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☮️ Anti-War first and foremost ☮️
Pro-housing 🏘️🏡🏘️ 🏢 by any means necessary
Pro-housing 🏘️🏡🏘️ 🏢 by any means necessary
The War on Cars"In 2021, half of all trips in the United States were less than three miles, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Making those short trips on an e-bike instead of in a car would likely save people money, cut their emissions, and improve their health and happiness."
Brent Toderian“But carrots alone are not sufficient to overcome the entrenched infrastructure & incentives which today favor car use. So to really get people using other forms of transport to reduce emission for climate change, to protect public health to make cities and streets safer and more livable—we have to massively reduce car use along with increasing sustainable mobility.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2023/08/17/sticks-not-carrots-needed-to-get-drivers-out-of-cars-say-climate-scientists/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2023/08/17/sticks-not-carrots-needed-to-get-drivers-out-of-cars-say-climate-scientists/
“When asked what advice she would offer American policymakers she had a ready answer: ‘Any extra money should be put toward transit service, and not zero fares. Transit’s price is not a barrier for most people. It’s service quality and speed of the trip.’”
Rachael LWhat is even happening at King County? Via Erica Barnett found out the elections website is totally borked. The get a replacement ballot page — linked in page with a the list of “tasks” you might need to do — is just totally useless. Which is pretty relevant becuase we still don’t have ours — and in past elections we get ours Thursday or Friday. https://kingcounty.gov/en/legacy/depts/elections/how-to-vote/ballots/replacing-a-ballot-or-envelope
Bill McKibben calls this “the first great YIMBY novel.”
I’m in! (24 hours to go?)
The Lost Cause: a novel of climate and hope
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-lost-cause-a-novel-of-climate-and-hope, via Kickstarter
Things are clearly “snappier” here on Mastodon.
And several familiar faces too…
Wedge LIVE!#EndorsementAlert: You probably don't realize how important it is to get to work electing Mark Haase as Hennepin County Attorney. Criminal justice reform is on the ballot. @[email protected]
https://www.wedgelive.com/2018/09/mark-haase-for-hennepin-county-attorney.html
https://www.wedgelive.com/2018/09/mark-haase-for-hennepin-county-attorney.html
Beast WitchI can't wait until cities are just big buildings surrounded by plants like this. and everything is recyclable and clean air and we live harmoniously with the environment. Sign! One can dream
yves adele fartlowseattle folks: if you see anything recruiting people to meetings for the “full service workers alliance” it’s an astroturf group trying to roll back secure scheduling laws and cut the minimum wage