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Medical informatics, Data Visualization, art, comics, literature, and nonsense. I’m mostly here for nonsense.
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Governments Should Start Paying People to Bike to Work. "By incentivizing cycling, we can create more people-centered cities that prioritize clean air, physical activity, and vibrant communities."
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Governments Should Start Paying People to Bike to Work
In North America, where cars reign supreme, a new idea could gain ground like it is in some areas of Europe — paying people to bike to work
momentummag.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Governments Should Start Paying People to Bike to Work. "By incentivizing cycling, we can create more people-centered cities that prioritize clean air, physical activity, and vibrant communities."
momentummag.com/is-it-time-g...
momentummag.com/is-it-time-g...
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rereading old William Gibson short stories, and man, this bit about Vancouver
April 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
rereading old William Gibson short stories, and man, this bit about Vancouver
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RPGs are a form of art that is welcoming to people of every skill level. "But my map is bad!" "But my dungeon is kinda boring." WRONG. We're not talking about putting out albums, we're talking about singing around a campfire with a friend who has a guitar. Fun is the focus, not production quality.
March 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
RPGs are a form of art that is welcoming to people of every skill level. "But my map is bad!" "But my dungeon is kinda boring." WRONG. We're not talking about putting out albums, we're talking about singing around a campfire with a friend who has a guitar. Fun is the focus, not production quality.
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Want to start biking to work more often? Here are 10 reasons why you should go for it.
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Want to start biking to work more often? Here are 10 reasons why you should go for it
Biking to work has become more than just a trend—it's a lifestyle choice that offers a multitude of benefits.
momentummag.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Want to start biking to work more often? Here are 10 reasons why you should go for it.
momentummag.com/want-to-star...
momentummag.com/want-to-star...
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Electric is better. Always.
“Electric construction equipment is also radically quieter — as much as 75% quieter than equivalent diesel-powered models — and since the machines aren’t spewing carbon monoxide, they’re capable of being used in indoor environments.”
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Electric Construction Equipment Promises a Quiet Revolution
Battery-powered excavators and wheel loaders are still rare on most worksites globally, but cities like Oslo are pioneering a new generation of cleaner machines.
www.bloomberg.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Electric is better. Always.
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable streets.
50 reasons to want more walkable streets.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable streets.
50 reasons to want more walkable streets.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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Mike Myers, Canadian legend, on SNL tonight.
March 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Mike Myers, Canadian legend, on SNL tonight.
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"Public investment" vs "Wasteful Subsidy." The only problem with this clever Singer cartoon is that some people might actually not get that it’s sarcastically illustrating the incorrect perception problem, NOT telling the truth.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
March 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Public investment" vs "Wasteful Subsidy." The only problem with this clever Singer cartoon is that some people might actually not get that it’s sarcastically illustrating the incorrect perception problem, NOT telling the truth.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
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This is really funny because after congestion pricing launched and the haters were instantly proved wrong — traffic really did go down, transit use really did go up — they clung to "well let's see the business receipts!" as a last resort. And now we know business receipts are through the roof!
Memo to the President: Manhattan Economy Improving, Thanks to Congestion Pricing - Streetsblog New York City
Lower Manhattan's economy has gotten an almost billion-dollar boost in just the first month of congestion pricing's existence, the MTA said on Wednesday.
nyc.streetsblog.org
February 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is really funny because after congestion pricing launched and the haters were instantly proved wrong — traffic really did go down, transit use really did go up — they clung to "well let's see the business receipts!" as a last resort. And now we know business receipts are through the roof!
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February 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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The most patriotic thing you could do right now is to ride your bike for errands and groceries as often as you can. 🇨🇦
February 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The most patriotic thing you could do right now is to ride your bike for errands and groceries as often as you can. 🇨🇦
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Gene Hackman was truly one of the greatest screen actors of all time. He almost never hit a false note. Always mesmerizing. Rest in Peace, Gene. My favorite Gene Hackman movies:
The Conversation
Unforgiven
Night Moves
Bonnie & Clyde
The French Connection
Superman
Mississippi Burning
The Conversation
Unforgiven
Night Moves
Bonnie & Clyde
The French Connection
Superman
Mississippi Burning
February 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Gene Hackman was truly one of the greatest screen actors of all time. He almost never hit a false note. Always mesmerizing. Rest in Peace, Gene. My favorite Gene Hackman movies:
The Conversation
Unforgiven
Night Moves
Bonnie & Clyde
The French Connection
Superman
Mississippi Burning
The Conversation
Unforgiven
Night Moves
Bonnie & Clyde
The French Connection
Superman
Mississippi Burning
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Peto's Paradox—that cancer does not increase with body size of mammals—was wrong.
A new, comprehensive study of 263 species documents higher cancer prevalence with increasing body mass. Some large animals (e.g. elephants) have some built-in genetic adaptations
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @pnas.org
A new, comprehensive study of 263 species documents higher cancer prevalence with increasing body mass. Some large animals (e.g. elephants) have some built-in genetic adaptations
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @pnas.org
No evidence for Peto’s paradox in terrestrial vertebrates | PNAS
Larger, longer-lived species are expected to have a higher cancer prevalence compared
to smaller, shorter-lived species owing to the greater number...
www.pnas.org
February 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Peto's Paradox—that cancer does not increase with body size of mammals—was wrong.
A new, comprehensive study of 263 species documents higher cancer prevalence with increasing body mass. Some large animals (e.g. elephants) have some built-in genetic adaptations
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @pnas.org
A new, comprehensive study of 263 species documents higher cancer prevalence with increasing body mass. Some large animals (e.g. elephants) have some built-in genetic adaptations
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @pnas.org
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"Save a nickel, kill a thousand" & destroy the next generation of scientists.
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Save a Nickel, Kill a Thousand: The Pennies-Wise, Lives-Foolish Effort to Eliminate NOAA
A guest post from Dr. Richard 'Rick' Spinrad, NOAA Administrator, 2021-2025.
emnetwork.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"Save a nickel, kill a thousand" & destroy the next generation of scientists.
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emnetwork.substack.com/p/save-a-nic...
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Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it TRANSFORM the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better.
The car traffic got BETTER.
The car traffic got BETTER.
February 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it TRANSFORM the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better.
The car traffic got BETTER.
The car traffic got BETTER.
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Join me aboard the Pioneer Zephyr, aka the Silver Streak, the 1934 streamliner that revolutionized high-speed travel.
It was one weird train. With its stainless steel exterior, it looked like a mash-up of a Norse battle armor and RoboCop's helmet.
And it moved like a quicksilver rattlesnake... 🚅🧵
It was one weird train. With its stainless steel exterior, it looked like a mash-up of a Norse battle armor and RoboCop's helmet.
And it moved like a quicksilver rattlesnake... 🚅🧵
February 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Join me aboard the Pioneer Zephyr, aka the Silver Streak, the 1934 streamliner that revolutionized high-speed travel.
It was one weird train. With its stainless steel exterior, it looked like a mash-up of a Norse battle armor and RoboCop's helmet.
And it moved like a quicksilver rattlesnake... 🚅🧵
It was one weird train. With its stainless steel exterior, it looked like a mash-up of a Norse battle armor and RoboCop's helmet.
And it moved like a quicksilver rattlesnake... 🚅🧵
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America, your MAGA leaders are blatantly lying to you about us in Canada, like they pretty much lie about everything, because they’re trying to condition you to be ok with isolating your country and attacking your allies while supporting fascists & dictators.
Even X’s own community notes knows it.
Even X’s own community notes knows it.
February 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
America, your MAGA leaders are blatantly lying to you about us in Canada, like they pretty much lie about everything, because they’re trying to condition you to be ok with isolating your country and attacking your allies while supporting fascists & dictators.
Even X’s own community notes knows it.
Even X’s own community notes knows it.
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Today I look at the powerful right-wing influencers who are calling for a violent invasion of Canada, a sentiment now being repeated by random social media commenters. 🧵
#cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
#cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
The Online Warriors Calling for a Violent Invasion of Canada | The Tyee
As Canadian sovereignty is undermined and an election approaches, politicians are calling for an investigation of X.
thetyee.ca
February 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today I look at the powerful right-wing influencers who are calling for a violent invasion of Canada, a sentiment now being repeated by random social media commenters. 🧵
#cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
#cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
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Weird that halftime shows used to be music for old people, but now it's music that I--oh god. oh god no
February 12, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Weird that halftime shows used to be music for old people, but now it's music that I--oh god. oh god no
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Halftime show is a good reminder that the left will always win culture. Always. Art comes from curiosity, novelty, openness, the ability to understand & juxtapose multiple perspectives simultaneously, surprise & irony & layered meanings, all of which are alien to the authoritarian mind.
February 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Halftime show is a good reminder that the left will always win culture. Always. Art comes from curiosity, novelty, openness, the ability to understand & juxtapose multiple perspectives simultaneously, surprise & irony & layered meanings, all of which are alien to the authoritarian mind.
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www.researchamerica.org/press-releas... Powerful statement by Research America on the cut in NIH F&A.
Research!America Issues Statement in Response to Destructive Cuts to NIH-Funded Research - Research!America
Research!America, a nonprofit medical and health research alliance, issued this statement today from President and CEO Mary Woolley: “We urge the Administration to suspend its decision to abruptly cha...
www.researchamerica.org
February 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
www.researchamerica.org/press-releas... Powerful statement by Research America on the cut in NIH F&A.
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Looking at your phone and paying zero attention to the road while travelling is why God invented the bus
it is a design flaw that this guy walked away without a scratch after he hit a pole because he was playing candy crush during fsd
![from @MrChallinger on Twitter:
Soooooo my cybertruck crashed into a curb and then a light post on v13.2.4 (self-driving mode).
Thank you Tesla for engineering the best passive safety in the world. I walked away without a scratch.
It failed to merge out of a land that was ending (there was no one on my left) and [text continues below SHOW MORE but the upshot is that it hopped the curb and drove straight into a pole in full-self driving mode while he, as the driver, was not paying attention to the road]
Attached image is a cybertruck literally wrapped around a pole with the front end split like a Y](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zltqtmydso6kikzw7wafpj4p/bafkreidhcmwn3palwqynwsiotdsszmksiagqueecf6jm6awya3a5i3xiw4@jpeg)
February 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Looking at your phone and paying zero attention to the road while travelling is why God invented the bus