Wendy W @WendyW@social.cleverlibre.org

I’ve worked in and for hundreds of cities all over the world. The cities that are doing amazing and innovative things aren’t cities with ideal weather, or topography, or size, or demographics, or wealth, or regulatory systems/powers, or even politics.

They’re the cities that have stopped making excuses.

#cities #urbanism

Deactivate my account on the bird app today.
Appreciate the community on here @freemo and the @QOTO instance.

I'll be honest here, as a humble instance admin receiving all kinds of DMs and emails...

The abuse, excessive reports... folks our instance grew from 60 users to 22000 in the span of two weeks. I didn't expect to suddenly commit 6-8 hours of my day to this. Knowing I have other commitments like a day job and other things.

I'm burning the candle on both ends here. Look at this toot timestamp. Please save space for some patience.

Y'all clearly don't remember this image:

#mastoadmin #mstdnca

50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR TWITTER

You just pin your last tweet, Pete,
Request your archive, Clive,
You don’t need a blue tick, Vic,
Just get yourself free.

Hop on the tusk, Gus,
You don’t need to delete much,
Except your DMs, Jen,
And get yourself free.

Use Debirdify, Di,
Provide some alt tags, Mags,
Add a content warning, Tim,
To post sensitively.

Remember to boost, Ruth
You don't need to deny truth,
Just drop off the perch, Dirk,
And get yourself free.
#VerseThurday #TwitterMigration #FediTips

What’s the thinking on Fanny Mendelssohn v Fanny Hensel? I’m seeing more posts referring to her as Hensel now - is that thought to be more authentically how she thought of herself?
Planning a couple of talks about her in the new year and want to get it right!

@sarahfritzwritr @womencomposers

Funny how @Gargron was so concerned about popular opinion and "optics" when he delisted us... Now the thread on reddit discussing this is already more popular than any other thread this month and will likely hit an all time high.

Shame about the bad optics...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z3dr87/jeffrey_phillips_freeman_eugen_rochko_ceo_of/?sort=top

#reddit #mastoadmin #fediblock #gargron #joinmastodon #twitter #lgbtq #a11y

In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people.

The boy, Ronald McNair, went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him

Scientists at Cornell University suggest that onshore algae farms grown in regions that get a lot of sun (such as deserts) could produce all the protein needed to feed a population of 10 billion. Would you eat plant-based meats made with algae? As long as it's tasty, I'd happily give it a try!

#food #sustainability #FoodSecurity #foodsustainability

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/10/onshore-algae-farms-could-feed-world-sustainably

I posted the article to reddit for some attention. Feel free to vote or comment there.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z3dr87/jeffrey_phillips_freeman_eugen_rochko_ceo_of/

#mastoadmin #fediblock #mastodon

I don’t care about how Mastodon works anymore than I care about how a car engine works. I’m having way too much fun driving and tooting the horn.

Exciting that the ability to take advantage of the UK's strong tides to generate reliable green energy is becoming ever closer!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/23/tidal-stream-energy-costs-ebb-reliability-flows

Lea river, in #London #photography

Do your urban streets have enough street trees? Only if your design choices prioritize them! Touring #Vancouver projects with a client who’s the chief planner for another city, he marvelled at the amount of trees & landscaping everywhere in our downtown — this Yaletown street has 4 rows of #trees on just one side of the street! Yard trees, double row of sidewalk street trees, then bike-lane buffer trees. Lot of #density there, so don’t tell me you have to choose between density OR green! #cities

One key message for everyone who cares about a better city is to engage with local leaders and participate in decision-making any way you can, NOT JUST WHEN YOU’RE AGAINST SOMETHING, BUT WHEN YOU’RE FOR SOMETHING. Petitions aren’t influential in my experience, but personal stories can be. #publicengagement #engagement #cityplanning #urbanplanning #cities #cityhall

Got the attention of a lot of #Sondheim fans yesterday. If you love this kind of stuff, check out the podcast Putting It Together, a deep dive into his entire body of work, show by show and song by song.

I’m a frequent guest on the pod, but Kyle is a great host! He deserves to have a few more listeners. Here’s a link: https://puttingittogether.transistor.fm/s6/19

#theatre #musicals #musicaltheatre

Come and get your MUSICAL THEATRE… and MORE!

Anyway, #introduction time:

I write #musicals and other things, like small #interactive #games and #music for #immersive #theatre. If you want to check out my #portfolio then look here: https://www.ericmatthewrichardson.com

I also post a lot about #leftist stuff, whether it be #socialism, #anarchism, or just #marxism in general, but always squeeze in time for #Sondheim and - weirdly enough - #themeparks.

My favorite discovery about Stephen Sondheim within the last few years was his obsession with video games. He almost quit theatre after the Merrily We Roll Along fiasco to go into game development - which honestly makes a ton of sense given his fondness for puzzles.

He said he owned about “six or seven Macintoshes” back in the late 80’s/early 90’s, and Ronan Farrow has talked about his love of puzzle games like Myst. Love the idea of Stephen fucking Sondheim going deep on early HyperCard games.

James Lapine recently confirmed in an interview for The Dramatist that the opening of Into the Woods was inspired by his gaming habits, with each character being given a series of active quests to pursue on their journey. A cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, etc. He made the musical version of a LucasArts SCUMM game.

It’s stories like this that remind me to keep my interests wide and varied. You never know where inspiration strikes. What hobbies can flow into another.

#theatre #Sondheim #musicals #writing #videogames #gamedev #musicaltheatre

Seen from the bicycle, it sometimes strikes you as odd that people take 1,500 kilos of steel and plastic with them to the city, relying on 20,000 Watts worth of little fossil fuel explosions to move the whole thing ahead. And then have to look for a place to park it.

📣This afternoon, the Lords will consider whether the police should be given new powers to stop & search protesters, even without suspicion.

👮‍♂️These draconian powers would take us another step closer to becoming a police state.

We have to resist these plans | #PublicOrderBill

Hello 👋 time for an 🐘 #introduction

I'm a neuroscientist at Stanford in @giocomo's lab studying how neural firing sequences in entorhinal cortex evolve over learning. I'm also the co-chair of the Inhibition in the CNS Gordon seminar in 2023 https://emilyjon.es/grs/. I love studying all things #inhibition, spatial learning and memory, and #Alzheimer's disease.

Also I have a dog named Heimdall, king potato and president of derpistan.