EA Strom
@profmisterlizzie.bsky.social
Urban planning and politics, Florida woman musings, and baseball
Florida is completely flat, too.
November 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Florida is completely flat, too.
I had developed several fully online classes before COVID, a way accommodate working students in a large region, and now I regret it. All the things I could do to better engage students are hard to do without weekly in person contact.
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I had developed several fully online classes before COVID, a way accommodate working students in a large region, and now I regret it. All the things I could do to better engage students are hard to do without weekly in person contact.
I do all of that (or the equivalent for an online class) and still have problems. Detection is imperfect, and if a student complains, the university does not have my back.
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I do all of that (or the equivalent for an online class) and still have problems. Detection is imperfect, and if a student complains, the university does not have my back.
I still think off cycle elections aren’t great, participation is very low, but at least those who are paying attention hear directly from local office candidates. In on cycle elections local candidates get drowned out.
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I still think off cycle elections aren’t great, participation is very low, but at least those who are paying attention hear directly from local office candidates. In on cycle elections local candidates get drowned out.
I always believed this until half of our very competent and non-ideological county commission, which has on cycle elections, was replaced with MAGA stooges with no understanding of local govt, all because they were running in what turned out to be a red wave election.
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I always believed this until half of our very competent and non-ideological county commission, which has on cycle elections, was replaced with MAGA stooges with no understanding of local govt, all because they were running in what turned out to be a red wave election.
It also flies so obviously in the face of his own family’s experience, it takes an enormous suspension of disbelief for him to say those words.
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It also flies so obviously in the face of his own family’s experience, it takes an enormous suspension of disbelief for him to say those words.
Since 2016 but i used to use a fake name.
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Since 2016 but i used to use a fake name.
This makes it seem like planners, and not the elected officials who are their bosses, have power.
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This makes it seem like planners, and not the elected officials who are their bosses, have power.
Congratulations! I simply want to note that planners seldom have actual power over these decisions. That's why the class I created for our program is about the politics of planning and intended to make sure our graduates understand the drivers motivating elected officials who do make decisions.
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Congratulations! I simply want to note that planners seldom have actual power over these decisions. That's why the class I created for our program is about the politics of planning and intended to make sure our graduates understand the drivers motivating elected officials who do make decisions.
I was thinking this about Friday Night Lights the other day (not comparing the shows, let's be clear!) which also launched a few big careers but not many.
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I was thinking this about Friday Night Lights the other day (not comparing the shows, let's be clear!) which also launched a few big careers but not many.
I’m a planning professor and have followed the careers of students I’ve taught, and that is actually not what most of them do! They are more often trying to get more density and transit into their communities and figuring out how to handle the resistance of elected officials.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I’m a planning professor and have followed the careers of students I’ve taught, and that is actually not what most of them do! They are more often trying to get more density and transit into their communities and figuring out how to handle the resistance of elected officials.
It’s the day BEFORE the procedure that is pure hell.
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It’s the day BEFORE the procedure that is pure hell.
Back seat monitors should be opt-in, but those backup cameras are essential. As a cyclist, I note how much safer I am now that most people backing out of their driveways get alerted to my presence. The backseat alarm is about protecting YOUR family, the backup camera about protecting everyone else
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Back seat monitors should be opt-in, but those backup cameras are essential. As a cyclist, I note how much safer I am now that most people backing out of their driveways get alerted to my presence. The backseat alarm is about protecting YOUR family, the backup camera about protecting everyone else
Great point, I think there are many groups that are sympathetic to both Palestinians and liberal Zionist Jews that would be great places for him to find both vocabulary and friends. Standing Together, Progressive Partners for Israel, ALLMEP.
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Great point, I think there are many groups that are sympathetic to both Palestinians and liberal Zionist Jews that would be great places for him to find both vocabulary and friends. Standing Together, Progressive Partners for Israel, ALLMEP.
They don't need to be neutral to be allowed to exist or to rent space, though, and Mamdani's choice of words was a little clumsy. I have no problem, however, with people protesting.
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
They don't need to be neutral to be allowed to exist or to rent space, though, and Mamdani's choice of words was a little clumsy. I have no problem, however, with people protesting.
That was, of course, the MIA-POW flag, which was black, and had been flying over City Hall for many years. Folks hadn't noticed it....until a Black man became mayor. I'm afraid we'll be seeing a lot of similar reactions to relatively normal and benign things Mamdani does in the coming months.
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
That was, of course, the MIA-POW flag, which was black, and had been flying over City Hall for many years. Folks hadn't noticed it....until a Black man became mayor. I'm afraid we'll be seeing a lot of similar reactions to relatively normal and benign things Mamdani does in the coming months.
In 1990, David Dinkins became NYC's first Black mayor. Once he took office, there were angry calls to City Hall about the Black Power flag he had raised next to the American and NYC flags at City Hall.
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In 1990, David Dinkins became NYC's first Black mayor. Once he took office, there were angry calls to City Hall about the Black Power flag he had raised next to the American and NYC flags at City Hall.
And he certainly didn’t intervene because….he’s not the mayor!!
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
And he certainly didn’t intervene because….he’s not the mayor!!
No doubt if a NYC church rented space to a problematic group, inspiring protest, and Mamdani were asked to comment he’d also be critical. He didn’t participate in this protest, someone asked him to comment and he did
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
No doubt if a NYC church rented space to a problematic group, inspiring protest, and Mamdani were asked to comment he’d also be critical. He didn’t participate in this protest, someone asked him to comment and he did
As I said, I am not advocating for the group, just noting that for many Jews seeing them simply as an arm of the settlement movement is problematic. You can do you, but Mamdani needs to consider the views of his many constituents.
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
As I said, I am not advocating for the group, just noting that for many Jews seeing them simply as an arm of the settlement movement is problematic. You can do you, but Mamdani needs to consider the views of his many constituents.
Again, not defending them! But imagine they have a list of say 30 real estate developments an immigrant could buy into and 5 of them are not within the Green Line. I can’t vouch for the % but it’s something like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Again, not defending them! But imagine they have a list of say 30 real estate developments an immigrant could buy into and 5 of them are not within the Green Line. I can’t vouch for the % but it’s something like that.
No, not focused. They help people move to Israel, which includes helping them find housing. Some of that housing is in the West Bank, although to be clear not violent settler outposts but rather developments near E Jerusalem that are also contested.
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
No, not focused. They help people move to Israel, which includes helping them find housing. Some of that housing is in the West Bank, although to be clear not violent settler outposts but rather developments near E Jerusalem that are also contested.
Well, he’ll be the mayor in January. Which is part of my point! We can at least give him until he’s sworn in to get this right.
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Well, he’ll be the mayor in January. Which is part of my point! We can at least give him until he’s sworn in to get this right.
This group has been protested at other locations, and I’m sure Mamdani has heard about those protests but doesn’t fully understand the nuances of who makes Aliyah and why. I would give him space to learn. I still think he will be a mayor who cares about all NYers.
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This group has been protested at other locations, and I’m sure Mamdani has heard about those protests but doesn’t fully understand the nuances of who makes Aliyah and why. I would give him space to learn. I still think he will be a mayor who cares about all NYers.