Lola
@lolabarrett.bsky.social
Sustainable Materials Science @ UMaine. Previously real estate development in NYC. Into urban design, complexity, market design, futures thinking, mass timber, modular architecture. New Englander.
Just another #climatemigration post. I’m just collecting the signals. Interpret as you wish. www.fastcompany.com/91407653/hou...
Zillow update rates 250 housing markets as buyer’s or seller’s markets
Where home sellers—and homebuyers—have the most power right now, according to Zillow’s updated analysis released in September.
www.fastcompany.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just another #climatemigration post. I’m just collecting the signals. Interpret as you wish. www.fastcompany.com/91407653/hou...
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"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
March 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
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To go further in depth, please check our sparkly new preprint! And feel free to reach out here or via email :) arxiv.org/abs/2502.20460
A Unifying Model of Information Loss in Communication Across Populations
Many of today's most pressing issues require a more robust understanding of how information spreads in populations. Current models of information spread can be thought of as falling into one of two va...
arxiv.org
March 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
To go further in depth, please check our sparkly new preprint! And feel free to reach out here or via email :) arxiv.org/abs/2502.20460
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🎉 New paper in PNAS: Urban highways are barriers to social ties
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
March 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🎉 New paper in PNAS: Urban highways are barriers to social ties
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
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The point is not about going to alternative social networks, the point is about sustain decentralised federated systems. We need more of this 👇 at all scales
https://freeourfeeds.com/
https://freeourfeeds.com/
Free Our Feeds
Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.
freeourfeeds.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The point is not about going to alternative social networks, the point is about sustain decentralised federated systems. We need more of this 👇 at all scales
https://freeourfeeds.com/
https://freeourfeeds.com/
Conclusions I am drawing from this article, of course with my own (I'll call them instincts, you can call the biases) baked in:
www.placer.ai/blog/how-the...
#migration #demographics #maps #climatehaven #climatemigration
www.placer.ai/blog/how-the...
#migration #demographics #maps #climatehaven #climatemigration
How the Pandemic Reshaped Florida’s Population – Placer.ai Blog
Florida became a domestic relocation hotspot over the pandemic. Where did newcomers come from, where did they choose to settle, and which areas are attracting the wealthiest new residents? We dive int...
www.placer.ai
January 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Conclusions I am drawing from this article, of course with my own (I'll call them instincts, you can call the biases) baked in:
www.placer.ai/blog/how-the...
#migration #demographics #maps #climatehaven #climatemigration
www.placer.ai/blog/how-the...
#migration #demographics #maps #climatehaven #climatemigration
In "Jobs That AI Can't Steal... for now" news:
www.marijuanamoment.net/this-company...
www.marijuanamoment.net/this-company...
This Company Wants To Pay You To Smoke Marijuana And Write 'Amazing Reviews' - Marijuana Moment
A series of new job listings are seeking experienced cannabis consumers in states across the U.S. to sample and review marijuana products. The gigs—with full-time, part-time and contract work availabl...
www.marijuanamoment.net
December 18, 2024 at 6:05 PM
In "Jobs That AI Can't Steal... for now" news:
www.marijuanamoment.net/this-company...
www.marijuanamoment.net/this-company...
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Come to Maine! We recently strengthened LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights.
In Maine, Democrats maintained a trifecta and kept both US House seats.
Amid all, thrilled that our congressman, Democrat Jared Golden, prevailed in Maine’s second district - our district.
November 16, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Come to Maine! We recently strengthened LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights.
What's a project you want to work on (or are working on) and why? Would you want to collaborate on it and how?
Here's one idea: how to make social networks [collective intelligence] better. What incentives would lead to better outcomes? The validation incentive just devolves #collab #sociology
Here's one idea: how to make social networks [collective intelligence] better. What incentives would lead to better outcomes? The validation incentive just devolves #collab #sociology
November 16, 2024 at 5:20 PM
What's a project you want to work on (or are working on) and why? Would you want to collaborate on it and how?
Here's one idea: how to make social networks [collective intelligence] better. What incentives would lead to better outcomes? The validation incentive just devolves #collab #sociology
Here's one idea: how to make social networks [collective intelligence] better. What incentives would lead to better outcomes? The validation incentive just devolves #collab #sociology
