Chris Joubert

"A generation which ignores history has no past and no future." Marcus Tullius Cicero

This is one of the most intriguing charts in the world right now. Not necessarily because China’s annual CO2 emissions are on another planet, we all know that already, but because climate ideology remains almost entirely centered in Western Europe. If you truly believe that frustrating housing development, blocking roads, gluing yourself to buildings, or throwing soup at priceless art is the way to make the world better, why are you not doing it where it has the biggest impact? If you believe in catastrophic climate projections, including the extreme scenarios that even the United Nations is now moving away from, and if you believe that destroying things and severely disrupting people’s lives is the way to reduce CO2 emissions, then at least focus on where the biggest reductions can actually be achieved. Instead, after years of societal damage, activists keep demanding more idiotic measures in countries that have already cut emissions and are nowhere near China’s levels. In Europe, climate ideology has produced massive imbalances: housing shortages, energy insecurity, loss of competitiveness, industrial decline, wealth destruction, and rising polarization. All without anything close to a meaningful global reduction in CO2 emissions.

I've started writing my book: "Biology is a Burrito & Other Essays." It is an interactive and highly visual look into the beauty, speed, and complexity of a living cell. I'm planning to print hardcover books while serializing the essays online. The first essay is now available at burrito.bio. This was inspired by Stewart Brand's latest book, "Maintenance of Everything," which he developed in serialized form with @WorksInProgMag. One cool thing about that book was that he improved each chapter with reader comments before printing the physical copies! I'll be doing the same with this book. If you send me feedback that improves the text, I'll credit you online and in the final print version. You can also sign up to get email updates when a new essay launches. Hope you enjoy!

i mapped all the subway rides that happen in a day! it uses real train time tables and the mta's hourly origin-destination data. riders take the combination of scheduled trains that get them to their destination fastest. see here: anita.garden/nycriders/

Guy who has a job he loves, a significant other, plentiful savings, contributes to his retirement fund, lives in walkable city, hangs out with his friends on the weekends, keeps in touch with his loving family, travels internationally 1-2 times a year, and exercises regularly

French senator perfectly describes the Trump situation.

Nice one @UKNNL

@kepano @obsdmd Take the "scale" out of the graph.json. It's a pain when using git to track a vault. Maybe make a separate json for "graph session data" (that git can ignore), that includes things like "collapse-display", "collapse-filter", etc. Thanks for making such an awesome tool!

what's one improvement you'd like to see in @obsdmd in 2025?

Since journalists and indignant social media sharers tend to focus on bad news, it's easy to think things are changing for the worse, but this isn't true.

If you haven't decided yet who to vote for, here's why I think you should vote for Harris.

British elites have failed to tackle the task in front of them because they have failed to understand its scale or nature. Sam, Samuel and I explain why the UK is in such a bad state, and how to fix it.

@zimbricchio @tealons5 @AlecStapp Perhaps we will read about the exact, quantified negative impacts of the NL rent controls in 5-10 years time, when some researcher gets funding to do such a study and when all data becomes available. Or we can look at history now and try to avoid making the same mistakes again.

@zimbricchio @tealons5 @AlecStapp I don't understand. A review of 112 empirical studies covering multiple continents over almost 6 decades is not enough? Do you think there are variables in the NL case which make it so unique so as to render the quantitative results inapplicable here? What exactly would those be?

Weird how this keeps happening when a country implements price controls.

🚨 AC Milan have become the first side among the elite European clubs to introduce an innovative maternity policy for its female players and staff, offering protections during pregnancy: 👉 Players will receive an automatic one-year contract extension on the same terms if their deal expires during the season they become pregnant. 👉 The club will also provide childcare during sports activities and cover travel expenses, including flights and accommodations, for the player's child and one companion.

@tacticallyurban ...or continue on and join up with Constitution St and beyond! It would be cool to loop all the way around to Rondebosch somehow. 2. Interconnecting at Cape Town Station would be important, both your lines seem to pass close by there. Maybe one integrated stop is possible?

@tacticallyurban Super cool! 1. Up and over Kloofnek might be a bit tricky/expensive/slow, keeping that as a bus route might be best. Maybe after Long Street continue south->south-east along Orange St/Annandale St/Mill St and then turning around somewhere before Philip Kgosana Dr...

What do we think of these as the first two tram routes? (Hypothetically MyCiTi bus would be replaced where there is overlap) Best I could think of with nice mix of density and land use. Trying not to overlap rail. Haven’t thought much of it, just took a first take at it.

In 1960, JFK was 43 and Nixon 47! I’m not ageist, but this debate and the choice it represents between two feeble and broadly unpopular candidates is an indictment of a failed political culture and the two-party system.

@EmbassyofRussia Colleagues, you have been spreading fake news for some time and we are now used to this rather undiplomatic practice. However, this one is particularly ridiculous. We suggest your actors work on their accent with some French classes at Alliance française: alliance.org.za