Cat Brinkley
@drdrcatbrinkley
Prof with a focus on #OneHealth- health is shared between humans, animals, and the environment #planner #veterinarian Interested in planning science, history of food systems, and future of development
Very cool website that reminds of the science, innovation, engineering, and planning that we get to enjoy every day ordinaryabundance.com
Should we just keep posting the # Riding Aristotle meme until then? :)
Will you cover the medieval motifs of Aristotle giving delightfully humiliating piggyback rides? (Below: a bench in Tallinn, Estonia city hall)
A sight I love to see in Scandinavia: sleeping babies parked outside in the fresh air - while the parent ducks inside to shop. This image says everything about social trust, sidewalk life, and inner city air quality.
Petition with all your friends and neighbors and you can get commemorative signage! Ours is a little special: #first Bike lane in the U.S.
#RideofSilence for Cyclists who have lost their lives - including my student, Lincoln Sabini
1/2 The federal government has severely curtailed research funding. The National Science Foundation (NSF) faces extreme funding threats, with 2026/2027 proposals including a 50%+ reduction. Yikes!!!
Curious about the City of Davis General plan update and how to engage?
Behind the scenes @ #CommonKnowledge bar lecture -- gearing up to talk about how to plan utopia #planning #beer
Thank you to @cryopolitics.com for an awesome tour of San Francisco's Arctic and Alaskan connections Chasing whales, distracted by gold, building a commercial hub out of shipwrecks, just out of reach from Russia #AAG2026
Bring a friend, pull up a chair, order a drink, and design your utopia with me at this Common Knowledge bar lecture: lnkd.in/e2We5Gmh
@sophushelle.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social halfway through -- and somehow feel like I'm still getting to the best part even though you've already translated Enheduanna. Thank you for a wonderful book.
We're channeling the Alysa Liu joy US gold 🥇 by having fun + someone left the 🍰 out in the 🌧️
What a ding dong. If people really loved English-Scotch culture so much they'd have flocked to England / Scotland. They're here because the US has broadcast the aspiration of a multicultural meritocracy - one that consistently celebrates pluralism. Next up: New Orleans French-Creole Mardi gras
Read these trees. How old are the trees with burn scars? Why do the smaller trees not have burn scars? What does this story written on the landscape mean for the coming years?
March brings us into Women's History Month- and a chance to celebrate the many contributions of women to their hometowns.
You might like "the Patriarchs" -a super well written historical account of the making and remaking and safeguarding patriarchy
This rapid uptick in #homelessness has been a federal policy choice... which is why so many local organizations are innovating approaches. We review these attempts at #poverty alleviation with a survey of 105 #guaranteedincome programs in the US: doi.org/10.1515/bis-...
Nearly every California jurisdiction considers the risk of "wildfire" in their land-use plans. PlanSearch.caes.ucdavis.edu
Really loved "Our Moon" - a sweeping history of geological formations, evolution of life, and the history of science. For all the urban plans oriented along cardinal directions, this book explains humanity's repeat cultural homage to our place within the cosmos. Thank you, @rboyle31.bsky.social
9/9 Zipf’s Wikipedia entry used to share more of this aspect of his work and influence... but has recently been pared down to a very short obituary.
1/9: I teach in the Department of Human Ecology- and this is our introductory textbook, written in 1949 by George Zipf. The scholar would die the next year at the age of 48. I often think of what might have happened to the field had he lived.
More than half of California cities are addressing environmental justice--- an awesome boost--- thanks to pathbreaking work from early adopter communities and technical planning assistance from nonprofit groups like #CEJA
Awesome student team at PlanSearch has finished uploading all the updated + adopted city and county comprehensive plans for California. That's 1,709 PDFs covering 138M words. These are essentially advertisements of what communities want: density, greenbelts, preservation...
This break I read 3 great books that are melding into a delicious mind stew.
Come learn about the National Zoning Atlas project and PlanSearch - two planning efforts to make planning easier to understand and improve upon - plus lots of additional cool GIS applications/tools. #free