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Alessandro Rigolon

@alerigolon.bsky.social
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Associate prof of urban planning. Research on green space equity, green gentrification, climate adaptation, and health equity. Love SLC, my family, and the great outdoors. Opinions (good or bad) are my own 🇮🇹🇺🇸 🌩️👀 rJgnW3igNgz7

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 8h
He was just going along the anti Trump sentiment in Utah and among LDS voters. As that sentiment changed toward MAGA, so did he
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 8h
Someone should start studying the use of AI-generated images for NIMBY causes. It’s honestly fascinating. It also shows most of these folks are clueless- the guy in the green shirt has three arms, for example
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 8h
I would have never thought to see anything like this in my lifetime. This administration really alienated what used to be the biggest ally of the U.S.
cnn.com
‘King of Injustice’: Golden naked Trump statue installed at European Parliament | CNN
Inside the European Parliament, politicians are now confronted with a grotesque vision of American power: an 8.5-foot-tall statue of President Donald Trump, naked but for a thin layer of 23-karat gold...
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 9h
The one I got is from 2023 and it’s amazing cheaper in Utah www.ruthlewandowskiwines.com/product#/202...
ruthlewandowskiwines.com
Product — Ruth Lewandowski Wines
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 9h
And damn it’s only Wednesday. I’m obviously ready for the weekend. In my defense, my kids have this Friday off
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 9h
I really like it. Everything they do is great. They have info on their website but most of their stuff is a mix of less known grapes. It’s one of the natural wines producers in California
Label of the wine
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h
Happy Thursday from Ruth
Ruth Lewandowski white wine
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h
Btw the same is true for traffic cameras
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10h
Glad he’s home and recovering
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 11h
How dare you trying to make me follow the law!
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 11h
Love that the Utah Dems aren’t holding anything back
Ad signs saying “they’re making back roll deals. You’re making ends meet.” By the Utah Dems
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 18h
Thank you and sorry for the f bombs but it’s honestly hard to go without them these days
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks to Russ Vought for exposing this woke research
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thanks so much for this. Please talk to chapters in California. They need a lot of help on housing
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I honestly cannot believe they do believe the things they say. It must be some sort of acting
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What if my religion said that women couldn’t vote? Or that people with disabilities shouldn’t have a job? Or that people of color shouldn’t have the same freedoms as others? Should we legislate according to my religion because failing to do so infringes on my religious rights?
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For sure. The Inquisition has come for men who refuse to “lie with a male as with a woman.” They’re in trouble
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m sorry but what the actual fuck. Please read this to understand the white American conservative sense of persecution. “Found in corners, alleys and cellars” because they need to see gay people getting married?
Text from article
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It especially makes me sick that he’s of Italian descent. But I shouldn’t be surprised. Italian Catholicism has imposed laws on Italians for centuries, only to finally give up in part in the second half of the 1900s as the country secularized
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Religious liberty is when I can impose the beliefs of my religion on other people - Justice Samuel Alito
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is a symptom of a collapsing democracy
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Utah: “hold my dirty soda” (The bill provides $100m to subsidize infrastructure primarily in suburban sprawl)
sltrib.com
Here’s what Utah lawmakers did — and didn’t — pass this year to address the housing crisis
The Legislature approved measures to help developers build more houses. But some tenant-friendly bills didn’t make the cut.
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sadly and somewhat similar, Americans love excessively big homes in the suburbs even though they can’t afford them. We should also make those unsustainable homes even more costly - for example, by stopping subsidies to suburbanization
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"If you're cold, they're cold."
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There's actually some research about this topic, and it's interesting: "older adults with higher levels of educational attainment, transportation limitations, and positive attitudes toward new technology adoption were more likely to be willing to use AVs." So limitations seem to matter
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Willingness to Use Automated Vehicles: Results From a Large and Diverse Sample of U.S. Older Adults
The diffusion of fully automated vehicles (AVs), or self-driving vehicles, is expected to provide many affordances for older adults. If older adults are not willing to use AVs, they will not be able t...
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
To address the loss of independence that comes with not being able to driving, the solution isn’t self driving cars, which are currently not fully legal by the way. It’s designing communities that give good alternatives to driving
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I was riding my bike in the center lane because I needed to turn left and the grandma (or driving bot) decided I didn’t matter and cut me off in that central lane
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I wonder if this is a thing and older adults are buying Teslas with self driving features to (erroneously) deal with declining skills that impair their driving ability
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Almost got hit by a grandma driving a Tesla and not paying attention to the road or steering wheel. Self-driving? Earlier today a student told me something like, “My grandma who really shouldn’t be driving got a self-driving Tesla and is super happy about it.” Likely not the same but wtf?
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Andrew, summer has always been hot... [checks the calendar]
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The fact that Trump needs to campaign in *checks notes* Nebraska shows how desperate Republicans are
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The NYT doesn't waste any opportunity to be a joke. "Appeared to suggest?" Really?
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The population of Southern California (spanning from San Diego to the Los Angeles metro) is nearly 24 million people, or 6.8% of the country. "A very small price to pay."
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I mean yeah, their stroads are dangerous places for everyone, and they prioritize capacity and speed over everything else. This isn't just UDOT though. It's state DOTs around the country
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So now that he’s in danger of losing the next election he’s growing a spine? Amazing
washingtonpost.com
Republican in toss-up House race says he won’t be a ‘rubber stamp’
Rep. Juan Ciscomani also touts his immigrant roots in a new video as he seeks reelection in Arizona.
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Anyone comparing these two mayors isn’t serious
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Cars are obviously unmovable objects that can’t be towed
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Another deadly crash at a stroad designed and managed by the state department of transportation. It's becoming too predictable
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
B like Bogus, Bad-faith, and Blameworthy.
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How quaint! We got close to our neighbors because we don’t want more neighbors
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Don’t close out schools.” “So should we build homes for families!” “No, not like that!”
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
People referring to duplexes and triplexes being proposed in their neighborhood as “devastating” 🤦‍♂️
sltrib.com
What happens when density comes knocking? On this quiet Salt Lake City street, neighbors got to know each other — and pushed back.
The project’s owners said the pushback took them by surprise. “We expected some of it, maybe not to the level that it was there,” one said.
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I mean it’s a mediocre offense and a defense regressing to the mean. Playoffs would be a success this year even if we’re one and done
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I sure hope the Broncos don’t mortgage their future by giving Nix a massive extension worth $30+m per year on average. He’s not worth big money; a prove-it contract is more suitable. And Payton might have to admit he was wrong about him.
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
lol the president’s chatbot hasn’t been instructed to follow the regime’s take on tariffs and taxes
Chatbot telling the truth about tariffs
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It depends on the definition of “ratioed”… I’d expect more replies and quote tweets than linked
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The sad thing is that she isn’t getting ratioed for saying this stuff on thee bad website. It’s either bots or people whose brains are seriously gone
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Life in the U.S. circa 2026
5k from the government isn’t socialism?
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
VJ got schooled by Shanahan Jr there
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Would be surprised if the leg isn’t broken
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