Michele Reeves
@rethinkplaces.bsky.social
Misc musings of urban strategist…land use, retail, transpo, lighting(!), placemaking, real estate development, and people… with a few random acts of photography thrown in! (Finally making the move from Twitter… starting from scratch again!) views=my own
I’m always on the lookout for “Show, Don’t Tell” signage. This little neon tooth blade sign for 2nd floor dentist — sign A+
December 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I’m always on the lookout for “Show, Don’t Tell” signage. This little neon tooth blade sign for 2nd floor dentist — sign A+
Not a hard boycott… don’t really partake of any of their content!
December 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Not a hard boycott… don’t really partake of any of their content!
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December 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hey look every North American city with extensive skywalk systems… when you make ground floor life active, people hang out and eat outside even when it’s below freezing.
December 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Hey look every North American city with extensive skywalk systems… when you make ground floor life active, people hang out and eat outside even when it’s below freezing.
Festive holiday door! (Old building + bright door = awesome — “historic color” standards are stupid)
December 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Festive holiday door! (Old building + bright door = awesome — “historic color” standards are stupid)
Wow, #GwenStefani is shilling for religious capitalism and anti-abortion supporters. Just gross. #PaytoPray is ridiculous. Selling out your gender for zealot dollars is not something that’s gonna get ya into heaven, if that’s your thing.
matt bernstein on Instagram: "this IS bananas. b-a-n-a-n-a-s 🛐"
This holiday season, Gwen Stefani is partnering with Hallow, a daily prayer app that has been criticized for its ties to anti-abortion groups and its expensive subscription fees. Learn more about the ...
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December 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Wow, #GwenStefani is shilling for religious capitalism and anti-abortion supporters. Just gross. #PaytoPray is ridiculous. Selling out your gender for zealot dollars is not something that’s gonna get ya into heaven, if that’s your thing.
So freaking perfect.
Students: Is there any way we could learn something interesting and meaningful in college?
Schools: Here's your free subscription to the homework machine, but don't use it to "cheat." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Schools: Here's your free subscription to the homework machine, but don't use it to "cheat." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
OpenAI Inks Deals With Colleges, Seizing Early Lead in Education Market
OpenAI has established a beachhead at many US colleges, overcoming university administrators’ wariness of artificial intelligence and giving ChatGPT a headstart on becoming the go-to assistant for the...
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
So freaking perfect.
Fabu cover!!!
December 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Fabu cover!!!
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Two possibilities:
(1) the plan won't survive sunshine (i.e., they know the base will tear it to shreds), or
(2) it points its middle finger squarely at the consultants
(1) the plan won't survive sunshine (i.e., they know the base will tear it to shreds), or
(2) it points its middle finger squarely at the consultants
BREAKING: The Democratic National Committee will NOT release its long-awaited autopsy on Trump's 2024 win. The report is completed but Dem leaders decided it could distract from their winning streak, so it will remain secret. Not good.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
December 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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The main thing I have had hammered home by the past ten years in politics is that we really need pretty much every government office to be run by boring and anonymous nerds who you will never once hear about in the news
December 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The main thing I have had hammered home by the past ten years in politics is that we really need pretty much every government office to be run by boring and anonymous nerds who you will never once hear about in the news
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If Trump announces a new and illegal regime change war against Venezuela tonight pay attention to which elected Democrats stay silent and don’t vociferously oppose and condemn him for it - and then make sure those Dems are subjected to primary challenges next year.
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
If Trump announces a new and illegal regime change war against Venezuela tonight pay attention to which elected Democrats stay silent and don’t vociferously oppose and condemn him for it - and then make sure those Dems are subjected to primary challenges next year.
In Portland, I used to call them 50s hipster dads. They liked to cosplay cool spouse who wants his wife to work and might stay home with kids… the reality is that they usually phase shifted to 50s dads the second a baby popped out. Wife does all planning, shopping, childcare juggling, etc.
Because this has gotten so much traction I must also specify—the issue is not that men CAN’T clean. The issue is domestic labor is STILL overwhelmingly performed by women. It’s not a question of ability. It’s how this work is actually divvied up and how people think it should be divvied up.
December 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In Portland, I used to call them 50s hipster dads. They liked to cosplay cool spouse who wants his wife to work and might stay home with kids… the reality is that they usually phase shifted to 50s dads the second a baby popped out. Wife does all planning, shopping, childcare juggling, etc.
Cars don’t belong in cities.
Another day, another driver causing a violent collision in Seattle.
Yikes. Heres the video (and the source, Honeyhole’s TikTok): www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrb52o8s/
Worth noting that this street has a “protected” bike lane, though these stores are close to the corner/intersection.
We need to do something about violent drivers in our cities.
Worth noting that this street has a “protected” bike lane, though these stores are close to the corner/intersection.
We need to do something about violent drivers in our cities.
December 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Cars don’t belong in cities.
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MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
I mean, what can go wrong when there is a profit motive in healthcare???
Don't miss this investigation from @tarabannow.bsky.social and @caseyross.bsky.social into the way Humana tweaked the presentation of its data to indicate that their corporate business model was the best way to care for older Americans.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/16/i...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/16/i...
Data on Humana’s clinics looked dismal. Then its corporate research machine got to work
STAT investigation: Internal documents show how Humana is reshaping the debate over Medicare Advantage.
www.statnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I mean, what can go wrong when there is a profit motive in healthcare???
Geometry in the city!
(Also, love how the kelvin range of various interior lights serves to make the building shapes dynamic against the night sky.)
(Also, love how the kelvin range of various interior lights serves to make the building shapes dynamic against the night sky.)
December 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Geometry in the city!
(Also, love how the kelvin range of various interior lights serves to make the building shapes dynamic against the night sky.)
(Also, love how the kelvin range of various interior lights serves to make the building shapes dynamic against the night sky.)
Exterior lighting is super important in the north, where it gets dark before 4!
December 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Exterior lighting is super important in the north, where it gets dark before 4!
Plants in coffee shops!
December 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Plants in coffee shops!
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Investigators concluded Monday that South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted to impose martial law to eliminate his political rivals & monopolize power — Yoon is currently in jail while standing trial
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
December 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Investigators concluded Monday that South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted to impose martial law to eliminate his political rivals & monopolize power — Yoon is currently in jail while standing trial
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
As kids, we would be directed to make pinch pot ashtrays for our parents/grand parents in early elementary school. It was always assumed someone would use it!
I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
It’s crazy that people used to be able to just smoke cigarettes wherever they wanted
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
As kids, we would be directed to make pinch pot ashtrays for our parents/grand parents in early elementary school. It was always assumed someone would use it!
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it costs about $90,000 a year to attend Brown.
This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.
December 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM
it costs about $90,000 a year to attend Brown.
Made me smile!
What a man
Celebrating the 100tb birthday of our national treasure Dick Van Dyke.
The time when the audience lost its mind at his cameo during the Disneyland 60th celebration.
The time when the audience lost its mind at his cameo during the Disneyland 60th celebration.
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Made me smile!