Watching with interest: "Federal lawsuit accuses four major publishers of extorting article processing charges." https://retractionwatch.com/2026/07/31/federal-lawsuit-major-publishers-article-processing-charges-false-claims-act/ "A lawsuit filed under the U.S. False Claims Act accuses four […]

Ich bin ein bisschen hinten dran mit @detektorfm Antritt und habe erst gestern die Folge mit und über Martin Goetze angehört. Sehr empfehlendswert! Goetze ist ein toller Interviewpartner und hat viel zu erzählen über seine Rennradkarriere in der DDR (und anderes) […]

Really good reporting on recent discussions about no-turn-on-red in #MadisonWI Includes a quote from yours truly. https://captimes.com/news/government/should-madison-reduce-where-drivers-can-turn-right-on-red/article_777a5c86-20ff-4d27-83d8-50af00539ee8.html #VisionZero

Should Madison reduce where drivers can turn right on red?

City leaders are weighing whether to expand prohibitions against turning right at stoplights, as part of their efforts to improve traffic safety.

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We have a winner. Robin Gemperle is first to reach the finish in 10 days 8 hours and 55 minutes. He's done just under 4700km, averaging over 450km per day. An incredible ride. #TCRNo12

RE: https://en.osm.town/@OpenStreetMapUS/117005294275076861 I greatly enjoyed Rob's talk at SOTMUS! He had many stories to tell from the remote areas of the Mountain West.

Always happy to see new mapping tools for R. David Willinger's **{cartographr}** is a welcome addition to the spatial visualization ecosystem. The more the merrier! https://cran.r-project.org/package=cartographr #rspatial #rstats #Cartography #DataViz #GeoSpatial

cartographr: Crafting Print-Ready Maps and Layered Visualizations

Simplifying the creation of print-ready maps, this package offers a user-friendly interface derived from 'ggplot2' for handling OpenStreetMap data. It streamlines the map-making process, allowing users to focus on the story their maps tell. Transforming raw geospatial data into informative visualizations is made easy with simple features 'sf' geometries. Whether for urban planning, environmental studies, or impactful public presentations, this tool facilitates straightforward and effective map creation. Enhance the dissemination of spatial information with high-quality, narrative-driven visualizations!

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NIH no longer allowing letters of support, only letters of collaboration with most types of grant applications: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-26-094.html Having seen applications with dozens of support letters from people who aren't really involved with the proposed […]

Biking at night is always an interesting experience. Notable animal encounters: - not as many fireflies as I had hoped for - a bird struck me - lots of frogs just chilling on the trail - a lost (I hope it was found again!) - someone taking their two cats out for a walk on the bike trail at 10 pm

“Common Council President Sabrina Madison will be hosting a listening session [today, Thursday 23 July] at the Madison Municipal Building. The goal is to connect residents directly with City leaders, including Police Chief Patterson, following [Wednesday's] officer-involved shooting” Everyone […]

A public records request reveals how @mayorwu.boston.gov's election-year "review" of transportation projects created a duplicate layer of authority inside City Hall that fomented confusion and stalled urgent safety initiatives: mass.streetsblog.org/2026/07/22/f...

Failures of Communication and Accountability Plagued Mayor Wu's Election-Year 'Review' of Transportation Department - Streetsblog Massachusetts

An internal "30 day review" of city transportation projects that Mayor Wu requested during her re-election campaign last year was supposed to improve the public's trust in the city's ability to manage...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDCCb4r1ISM I love this collaboration between Neurosis and the Firekeeper Alliance, a suicide prevention and mental health group in the Blackfeet Nation. Powerful music and imagery. I wish I could attend the Fire in the Mountain music festival that they're […]

The Lost Dot blog doesn't have an RSS feed, does it? Would be a great addition to my feed: https://www.lostdot.cc/blog #tcrno12

🆕 blog! “Scattered thoughts on social geolocation” I want to be able to share my location with my friends on social media. Twitter (RIP) had a way to attach an optional location to a post. Facebook still lets me check in to venues. But neither ActivityPub (Mastodon) nor AT Protocol (BlueSky) […]

Was gonna go on a group bike ride tonight. Because the weather looked a bit dicey, I made it a point to go to their FB page and Instagram account. I didn't see anything about the ride being cancelled and went to the starting location. Except for two other lost souls, nobody was there. Only after […]

This week it's my turn to write the Madison Bikes newsletter. No terribly exciting city meetings, but a bunch of little news and events and good reads […]

I'd have thought that plain-language summaries of academic articles could be OA or non-OA. Very glad to see that the emerging standardized definition requires them to be OA. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03007995.2026.2700975 #OpenAccess #ScholComm

I've been meaning to turn my vintage #Serotta road bike into a #FixedGear setup for a while. Today I finally did it and I think I like it. The gear ratio is maybe a tad high. But the bike really goes fast when you push it. Because this bike also serves as a my […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

“If you work at UW-Madison, your union also wants to hear about what matters to you and what you would change” “For faculty and academic staff, that's UFAS” https://ufas223.org/membership/ “For those categorized as university staff (hourly blue-collar, technical, and clerical workers), it's […]

Delivery of the IKEA air purifier I ordered delayed by ... bad air quality (-:

"Some designs of emojis are very different for the same codepoint, especially the ones depicting emotions/reactions. Examples coming to mind are 😨, 🔫. What are your thoughts on this?" - The (water) pistol 🔫 was originally a hand gun which looked a lot more real. In response to its frequent use […]

Always be mindful of where your line breaks are placed...

Danger Dan - Keine Angst - ohne YT: https://inv.lxdc.dev/watch?v=Gg-SCpXba64

Danger Dan - Keine Angst

► Das lang erwartete zweite Danger Dan-Klavieralbum „Keine Angst“ erscheint am 02.10.26! Jetzt bestellen: ► https://dangerdan.shop Album presaven: ► https://dangerdan.lnk.to/keineangst "Keine Angst" Single überall streamen: ► https://dangerdan.lnk.to/keineangstsingle Musik & Text: Danger Dan Video: David Bruchmann Danke an Coen, Felix, Jaro, Jonathan, Paul, Polina und Shir-Ran. »Keine Angst«-Tour Tickets: ► www.dangerdan.shop 22.10.2026 Wiesbaden – Schlachthof (Zusatzkonzert) 23.10.2026 Wiesbaden – Schlachthof (Ausverkauft!) 26.10.2026 Erlangen – Heinrich-Lades-Halle 27.10.2026 Stuttgart – Wagenhallen (Ausverkauft!) 28.10.2026 CH-Zürich – Volkshaus 30.10.2026 Düsseldorf – Stahlwerk (Ausverkauft!) 31.10.2026 Bremen – Pier 2 01.11.2026 Bielefeld – Stadthalle (Hochverlet) 06.11.2026 Berlin – Tempodrom (Ausverkauft!) 07.11.2026 Berlin – Tempodrom (Ausverkauft!) 27.11.2026 Leipzig – Haus Auensee 28.11.2026 Hamburg – Inselpark Arena (Ausverkauft!) 29.11.2026 Hamburg – Inselpark Arena (Zusatzkonzert) 18.12.2026 Köln – Palladium 19.12.2026 München – Zenith 20.12.2026 AT-Wien – Gasometer 11.09.2027 Berlin - Parkbühne Wuhlheide DANGER DAN AUF: ► www.dangerdan.news ► www.dangerdan.shop ► www.instagram.com/dangerdanmusik ► https://www.facebook.com/dangerdan666 Kontakt: Ölsardinenindustrie / presse@dangerdan.team Booking: KKT / humberto@kkt.berlin

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This warms my heart: Napalm Death doing a Tiny Desk concert! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e81LZCHhNKQ #Grindcore #TinyDeskConcerts

Back in the before days, the federal government actually funded useful environmental monitoring. Which is why Madison, Milwaukee, and a few other Wisconsin cities have a dense network of air quality monitors: https://www.lovemyair.com/wisconsin/Home/Map #AirQuality

"The reforms are expected to reduce the cost of affordable housing construction in California by an estimated $60,000 to $70,000 per-unit." https://www.kqed.org/news/12090688/newsom-signs-law-to-reduce-costs-of-building-affordable-housing #urbanism

Newsom Signs Law to Reduce Costs of Building Affordable Housing | KQED

The reforms are expected to reduce the cost of affordable housing construction in California by an estimated $60,000 to $70,000 per-unit.

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Having some fun with the veggies. #gardening

Bike tinkering musings: Bikes are generally great in that you can do a lot of your own maintenance and also upgrade/change components. But there are also limits, especially as frames get older. I have a 2008 cyclocross frameset that came with cantilever brakes. Around 2011 I replaced the fork […]

The #NSF "plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions". The money will go instead to an unnamed project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP). https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x #DefendResearch […]

Usually I'm out of town in July but this year I am not. Musique Electronique is a highlight of the summer festival season. Anthony Rother closed things out last night with an amazing set. Shout-out to the Remain in Night folks for organizing the event. #techno