Straight into my veins: "Return to buttons! Touchscreens risk distraction, says watchdog. Prioritize safety, not just tech." interestingengineering.com/transportati...

I have often said, the fact that modern zoning encourages the largest residential buildings near some of our biggest sources of pollution is a major environmental justice issue. We can’t keep doing this. It’s fine to put apartments on residential streets.

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In new research on housing & highway locations @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, we show that: 1—Zoning concentrates dense housing near highways 2—Larger buildings are disproportionately built near highways 3—People of color & low-income people are disproportionately exposed to highway pollution

Highway Pollution Near Multifamily Homes Hurts Residents, but Zoning and Transportation Reform Could Help

New Urban research shows high-density housing in Los Angeles is disproportionately concentrated near high-traffic roads compared with single-family homes, exposing apartment residents to the adverse h...

I don’t understand people who think Kamala Harris’ politics are too far left. Is America really that much of a conservative hell that she’s considered far left?

“Research has been consistent over time that voter fraud is infinitesimally rare,” one expert tells NPR.

How we know voter fraud is very rare in U.S. elections

“Research has been consistent over time that voter fraud is infinitesimally rare,” one expert tells NPR.

If you live in one of these 10 states (AZ, TX AR, MS, FL, GA, TN, KY, IN, OH), today is THE LAST DAY you can register to vote. Even if you think you're registered already, double check to see if your registration is still active. Please do this, it only takes a few minutes. Pass it on.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #425,221!

It’s official: For the past 12 months, the Earth was 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than in preindustrial times, scientists said Thursday, crossing a critical barrier into temperatures never experienced by human civilizations.

Earth crossed 1.5C of warming this year. Here’s what to know.

The world still hasn’t missed its climate goal — yet.

New Market to Midtown Iceway pilot project just dropped. Lace up your skates and effortlessly glide to work!

Is “trunk or treat” a bit dystopian? Yeah. It’s also a rational response by parents to a transportation system that has deprioritized safety in favor of vehicle speed, right down to fractions of a second, for decades. Until we fix what this graph shows, trunk or treat isn’t going away.

It’s really so sad and absurd that the United States is in a position where a handful of mildly principled Republican lawmakers are the only people standing in the way of a guy like Jim Jordan from being elevated to the one of the most powerful positions in government