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Buildings. Earthquakes. Public policy. Functional Recovery <--> Community Resilience. Giants baseball. Princeton hoops. contact: djbonowitz (with a 'j') at gmail
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1. Monday - fell apart 2. Tuesday - broke my heart 3. Wednesday - same 4. Thursday - didn't even start 5. Friday - I'm in love

submitted 5 hours ago • 52 comments

Looking to access important public information on earthquakes? Not so fast, you have to wait while fewer employees than ever frantically try to find maps with geographic names that satisfy the whims of the guys taking away your rights.

submitted 4 hours ago • 2 comments

Seriously, here are 5 ACTUAL things: 1. Revised code change proposals because FEMA backed out. 2. Met with cities/clients to discuss possible loss of FEMA grant funds. 3. Mtg w/ project team re potential loss of funds. 4. Spoke w/ media about funding freeze. 5. Advised prof orgs about Fed layoffs.

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

Let's see ... five things I did at work last week ... 1. Came in on Monday, got fired. 2. Couldn't work, locked out of system. 3. Tried to contact my mgr. Heard they were trying to rehire me? 4. Rehired, yay! Asked if we still had a budget. No answer. 5. Was told to expect another email ...

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

These are predominantly his voters: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

I introduced CEQA legislation (SB 607) to avoid CEQA being used to stop new housing & make other smart changes to aspects of CEQA that turn it into a process nightmare that doesn’t always help the environment. SB 607 will help create abundance of the things that make life better & more affordable:🧵

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

I've posted repeatedly about how Jeffries bears some blame for letting Johnson become Speaker, so my basic WTF reaction to this should be no surprise. There is only one way to redeem this: TURN THE BOOK TOUR INTO A SERIES OF TEACH-INS & VOTER REGISTRATION EVENTS. bsky.app/profile/dbon...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I had some hope that these bs moves were from the WH itself, but this makes clear that the internal over-compliance is real: NSF managers "went beyond the staff cuts demanded by the Trump administration..." If I squint, I can see an attempt to be "fair," but still, NONE of this is required (yet).

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

This piece makes smart distinctions -- it's the first I've seen that gives equal thought to rental properties and non-residential uses -- and it argues persuasively that emphasizing "like for like" in planning will 1) miss big opportunities AND 2) fail to achieve even the "like for like" goals.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

This is what I've been shouting about. Finally, some experts (not me) have parsed the actual wording of the EO. Damage has already been done, but this kind of analysis can start the pushback -- assuming institutions have the spine to use it.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

SCOOP: For 25 years, FEMA has helped develop building codes that help homes survive floods and hurricanes. Now, FEMA is pulling back on that work, taking its name off recommendations its experts have written. On @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

First ABS challenge on Max Muncy, the second batter in the bottom of the 1st inning. #Dodgers

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Just going to post my thoughts on McConnell's legacy here: (This and other assorted opinions are in Politico at this link: www.politico.com/news/magazin...)

submitted 353 days ago • 2 comments

I would actually be fine with some consolidation and coordination of different departments doing post-event recovery. But if the goal is to reduce duplication and fold this HUD program into FEMA, why are they also proposing to kill FEMA? A: Because that is not the goal.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment