David Mitchell :CApride:

"Check out as guest" should be an option on every digital store front.

Creating an account should not be required.

Providing your phone number should not be required.

2FA should not be required.

Using the app should not be required.

Using Chrome should not be required.

The site should work […]

Sesame Street has done more than almost any other pop-culture source for good urbanism, urban design, mixed-use blocks, people-centred street design, place-making, “eyes on the street,” neighbourhood diversity, third places, and more. Every urbanist should support and say #ThankYouSesameStreet.

Here’s the blunt reality — reasonably-sized electric vehicles need to be the future of cars, but cars can’t be the future of urban mobility.

Fewer cars.
Less driving.
More inviting mobility choices.
Better communities and cities.

These are the 4 pillars of the REAL urban transportation solution.

@VeroniqueB99

If socialism means getting rid of the working poor, the growing underclass of desperate peasants that American oligarchy needs to feed their profits, if socialism means treating people decently and fairly, and valuing their life and labour … then give me socialism!

But this is a […]

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@futurebird

That is precisely why secret cult and cabals are such popular and enduring myths:

When life sucks, it’s much more exciting and romantic to imagine yourself in a battle of good vs evil that involves supervillains and thus the possibility of superheroes.

So […]

[US Pol: "The Cabal"]

@futurebird

It doesn’t take a global international secret conspiracy to do so many of the awful things our world is dealing with right now, it just takes those people actively and independently pursuing the very goals and values they have openly espoused, using the wealth […]

@albertapolitics.substack.com

Yeah, I’m an Albertan, and yeah: I’m mad about bike lanes!
I’m mad the #UCP won’t stay in their own lane and let us make our own decisions about something as basic and local as bike lanes.
Our city, our choice!

#BikeLanes #ABPoli

“States have a duty to refrain from acts of reprisal involving the use of force.”
from UN Resolution 2526 (1970)

A bowl full of small green lettuce pieces, which is the same head of lettuce from the other photo, deconstructed. All the leaves are roughly the same size.

A hand holding a bright-green head of salanova lettuce, which looks like a flower about eight inches acrosss.

My best gardening discovery of the last few years: Salanova lettuce. It is a head lettuce that grows in small bunches, but if you cut out the core it falls apart into "baby" lettuce pieces.

It is super easy to germinate, and holds in the heat really well […]

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It's been 3 days since I put in these numbers and just to make sure I am super angry as I go to bed, I checked again.

There area now 8,093 Starlink satellites in orbit, out of 12,308 total active satellites. 1,243 Starlink satellites have burned up.

As with almost everything else happening […]

@sundogplanets

“1,243 Starlink satellites have burned up.”

Ooof… that’s a figure I haven’t seen yet. I wonder how many tons of aluminum and pounds of rare earth metals and the like that represents, injected into our upper atmosphere. 😞

A schematic image of the human body showing where ACE2 receptors are expressed most heavily. Below is a list of each body part noted: Brain: nuclei involved in the central regulation of cardiovascular function, Eyes, Nasal cavity, Oral cavity, Thyroid, Endothelial cell from small and large arteries and veins, Lungs, Liver, Gallbladder, Kidneys and bladder, Stomach, Pancreas, Intestines, Reproductive system Female and Male, Skin Character limit prevents listing the details breakdown for each area.

@EricCarroll @subjacentish

As the Covid virus exploits ACE2 receptors, we should look to see where those are expressed most in the body. … huh, look at that:

Brain: nuclei involved in the central regulation of cardiovascular function, Eyes, Nasal cavity, Oral […]

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@EricCarroll I think the bad news is that very few of these hypotheses are actually competitive. Most of them could be mostly right. :holdthepain:

A gunshot to the head doesn't preclude a gunshot to the liver.💀

Walking Your Dog.....

When suddenly Tsunami waves crash onshore after a M8.8 earthquake strikes nearby off the coast of Russia.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews #Earthquake #tsunami

@JHein

“driven mainly by exports of unwrought gold that were up 30.1% to reach a record $5.9 billion.
"Most of the rise was attributable to higher physical shipments of gold to the United Kingdom," the statistics agency said. Excluding metal and non-metallic mineral products, total exports were […]

Idea for a reality show or documentary series:

Interview 5 anti-immigrant bigots - get them talking about how the ‘undocumented illegals’ are responsible for their own situation - then take away all their identity documents, formal contract (car lease, mortgage papers, etc), bank cards, etc […]

In Canada's Dauphin pilot where poverty was practically eliminated for an entire town for 4 years, overall crime dropped by 15% and violent crime dropped by 37% (most of it domestic violence).

In the Namibia UBI pilot where an entire village of 1,000 people got it, overall crime dropped by 43%.

In last week's Basic Income Show we discussed a new study that showed how blood plasma income (about $400/mo) reduces crime by 12%.

People shouldn't have to sell their blood for survival income, and we should acknowledge how much crime is survival crime.

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pour le plaisir des oreilles et des yeux
c'est brillant

@bazouzabou

Hah! C'était comme mes camarades et moi!

That reminds me of the 'duels' that were standard backstage (mis)behaviour for my high school orchestra classmates, but far less polished.

[Covid rant, Spoiler Dept. Q Ep.1]

Watched Ep.1 of Dept. Q… promising start, good set up, interesting enough dynamics, might actually engage me through a season, but urgghh! something is bugging me.

There are two separate story lines through the episode, a detective and a lawyer. Through the […]

@thetnholler.bsky.social

😱 Say it ain’t so!

/s

Wastewater levels for Edmonton from Oct 2023 to now (Aug 1) There is a strong spike through fall 2023 into 2024, then levels are lower, with a relatively mild flu season last year. Then there is a substantial spike right at the end reaching 3/4 the 2023 spike and still climbing.

So… Edmonton is experiencing a mid-summer influenza outbreak?
That’s… surprising.

#Yeg #Flu

A panel from the Family Circus comic by Bil Keene. Billy: a little boy with the proportions of a preschooler is running across the frame crying. He is wearing a yellow shirt and blue pants. A long red tie has been added, along with Trump’s signature blond hair and an orange complexion. The caption above says, “Dolly hit me back!”

Trump: OK, from now on everyone who comes over to my place will be punched once in the face as they come through the front door

Trump: And no punching back, cause if you punch back, then I’m gonna punch you *twice*

Canada: Um, like hell. And you already gave me a […]

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@dyckron

Ottawa wade in? That’s the most ridiculous suggestion I’ve ever heard; anyone who presents it shouldn’t be trusted on *anything* because it betrays a profound ignorance of Canadian government, or simple bad faith.

For those who don’t know, Canada’s constitution says:
Interprovincial […]

A red squirrel, standing on two feet on a wooden fence, their two little front paws in front of them, resting on their chest.

Red squirrels are just so adorable (and they thankfully haven't been problematic yet!)

#SKyard #squirrel

@stephanie

Ours has a route: from the shed, across the back fence at full speed, through the vine tunnel in the side fence, down the raspberry supports, across the lawn in long bounds to the bird feeder. Find a good seed, repeat in reverse. Except when it’s wet: then the seeds get buried at […]

@brenttoderian.bsky.social

“Common sense” is just vibes if you can’t back it up with logic.

@Crispius

The bullshitters have always been with us: some of us see through it and hold it in distain; while others are super impressed and want to worship and throw money at it.

Every successful con from snake oil to aura healing crystals to Bre-X to bitcoin relies on bullshitters and the […]