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Local opinion: Rio Nuevo's selective vision doesn't reflect the heart of downtown Tucson Is this really the best version of Tucson’s downtown we can build? One where corporate entities are invited in with open arms, while the homegrown businesses are left to fend

Well said! Wealthy landlords getting handouts is not serving Tucson. Rio Nuevo should do more to support local tenants.

tucson.com/opinion/colu...

Arizona’s Tribal water strategy From “threat” to “partners” … We do and do not have enough water … And sliding into chaos.

Another great edition of the Water Agenda:
open.substack.com/pub/azwatera...

La Danza de Los Jaguares

Tucson's own XIXA! Give 'em a listen. Blow your mind.

open.spotify.com/track/0aBlQP...

Great read about the stupidity of Trump's trade war, and how to responsibly bring manufacturing back onshore.

x.com/Molson_Hart/...

Screenshot of the University of Arizona Foundation's AI personality, "Cat" with the text "Listen up, meat puppets. I'm Cat. Engage. Or Else."

Meet "Cat", the U of A Foundation's AI mouth piece.

Cat wants your engagement and thinks it'd be a real shame to nuke your cities.

Terminator Robot introducing itself as Cat and asking what inspires your connection to the University of Arizona.

Anyone else get an unsolicited message from "Cat", the U of A Foundation's new Virtual Engagement Officer, asking what inspires you to connect to the U of A?

I'll tell you what I don't like, "Cat", is the foundation sending a bot after me instead of giving a human student from my department a job.

On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy - The Shot The consequence of not good enough, as evidenced in the United States right now, is that you inevitably get much, much worse.

Good read here:

On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Fading support Dim future for free bus rides ... Cruelty is the point ... And wacky ideas are always welcome.

The Tucson City Council is again thinking about charging for bus passes, although locals are showing up to fight to keep transit free.

tucsonagenda.substack.com/p/no-future-...

Thanks for being there!

Seriously? That's nuts. A budget can't be absorbed in a meeting.

YouTube video by Gabrielle Pietrangelo No Mistake (Official Music Video)

Beauty, creativity, and joy still live in this new Republican Shitshow Era.

Check out Gabrielle Pietrangelo's new music. The album release party is this Friday in Tucson.

youtu.be/7zpK7QNF7fE

Screen shot of Apple Mail summary of a spam email, treating it as a priority.

Apple's email summarizing machine learning just saved me from missing out on 20.5 BILLION DOLLARS!!!

First things first: I'm buying an election.

Feed the meter The fact that LA could even aspire to host a "car-free" games owes a great debt to Donald Shoup repeating, for decades, that just because you're going somewhere in this city, you're not automatically ...

“The fact that LA could even aspire to host a ‘car-free’ games owes a great debt to Donald Shoup repeating, for decades, that just because you're going somewhere in this city, you're not automatically guaranteed a free parking spot when you get there.”
- @awalkerinla.bsky.social

A federal court just blocked Elon Musk from interfering with the federal government’s payments system.

There is power in fighting back. We won’t let up until this block is permanent.

Washington state lawmakers propose requiring speed-limiting devices in cars of drivers with speeding history A bill introduced in the Washington state legislature would force drivers with a history of speeding to have a speed-limiting device put on their cars.

In Washington state, a new bill would require the installation of speed limiters (Intelligent Speed Assist) in cars owned by people who drag race or go 20 mph+ over the limit.

Seems like a no-brainer. Why *wouldn't* you do this?

C'mon Tucson. Do this. Please.

Hey hey!

Truly.

YouTube video by Monty Python Every Sperm is Sacred - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

youtu.be/fUspLVStPbk

LPT: Turn your volume all the way down on your phone. The modern short-video internet is lame
without sound.

That's great!

Green Rush: Where cannabis tax dollars end up in Arizona In 2023, Arizona dispensaries generated over $1 billion in recreational marijuana sales and took in over $200 million in recreational marijuana taxes.

www.kgun9.com/news/local-n...

I might have those place names wrong, btw… it's been a long time since the trips.

It was wonderful. I took 9 days to do Tuolumne to Red's Meadow, then another year 8 days to do Lake Thomas Edison to Bishop Lake. I would have preferred more time for rest-days.

Standard backpacking advice: Don't pack too much. Unused gear is the heaviest thing around.

FANTASTIC! Good luck out there! I've done 2/3 of the John Muir Trail and look forward to completing the last third some day.

26 days sounds about perfect. Not too fast. Good luck out there!

'Trojan horse for police funding': Some Tucsonans blast half-cent sales tax measure A new Tucson municipal sales tax proposal is drawing criticism for being a plan to fund a range of community services — including affordable housing, shelters, early childhood education, and workforce...

If it seems like homelessness in Tucson is worse than you've ever seen it, that's because it is.

Rent up 40% since 2017.

Wages up 4%, since 2019.

Unsheltered homelessness (folks sleeping outside) up 253% since 2018.

www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

Scarf in progress shown on a wood coffee table. It is mostly white, with a red/white/blue striped section on the end.

A friend became a citizen of the USA earlier this month and I wanted to get her a red white and blue scarf. All I could find was American flag stuff or MAGA garbage, and all of it was hecho en China, so I had to learn to knit for myself.

This is the halfway mark! Chunky yarn is great.

18 gauge white wire, passing through green seals, and terminated with female (barrel) weather pack contacts.

Finished three wire weather pack connector.

My crimps bring all the girls to the yard.

The GM/Delphi Weather Pack connector is slick as hell. This is one end of the connector for a throttle position sensor on an International 3700 based school bus.