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Urban/historical geographer UConn Hartford. Parks for sustainable cities. Boston sports | Guide dog puppy raiser Personal account

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ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children

The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted

Women and children in parks

14.06.2025 00:55 πŸ‘ 18745 πŸ” 7411 πŸ’¬ 295 πŸ“Œ 556

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."Β 

β€”Louis Brandeis

01.06.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 11118 πŸ” 2678 πŸ’¬ 172 πŸ“Œ 75

First, because bigots should be shunned always, and our shunning emboldens others to shun; and second, because queer people who are not out (but are there, and listening), especially kids, need to know you have their backs for real.

01.06.2025 13:55 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watching those clips of Cambridge students β€œdebate” Charlie Kirk and wondering how a community college dropout became an expert on universities.

27.05.2025 11:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Texas makes yet another dumb decision.

27.05.2025 00:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mural of the punk rock band Bad Brains playing live.

Mural of the punk rock band Bad Brains playing live.

Spent the day in the East Village.

26.05.2025 02:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Velma, a black and tan coated GSD laying in the grass with ears up and tongue out (as always).

Velma, a black and tan coated GSD laying in the grass with ears up and tongue out (as always).

Velma out enjoying a spring evening

19.05.2025 22:55 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He killed the USFL!

28.04.2025 20:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.

10.04.2025 12:06 πŸ‘ 36313 πŸ” 10891 πŸ’¬ 1188 πŸ“Œ 558

You could be right. But I thought I read that folks would need to bring other documents if their name didn’t match their birth certificate.

10.04.2025 20:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly. Me too!!

10.04.2025 20:29 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And I had to show my birth certificate and marriage license to get the real ID

10.04.2025 20:28 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t get why Real ID won’t be accepted. Real ID is the equivalent of a US passport according to TSA.

10.04.2025 20:18 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

It's not discussed in all the stories. But a key feature of the revocation of student visas is that there's no notification. This has forced universities to do regular online reviews of current visas to see which have disappeared since the previous query. The lack of notification is by design.

08.04.2025 01:56 πŸ‘ 3620 πŸ” 1080 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 40
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06.04.2025 18:58 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Why weren’t these anti-global trade folks in Seattle in 1999?

03.04.2025 14:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Hawley–Smoot Tariff - Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Hawley–Smoot Tariff - Ferris Bueller's Day Off. YouTube video by International School History

It seems some folks need to re-watch Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
youtu.be/yuOHbyuanbY?...

03.04.2025 11:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns one of the world’s largest insurance companies.

03.04.2025 10:55 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 11

Thurmond was the same age as Booker when he set the record Senator Cory Booker just broke.

Thurmond was afforded a bathroom break and read from the encyclopedia. Booker held the floor the entire time and delivered a consistent, cogent speech for more than 24 hours.

Incredible.

01.04.2025 23:43 πŸ‘ 21656 πŸ” 3679 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 119

Son of a billionaire wants folks to believe he’s a man of the people πŸ˜‚

30.03.2025 11:25 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Swipe through for today's updates on the Franklin Park Defenders' legal challenge regarding Franklin Park's White Stadium:

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20.03.2025 19:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stadiums as Public Investments | Econofact Local governments have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in public subsidies for professional sports facilities over the past 70 years. What explains this?

The β€œbenefit” to the city is a different issue. Municipalities almost always lose out on these β€œgood” deals. econofact.org/stadiums-as-...

19.03.2025 00:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Didn’t say it was a private sale. But it’s textbook definition of privatization of a public space.

19.03.2025 00:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I didn’t say anything about selling the land. It’s about whether the public can use the space or will be excluded by private interests.

19.03.2025 00:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Huh?

The city leasing the land to a private enterprise to use for private for-profit professional sports is pretty much the definition of privatization of a public space.

19.03.2025 00:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Was surprised to see Boston’s Mayor Wu on this list of Mayors for Parks considering her support of the privatization of White Stadium in Franklin Park. But then I read the statement of purpose and the first 2 paragraphs focus on property values and private capital.
www.mayorsforparks.org

18.03.2025 17:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm still very angry that @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and @blumenthal.senate.gov voted for Rubio as SoS. But at least Murphy has admitted that it was a mistake.

02.03.2025 23:42 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
After snowstorms the street and sidewalk are clear but the crosswalk has snow and ice at the curb cut.

After snowstorms the street and sidewalk are clear but the crosswalk has snow and ice at the curb cut.

After snowstorms the street and sidewalk are clear but the crosswalk has snow and ice at the curb cut.

After snowstorms the street and sidewalk are clear but the crosswalk has snow and ice at the curb cut.

Not clearing snow after a storm is a barrier to mobility for the disabled and seniors. Do better Hartford. #GuideDog

18.02.2025 04:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Once again so-called conservatives demonstrating that they know nothing about conservation.

15.02.2025 23:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0