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Cat Brinkley

@drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social
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Prof with a focus on #OneHealth- health is shared between humans, animals, and the environment #planner #veterinarian Interested in planning science, history of food systems, and future of development

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The video is extremely funny, and also the sad figure of Death wondering why she too can't find romance reminds me of my favorite José Saramago novel, Death With Interruptions (also published in English under the title Death At Intervals): bookshop.org/p/books/deat...
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Death With Interruptions
Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago's brilliant novel poses the question—what happens when the grim reaper decides there will be no more death? On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This of cour...
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I remember meeting Annie Dillard at a book talk when I was 12 years old. I told her that I loved "Pilgrim" - she was cranky and said there's no way that I could understand it. She was right- and set the bar. I'm leaning into becoming just as cranky. #shero
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skip intro @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 05/02/2026
Dorothea Lange. Kern County, California (1938)
black and white photo of an industrial air pump at a rest stop with a hand painted sign that reads "air. this is your country don't let the big men take it away from you"
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Shocking.
NTSB graph showing the relationship between miles biked per person per year and cyclists killed per billion miles biked. There's an obvious negative trend (people bike more in place where it's safer to do so.
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Now consider what it's doing to collective learning outside the classroom...
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
What's up with Blue Sky? Why can't I find @heather Cox Richardson? Why won't her page load? #HeatherCoxRichardson
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Our “choice” to drive (if indeed we actually HAVE a choice… car dependency by design means we don’t) is an expensive decision for everyone, not just for us. #UrbanTruth
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is very important, and very well done, by @jamellebouie.net. I encourage you to watch it and share it. 
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Great to see @newyorker.com cover food deserts. We looked at when a grocery store intervention stays open-- and found that ownership matters... Which is an important point for @mayor.nyc.gov 's public grocers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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“If you Build it <i>with them</i>, they will come”: What makes a supermarket intervention successful in a food desert?
Using 71 planned supermarket interventions in food deserts, this study assesses the interplay between regional geography, management models, policy drivers, financing, and timing. We find that commun....
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Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
RIP Charlie “Cunningham called bicycles the “perfect means for ‘right living.’” “They make people healthy and happy, and they free us from the tyranny of cars and the guilt of waste,” he said. “Of course, there’s a time and place for cars, but most of us use them too much.” “ @biketalk.bsky.social
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Charlie Cunningham, Mountain Bike Innovator, Dies at 77 (Gift Article)
In the late 1970s, he built what is considered the first off-road bicycle with a frame that was aluminum rather than steel, one of his many inventions.
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
You know what AI cannot do very well at all? Make maps. It's a deeper sign of the fluidity with which models play fast and loose with our precious methods of communication, warping meaning-making -- which is fundamentally rooted in the context of place.
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I remember when they first excavated the ancient city of the Minions and shouted: "I have gazed upon the face of Kevin!"
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
1/5 what if a woman wrote the Odyssey? While we're arguing over Nolan getting it "right" -- maybe the version most of us know was a weird offshoot.
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Very cool website that reminds of the science, innovation, engineering, and planning that we get to enjoy every day ordinaryabundance.com
A bicycle hangs on a wall above a quote from suffragette Susan B. Anthony that reads: " I think it has done more to emancipate women that anytime else in the world."
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, identifiable photos are considered personal data -- and there are responsibility for posting online We need this in the US www.dataprotection.ie/en/faqs/topi...
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What is the position regarding individuals taking photographs/videos in a public place? | Data Protection Commission
There is nothing in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that prohibits people from taking photos in a public place. Provided you are not harassing anyone, taking photographs of people in public is generally allowed and most likely will qualify for the household exemption under Article 2(2)(c) of the GDPR.
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Zoognosis with Joy! @zoognosisjoy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Ominous foreshadowing #vetmed 🧪
In 2003, Texas cattlemen were asked what was the
most significant event in ranching during their lifetime.
The foremost response was “the eradication of the
screwworm.” Tobin Armstrong summed it up by stating
“… if we had to go back and do the kinds of things we
did back then as a routine to cope with screwworms,
nobody is equipped or prepared physically or emotion-
ally to deal with it. It would be disastrous.”33 The screw-
worm eradication program probably contributed more
than any piece of modern machinery to the reduction of
the population of working cowboys by decreasing the
amount of labor required on ranches.
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🚸 Wildlife crossing jokes thread🚸
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A sight I love to see in Scandinavia: sleeping babies parked outside in the fresh air - while the parent ducks inside to shop. This image says everything about social trust, sidewalk life, and inner city air quality.
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Aristotle's humiliation lives on in Tallinn, Estonia city hall - a reminder that even the cleverest man ...
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It's not just science. It's collective play to build a place... But there are rules to the "game"
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The Science of City Planning: Catherine Brinkley on Building Healthier Communities
How do cities plan for the future? UC Davis Professor Catherine Brinkley discusses urban planning, environmental justice and community development at a recent June Davis Science Café.
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Petition with all your friends and neighbors and you can get commemorative signage! Ours is a little special: #first Bike lane in the U.S.
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
#RideofSilence for Cyclists who have lost their lives - including my student, Lincoln Sabini
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
1/2 The federal government has severely curtailed research funding. The National Science Foundation (NSF) faces extreme funding threats, with 2026/2027 proposals including a 50%+ reduction. Yikes!!!
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Curious about the City of Davis General plan update and how to engage?
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Behind the scenes @ #CommonKnowledge bar lecture -- gearing up to talk about how to plan utopia #planning #beer
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Thank you to @cryopolitics.com for an awesome tour of San Francisco's Arctic and Alaskan connections Chasing whales, distracted by gold, building a commercial hub out of shipwrecks, just out of reach from Russia #AAG2026
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Bring a friend, pull up a chair, order a drink, and design your utopia with me at this Common Knowledge bar lecture: lnkd.in/e2We5Gmh
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Now that oil prices are about to go 📈 through the roof-- the overton window 🪟 is zooming towards us for all those low/no oil futures. What should we do about it? Ideas below
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
@sophushelle.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social halfway through -- and somehow feel like I'm still getting to the best part even though you've already translated Enheduanna. Thank you for a wonderful book.
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The Internet is no place for rage. Or tears. It's just a holding tank for sadness- a vehicle for apathy. A way to pretend we did something - when we only said something. It's no place to hold each other- to wail about bombs dropped- as children are turned into soldiers on opposing sides
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Even if global warming was not such a pressing issue, renewables are not only more affordable and less price-volatile than single-use fossile fuels, they also increase a country’s resilience in armed conflict. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Ukraine is showing why electrification is key to Europe’s energy security
At this year’s Munich Security Conference, leaders repeatedly warned that a new era of geopolitical instability is reshaping global security. Energy was central to that discussion, with governments em...
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
HUD released a draft proposal on housing assistance for mixed status families, denying housing support to families that include a person who is undocumented. This could result in eviction of 3,000 children The Federal Register has opened the 60-day public comment period. nlihc.org/resource/hud...
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HUD Moves to Close 'Mixed Status Households' Roommate Loophole | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Delighted to have contributed a chapter about legalizing street food vending to this wonderful collection achieving on food justice from @mitpress.bsky.social Open access: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...
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Nurturing Food Justice: Expansive and Intersectional Visions
How diverse communities are finding new ways to grow food, build movements, and challenge institutions to create more just and sustainable food futures.Ami
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
We're channeling the Alysa Liu joy US gold 🥇 by having fun + someone left the 🍰 out in the 🌧️
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Can we stop calling it AI? -It's not artificial. -It's not intelligent. It's an algorithm backed by a large dataset
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
But... Did it persist? Did Athens? (No-it massively depopulated) Did Rome? ... (No-it massively depopulated) And what a leap to America... How did THAT happen? There's some serious gaps in this civics genealogy
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
What a ding dong. If people really loved English-Scotch culture so much they'd have flocked to England / Scotland. They're here because the US has broadcast the aspiration of a multicultural meritocracy - one that consistently celebrates pluralism. Next up: New Orleans French-Creole Mardi gras
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 12/02/2026
As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org
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There is No Scientific Justification to Revoke the Endangerment Finding
The U.S. EPA's decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding will limit the government's ability to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
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Pam Kan-Rice @ucanrpam.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Agrihoods grow nutritious fruits & vegetables 🥬🍓🥦🍅 “It’s incredible what we could do with what we have, and what we could do even more with intentional planning,” @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social told @mrmattsimon.bsky.social
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Grist reporter Matt Simon asks: What Happens When a Neighborhood is Built Around a Farm? As Davis celebrates 50 years since the construction of Village Homes, there are some clear lessons about the numerous benefits of pairing farmland with urban development. grist.org/cities/what-...
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What happens when a neighborhood is built around a farm
This is what happens when communities are built around farms, gardens, and crops - not cars.
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
www.fundcascience.org
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Fund CA Science
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Hot off the press! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 🔜 For advocates, where can you make the most headway on local climate policy: enacting municipal reach codes, drafting a Climate Action Plan, or updating your General Plan? 👩‍⚖️ For policymakers: which policy pathway leads to implementation?
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Samina Raja @saminaraja.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
📣 Call to join our Data Justice for Food Justice Learning Circle! Fill out our interest form by February 13th. lnkd.in/g-nnmcBr
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Interest Form: Data Justice for Food Justice Learning Circle
The Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab at the University at Buffalo, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and convening support from the American Planning Association Fo...
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Calling all food systems planners! We're assembling a HANDBOOK FOR CRITICAL FOOD SYSTEMS PLANNING and would love to consider your abstracts by February 1, 2026. More info here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/routle...
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ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK FOR CRITICAL FOOD SYSTEMS PLANNING
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Abstract due February 01, 2026 Deadline for chapter August 01, 2026 Drawing on diverse disciplines, the Routledge Handbook of Critical Food Systems Planning aims to articulate a cri...
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Read these trees. How old are the trees with burn scars? Why do the smaller trees not have burn scars? What does this story written on the landscape mean for the coming years?
Avenue of the Giants stand of sequoia
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Cat Brinkley @drdrcatbrinkley.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
March brings us into Women's History Month- and a chance to celebrate the many contributions of women to their hometowns.
Women's history month brings a chance to celebrate -- Using PlanSearch.caes.ucdavis.edu, you can look up how many times the word "woman" is used in a general plan- and see where and how communities laud local women and plan for future generations of female leaders
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