Angela Crow
@angelawcrow.bsky.social
I am interested in how people advocate for a shift away from car-centric infrastructure. I write about design, UX and stories of freedom of movement from a genre and literacy studies foundation.
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Angela Crow
@angelawcrow.bsky.social
· Nov 14
go.bsky.app/FvouhGQ I’m always so astounded that I dropped so deeply into thinking about freedom of movement that I landed in street design.
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Everybody loves energy efficiency, you'd think.
But utilities are rewarded more for building stuff for new energy demand.
Builders don't like spending the 5% more in construction to build a very efficient new home.
So there's a lot more work to do - and a lot more bills to be filed.
But utilities are rewarded more for building stuff for new energy demand.
Builders don't like spending the 5% more in construction to build a very efficient new home.
So there's a lot more work to do - and a lot more bills to be filed.
House Dems put two bills focused on energy efficiency on their priority list for the 2026 General Assembly Session. #valeg #vagov
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Va. House Democrats make energy efficiency a key priority for legislative session • Virginia Mercury
Lawmakers have filed bills to create an energy efficiency task force and to mandate utilities give qualified customers efficiency upgrades by 2031.
virginiamercury.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Everybody loves energy efficiency, you'd think.
But utilities are rewarded more for building stuff for new energy demand.
Builders don't like spending the 5% more in construction to build a very efficient new home.
So there's a lot more work to do - and a lot more bills to be filed.
But utilities are rewarded more for building stuff for new energy demand.
Builders don't like spending the 5% more in construction to build a very efficient new home.
So there's a lot more work to do - and a lot more bills to be filed.
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Writing doesn't just help you process your thoughts.
Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.
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Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.
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Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges
Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Writing doesn't just help you process your thoughts.
Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.
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Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search
In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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"Give us, the people you represent, the information we need to decide for ourselves if this is in our best interests,” Ben Verschoor said. “Something is wrong, so do the right thing. Don’t carry water for Google; protect it from them."
Google AI Data Center a hot topic at Western Virginia Water Authority board meeting
Over a dozen people packed the Western Virginia Water Authority meeting on Thursday to voice their concerns about the proposed Google AI Data Center that would be placed in Botetourt County, asking qu...
www.wsls.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Hard day today
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Hard day today
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
Here's what we think about trusting CDC
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Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons to ensure justice for survivors
Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons to ensure justice for survivors
Classification plan will create basis for ‘significantly stricter’ prosecutions, says interior minister
Germany plans to treat the use of date rape drugs like the use of weapons in prosecutions as part of measures to ensure justice for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
“We classify date rape drugs, which are increasingly used as a widespread tool in crimes, as weapons. This creates the basis for significantly stricter prosecutions,” Alexander Dobrindt, the interior minister, said on Friday. “We are committed to clear consequences and consistent enforcement. Women should feel safe and be able to move freely everywhere.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons to ensure justice for survivors
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The man has to go. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
RFK Jr., American Psycho
He needs to go. Now.
www.thenation.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The man has to go. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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"They're here doing their job just trying to make it look pretty but at the end of the day it's the board members," Banton said. "People should start paying attention to who's voting for these data centers to be moved in."
Hundreds pack meeting to oppose proposed 400-acre data center near Wyndham
A community meeting with HHHunt on Monday night will discuss the real estate company's plans for a large data center campus near Wyndham.
www.wtvr.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"They're here doing their job just trying to make it look pretty but at the end of the day it's the board members," Banton said. "People should start paying attention to who's voting for these data centers to be moved in."
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies
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CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies
It is the latest move by Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services to undermine vaccines.
www.importantcontext.news
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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Some important information almost zero people in my tax bracket will understand how to operationalize:
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Some important information almost zero people in my tax bracket will understand how to operationalize:
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Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport?
Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport?
The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industry
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport?
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TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official. www.wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
www.wired.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official. www.wired.com/story/social...
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Something I wish got challenged more often in this “men in crisis” discourse is the blithe assumption (or sometimes outright assertion!) that everyone’s boss is a woman now. “Women now dominate white collar work and corporate management roles.” No they don’t. That just isn’t true.
Really thankful for this, from @winterjessica.bsky.social—a long-overdue corrective to an exhausting discourse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Something I wish got challenged more often in this “men in crisis” discourse is the blithe assumption (or sometimes outright assertion!) that everyone’s boss is a woman now. “Women now dominate white collar work and corporate management roles.” No they don’t. That just isn’t true.
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Saw this in Berlin yesterday.
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Saw this in Berlin yesterday.
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Großartig!
Dauergrün für Fußgänger:innen mit Boxhandschuhen an der Ampel
Dauergrün für Fußgänger:innen mit Boxhandschuhen an der Ampel
Athena Macke - Berlin-University of Applied Sciences.
In her final thesis, she focused on fashionable and performative forms of expression in forward-looking urban design and the move away from cars.
The cycle path and the car dress as well as the frustration boxer were also part of her project.
In her final thesis, she focused on fashionable and performative forms of expression in forward-looking urban design and the move away from cars.
The cycle path and the car dress as well as the frustration boxer were also part of her project.
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Großartig!
Dauergrün für Fußgänger:innen mit Boxhandschuhen an der Ampel
Dauergrün für Fußgänger:innen mit Boxhandschuhen an der Ampel
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I am reminded today of this skit by Sarah Cooper.
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am reminded today of this skit by Sarah Cooper.
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This is a five alarm fire.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is a five alarm fire.
Sweet
This is a small snow plow for sidewalks
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Sweet
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The full dossier is here. It's an amazing collection of pieces reflecting in diverse and critical ways on cities and playabilty. I'm really looking forward to reading all the articles carefully.
www.mediapolisjournal.com/dossier-play...
www.mediapolisjournal.com/dossier-play...
Dossier: Playable Cities
Dossier editors: Carolyn Birdsall, Linda Kopitz, and Alex Gekker Carolyn Birdsall, Linda Kopitz and Alex Gekker, Playable Cities: An Introduction The city is a …
www.mediapolisjournal.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The full dossier is here. It's an amazing collection of pieces reflecting in diverse and critical ways on cities and playabilty. I'm really looking forward to reading all the articles carefully.
www.mediapolisjournal.com/dossier-play...
www.mediapolisjournal.com/dossier-play...
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We need videos from optical gas imaging cameras for CO₂ emissions.
What you see without an OGI camera vs what you see with an OGI camera.
What you are seeing in a plume of methane and VOCs.
You can see how it is so easy for them to ignore the ongoing systemic methane pollution.
What you are seeing in a plume of methane and VOCs.
You can see how it is so easy for them to ignore the ongoing systemic methane pollution.
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We need videos from optical gas imaging cameras for CO₂ emissions.
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PBS covered it…
Tucker Carlson's interview with antisemite Nick Fuentes exposes rift among Republicans
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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November 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
PBS covered it…