Xavier Harmony
Australian-American 🇦🇺🇺🇸 | Transport Politics and Policy | PhD | Lover of cities 🌃, buses 🚌, trains 🚊, nature 🌳, and cats 🐈⬛ | He/him
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyRed carpet for bike lane blockers #cyclinglife #urbanbike #blockingthebikelane #whydonttheyrideinthebikelane #justanotherplacetopark www.facebook.com/share/p/14ah...
- Reposted by Xavier Harmonystraight up Gestapo shit
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyNew from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries. This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonySomething important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyNeedless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyAustralia Day is such bullshit. NSW proclamation day at best. At worst a celebration of the crimes of colonisation. If you have to acknowledge that the day is a source of pain for many, that’s a damn good sign it’s a shit day to have as your national day.
- Reposted by Xavier Harmony“Only 25 of the world’s 300 largest cities have female mayors. A tiny 5% of municipal leadership positions are filled by women. Despite these figures, many of the cities that are making the most progress to become greener, cleaner, more equitable and liveable are led by women.” READ: bit.ly/4rbmcHu
- Reposted by Xavier Harmonya gentle reminder that wind power is bloody great, contributes bulk energy at a scale that was almost literally unimaginable in the energy discourse of the 2010s, and in conjunction with solar power, storage, transmission and aggressive demand reduction where possible, can eliminate fossil fuels ->
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyThe return of small cars can't happen soon enough.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyI was cycling and a man pulled his pickup right out in front of me. I swerved to avoid him. At the next traffic light, we got into a yelling match. I told him he should be more careful. He asked why defiantly. When I said, “because you could kill me”, he completely changed and apologized profusely.
- Same age as my kid. I can only imagine how scared he is.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyI miss when ICE vehicles just meant internal combustion vehicles.
- Reposted by Xavier Harmony"Solar generation met a large proportion of US electricity demand growth in 2025, including in regions where demand rose most. It met all the rise in daytime electricity demand and, supported by batteries, also met much of the rise in evening electricity demand."
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyI don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyWant modernity? Vote Dem.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyIt sucks being the citizen of a pariah state
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyAfter the assassination of Melissa Hortman it’s not hard to understand why a woman in Minnesota would be afraid of a man in a mask who says he’s a cop.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyMake it viral.
- Reposted by Xavier Harmonykeep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyPeople who designed this bike lane don't realize that cars have doors.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyA heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyLiterally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyMy whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
- Reposted by Xavier Harmony“It will be hard to kill the congestion fee now because it’s been a striking success. Traffic speeds are up. Pollution is down. The fee is generating high revenue for the city’s transit system. And predictions that it would be bad for business have proved completely wrong.” Via @pkrugman.bsky.social
- Reposted by Xavier Harmonyi am rooting as much as is appropriate for mamdani to be an effective mayor because if he manages it, he will be an important model and national leader for american progressives — one part fiorello la guardia, one part robert la folette
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyMamdani plans to take the oath of office on New Year’s Eve in a disused subway station beneath city hall… “It was a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples’ lives,” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social said. Encouraging.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyA new word & # to embrace #waussie
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyThe single most important scientific advancement for the future of our species and planet. #ClimateCrisis
- Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/493Tpgx
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyThere is no place for antisemitism. Terrorism, such as occurred in Bondi, is abhorrent. Peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy & not the cause of terrorism. Banning peaceful protest takes society to a dark(er) place, including passive support for genocide. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- Reposted by Xavier Harmonyincredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyRemarkable comments from 2016, about how rising racism in Australia inevitably increases attacks on Jewish people. One Nation's leader, Pauline Hanson, visited the Bondi memorial and was loudly applauded and cheered by mourners after she called for massive cuts to immigration in response
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyJust a friendly reminder to surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyI always feel lucky to work alongside the graphic designers at @pewresearch.org. This year-end roundup highlights some of their coolest data visualizations of the year and the design choices that went into them:
- Reposted by Xavier Harmony• I oppose Zionism AND I grieve the murder of Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach. • I oppose Israel's #GazaGenocide AND I want Jewish people in Australia to feel loved, respected & safe. • I yearn for a #FreePalestine. • I mourn the deaths at Bondi Beach. #BondiBeachShooting
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyI lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking. Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals… All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it. We CAN change things.
- Reposted by Xavier Harmonyokay looks like I’m giving credit where due today, hopefully not prematurely. Capping gun ownership and abolishing perpetual licenses are much more sensible policy proposals than previous kneejerk nonsense we have gotten from Albanese and Minns. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
- Reposted by Xavier Harmonybig ups to Arabic-speaking journalist Nabil al Nashar for this interview with Mohamed Fateh Al Ahmed and Malakeh Hasan Al Ahmed, the parents of legendary bear tackler Ahmed Al Ahmed. Nabil is giving an update on his bullet wounds on ABC radio now. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyWith 4m guns in 🇦🇺 the shift to the individual has gone too far. There is no need for private guns in cities, only wants of individuals. Obviously the number of guns needs reducing to meet community safety. Another buy back scheme 2/
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyHere’s an article from this year with the Australian gun lobby boasting that, with surging gun numbers, it was winning the fight against firearms control advocates. Blame guns. Blame anti-Semitism. Blame terrorists. Do not blame everyday Australians who marched for peace.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyAs an American who has personally written statements for American politicians after mass shootings, it has been wild to see how differently such a tragedy has been playing out in Australia.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyIn Australia we do not always agree with our politicians, especially here in Queensland where we are extremely vocal. One thing that unites us is our national firearm laws. Any US pro-gun comments on the back of the Bondi shooting are unequivocally rejected. www.gq.com/story/rob-bo...
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyAmericans: high speed rail would revolutionize how we live in this country Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked
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- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyThe new quarterly update to Australia's emissions inventory shows emissions down 2.2% for the year to June 2025. Emissions down across most sectors, except for transport. www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-chan...
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyThe “debate”. My @smh @theage cartoon.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyThere is no more important job for a parent than protecting their children. The rage I have for people letting their babies die from whooping cough to lean into conspiracy and stupidity. Enough already.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyAlmost half the Waymos on California streets are driving around empty. They're either waiting for the next customer or en route for a pickup. If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock. www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
- Reposted by Xavier Harmony"The cars are not [your] constituents!" - @sgoodyear.bsky.social speaking truth to power (elected officials)
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyThis is brilliant.
- Reposted by Xavier HarmonyCar Size xkcd.com/3167/
