Maxwell Sapp

III.XVIII.MMXVI
“Those who have the privilege to know, have the duty to act.” -A.E.
BAs in Environmental Economics & Astrophysics from UC Berkeley

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Seriously, watch this short video. To see how to effectively make the case for protected bike-lanes, and particularly how they’re good for business. Or just as a great example of how to speak to any city council.

Watch it, then share it. HT @PVDStreets

[Diego Saez Gil @dsaezgil]

"There comes a time in every life when the past recedes and the future opens. It's that moment when you turn to face the unknown. Some will turn back to what they already know. Some will walk straight ahead into uncertainty.
I can't tell you which one is right. But I can tell you which one is more fun."
Phil Knight, Nike Founder

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

People will talk about how 15-minute cities are prisons and then live here:

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

Thirty. Three. Raptors.

Super stoked to have captured Booster 9 and her Raptor engines in their glory this morning - the was the first time all 33 were successfully ignited with continuous burn through first stage flight.

📸 - @NASASpaceflight

📺 - https://t.co/MoeUnlwUgG

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

The Pentagon just failed its SIXTH audit in a row.

Imagine if instead of increasing the military budget every year, we invested that money into our communities to end homelessness, guarantee health care, and fully fund our public schools.

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

A category 5 hurricane intensified out of nowhere and hit Acapulco- a city of 1M people - who were expecting a tropical storm and hadn’t evacuated, and it’s barely reported in the news. At this point it seems the media is actively suppressing the truth about climate change @bbcnews @itvnews @skynews @thetimes @thesun @nytimes @DailyMailUK

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

California and China are two of the world’s largest economies. The reality is, we cannot solve the climate crisis without working together.

Despite our major differences, California is committed to stopping the greatest existential threat our planet has ever known.

[Tomer Burg @burgwx]

Otis was a tropical storm early this morning… it’s now a category 5 hurricane. This is likely one of the most explosive rapid intensification episodes on record leading up to landfall in the western hemisphere.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Your semi-regular reminder. #reality

[Strong Towns @StrongTowns]

Towns: why does no one spend time here anymore?

Also towns:

[Brian Albrecht @BrianCAlbrecht]

To no one's surprise, the Nobel Prize goes to Claudia Goldin

Here are 3 things from her to start your dive into her work:

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

We live in a time where being healthy requires courage from ridicule.

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

A wise person once said that you will experience climate change through a series of increasingly wild videos, until you are the one taking the video.

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

ChatGPT can now see, hear, and speak. Rolling out over next two weeks, Plus users will be able to have voice conversations with ChatGPT (iOS & Android) and to include images in conversations (all platforms).
https://t.co/uNZjgbR5Bm

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

$7.1 TRILLION. The world has never spent as much to subsidize fossil fuels: $1.33tr in cash, a record, and $5.7tr in undercharging for environmental destruction, another record

The fossil fuel industry - and their stooges - are knowingly exacerbating the climate catastrophe

[ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover @NASAPersevere]

Let me introduce you to Sample 19! It comes from an ancient riverbed, with rock deposits that could have washed in from far beyond the crater I’ve been exploring. Hear why my team finds this rock sample so promising:

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

In Copenhagen, like in so many great European cities, it’s a joy to simply wander and be inspired by the different ways a city can be designed for its people.

Rather than parking spots, why not have a harbor promenade with built-in trampolines for the populace? It can be done!

[Kaniela Ing @KanielaIng]

The largest banyan tree in America, in the Heart of Lahaina, turned 150 years old this year. Here it is after the #MauiFires. A tragic symbol of the climate emergency and colonial greed

[Dave @DE_Gifford]

Has anyone thought about building places people want to move to that aren't single family home suburbs that orbit around Target/Kohls plazas?