Allison

Ich weiss jetzt was kein Engel weiss.

[Allison @ear2thepavement]

In my latest for @curaffairs , I show how the administrative state was once a powerful force for good in many Americans’ lives, and how it can be again: https://t.co/3VR1AeV5XA

[ProPublica @propublica]

Oregon went from building about 1,800 subsidized apartments a year pre-pandemic to nearly 5,000 last year. In Portland, all that new construction hasn’t made a dent in the affordability crisis.

https://t.co/BCiFT2CqIC

[Allison @ear2thepavement]

@ChrisCillizza Plenty ppl on the left—and it’s largely the left who is defending Platner, not liberals—were pointing or the problems with “always believe all women.” And many left academics were writing about it too. For example Shamus Khan.

[The Last Farm @TheLastFarm]

I certainly agree, the issue is that it’s very hard to organize w/ people who are losing their minds. It was hard enough when it was just capitalist individualism + the usual personal neuroses. Now everyone is reacting to a collapsing world order, often in counterproductive ways

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would allocate an additional $70 billion for DHS and ICE.

These agencies already have a combined $100 billion in unspent funds that were part of a larger DHS spending bill.

The legislation now heads to the House.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

I spoke yesterday in Paris about how socialist policy can enable us to overcome social deprivation and ecological crisis, by aligning investment and production with democratically determined objectives.

I noticed that some people assume socialism necessarily means 100% public ownership, but this is not the case. Yes, for many important reasons, we need public ownership of public services, utilities and the commanding heights, and yes we need a public finance system, industrial policy and credit guidance...

But there's no reason we cannot have private firms producing consumer goods like watches, beer, etc - the key is that they should be democratically owned and managed, by workers or communities empowered to determine the objectives of investment and production.

We know that when people have democratic control over production they are more likely to align it with social and ecological needs.

Socialism is ultimately about economic democracy: extending the principle of democracy into the realm of production. Cooperatives are an important step in this direction.

[Allison @ear2thepavement]

@SenWhitehouse Sure, but emotions are still going up. Deployment of renewables is not going to be sufficient.

[Allison @ear2thepavement]

I’m currently writing a long investigative piece about the American landscaping industry, and one thing that few people grasp is the degree to which the contentious politics surrounding this industry drives fossil populism.

[𝕿𝖍𝖊𝕿𝖍𝖞𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖎𝖓𝖊V͟o͟c͟a͟N͟o͟i͟d͟𓅩🇱🇧🇵🇸 @Baizebub]

Kill your lawn

[Allison @ear2thepavement]

@jasonhickel I imagine this applies to the U.S. as well?

[beywiz🇺🇦🌹 @DownYellowSpam]

North station to Worcester is excellent holy shit

[Providence Journal @projo]

The 'Bay of the Future' is our new warm-water reality. Here's why. https://t.co/tYXf6DJtQN

[Alex Skopic @alexskopic]

Frankly disgusting there was even a single vote against "don't bomb Beirut"

[Yasmin Nair (One Tenacious B.) @NairYasmin]

THIS, exactly. I'm so tired of the whole "renters are useless people and only owning a home makes you a whole person" bit.

[Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews]

Ireland’s ‘downright alarming’ record-breaking heat in May due to climate change, scientists find

https://t.co/la7jL61ZpX

[prada saugus resident dj 💽 @domigan]

give the people what they really want

[Allison @ear2thepavement]

@MattBruenig @Noahpinion Or just living in a supportive social pod, yes? (Which comes of be defined as “family.”)

[Allison @ear2thepavement]

@jarjoh lol the Boston suburbs are all of Rhode Island.

[Possible @_wearepossible]

SUVs have launched an assault on our future.

These oversized, high-emission vehicles are choking our cities, fuelling the climate crisis, and putting all of us in danger. 🚙💨

If we don’t act soon, we’ll all be under their wheels.

[Jesse @Jessecooksfood]

Getting a little more into birds and nature is a little bit melancholy cause it makes me consider how badly we’ve fucked it all up

[Mobility Behaviour 👨‍🎓 @davidlois_uned]

Naturalizar la ciudad: mejorar la cohesión social, la salud pública y reducir emisiones. Sobra asfalto.