Pedro @PedroMiguel@social.cleverlibre.org

WATCH THIS VIDEO: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia (aka Sprawl) is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this excellent video by @notjustbikes with UrbanThree & Strong Towns. And then please SHARE it as much as possible, especially with your local municipal leaders.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI

#suburbia #sprawl #urbanism #cities #density #cityplanning #economics #downtown

How the British crown has more power than you think – video

We should be serious in debating the abolishing of the monarchy. In my view it has no place if we are truly to make progress and bring about the changes we desperately need as a society.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2022/dec/01/how-the-british-crown-has-more-power-than-you-think-video

Not one of the 33 companies participating in a big trial of a 4-day workweek (with no loss in pay) is returning to a standard 5-day schedule. Productivity went up. Revenue went up. Absenteeism and turnover both went down.

"The benefits are significant."
https://www.livemint.com/companies/people/want-a-four-day-work-week-show-the-results-of-research-to-your-boss-11669783677563.html

*shuts down laptop*
I think that's enough internet for today

*picks up phone*
Let's see what the pocket sized internet is doing

ME: A rawhide book for dogs.

PETCO CEO: What's it about?

ME: It's sort of a chews your own adventure.

PETCO CEO: Get out of my office.

Removal of an airborne contaminant by Air Changes. One air change does NOT remove all contaminants. Due to mixing it only removes 63%. Three air changes removes 95%. Picture changing coffee into milk by mixing milk in and removing the overflow. There's always some coffee remaining. #ventilation #filtration

New in-depth study of e-cargo bikes highlights their ability to replace cars:

"There is a high potential for substitution of private car trips [from] e-cargo bikes, varying from 1 to 4 trips/week avoided."

https://t.co/bMqQo6v46J

#bikes #ebikes #climate #climatecrisis

Yearly reminder to not give money to the Salvation Army. It is not a charity, it's a fundamentalist Christian organization that supports anti-queer policies. Support mutual aid resources instead.

#SalvationArmy

Ultimately Mastodon's killer feature is that it's a public good that someone built because they thought it needed to exist and not a startup someone built because they wanted to get rich quick selling other people's data.

News flash: If you outlaw abortions, criminalize providing gender affirming care for trans youth, dictate what educators can teach in schools, and stop people from voting, you're not the party of "limited government."

Dentist: So, do you floss?
Me: Do you use a unique password for every account?

How it started: Life Magazine article, "Throwaway Living," 1955.

How it's going: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2022.

Veering into #Geology with the latest new graphic looking at comparisons of different minerals with the Mohs hardness scale: https://www.compoundchem.com/2022/11/28/mohs-hardness-scale/

Next year London's ultra-low emission zone will expand across the entire city. Owners of polluting cars will pay £12.50/day to drive in the zone.

To prepare, London is adding bus service and offering a " £110m scrappage scheme" to dump older cars.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/25/ulez-to-be-expanded-across-whole-of-greater-london-from-august

#cars #climate #transportation

#Iran: people in the streets demanding freedom…
#China: people in the streets demanding freedom…
#Belgium: people in the streets destroying things because of a stupid football match…
https://amp.dw.com/en/world-cup-violence-in-brussels-after-morocco-beat-belgium/a-63909568

The Closest view of Jupiter ever taken!
NASA / SPACE X

Nationalism: Being proud of things you haven't done & hating people you've never met.

Many reports of people getting infected when they go to a medical appointment at their doctors office or in the hospital.

Healthcare settings should require masks for healthcare workers and patients.

Please sign this petition.

#covid #science #MedMastodon #MedEd #BringBackMasks

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/require-masking-in-all-healthcare-settings

@BrentToderian Also, the corollary. Congestion happens when their are too many cars. Reduce the number of cars. Trying to deal with congestion by increasing the number of lanes means you are not serious about the need to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of fossil fuels.

this month i finally completed my extreme rainbow checkmate crochet dress 🌈🌈🌈

#crochet #art