We here on Mastodon are probably seeking refuge from one or more social media sites that have failed to meet our need for connecting with others. Maybe it's time we look at how our cities and towns could better meet those needs. This is a great article on that topic:
https://www.planning.org/planning/2024/jun/can-strong-social-infrastructure-cure-the-loneliness-epidemic
IMPORTANT: This kind of small-scale retail, cafe/restaurant or service should be legal on every corner in cities/suburbs. A basic part of walkable communities. They aren’t easy financially, but at least they should be legal in policy and zoning. In plans I’m working on, I’m calling them “corner convenience.”
@TheWarOnCars As a kid (I am 16), getting around my own can be really hard with all the car-centric infrastructure. Having to bike along highways and stroads is a terrible experience with all the polluted air and constant noise. I mostly rely on trails through the woods to get around my city and often have to go the long way to avoid cars.
GOP mayor blasts Trump and warns of 'hostile attacks' on cities if he's re-elected - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-mayor-blasts-trump-and-warns-of-hostile-on-cities-if-hes-re-elected/
Given how much slower the transportation and planning tech sector moves I expect it to take a while for vendors to grasp that slapping "AI" on decades-old technology isn't actually going to win them any new customers.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/study-consumers-turned-off-products-ai
🚨 European countries will end up with the political regimes their digital spaces deserve.
In the first image below, on top, the social structure of climate change debates on Mastodon: a cohesive community that concentrates on climate science, the issues of governance and climate justice and energy. On the same image, bottom, the polarized social structure on X, with its bunch of deniers (see our study on http://climatoscope.org ).
Second image, the climate change topics on Mastodon. A healty landscape without toxic content from skeptics. Congrat Masto !
Brilliant, simple, true.
"The single biggest thing a city can do to reduce traffic congestion is to decrease the distance between where people live and the places they need to go on a daily basis."
This might be the best #NotJustBikes urban design video I've seen.
TIL about a new @qgis plugin dealing with #GTFS thanks to the #openaccess proceedings of the academic track at @foss4geurope
City Transport Analyzer: A Powerful #QGIS Plugin For #PublicTransport Accessibility And Intermodality Analysis
Paper:
https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-4-W12-2024/113/2024/
Plugin:
https://github.com/gianmarconaro/city-transport-analyzer
In order to understand how compromised the American media is, all you need to do is look at what is MISSING. MISSING is any commentary about a convicted felon who is the same age (for all intents and purposes) as the other guy and who says INSANE, DEMENTED, DANGEROUS AND DICTATOR LIKE THINGS ON THE DAILY.
Kamala has the best chance to win. She had a primary in 2016, and beat all the dudes who people are proposing to replace her. The only person more popular, is Biden.
Even today, when polled head to head v Trump, she beats all other Dem hopefuls, except Biden.
She runs circles around either Biden or Trump on a debate stage.
Y'all are pretending like a prosecutor, AG, Senator, VP, is somehow being handed something because she "kinda deserves it, but isn't the best option."
it kind of boggles my mind that in all the hype talk about new and better web browsers I never see anyone mention Min (https://minbrowser.org/). I stumbled across it when looking for something with lower RAM consumption; a particularly big issue for me because I usually have so many data science things going on in the background... Min just blows away everything else I've tried. plus it has a thoughtful design that really seeks to minimize clutter and distractions, and I think actually works.
Yes, you should be a little freaked out about Hurricane Beryl
"It's hard to communicate how unbelievable this is."
Still true: Biden's age, isn't about Biden's age. Biden's age, is about Kamala's skin.
There are millions of Americans that unironically think that stopping Trump is the most important thing in the world... but also think, "Wait a minute! If Biden can't finish his term, that Black woman gets to be president!"
🤔So I guess stopping Trump is only the second most important thing in the world.
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