Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl after finishing his takeout 🐀 dinner (caught elsewhere and carried over) late Tuesday night by Columbus Avenue and 82nd Street. After resting to digest, he flew west for an early-morning hooting session. 🦉 ❤️ 👑

Could 2024 be the watershed year as “they” predict?

“We have a lot to learn from the human past,” ... the scale and complexity of the cities showed that its inhabitants were more than “hunter-gatherers lost in the rainforest looking for food.”... gift article from The New York Times-read it for free. nytimes.com/2024/01/23/sci…

I will say this: The American Experiment ain't over yet.

Just learned a great quote from a transit agency employee: "You might not rely on transit, but someone you rely on does." She couldn't remember the original source, so credit to whoever put it so succinctly, wherever you are!

wondering why Sofia Quaglia & other writers keep pointing the finger at "urban development" as gobbling up habitat without specifying sprawling suburban type development, as opposed to dense compact cities, which take up less land? sierraclub.org/sierra/big-pat…

RIP.

A thoughtful reflection on the life of Flaco and the pervasive role of humans in it, even after his release, by Barry Petchesky. defector.com/flaco-never-es…

Electric cars of the ecocidal capitalist energy project will continue the current wiping out of thousands of trillions of insects on roads around the world further accelerating rapid 21st century mass extinction. 🧵

This story is Big Real Estate / rebny propaganda. For decades, city administrations have helped developers reduce the number of subsidized rentals in expensive neighborhoods, because that is where they can charge the highest rents or sales prices. 1/ gothamist.com/news/nyc-data-…

Here's the plan, y'all. Why We Need Socialism youtu.be/DjUr2HwdHwg?si… via YouTube

Would love to see a round table discussion with Nathan John Hagens, Eric Cline, and Luke Kemp Luke Kemp Eric H. Cline Nathan John Hagens

Today I'm joined by economics journalist Ed Conway to focus on the six essential resources that underpin our modern economies – sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium - and the environmental and human costs of extracting them. Full episode: youtu.be/4C2-tWcFKfQ

Thread of the most beautiful metro stations on Earth 🧵 1. Toledo, Naples

This year is not about seeking mandates for specific policies. It's about saving rule of law, democratic norms, and independent institutions — amplifying transparency, restoring checks & balances, fighting extremism in all forms. Forget that to our nation's peril.

What a fantastic makeover and addition to the neighborhood.

Glad this is finally getting media attn: vast majority of rich cities around the world are rapidly expanding transit & boosting quality of life, while US pols push suburban policy (cars, highways, suburban zoning) on its cities. No surprise families are fleeing — and we all lose.

So proud of this neighborhood buddy of mine.

So put your shoulder to an oar! Help us power the boat of civilization through the rapids of climate change. All of humanity shares the same boat, and you have the opportunity to make your own unique and valuable contribution to the effort (try the Prof. Katharine Hayhoe suggestions!) 25/25

Be still, my heart.