Jenn Hill
@jmhill926.bsky.social
Putting people first while working to answer the question - how will we live here? Sustainable infrastructure advocate & practitioner. Pancake enthusiast. Marquette City Commissioner 2018-22/Representative Michigan House District 109 2023-24. she/her
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In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
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Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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My grandpa was born in the US to German parents. He had younger cousins who were in Hitler youth in Germany. Decades later I talked with some of them about it (with the ruthless candor of youth). Why did you do that? What were you thinking? What they described was a lot like this.
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My grandpa was born in the US to German parents. He had younger cousins who were in Hitler youth in Germany. Decades later I talked with some of them about it (with the ruthless candor of youth). Why did you do that? What were you thinking? What they described was a lot like this.
May his memory be a blessing.
Earned a silver star pulling drowning and wounded GIs out of the water at Omaha Beach… And a bronze star in Korea. Wasn’t allowed to vote in federal elections ‘til 54 and Maine elections ‘til 67.
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
May his memory be a blessing.
Winter wonders…in Gaelic the bird’s name is “croaker”
Someone already made a playlist.
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finnish people getting harrased by an evil bird - YouTube
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December 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Winter wonders…in Gaelic the bird’s name is “croaker”
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“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik
It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
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Updated story on today's MPSC hearing. “This is your chance to provide some equality between big tech, government, and the people," Augusta Township resident Wendy Albers said, requesting the MPSC open a contested case on the Saline Township data center. @planetdetroit.org
Michigan regulators announce virtual hearing Dec. 18 on a planned Saline Township data center's wetland, stream, and floodplain impacts. planetdetroit.org/2025/12/dte-...
Michigan regulators blow past DTE's data center deadline
The Michigan Public Service Commission declines to take up DTE Energy's data center contracts Friday, passing the deadline given by the utility in its application.
planetdetroit.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Updated story on today's MPSC hearing. “This is your chance to provide some equality between big tech, government, and the people," Augusta Township resident Wendy Albers said, requesting the MPSC open a contested case on the Saline Township data center. @planetdetroit.org
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Check out the full piece (with tons of model-observation comparison figures) over at The Climate Brink:
Comparing climate models with observations
The latest generation of climate models shows too much long-term warming but better reproduces recent trends
www.theclimatebrink.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Check out the full piece (with tons of model-observation comparison figures) over at The Climate Brink:
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My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
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again, the supreme court did not write the constitution (or the declaration) and—despite what you may think—they don't have the monopoly on the interpretation of those documents.
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
again, the supreme court did not write the constitution (or the declaration) and—despite what you may think—they don't have the monopoly on the interpretation of those documents.
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
the people have a say, and if the court is out of step with the people, that's a problem for the court, not the governed
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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Today marks 160 years since the ratification of the 13th amendment, which abolished legal slavery in the United States. We honor those who fought for freedom and rededicate ourselves to advancing justice, equality, and civil rights for all.
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today marks 160 years since the ratification of the 13th amendment, which abolished legal slavery in the United States. We honor those who fought for freedom and rededicate ourselves to advancing justice, equality, and civil rights for all.
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I usually pride myself on crisp images, but on occasion I capture an image that is far from it. Taken tonight through plastic covered window giving it an impressionistic vibe. Northhern Cardinal against the full moon. #BirdoftheDay #songbird #EastCoastKin 🪶
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I usually pride myself on crisp images, but on occasion I capture an image that is far from it. Taken tonight through plastic covered window giving it an impressionistic vibe. Northhern Cardinal against the full moon. #BirdoftheDay #songbird #EastCoastKin 🪶
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Just found out that one of a kind climate communicator, @katharinehayhoe.com, is launching a new series:
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Katharine is one of the people who inspired me to talk climate in the first place. So always hyped to see her latest work!
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December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
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If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
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So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
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This Day in Labor History: November 27, 1937. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) debuted its play “Pins and Needles,” which would become the longest running musical of the 1930s. Let's talk about this moment of labor feminism meeting popular culture!
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 27, 1937. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) debuted its play “Pins and Needles,” which would become the longest running musical of the 1930s. Let's talk about this moment of labor feminism meeting popular culture!
Cruciferous charms
For Brussels sprouts aficionados on Thanksgiving, a Brassica 🧵
Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Cruciferous charms
Inhumane. Later generations will look back and be appalled at our government’s actions.
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Inhumane. Later generations will look back and be appalled at our government’s actions.
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Love this finding by @frontiergroup.bsky.social "putting solar panels on Pennsylvania schools could produce as much electricity as 187,000 homes use in a year, while saving school districts hundreds of millions of dollars. " Hey @patricktutwiler.bsky.social
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Solar schools for Pennsylvania
Solar power on school rooftops cuts air pollution, provides clean power to our communities, and can save money for schools.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Love this finding by @frontiergroup.bsky.social "putting solar panels on Pennsylvania schools could produce as much electricity as 187,000 homes use in a year, while saving school districts hundreds of millions of dollars. " Hey @patricktutwiler.bsky.social
frontiergroup.org/resources/so...
frontiergroup.org/resources/so...
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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Black families pay more to keep their houses warm than average American families
Research study finds families living in majority-Black census tracts spent 5.1% of their income on energy – significantly higher than the 3.2% share spent by average American households.
Research study finds families living in majority-Black census tracts spent 5.1% of their income on energy – significantly higher than the 3.2% share spent by average American households.
Black families pay more to keep their houses warm than average American families
Research study finds families living in majority-Black census tracts spent 5.1% of their income on energy – significantly higher than the 3.2% share spent by average American households.
www.bridgedetroit.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Black families pay more to keep their houses warm than average American families
Research study finds families living in majority-Black census tracts spent 5.1% of their income on energy – significantly higher than the 3.2% share spent by average American households.
Research study finds families living in majority-Black census tracts spent 5.1% of their income on energy – significantly higher than the 3.2% share spent by average American households.
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Svalbard rock ptarmigan are the northernmost land-dwelling birds on the planet, never leaving their island haunts of Svalbard in Norway and Franz Josef Land in Russia, even during the four-month-long darkness of the high-Arctic winter. How do they do it? Find out here:
The Snowshoe Effect - bioGraphic
The Svalbard rock ptarmigan, Earth’s northernmost land bird, is finely tuned for winter survival.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Svalbard rock ptarmigan are the northernmost land-dwelling birds on the planet, never leaving their island haunts of Svalbard in Norway and Franz Josef Land in Russia, even during the four-month-long darkness of the high-Arctic winter. How do they do it? Find out here:
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"AI" is really: "Capital hates Labor so much, it wants to replace it entirely".
One little problem: ALL profit is, ultimately, derived from Labor.
AI can *NEVER* be profitable.
One little problem: ALL profit is, ultimately, derived from Labor.
AI can *NEVER* be profitable.
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"AI" is really: "Capital hates Labor so much, it wants to replace it entirely".
One little problem: ALL profit is, ultimately, derived from Labor.
AI can *NEVER* be profitable.
One little problem: ALL profit is, ultimately, derived from Labor.
AI can *NEVER* be profitable.