Ruth Miller
@mcplanner.bsky.social
Bikes, transit, housing. But also maybe going outside sometimes idk. Boston.
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Piling on Amazon for the holidays? If so I would like to add as a public transit planner that Amazon fulfillment centers generate heavy political pressure for transit service, but are usually located and designed to make transit service impossible, or at best wildly expensive for the agency.
Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
Amazon workers on strike from Black Friday to Cyber Monday
(WFXR) – Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
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November 29, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Piling on Amazon for the holidays? If so I would like to add as a public transit planner that Amazon fulfillment centers generate heavy political pressure for transit service, but are usually located and designed to make transit service impossible, or at best wildly expensive for the agency.
New England PSA: the best time to plant bulbs to flower in the spring is in the fall, when the lows average in the 40s. So not yet! 🙅♀️🌷
September 29, 2024 at 3:29 PM
New England PSA: the best time to plant bulbs to flower in the spring is in the fall, when the lows average in the 40s. So not yet! 🙅♀️🌷
“Oakland has and has always had the capacity and willingness to furnish even a brutalist toilet like the Coliseum with a fantastic crowd when an event warrants one.”
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"They showed the baseball-watching world what the A's meant to them, while Fisher and his organization showed how little that mattered."
Patrick Redford from Oakland's last game: defector.com/the-as-are-o...
Patrick Redford from Oakland's last game: defector.com/the-as-are-o...
The A's Are Oakland's No More | Defector
OAKLAND, Calif. — Adam Curtis would have blushed at how obvious the metaphor was: As a thick stratum of cops and security guards ringed the foul lines, guarding the field and menacing outward toward 4...
defector.com
September 28, 2024 at 11:04 AM
“Oakland has and has always had the capacity and willingness to furnish even a brutalist toilet like the Coliseum with a fantastic crowd when an event warrants one.”
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It’s no doubt impressive that people can look around and envision grand infrastructure projects. I’m more impressed by people that can look around, think, yeah, the cruelty is still the point, and anticipate all the little dystopian details.
September 27, 2024 at 7:59 PM
It’s no doubt impressive that people can look around and envision grand infrastructure projects. I’m more impressed by people that can look around, think, yeah, the cruelty is still the point, and anticipate all the little dystopian details.
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Because Boston winters are dark and gloomy, I’m trying to invent reasons to anticipate the seasons. One is a self-imposed limit to only knit in autumn/winter, which means it’s yarn o’clock.
September 22, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Because Boston winters are dark and gloomy, I’m trying to invent reasons to anticipate the seasons. One is a self-imposed limit to only knit in autumn/winter, which means it’s yarn o’clock.
I once wrote a syllabus for a Cal class, prepping future public employees to critically evaluate/manage tech vendors in the public interest. It fell apart for reasons, but I’d like to try again.
Any suggestions for Boston-area colleges accepting adjunct pitches on tech, maps, or transportation?
Any suggestions for Boston-area colleges accepting adjunct pitches on tech, maps, or transportation?
September 22, 2024 at 12:40 PM
I once wrote a syllabus for a Cal class, prepping future public employees to critically evaluate/manage tech vendors in the public interest. It fell apart for reasons, but I’d like to try again.
Any suggestions for Boston-area colleges accepting adjunct pitches on tech, maps, or transportation?
Any suggestions for Boston-area colleges accepting adjunct pitches on tech, maps, or transportation?
The essential spirit of Caltrans is hubris.
The essential spirit of MassDOT is sadism.
The essential spirit of MassDOT is sadism.
September 21, 2024 at 1:06 AM
The essential spirit of Caltrans is hubris.
The essential spirit of MassDOT is sadism.
The essential spirit of MassDOT is sadism.
From a judiciously tech-savvy public employee: because public data, for example racist public comments, are licensed for training LLMs, rather than starting from “see what the public can do with it”, govs should switch to “hold back everything without a specific/current purpose”. That sucks.
September 19, 2024 at 9:00 PM
From a judiciously tech-savvy public employee: because public data, for example racist public comments, are licensed for training LLMs, rather than starting from “see what the public can do with it”, govs should switch to “hold back everything without a specific/current purpose”. That sucks.
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ICYMI: LinkedIn is using your data to train its AI by default. I was opted-in without giving explicit consent; you may be too.
The opt-out link is here: linkedin.com/mypreference...
Steps: Click "Me" on top, Settings and Privacy > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement
The opt-out link is here: linkedin.com/mypreference...
Steps: Click "Me" on top, Settings and Privacy > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement
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September 19, 2024 at 1:16 AM
ICYMI: LinkedIn is using your data to train its AI by default. I was opted-in without giving explicit consent; you may be too.
The opt-out link is here: linkedin.com/mypreference...
Steps: Click "Me" on top, Settings and Privacy > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement
The opt-out link is here: linkedin.com/mypreference...
Steps: Click "Me" on top, Settings and Privacy > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement
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I just told Bill that I posted this and he said he didn't think I could eat egg rolls every day and not get sick of them. I said okay let's find out! Three months, I'll do it. And he said no. NO! The coward.
What food do you know for certain you could eat every single day until you die and never get sick of it
For me, it's Chinese takeout egg rolls with an obscene amount of hot mustard
For me, it's Chinese takeout egg rolls with an obscene amount of hot mustard
September 16, 2024 at 9:24 PM
I just told Bill that I posted this and he said he didn't think I could eat egg rolls every day and not get sick of them. I said okay let's find out! Three months, I'll do it. And he said no. NO! The coward.
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Among Tesla's worst "innovations" are infotainment touchscreens that are annoying as well as distracting.
New study: Car touchscreens expanded 2020-4, replacing more buttons and knobs. "These trends may have a negative impact on road safety."
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
New study: Car touchscreens expanded 2020-4, replacing more buttons and knobs. "These trends may have a negative impact on road safety."
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
September 15, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Among Tesla's worst "innovations" are infotainment touchscreens that are annoying as well as distracting.
New study: Car touchscreens expanded 2020-4, replacing more buttons and knobs. "These trends may have a negative impact on road safety."
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
New study: Car touchscreens expanded 2020-4, replacing more buttons and knobs. "These trends may have a negative impact on road safety."
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Confiscating guns? Being a Marxist? I wish Kamala was the candidate he says she is.
September 11, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Confiscating guns? Being a Marxist? I wish Kamala was the candidate he says she is.
Was Boston not considered?
Aucklanders revel in status as world’s earliest diners
"... restaurants in Auckland take the earliest last orders in the world, alongside Luxembourg. Meanwhile in Rome, Mumbai and Buenos Aires, they’re still dining out at midnight at weekends."
"... restaurants in Auckland take the earliest last orders in the world, alongside Luxembourg. Meanwhile in Rome, Mumbai and Buenos Aires, they’re still dining out at midnight at weekends."
September 9, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Was Boston not considered?
I’ve been painting on pottery and am quite chuffed with the results so far!
August 4, 2024 at 3:44 AM
I’ve been painting on pottery and am quite chuffed with the results so far!
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 usually the only New York institution that can rack up 34 losses before June 1 is the Mets
May 30, 2024 at 11:15 PM
 usually the only New York institution that can rack up 34 losses before June 1 is the Mets
Poker Face is a well written show where Natasha Lyon drives around being Natasha Lyon solving mysteries.
In this house we call it Murder She Smoked.
In this house we call it Murder She Smoked.
April 16, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Poker Face is a well written show where Natasha Lyon drives around being Natasha Lyon solving mysteries.
In this house we call it Murder She Smoked.
In this house we call it Murder She Smoked.
mo’ momos mo’ problems
March 10, 2024 at 7:18 PM
mo’ momos mo’ problems
Spotted a cyber truck outside the DC convention center just before the big transportation conference. If the conference parody Twitter account was still up they’d have something clever to say.
Too bad he killed that too!
Too bad he killed that too!
January 6, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Spotted a cyber truck outside the DC convention center just before the big transportation conference. If the conference parody Twitter account was still up they’d have something clever to say.
Too bad he killed that too!
Too bad he killed that too!
I’ve worked at tech companies where folks reinvented buses, and those companies were (rightfully) ridiculed.
But I’ve also worked for public agencies where folks desperately want to build trip planning applications.
Both are dumb! Don’t reinvent things that exist! Stay in your lanes!
But I’ve also worked for public agencies where folks desperately want to build trip planning applications.
Both are dumb! Don’t reinvent things that exist! Stay in your lanes!
January 3, 2024 at 10:39 PM
I’ve worked at tech companies where folks reinvented buses, and those companies were (rightfully) ridiculed.
But I’ve also worked for public agencies where folks desperately want to build trip planning applications.
Both are dumb! Don’t reinvent things that exist! Stay in your lanes!
But I’ve also worked for public agencies where folks desperately want to build trip planning applications.
Both are dumb! Don’t reinvent things that exist! Stay in your lanes!
Watching Gilded Age and For All Mankind at the same time:
Eight, eight and 37 minutes, eight!
Eight, eight and 37 minutes, eight!
December 18, 2023 at 5:06 PM
Watching Gilded Age and For All Mankind at the same time:
Eight, eight and 37 minutes, eight!
Eight, eight and 37 minutes, eight!