Somehow I’ve ended up making ceramics. I use OpenSCAD to turn 3D models into slices, laser cut templates from them, then use them to hand-cut and assemble the model. I’m not very good at it, which results in a hybrid look of machined and handcrafted I like.
Is archiving on your roadmap? The primary reason I use Pinboard is (at least some of) my stored URLs have text snapshots I can use in the case of linkrot.
That is not that much of a problem, is it? Any annoying American anti-science wingnut (and what about non-Americans, are they not annoying?) is easily blocked so in that respect not that much has changed. The widening of the Overton window will bring in more of those who previously were censored but that does not make them all - or even most of them - anti-science wingnuts. They just hold opinions which hitherto were deigned off-limits on ideological grounds. As far as I'm concerned this should improve the quality of the discourse instead of diminish it since ideology tends to be more of a hindrance than a help there. That is what the scientific method is about after all: careful observation, applying rigorous scepticism about what is observed, given that cognitive assumptions can distort how one interprets the observation. I want my observations to be scrutinised by those who look at things from a different perspective because they may see problems which I'm likely to overlook. The opposite is true as well, I will see holes which they are likely to overlook.
Of all the tools for helping find your follows in the fediverse, I hope https://movetodon.org/ gets more attention. It is easier (no “download and upload this CSV”) and also serves a purpose over time to discover new migrants.
The site could do with some text explaining what it does, who operates it and a privacy policy etc. rather than just starting off by immediately asking for permission to access my Twitter account. Looks as shady as ... as it is.
I am thankful for the role McDonalds and other commercial third spaces play in the lives of many, especially poor Americans.
I'm also deeply sad that this is made necessary by insufficient social resources and poor land use. It's even nicer to have community centers and parks that can serve this purpose without the need for purchases.
It's also nice that they provide employment for cultures without apprenticeship opportunities but, again, a bit sad that it's necessary.
We're working on it. Parking is being removed pretty quickly, one of the three major canal rings will go car-free soon. (And by 2030 we hope to allow only electric motors anywhere in the center, but that's driven by air quality rather than land use.)
For a few years now, every road construction project near my Amsterdam home has removed car lanes. Also parking. Usually the freed space goes to protected cycle paths, but sidewalks, trees, and playgrounds sometimes win some new space as well.
(N.b. there is a plan to add a lane to portions of the outer ring highway, so "more car lanes to reduce traffic" still has some advocates.)
