#Cities

Our off-the-cuff chat might be a little rough around the edges, so lets unpack.Summary: we'd decarbonize/electrify better/faster when white-collar policy makers/shapers work *with* blue-collar (HVAC) technicians, rather than design prog
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When I rented a U-Haul, there was a speed governor that prevented me from going over 75, the maximum speed limit in nearly all of the US. In no part
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Thread:How I found #DezNat as a Catholic First off, allow me to destroy everyone's expectations.For the LDS crowd: I was not seeking out a new religion. Sorry.For everyone else: DezNat
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Why is water so important to me? Back in 2014, a decision was made to change my community water source. They didn't treat the water and we ended up with
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Quite a lengthy thread about my experience with the #Bills and #BillsMafia Back in 2012, I was doing research on a book I was considering writing. One of my
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Unbelievable hell on earth that did massive psychological damage to everyone who went through them and that the country still hasn't recovered fromIn Serbia at least(Ok so this ended up
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A lot of people (altbeit not nearly enough) know that Nubian has an ancient script that language activists still use to write the language: what is less known, however, is
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Fantastic job as always by @emilymbadger and @aliciap at @nytimes @NYTupshot writing about my new paper with Raj Chetty, @nhendren82 , and @michaelstepner about the COVID-19 crisis (1/N)https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/upshot/coronavirus-
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Probably an unpopular opinion on here, but my disgust at the behavior of the idiots storming the Capitol building doesn't alter, in any way, the fact that state election laws,
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A friend of mine has sat very close to the seat of political power in this country. He has been the bodyguard for a couple of governors, he has spent
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Top things no one wants to see in your portfolio Portfolios come in all shapes and sizes. There’s no one-size-fits-all answers to creating the best presentation of your work.Individual personality
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Thread: Over the past six months I’ve been pouring over a “safe city” feasibility study recovered by @MareikeOhlberg & Jessica Batke. It provides a detailed analysis of what surveillance platforms
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COVID Update December 3: Not enough attention has been played to the villainous role of Mitch McConnell and the Senate in this pandemic. 1/ With 100,000 people in the hospital
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Transport Twitter is always full of arguments about how a move away from cars in cities could negatively affect accessibility for disabled people. What I don't see is anyone really
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These past 8 days in #Myanmar, we have seen clear examples as to why it is of utmost importance to ensure access to information in a time of crisis. Particularly
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By the way, in 2018, @BBCAfrica reached out to Akon and the Senegalese government to find out more about Akon's cryptocurrency and Akon City, but didn't get much. So the
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