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Loretta Lees is a university professor, urbanist, author, and scholar-activist. She is the Director of the Initiative on Cities and… more

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Economics 34%
Political science 19%
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Very interesting Civic AI conference

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With Roles as Civic Hubs, Libraries Turn Over a New Page
Cities looking to revive downtowns are increasingly leveraging the ability of public libraries to draw crowds and encourage economic development.
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#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #unranked

8 The Police | Every Breath You Take
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I won this last year, nominations open for 2026:
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A pleasure to be on @madalinamez.bsky.social supervisory team, an excellent PhD 🤩🥳
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LISER's Department of Urban Development and Mobility @liser-udm.bsky.social · 12d
👏 Congrats to Dr. Madalina MEZAROS who successfully defended her PhD thesis "Property, Policy, & Place: #Housing #Inequality & #Gentrification Dynamics in #Luxembourg"

👩‍🎓 @madalinamez.bsky.social was awarded a #PhD degree in #Geography from @uni.lu

🙏 Kudos to supervisor @douccap.bsky.social & jury!
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80 degrees Boston today 😎
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👏 Congrats to Dr. Madalina MEZAROS who successfully defended her PhD thesis "Property, Policy, & Place: #Housing #Inequality & #Gentrification Dynamics in #Luxembourg"

👩‍🎓 @madalinamez.bsky.social was awarded a #PhD degree in #Geography from @uni.lu

🙏 Kudos to supervisor @douccap.bsky.social & jury!
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Jim O’Connell talking to my class tonight 😊

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Great news!!

Louisville Metro is finally implementing its Anti-Displacement Commission & Assessment Tool!

Well done PUSH Louisville & Jecorey Arthur for keeping pressure on the city, and Louisville Tenants Union for launching the campaign!!

www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...
Louisville's Anti-Displacement Commission finally gets off the ground
The Anti-Displacement Commission will track housing developments that receive city resources to protect residents from gentrification.
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Contested meaning of symbolic space in East Asian cities sponsored by @buoncities.bsky.social tonight
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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Thumping ambition – and demolition: 10 high-rises that changed modern Britain
Eyesores and scandalously unsafe? Or utopian housing for the working classes? Here are the stories and scandals behind some of the UK’s most revolutionary homes
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Me too xx

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