#Cities

Will Cain

willcain

In a year of absolute destruction, sports is self destructing. Jacob Blake’s shooting was tragic. Was it unjustified? Was it racially motivated? I don’t know. We know so few details

Steve Oz Pankotai

stevenpankotai

Let's talk a bit about editors! I'll be talking some about my specific recent experience in the #DMsGuild #TTRPG sphere, but this is also relevant to general #writing. TL;DR: Editors

Mel

MelMedinaCT

1) It’s true that the CT’s current prison pop are serving time for serious felonies. It is also true that this pop is aging. It is also true that this

lud

azulasbitch

something about iroh saying Azula is crazy and needs to go down when he was a full grown man committing war crimes and leading attacks to conquer cities for the

Jeff Weniger

JeffWeniger

I'm not sure you realize the sheer number of people that are going to leave many of these U.S. cities now that so many can work from home.THREAD I hear

Rohan Venkat

RohanV

Trio of Indian Express reports today showing the complete mess created by the Centre after seeming to indicate that it will consult better with the states on how to end

Neil Murphy

NeilMurphy1978

This “agglomeration economies haven’t worked for ordinary people so let’s oppose them” argument is distressing and wrong. (1/)https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1305390455790751744 First, let’s deal with the straw man: the idea t

N. K. Jemisin

nkjemisin

A thought, inspired by this thread by @BBolander, and spurred also by feedback I've heard re THE CITY WE BECAME. Folks. Gentrification is not good for cities, unless you're a

Outlander Material Culture

MaterialClan

There are so many parallels b/w Outlander & the protests happening rn, w/ key differences re: who got to become white. A thread.The British justify torturing & disfiguring Jamie because

Farooq Butt

fmbutt

One interesting mega trend happening out there today is a stress test of the whole concept of the "nation state".The nation state is not a self-evident thing that is a

Carlos

ballesteros_312

When I saw footage of a white police officer pumping seven bullets into the back of a Black man in Kenosha last Sunday, I knew I had to write about

GordPerks

gordperks

1. Today the Federation of Canadian Municipalities put out a statement asking for $10 -15 Billion in direct federal aid to Cities. https://fcm.ca/en/news-media/news-release/covid-19-municipalities-seek-emergency-fundingThis raises some deep questions

Rep. Don Beyer

RepDonBeyer

Let's be clear: when top Republicans say "make cuts" or "let them go bankrupt," they are talking about allowing thousands of police, firefighters, teachers, public health workers, and others who

Los Angeles Times

latimes

Of the 20 most populous cities in the U.S., San Francisco has the lowest death rate per capita from COVID-19. If the entire country had followed the city’s approach, says

Shahrukh Wani

ShahrukhWani

New: I write for Dawn on Pakistan's need to manage its urban transition.I make three points in this article, summarised in this thread: https://www.dawn.com/news/1518363/pakistans-urban-transition Point 1: Cities are essential for

Wes Pegden

WesPegden

Disappointed in @UpshotNYT on this story:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/28/upshot/coronavirus-herd-immunity.htmlA few key things stand out here. They quote unnamed "experts" to support an assumption that herd immunity