Ari Meier @arisphere@qoto.org

The Cities Keeping Their Car-Free Spaces:
“The open streets of the pandemic reclaimed public space for pedestrians and bicyclists. From Bogotá to New York to Stockholm, some of those changes [but to be blunt, not neary enough] have become permanent.” Via Linda Poon in CityLab.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-12-29/permanent-car-free-streets-for-bikes-and-pedestrians

#cities #car #streets #OpenStreets #urbanism #CarFree #transportation #PublicPlaces #cars

Journalist & suffragette Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a founding member of the NAACP. She was known for her tireless crusade against lynching.

After the lynching of her friend, Tommie Moss, https://tinyl.io/7Zwg, Wells-Barnett set out to investigate the causes of lynching.

Her writings on white mob violence resulted in her Memphis, TN newspaper being torched; she moved to Chicago afterward. https://tinyl.io/7Zwi

#BlackFriday #History #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #Journalism #Lynching

me: i’m going to make one of those diagrams that uses circles

dracula: venn

me: probably tomorrow

Hello new followers … it’s apparently purge night on Twitter. If you wouldn’t mind, please introduce yourself if we don’t know each other and I don’t follow you. We all have to make a new community here. Thanks. My intro is pinned.

Musk has begun banning journalists who have criticized him from Twitter including WaPo’s Drew Harwell, NYT’s Ryan Mac, and CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan. My whole timeline is glitched out and people continue to report my tweets so I’m worried I’ll be banned soon too! #twitter #musk #twittermigration #twitterexodus #tech #news #technews #technology #elon

Leaf crochet

If you're an artist, everything's a medium, and Susanna Bauer is a perfect example of that.

Constructed with leaves and finely woven cotton thread crochet, her works hold a fine balance of fragility and strength.

https://www.boredpanda.com/dried-leaves-crochet-art-susanna-bauer/

https://www.susannabauer.com/

#Art #Crochet #Leaf

Hey folks! Please! If you're trying to help your friends finally, at this late hour, migrate to mastodon...or even this instance...please remind them that there are real people running these instances. And most of us are volunteers.

Running an instance has become a very demanding and challenging endeavor.

When someone publicly says it's "crap" that my instance, or any instance is closed, it doesn't inspire me to open the door to them.

Remind them to be kind.

This is not twitter.

Across so many instances, admins and moderators are trying to avoid total burnout.

We could really use everyone's help with this new wave of new folks. Help them find an instance they might enjoy, and show them how to follow folks on other instances.

Explain about CW and alt-text on images, and help them learn their way around and get comfortable with this new space.

Unsafe my ass. Someone is running scared.

Today, the United States Postal Service announced that, in 2023, it will issue a stamp celebrating the life and legacy of this humble servant of the people. Well done.

#journalism #JohnLewis #PostalService #Stamps #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackFedi #BlackJoy #BlackExcellence

#followfriday

I want to be selective this follow friday sorry for leaving off the countless of you that deserve mention. I dont have the energy to compile a long list today

@koyu@koyu.space - one of the oldest and most awesome people on the fedit

@Romaq A newbie but a pasionate outspoken person with a good head on him

@georgetakei just cause he is the only celeberty who is active here right now whom I really appreciate.

#followfriday #ff

An #intoduction after moving instances: I'm a #prof at #cornell in #CS doing scientific computing. Home base is #linearalgebra (esp #eigenvalues), computational #mechanics, #optimization. Work on numerical methods for #data science, formal verification of numerics, #plasma #physics for #fusion, etc. I run our Center for Applied Math, am assoc dean for #DEI in the college. Collect #fountainpens, read #scifi & #fantasy, #code in #julia (and C/C++, Fortran). Also #coffee, #tea, #books, more #books.

#blackfriday #joke #humor #humour

Write Chrome Extensions in Python

In Python?!! That’s right, and it’s pretty painless with PyScript.

https://medium.com/@petefison/write-chrome-extensions-in-python-6c6b0e2e1573

I know, everyone says that stars on Mastodon don't mean anything because no algorithm and because they are usually hidden, but I like giving them when I enjoy a post, andI like receiving them. It's like someone saying "hey thank you for writing that", and how can that not mean something?

Some belated #introduction:

I'm a philosopher of science, in particular cognitive (neuro)science, computation and information. Here's my book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262018869/explaining-the-computational-mind/

My second field is #nlp: see LanguageTool (https://www.languagetool.org), a style and grammar checker for many natural languages (I have developed the rule set for Polish).

Associate Prof at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences. I chair the Section for Logic and Cognitive Science.

Elon Musk plans to reinstate nearly ALL previously banned Twitter accounts — to the alarm of activists and online trust and safety experts. The decision will have dangerous consequences, particularly for vulnerable communities. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/24/twitter-musk-reverses-suspensions/ #twitter #twittermigration #tech #technology #elon #TwitterMigrate

Musk's decision to revive nearly all banned accounts will turn the platform "into a one-stop shop for operationalizing doxxing and harassment, and an engine of radicalization." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/24/twitter-musk-reverses-suspensions/ #tech #technology #twitter #elon #twittermigration #twittermigrate

Musk’s reinstatement of suspended accounts means bringing back networks of individuals that include the American Nazi Party and “a whole bunch of 8chan, 4chan, conspiracy theorists who engage in violent harassment and online abuse.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/24/twitter-musk-reverses-suspensions/ #tech #technology #twitter #elon #twittermigration #twittermigrate