There's just one week left to submit session proposals for this year's @datadayscle.bsky.social conference. Get your ideas in by Friday, August 14.

Data Days Cleveland

The 7th annual Data Days CLE! Join us as we spark conversation and ideas, and build capacity in the space where data, information, and civic life intersect.

datadayscle.org

Here the first of two news stories posting back-to-back. The Commerce Department's decision to ban "noise injection" for the 2030 census and numerous surveys is really about politics, not statistics. www.science.org/content/arti...

Scientists attack ban on adding ‘noise’ to U.S. census data and many surveys

Critics say Trump’s real goal is to sow doubts about 2030 census and add Republican seats in Congress

science.org

Been working on an interesting project that you'd like to share at the @datadayscle.bsky.social conference in October? The call for presentations is open through now through August 14.

A very nice write-up on why data users should be concerned about the new Commerce Dept. policy, which likely means a lot of granular, local-level data used for economic development is about to disappear. agglomerations.eig.org/p/a-new-thre...

A New Threat to Economic Data

A Commerce Department policy risks damaging the public’s understanding of the economy.

agglomerations.eig.org

Happy #TowelDay! For the first time in years, Nick Page posted a clip from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. His original animation accompanies audio from the 1978 radio series.

Galactic News! Improbability Drive Ship Stolen!

YouTube video by Nick Page

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Inhailer Radio's 2026 Indie 500 countdown (the spiritual successor to WOXY's Modern Rock 500) will air this weekend, running from Saturday morning through Monday evening.

THE 2026 INHAILER INDIE 500 COUNTDOWN AIRS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Inhailer Radio is excited to announce the airing of the 2026 Indie 500 countdown, happening Memorial Day weekend, from 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Saturday, May 23rd – Monday May 25th, 2026, on WGUC 90.9 FM HD3...

inhailer.com

Made a website where you can explore Wikipedia like it's a file system on your desktop: explorer.samismith.com

Well, this is disappointing. These two planned parking garages would face a major thoroughfare but would make zero contributions to the public realm. The plans don't call for wrapping them with active uses, adding public art, or otherwise activating their surroundings. 🧵

@scottsuttell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Cleveland Clinic is planning two new, multistory parking structures on Carnegie Avenue in preparation for the opening of major capital projects that will increase the need for parking on its main campus. www.crainscleveland.com/health-care/...

Eligible voters of INDIANA and OHIO: There are less than three days left to register by April 6 to vote in the May 5 primary elections. Already registered? You may want to check your status, especially if you have moved, changed your name or haven't voted in a while. More at npr.org/vote

How to register to vote and check your registration status

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

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Kicking off the month with a banger #poem about birds and books and writing and time and ambition. I Kept Getting Books About Birds, by Catherine Pierce: www.tumblr.com/april-is/812...

Post by @april-is

💬 0  🔁 5  ❤️ 5 · April 1, 2026: I Kept Getting Books About Birds, Catherine Pierce · I Kept Getting Books About Birds Catherine Pierce as if recognizing the yellow-winged one  at the feeder, the s…

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just introduced yet another coworker to the epic greatness that is the instrumental version of "Party All The Time" slowed down to 16pm. soundcloud.com/stonermetald...

Party All The Time (Instrumental Version) 16rpm.FLAC

My record player goes down to 16 RPM, which allowed me to truly discover the genious of Rick Jame's synth sound. Shout out to Jeff from Lo Pan and Bucket for coming along for the ride https://www.

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On October 3, 2025, at 11:16 am, WCSB as we knew it ceased to exist — but on March 1, 2026, at 11:16 am, XCSB starts a brand new journey, one built entirely on community. March 1. 11:16 am. Only at xcsb.org. We missed you. Come join us.

The Cleveland chapter of the @awesomefoundation.org provides $1,000 grants to help exciting local projects, and the deadline for the next round of awards is approaching. Get your application in by March 1.

Cleveland, OH

Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.

awesomefoundation.org

It's budget season in Cleveland again, and Refund Cleveland has been updated for 2026. You can use it to understand the budget and to tell city leaders about your funding priorities. It's an @opencleveland.bsky.social project.

Refund Cleveland

Refund Cleveland is a collaborative and community-led effort to design a city budget that centers around the values, needs, and priorities of our community.

refundcleveland.com

The @archive.org now has a collection of playlists and program guides from the Cleveland College Radio Coalition, which consisted of WBWC, @xcsbcleveland.bsky.social, WJCU, WOBC, and WRUW. 📻

Internet Archive@archive.org · 6mo ago

4️⃣/5️⃣ Newly digitized collections include playlists saved by the band Get Smart!, materials from the Cleveland College Radio Coalition and WBGU-FM, and decades of KVRX-FM history from 1986 to 2025. 🗂️

People, not vehicles.

Got a spare $2.4 million lying around? The amazing Hangar in Beachwood could be yours. 24400cedarroad.howardhanna.com

wikipedia's new editor count is down a bit and perhaps it's your time to try it editing!!! it's a small and concrete way to help and here are a few ways to start!!!

Wow, the Cleveland Museum of Art recently acquired another piece of furniture by Carlo Bugatti. www.clevelandart.org/art/2025.193

One of America's most walkable school districts might soon lose that distinction — and the country might lose a powerful model of how good school planning can make kids and the communities that surround them healthier, happier, and more independent.

One of America's Most Walkable School Districts Is About To Lose That Title — Streetsblog USA

Lakewood, Ohio, prided itself on its Safe Routes to School program, which is in danger of being lost in a district-wide consolidation.

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The Midtown movie that changed NYC’s sidewalks and plazas is coming to theaters https://gothamist.com/news/the-midtown-movie-that-changed-nycs-sidewalks-and-plazas-is-coming-to-theaters

The Midtown movie that changed NYC’s sidewalks and plazas is coming to theaters

"The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces" “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces” will be rereleased Sept. 26. [ more › ]

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#ParkingDay (www.myparkingday.org) is on Friday, and as usual, there will be two events in Cleveland. Students from Kent State's CUDC will be setting up on Prospect Avenue.

KSU's Master of Landscape Architecture Program presents Park(ing) Day 2025! — Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative

You’re invited Park(ing) Day 2025! Play a round of mini-golf and vote on your favorite project!

cudc.kent.edu

Launch day 🚀 We’ve just released @chartlecc.bsky.social - a daily chart game! Your job is to guess which country is represented by the red line in today's chart. You get 5 tries, no other clues! Play today, come back tomorrow for a different chart with new data and share with your chart friends 📈

Chartle - A daily chart game

Guess the country in red by analysing today's chart

chartle.cc

Got a cool project you'd like to share with the folks at the @datadayscle.bsky.social‬ conference or workshop this fall? Submit your session ideas by Friday, July 18.

Data Days Cleveland

The 6th annual Data Days CLE! Join us as we spark conversation and ideas, and build capacity in the space where data, information, and civic life intersect.

datadayscle.org

At the start of today's Guardians-Giants game, announcer Matt Underwood couldn't decide whether he wanted to say afternoon or evening, and it came out of his mouth as "afterneen." That's a exceptional portmanteau, and it aligns perfectly with Lewis Carroll's description.

A quote from The Hunting of the Snark

For instance, take the two words fuming and furious. Make up your mind that you will say both words, but leave it unsettled which you will say first....

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a modest proposal

📢 Big news! #ACTCongress is happening June 28! 🎉 Our first-ever virtual #unconference, shaped by YOU. We'll hold our first board election, vote on the budget, & dive into participant-led sessions on our #civictech community's future. RSVP on Eventbrite! www.eventbrite.com/e/alliance-o...

The 2025 Indie 500 starts in one hour! Come for the guest DJs (like me and someone from The National), stay for the tunes, stream here: www.inhailer.com/2025indie500

Inhailer Radio: Indie Music Countdown & Cincinnati's Independent Radio Legacy

Inhailer Radio is Cincinnati independent radio. Founded in 2017 to fill the void left by beloved radio station WNKU.

inhailer.com

I made a streetview roadtrip simulator where we all vote on a direction every 10 seconds Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy! > neal.fun/internet-roa...

Internet Roadtrip

Let's take a streetview roadtrip

neal.fun