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For the late Bill Spelman, “it wasn’t about collecting lines in a résumé, it wasn't about making money, it wasn’t about personal accolades, it was about making the world a better place. About being open and fair and compassionate,” his wife told Austin Statesman statesman.com/story/news/loc…

I focused on anxiety/depression in Anglo countries. But Sapien Labs cast a broader net and finds much more extensive psychiatric harm linked to phone-based childhoods, globally. Earlier phone = lower mental health as young adult tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

What was the route by which early phone-ownership disrupted development? Biggest by far was younger age of entry to social media. Sure, its correlational, but how about--until we're sure what's happening--no smartphones before 14, no social media before 16? Abstract:

lots of debate over the draft city budget…there’s this whole general fund deficit situation, fire staffing cuts, money from the utility departments getting shuffled around…anyway let’s take a big sip of coffee and check the archives to see what was going on 100 years ago or so

The results are in from the Texas Lineman’s Rodeo! Apprentice Reese B. earned 1st in Hurtman Rescue and 3rd Overall, while one of our BBQ crews took 5th in the brisket cook-off. Huge thanks to all the linemen, apprentices, judges and volunteers who repped Austin Energy so well!

Very interesting thread on an upzoning paper focused on NYC. Let’s not over-interpret for Austin context but the counter-intuitive findings should give folks seeking policymaker roles pause on dismissing the value of “luxury” housing for affordability…

“Moderation” (like “abundance”) are words that mean different things inside Austin vs. the Dallas suburbs. Ultimately, the problem with a lot of Yglesias _political_ takes is that they basically are obnoxious ways of saying candidates should target their median voter. Thanks!

When praising dense housing, remember: what matters is that housing is part of dense, walkable neighborhoods. A pocket of apartments on a lonely cul-de-sac off the highway is just a way to force low income people to own cars and drive everywhere, making them poorer.

We need to get these numbers up or CMTA’s sales tax cent is going to get looked at with more scrutiny as the City, AISD, and maybe even the County, put TREs on the ballot to keep basic services funded. We’re still -20% down from covid ridership.