Michele Reeves
@rethinkplaces.bsky.social
Misc musings of urban strategist…land use, retail, transpo, lighting(!), placemaking, real estate development, and people… with a few random acts of photography thrown in! (Finally making the move from Twitter… starting from scratch again!) views=my own
This paper quantifies the danger of older drivers. The higher the percentage of 70+ drivers, the higher the traffic fatality rate. Also, enforcement works. The higher the percentage of people with speeding tickets, the lower the fatality rate. (Controlled for vehicle speed.)
Meta has made it repeatedly clear that one of their growth strategies is sexualizing kids. Mark Zuckerberg and his leadership team deserve to face personal liability for this, and the company deserves sanctions up to and including corporate dissolution
WIRED@wired.com · 6h agoOver the last nine months, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has run dozens of paid ads that include explicit AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and images of minors alongside sexually suggestive statements, according to details of the ads shared with WIRED.
For many years, this hawthorn grew alone in an open landscape. Now a young species-rich rainforest ecosystem is building all around. Nature loss isn't inevitable: it *can* be reversed, through rewilding.
If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"
Here’s the key takeaway from our report: Epstein couldn’t have carried out his trafficking and criminal activity without the help of the highest ranking employees and executives at the most powerful banks in the world. Wall Street is complicit in Epstein’s crimes from top to bottom.
They know voters hate this shit. So they wait until Blanche has the votes for Collins to come out against him. So she can claim to be a moderate. So she gets reelected. So she can spend the next two years voting for more Todd Blanches.
Collins Watch@collinswatch.bsky.social · yesterdaySusan comes out against Todd Blanche now that he's got the votes. So tiresome. (We called it: tinyurl.com/3bepafkz) #MEpolitics
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
Hahahahahahaha… it’s like strong mayors who say, “the wheels of govt roll on without my influence.” Stand the fuck up you piece of $hit.
This is a big issue for seniors. Between hearing and peripheral vision loss, each bike that comes up behind them is a jump scare, and when your proprioception is also shot, that means each bike is a fall danger. This is one of the things I loved about Pontevedra, prioritizes walking…
elpinkogrande.bsky.social@elpinkogrande.bsky.social · yesterdayThe bikes are particularly aggravating if you're walking dogs. Leashes extending across the sidewalk aren't always visible to someone zooming along at ebike speeds. And the bikes are very quiet, so even if you're paying attention to your surroundings, they can be on top of you before you realize.
This was an exhibit we spent a ton of time at in the Academy Museum, which I highly recommend for Movie People. My girls are creatives. I adore Harryhausen; a master of his craft.
Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 2d agoRay Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
When you provide the infrastructure that gives people safe, efficient options outside of the car, people will use it.
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy that bars orgs from providing voter registration assistance during naturalization ceremonies. A victory for Elias Law Group and our client the National Council of Jewish Women. www.democracydocket.com/cases/uscis-...
🚨 League of Women Voters v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Learn more.
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There are some great pollinator gardens on my quick n’hood walk. Love to watch these big chonky pollinators in action… and I probs look weird takin’ closeup piccies from the sidewalk, but who cares!?!Look at this gorgeousness.
This thing is adorable and appears to be useful while not monstrous. Wowzers!!
InsideEVs@insideevs.com · 2d agoThe pint-sized electric pickup is just 152 inches long, yet its makers claim it can hold its own against industry heavyweights.
That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Sigh… 🚨Heads up #StayReadyCrew www.allrecipes.com/ukrops-homes...
FDA Announces Recall of Deli Meals Sold at Kroger, Publix, Wegmans, and More for Potential Metal Contamination
Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods, LLC, is recalling six of its heat-and-eat deli meals sold at various retailers that were prepared in baking pans that may have imparted aluminum metal fragments into the food.
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Cornyn lost his primary. Tillis is walking. Neither has a donor, a term, or a future to protect. Both caved before lunch Monday. www.JackHopkinsNow.com
Colorado River. Humans are the most selfish, ignorant & destructive species on earth. If you have children/grandchildren, you might want to get engaged & be proactive in working with your government officials to save what is left of our natural resources. They will thank you ~
Apple got a $2.2 billion tariff refund. Amazon got $600 million. Trump is sending the "refunds" to the companies, not working people. Every single cent of these refunds should go back to American consumers.
Japanese engineers develop a technique to recover and recycle 90% of Lithium from old EV batteries.
Scientists recover 90% of lithium from old batteries — here's why it matters
A metals plant in Tsuruga of the Fukui Prefecture has positioned itself as a major player in the battery recycling industry by achieving near-record levels of lithium recovery.
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We can't solve a housing crisis without building more housing. Today we broke ground on the Casanova Residence, which will soon be nearly 100 affordable and supportive homes with on-site services for New Yorkers. Every new home is a step toward a City that everyone can afford.
