The “15-Minute City” concept is popularizing around the world and simultaneously becoming a culture war issue. There’s a lot of confusion about what it is and how cities build them in practice. Do they restrict or promote people’s freedom of movement? Let's break it down. THREAD A 15-Minute City is one where residents are free to access most or all needs like stores, parks, restaurants, and schools within a 15-minute walk or bike ride, so they don't need a car to live. They can also be referred to as “20-Minute Neighborhoods” or “Complete Neighborhoods.”

This is what a walkable, sustainable, and productive place looks like. To build this in America, we need to ban minimum lot size mandates, parking mandates, and density restrictions, then legalize and incentivize the development of mixed-use, multifamily housing for everyone Urban3 has performed hundreds of case studies that consistently show dense urban areas generate more tax revenue than their sprawling suburban counterparts. Rather than building cities around commuting cars, we should rebuild them around local residents!

urbanthree.com/case-study/

social media has broken some people’s brains into thinking they need to follow and have a take on every major event 24/7. this has never been the case in all of human history until recently for a select number of information addicts who can't log off

some thoughts to consider: if you're a reporter, researcher, someone impacted by an event, or someone supporting a cause related to it, then following along, sharing resources, and rallying people makes sense. if you have no reason to follow outside hobbyism, media addiction, or ego, it's ok to log off

i wrote about the differences between socialists, social democrats, social liberals, neoliberals, and the like to help get people closer to a universal understanding of what makes a liberal versus a leftist on the political spectrum

(paywall lifted!)

polyarchy.arcdigital.media/p/whats-the-di… since the lines between liberals and leftists easily blur in most spaces today i used two key models to differentiate them: positions and ethos

polyarchy.arcdigital.media/p/whats-the-di…

liberals and leftists trying to own each other in the middle of this election are so cringe

"can we agree 'defund the police' was a bad idea now?"

"can we agree running another centrist dem was a bad idea now?"

"can we agree bernie ruined the party now?"

SHUT THE HELL UP i get that everyone is frustrated and folks, i am here for it, but the usual suspects tweeting epic owns targeted at people two steps to the right/left of them for low hanging clout are obnoxiously self-serving and just create division within the left IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION

i wrote a comprehensive analysis on how paranoia, pseudoscience, and moral panics became entwined with american culture throughout history, resulting in online misinformation, extremism, and viral ideological conspiracy theories like QAnon today

medium.com/@nathanallebac… this article is broken into several sections:

- polarization/paranoia
- experts/institutions
- anti-science/pseudoscience
- evangelicalism/cults
- extremely online
- pizzagate/QAnon
- human trafficking myths
- real conspiracies
- psychology
- resources

medium.com/@nathanallebac…