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Public infrastructure, built environment, and supporting resilient community. Policy analyst at crcmich.org. #PureMichigan
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TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here? JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply? JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

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This is all.

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The great wheel of time Olive Tree of Vouves; Crete. Tree has a trunk 15ft in diameter, likely 2900 years old, based on graveyard found nearby. This tree likely lived through writing of Iliad, golden age of Athens, rise of Roman Empire and birth of Christ. It still produces olives.

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HOT RESEARCH NEWS! Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people making rational judgements about driving en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motonor... Our new study shows where this bias comes from AND how it makes people think they're odd for supporting changes to the transport system 🧵

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

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Yes, this happens. Gophers, moles, and tree roots can also catalyze collapse. Earthen embankments require maintenance.

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www.digitaltrends.com/computing/go...

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JD Vance owns AcreTrader, an app that lets wealthy—often foreign—investors buy up U.S. farmland. Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies. civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...

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On supply chains: " If you’re building a project that involves a gas turbine, the largest manufacturers say you should be talking to your OEMs as long as seven or eight years out." www.power-eng.com/gas/turbines...

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The first reaction to this news should be concern about the future of voting by mail www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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I am thirty- or forty-something years old and I just intentionally turned on a hocky game for the first time in my life.

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I've always disliked the "Vision Zero" narrative because of how I've seen it used to promote worthless comprehensive overhauls of the transportation system (connected/automated vehicles) rather than making cost-effective incremental improvements that we know work.

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ICYMI: enjoy a recording of Tuesday's @crcmich.bsky.social webinar examining Gov. Whitmer's FY26 budget plan. We dig into the numbers & discuss the $3B question: what about the roads? Many thanks to @mirsnews.bsky.social for the Q&A & hosting! crcmich.org/event/analys...

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This is the ideal vehicle body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

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Congestion pricing in Manhattan may be the most successful net-beneficial transportation policy that's ever been adopted in this country. slate.com/business/202...

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Me watching True Blood: "You can tell that actor has never dug a grave."

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BASF may be keeping less than 2% of the highly contaminated groundwater from spilling into the Detroit River, 1,700 ft. from Wyandotte's drinking water intake. But experts say regulators could stop this in a matter of months if they choose to act. @planetdetroit.org

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Remember printing off driving directions from the internet?

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The firings will continue until morale improves.

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Hold the line

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It's amazing we've survived this long.

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I've been screaming this. It. Is. biologically incorrect to state that there are only two genders.

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REMINDER: Those choosing to live in subsidized suburbs for a bigger house and yard are NOT also entitled to free-flow car traffic capacity (aka an “easy car commute”) into the city at the expense of the taxes, health, safety (hint: bike-lanes) & quality of life of city-dwellers. HT Ian Lockwood.

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You're looking at the aqueduct, but don't miss the separated bikeway.

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