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David Lansing

@lansing.bsky.social
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Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Naive question: your chart shows the district had 900,000 residents at one point (1950s or so). What happened to the houses that those extra 200,000 people once lived in?
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Precious Moments of Interpellation
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A fitting tribute Patrick. This is such sad and terrible news.
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Science as Culture @sciasculture.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Issue number 2 in 2026 is out (vol 35. n. 2)! The issue discusses several topics such as curatorial practice, scientization, and planetary imaginaries. It also includes book and media reviews that connect STS issues with board games, art exhibits, and journalism www.tandfonline.com/toc/csac20/c...
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Science as Culture @sciasculture.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
📜 New article! In "The specificity ratchet: agribusiness techniques for contesting state knowledge about antibiotics," @lansing.bsky.social shows how industry groups in the US instrumentalize knowledge production to gain favorable public opinion and regulatory advantage 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
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The specificity ratchet: agribusiness techniques for contesting state knowledge about antibiotics
Powerful business groups are known to deny, block, and obfuscate public knowledge about their industries. Public comments by agricultural interest groups concerning the United States Food and Drug ...
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Looks like you have more digging to do lol. I love some good academic urban legend sleuthing. @marxist.af has been on the "Urban trees are good for you" beat for a while now. A fun STS commentary on this topic with regard to Spinach and Iron: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
NFL teams don't tank and are definitely trying to win every year. NBA teams basically have to tank if they want to get a game changing player. None of this is related to private equity.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Is a pitcher computing a ball's trajectory when he throws it? If it is a highly skilled pitcher, he is not thinking at all. Is a jazz musician computing his improv lines. A highly skilled one isn't thinking at all. I'm sure neurons are involved, but they're not computing anything.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Getting closer, but still not enough. When a robot AI sees a chair, how do they know to sit on it? Humans simply know without having to do anything that resembles "computation" or even thinking.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
If computation is your concern then where it happens doesn't matter. If human-like cognition is your concern, you need a body.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Did Booker's baby bonds become law or did it just remain a proposal? The problem is much more than messaging.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
By holding on too long he became an avatar of Democratic dysfunction, and stained whatever legacy he might have. A good lesson for other elected officials that can't bring themselves to retire.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
How many of those sites consisted of former federally owned land that was transferred to the city and required challenging demolition and site prep costs. Hill East is the future of RFK without a stadium, not NoMa
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Not true: $500 million comes from a special sports stadium tax, another $200 million is for site prep that has to happen regardless, and $67 million is for a rec center. More like $200-$300 million that could theoretically be used for libraries. That's not nothing, but its not $1 billion either!
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Have to say I don't follow this at all.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
So what is the alternative if the stadium doesn't happen. Hill East is your model. What happened there?
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
It makes sense if you assume this magical alternative development fantasy that underpins their analysis.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I guess it boils down to the question of what would happen in the absence of this plan. Most likely outcome is 20 years of plans and debates and some paltry housing starts (like Hill East). In that sense, perhaps the stadium investment is worth it if it means a development would actually happen.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
A more realistic analysis would take the number of housing units that have been built on Reservation 13 (an almost 25 year project at this point) and multiply by 1.5 (67 vs. 100 acres). How many houses currently exist at Reservation 13?
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Some good points raised here and I appreciate outlining the "hidden" giveaways, but it hard to take this seriously when $3 billion is chalked up "lost opportunity costs" by comparing the stadium plan to a fairy tale development idea.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
He's welcoming the degrowth crowd into his MAGA coalition.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
If Reservation 13 - a slow moving fiasco that has produced very little housing in 20 years - is your best alternative model, then the stadium plan is clearly the best way forward.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Maybe I'm wrong, but their writers seem pretty attuned to how this current Supreme Court is thinking.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Really tells you something about most elected Dems.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Democrats don't seem to be doing this.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Amazing graph and text from WayneSanderson farm's corporate responsibility report. Bragging that its employee turnover was "only" 88% in 2023.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
He caught a ton of flack from Dem party types for his correct opinion that Biden was too old to run for president and should drop out. The anger is understandable.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Yeah good point. I need to look for the occasional victories. Is it cynicism or despair? Hard to tell sometimes!
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
A rational reaction after observing that the mass protests didn't accomplish anything.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I thought they rewrote the laws in the early 2000s (maybe the late 90s?) to make this harder to do. Glad to see people can still take advantage of this.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
False Flagg operation?
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Nate Silver said the voting data shows Harris was a "replacement level" candidate, aka mediocre. That seems about right.
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David Lansing @lansing.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Alcohol revenue generated by alcoholics gives us a clue. "The heaviest drinking 4% of the population account for 30% of all consumption and 23% of all industry revenue." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30136436/#:~....
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How dependent is the alcohol industry on heavy drinking in England? - PubMed
In England, the alcohol industry appears to be highly financially dependent upon heavy drinking, and might face significant financial losses were consumers to drink within guideline levels.
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