awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 04/07/2026Cape Verde with the BEST performance of the whole world cup omg 010
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 10/10/2025MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus. It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions. Thank you, Governor! 823671623
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 16/07/2025LA friends: Here's an opportunity to help urban infill get developed in Los Angeles: urbanenvironmentalistsla.substack.com/p/help-us-sa... There's a hearing for 6000 Hollywood on Wed. 9am. This project replaces a car dealership with 350 apt units and near transit! what more could we want?!urbanenvironmentalistsla.substack.comHelp Us Say YES to a Greener, More Connected Hollywood!Deliver public comment on Wednesday, July 16th at 9:30 AM via Zoom 000
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)CNN @cnn.com · 07/07/2025A father who died saving his family, children at summer camp, a loving grandmother: The faces of the Texas flooding tragedycnn.comA father who died saving his family, children at summer camp, a loving grandmother: The faces of the Texas flooding tragedy | CNNJulian Ryan’s final words to his mother, as floodwaters quickly engulfed their trailer home, were simply, “I love you.” 48502126
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 08/07/2025I think it's super important we keep asking questions like: how can we design our cities to better serve our needs? A lot of these principles boil down to pedestrian-first accessibility and inclusivity. Great piece! theconversation.com/what-makes-a...theconversation.comWhat makes a city great for running and how can we promote ‘runnability’ in urban design?Even the type of street trees planted in a city can make a huge difference. 010
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 03/07/2025The House just passed the One Big "Beautiful" Bill. Here's six key takeaways from REPEAT Project's rapid analysis of the bill on what passage means for U.S. energy costs, investment in new electricity supplies, and greenhouse gas emissions. #OBBB 🔌💡 211242
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing. 43729653537496
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 02/07/2025Fighting for a sustainable and just future is hard especially when processes like CEQA are often weaponized. Efforts to make it easier to build (infill) housing should be seen as a solution by EJ groups, however when we tie it with industrial plants, it becomes hard.. calmatters.org/environment/...calmatters.orgLast-minute California budget includes sweeping environmental law rollbacksMajor changes include an exemption for high-tech industrial plants and other projects. The move, fast-tracked under pressure from Gov. Gavin Newsom, sparked fierce pushback from environmental, communi... 100
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 02/07/2025There aren't enough words to describe how inhumane and illegal ICE's abductions are and yet there are people justifying it. They aren't even good at it (71% of abductions are US citizens). And now things will only get worse if the OBBB passes. No one is safe. www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/27/a...counterpunch.orgA Nation of Immigrants Under AttackThere’s mounting evidence of ICE using racial profiling. “We have U.S. citizens who are being asked for their documents and not believed when they attest to the fact that they are U.S. citizens,” said... 110
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 02/07/2025Hundreds of millions poured into modernizing stadiums, yet the fan experience is still absolutely horrendous. By prioritizing parking (which is still $$$) and not having equitable transit options, fans are left walking miles and paying hundreds for rideshares. www.nytimes.com/athletic/646...nytimes.comSoccer fans stuck between Hard Rock Stadium and a ride home: ‘I’ll never go to another game, especially not here’The excitement fans had experienced inside the stadium turned to confusion, disorientation and frustration. 000
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 06/06/2025Currently listening to public comments for SCAQMD's zero nox rules and it baffles me how many leaders are willing to trade long term environmental progress for the perceived short term cost concerns. We can't afford to make this transition! 010
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 05/06/202522-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht's asthma medicine abruptly jumped from $55 to $700. Unable to get the medicine he needed, he left without it. Cole suffered an asthma attack and died 5 days later. His inhaler was empty & his insurance corp was UnitedHealth. www.qasimrashid.com/p/did-united...qasimrashid.comDid UnitedHealth Exploitation Result in Yet Another Preventable Death?22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht's asthma medicine abruptly jumped from $55 to $700—unable to get the medicine he needed, he died 5 days later 27366179
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 04/06/2025BIG HOUSING NEWS: The Senate passed our bill (SB 79) to allow more housing near high quality transit & giving transit agencies more authority to build homes on their own land. We need more housing & focusing it around transit makes so much sense. It’ll mean more housing & more transit ridership. 1544744
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 02/06/2025It's do or die for SB 79, the bill that would legalize multifamily housing around rail and BRT stops across the state. The vote could be held as early as tomorrow morning. Californians: call your state senator tomorrow morning to help us get out of the senate! cayimby.org/legislation/...cayimby.orgSB 79 (Wiener): Transit-Oriented Development and UpzoningSB 79 will make it faster and easier to build multi-family housing near transit stops, like train and rapid bus lines, by making it legal for more homes to be built in these areas and streamlining exi... 827981
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 16/05/2025This morning's reads include this super insightful piece from @streetsforall.org : data.streetsforall.org/blog/sb79_zo... Some how, the answer to so many of our issues goes back to land use reform incl. climate/housing/transportation. Facing a billion $ shortfall, it's now the answer to finances!data.streetsforall.orgHow Land Use Reform Could Help Solve the Los Angeles Budget CrisisOur high-level analysis shows how restrictive, exclusionary zoning has accentuated the City’s financial crisis, and how targeting upzoning could help balance budgets. Senate Bill 79 would create capac... 141
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 09/05/2025Fill this form to email your representatives to protect Energy Star! Thanks to great advocacy/policy folks at the USGBC for putting this together. usgbc.quorum.us/campaign/123...usgbc.quorum.usProtect ENERGY STARTell Congress to protect ENERGY STAR! 010
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 25/04/2025I have a new podcast episode out on modular construction and its role in addressing our housing crisis. I feature Kit Switch, a building interiors company working on quickly retrofitting buildings (Candice, the co-founder is my friend). Check it out! www.fosteringourearth.com/p/11-how-doe...fosteringourearth.com 000
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 22/04/2025For my LA-based followers, take a minute to send a support letter for SB79! secure.everyaction.com/wD3zN6EAFUSM...secure.everyaction.com Action Alert: Pass SB 79 to build more housing near transit!! 110
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 18/04/2025I wonder if anyone's called out how similar the style of tweets the White House's tweets are to the IDF's.... Like this type of faux-hip-slang for absolutely deplorable and hypocritical posts 021
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com · 18/04/2025"We are all just temporarily abled" (-unknown) and "We are all just one test result away from our lives changing forever" (-my Physician's Assistant former roommate) are two quotes I share a lot, relevant to literally every class I teach on transportation, cities, health, and urban theory. 58631
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 18/04/2025I think a lot abt how marginalized people are expected to be perfect just to be treated w/ basic dignity, just to access legal protection. But democracy can’t mean rights for the respectable few. It has to mean fair and just treatment even for those seen as least deserving. That’s the real test. 33310771
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 08/04/2025ARSENAL 3-0 against Real Madrid. My head is on Mars oh my goodness 000
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 27/03/2025A recent dismal of a challenge to a new construction gas ban in NYC is super huge given the Berkeley decision in recent years. So many cities put their electrification/decarb policies on hold bc of this. It seems like the fight isn't over but this is certainly a huge step! grist.org/buildings/na...grist.orgCan cities ban natural gas in new buildings? A federal judge just said yes.Cities looking to eliminate fossil fuels in buildings have notched a decisive court victory. Last week, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by plumbing and building trade groups against a New ... 000
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us. 7563591910989
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 26/03/2025I finished Jason Stanley's "How Fascism Works" this weekend (after reading Erasing History earlier this year) and wow it is absolutely terrifying how on point it is for being written in 2018. Everything from the elusive search for the mythic past (MAGA), to trying to subvert the rule of law... 1/3 120
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 26/03/2025This is TERRIFYING oh my goodness. Our descent into a fascist nation is ridiculously rapid. They're trying to scare us into silence. But it so important we stay brave in these times. 010
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 24/03/2025BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him. Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown. 13893996561
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 24/03/2025Tomorrow, my two organizing homes, Sunrise Movement LA and Urban Environmentalists LA, support motions in LA City Council's Planning and Land Use Management Committee (PLUM). Here's a short thread on them: #1. Single Staircase Reform for LA: brought by @lindsaysturman.bsky.social from LCI. 1/n 121
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Abundant Housing LA @abundanthousingla.bsky.social · 24/03/2025You may have heard about the Single Stair Reform Design Competition we are collaborating with LCI on, and tonight is your chance to find out more! Ask us about the single staircase design! Is it safe? How will it help housing in LA? We've got answers! RSVP Link is tinyurl.com/SingleStair 1124
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress. 23415557312232
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 21/03/2025Currently reading @ayanaeliza.bsky.social's What If We Get It Right? and one of the most shocking facts is from her conversation with Bill McKibben: "if you have $125k in the bank, that's producing more carbon than flying/cooking/heating/cooling/driving than the average American in a year!" Wow! 020
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 20/03/2025Feeling overwhelmed with all the news? Join this evening for our last reading of It's Not That Radical x Mikaela Loach for some hope! We'll be live on Substack for all subscribers. open.substack.com/pub/fosterin... 010
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Destenie Nock, PhD @destenie.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Want to learn about A data-driven approach to solving an invisible energy crisis. Peoples Energy Analytics is helping utilities identify and assist customers struggling with energy bills before crisis strikes. Check out the "With Great Power Podcast" www.latitudemedia.com/news/a-data-...latitudemedia.comA data-driven approach to solving an invisible energy crisisPeoples Energy Analytics is helping utilities identify and assist customers struggling with energy bills before crisis strikes. 082
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 18/03/2025What does accountability look like? Seriously. So many car deaths are so preventable with better roadway design yet so many leaders fail to make the right decision. Safety should be our number one guide, not driver complaints or residents who want to be able to drive faster. This is so senseless. 000
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 17/03/2025I started watching Shrinking on Apple TV this weekend and the first scene had a coyote so my partner and I were like "so this is set in Pasadena" (where we currently live). It was confirmed a few minutes later (so cool) but then realized they filmed it on our street! 010
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 17/03/2025This mornings reads 🧵: (1) Learning about the 2009 Endangerment Finding and why the EPA is looking into deregulation. It's so frustrating to have to constantly fight an administration hell bent on defying science legal-planet.org/2025/03/17/d...legal-planet.orgDissecting the Attacks on the Endangerment Finding - Legal PlanetThe Trump EPA has made four arguments -- all bad -- for reversing the finding that greenhouse gases threaten human health and welfare. 100
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 14/03/2025this is so soooo troubling. These men are not even in uniform. Not only is this arrest unlawful but it sets a dangerous precedent and can empower people to go around claiming to be law enforcement and potentially harm others. 020
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/03/2025NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest “Stop resisting” “He’s not resisting” Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions 671101834995
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed 677199107066
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 13/03/2025This morning's reads on: 1. environmental deregulation threats, 2. autism rates, 3. our move towards distributed energy resources, 4. congestion pricing, and 5. trump/musk schemes below 👇🧵 100
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12/03/2025NEW—Mahmoud Khalil's wife: "I was born & raised in the Midwest. My parents came here from Syria…They believed living in the US would bring a sense of safety & stability. But here I am…weeks before I’m due to give birth to our first child…I feel more unsafe & unstable than I have in my entire life." 321855614
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 12/03/2025Join my live read along for Fostering Our Earth, reading Mikaela Loach's "It's Not That Radical" tonight at 5pm PT! Subscribe to join! www.fosteringourearth.com #bookclub 010
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 10/03/2025This is fascism! Shame shame shame on Columbia for failing to protect their students over the last year and inviting this. Arresting students and then making up rules to justify the arrest (originally for his visa but he actually has a green card then revoking that). This is SO DANGEROUS. 010
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Want to participate in science for the common good, to help people access much-needed accurate air quality data? In light of the cancellation of the U.S. EPA Sensor Workshop, register for the Community Air Sensor Workshop of March 18-19 at www.communityairsensor.org (thx @lizneeley.bsky.social !) 17231
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)NPR @npr.org · 28/02/2025The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.npr.orgA movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to knowThe People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday. 10583727611557
Reposted by awoe (ah-way)Island Press @islandpress.bsky.social · 24/02/2025📢 Love what we do? Help spread the word! Our $4.99 ebook sale is on now through 3/2. Nearly 1,000 titles on climate, cities, food, nature, and more—because knowledge should be accessible. Share this with your networks! 🌍📚 www.islandpress.org/... 052
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 19/02/2025Smiling reading this edition of State of Change! Super honored to be featured and get to yap about housing, mobility, equity, and climate change in the same space! Thanks for the feature, @twyspy.bsky.social! 020
awoe (ah-way) @awoenam.com · 14/02/2025Check out this great tool to find IRA and BIL funded projects are near you! This is is how we communicate funding and whats at risk with this administration. 010