Lisa Kenney

Researcher in transportation+city planning นักวิจัยการขนส่ง+ผังเมือง Tweets=opinions

[Mikel Jollett @Mikel_Jollett]

I’m sorry for the long post but a lot of you have followed me for a long time, since 2016 when I was one of the first to repeatedly call out Trump for being a Russian asset.

I don’t know how else to say this, as a person who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it) and totalitarian states. I’ve been attacked on Fox News, berated by the VP and others and like many of you, I’ve gotten death threats.

So please believe me when I say this. Things have changed.

ICE is going to be the vehicle for fascism in this country. The extra-judicial practices (no warrants, no ID), the masks (anonymity leads to horrors again and again throughout history), the dehumanization of immigrants and Democrats (dehumanization precedes arrests, torture, murder, again and again).

No we are not going to be Nazi Germany because nothing in history matches Nazi Germany.

But fascism has arrived in America. Here is how it is going to happen:

ICE will be the vehicle, the gestapo empowered by the President, to enforce his will, first among vulnerable undocumented people, then among legal immigrants, then among political rivals, then among citizens who speak out against the Trump grift.

This is not a hypothetical. It’s happening.

That Big Dumb Racist bill gives $170 billion dollars for an organization which has no respect for the constitution, no oversight, nothing but marching orders from a couple racist, power-hungry madmen.

$170 billion to build hidden prisons with no oversight. To put this in perspective, this is 62% larger than the entire federal prison system.

$170 billion to drag people out of their places of work, parks, homes. $170 billion to hire racist little man babies who hide their faces as they assault children, old people, pregnant women.

How do you think this goes? How has this ever gone in history? We are entering a dark period.

Our only hope is to draw the line now. To stick up for our friends and neighbors, our co-workers and loved ones, who are undocumented and being hunted.

If morality or empathy for them is not enough to motivate you, fine. Then let this be your motivation: if you don’t draw this line, you are next.

Do you think Trump will grow a conscience? Do you think Stephen Miller will have any trouble going from, “these people are criminals” (them) to “these people are helping criminals?” (You, by being against Trump). To “we must arrest the traitors opposing our efforts to arrest criminals?” (You or anyone you care about who publicly opposes Trump.)

Do you think republican congressman are going to care? To lift onefinger to protect you? To do anything which gets in the way of Trump’s agenda?

A person who has no problem letting children with cancer die in order to put a few dollars in the pockets of rich men will have no problem with letting Democrats and activists rot in jail for trying to stop it.

This has happened again and again throughout the world. And now it’s happening here.

I wish I had concrete plans. I don’t. Not now. All I know is the first step for change is identifying the gravity of the truth.

And the truth is fascism has arrived in America.

And we must stop it in its tracks or it will swallow all of us.

[Ananya Bhattacharya @_ananyaaa]

Come work with my wonderful colleagues and I at @restofworld ! So many exciting opportunities:

🌏 Asia Editor
🌍 Middle East & Africa Editor
🎨 Visual Editor
🔎 Investigations Editor
✒️ Middle East Reporter
👀 Chief Audience Officer

Apply: https://t.co/905FsNmfAT

[ABC News @ABC]

Thai relief workers brought in some heavy-duty helpers when trying to reach residents cut off by severe flooding in the north of the country - a pair of elephants.

[cats with jobs 🛠 @CatWorkers]

Japanese train with artwork depicting Tama, a local stray cat who went on to become station master.

[Lisa Kenney @l_kenney]

What the Media is Getting Wrong About the Gaudreau Brothers’ Deaths https://t.co/dxqck437zf

[Mondo Mascots @mondomascots]

The mascot for the Supreme Court of Japan, is Sai-tan, a judge with a monkey’s face, a weasel’s tail, and a panda’s ears.

[The MATTER @thematterco]

#สมรสเท่าเทียม ผ่านแล้ว!

บรรยากาศประชาชนประกาศชัยชนะ หลังที่ประชุมวุฒิสภามีมติเห็นชอบ 'ร่างกฎหมายสมรสเท่าเทียม' วันนี้ (18 มิ.ย.)

โดยเครือข่ายภาคประชาชนได้แห่ขบวนไปยังทำเนียบรัฐบาล เพื่อร่วมฉลองความสำเร็จของการผลักดันสิทธิความเท่าเทียมในครั้งนี้

[Richard Barrow @RichardBarrow]

The 'Bangkok City Model Exhibition' will be held at the Benjakiti Forest Park Museum Building in Khlong Toei District from Thursday 20th to Sunday 23rd June.

The exhibition is open by rounds from 9:00am to 9:00pm. Each round lasts for 30 minutes. There will be four rounds in English at 10:00am, 2:00pm, 5:00pm and 8:00pm.

🎟️ Admission is free but you do need to register in advance: https://t.co/5OtQSVmJ31

📍MAP: https://t.co/2qBHzUOkrB

[Mondo Mascots @mondomascots]

Mannertee is a manatee who teaches driving manners in East Japan.

[WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities @WRIRossCities]

🌡️ Did you know urban areas can be up to 7°C warmer than rural ones? This is the #UrbanHeat Island effect.

How can we cool cities down? Explore 4 effective interventions: https://t.co/a8e1uNPmQZ

@WRICitiesIndia
@WRIIndia

[Streetsblog USA @StreetsblogUSA]

Drivers killed more than 7,500 pedestrians in 2022, the last year for which we have complete federal data —an astonishing 75 percent increase since 2010.

Learn more in headlines.
https://t.co/kZjZUg33IA

[Rest of World @restofworld]

Our Labor x Tech fellows @lamLe52, @SiddiquiZuha, @lais_fmartins and @KimberlyMutandi spent a year reporting on the effects of technology on workers around the world. Their fellowship culminates in this special series of stories about aging gig workers
https://t.co/uhuoulUHFq

[streetsblogkea @streetsblogkea]

It's hard to overstate just how few Americans have even seen a true bus rapid transit route *at all*, never mind ridden a really great one. Eye-opening to learn more about what this mode is and can be, from ITDP. https://t.co/WtvlaYTAhJ

[WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities @WRIRossCities]

🌇🔥 Cities faced unprecedented heat in 2023, but what lies ahead?

Dive into our analysis to understand the growing impact of #ExtremeHeat in #cities & explore data-driven solutions to keep urban centers livable as temperatures climb. 🌡️

https://t.co/TF40XyJUn0 #UrbanHeat

[Lisa Kenney @l_kenney]

I really hope so!
Brightline Founder Predicts a Passenger Rail Resurgence https://t.co/w6p4JdREGw

[BangkokDi @BangkokDi]

Happy Labour Day

Remember all the workers who don't have the choice but to work outside breathing in this pollution every day.

[The MATTER @thematterco]

ไม่ใช่แค่ไทย แต่คือทั้ง ‘เอเชีย’ กำลังเผชิญภัยธรรมชาติจาก Climate Change

รายงานฉบับใหม่โดย WMO ระบุว่า เอเชียยังคงเป็นภูมิภาคที่ได้รับผลกระทบจากภัยพิบัติ (ส่วนใหญ่เป็นพายุและน้ำท่วม) มากที่สุดในโลกในปี 2023 เนื่องจากการเปลี่ยนแปลงทางสภาพอากาศ และอันตรายที่เกี่ยวข้องกับน้ำ

[Peter Dynes @PGDynes]

Human survivability at its absolute limit in #Asia currently: #Thailand, #Myanmar, #Cambodia, #Vietnam, and the #Philippines. All hit temperatures above 40°C, with some places experiencing an incredible life-threatening heat index of up to 52°C.

[GETSEA @GETSEA_]

CFP: The International Convention of Asia Scholars (@asiascholars) is accepting late-breaking paper & panel submission for the 2024 ConFest!

Submission Deadline: May 15
Conference: July 28 - Aug 1 (Surabaya)
https://t.co/xY3nuhBdg8