Rooney’s old account @girls_can@social.cleverlibre.org

“…a new study of early separated lane projects in the U.S. across six cities finds a rise of ridership between 21% and 171% after the lanes were installed.”

The Case For Protected Bike Lanes. In ⁦‪@FastCompany‬⁩
https://www.fastcompany.com/3031392/the-case-for-protected-bike-lanes

#BikeLanes #bikes #cities #urbanism #cars #transportation #bike #city #mobility #streets

Ukraine's survival, Zelensky's triumphant speech - none of this was inevitable. Let's try to imagine what would have happened if the US and Europe had not helped Ukraine, if Russia had occupied the country, if the Ukrainian political class and creative class had been wiped out, if Russian troops were now based along the Polish border. What would the world look like now?

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/zelensky-congress-speech-us-ukraine-support/672547/

I can’t stop thinking about the Afghan girls Robotic team knows as Afghan Dreamers. The girls with minimal resources were able to design and build low cost ventilators and their expertise were used during Covid crisis. Roya, a member of Afghan dreamers was ranked among Time’s 100 most influential people for her work in building internet classrooms in Afghan high schools.
#afghangirls

Have you seen this one? Before & after of a brain after a 20 minute walk — illustrates why walking to work, or school, or just to get the intellectual juices flowing, has been strongly linked to better creative & intellectual performance.
Just one of MANY benefits of choosing to walk, for you and for society.
Design and build walkable cities.
#walking #cities #urbanism #WalkableCities #WalkToSchool #WalkToWork #city #cars

Washington Post will be creating their own instance. They will add #mastodon accounts to journalist profiles.

Institutional #journalism embracing the #fediverse is important.

#commodon #journodon @communicationscholars

Article looks at pay increases in U.S. and Britain. They are on average below the rate of inflation, not causing it. The predatory price increases are down to disaster capitalism on behalf of corporations. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/17/its-not-pay-claims-that-are-driving-up-prices-in-britain-its-profits

This is a thread of abortion-related resources, from an abortion justice POV:

If you need support to self-manage your miscarriage or abortion, call or text:
The Miscarriage and Abortion Hotline

1-833-246-2632

Trained clinicians answer the hotline.

https://www.mahotline.org/

As an old timer who's been here a WHOLE MONTH before this week's joiners, here's some tips:

1. Hashtag everything but in #CamelCase to make it easier for folks who use screen readers.

2. Boost everything you genuinely love - only you can see your likes.

3. If you follow loads of people, your Home feed will be an endless source of personally-tailored loveliness. And the algorithm is YOU!

4. Have a nice cuppa and a biccie.

5. Ignore all these tips - NO GODS, NO MASTERS

#Newbies #Tips

I don't yet see threads or posts about keeping yourself and vulnerable others warm and alive in the #ArcticBlast, nor #winterproofing homes for historically warm-weather areas, so I hope some are circulating out there.

#weather #homeless #freezing #insulation #safety #MutualAid

Dmitry Kokh from Russia has been named the Nature Photographer of the Year 2022. His winning photograph "House of Bears" was taken at an abandoned Weather Station on Kolyuchin, an island off the coast of Russia.

A statue honoring Henrietta Lacks whose whose cells resulted in countless medical breakthroughs will be built in her birthplace Roanoke #Virginia

The statue replaces Gen Robert E Lee

#BlackMastodon
#tuesdayvibe 😻

https://abcnews.go.com/US/henrietta-lacks-hometown-build-statue-robert-lee-sculpture/story?id=95541987&fbclid=IwAR1gu8U2lBELLPxSTng6D_V0jTUkGNDh00K7OOR9Is-WwaRQCzePVqt8WMc

72 pencils arranged into four intersecting hexagonal prisms. Took me a bit to figure out how to assemble it after seeing a picture. Original design by mathematician/sculptor George Hart. #Geometry #Pencil

Enjoy this short clip of the raccoon that is currently trying to catch snowflakes on my deck. 🦝 ❄️