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birchline.bsky.social
City planning professor and consultant, working for great waters and great communities through water infrastructure finance and policy. I teach planning at UC San Diego, stop for storm drains, and serve in the Episcopal Church.
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There really is a Bible story for pretty much everything - when Israel asked for a king: "He will take 1/10th of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the Lord will not answer you in that day."

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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

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the Breakfast Club was released 40 years ago today

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@petebuttigieg.bsky.social I know you have kids and such but think about it please

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DOGE Death Toll. Say it.

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Researchers found that today, insurance underprices climate risk for 39 million properties across the continental United States — meaning that for 27% of properties in the country, premiums are too low to cover their climate exposure. By @abrahm.bsky.social

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The first stage of Trump’s Gaza plan should be him personally clearing the place of unexploded munitions

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Today’s “top pick” from Apple Books or an SNL Fake Ad from the Chris Farley era?

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Ahi the Dog will have to get a Bluesky account now that mommy’s Insta feed has fashion tips from FLOTUS.

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Work with great humans at Minnesota Sea Grant:

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This is madness.

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Jax, Mayor of the Town of Wolcott #vermont, critiques the wastewater ordinance and rate analysis.

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This is why I work with designers. I’m great at the planning words; illustrations, nope. #planning

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Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 - The perfect soundtrack for the gathering of clownish, self-indulgent tyrants. #inauguration classical.music.apple.com/us/album/580...

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“What do you think the temperatures are like in Greenland, moron?”

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I’m a liberal who bought a Tesla and forced my reading group to read Hillbilly Elegy. Sometimes I can’t believe just how gullible Trump supporters are.

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www.foodandwine.com/is-tap-water...

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A lot of otherwise capable science professionals are failing to Adult: The land application of biosolids produced from wastewater treatment (not “sewage sludge”, cretins) is integral to water resource recovery. Where does that PFAS come from? All the PFAS you’ve already consumed and flushed!

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www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...

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Oh, the sheer irony of the emails received during grading jail …which dread missives begin with “I hope this finds you well.”

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Three low-income school districts in Texas have granted more than $2 billion in tax relief to new liquefied natural gas terminals on the Gulf Coast, according to a new report by the Sierra Club.

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Ahi says the accidental #greeninfrastructure is doing its sediment-trapping work very well after 0.03” of rain.

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