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#30DaysOfBiking, Day 4 (and maybe also already 5): The initial plan was to #BikeToWork, but I didn't feel well in the morning and decide to work from home instead. After a longer after-lunch nap I felt much better again and worked far into the evening. It was nearly midnight when I mounted t…

Mayor Eric Johnson wants the Chiefs to move to Dallas from Kansas City despite already having Cowboys in the city https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/mayor_eri…

Mayor Eric Johnson wants the Chiefs to move to Dallas from Kansas City despite already having Cowboys in the city
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has a special proposal for the reigning Super Bowl champions, after the voters in Jackson County, Missouri rejected the ballot measure for renovating the Arrowhead Stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs. However, this doesn’t mean in any way a relocation for the Dallas Cowboys.  Johnson sat down in an interview with the Dallas Morning News. He claimed that Dallas is ‘big enough’ to support another NFL team, especially when it comes to the Chiefs. Dallas was named th…

The Last City - Limited series 🌏🌧💨
Dramatized “cli-fi” series | Total listening time: 3h 0m
In the climate-ravaged year of 2072, Pura stands as a miraculous green haven, a geoengineered paradise that protects lucky residents from the global catastrophes of heat domes, fires, floods, and droughts. But a dark secret underpins Pura’...

The Last City - Limited series 🌏🌧💨
Dramatized “cli-fi” series | Total listening time: 3h 0m In the climate-ravaged year of 2072, Pura stands as a miraculous green haven, a geoengineered paradise that protects lucky residents from the global catastrophes of heat domes, fires, floods, and droughts. But a dark secret underpins Pura’s existence. Good Energy, a nonprofit story consultancy for the age of climate change, was a consultant on the series. 1 seasons, 6 episodes as of Mar 04, 2024.

"Saudi Arabia is very much aware that the end is in sight for the fossil fuel economy that underpins its sovereign and private wealth. In anticipation of the inevitable end of fossil fuels, Riyadh is actively working to shift to new sources of income so as to future proof its economy in a carbon-zero world."
The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s proposed urban mega-project sends a clear warning - Raw Story

The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s proposed urban mega-project sends a clear warning
There is a long history of planned city building by both governments and the private sector from Brasilia to Islamabad. More recently, two trends have come together in a new wave of visionary urban planning. On the one hand, there are the neoliberal “special economic zone” policies that accelera...

We produced controversy maps on the chip rush in #Vietnam.
26th floor.
A timeline representing corporate, legal and public activities. A timelapse of rural change. A bit artsy.
To be translated into a digital format.
#semiconductors

lots to unpack in this article about Mayor Breed downzoning the west side but:
"the city has until 2026 to complete a rezoning that would add capacity for 37,000 units of housing to San Francisco’s current pipeline, which has about 80,000 units approved. Most of the approved projects are on hold for economic reasons."
80k units approved but not profitable enough to build! zoning schmoning, we need social housing.

Raiders’ Maxx Crosby admits he respects the Chiefs despite hating them for being the best in NFL https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/raiders_maxx_crosby_admits_he_respects_the_c…

Raiders’ Maxx Crosby admits he respects the Chiefs despite hating them for being the best in NFL
“Never fear your enemy, but always respect them.” This quote is particularly relevant in the world of sports where athletes are constantly competing to beat one another and get the better of each other. In the NFL, a league that takes physicality to the next level, it is hard for teams to consistently remain at the top for years at a stretch, but the Kansas City Chiefs have managed to do it since 2019. It comes as no surprise that the Kansas City Chiefs are the most hated team in America ri…

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-state-reps-fix-the-nyc-doe-tuition-reimbursement-system?source=direct_link& if you're in

Tell your state reps: Fix the NYC DOE tuition reimbursement system!
We have a critical opportunity to have the New York State legislature move on a bill, S1993A (AVERSION?) that would establish new oversight and penalties on the NYC Department of Education's tuition reimbursement system for Carter and Connors cases. This is needed now because delays in legally-mandated reimbursement have become unbearable for schools and there is no resolution in sight coming from New York City. State intervention is the only remaining tool to fix this broken system. By wr…

“Biden broke his silence on the demonstrations on Thursday after the UCLA raid, saying Americans have the right to protest but not to unleash violence.
‘Destroying property is not a peaceful protest,’ he said at the White House. ‘It’s against the law. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the canceling of classes and graduations — none of this is a peaceful protest.’

Fresh chaos, arrests as police flatten camp at UCLA
In the pre-dawn hours, helmeted police swarmed a tent city set up at the University of California in Los Angeles, using flash bangs and riot gear.

https://sanjosespotlight.com/will-san-jose-city-council-lose-its-labor-majority-election-2024/

Will San Jose council lose its labor majority? - San José Spotlight
Progressive and labor friendly politicians have enjoyed a majority on the San Jose City Council for the past two years, but the November elections may flip the balance.

Mozilla VPN trick for anyone in the New England region of the US - There's a NYC server and a Secaucus server.
NYC and Secaucus are practically right next to each other, only 10 miles in between. But, Secaucus is used a lot less. To the point where Mozilla VPN is 2x as fast if you use the Secaucus server.
Screenshot 1: NYC, NY server
Screenshot 2: Secaucus, NJ server
#vpn

A good friend who teaches at universities in Kyōto got married late in life, and had me give a speech in Japanese at the reception. I had wanted to keep it simple, but once my Japanese wife got involved, I ended up with all sorts of formal clothing and a more elaborate gift. The ceremonies were held at a hotel in the central city. The wedding chapel was inside the hotel but had windows above it. Typical of Japan, the ceremonies were eclectic, with Japanese and Western elements including song…

Daily pic of #Brisbane

Why the Bills moved Stefon Diggs, plus how the deal went down. https://theathletic.com/5391374/2024/04/04/stefon-diggs-trade-scoop-city/

Why the Bills moved Stefon Diggs, plus how the deal went down.
Unpacking the Stefon Diggs trade: Why Buffalo made the move and what Houston is getting.

Been a minute since I was in City Hall Chambers. It's a Committe of the Whole meeting. Always good to hear public asking questions of local government and local governrnent responding.
#LocalGov #PortAlberni

I mean, he's got a point on this one.
Though most of the right-wing coverage highlights the "you can change gender identity but not racial identity??" angle. That's only semi-relevant here, though, as the issue is more "the correct option didn't exist."

#BikeStreak, Day #35: Rode 9km at comfortable 19℃ with the #Brompton through again North Western Höngg and the Waldlabor.ch area (but nearly only different ways than a few days ago), then through ETH Hönggerberg and criss-cross through paths in the

For weeks, graduate students at The Columbia Journalism School chronicled protests, and professors worked to ensure access and safety as the campus locked down (Charlotte Klein/Vanity Fair)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/columbia-protests-student…

“Everything Felt Really Dystopian”: Columbia Student Journalists on the Front Lines of Gaza Protests
They’ve gotten a crash course in breaking news, capturing the Hamilton Hall occupation and the NYPD’s crackdown, while surviving on pizza and operating on little sleep. The students, says one professor, have “become professional journalists reporting on the biggest story right now, not only in the city, but in the nation.”

Another tough day in the socialist hellscape of San Francisco #trailrunning

Russian drones hit Sumy: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/06/russian-drones-hit.html

blumenau_drug: Blumenau drug interactions (2019)
A network of drug-drug interactions, extracted from 18 months of electronic health records (EHRs) from the city of Blumenau in Southern Brazil. Nodes are annotated with drug information (separate file), and edges are weighted by the severity of the interaction, along with other information.
This network has 75 nodes and 181 edges.
Tags: Biological, Drug interactions, Weighted, Metadata

AP report on Hoboken explains what a real Vision Zero policy (as opposed to an empty declaration) involves. https://apnews.com/article/hoboken-zero-traffic-deaths-daylighting-pedestrian-safety-007dec…

New Jersey city hasn’t had a traffic death in 7 years. Here's how
Hoboken, New Jersey, recently marked seven consecutive years without a traffic death. Officials there credit their decision to take away some street parking, a change that increases visibility for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. The city of nearly 60,000 people just across the Hudson River from Manhattan has become a model. Sweden originated similar changes more than a quarter-century ago, and numerous cities, states and nations have since adopted the approach. One key to Hoboken's success…

A Saturday thread:
Are you a fan of Charley Barsotti? I was always a huge fan--all the way back to Sally Bananas, but especially of the Pup--but I always loved his political cartoons, as well, & then, when I lived in Kansas City, we became friends. I woke up thinking about him today--I think I dreamed about him last night.

The Larimer Senior Group and artist John Peña have been collaborating on a series of public artworks over the last four years.
They meet for a monthly luncheon at The EECO Center in Larimer where they enjoy good food and fellowship while designing new project ideas and planning field trips around the city.
In 2020, Peña and the seniors created “The Larimer Times” Newsletter.
This full-color printed document chronicles the lives of the seniors through first-person storyte…

"If you don’t care for Farrell or Breed or Garry Tan or any of the others making Churchillian statements about fighting off a Peskin mayoralty at any cost, then their forthcoming torrent of negative material... could solidify Peskin’s place as the last progressive standing and drive up his name ID."
https://mis…

Aaron Peskin sells himself as a man in recovery for a city in need of recovery. Will voters buy that?
Aaron Peskin makes it official: He's running for mayor. His pitch? A city in need of recovery needs a mayor in recovery.

Thief
There is a rising tide of fear in The City. Hatred saturates every stone and whilst the rich prosper, the less fortunate face misery and repression. Ravaged with sickness and famine, they wait for something to change.
Into this shadowy world steps Garrett, THE master thief in Thief, a reinvention of a franchise that helped define an entire genre of games. This first-person adventure features intelligent design that allows ...

Optimization of the Energy-Comfort Trade-Off of HVAC Systems in Electric City Buses Based on a Steady-State Model
Fabio Widmer, Stijn van Dooren, Christopher H. Onder
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00517

Optimization of the Energy-Comfort Trade-Off of HVAC Systems in Electric City Buses Based on a Steady-State Model
The electrification of public transport vehicles offers the potential to relieve city centers of pollutant and noise emissions. Furthermore, electric buses have lower life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than diesel buses, particularly when operated with sustainably produced electricity. However, the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system can consume a significant amount of energy, thus limiting the achievable driving range. In this paper, we address the HVAC system in an…

I understand that using non-technical terminology is important for communication to the general public, but, people know what crayfish are, right?? 🤔
"Lobster-like creatures are spreading and causing havoc across Ontario"
https://www.blogto.com/city/2024/05/invasi

Several species of lobster-like creatures spreading and causing havoc across Ontario
Several species of invasive crayfish are spreading across Ontario at worrying speed, and these small lobster-like crustaceans are already wreaking ...

I think I am literally coughing up Sahara Desert dust ->
"The snow on Mount Vitosha, which rises above the capital city, has turned yellow as the Saharan dust continues to blow."
Dust from the Sahara to drift across Bulgaria until 2 April
https://bnr.bg/en/post/101970460<…

Mozilla VPN trick for anyone in the New England region of the US - There's a NYC server and a Secaucus server.
NYC and Secaucus are practically right next to each other, only 10 miles in between. But, Secaucus is used a lot less. To the point where Mozilla VPN is 2x as fast if you use the Secaucus server.
Screenshot 1: NYC, NY server
Screenshot 2: Secaucus, NJ server
#vpn

Evo has introduced an electric bike share program for Nanaimo on Vancouver Island
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/e-bike-share-program-launches-in-nanaimo-8696995

E-bike share program launches in Nanaimo
The bike share is a partnership between the B.C. Automobile Association’s Evolve (Evo) E-Bike Share program and the City of Nanaimo

Claymation Cats!
DALL-E 3 created these for me in a "Cat riding a motorcycle" test and they turned out better than I thought!
Then, I got cut off for using the OpenAI system too much. I had to wait 9 minutes between each image generation... and I pay for that?! Hmph!
#AI #AIart

Join Northeast Arizona Native Democrats Native Voting Power Tour 2024 April 9th-16th!
#BidenHarris4More #BidenHarris2024
Support Jonathan Nez for US House!
#Arizona

Daily pic of #Brisbane

‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
The Israeli army marked thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties,
https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli

‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local Call reveal.

Who’s The Biggest FA Priority If You’re Raiders GM Tom Telesco? https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/whos_the_biggest_fa_priority_if_youre_raiders_gm_tom_telesco/s1_16460_40057622

Who’s The Biggest FA Priority If You’re Raiders GM Tom Telesco?
If you’re Las Vegas Raiders general manager Tom Telesco, which upcoming free agent should be your priority right now? Despite it being his first offseason as the new shot-caller in Sin City, Telesco won’t have much time to dwell; the future is now. The former Chargers boss is coming into a unique situation; despite owning the 13th overall pick, the Raiders aren’t in need of a teardown. In fact, you could argue that the roster needs a few adjustments, and by making the right additions this…

The rare NYC earthquake underscores concerns about infrastructure - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/5/24122320/nyc-earthquake-bridges-infrastructure-concerns

The rare NYC earthquake underscores concerns about infrastructure
New York City and the surrounding area felt the effects of a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that originated in New Jersey. Experts say damage isn’t likely.

While I am loathe to quote this guy …
But that the Times thinks it maybe might be could be says, again, all you need to know about how they’ll cover cycling from here on in.
From: @…
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The New York Times :press: (@nytimes@press.coop)
Attached: 1 image Why Bicycle Deaths Have Risen in New York City Fatalities and serious injuries among cyclists had been trending downward for years, but both increased in 2023. #press https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/nyregion/nyc-cyclist-deaths-ebike.html?utm_source=press.coop

#Parody #NYTimesPitchbot
Via New York Times Pitchbot @DougJBalloon
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BREAKING: Nikki Haley wins the Washington DC Republican primary, dominating the city's key demographic of op-ed columnists.

"Salt the New York Botanical Garden. Pave."
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/how-to-make-new-york-city-more-car-friendly
Charlie Dektar's advice on how to make NYC more car friendly.

Today I learned Minneapolis' bikeshare system, Nice Ride, shut down last year. We complain about how expensive the SF system (also run by Lyft) has gotten, but maybe we're lucky to have one at all? Ouch. #BikeTooter

Nice Ride shuts down pioneering Minneapolis bike share program
When Nice Ride launched in 2010, Minneapolis was one of only two American cities to have public bike sharing. The program helped pioneer the concept of micromobility, which has evolved to include electric scooters and e-bikes. But without a corporate sponsor, Nice Ride is shutting down.

Diffraction and Scattering Aware Radio Map and Environment Reconstruction using Geometry Model-Assisted Deep Learning
Wangqian Chen, Junting Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00229 …

Diffraction and Scattering Aware Radio Map and Environment Reconstruction using Geometry Model-Assisted Deep Learning
Machine learning (ML) facilitates rapid channel modeling for 5G and beyond wireless communication systems. Many existing ML techniques utilize a city map to construct the radio map; however, an updated city map may not always be available. This paper proposes to employ the received signal strength (RSS) data to jointly construct the radio map and the virtual environment by exploiting the geometry structure of the environment. In contrast to many existing ML approaches that lack of an environmen…

An illustration that the angry voices shouting that “Taxation is Theft” or “The Goverment Does Nothing for the People” are often just that, voices. In a town of 10,000, on the issue of funding for our aging and degrading sewer system, our fire department and our swimming pool, the issue was decided by 546 people. Glad at the results, but a bit disheartened, but not surprised, by the indifference.
OK Election Results

$42 million (and counting) will be spent on a project to fight #homelessness in #Whitehorse, #Yukon, a city of 32,000 people. Good, I wish it was $50 million. However, the project the money is spe…

Autonomous Vehicle Networks for More Reliable Truck Tracking in Challenged High Mountain Roads, Tunnels and Bridges Environments
Junhao Chen, Milena Radenkovic
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.03033

Autonomous Vehicle Networks for More Reliable Truck Tracking in Challenged High Mountain Roads, Tunnels and Bridges Environments
The popularity of online shopping has challenged the existing express tracking. How to provide customers with reliable and stable express tracking has become one of the important issues that express companies need to solve now. The current stage of courier tracking is not ideal in challenging environments such as mountain roads, tunnels and city centres. Therefore, the project aims to overcome the challenging environment and achieve stable express tracking, and proposes the Ya'an scenario and c…

NYPD is right now about to storm Columbia University in NYC after protesters against genocide occupied a university building.
Here’s something interesting from the Uhiversity website.

"Language City" by Ross Perlin. An extract in The Atlantic about the rich and deep diversity of languages spoken in New York City. Seven hundred languages!
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/02/new-york-endangered-l…

New York Is an Unsung Haven for the World’s Languages
This deep linguistic diversity is among the least explored but possibly most consequential factors in the city’s history and makeup.

AP report on Hoboken explains what a real Vision Zero policy (as opposed to an empty declaration) involves. https://apnews.com/article/hoboken-zero-traffic-deaths-daylighting-pedestrian-safety-007dec…

New Jersey city hasn’t had a traffic death in 7 years. Here's how
Hoboken, New Jersey, recently marked seven consecutive years without a traffic death. Officials there credit their decision to take away some street parking, a change that increases visibility for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. The city of nearly 60,000 people just across the Hudson River from Manhattan has become a model. Sweden originated similar changes more than a quarter-century ago, and numerous cities, states and nations have since adopted the approach. One key to Hoboken's success…

To be honest, I had been (perhaps inexplicably) naturally inclined to believe the move to a municipal police force would be a bad thing for combating things like diversity and harassment. In other words, I thought the RCMP would have been better than a Surrey Police Force.
This story may disabuse me of any notion that the RCMP is not rotten to its core. The "good eggs" are wholly outnumbered.

Thief
There is a rising tide of fear in The City. Hatred saturates every stone and whilst the rich prosper, the less fortunate face misery and repression. Ravaged with sickness and famine, they wait for something to change.
Into this shadowy world steps Garrett, THE master thief in Thief, a reinvention of a franchise that helped define an entire genre of games. This first-person adventure features intelligent design that allows ...

'Welcome home': Dallas vies for second NFL team after Chiefs' stadium tax plan fails https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39874495/kansas-city-chiefs-arrowhead-stadium-tax-dallas-cowboys-mayor

Dallas mayor pitches Chiefs' return off rejected stadium tax - ESPN
Following Kansas City voters' rejection of a stadium renovation-funding sales tax, Dallas mayor Eric Johnson pitched his city as the team's new home.

Military: Ukraine stalls Russian advances in some areas near Avdiivka: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/04/military-ukraine-stalls.html

Report: Former Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Died From Cancer https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/report_former_dallas_cowboys_quarterback_died_from_cancer/s1_17068_40326874

us_air_traffic: U.S. air traffic
Yearly snapshots of flights among all commercial airports in the United States from 1990 to today. Metadata include passengers, distance, carrier, airport located city, state, and month of the flight.
This network has 2278 nodes and 6390340 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Airport, Unweighted, Metadata, Temporal

Nikki Haley won her first contest in the Republican presidential nomination race on Sunday after triumphing in Washington, D.C.'s primary.
(It won’t likely change the contest’s trajectory.)

After three days of voting, polls in the Washington race closed at 7 p.m. Eastern on Sunday.
Though only 19 delegates were stake, Haley perhaps had her best chance of defeating Trump in a race where he performed poorly in the last competitive GOP presidential contest in 2016.

Nikki Haley wins D.C. primary, her first victory in GOP nominating race
Unlike Trump, Haley campaigned in Washington ahead of the primary, visiting the city on Friday.

Free public transit would be amazing. And to the people who would say "iTs SoCiAlIsM": Sure, so what? Come up with *substantive* critiques, not ad-hominem BS.
https://sanjosespotlight.com/philbrick-its-time-to-think-differ…

Philbrick: It's time to think differently about public transit fares - San José Spotlight
Commuters hustling to get to work, students trekking across the city to get to school and visitors touring colleges all must fumble through their wallets and purses for exact change, multiple transit cards for different systems and paper tickets just to get to their destination. Multi-use transit cards like the Clipper card work well, but...

Why Egypt can't and won't open the floodgates from #Gaza | Responsible Statecraft
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/egypt-israel-gaza/

Why Egypt can't and won't open the floodgates from Gaza
A potential Israel invasion of the border city of Rafah is complicating Cairo's relationships — especially with the US.

From the Green Party of #Vancouver
Councillor Pete Fry will introduce a motion at City Council on April 10th to revisit Vancouver’s commitment to safer, slower streets. In 2019, Council voted unanimously in favor of the concept of 30km per hour speed limits on local roads. Fry’s enhanced resolution takes into consideration the introduction of micromobility (i.e. e-scooters, e-bikes) and aims to…

Standard walk from the central tourist area of Kyōto to the World Heritage temple Kiyomizudera. Everywhere is verdant after much rain since March or earlier, and this was a clear day in late April. See details in the captions.
#travel #nature

Spare a thought today for how fucked it is that Prop A the housing bond might get a 66% yes vote and *lose*. We shouldn’t have to vote on it at all! #RepealProp13

Ah yes, cops trampling those pesky first-amendment rights in order to raise a symbol of our freedom.
#HellgateNYC

NYPD Raids CUNY's City College, Violently Arrests Students, Then Hoists American Flag - Hell Gate
Hundreds of officers burst through the City College gates, clearing out a Gaza solidarity encampment.

Was a bit frustrated and tired after work due to some false positives I couldn't figure out. Slept for two hours and then got up again to not loose a bike day in the Swiss #BikeToWork campaign and—more important 😉—to not break my #BikeStreak. It became yet another midnight ride, so in theory it …

Annapolis to ban new drive-thrus in effort to expand walkability outside city's historic core.
Which raises a question: Why is it okay for drivers to stop in a traffic lane when lined up for a drive-thru? If you stopped while a passenger ran into a store & waited on line (let alone stood there on foot to make a political statement), you'd be honked at by drivers & told by police to move on.

Annapolis city council proposes ban on new drive-through facilities
Annapolis is considering prohibiting new drive-through window facilities within the city limits.

The Marion County Record's parent and Eric Meyer, its editor and publisher, file a federal lawsuit over police raids of its offices and Meyer's home in 2023 (John Hanna/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/kansas-news

A Kansas paper and its publisher are suing over police raids. They say damages exceed $10M
A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher have filed a federal lawsuit over police raids last summer of its offices and the publisher’s home. The Marion County Record's parent company and its editor and publisher Eric Meyer also notified local officials Monday that the paper and its publisher believe they are due more than $10 million in damages. The lawsuit accuses the city of Marion, the Marion County Commission and five current and former local officials of violating constitution…

Official: Russia hits power plant in Donetsk Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/05/official-russia-hits.html

Below find the list of the most visited cities in the world by international tourists:
1 Istanbul, Turkey: 20.2 million
2 London, United Kingdom: 18.8 million
3 Dubai, United Emirates: 19.8 million
4 Antalya, Turkey: 16.5 million
5 Paris, France: 15.5 million
6 Hong Kong: 14.7 million
7 Bangkok, Thailand: 12.2 million
8 New York, USA: 11.7 million
9 Cancun, Mexico: 10.8 million
10 Mecca, Saudi Arabia: 10.8 million
Source: Eurom…

This is the most visited city in the world! - Emma's Light
A new report from global market research company Euromonitor International has highlighted the world's most visited cities based on international arrivals. Paris and London may indeed have ham and double-decker buses, but Istanbul has more tourists: the cultural and economic capital of Turkey tops Euromonitor International's list of the 10 most visited cities internationally in 2023, in the index 100 most visited destinations. Subscribe to never miss an article from Ema's Light! Leave this fiel…

I wrote about some feelings on the state of SF politics after doing an early morning lit drop
#SFPol

Reflections after a rainy morning lit drop

Travis Kelce recalls the Cowboys seeing ‘red flags’ in him at NFL Combine interview amid Caleb Williams saga https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/travis_kelce_recalls_th…

Tom Brady's Birmingham City relegated from Championship after disastrous first season under American owners

https://www.cbssports.com/so…

Tom Brady's Birmingham City relegated from Championship after disastrous first season under American owners
A tumultuous season saw the club hire and fire Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney as manager

Will Seattle Respond to the Refugee Crisis with Housing or Handcuffs? - The Stranger
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2024/04/03/79454920/will-seattle-respond-to-the-refugee-crisis-with-housing-or-handcuffs<…

Mayor’s Office Won’t Say If He Will Sweep 300 Migrants Camping on Garfield Tennis Court
When asked if the City intended to sweep, the Mayor’s Office said, “We are evaluating next steps in this emerging issue. We understand that housing and shelter is the most critical need for families to find safety and stability.”

This man needs a therapist. It’s, on one level, kind of funny to see such an absurd reaction to a bike lane, but I don’t feel great pointing and laughing; he really seems not well. https://missionlocal.org/2024/04/yasmins-owner-pledges-30-day-hunger…

Yasmin’s owner pledges 30-day hunger strike over Valencia bike lane
Eiad Eltawil, the owner of Yasmin on Valencia Street said he will go on a 30-day hunger strike over the bike lane.

Las Vegas Raiders may be moving their training camp site away from Henderson and to California https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/las_vegas_raiders_may_be_moving_their_training_…

Las Vegas Raiders may be moving their training camp site away from Henderson and to California
The Las Vegas Raiders are on the verge of a significant shift in their training camp location, a move that could potentially impact their preseason preparations. In the NFL, it's not uncommon for teams to opt for different training camp locations. The Raiders, for instance, have been conducting their camps at their Henderson, Nevada headquarters, a practice that could soon change. Teams like the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, and a few others do their training camps in different locations.…

Russian attacks kill 1 in Kharkiv Oblast, injure 1 in Kherson: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/05/russian-attacks-kill.html

Will Seattle Respond to the Refugee Crisis with Housing or Handcuffs? - The Stranger
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2024/04/03/79454920/will-seattle-respond-to-the-refugee-crisis-with-housing-or-handcuffs<…

Mayor’s Office Won’t Say If He Will Sweep 300 Migrants Camping on Garfield Tennis Court
When asked if the City intended to sweep, the Mayor’s Office said, “We are evaluating next steps in this emerging issue. We understand that housing and shelter is the most critical need for families to find safety and stability.”

New drone footage shows Chasiv Yar
— set amid green fields and woodland
— pounded into an apocalyptic vista.
The destruction is reminiscent of the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiivka,
which Ukraine yielded after months of bombardment and huge losses for both sides.
The strategically important city has been under attack by Russian forces for months.
Capturing it would give Russia control of a hilltop from which it can attack other cities that form the backbone …

Drone footage shows devastation in Ukraine's strategic eastern city of Chasiv Yar as Russians near
Drone footage exclusively obtained by The Associated Press shows months of Russian artillery pounding have devastated a strategic city in eastern Ukraine. Chasiv Yar is a strategic high ground, and capturing it would set the stage for a potentially broader Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine that Ukrainian officials say could come as early as this month. The footage shows a skeletal ghost town, with few residents left. Apartment blocks are reduced to charred facades, and streets are pockmarked…

"This is a nice neighborhood." There's a great story at the end of this podcast about an artist, Daniel Joseph Martinez, standing up to artwashing of the displacement that created Yerba Buena Gardens. Begins around 54:00 https://podcast.app/jeff-chang-e65976354

Jeff Chang - The Nato Sessions
Today’s guest on The Nato Sessions is Jeff Chang, author of the recently “Who We Be: the Colorization of America.” We talk about the difference between race conversation and race spectacle, whether capitalism can end racism, and who is more cynical.

foursquare: Foursquare NYC restaurants (2012)
Two bipartite networks of users and restaurant locations in New York City on Foursquare, from 24 October 2011 to 20 February 2012. In one network, an edge denotes a check-in event of a user at a restaurant. In the other, an edge exists if a user left a tip/comment on a restaurant. Metadata include comments.
This network has 4936 nodes and 27149 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata

Las Vegas Raiders may be moving their training camp site away from Henderson and to California https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/las_vegas_raiders_may_be_moving_their_training_…

Las Vegas Raiders may be moving their training camp site away from Henderson and to California
The Las Vegas Raiders are on the verge of a significant shift in their training camp location, a move that could potentially impact their preseason preparations. In the NFL, it's not uncommon for teams to opt for different training camp locations. The Raiders, for instance, have been conducting their camps at their Henderson, Nevada headquarters, a practice that could soon change. Teams like the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, and a few others do their training camps in different locations.…

Incredible example of lying with graphs from Caltrans. The bike lane pilot on the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge reduced collisions, but they made it look like collisions increased.
Specifically, they divided collisions by vehicle miles traveled. But California's goal is to reduce vehicle miles traveled. So they took two good things achieved by the pilot, and made them cancel out to look like a bad thing. #BikeTooter

Protection for Will Levis, four other NFL team needs and more https://theathletic.com/5394232/2024/04/05/five-nfl-team-needs-scoop-city/

Protection for Will Levis, four other NFL team needs and more
Today's newsletter covered the latest All-32 on NFL team needs, Stefon Diggs' new deal and introduces three NFL prospects.

New #NATO Base Opens In Albania At Former Soviet-Era 'Stalin City' Air Field
https://www.rferl.org/a/nato-albania-air-base/32847320.html

New NATO Base Opens In Albania At Former Soviet-Era 'Stalin City' Air Field
Two fighter jets that took off from NATO's Aviano Air Base in Italy landed in Albania on March 4 to mark the reopening of the Soviet-era Kucova Air Base.

Street parking was already scarce in #Hoboken, New Jersey, when the death of an elderly pedestrian spurred city leaders to remove even more spaces in a bid to 👍end traffic fatalities.👍
For seven years now, the city of nearly 60,000 people has reported resounding success:
♦️Not a single automobile occupant, bicyclist or pedestrian has died in a traffic crash since January 2017♦️, elevating Hoboke…

A New Jersey city that limited street parking hasn’t had a traffic death in 7 years
Hoboken, New Jersey, recently marked seven consecutive years without a traffic death. Officials there credit their decision to take away some street parking, a change that increases visibility for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. The city of nearly 60,000 people just across the Hudson River from Manhattan has become a model. Sweden originated similar changes more than a quarter-century ago, and numerous cities, states and nations have since adopted the approach. One key to Hoboken's success…

San Francisco Police have more racial disparity in deadly force than 92% of big-city police departments. We need more accountability, not less. Vote #NoOnPropE by Tuesday.
source: https://policescorecard.org/ca/poli…

Police Scorecard: San Francisco, CA
Get the facts about police violence and accountability in San Francisco, CA. Evaluate each department and hold them accountable at PoliceScorecard.org

Washington Post: US warned Russia that Crocus City Hall was potential attack target: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/03/washington-post-us.html

The application for the committee on West Portal's redesign doesn't include an option for, "I transfer between transit lines at West Portal," which is what the family of four whose deaths led to the redesign were doing.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA…

Apply for the Welcoming West Portal Committee!
On April 26, Supervisor Myrna Melgar and President of the West Portal Merchants' Association announced their commitment to collaborate on the West Portal Safety Improvement Project by establishing the Welcoming West Portal Committee (WWPC). The WWPC will consist of merchants, neighbors, and visitors to West Portal who share a vision of safety, mobility, and vibrancy for West Portal. The WWPC Committee will meet in person for a minimum of 3 instances. All meetings will be available for the publ…

Eagles C Jason Kelce officially announces retirement after 13 seasons https://www.nfl.com/news/eagles-c-jason-kelce-officially-announces-retirement-after-13-seasons

Eagles C Jason Kelce officially announces retirement after 13 seasons
Jason Kelce has officially called it a career. The Philadelphia Eagles center announced his retirement in a press conference Monday, hanging up the cleats after a 13-year career in the City of Brotherly Love.

Footage of the battle in the city of #Karabulak in #Ingushetia.
According to the Russian media, FSB special forces there blocked Islamic State militants in one of the houses.
Apparently, the apartment where they settled in was shot with a grenade launcher. But the shooting from the apartment is still tak…

Политика Страны
Кадры боя в городе Карабулак в Ингушетии. Как заявляют российские СМИ, спецназ ФСБ там заблокировал в одном из домов боевиков Исламского государства. Судя по всему, по квартире, где они засели, выстрелили из гранатомета. Но стрельба из квартиры все равно ведется. Ряд росс…

This ranking biases toward places lots of people walk/bike to begin with. Tons of pedestrians/cyclists at Market & Octavia = tons of opportunities for injury.
Very few people walk or bike near 19th Ave & Sloat, but it still made the citywide top 10. So if you're wondering where, if *you* decide to walk there, you'll have the highest risk of getting hit, 19th Ave & Sloat is by far the most dangerous on the list.

Governor: Russian attack on Kherson injures man: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/05/governor-russian-attack.html

Hangin out at Fox and Lion, a well kept north Mission secret, which needs to become slightly less well kept based on how quiet it is. Their sandwiches and baked goods are quite good and affordable. They also have vegan pizza by the slice

Moscow court charges 10th person related to Crocus City Hall attack: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/02/moscow-court-charges.html

3-car crash at 18th St & Valencia about an hour and a half ago. One car hit the Taqueria El Buen Sabor building, damaging a column.
(quoted image desc: firefighters work in a taped off area around the taqueria on the corner, with a crashed car nearby and people milling around.) #VisionZeroSF

Can you speak up against Muni fare increases and service cuts tomorrow afternoon at City Hall?
Sign up here: #SFPol

there is a special bike lane in hell for cyclists who close-pass and yell at children on car-free jfk. it’s a park. slow the fuck down and let kids be kids. #bikeSf

some good news from Minnesota. go Gophers! https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/05/02/university-of-minnesota-protests-divestment-agreement

Pro-Palestinian protesters, University of Minnesota reach agreement to end encampment
Organizers of pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus and university leadership announced Thursday morning that they’ve reached an agreement to end the dayslong encampment on Northrop Mall.

Legalizing cannabis is great. How do we deal with the side effect of making the War on (other, still criminalized) Drugs look more defensible?
The problem with the #WarOnDrugs wasn't just that relatively harmless cannabis was included, but also the hard stuff must be addressed as a public health rather than criminal issue. That debate is being tragically lost right now in San Francisco…

Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana, easing restrictions nationwide
The Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana for the first time since the Controlled Substances Act was enacted more than 50 years ago.

apparently sand has been fully covering the @… this weekend. https://sfba.social/@GreatHighwayPark/112023282734481178
we need to talk about not ju…

apparently sand has been fully covering the @… this weekend. https://sfba.social/@GreatHighwayPark/112023282734481178
we need to talk about not ju…