Alex Engel
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Alex Engel
@thatengel.bsky.social
Product of 🗽🏳️‍🌈🇺🇲🇪🇸. Comms/policy/strategy. Work in city transportation (NACTO, previously NYCDOT). Disponible en Español.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thatengel/
Research is validating that places that give kids more freedom turn them into happier, more independent, and more *resilient* adults.

We must build cities and cultures that allow for exploration, play, and discovery.
www.cnn.com/2025/06/29/h...
Why are Dutch kids the world’s happiest? A teenager weighs in | CNN
Freedom for kids to move through the world on their own may be the key to the Netherlands’ top spot in childhood happiness.
www.cnn.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“In fact, what I saw this week is how much we are strengthened as a society and as individuals when we choose joy and mutual support rather than fear in the face of adversity.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/o...
Opinion | Spain in the Dark Is Safer Than Elsewhere With Power
The Iberian blackout showed us how much community matters.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I think I've seen that "Food" sign
Massachusetts Road Signs
Massachusetts<br> Road Signs
www.mcsweeneys.net
January 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reposted by Alex Engel
Studies consistently find that gay men commit very little violent crime. Possibly even less than straight women.
November 24, 2024 at 11:24 PM