George Mari @GeorgeMari@social.cleverlibre.org

~one billion
~1,000,000,000

That's how many parking spaces there are in the USA. For every car? About 4 empty spaces... just sitting there, not absorbing the rain, making flooding worse, making cities hotter as they bake in the summer sun.

Our built environment and laws bend over backwards to make driving the only viable transportation option in nearly every imaginable context.

You need to pay for healthcare, but almost never parking.

(Pointing this out makes libertarian heads explode.)

wow https://www.vice.com/en/article/88x5gb/imax-still-runs-on-palmpilot-operating-system

We are heartbroken. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-11371668

A dear trans friend of mine and her trans cousin have a plan to escape Florida and need just a little help to make it happen.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/escape-trans-hate

Please boost, share, and contribute if it's safe for you.

Thank you, as always, wonderful community

#mutualaid #transgender

**CALLING ALL FRIENDS, ADVOCATES, AND ACTIVISTS** A leaked e-mail from a Texas Department of Protective Safety trooper documents the remarkably cruel measures Governor Greg Abbott has instituted at the border to deter crossings. These include hidden razor wire traps, the withholding of water even in extreme heat, and orders to push migrants—including children and infants—back into the Rio Grande where they might drown. The sight of razor wire to corral innocent human beings has echoes for me personally, when similar wire surrounded the Japanese American internment camps of my youth. We cannot let Governor Greg Abbott get away with this. I'm calling on you, my friends, advocates and activists, to help put a stop to this by signing the petition demanding the Biden Administration puts an end to these inhumane practices against migrants in Texas.

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/806/513/820/?TAP=2430&source_id=TexasMigrants

Want to see some mommy sea otters with their little floaty pups hanging out on top? Sure you do! From Glacier Bay, Alaska.
#Nature #SeaOtter #Otter #Alaska #NaturePhotography #Mom

Hi everyone!

As a bit of introduction, I'm Andrew Brandt. I'm a principal researcher working to help protect computers and networks from cybercriminals.

A little bit of personal news to share: I'm running for a seat on the Boulder Valley School District board of directors. I've just launched my campaign website and will be posting here about education policy and issues facing public schools.

You can learn more about my campaign at https://brandtforbvsd.co/

DRM-free PDF subscriptions to 2600 have finally arrived! https://store.2600.com/collections/subscriptions-renewals/products/d1g1t-lsub

To our AmazonKindle Subscribers - you can now subscribe directly to 2600 - DRM-free & your issues will never disappear! https://www.2600.com/content/get-2600-your-kindle

We've got more than 150,000 subscribers on our YouTube channel, but only about 1500 Patreon and YouTube channel members. While we're LOVING the support we already have, if just 1,000 more of you who watch our content donated $1 a month, we'd be able to do so much more -- and not worry about money as much! ;)

Links? We have them:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved.
Kofi: https://www.ko-fi.com/transportevolved

I'm sick of reading lists of "popular developer blogs" that are just the same corporations listing the other ones over and over and over again.

I know there are great blogs and newsletters out there, many of them run by individuals. Help me find them!

Skydiving is enough https://markleidner.substack.com/p/skydiving-is-enough

Battery shortage forces GM to pause commercial EV production

GM's efforts to scale up EV production are being hampered by supply issues.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/07/battery-shortage-forces-gm-to-pause-commercial-ev-production/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

🎉@ProPublica is looking for an engineer to lead our cloud infrastructure efforts.
📌Remote (or based in any of our offices)
💰Pay is $130K-$155K
💻Apply:
https://boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/jobs/4252949006

Project Gutenberg partnered with Microsoft to make over 5000 new audiobooks.

They are freely available at
https://marhamilresearch4.blob.core.windows.net/gutenberg-public/Website/index.html

as well as popular podcast download sites. Read more about this effort, and see a video of Project Gutenberg CEO Greg Newby talking about it:
https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/1646266241611394912-project-gutenberg-nonprofit-azure-synapse-analytics-azure-ai-services

#books #literature

The makers of Halide just made their long exposure camera app free for everyone https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/18/long-exposure-iphone-camera/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Musk, Tesla board to return $735M after being sued for overpaying themselves

Shareholder lawsuit said Tesla board pay "grossly exceeds" corporate norms.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/musk-tesla-board-to-return-735m-after-being-sued-for-overpaying-themselves/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Insurance won't cover the walker I need for mobility and safety. So I started a GoFundMe. If you can share, boost, or even donate I would appreciate it. https://gofund.me/9f17451a #mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #NEISvoid #crowdfund #disabilitycrowdfund @mutual_aid @mutualaid

Boost if you're old enough to remember ZMODEM.

I joined #Mastodon last November after a segment on Swedish national radio. After trying some different instances I found my home at #vmstio last month.

I’d like to join the choir praising the positive and tolerant platform this is. The whole #Fediverse concept that Mastodon is part of has brought me back to #OpenSource and #SoftwareDevelopment. The past months has actually in a way restored my faith in humanity.

Thank you!