• Put a few layers of tape over both/all cameras (front/rear) before continuing to read this.
  • Ideally print out and read on paper.
  • If above not possible, read on a desktop or laptop,not on your phone/tablet...........@rainynight65 IMHO it's deliberate. #ExxonKnew why did they do a three-year study (1970-1973 ?) not merely proving (again), but detailing exactly what would happen? Effects of #climateEmergency : 1. Kills people directly &indirectly 2. Prompts #climateMigration , which 3. Move/crowds folks into smaller/denser areas, which makes us easier to 4. Control (in every respect including brainwashing) but also 5. Easier to kill large numbers, faster. ( See also #Gaza IsA #Prototype as are #Sudan & #Haiti & #Mexico & ...) 6. As we become #climateRefugees & move away -> Opens up more #land for #extraction (so-called ' #underExploited ') See also #silentWeaponsForQuietWars available in the public domain apparently.Also two #Boeing #safety #engineer #whistleblowers in the past year died shortly after going public w their news #leak #leaks . One apparent #suicideAllegedly the other in an #accident ... And prior to pandemic IDK which year there was a regional/national conference on the future of #selfDrivingCars #autonomousVehicles #roboTaxis held iirc in #PortlandOregon at #OMSI .. A whole panel of speakers, mostly industry, urban planning, policy wonks... But one woman who was widely regarded as a world-class expert on the risks / dangers of AV's ... She lived in Arizona. The week before she was scheduled to fly to Portland to give her talk at the convention/symposium, she was hit & killed... By a self-driving car.There is plenty more, but one gets the idea.
  • PS. #real_estate #affordable_housing is #gaslighting and a #Trojan_horse . As #private_equity and #public_housing_projects & #CDCs gobble up more land and homes to #demolish them and build brand new ones, the cost invariably skyrockets across the entire #market . Further, 1. They artificially limit the supply by delisting actually-vacant rentals (to drive up cost/demand), and 2. They constantly #lobby tooth & nail against any type of #environmental #regulations ... And #buildingCode #energy #efficiency standards. ... They refuse to even install simple overhangs above windows, to block out the sun during its summer zenith / hottest months while allowing it in the cooler months (#passiveSolarDesign 101 ).. Let alone thicker walls/insulation or triple-pane windows , all of which would only add 2% to the total cost of construction. (See " #passiveHaus explained in 90 seconds " on YouTube as well as #ecoJusticeRadio on passivehomes passivehouse #naturalbuilding
    )
    And building more even actually-affordable housing obscures the most obvious:
    The cheapest home is an existing home.

    Or, for #clean_air, or against #climate_change, or for #workers_rights, or for #affordable_housing, etc.
    The City of LA keeps promising affordable housing, but are we getting it? Are affordable units becoming hotel rooms while developers cash in? https://bit.ly/48fdG0f #affordable_housing #Los_Angeles
    The City of LA Keeps Promising Affordable Housing, But Are We Getting It?

    In my last post I wrote that the City of LA was thinking about allowing the installation of alcohol vending machines at an apartment building in Hollywood.  In doing some research on the building i…

    The Horizon and the Skyline
    Record number of Americans are homeless amid nationwide surge in rent, report finds

    Rents over the last two decades have risen much faster than employee pay, contributing to an escalating homelessness crisis in the U.S.

    CBS News

    My first published article of the year! A profile of a woman dedicated to affordable housing:

    #affordable_housing #nonprofit #leadership

    https://www.nynmedia.com/personality/2024/01/life-dedicated-affordable-housing/393014/

    A life dedicated to affordable housing

    Valerie White, senior executive director of LISC-NY, reflects on her long career and taking on her current role just weeks after the COVID-19 shutdown began.

    NYN
    Homes "unaffordable" in 99% of nation for average American

    Home prices have jumped so much that Americans must pay a third of their income on housing, according to one study.

    LA Mayor Karen Bass Moving Unhoused People 'Inside Safe,' For A Start

    No more police sweeps, either.

    Wonkette
    This concept village is designed with 10' modules that can be mixed and matched to create infinite variations. The modules are light enough to be transported in a pickup truck and constructed with basic hand tools with a minimum of skill. Only service or police vehicles are allowed to drive the streets, which are mostly designed for pedestrian use. Nearby is a transit hub connecting to nearby cities. #affordable_housing #green_buildings #modular_housing #transitoriented_development
    Harbor Point was failed public housing—until it was rebuilt as the nation's first mixed-income community. Twenty-five years later, what can we learn from this visionary project? https://www.architectmagazine.com/Design/looking-back-at-the-success-of-harbor-point_o. #affordable_housing #affordablehousing