Chris Robinson

[Alan Koppschall @koppsch_a]

Listen to Ralph Fiennes read Wendell Berry's Sabbath poem, “2007, VI.”

[🚨Indian Gems @IndianGems_]

Colombia reduced temperatures by 5°C by planting 880,000 trees along the streets of its cities.

[Chris Robinson @chris32303]

@mattbaran Is there room for a Buc-ees?

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

I, Too
BY LANGSTON HUGHES

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.

Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—

I, too, am America.

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

that was his home💔

[Chris Robinson @chris32303]

@Trad_Arch_Bdays @wrycountenance Simple isn’t easy.

[Sean Sweeney @seandsweeney]

Being a present father and engaged husband who is very active in his kids lives will absolutely negatively affect my business life.

And I’m 1000% OK with that.

[Chris Robinson @chris32303]

@aussieflya All this needs is a soundtrack of greatest hits that includes “Nobody knows like Domino’s” , “Higher” (HR Block), and the “BK Lounge”

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

why is FL suddenly one of the most expensive states for gasoline? it’s one of the largest gasoline consumers in the country, and has ZERO refining capacity. every gallon has to be shipped in- and right now, Florida is having to outbid other markets to get it. could get worse.

[Adam Singer @AdamSinger]

New longform idea this week, we're talking about how NIMBYs are the real villains https://t.co/xlFqewx438

[Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne]

I challenge everyone to experience their community car free or car lite for just a few days. It will open your eyes or, dare I say, radicalize, you to learn what your city feels like on the human level. You'll experience a sense of clarity no prestine windshield could provide.

[Chris Robinson @chris32303]

@patcarino @JRMcFadyen - Address access to tenant storage (no door shown)
- Consult with bike owners about access & rack space (doors are awkward with a bike, bikes are clunky, & racks require maneuvering space)
- Think through trash storage & removal (smells, spills, drips, leaks, insects, etc)

[Weatherstem @Weatherstem]

@TDOnline should look into this - it seems like a credible source but no one else is reporting on it - new service from TLH to RDU and FLL? https://t.co/O7r57uALv3

[Pat @Patbrdh]

Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been. Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you. Order the steak rare. Eat an oyster. Have a negroni. Have two. Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways. Eat slowly. Tip your server. Check in on your friends. Check in on yourself. Enjoy the ride.

Anthony Bourdain

[Saganism @Saganismm]

On Valentine’s Day 36 years ago, at the request of Carl Sagan, NASA turned Voyager 1's camera back toward home for one last look.

From 3.7 billion miles away, it captured this: a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

Here is how Carl Sagan beautifully described it:

“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

[Jarrett Walker @humantransit]

Yes, housing is at the root of our problems.

But transportation is part of housing. It's easy to make housing cheap by making it inaccessible.

Better public transit makes life possible in more affordable places, so that people can live there and still reach opportunities.

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

It doesn’t get much better than this.

It’s a real shame that it’s illegal to build like this on 90% of land in this country.

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

“25 of the world’s 300 largest cities have female mayors. 5% of municipal leadership positions are filled by women. Despite these figures, many of the cities making the most progress to become greener, cleaner, more equitable and livable are led by women.” https://t.co/hbG5Cy2FTU

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

A great way to retain an existing building, reduce construction waste, and create more housing!

3 storey vertical extension built on top of an existing 5 storey block. Creates 75 student apartments.

In Paris, designed by Henley Hale Brown and AAVV