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Appeals Court rules Santa Fe can proceed with 'mansion tax,' overturning lower court decision Passed as a ballot measure in the 2023 election, a 3% tax on home sales over $1 million was declared unlawful by a District Court judge.

New Mexico Appeals Court unamiously upholds Santa Fe's taxing the rich 💰💰💰

The 3% excise tax on home sales over $1 million will go to pay for affordable housing & will be adjusted annually for inflation

73% of voters approved taxing the rich in 2023

Reports @thenewmexican.bsky.social

Light night tonight in Leeds

"Hopeful and imaginative" social housing wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2025: www.dezeen.com/2025/10/16/appleby-blue-almshouse-riba-stirling-prize-2025/

Narrow boat Leeds canal with red brick buildings

Leeds Liverpool canal last night near Leeds station.

Opinion | Brian Keegan: Boulder's next political divide is generational – and already visible in school enrollment trends What do demographic shifts and short-sighted policies mean for Boulder’s schools, and its civic future, over the next 25 years?

My new #ChartingBoulder column in @boulderrl.bsky.social is out today!

Declining school enrollments and its implications for the intergenerational social contract.

boulderreportinglab.org/2025/10/14/b...

6 architects shortlisted for Stirling prize on stage in front of screen

The six architects taking questions after presenting their projects shortlisted for the 2025 RIBA Stirling Prize in York last night. The winner will be announced next week. #architecture

Saw this today in Bradford

Window display of a curiosity shop with lots of pumpkins, brooms, woman with ginger hair looking in

Haworth knows how to do Halloween 🎃

Victorian architecture, LGI buildings today

Victorian architecture in Leeds, red bricks with detailing similar to St Pancras

Victorian wing of Leeds General Infirmary, built so patients could benefit from light and fresh air.

Bradford Council encourages people to 'leave their car at home' for Car Free Day Bradford Council is encouraging people to leave their cars at home as part of Car Free Day on Monday, September 22.

Car free day in Bradford is on Monday www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2547168...

Leeds Civic Trust Architecture Awards Exhibit at the Corn Exchange

At the Leeds Civic Trust Architecture Awards launch tonight- so many great projects were submitted-choose your own people’s choice for the best building since 1965! And see all the projects submitted for Public Art, Adaptive Reuse and other building under and over £10 million categories

Know Your Rental Rights ARE YOU CURRENTLY RENTING OR ASPIRING TO RENT HOUSING OFF CAMPUS? As a housing tenant, you have rights that ensure your safety and wellbeing. Come hear from housing lawyers in Boulder to learn how you're protected. Q&A to follow. Topics we'll cover include: Best practices for documentation & retaining records How security deposits work Reviewing lease terms Rental Application Fairness Act Event Details When: Sept, 11 5:30-7PM Where: William A. Wise Law Library, Garden Level Conference Room Brought to you by: NATIONAL LAWYER GUILD Boulder DSA CED LAW BOULDER PROGRESSIVES

Student? Renter?

Join us for a Know Your Rental Rights education session this Thursday!
Hear from housing lawyers in Boulder about your rights as tenant and best practices.
When: 9/11 5:30-7 PM
Where: William A. Wise Law Library (Garden Level Conference Room)

BONUS! Free Pizza! 🍕

Double rainbow and ferns

Got absolutely drenched walking the dog this afternoon but then saw this double rainbow 🌈 and it was worth it

A reflecting pool with blue skies and white clouds and an Agapanthus in a pot in the foreground. Mediterranean planting scheme beyond

Prairie meadow planting in the foreground of a modern wood building

RHS Bridgewater is absolutely stunning

Cow and calf rocks at Ilkley, under overcast skies with purple heather in bloom in the foreground

Heather in bloom at the Cow and Calf Rocks today

Passed through Robin Hood’s part of the country

I’ve ridden that scary section from CU campus towards Pearl and back many times and it’s sketchy with all the cars. So glad to see plans to improve it.

Tables set up on a tree lined street full of people enjoying the sunshine

Sidewalk painting of Yorkshire rose

Street vendors at a market with on a road closed to cars

What fun happens when we close streets to cars in Yorkshire

Happy Yorkshire Day from Ilkley

68% and a handful of drops landed on me. Not to hot or cold today

A landscape photo with a country lane, dry stone walls, green fields with sheep and hills in the distance

Biking in the Yorkshire Dales this evening

Opinion | Brian Keegan: Rethinking Boulder’s growth debate — with data, not nostalgia In an age of misinformation and partisan posturing, let’s use open data to raise the bar for public arguments and hold each other accountable.

My latest Charting Boulder column in @boulderrl.bsky.social: "That’s the promise of public interest data science: not just to mythbust, but to make arguments about our community more accountable and actionable." boulderreportinglab.org/2025/07/22/b...

Chervil, light green courgettes, cucumber

Today’s garden volunteer bonus! Chervil, cucumber, new variety of courgettes to taste.

City of Bradford in Yorkshire-people sitting outside cafes and walking in the pedestrian zone. Italianate architecture, with shops at ground level

New wildflower meadow and landscaping in the city center, with sandstone buildings and people walking towards the train station

Bradford, this year’s UK city of culture, has removed cars from its city center and invested in new landscaping and cycling infrastructure. It’s a city center that is compact and walkable with stunning architecture and a new indoor market that just opened last weekend.

🚶‍♀️🚴‍♂️ Connecting Otley!

Imagine safe, scenic routes connecting Otley to infrastructure and communities—perfect for walking, cycling, and embracing sustainable travel!

Find out what we've recently been up to in Otley.

👉 buff.ly/5dOtrGP

#WharfedaleGreenway

Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan to create ‘national active travel network’ Exclusive: Unprecedented move to focus initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely

Mayor Tracy Brabin of West Yorkshire is at the top of the list. Great news for the Wharfedale Greenway project.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Getting ready for the cycle races on Friday!
www.ilkleycycleraces.co.uk

A gaggle of 53 geese swimming in the canal in the same direction

A gaggle of 53 geese traveling the Leeds Liverpool canal together today near Skipton

Opinion — Brian Keegan: The myth of a 'full' Boulder — and how our policies are driving people away The idea that Boulder is full because its population is 'exploding' is not supported by the data.

Thank you to @boulderrl.bsky.social for bringing me on as a regular columnist.

My first piece is on the consequences of a half-century of population anxiety and debunking myths about Boulder being "full".

boulderreportinglab.org/2025/06/29/b...

My friend visited and left me the Tshirt I was admiring. As a school kid I went on BART when it opened as a field trip so have ridden it now for the 50 years and then some.