Sponge cities as an urban flood management method: "... it's all about giving water space and creating conditions so that it can be absorbed back into the earth, instead of flowing into channels, pipes or streets." npr.org/2023/10/03/120…

How many of the people saying, "I'm only driving because of bad public transportation," also push back the hardest against carving out dedicated bus and bike lanes? I bet the Venn diagram of that is close to a circle.

I think a lot of us feel shitty during Christmas because it’s a holiday of companionship in a society that’s built for loneliness. We can’t see loved ones in a different city without a car. Free public spaces are non-existent. It’s cheaper to be alone in your room than to go out

Further alienation of the masses that could be allies in restoring democratic freedoms is the price paid for the short-term self satisfaction of being right.

it’s so unfair that the global south is suffering the brunt of the climate crisis when the richest of the global north is almost totally responsible for it

This is the coolest summer of the rest of our lives.

two ipcc authors wrote a paper for kids that was peer-reviewed by some teenagers and the level of frankness is something a lot of climate scientists could learn from

Céline Dion, Slimane, AND Kate Miller-Heidke's dancers? Thomas Jolly is a Eurovision fan.

The only way we reverse this behavior is if we shame the absolute shit about it. The genie is not going back in the bottle unless you stuff it kicking and screaming

DOUBLE OLYMPIC CHAMPION 🇵🇭 Carlos Yulo has rewritten history after handing the Philippines its second straight GOLD MEDAL at the Olympic Games Paris 2024! #OlympicGames #Paris2024 #100TaongLaban #ParaSaBayan

2 DAYS IN A ROW 🥇 Carlos Edriel Yulo just made history! First Filipino athlete to win 2 Olympic gold medals. 🇵🇭 Paris really suits him! 🥹 Binabati kita Carlos - DEUX JOURS DE SUITE 👏 Carlos Edriel Yulo continue d'écrire l'Histoire à Paris en devenant le premier athlète

Hate hate hate living under this constant state of calamity especially when the Philippines has minimal contributions to the climate crisis

Classes are cancelled for the nth time this term due to severe weather—the most I can remember. Climate change is exacerbating inequalities in countries that contributed the least to it, and we need world leaders who care about it, but oh no the price of eggs and male loneliness

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, known for his defense of human rights especially during Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, said Catholics should not “romanticize” the manger at Bethlehem. rappler.com/philippines/ca…

Paminsan-minsan binibiro ko na tayo dito sa Pilipinas ay may shared "Tropical trauma", pero mukhang legit pala.

The actual way to have energy and transportation security against crises like this is to decarbonize your transport system - transition to electric public transport, electric work vehicles, walking and cycling.