Ted Christian
@tedchristian.bsky.social
Architect specializing in Higher Education. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Architecture, urbanism, bicycles for fun and transportation. Pro-people.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
— Hannah Arendt
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— Hannah Arendt
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Hannah Arendt On Standing Up to the Banality of Evil | Philosophy Break
For 20th-century German philosopher Hannah Arendt, most evil is committed by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
— Hannah Arendt
philosophybreak.com/articles/han...
May he one day be denied pierole, as well.
This should turn into something like JD Vance and the couch joke with Dershowitz being refused pierogis everywhere he goes.
Can’t say why exactly, but the phrase “once again refused a pierogi” made me laugh out loud.
August 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
May he one day be denied pierole, as well.
I’m not rich enough or young enough to short this market. Too bad for me.
April 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I’m not rich enough or young enough to short this market. Too bad for me.
I can think of many motivations for Duffy to lie about the state of public transit, but none of them are based in reality nor will they improve our standard of living and promote economic growth.
Sean Duffy: "The truth is, transit across America is dangerous. And these liberals -- liberal mayors -- they want everybody out of cars and into trains but they made the trains unsafe so nobody really wants to ride them ... even big men don't want to ride the subway at those times of night."
April 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I can think of many motivations for Duffy to lie about the state of public transit, but none of them are based in reality nor will they improve our standard of living and promote economic growth.
Amazing. But I do feel bad for a turtle in captivity for nearly 100 years.
Four endangered Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises hatched at the Philadelphia Zoo for the first time in its 151-year history. nyti.ms/420PFKC
April 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Amazing. But I do feel bad for a turtle in captivity for nearly 100 years.
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Hello, Bluesky!! We are a collective of academics who are standing up for higher education. Join us: www.wearehighered.org
We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org
March 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hello, Bluesky!! We are a collective of academics who are standing up for higher education. Join us: www.wearehighered.org
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It's sort of the central myth of American transportation. Let's debunk it once and for all.
The User-Pay Myth: Everyone — Not Just Drivers — Pays for Our Roads — Streetsblog USA
It's sort of the central myth of American transportation. Let's debunk it once and for all.
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March 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It's sort of the central myth of American transportation. Let's debunk it once and for all.
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When you're thinking about digital security, start with what you want to protect and who you want to protect it from.
Seven Steps To Digital Security
Digital security is as much of a mindset as it is a toolkit, and there are concepts to consider regardless of whether you're first getting started or you're a seasoned veteran. Before you start seekin...
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March 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
When you're thinking about digital security, start with what you want to protect and who you want to protect it from.
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BREAKING: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday signed into law a massive higher education overhaul to ban diversity efforts, regulate classroom discussion, and prohibit faculty strikes, among other things. The law will take effect in 90 days.
Ohio Gov. DeWine signs higher ed bill regulating classroom discussion and banning diversity efforts • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a massive higher education bill that would ban diversity and equity and prohibit faculty from striking into law into law Friday afternoon. The bill will take effect in 90…
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March 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
BREAKING: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday signed into law a massive higher education overhaul to ban diversity efforts, regulate classroom discussion, and prohibit faculty strikes, among other things. The law will take effect in 90 days.
Simple math is no match for the mental gymnastics people will perform to avoid confronting that they might have listened to the wrong people with the wrong motives.
It’s so crazy that climate deniers think humans don’t cause climate change but volcanos eruptions do.
The eruption of Mount St. Helens released ~10 Mt of CO₂ into the atmosphere.
Human activities currently release that amount of CO₂ in ~2 hours.
The eruption of Mount St. Helens released ~10 Mt of CO₂ into the atmosphere.
Human activities currently release that amount of CO₂ in ~2 hours.
March 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Simple math is no match for the mental gymnastics people will perform to avoid confronting that they might have listened to the wrong people with the wrong motives.
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This made me cheer. It gets directly at a problem I’ve often noticed: people don’t fundamentally understand what a historian *does*.
March 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This made me cheer. It gets directly at a problem I’ve often noticed: people don’t fundamentally understand what a historian *does*.
Oregon shows the way.
Higher education institutions in the Beaver State are largely staying the course amid federal directives to quash inclusivity efforts.
buff.ly/YlevIL9 via @opb.org
buff.ly/YlevIL9 via @opb.org
Oregon colleges and universities are not wavering amid federal attacks on DEI • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Higher education institutions in the Beaver State are largely staying the course amid federal directives to quash inclusivity efforts.
buff.ly
March 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Oregon shows the way.
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LITERALLY EVERY FBI DIRECTOR HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN. EVERY SINGLE ONE.
Republicans welcomed Kash Patel's confirmation, seeing him as someone who can fix the FBI's alleged targeting of conservatives in recent years.
Senate confirms Kash Patel, fierce critic of FBI, to head the bureau
Republicans welcomed Kash Patel's confirmation, seeing him as someone who can fix the FBI's alleged targeting of conservatives in recent years.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
LITERALLY EVERY FBI DIRECTOR HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN. EVERY SINGLE ONE.
I’ve had the honor of working with Universities to create centers that support under-represented student communities, and the results are consistently dynamic places that help ALL students succeed in school and as citizens. The cynicism here is breathtaking.
www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
Trump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEI
In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.
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February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I’ve had the honor of working with Universities to create centers that support under-represented student communities, and the results are consistently dynamic places that help ALL students succeed in school and as citizens. The cynicism here is breathtaking.
www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
Meanwhile, beneath the clouds: Blade Runner.
The Jetsons, an influential cartoon television series of the 1960s “Sputnik” era, imagined we’d all have flying cars and therefore live on the tops of towers. It was the perfect sprawl futurism, in which technology finally triumphs in its long struggle to make walking impossible.
February 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Meanwhile, beneath the clouds: Blade Runner.
I’ve grown weary of the media elevating the villainous authors of nefarious plans to “architect.”
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Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I’ve grown weary of the media elevating the villainous authors of nefarious plans to “architect.”
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Heather Cox Richardson’s daily email summarizes the impact to institutions, including 6 in OH. The impact of this will affect the AEC industry as fewer lab and facility renovations (an indirect cost subject to the cuts) will be affordable to support the research that has been funded.
February 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Heather Cox Richardson’s daily email summarizes the impact to institutions, including 6 in OH. The impact of this will affect the AEC industry as fewer lab and facility renovations (an indirect cost subject to the cuts) will be affordable to support the research that has been funded.
This is an achievement that can be replicated through intelligent choices. Under-utilized urban road space can eventually be returned to higher and better uses.
on the right efficiency, on the left the amount of space sacrificed for cars on the off chance they may use them
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February 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is an achievement that can be replicated through intelligent choices. Under-utilized urban road space can eventually be returned to higher and better uses.
Truth! Remember, also, that green/high performance buildings address the fact that labor is the biggest ongoing cost for any enterprise. High quality spaces boost productivity and retention, and reduce absenteeism. Green buildings and PT are a potent combination for physical and economic health.
Really enjoying the revised edition of @humantransit.bsky.social ‘s classic book on public transit. This is such an important point about the difference between building roads and constructing PT infrastructure. Cost efficiencies from PT infra are mostly realized long after it’s built!
February 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Truth! Remember, also, that green/high performance buildings address the fact that labor is the biggest ongoing cost for any enterprise. High quality spaces boost productivity and retention, and reduce absenteeism. Green buildings and PT are a potent combination for physical and economic health.
University campuses, many of which are nearly cities unto themselves, have a huge advantage over cities in terms of political self-determination. It is much easier for their leaders to realize these benefits by promoting bikes and walking on campus, and restricting the presence of cars.
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
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“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
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One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
University campuses, many of which are nearly cities unto themselves, have a huge advantage over cities in terms of political self-determination. It is much easier for their leaders to realize these benefits by promoting bikes and walking on campus, and restricting the presence of cars.
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The answer (in part) = “Dutch drivers pay far more tax if they have a heavier car. The idea is to penalise those vehicles which most contribute to causing the potholes to help pay for the roads.”
How the Netherlands eradicated the pothole
Taxes on heavy cars ensure Dutch roads are among the smoothest in the world
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The answer (in part) = “Dutch drivers pay far more tax if they have a heavier car. The idea is to penalise those vehicles which most contribute to causing the potholes to help pay for the roads.”
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“In order for my company HumanBurger to finally become profitable we may need to put an end to most civil rights and renegotiate a few basic rules of human civilization, but I personally think it would be worth it.”
January 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“In order for my company HumanBurger to finally become profitable we may need to put an end to most civil rights and renegotiate a few basic rules of human civilization, but I personally think it would be worth it.”
After canceled events, it will be jobs, and after jobs, it will be empty offices that no University can afford to let sit idle. The end result could be the erasure of the very physical spaces where students of all stripes find the support they need to succeed in college.
An HBCU conference at Rutgers was cancelled following Trump's EO:
“Unfortunately, due to President Trump’s Executive Orders … we have been asked to cease all work under the auspices of the DEIA HUB at Jobs for the Future, which the U.S. Dept. of Labor funds” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
“Unfortunately, due to President Trump’s Executive Orders … we have been asked to cease all work under the auspices of the DEIA HUB at Jobs for the Future, which the U.S. Dept. of Labor funds” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Rutgers cancels HBCU event to align with Trump DEI orders
The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions announced Thursday that it has canceled an upcoming virtual conference about registered apprenticeship programs as a result of President...
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January 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
After canceled events, it will be jobs, and after jobs, it will be empty offices that no University can afford to let sit idle. The end result could be the erasure of the very physical spaces where students of all stripes find the support they need to succeed in college.
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
January 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”