All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

In times like this, it's worth thinking about how our city is designed - why can't I freaking sit down anywhere - in the shade - where are the public washrooms - where can I get water if I'm thirsty - without paying - why do I have to breathe car exhaust everywhere

*So* happy with this new feature on theprepared.org about Ise Jingu Grand Shrine, which has been meticulously rebuilt every 20 years since 690 AD. theprepared.org/features-feed/…

This month in “the war on drugs”

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North Americans look around and assume that the car-centricism that surrounds them is this emergent phenomenon, the pure result of revealed preference, when in fact it's the most heavily planned/subsidized/regulated pattern of development in human history.

We released some human neuron electrophysiology data! You can check out the data on DANDI Project here dandiarchive.org/dandiset/00029…

“Vladimir Putin at a pride parade” 🏳️‍🌈 #StableDiffusion (redd.it/z0yrr9)

Why housing & environmental activists should support paying rent for land: it reduces urban sprawl, pollution, energy use, traffic, environmental degradation while eliminating income taxes for most. Sprawl forces people to travel further jobs, making cities less sustainable ⤵️

Darwinian evolution is the best example of fucking around and finding out

My new op-ed on land value tax with Floyd Marinescu 🔰 for Toronto Star

Councillor Paula Fletcher has made reference to letters by Hospital CEOs supporting the University Ave bike lanes in 2020. Here are a couple of those letters, from CEOs of Sick Kids and Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai CEO says 63% of hospital staff bike to work.

Ami The only true justice for the land is global Georgism, but people aren't ready for that argument.

Paris proves bold leadership transforms cities. 🌍 From suffocating smog (2007) to clean, green & livable streets (2023): 🚴‍♀️ 100s of km of bike lanes 🌳 Tens of thousands of trees 🚗 Car-free zones & 30 km/h limits Millions now breathe clean air. When will we dare to follow? 💪

City of Tokyo released a 3D digital twin of the entire city in high resolution point cloud, free to download. It’s an inevitable trend that more and more cities, houses, and factories will be transported into simulations. Robots will not be trained in isolation. They will be

My most radical belief is that a lot of people would love to live in a neighborhood with great cycling and transit infrastructure:

So happy someone (Marcel Salathé) did the work and put an end to the stupid take that ChatGPT etc. require a ton of energy 🙏🏼

Awesome & wholesome: Slashdotters were dunking on Steve Wozniak for selling his Apple stock… then he showed up in the comments with the most grounded reply. Gave away his Apple wealth, funds museums, pays his taxes, and measures life by joy: “Happiness is Smiles minus Frowns.”

Remember this the next time you hear some right wing dingus complain about money going to research on mushroom enzymes or whatever