Favorites August 18th 2022

San Diego Sculptors Guild, June 2022

Randall Munroe @xkcd

100 years ago today

It's wild how quickly things got going after that, although in 1981 the NYT still had to explain what Thai food is.

Brianna 정아, MPH @briannajegan

A developer has submitted plans to build housing near the Redondo Beach waterfront at the AES power plant. At 2,320 units, it will meet over 90% of city’s RHNA. The site is currently zoned for park & utility but the city’s housing element is noncompliant.

easyreadernews.comPustilnikov files for 2,320 housing units, hotel, office complex, park at AESby Garth Meyer AES power plant owner Leo Pustilnikov has submitted preliminary applications for two major developments at the site. Because of the timing, opponents may have limited recourse to…

This is the first project I've heard of using the builder's remedy to build homes in a city whose housing element hasn't been approved by the state.

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• Short thread about how green energy funding in the Inflation Reduction Act is already showing evidence of creating feedback loops to have more impact. We're gonna need more lithium.