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I was able to graduate from a great state school that only cost $50 a semester. It opened a million doors for me. But that same opportunity simply isn’t available today. Why? Because our government has hacked away at higher education funding and left students to pick up the bill.
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If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via @thediscourse study.
This isn’t just about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice.
#citymakingmath
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"A rapid reduction in fossil fuels, essential to avoid devastating climate breakdown, would have minimal financial impact on the vast majority of people, new research has shown." theguardian.com/environment/…
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There are 2 billion parking spaces in US, 7 for every registered vehicle & nearly 4 for every living human.
Defending that parking — against homes for humans, against safe streets for children, against transit and bike lanes, against climate action — should not be our priority.
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Tell you what, I'm sick of these welfare payments being handed out to those who don't know how to manage their resources.
Staggering @WorldBank stats: Govts spend $1.25tn on direct subsidies for fossil fuels, farms & fisheries
$7tn inc implicit subsidies
"Govts are spending trillions on inefficient subsidies that are making climate change worse – money that cld be tapped to help solve the problem"
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I get that many people don't believe that "Traffic Evaporation" happens, but 20 years of case studies say it is real. "People adjusted their behavior ... thecityfix.com/blog/traffic-…
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"Designing for humans and not automobiles... makes everybody’s lives richer—in the literal and figurative sense—because it gives them access to jobs, education and health care without needing the €12,000 a year that comes with the cost of car ownership.”
yaleclimateconnections.org/2…
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Where does yellow fever go between epidemics? Cool new study from @drumond_betania’s group and @Gfalbery looking at how YFV retreats into its sylvatic cycle, including evidence for viremia-mediated dynamics that facilitate persistence at low levels journals.plos.org/plosntds/a…
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A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans:
1940: 81%
1950: 84%
1960: 91%
1970: 72%
1980: 70%
1990: 28%
2000: 40%
2010: 35%
For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.
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“At a time when health and medical staff and patients alike are weary from the pandemic, it’s important for healthcare institutions to set an example for safety and mask-wearing.
“In infection control, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
whn.global/scientific/the-ca…
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We've been conditioned to believe the welfare state is a form of socialism when, in fact, it is a feature of capitalism.
When land and the means of production are placed in private hands for profit (as they are under capitalism), the masses are rendered landless and homeless..
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STUDY: Walkable neighbourhoods don’t just support physical health (& lower public costs, reduced pollution, climate change mitigation etc), they also support social connection/health as well (other studies have connected physical exercise & mental health).
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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"Human activity" – or, more precisely, capitalist growth – "has pushed the world into the danger zone in seven out of eight newly demarcated indicators of planetary safety and justice, according to a groundbreaking analysis of the Earth’s wellbeing."
theguardian.com/environment/…
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We detect patterns indicative of p-hacking (upward discontinuity in the density of z-scores at the 5% significance threshold z=1.96 & excess mass of results right above) for *primary outcomes* of non-preregistered trials but not for preregistered trials. (3/5)
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We need international regulation NOW.
ft.com/content/b59f9fea-500c…
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"The biggest insurance company in the country can’t absorb the risks of climate change. And we’ve barely even begun to experience it. It’s just 2023. That is how dire shape we’re in. Our systems already can’t cope."eand.co/this-is-the-extincti…
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Big oil is in the red herring business.
Thanks to Kathleen Dean Moore for a great essay
salon.com/2023/05/13/how-big…
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Immunologist Akiko Iwasaki: ‘We are not done with Covid, not even close’ theguardian.com/society/2023…
