned. This dividing line is generally not managed by public agencies to prevent fire spreading from the open space to the urbanized areas. While relying on individual property owners–be they public or private–to maintain defensible, fire safe conditions is important, it is not adequate to protect lives and property. For example, continuously maintaining a fire-safe buffer–via maintained natural systems that have proven effective elsewhere–at the dividing line between urban and open space areas could reduce the risk of fire transmission, along with retrofitting nearby homes, structures, and private properties–via homeowners association fees–to be more fire-resilient. This would ideally be planted with native, ecologically-appropriate, fire-resistant vegetation. The District will help protect lives and property by investing in regional wildfire mitigation strategies, such as creating natural fire buffers to prevent and/or slow the transmission of embers from where fires usually start (open spaces) to where they cause the most physical, economic and social damage (existing urbanized areas). Retrofitting of the nearby built environment will also increase resilience to wildfires as well as urban conflagration risk, including post-earthquake fire risk. For example, retrofitting older, dense wood-frame structures that lack fire-resistant measures (e.g., ember-resistant vent screens, defensible spaces) will help decrease urban conflagration risk.
May 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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simonameiler.bsky.social
An informative new tool to make risks from natural hazards visible and accessible - not just for scientists, but also for planners, emergency managers, and other professionals across disciplines.
Tool: experience.arcgis.com/experience/1...
Background story: news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/04/22/a...
April 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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samlmontano.bsky.social
Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of the BP Disaster. I am going to re-do & edit a thread I wrote on Twitter for the 10th anniversary because it feels even more relevant today as fascism overtakes the country, and the very existence of our government's ability to respond to disasters is under threat.
April 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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latimes.com
This professor studies dictatorships. He helped convince Harvard to stand up to Trump
This professor studies dictatorships. He helped convince Harvard to stand up to Trump
Harvard professor Steve Levitsky has spent decades studying democracies and how they fail. He's now raising alarm bells over what he sees as a slide toward autocracy under President Trump.
www.latimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
This is a pretty extraordinary thing -- not sure I've seen or heard of anything like this before.

It's tomorrow/Tuesday morning -- noon eastern, 9am pacific:

speakupforjustice.law
April 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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coveringclimatenow.org
Useful Tool: ipk.bsky.social's Rebuild By Design is out with a new mapping tool that “maps federal major disaster declarations and federal post-disaster assistance obligations for every county in the US” with a congressional district overlay.
Atlas of Accountability
Rebuild by Design launches the Atlas of Accountability, a mapping tool designed to help communities and policymakers understand their localized, climate-fueled exposure to extreme weather disasters.…
buff.ly
April 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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clarajeffery.bsky.social
1/ The number of protests planned for tomorrow is enormous. Given what Trump has done to the economy, and everyone's collective ability to pay for household expenses/retirement I'd expect them to be huge. Find out more at handsoff2025.com
Map showing handsoff2025.com protest locations for 4/5/2025
April 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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uebey.bsky.social
NEW: The Trump Admin has been "covertly" withholding FEMA funds from Democratic states, seemingly as retaliation for sanctuary laws, a judge ruled.

Hawaii is missing $6 million for widlfire aid. Oregon is waiting on $129 million for disaster prevention.
Trump slammed for ‘covertly’ withholding FEMA funds from blue states
The Trump administration had claimed FEMA was just launching a new manual review process for allocations — a process the states showed is covertly based on Trump's funding freeze.
www.courthousenews.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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hebagowayed.bsky.social
The thing about targeting activists is they’re a group that specifically sees what others fear and run towards it. So proud of Yunseo, of Momodou, each putting their lives on the line to better a country that will not even include them as its members. We owe them a debt.
March 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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danimmergluck.bsky.social
Calling this "anti-DEI" is so misleading as if it's just going after some office or some narrow program, and the media keep falling for it. This is about destroying the nation's affordable housing infrastructure, in large part because it's the stuff liberals do.
shannonmattern.bsky.social Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Mar 12
"Millions of $ in fed contracts for affordable housing were canceled after a DOGE review of nonprofits’ websites + LinkedIn profiles for terms associated with DEI... The canceled awards include ongoing projects in more than 1,000 communities to address homelessness, disaster recovery, poverty..."
Trump DEI Purge Hits Affordable Housing Groups
Millions of dollars in affordable housing contracts were canceled after a DOGE review of their websites and social media for terms linked to equity and diversity.
www.bloomberg.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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READ THIS!!
It’s fantastic. 🔥
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Mar 9
In this case, it helps to note that Maye Musk’s parents were Canadian neo-Nazis who emigrated to South Africa because they were *fans* of apartheid www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk, apartheid, and America's new boycott movement
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.
www.motherjones.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM