@jacksonp42.bsky.social
Urban Planner (by education, somewhat by employment). YIMBY. Humanist. Fan of science, nature, and science fiction. Unfortunately unable to look away from the train wreck that is American politics. Posted opinions my own unless otherwise indicated.
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Motonormativity is a term that should be discussed more in the transportation community @ianwalker.bsky.social @drtaragoddard.com Thanks to @streetsforall.org for this youtu.be/dVwsCFCgT_o?...
Ian Walker lunchtime chat on Motornormativity
YouTube video by Streets For All
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Motonormativity is a term that should be discussed more in the transportation community @ianwalker.bsky.social @drtaragoddard.com Thanks to @streetsforall.org for this youtu.be/dVwsCFCgT_o?...
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It's unquestionable that young people today are richer than their 1960s counterparts, but the big difference in precarity. A good job requires living in a metro area with a housing shortage. A child requires an even more expensive home in a functional school district. A college degree requires debt.
These Young Adults Make Good Money. But Life, They Say, Is Unaffordable.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's unquestionable that young people today are richer than their 1960s counterparts, but the big difference in precarity. A good job requires living in a metro area with a housing shortage. A child requires an even more expensive home in a functional school district. A college degree requires debt.
A legend...
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104 | KQED
Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black histo...
www.kqed.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
A legend...
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Say, you don’t think this blatantly political interferance will end up resulting in even MORE public attention to the shocking atrocities in the notorious El Salvador megaprison (concentration camp) known as CECOT that houses deportees kicked out by Trump & GOP, do you? #StreisandEffect #60Minutes
The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision.
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Say, you don’t think this blatantly political interferance will end up resulting in even MORE public attention to the shocking atrocities in the notorious El Salvador megaprison (concentration camp) known as CECOT that houses deportees kicked out by Trump & GOP, do you? #StreisandEffect #60Minutes
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Modern #roundabouts, like this one, are unfazed by power outages. America needs more roundabouts and fewer signals.
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Modern #roundabouts, like this one, are unfazed by power outages. America needs more roundabouts and fewer signals.
As someone who is a secular humanist with half of my family coming from a Jewish background...
... I don't see how this can legitimately qualify as hate speech.
ktla.com/news/local-n...
... I don't see how this can legitimately qualify as hate speech.
ktla.com/news/local-n...
ktla.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
As someone who is a secular humanist with half of my family coming from a Jewish background...
... I don't see how this can legitimately qualify as hate speech.
ktla.com/news/local-n...
... I don't see how this can legitimately qualify as hate speech.
ktla.com/news/local-n...
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Christmas Rush
by Paul Gustav Fischer, not dated
Oil on canvas
Paul Gustav Fischer (22 July 1860 Copenhagen – 5 January 1934 Gentofte) was a Danish painter
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
by Paul Gustav Fischer, not dated
Oil on canvas
Paul Gustav Fischer (22 July 1860 Copenhagen – 5 January 1934 Gentofte) was a Danish painter
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Christmas Rush
by Paul Gustav Fischer, not dated
Oil on canvas
Paul Gustav Fischer (22 July 1860 Copenhagen – 5 January 1934 Gentofte) was a Danish painter
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
by Paul Gustav Fischer, not dated
Oil on canvas
Paul Gustav Fischer (22 July 1860 Copenhagen – 5 January 1934 Gentofte) was a Danish painter
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Another in my series of libraries
Kannur Public Library, India
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Kannur Public Library, India
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
December 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Another in my series of libraries
Kannur Public Library, India
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Kannur Public Library, India
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
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Yes we must reinstate the ACA subsidies Trump & the GOP cut. Without them, premiums skyrocket.
As we do so, we must also move toward Medicare for All. Unified, non-fragmented health care is the only long-term sustainable model that doesn’t screw patients.
I’ll continue to work toward that system.
As we do so, we must also move toward Medicare for All. Unified, non-fragmented health care is the only long-term sustainable model that doesn’t screw patients.
I’ll continue to work toward that system.
My family grew up in a backwoods province in Canada. They still had better health care than California
OPINION: My mother’s home province of Saskatchewan instituted the first single-payer health care plan in North America in 1947. If they can do it, so can California, Roger Rudick writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Yes we must reinstate the ACA subsidies Trump & the GOP cut. Without them, premiums skyrocket.
As we do so, we must also move toward Medicare for All. Unified, non-fragmented health care is the only long-term sustainable model that doesn’t screw patients.
I’ll continue to work toward that system.
As we do so, we must also move toward Medicare for All. Unified, non-fragmented health care is the only long-term sustainable model that doesn’t screw patients.
I’ll continue to work toward that system.
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AI chatbots share climate disinformation and recommend climate denialists to susceptible personas
https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/ai-chatbots-share-climate-disinformation-to-susceptible-users/
https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/ai-chatbots-share-climate-disinformation-to-susceptible-users/
December 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
AI chatbots share climate disinformation and recommend climate denialists to susceptible personas
https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/ai-chatbots-share-climate-disinformation-to-susceptible-users/
https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/ai-chatbots-share-climate-disinformation-to-susceptible-users/
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This - again and again.
Stop victim blaming, start politician, infrastructure and lawmakers "blaming".
“First, the designers of the system are responsible for the design, operation, and use of the transportation system. Second, road users are responsible for following the rules of (it).”
Stop victim blaming, start politician, infrastructure and lawmakers "blaming".
“First, the designers of the system are responsible for the design, operation, and use of the transportation system. Second, road users are responsible for following the rules of (it).”
Not happy to hear someone with the Future Of Privacy Forum trot out the old "94% of crashes are caused by human error" nonsense. usa.streetsblog.org/2020/10/14/t...
The 94% Error: We Need to Understand the True Cause of Crashes — Streetsblog USA
You’ve heard the claim that 94 percent of crashes are due to human error. Traffic safety campaigns are grounded in it. Agencies are using it to advocate for autonomous vehicles. But simply put: It’s n...
usa.streetsblog.org
December 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This - again and again.
Stop victim blaming, start politician, infrastructure and lawmakers "blaming".
“First, the designers of the system are responsible for the design, operation, and use of the transportation system. Second, road users are responsible for following the rules of (it).”
Stop victim blaming, start politician, infrastructure and lawmakers "blaming".
“First, the designers of the system are responsible for the design, operation, and use of the transportation system. Second, road users are responsible for following the rules of (it).”
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5 feet is too narrow for an urban sidewalk
Drivers get multiple wide lanes to move and store their vehicles while everyone else has to fight for effectively five feet of sidewalk space #ClarkStCorridor
December 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
5 feet is too narrow for an urban sidewalk
Based on my not-exactly-great record keeping, VC YIMBY worked on advocating for the Vista Campanario project starting in October of 2021. It is good to see that it is finally complete and that the townhomes are about to be occupied.
www.vcstar.com/story/news/2...
www.vcstar.com/story/news/2...
First-time homeowners to move into affordable Camarillo townhomes soon
The nonprofit Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County built the homes. It's project is designed to make home ownership possible for county residents.
www.vcstar.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Based on my not-exactly-great record keeping, VC YIMBY worked on advocating for the Vista Campanario project starting in October of 2021. It is good to see that it is finally complete and that the townhomes are about to be occupied.
www.vcstar.com/story/news/2...
www.vcstar.com/story/news/2...
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NEW // Sunday Video: Is Mass Timber Revolutionizing Midrise and Highrise Design? www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/21/s...
Sunday Video: Is Mass Timber Revolutionizing Midrise and Highrise Design? » The Urbanist
# Uytae Lee of About Here ticks through the design entrants at a recent mass timber architecture competition, showcasing the vast architectural diversity possible with the eco-friendly construction me...
www.theurbanist.org
December 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
NEW // Sunday Video: Is Mass Timber Revolutionizing Midrise and Highrise Design? www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/21/s...
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Portland's affordability mandate was underfunded, so developers built 19-unit buildings to dodge the 20-unit threshold.
Share of just-under-20 projects doubled.
City quintupled the tax break to $220k per affordable unit in March 2024.
Threshold-gaming stopped immediately.
Share of just-under-20 projects doubled.
City quintupled the tax break to $220k per affordable unit in March 2024.
Threshold-gaming stopped immediately.
Portland’s Inclusionary Zoning Program Is Finally Performing, New Data Suggests
Portland’s Inclusionary Zoning Program Is Finally Performing, New Data Suggests
buff.ly
December 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Portland's affordability mandate was underfunded, so developers built 19-unit buildings to dodge the 20-unit threshold.
Share of just-under-20 projects doubled.
City quintupled the tax break to $220k per affordable unit in March 2024.
Threshold-gaming stopped immediately.
Share of just-under-20 projects doubled.
City quintupled the tax break to $220k per affordable unit in March 2024.
Threshold-gaming stopped immediately.
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For the kids living in #TorontoDanforth, I'm sorry we couldn't make our streets safer for your ride to school, to the park or to the library. The lack of #PoliticalWill to place your vulnerability ahead of the convenience of drivers was on full display for the world. Honestly, I'm sorry we failed.
December 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
For the kids living in #TorontoDanforth, I'm sorry we couldn't make our streets safer for your ride to school, to the park or to the library. The lack of #PoliticalWill to place your vulnerability ahead of the convenience of drivers was on full display for the world. Honestly, I'm sorry we failed.
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Humber Street from outside @nextdoorhull.
#hull #yorkshire #travel #city #photography #photographerofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #winter
#hull #yorkshire #travel #city #photography #photographerofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #winter
December 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Humber Street from outside @nextdoorhull.
#hull #yorkshire #travel #city #photography #photographerofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #winter
#hull #yorkshire #travel #city #photography #photographerofbluesky #photographersunited #eastcoastkin #winter
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A wonderful variation on a Christmas theme... The joyous version of 'Fairytale of New York' played in honour of The Pogues' Shane McGowan at his funeral.
The soloists are Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill.
youtu.be/6s8lvnSmISc?...
The soloists are Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill.
youtu.be/6s8lvnSmISc?...
'Fairytale of New York' played at Shane MacGowan's funeral
YouTube video by RTÉ News
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A wonderful variation on a Christmas theme... The joyous version of 'Fairytale of New York' played in honour of The Pogues' Shane McGowan at his funeral.
The soloists are Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill.
youtu.be/6s8lvnSmISc?...
The soloists are Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill.
youtu.be/6s8lvnSmISc?...
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So we found out today in San Francisco that autonomous cars don't work in a blackout (Waymos shut down, wherever they were, all over city)
Participating in live experiments is fun! I still wish I'd been asked beforehand. But it is pretty wild and kind of cool to see them discover their edge cases.
Participating in live experiments is fun! I still wish I'd been asked beforehand. But it is pretty wild and kind of cool to see them discover their edge cases.
December 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
So we found out today in San Francisco that autonomous cars don't work in a blackout (Waymos shut down, wherever they were, all over city)
Participating in live experiments is fun! I still wish I'd been asked beforehand. But it is pretty wild and kind of cool to see them discover their edge cases.
Participating in live experiments is fun! I still wish I'd been asked beforehand. But it is pretty wild and kind of cool to see them discover their edge cases.
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After consistently breaking the law, losing in court, wasting its residents’ tax dollars, & embodying the worst of NIMBYism, Huntington Beach must do what I always said it must:
BUILD. MORE. HOUSING
We’re in a housing crisis
Do your part
Build your fair share
I insist
BUILD. MORE. HOUSING
We’re in a housing crisis
Do your part
Build your fair share
I insist
Judge Orders Huntington Beach to Adopt Housing Plan
The city now has 120 days to get a housing plan approved, and until they do, developers can largely approve their own projects.
voiceofoc.org
December 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
After consistently breaking the law, losing in court, wasting its residents’ tax dollars, & embodying the worst of NIMBYism, Huntington Beach must do what I always said it must:
BUILD. MORE. HOUSING
We’re in a housing crisis
Do your part
Build your fair share
I insist
BUILD. MORE. HOUSING
We’re in a housing crisis
Do your part
Build your fair share
I insist
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My belief—my argument—is that a place like Culpeper is fundamentally, ontologically, a *city*. Not in a comparative or analogous way, but literally. And it would have been understood as such by its residents for most of its history.
America's Urban Heritage: Culpeper, Virginia Edition
The kind of place we should keep building
www.thedeletedscenes.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
My belief—my argument—is that a place like Culpeper is fundamentally, ontologically, a *city*. Not in a comparative or analogous way, but literally. And it would have been understood as such by its residents for most of its history.
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to add to the Jake Paul schadenfreude, Andrew Tate also lost a fight to some reality TV influencer. most analysis of the fight I've read described his opponent as deeply untalented but Andrew lost anyway. Tate's endurance was awful and he was gassed after the first round.
December 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
to add to the Jake Paul schadenfreude, Andrew Tate also lost a fight to some reality TV influencer. most analysis of the fight I've read described his opponent as deeply untalented but Andrew lost anyway. Tate's endurance was awful and he was gassed after the first round.
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Every significant new plan for a city isn’t just an opportunity for policy change.
It’s an opportunity, and a responsibility, for culture change.
That’s how I do the plans I work on. That’s my definition of success.
New conversation. New plan. New culture.
It’s an opportunity, and a responsibility, for culture change.
That’s how I do the plans I work on. That’s my definition of success.
New conversation. New plan. New culture.
December 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Every significant new plan for a city isn’t just an opportunity for policy change.
It’s an opportunity, and a responsibility, for culture change.
That’s how I do the plans I work on. That’s my definition of success.
New conversation. New plan. New culture.
It’s an opportunity, and a responsibility, for culture change.
That’s how I do the plans I work on. That’s my definition of success.
New conversation. New plan. New culture.
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“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”