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Jason Westrope
@jwestrope.bsky.social
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Focused on sustainability, transit oriented urban development, green buildings, renewable energy, energy efficiency, green roofs and a healthier planet.
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It’s coming for you too mf’r
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South Korea has mandated solar canopies for large parking lots. It's a no-brainer. We could offer firms incentives to do it here, or they could just friggin' do it! (H/t @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social)

Here's a little sumptin' I put together a while back...
What if Walmart turned its parking lots into solar farms?
We asked experts to help crunch the numbers.
www.motherjones.com
No American is safe. They just don’t realize it yet.
ICE shot an American citizen and food bank worker who tried to block them arresting an immigrant by pulling his car in front of them.
After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer."
www.calonews.com/featured-top...
I’m a pragmatist. Mamdani is the best candidate.
Just that front page alone has me rolling. “Coughs up pair of jeans”? “Segregation score”?😂😂😂
Not a bold claim at all, but glad he said it
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I wrote this in September 2024. If you want to understand where we are and how we got here, read it all. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Everyone likes an underdog story (except the overdog) and some wanted a Canadian team to beat a U.S. team because Trump is an idiot, but Los Angeles has been through some shit from wild fires to fascist occupation. Good for them on this World Series.
The Trump administration lies because that is all they have
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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SNAP assistance makes Page One in Boston ..

.. Chattanooga ..

.. Palm Beach ..

.. Asbury Park, NJ.
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Almost 42 million people are losing their food aid today.
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) actually told the press that Democrats would be the ones hurt most by losing SNAP.

To be fair, since he lives in Florida instead of the state he represents, maybe he doesn’t realize 752,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP—14.6% of the state’s population.
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NEW from me:

Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.

That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
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Just awesome: all Chicago eateries should do this. Thanks Manny’s! We were just talking about you the other day. Time to visit again.
SUPPORT MANNY'S IF YOU ARE IN CHICAGO.
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Rhode Island federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to distribute money owed to recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program "as soon as possible," just one day before funding for SNAP was set to lapse. share.google/odvonkb23X6v...
Federal judge orders Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits out of contingency fund
The ruling came one day before funding for SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps, was set to lapse.
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