Tootfinder

I like neighborhood better than nurture. Of course, it's always both...intimately entwined.
#Nature #Nurture #SameNeighborhood

NYC Participatory Voting for Improvement Projects
How would you spend $1 million in your neighborhood?
The better question is how would you allocate $1million between city agencies? And the big question is and will not be answered: What happens if we don't vote for fixing potholes on Broadway? Does DOT just do that as part of its regular street milling schedule?
#participatoryBudgeting

I was in Everett, WA last night for my kid's sporting event, so I wandered around the Riverside neighborhood for a few minutes with my camera.
#fujifilm #x100vi #photography

Boring little neighborhood bike ride this morning, just 3 miles in 20 minutes... better than nothing I guess.
#mke #milwaukee #biking

Atlanta Shows How Graffiti Can Be a Neighborhood Asset
#RealEstate #UrbanPlanning #Bloomberg #CityLab

I'm not on Xitter any more, but someone else (on IRC, lol) posted this. #BikeTooter #Wildfires #CarsAreDumb
I think the original article is from 2017.

#ThrowBackThursday #BloomScrolling #FlowersOfMastodon
An orange Lily. June 2003

Captain Awkward, recommendation
Is it possible that anyone here has not yet encountered the wonder of Captain Awkward's advice blog? I highly recommend!
"If your neighborhood does not yet have a cranky old lady who takes no shit and tells no lies, you will have to become her."
#relationships #friendship #boundaries

the recent crackdown on unlicensed #nyc #cannabis bodegas has ushered in a massive overnight vibe shift from over-the-top garish to hilariously anonymous. the next phase in weed bodega aesthetics, already a topic for street art documentarians. (photos by a pal, but expect to see it in my neighborhood soon &a…

Okay, a centralized sprinkler system can decide which zones to turn on, so that water pressure doesn't get to low
Say a neighborhood links up their AC units into a swarm and they cooperate so that the load on the grid isn't too crazy (think after a power outage in Texas all AC units turn on at once)
How do you spot the cheaters?
#decentralization #distributedsystems

#nypd continues to occupy the #columbia neighborhood in #nyc
Hard to capture the number of #nypd and cop cars of every size on every block from my bike.
And the #press covering how the protestors prevent folks from getting around … is itself occupying the public #bikenyc #citibike station actually interfering w peoples ability to get around.
It feels like it’s an occupied zone.
I am feeling shame and sadness this morning.

😡 How racism impacts support for affordable housing
#housing

How racism impacts support for affordable housing
The majority of people in the United States support affordable housing, but attitudes often shift when local developments are proposed. Stanford researchers have found that negative emotional associations with the idea of affordable housing, as well as racist beliefs, contribute significantly to neighborhood-level opposition.

Living in K-Town LA this weekend 😎
#losangeles

What an uplifting story—it made my day! #MicroFarming #Gardening #NoMoreLawns

Older shop windows in New Orleans.
1) Algiers Point - Renecky Shoe Co
2)Algiers Point - Whiskey & Wines
3)Freret Street, 13th Ward - Big Shot, Oil Change
4)Gentilly - Air Conditioned Drugs
Photos by Infrogmation of New Orleans
@…
#FensterFriday

Just the right size of chair for the house. 😀
(shot on yesterday's walk)
#neighborhood

$300K #SanFrancisco #NoeValley #PublicToilet installed for $1.4 million UNDER BUDGET!

$1.7 million public toilet officially opens in San Francisco's Noe Valley
A $1.7 million toilet in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood is now open. 

🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Audioasis
Liv Victorino:
🎵 Neighborhood
#LivVictorino

Okay, a centralized sprinkler system can decide which zones to turn on, so that water pressure doesn't get to low
Say a neighborhood links up their AC units into a swarm and they cooperate so that the load on the grid isn't too crazy (think after a power outage in Texas all AC units turn on at once)
How do you spot the cheaters?
#decentralization #distributedsystems

Today’s mission is simple: figure out where the sun will be in the sky starting around 3:00pm-ish so that we can plan where best to watch tomorrow’s big event! (Without actually leaving our neighborhood 🙂)
#Eclipse #Eclipse2024

Central Business District tolling is set to begin in #NYC It might mean ~1000 extra cars 🤷‍♀️ park just outside the zone.
#Manhattan Borough President thinks residential parking permits are the answer
Uptown Manhattan Councilwoman thinks these few cars are a bigger issue than through traffic uptown 🤦‍♀️
#carbrain !

Pleasant day. T-shirt stroll throughout the neighborhood playing #Ingress, #Radonautica, and #Dérive. (French for "drift". Something-something situationalism. Anyway, these ar…

#squirrelsOfMastodon #squirrel

🔊 Auf radioeins läuft...
Tom Waits:
🎵 In The Neighborhood
#NowPlaying #TomWaits
https://open.spotify.com/track/3FmZqYbj5JOwXSTq2lm9lT
https://dustincarpenter.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-neighborhood-tom-waits

In an alley in my #WestSeattle neighborhood #spring

Here's a map of the potholes in my neighborhood I've reported to the city.
Green means they've been repaired, orange means the submission has been "received" but not fixed yet.
We can work together to make the world (or at least a small part of it) a better place.
#mke #milwaukee

Older shop windows in New Orleans.
1) Algiers Point - Renecky Shoe Co
2)Algiers Point - Whiskey & Wines
3)Freret Street, 13th Ward - Big Shot, Oil Change
4)Gentilly - Air Conditioned Drugs
Photos by Infrogmation of New Orleans
@…
#FensterFriday

I’m grateful to live in a quiet neighborhood and have the chaos of Bogotš available by walking a few minutes. 😅 #remotework

Graffiti Can Be a Neighborhood Asset, If Cities Embrace It
#RealEstate #UrbanPlanning #Bloomberg #CityLab

#Bloomscrolling #Flowers
Some plum flowers in my neighborhood.

Today’s mission is simple: figure out where the sun will be in the sky starting around 3:00pm-ish so that we can plan where best to watch tomorrow’s big event! (Without actually leaving our neighborhood 🙂)
#Eclipse #Eclipse2024

This is fun.
#BlockBuster #Movies #Film #DVD

Free Blockbuster Libraries Offer an Alternative to Streaming
The neighborhood lending libraries have popped up around North America, offering a nostalgic return to DVDs.

In an alley in my #WestSeattle neighborhood #spring

Spotted a yellow-crowned night heron and a black rat snake on yesterday's neighborhood walk. (I think that's what they are, but open to being corrected.)
Saw them both within 100-150 ft of each other, on the 6th km of an otherwise uneventful 7.5km walk. 😀
Snake video 👇🏽 (none of my clients were able to attach both videos to this post).
#photography

I’m grateful to live in a quiet neighborhood and have the chaos of Bogotš available by walking a few minutes. 😅 #remotework

📈 Happier, more connected neighborhoods start right in the front yard
https://theconversation.com/happier-more-connected-neighborhoods-start-right-in-the-front-yard-225429

Happier, more connected neighborhoods start right in the front yard
A new study shows how front yards can serve as windows into the inner lives of their residents – and their feelings about their home, neighborhood and city.

from: Lenore Skenazy of #FreeRangeKids
Avg parent does 6 car trips/week to school or extracurriculars.
But once #LetGrowOrg RENORMALIZES letting kids play in the neighborhood again--and/or get themselves places--everyone will win!

Average parent enjoys just 32 minutes of free time each day, survey finds
A new survey that explores the daily routines of moms and dads finds the average parent enjoys about a half hour of free time on a typical day -- and many find themselves being forced to actually hide from their kids in order to get away.

Chicago’s novel idea for paying off affordable housing, development bond
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

📈 Happier, more connected neighborhoods start right in the front yard
https://theconversation.com/happier-more-connected-neighborhoods-start-right-in-the-front-yard-225429

Happier, more connected neighborhoods start right in the front yard
A new study shows how front yards can serve as windows into the inner lives of their residents – and their feelings about their home, neighborhood and city.

☀️ New survey finds positive perceptions of solar projects
#solar …

New survey finds positive perceptions of solar projects
As solar energy development accelerates, how do Americans actually feel about those large scale solar, or LSS, farms they see along the highway or near their neighborhood? A new survey has found that for residents living within three miles of a large-scale solar development, positive attitudes outnumbered negative attitudes by almost a 3–to–1 margin.

CityLab Daily: Can the Paris Olympics Revitalize a Long-Troubled Neighborhood?
#RealEstate #UrbanPlanning #Bloomberg #CityLab

How One Brooklyn Neighborhood Became a Nightclub Haven
#RealEstate #UrbanPlanning #Bloomberg #CityLab