#Suburbs

The other day, @constanz_a was pointing out how much room this story makes for this guy's humanity and how little it makes for the humanity of the people who bought
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Newly accepted paper in Geophysical Research Letters claims that "Urban Vegetation Slows Down the Spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID‐19) in the United States" https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020GL08928
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I love assessment data. How much do I love assessment data? I love assessment data so much that I built a database comprised of all 3 million+ parcels in New
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A short thread on what one potentially overlooked political implication of the new Coronavirus regulations coming into force next week. 1/8 It will surprise few people who follow my ramblings
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I wrote a cars-not-bikes column. Please pray for my mentions at this difficult time.(Actually a transit-not-cars-or-bikes column written by a cyclist, but I won't be saved by that nuance)https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-t
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OTD (well, tonight) in 1942, the 1st of the so-called 'Baedeker' raids took place against SW England. Contrary to popular belief, these were not intended as attacks on cultural targets,
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Once more for all the media down the back.For the mediarazzi happily ignoring the core issues many voters have with Scott Morrison's exploitative and convenient Christianity - so they can
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Since im kinda on a roll today I wanna talk about how where I live, Sweden, the government has basically been oppressing POC, mostly muslims/arabs during corona. Bare with me
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Last weekend, we were talking about where folks can donate money, and I recommended @dreamprojectVA, which has been busy giving out tens of thousands of dollars to undocumented families in
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ExclusiveBoris Johnson has been directly warned by Tory MPs that an algorithm at the heart of his planning reforms risks 'destroying suburbia' and creating 'slums of the future'PM held a
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Just a reminder that Signal calls and FaceTime Audio are both end to end encrypted.https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1308171766947352576 and this is maybe beside the point and a distraction from a real horror show,
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Kenosha, like most cities in Wisconsin, is by definition a sundown town There is no city to be safely Black in Wisconsin. Folks in these communities have known this for
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I've been a freelancer - a contractor - for most of my life, but I've also been a salaried employee and an hourly employee and there is a significant difference
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To prove his vitality, @JoeBiden jogs to his podium... well, some of the way there. Note the pained squint when he has a minor brain freeze: "Jill and I continue
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Taking a break from COVID content (I've lost my ability to be rational) for a thread on something we can all agree on:FL is an absolutely bonkers state and its
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THREAD: The 2018 midterms coined by some pundits as the "Whole Foods Election." Fueled by many factors, including but not limited to a diversifying electorate and massive shift of college-educated
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