Adrienne Greve

Shoulders can’t do slings anymore, but I’ve used Ortleib backpacks for years. They last and keep ‘must stay dry’ things dry.

Ha!

True & terrifying

Climate change and insurance: a growing fustercluck Climate change is breaking the insurance market, and state governments can't afford to pick up the pieces

The Insurance Industry and the #ClimateCrisis: How climate change is breaking the insurance industry, why insurers are fleeing high-risk states, the limitations of government backstops, and the looming political and financial crisis. Via @volts.wtf www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ch...

⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.

🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.

YouTube video by Vattenfall A taste of fossil freedom

"Motherf*ckin windfarms.

Loud. Ugly. Harmful to nature.

Who says that?

These giants are standing tall against fossil fuels,

rising out of the ocean like a middle finger to CO2."

Wow. This ad campaign w/ Samuel Jackson is something else. Should I write about it?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bunG...

Terrifying!!! We can see it happening.

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.

YIMBYism started as a single-issue movement. It's time to think bigger. New research shows that voters who like cities back denser housing. To make cities more likeable, YIMBYs need to act more like a party.

I want to enthusiastically endorse this piece from @cselmendorf.bsky.social & @profschleich.bsky.social. Thus far YIMBY has been almost entirely focused on More Housing, but ultimately, if you want people to accept density, you have to make it *nice*, and that means more than just housing.

Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’

The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...

Everything but the drier and induction stove are on battery.

Ugh! We don’t start until mid-Sept. (last year of quarters). The idea that AI is gonna fix the syllabus, website, grading, etc. gives me an unbelievable headache. No it won’t.

Seriously???? Give away the Boundary Waters??

I hope all affected by floods in Ely are OK.

Horrid to read, particularly because I know it is an attitude that persists in most academic fields.

YouTube video by Juan Rodriguez Pike Place Market is much better without cars | 2022 vs 2025 footage

Pulled some older footage captured in 2022 to compare to now. Never have been in the market with so many others. A million times better and no going back now.

This has been front & center since 9-11. I recall arguing with someone about why I had no flag sticker on my car. I told them that it doesn’t represent what I’m proud of about the US.

Yes! So many students complain about hills here as reasons they do not bike (they are not large or particularly steep). My follow up question is often if their bike had gears.

I find it equally or more troubling that the risk posed to all those not in car is not contemplated either.

I love this! It is a great reminder. I need to improve in this area.

Farm workers calling for a three day strike for dignity.

Pointing out that people die labouring in these fields.

That they get no holidays. No break. No benefits. Yet they show up every day to put food on our tables.

Show up for them.

I will openly campaign for a primary challenger, but if it's Newsome or whoever the RNC puts up... I will likely vote for Newsome. I really do not want him to win the nomination (& he's my governor).

Sending you an email as I am blocked from messaging (no worries).

Thank you! This sounds awesome and I may have to borrow the approach.

“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it.”

On July 5, as floodwaters were starting to recede, FEMA received 3,027 calls from disaster survivors and answered 3,018, or roughly 99.7 percent, the documents show. Contractors with four call center companies answered the vast majority of the calls. That evening, however, Ms. Noem did not renew the contracts with the four companies and hundreds of contractors were fired, according to the documents and the person briefed on the matter. The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or roughly 35.8 percent, according to the documents. And on Monday, July 7, the agency fielded 16,419 calls and answered 2,613, or around 15.9 percent, the documents sho

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

Absolutely, a “yes, and…”

I also think efficient heat pumps for heating and cooling are a key item in the transformation.

Though much remains uncertain (e.g. outcomes of lawsuits re: canceled grants), it is clear that U.S. gov funding for science — especially science that intersects w/ concerns about human flourishing — is going to be significantly diminished in coming years. Here are a few things we can do to help:

truth

Wonky? A bit, yes, but so awesome! There are lessons for planners and policy makers.