twiddling

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twiddling··on Elon Musk to advertisers who are trying to 'blackmail' him: 'Go f–- yourself'

tissue boxes as slippers is the next step

twiddling··on Did Reddit just denylist all IPs?

apparently, blocking me direct and via VPN

twiddling··on Nature retracts controversial superconductivity paper by embattled physicist

Just file it with the table top fusion one

twiddling··on Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery Is Retracted

surprise surprise

twiddling··on U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter, better than expected

Oh that's one of the big hidden costs is just the amount of paperwork ( in many cases physical paper ) to document, submit in triplicate, and then waiting and waiting and waiting

twiddling··on J. G. Ballard’s brilliant, “not good” writing

especially his experiences as a child under Japanese occupation.

twiddling··on The FBI Has Collected DNA Profiles for 21M People

That few?

twiddling··on World’s Oldest Cat Door Has Let Working Cats Enter the Cathedral Since 14c

although one could have a knave in the Nave

twiddling··on Bicyclists Deserve the Right to Free Movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicular_cycling

John Forester's treatise "Effective Cycling" was a huge influence on me when it came to urban cycling.

twiddling··on Bicyclists Deserve the Right to Free Movement

Less folks are working downtown, Portland has a very high CRE vacancy rate. I believe they had a net outflow of people last year ( https://www.kptv.com/2023/05/23/portland-is-one-fastest-shri... ). That coupled with the ongoing homelessness crisis, I would not be surprised that their civic budgets are strained.

twiddling··on Theory of interstellar trade (1978) [pdf]

All part of the great conspiracy of course...

twiddling··on Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society”

Princess of the Pavement

twiddling··on Math for kids outside of the Calculus Sequence

< Being “ahead” at age 3 is basically irrelevant long term

Not if you want them to be FIRE at age 10

twiddling··on Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society”

So many big boned people these days

twiddling··on Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society”

https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a1707441/who-really-benefi...

twiddling··on Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society”

It is an arms race.

There is a video floating around of a pickup truck who needs to use his front camera to see a Miata in front of him

twiddling··on Austrian leader proposes enshrining the use of cash in country's constitution

It depends on the value of cash/goods stolen in some states.

twiddling··on The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won

This has been the summer of social media upheaval

twiddling··on ‘Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde’ plead guilty in ‘spy novel’-like laundering case

Can't wait for Razzlekhan's prison tracks to drop

twiddling··on How the recession doomers got the U.S. economy so wrong

something something immigration reform

twiddling··on Taming the Flame of Aging: Key Pathway for Chronic Inflammation Revealed

We're getting a serious taste of what a hotter earth is like. We can have extended lives to really enjoy the back half of the century

twiddling··on Plans to plant billions of trees threatened by undersupply of seedlings

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/actions/how-make-seed-bomb

twiddling··on US heatwaves cross 110F (43.3C) – affecting 50M Americans

Seattle has been having quite a nice summer as well

twiddling··on Free prison phone calls boost family ties, rehabilitation

Hello Civil Asset Forfeiture

twiddling··on Watch TV from the 90s and earlier

The Daley fix is in!

twiddling··on Play deprivation is a major cause of the teen mental health crisis

< given that child labour is generally illegal these days and all

In the US that's changing...

twiddling··on Play deprivation is a major cause of the teen mental health crisis

Another thing that's jarring is how slow paced the early episodes were.

twiddling··on Play deprivation is a major cause of the teen mental health crisis

I remember my friends and I playing tag in a copse of trees which were close enough to swing to and from branches between them. Fell out once and laid there on the ground , breath knocked out of me, staring at the dappled light through the trees...

In my 50s and I still smile when I think about that day.

twiddling··on Play deprivation is a major cause of the teen mental health crisis

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-462091/How-children...

I love this article with the comparison across generations.

I grew up in Europe in the '80s, and was riding streetcars and taking subways when I was 10.

twiddling··on Data brokers selling license plate location and analytics data

Total Information Awareness

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