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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Zack Polanski frightens me
Mostly because I am a coward.
What is your confession?
January 2, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Artificial Intelligence is stupid.
Tehran is days away from running out of water. Google says it will send up food prices because Iran will buy in food.
17 million people at risk. Real intelligence may view this differently.
December 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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There were some incredibly powerful talks at the #NationalEmergencyBriefing today
And hearing 9 interrelated themes brought home the systemic nature of the polycrisis. Can this be the start of a societal tipping point?
. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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EXCEPTIONAL TROPICAL HEAT
Thousands of records will be smashed with extreme margins next days in every corner of the tropics:South America,allover Oceania,allover tropical Africa,SE Asia and Australia
There has never been anything remotely comparable to this scale of records
February 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is my first like on Bluesky.
I like it because it is my first taste of actual bluesky thinking.
That pink bluemoon caused by forest fires.
I have come a long way and maynot go much further.
Full Moon behind the Minneapolis, MN skyline
August 20, 2024 at 3:59 PM