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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • I have generally found the lack of urban trees in Europe pretty shocking. Even in wide open squares where there’s no reason not to have them it’s often just cobblestones. While Europe is certainly cooler than where I live, even so it seems like it would be very hot and unpleasant if the weather gets even a bit warm.

    Some countries like France and the Netherlands are doing some good work on this lately but it needs to be more widespread and unfortunately it will take some time to pay dividends.

    And yes we need to decarbonize more aggressively. It may be a bit painful but less so than the pain of inaction.












  • For me it’s been very positive. But I generally like women better than men, so I fit in pretty well. I’ve always had more female than male friends, so I don’t feel awkward or out of place at all, and people have been very welcoming.

    Additionally, I’ve seen zero evidence of discrimination against me. In fact I feel I have unfortunately benefited to an extent from internalized misogyny. I feel like I get more respect and attention to my ideas than my female colleagues–even when we’re arguing for the same things.

    Now maybe some of that is my personality and competence but I’m not convinced all of it is.