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How traffic makes cities warmer #cities

How traffic makes cities warmer
More than half the world's population now lives in cities that are often much hotter than their rural surroundings. Roads, buildings and paved surfaces absorb and store heat during the day, then release it slowly after sunset. This is known as the urban heat island effect.

Can Europe’s historic cities survive a warming climate? | Climate | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/6/26/can-europes-historic-cities-survive-a-warming-climate?traffic_source=rss

Can Europe’s historic cities survive a warming climate?
Heatwaves are forcing the continent to choose between preserving the past and adapting for the future.

Judge Throws Out Federal Suit Against 4 N.J. 'Sanctuary' Cities (Ishani Desai/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/us/politics/new-jersey-sanctuary-cities-lawsuit.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260624/p137#a260624p137

Ban cars.
#FuckCars

euroroad: Euroroad network (2011)
A network of international "E-roads," mostly in Europe. Vertices represent cities and edges represents roads. Metadata includes names of cities.
This network has 1174 nodes and 1417 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/euroroa…

Endlich mal Cycling Cities (von @… ) gesehen. Sehr inspirierend. Persönlich witzig fand ich, dass ich fast alle Städte, die im Film vorkommen, in den letzten fünf Jahren touristisch besucht habe - und einiges wiedererkannt habe.

She was the exec. director...
Aimee Bock sentenced to 41.5 years in Feeding Our Future case - Axios Twin Cities
https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/05/21/aimee-bock-feeding-our-future-fraud-jail-time

Californians! Can I ask you to make two calls *TODAY BEFORE 5PM* or Thursday morning to protect affordable housing funds?
#AB736 is a bill being rushed through that would give rich real estate investors a tax cut, slashing housing funds in SF, Santa Cruz and LA and preventing other cities from raising revenue this way.
Call your Senator and Assemblymember at their capitol office - you can…

Judge tosses DOJ lawsuit against 4 New Jersey 'sanctuary cities' (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/24/new-jersey-tosses-doj-lawsuit-sanctuary-cities-00975065
http://www.memeorandum.com/260624/p124#a260624p124

The Newsom administration is suing five more California cities
— Calexico, Costa Mesa, Half Moon Bay, Ridgecrest and Turlock — for failing to complete state-mandated housing plans, known as the “housing element.”

Huntington Beach was the first city to face such a legal action, and it recently finalized its housing element plans following a court-order and massive fines.
The law, which has been in place since 1969, requires cities and counties every eight years to d…

Newsom continues crackdown on cities over housing plan requirements. 'No city gets a pass,' governor says
Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed legal actions this week against five small cities that they say are failing to meet benchmarks required for housing planning.

Amazon plans to expand Amazon Now to 300 Indian cities and towns, up from 100 at present, as CEO Andy Jassy visits India; a source says he is set to meet Modi (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Hi. Remember me? 6 European cities and Columbus later (that’s @…’s story) I’m back with Marie’s biscuits, egg bacon tea and coffee. One of us has new dietary needs so things will probably get changed over time but she’s having yogurt today #TogetherBreakfast https://photos.app.goo.gl/NEiqd4fC6r4ziBiT9

As a tribute to the fierce heatwaves roasting our cities these days, the city of Brussels just turned the Schuman roundabout facing the EC headquarters into a giant slab of concrete.
Via Hans Diels on LinkedIn.

Hey, Twin Cities folks! I'm in an upcoming show that I'm excited about.
It’s visual art, it’s theater, it’s music, it’s ritual, it’s community meditation, it’s one of those •experiences• that defies categorization. It's the brainchild of Summer Hills-Bonczyk, who runs the cermics studio at Macalester, and I'm working with her brother to create music for the show.
I have a good feeling about this. I think it's going to be really cool!
#MSP #StPaul #Minneapolis

physician_trust: Physician trust network (1966)
A network of trust relationships among physicians in four midwestern (USA) cities in 1966. Edge direction indicates that node i trusts or asks for advice from node j. Each of the four components represent the network within a given city.
This network has 241 nodes and 1098 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted

Cities and companies are making climate-friendly eating the new normal. NYC is leading by serving more plant-based meals in schools, while the EU's deforestation law ensures high-emission foods reflect their true environmental cost.
The secret? Training the next generation of chefs and making sustainable choices delicious and accessible.

How countries, cities and companies accelerate the transformation to plant-rich food
Learn what New York City, Oatly, Luxembourg, and the Electrolux Food Foundation are teaching us about scaling the food transition to plant rich diets.

"Why healthier cities are key to climate resilience"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://www.

Why healthier cities are key to climate resilience - edie
The evidence is clear, argues Bupa Group's chief medical and sustainability officer, Professor Melvin Samsom: the most effective climate resilience strategies are also the ones that keep people healthiest.

Overall City Ranking for Biking
Isla Vista (Santa Barbara County)
— 99TH PERCENTILE
OUT OF 3019 CITIES
7th IN THE U.S.
4th IN THE PACIFIC
1st IN CALIFORNIA
https://cityratings.peopleforbikes.org/cities/isla-vista-ca

Isla Vista California City Rating Page | PeopleForBikes 2025 City Ratings
Isla Vista California Score: (undefined out of 100) | City Rank (undefined out of 2579 cities). Follow the link to see even more data about this city!

NYT introduces The Local: Twin Cities, a pilot newsletter with original reporting, a goal of promoting local outlets, and an August launch date (A.J. Katz/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/the-new-york-times-local…

The New York Times Expands Local Coverage With Twin Cities Newsletter Launch
The New York Times is launching a subscriber-focused Twin Cities newsletter, expanding its local journalism strategy and investing further in regional audience engagement.

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On Spacetherm Aerogel Thermal Insulation
Learn about the highest-performing robust wall insulation for where space is at a premium: small homes in expensive cities. #aerogel #IWI #insulation

How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/06/american-cities-cars-public-transportation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other…

How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/06/american-cities-cars-public-transportation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other…

Cities are getting hotter—and bigger. New research reveals the scale of the challenge #cities

Cities are getting hotter—and bigger. New research reveals the scale of the challenge
We tend to think of climate change impacts as dramatic and destructive. Storms and floods that bring down landslides and swamp streets, or raging wildfires that tear through forests and farmland.

Visits by Canadians to major U.S. cities have crashed by 42 percent during President Donald Trump’s second term, new research has found.
The 42 percent figure—uncovered by a University of Toronto research tool that tracks cellphone activity—dwarfs the roughly 25 percent drop captured by official border-crossing data, the newspaper said. The researchers said they had been struck by “the marked decline in visits to large metropolitan economies.”

Staggering Drop of Canadian Visitors to U.S. Cities Under Trump Revealed
Visits by Canadians to major U.S. cities have crashed by a staggering 42 percent during President Donald Trump’s second term, new research has found. The eye...

Lessons from South Africa on how parks and community gardens can help cities adapt to climate change
https://theconversation.com/lessons-from-south-africa-on-how-parks-and-community-gardens-can-help-cities-adapt-to-climate-change-282891

Muslim mayors in major #US and #European cities being visibly pro #trans and #LGBTQ rights is quite a contrast from what you see…

💗 California cities seek to bless polyamorous unions. Lawyers warn it will get messy in court
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-25/california-west-hollywood-polyamorous-union-laws
🆓

As cities bless polyamorous unions, lawyers warn it will get messy
West Hollywood is among the cities moving to formally recognize and protect multi-partner relationships, an effort that backers say addresses housing and healthcare discrimination. Lawyers who navigate the system for divorces, custody disputes and family court battles say it will be complicated.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Garbage:
🎵 Cities in Dust
#Garbage
https://open.spotify.com/track/1bvv1R0YuReGcnfLllgV1S

I keep seeing the "cars replaced horses" thing related to "AI."
People keep comparing "AI" to cars (positively) without thinking about the fact that cars were forced on people (AAA bought up and destroyed tram lines, there were massive protests, etc), and are the primary driver of climate change that is currently on track to make complex human society impossible. Meanwhile, cities that weren't destroyed for cars, or that have reversed most of the damage, are some of the most desirable places to live.
Maybe we could take the car analogy as a warning. Maybe it could be a reminder to think about how forcing technology on people against their will can reshape society in a profoundly negative way.
The answer for cities has been to right-size transit. Eliminate cars wherever possible, maintain emergency vehicles and mobility aids, and find more efficient alternatives (bikes, trams, metros, and trains) where possible. I feel as though we can extrapolate from the metaphor.
We do not have to repeat the mistake of reshaping society around a single, oversimplified, solution in order to benefit a tiny minority. Perhaps we can actually choose the right technologies based on use cases, rather than hype or dogma.
Cars didn't replace horses. Cars replaced walkable cities, tram lines and mass transit, and children playing in the streets.
"Cars replaced horses" to the benefit of a small group of elite men, at tremendous cost to literally everyone else. When people say, "AI is the new 'cars replacing horses'" they are saying something very specific about their privilege and intentions.

"French weather service says temperature hit 44.3C in Pissos as heat forces Louvre and Eiffel Tower to close early."
That is hot. 32° here where I am in England, and that is far too hot.
France records hottest day ever as 40 people drown across country | Europe weather | The Guardian
https://www.…

Forty drown across France in heatwave and parts of Spain above 30C at night
France has its hottest night on record, 15 Italian cities under red heat alert and UN chief says London is ‘cooking’

Our cities are choked by cars – here’s how experts would fix them https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/08/cities-cars-experts-green-spaces-cyclists

1. All cities in car comercials
2. Many (most?) cities in real life…

BC small towns push back on data center
The Tyee reports on how the small northern British Columbia town of Terrace and other cities in rural BC are pushing back against new data centers to fuel the stupid AI boom. York University researcher Lyndsey Rolheiser told the Tyee that supposed job growth in small towns from huge, energy-sucking data center is non-existent: “That evidence is not quite there," Rolheiser said.

Tell your representatives to support the Fair Choice Act, and support #RankedChoiceVoting
https://fairvoteaction.quorum.us/campaign/VCA2026/

Filing: Mary Junck, ex-chairman of Lee Enterprises' board of directors, is retiring on July 31, a few months after David Hoffmann invested $50M in Lee (Quad Cities Business Journal)
https://quadcitiesbusiness.com/junck-announces-retirement-from-lee-e…

"Families 'waste hundreds each year from throwing away uneaten food' - see areas worst for it"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #FoodWaste

Families 'waste hundreds each year from throwing away uneaten food' - see areas worst for it | LBC
UK cities where families ‘losing significant cash in the bin due to food waste’

I'm living in the world's most livable city according to the Economist...
( I basically concur)
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/07/06/the-worlds-most-and-least-liveable-cities-in-2026

Amazon says it plans to expand its Amazon Now quick commerce service to 100 Indian cities; the service is currently live in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/t

Amazon to expand quick comm network to 1,000 stores across 100 cities
Amazon Now is rapidly expanding its quick commerce services to 100 Indian cities, boosting its micro-fulfillment centers to over 1,000. This strategic move, backed by a significant investment, aims to enhance delivery speed and selection, directly competing with rivals in the fast-paced online grocery market.

Cities Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bags https://www.404media.co/cities-are-covering-flock-cameras-with-trash-bags/

2028 NFL Draft awarded to Minnesota https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7288935/2026/05/19/nfl-draft-minnesota-vikings-host-announcement-2028/

urban_streets: Urban street networks (2017)
20 urban street networks, corresponding to 1-square-mile maps of 20 cities around the world.
This network has 541 nodes and 773 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/urban_str…

First minute on the bike back in #Copenhagen, a driver takes an illegal u-turn at intersection and almost kills my 2y old and myself. Good example how protected onstreet bike lanes are no "solution", only a patch that keeps cities car-centric. The real fix is removing cars.

American cities languish badly compared with transit leaders such as Sydney, Hong Kong and Barcelona,
based on the number of transit vehicles per 100,000 residents,
according to the Transportation for America study.
The gap is now so large that for major American cities to bring their public transit up to “world-class” status,
it would cost an enormous
$4.6trillion, involving 7,500 miles of new dedicated infrastructure for trains and buses, over the next 20 years…

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On Spacetherm Aerogel Thermal Insulation
Learn about the highest-performing robust wall insulation for where space is at a premium: small homes in expensive cities. #aerogel #IWI #insulation

If you are in any way connected to the national and international media that noticed the Trump regime's war on Minneapolis and the Twin Cities and Minnesota more generally, we need that attention again— not only has it never fully stopped, and abductions of immigrants (and citizens with brown skin) picked up, but now it has entered a new phase of federal arrests of people alleged to have watched and warned their neighbors about ICE.

News story on a significant earthquake in Uzbekistan, 50 years ago, May 17, 1976 (Fargo-Moorhead Forum archives). Mentions the Medvedev scale, apparently now the the MSK or MSK-64 scale. That scale is not mentioned in North American, physical geology textbooks I have seen, although it's apparently similar to the Mercalli scale.
Also, the first page of a scientific paper on it, from 1980. ⚒️🧪
#OTD

Adfree Cities Backs Ten Point Plan For Plant-Rich Diets #nutrition

Adfree Cities Backs Ten Point Plan For Plant-Rich Diets
Adfree Cities, a network of local grassroots groups across the UK, says it is “proud” of backing the Ten Point Plan for Plant-Rich Diets

You like playing board games?
You dislike playing with democracy?
Then this game is for you! (In back-order due to high demand.)
Those Canadian teen-agers behind it deserve your kudos. And are probably out of spray tan (see the ingredients list).
https://e-upgames.com/

Will Cowboys ever get a chance to host Super Bowl or NFL Draft again? https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/05/19/cowboys-host-super-bowl-nfl-draft/90156627007/

I remember speaking to someone who, maybe a decade ago, worked at a ride share app company.
They left shortly after a meeting in which the company was looking at ways to slow cities from investing in their public transport.
On its face a business or technology might not be objectionable, but there's an inevitability to the direction that investment demands.

Small cities in big Texas metro areas lead as the fastest growing municipalities in the US (Mike Schneider/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/cities-census-bureau-texas-florida-growth-bef1238aa5f27fef8ff7911dfe420a5f
http://www.memeorandum.com/260514/p35#a260514p35

"Nine out of 10 Brazilian cities have experienced climate-related disasters over the past three decades"
#Brazil #Climate #ClimateChange

Nine out of 10 Brazilian cities have experienced climate-related disasters over the past three decades
Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent and severe. The El Niño predicted for 2026–2027 is one such event. These events have caused environmental, economic and social impacts in Brazil, requiring specific public policies. To transform scientific data into a foundation for developing prevention, adaptation and mitigation measures, a group of Brazilian researchers has analyzed approximately 60,000 records of hydrogeological disasters in Brazil between 1991 and 2024. Their res…

TIL, along Route 66, a flatbed Ford sits on a corner in Winslow, Arizona permanently as a tribute to the Eagles song, Take It Easy.
✅ This Is The Most Hospitable Town In Arizona
https://www.worldatlas.com/cities/this-is-the-most-hospitable-town-in-ariz…

Visibility nowcasting in South Korea: a machine learning approach to class imbalance and distribution shift
Bong Gyun Shin, Chan Sik Lee, Hyesun Suh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21507 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.21507 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.21507
arXiv:2605.21507v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Atmospheric visibility is a critical variable for transportation safety and air quality management, however, accurate prediction remains challenging due to the complex interactions between meteorological conditions and air pollutants, as well as the rarity of low-visibility events. This study introduces a machine learning framework to nowcast visibility in six major South Korean cities. To handle the imbalance in the 2018-2020 training data, we applied the Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique with Nominal and Continuous (SMOTENC) and Conditional Tabular Generative Adversarial Network (CTGAN). An ensemble approach combining machine learning and deep learning models was then used and evaluated on a 2021 test dataset. The results revealed a marked decline in predictive performance in the test set compared to the cross-validation phase. This degradation was attributed to a distributional shift between training and testing periods, which was quantitatively confirmed by measuring the Wasserstein distance of the most influential feature identified by SHAP analysis. In general, this study presents a methodology that aims to simultaneously address the dual challenges of data imbalance and temporal distributional shifts, and emphasizes the necessity of accounting for evolving external environmental factors when implementing nowcasting models on time-series data.
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This research by Viktoria Kleinschmidt, Felix Roesel and Stefanie Gaebler from Deutsches Zentrum für Schienenverkehrsforschung (DZSF, german centre for railway research) analyzed 120 West German cities between 1948 and 1990 to study how the removal of tram networks shaped long-term urban mobility in Germany.
https://www.

@… https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articles/ancient-romes-google-maps-working-071330841.html

It's so weird when cities have big 'coming soon' signs for apartments with phone numbers on them, when the buildings aren't even built yet. Just a crazy vacant lot. And I'm like, what, am I supposed to call you and chat? About this nonexistent building? Do I get on a waiting list? For a future imaginary, apartment? Go fuck yourselves 😂

Trees and greenery can cool cities by as much as 18°C—but only if they're the right type #cities…

Trees and greenery can cool cities by as much as 18°C—but only if they're the right type
Cities around the world are planting more trees to cope with rising urban heat. But our research shows trees alone are often not enough. In some cases, the wrong kind of greening can even make streets feel less comfortable on a hot day.

The latest baby name data from Washington, D.C., reads like a roll call of 19th-century senators and their wives:
Lucy, Eleanor and Caroline for girls.
Charles, John and George for boys.
These are not the names you might expect from one of the most progressive cities in the country.
The same pattern exists in New York,
where some of the most popular baby names include
Charlotte, Emma, Henry and Theodore,
according to newly released state name data.…

D.C.’s baby names reveal luxury beliefs
The affluent may say they dislike convention. But they name their kids Charles, Eleanor and Henry.

Axios says Axios Local will expand from 35 to 43 US cities by 2026's end and paying members more than doubled to 15K since 2025's end, as it seeks profitability (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/axios-local-newsle…

Axios Local ramps up expansion again as part of 'path to profitability'
Axios is expanding its local newsletter business into eight cities this year - its total footprint will be 43 markets.

Midsize Cities Held Steady as U.S. Population Growth Declined (Pooja Salhotra/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/us/us-population-growth-midsize-cities.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260514/p36#a260514p36

"Cities are getting hotter—and bigger. New research reveals the scale of the challenge"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https:/…

Cities are getting hotter—and bigger. New research reveals the scale of the challenge
We tend to think of climate change impacts as dramatic and destructive. Storms and floods that bring down landslides and swamp streets, or raging wildfires that tear through forests and farmland.

euroroad: Euroroad network (2011)
A network of international "E-roads," mostly in Europe. Vertices represent cities and edges represents roads. Metadata includes names of cities.
This network has 1174 nodes and 1417 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/euroroa…

Charles Ross has a degree in math and a yen for physics.
He says he can sense celestial alignments, and feel the difference between colors of light in a spectrum.
When he needed a well dug for his desert home, he called a dowser.
The artist, 88, belongs to a generation of land artists who shed galleries and cities to work at a scale more common in ancient Egypt and Mesoamerica.
In 1975, he had been crisscrossing the Southwest for four years, hunting for the perfect…

He’s the Last Great Land Artist You’ve Never Heard Of
Charles Ross spent 50 years building “Star Axis,” a naked-eye observatory in New Mexico. Now his masterwork is ready. How to share it with a changed world?

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On Spacetherm Aerogel Thermal Insulation
Learn about the highest-performing robust wall insulation for where space is at a premium: small homes in expensive cities. #aerogel #IWI #insulation

Israel issues displacement order for Tyre, one of Lebanon’s biggest cities, day after killing dozens.
https://aje.news/7q3sv8

Israel issues displacement order for Tyre, one of Lebanon’s biggest cities
Israeli forces intensify attacks, issue forced displacement orders for more towns and villages day after killing dozens.

Federal prosecutors in Minnesota have announced criminal charges against 15 people in connection with anti-ICE protests in the Twin Cities.
The defendants are accused of
“conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers”
and of allegedly “violently” impeding immigration enforcement in Minneapolis during Trump’s so-called Operation Metro Surge,
during which thousands of federal immigration agents were deployed and fatally shot two U.S. citizens.
The indictment fo…

“The Point Is to Spread Fear”: DOJ Charges 15 with Conspiracy for Anti-ICE Protests in Minnesota
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota have announced criminal charges against 15 people in connection with anti-ICE protests in the Twin Cities. The defendants are accused of “conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers” and of allegedly “violently” impeding immigration enforcement in Minneapolis during Trump’s so-called Operation Metro Surge, during which thousands of federal immigration agents were deployed and fatally shot two U.S. citizens. The indictment focuses on Direct Action M…

Some old white dude decided to jump all over yelling "Ackchyually, no one forced you to buy a car!!", and I'm just blocking. This shit is so easy to research. Like, yeah, people were forced to buy a car by minimum parking zoning that spread out cities, mass transit being (very intentionally) destroyed, and giant cars that murder people. There are actual laws that very intentionally made things worse, and then there's the intentionally created prisoner's dilemma of ever expanding car sizes.
This shit is extremely easy to research. At this point I'm just assuming it's trolls or the type of people who would be like "but no one has *proved* smoking causes cancer" back in the 90's. Yeah, that was a thing, and they sounded *just fucking like these people today.*

"Why cities are becoming an unlikely refuge for wildflowers"
#Wildflowers #Nature #Environment

Why cities are becoming an unlikely refuge for wildflowers | The Optimist Daily
Britain has lost 97% of its wildflower meadows. Now cities, with their stressed soils and forgotten corners, may be where wildflowers stage their comeback.

In America:
✅ Cities & counties use 150 billion gallons purely on outdoor landscaping annually
✅ Golf courses use 408 billion gallons of water
✅ Almond farms use 1,300 billion gallons
✅ Residential lawns use 3,285 billion gallons
...however none of this fits the indignant water crusader's narrative so prepare for more eyerolling rage about the 2.5B that AWS datacenters use annually.

Heat waves are now everyday disasters. Governments need to do more to protect people #environment

Heat waves are now everyday disasters. Governments need to do more to protect people
Heat waves are a growing global threat to human health, well-being and livelihoods. Across 12 major European cities during the summer of 2025, a 10-day period of extreme heat led to 2,300 deaths—1,500 of them were attributed to climate change amplifying temperatures by 1°C–4°C. Heat waves were responsible for nearly half a million global deaths every year from 2000 to 2019.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Siouxsie and the Banshees:
🎵 Cities in Dust
#SiouxsieandtheBanshees
https://djcesardecastro.bandcamp.com/track/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-cities-in-dust-cesar-de-castro-remix-2025
https://open.spotify.com/track/2xq9cLlOPyLoi8kLlR4miz

CRAB Park Warriors: Fighting FIFA and Advocating for Human Rights
"As FIFA fans swarm 16 cities in Mexico, the United States, and Canada including Vancouver, the CRAB Park Warriors continue their fight for human rights in the Downtown Eastside (“DTES”). From the massive influx of people to increased presence of law enforcement, the impact of FIFA’s presence in Vancouver is indisputable.
"Don’t get me wrong; I believe in the power of sports to excite, unify, inspire, and…

CRAB Park Warriors: Fighting FIFA and Advocating for Human Rights - BC Civil Liberties Association
By Latoya Farrell, Staff Counsel, and CRAB (Ayx) Park Community Warriors The Cost of the Spectacle As FIFA fans swarm 16 cities in Mexico, the United States, and Canada including […]

Emergency housing vouchers are ending early, leaving cities and renters scrambling • Washington State Standard
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/04/27/repub/emergency-housing-vouchers-are-ending-early-leaving-cities-and-renters-scrambling/

Amazon launches Amazon Now, its 30-minute delivery service, in dozens of US cities including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Philadelphia, and Seattle, after pilots (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/amazon-expands-30-minute-delivery-ac…

Amazon launches 30-minute delivery across the U.S. | TechCrunch
Amazon says its new ultra-fast delivery option brings groceries, household essentials, and other items to customers’ doors in 30 minutes.

Police coordinate with ICE all the time, even in sanctuary cities. They ignore the laws, they ignore orders, because they are a fascist gang. The Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Trump *AFTER J6 RIOTERS KILLED COPS*. They have ignored anti-black pogroms basically every time they haven't been leading them. Portland Police literally had a squad to "fight communism" made of known Klan members. That kind of shit is *everywhere*. Washington police formed a death squad to assassinate Michael Reinoehl on Trump's orders. ICE is *still* carrying out ethnic cleansing, and police, who have always been racist and anti-labor, help them every chance they can. These cops are enforcing abortion bans, all while protecting Epstein billionaire. I'm not even touching on *half* of the shit.
They are murdering mothers, they are murdering children, they are kidnaping parents using children as bait, and they're doing all this while protecting child predators. This is one system.
Abolish ICE and the fucking police. Now.

"Green tram tracks cut heat and beautify cities. Why isn’t Australia doing it?"
#Australia #PublicTransport

Green tram tracks cut heat and beautify cities. Why isn’t Australia doing it?
Planting grass or succulents along tram tracks can cool streets, cut pollution and make cities feel more beautiful.

On Spacetherm Aerogel Thermal Insulation - Learn about the highest-performing robust wall insulation for where space is at a premium: small homes in expensive cities. #aerogel #IWI #insulation -

On Spacetherm Aerogel Thermal Insulation
Learn about the highest-performing robust wall insulation for where space is at a premium: small homes in expensive cities. #aerogel #IWI #insulation

physician_trust: Physician trust network (1966)
A network of trust relationships among physicians in four midwestern (USA) cities in 1966. Edge direction indicates that node i trusts or asks for advice from node j. Each of the four components represent the network within a given city.
This network has 241 nodes and 1098 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted

AirDNA: during the FIFA World Cup group stage, platforms such as Airbnb saw 52K new listings in US host cities, while hotel bookings fell short of expectations (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/21d4a393-701d-4da7-847c-bd53e95ac295

Oh, here's one of our docs for anyone in PNW. It's incomplete (also, from 2018):
Running list of disaster risks in the Pacific Northwest:
EARTHQUAKE (Three main faults - Cascadia, Seattle, )
PANDEMIC FLU (Global risk)
Especially high in Seattle compared to many other large US cities due to the high number of international flights and international organizations based in the Seattle.
STORMS
HEAT WAVES
Seattle lacks a familiarity with extreme heat. Less than half of people have air conditioning. Growing wealth inequity, homelessness, and addiction increases the risks posed by high temperatures.
VOLCANIC ERUPTION
Mount. Rainier.
WILDFIRES & WILDFIRE SMOKE
“Harvard University researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at Yale University, have created a watch list of hundreds of counties in the western United States at the highest risk of exposure to dangerous levels of pollution from wildfires in the coming decades. Among them, heavily populated counties such as San Francisco County, Calif., King County, Wash., Alameda County, Calif., and Contra Costa County, Calif., are projected to face the highest level of risk of wildfire smoke exposure in the coming decades.” [source]

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed that the Trump administration is in the process of drawing up plans to
🔥stop processing international flights in sanctuary cities in retaliation for the protests at Delaney Hall, an immigrant jail in Newark, New Jersey.
In an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, Mullin complained that local police had not assisted ICE in facing off against protestors at Delaney Hall.
He denied that a hunger strike was …

DHS Secretary Claims Plans Underway to Stop Intl Flights from Sanctuary Cities
DHS Secretary Mullin threatened to stop processing international flights in sanctuary cities in response to protests.

Open dumping & failed reforms bury Sri Lankan cities in waste problem https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/open-dumping-failed-reforms-bury-sri-lankan-cities-in-waste-problem/

Open dumping & failed reforms bury Sri Lankan cities in waste problem
COLOMBO — As Sri Lankans celebrate the traditional New Year on April 14 each year, a period marked by family gatherings and renewal, there are no celebrations at Keerthirathna Perera’s home anymore. In 2017, the Perera family was in celebration mode in their two-level home in Meethotamulla, in western Sri Lanka. But their festive lunch […]

Netflix announces it plans a KPop Demon Hunters global concert tour, partnering with AEG Presents; cities, dates, and ticket details have yet to be announced (Selome Hailu/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/kpop-demon-hunters-global-conc…

'KPop Demon Hunters' Global Concert Tour Set by Netflix, AEG Presents
Netflix will produce a 'KPop Demon Hunters' global concert tour with AEG Presents.

"A federal magistrate judge tore into the Trump administration for mismanaging the discovery process in their criminal case against former CNN reporter Don Lemon and the protesters at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota."
Trump DOJ admonished over 'belt and suspenders' excuse for hiding evidence - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-doj-2676897602/

Urban areas host 80% of England’s homes at high risk of flooding, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/29/england-homes-high-risk-flooding-towns-cities-urban-environment-study

"Study says trees counter half the world's urban heating, but not in the places that need it most"
#Trees #Nature #Environment

Study says trees counter half the world's urban heating, but not in the places that need it most
Trees are countering nearly half the urban heating from pavement and buildings in the world's cities, but they're not doing enough cooling in hotter, poorer cities where it's needed the most as the world warms, a new study found.

Airlines, hotels warn against Trump admin threat to international flights to 'sanctuary cities' (Leslie Josephs/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/28/sanctuary-cities-immigration-fight-dhs-international-flights.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260528/p111#a260528p111

urban_streets: Urban street networks (2017)
20 urban street networks, corresponding to 1-square-mile maps of 20 cities around the world.
This network has 240 nodes and 340 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/urban_s

“People are tired of hearing what government can’t do.
They want to hear what government can do,”
Lewis George said in an interview before the DC city’s primary,
where she defeated her Democratic opponents and positioned herself to win the general election in November in a city dominated by Democrats.
Lewis George’s victory signals a break with a quarter-century of centrist governance in Washington,
and it puts her in the vanguard of democratic socialists who h…

Democratic socialists are winning major mayor's races
Janeese Lewis George is making waves in Washington, D.C., with her progressive agenda as she aims for the mayor's office. Her plans include subsidized childcare and increased homebuyer assistance. She also promises to challenge President Donald Trump's influence. Her Democratic primary victory was a shift from centrist governance in the nation's capital and aligns with a broader trend of democratic socialists gaining traction in urban politics. While some cities still favor moderate candidates,…

Tesla has just 59 vehicles in its robotaxi fleet and is limited to three Texas cities after almost a year, nowhere close to Elon Musk's big promises (Kara Carlson/Bloomberg)

A look at the work of photographer Ann Hermes, who has documented 50 newsrooms across the US, many in smaller towns and cities, and hopes to photograph 100 (David Bauder/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/newspapers-newsrooms-pho…

She photographs local newsrooms before they disappear
Photographer Ann Hermes is fascinated by things that evoke a time gone by, or about to pass into history. Lately that's led her to spend a lot of time in newspaper offices across the country, particularly in smaller cities and towns where local news is endangered by the ongoing business woes of journalism. Her photographs dispel the notion that journalism is a glamorous profession populated by elitists. Often it's populated by people in ill-fitting clothes oblivious to the shabby offices that s…

Population Growth Holds Steady in Midsized Cities Amid Widespread Slowdown (Census.gov)
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/vintage-2025-city-town-pop-estimates.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260514/p55#a260514p55

Trump’s well-documented ability to destroy everything he touches has come for what should have been the easiest of tasks:
making the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence fun.
If there is one thing the world’s oldest democracy is good at, it’s throwing Independence Day parties,
hosting outdoor concerts, and filling out state fairs with charmingly schlocky entertainment and ice cream stands.
Producing the Great American State Fair in Was…

Trump wrecked America's 250th in DC, but other blue cities will save it
Christina Aguilera, Chris Stapleton and Jelly Roll — real stars — headline July Fourth parties in liberal towns

euroroad: Euroroad network (2011)
A network of international "E-roads," mostly in Europe. Vertices represent cities and edges represents roads. Metadata includes names of cities.
This network has 1174 nodes and 1417 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/euroroa…

Violent crime plummets in "Democrat run cities" blasted by Trump (Rebecca Crosby/Popular Information)
https://popular.info/p/violent-crime-plummets-in-democrat
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p37#a260512p37

As cities and states sue big oil for billions in damages
over allegations that it covered up the dangers of its products,
rightwing organizations are attempting to discredit the wave of litigation.
They claim the lawyers behind it are teaming up with an environmentally focused legal education non-profit to bias federal judges against oil companies.
But it is actually fossil fuel-backed organizations that are attempting to sway the judiciary in their favor,
one …

Donald Trump's newly-minted secretary of Homeland Security,
Markwayne Mullin, has made explosive headlines with his repeated threats on cable news to pull back Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in
"sanctuary cities" that don't cooperate with federal immigration agents
— a move that would sharply reduce or eliminate the ability of major airports like New York-JFK, LAX, Philadelphia, Boston, and Minneapolis to process international flights…

White House insiders throw DHS chief under the bus over threats to cripple air travel
President Donald Trump's newly-minted secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, has made explosive headlines with his repeated threats on cable news to pull back Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in "sanctuary cities" that don't cooperate with federal immigration agents — ...