Ella Wind

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Posts about: languages(Arabic, Spanish, French, and Turkish), #rstats, MENA, raising a toddler, Toronto urbanism, socdem politics, Syria.
PhD NYU Sociology.
senior researcher in US elections & democracy at Public Wise.
Floridian stranded in Canada.
Show threadElla WindDec 16, 2022
@stano I grew up in a streetcar suburb of Tampa FL and I always feel a weird sense of home in any streetcar suburb anywhere in the US!
Ella WindDec 16, 2022
Brent ToderianDec 16, 2022

THIS IS VERY INTERESTING: “12 Ways to Reduce Cars In Cities” that have ALREADY WORKED, ranked by effectiveness, identified from nearly 800 research papers. Via @TheConversationUS. What do you think, Tweeps? In my experience, what works and doesn’t depends A LOT on the context and details of the specific case studies…

https://theconversation.com/12-best-ways-to-get-cars-out-of-cities-ranked-by-new-research-180642

#cities #urbanism #CarFree #cars @TheConversationUK

12 best ways to get cars out of cities – ranked by new research

A new study finds congestion charging and creating car-free streets and separated bike lanes have been most effective at reducing car use in European cities.

The Conversation
Ella WindDec 16, 2022
Andrew BakerDec 16, 2022
How do we inculcate a culture of being funny here.
Ella WindDec 16, 2022
Of course every word my child speaks is a small miracle and delightful music to my ears but also I really need to know how long the phase lasts when a child talks for seemingly every single second of the day and insists you engage with each and every utterance
Ella WindNov 22, 2022
#loveisblind is like what if we made a show premised on blind dates where you can't see the other person but make everyone generically attractive and also the blandest personalities ever featured on reality TV, ensuring that there is no plot tension at any point, ever
Ella WindNov 20, 2022
Honestly it's wild that no one else thought of "Kids Say the Darndest Things"-Remake-for-the-Tiktok/IG-Era before that Recess Therapy guy did
Ella WindNov 20, 2022
It would be cool if someone wrote an article about a bunch of the main mastodon servers and what the differences are between them for those of us trying to pick one. Most important criteria being the vibes.
Show threadElla WindNov 20, 2022
@wrigleyfield i don't like pure reverse chron either but I guess I would like... to have both options? And be able to toggle between them? I know twitter theoretically let you set to reverse chron but it seemed like it didn't actually work and looked the same as my algorithmic feed. I just hated how some people would fall off my feed entirely.
Ella WindNov 19, 2022
holy crap mastodon lets you add private notes about people on their profiles!!! I always wished I had something like this for twitter
Show threadElla WindNov 19, 2022
@markyadavies always was very ironic to me how popular crypto was with the effective altruism people... talk about "existential risk"!