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MrLee

@MrLee@aus.social

Hello World - I'm Intrested in Life
#Regeneration #Urbanism #SolarPunk #Mindfulness #Trees

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MrLee, to cycling
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And there we have it! are not a problem for first responders. It was just another Fossil Fuels Industry lie.
https://findingspress.org/article/23568-the-impact-of-2020-low-traffic-neighbourhoods-on-fire-service-emergency-response-times-in-london-uk?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content

perkinsy, (edited ) to melbourne
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This is part of my mother's garden. We are expecting three days in a row of 39 degrees maximum and minimum overnight temperatures of 25 degrees. The maple tree in the corner is starting to look stressed after weeks of no rain. This morning I put the hose under it for some time to give it a good, long soak.

In front is a path that my brother spent all week making for our mother using Dromana sands and coreten steel for edging. We are delighted with the job he has done.

MrLee,
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@perkinsy I'm out there every 2 hours, shading and watering where needed. Will give our Maple a good watering tonight.

MrLee,
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@perkinsy Yep, the wind really does amplify the heat 🥵

MrLee,
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@mondoman712
We know how to fix this...
Increase Urban density around new suburban "nodes" Make those nodes walkable 15 minute citties. Link nodes to other nodes with mass transit and bike lanes.

MrLee, to random
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A reminder that many many of our Jewish friends don't agree with the

MrLee,
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@DarKnight0 @Tak
Yep.
This video for more broad perspective.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BreadTube/comments/11k52kl/these_stupid_trucks_are_literally_killing_us/

verge, to random
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The best alternatives to Spotify for listening to music https://www.theverge.com/22910685/music-listening-service-spotify-apple-youtube-amazon

MrLee,
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@verge
If there is one thing I really hope some software developer does with is develop a great way to integrate music purchasing, direct from the artist. No middle men. All the money going direct to the artist.
Spotify really should not exist. Ripping off artists and then giving their money to @$$*!××%# like Joe Rogan.

MrLee, to random
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This passage from Dark PR by @grantennis

“during the Syria conflict, a sustained Russian-led propaganda campaign attacked local and international aid communities by framing them as terrorists and its ally, the Syrian regime, as the hero. Not only did the relief community suffer the threat of abduction, bullets, and barrel bombs, it suffered the accusation of being terrorists. Russia was using post-denialism to divert attention away from its own actions”

Sounds very familiar...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/22/us-intelligence-unrwa-hamas

MrLee, to ai
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Brilliant from @Mer__edith

"What military what government, what multi National, doesn't want access to this hyper hyper hyper powerful AI. Doesn't want to be the one who's sort of controlling it. Doesn't want to imagine themselves at the Helm of the Death Star. This advertisement also serves to distract from the fact that these systems continue to be discriminatory and that discriminatory capacity continues to accelerate. The fact that these systems are used by the powerful on those with less power in ways that often obscure accountability for harmful decisions. The fact that we're talking about a technology that is built on the basis of concentrated surveillance power like the world has never seen, but we can erase all of that by being like look over there the Terminator is coming!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLzQXWq_Sp0

MrLee, to fuckcars
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Hey of Mastodon.
If anyone knows of any really good studies/papers that show how pedestrianisation has been a big benefit for local businesses, please can you share them.
[Please share this toot for wider reach.]

MrLee, to vegan
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This iconic photograph marks the end of the career of Matador Álvaro Munero. In the midst of the battle, he suddenly repented and sat down at the edge of the field. Subsequently, in an interview, Alvaro said: “Suddenly I saw not horns, but the eyes of a bull. He stood in front of me and started looking at me. Just stood and watched, making no attempt to attack. The innocence that is in the eyes of all animals looks towards me with a plea for help. It was like a cry for justice and somewhere deep inside me, I suddenly realized that he was addressing me in the same way we address God in prayer: “I don't want to fight you, please leave me, Because I have done nothing wrong to you. You can kill me if you want, kill me if you want, but I do not want to fight with you." And I, reading it in his eyes, felt like the worst creature on earth and hindered the war. After that I became a vegetarian and stopped fighting bullfights. " This story was published in 2012.

nerd4cities, to random
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New video up on Nebula! The disastrous impact of income inequality on US cities, and which cities are most and least affected. (Working towards releasing on Nebula a full week ahead. Not on Nebula? You should be. Check the reply!)

MrLee,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @nerd4cities
I recommend the Arrested Mobility Podcast.
Many fascinating stories and insights into how people of colour are forced to navigate cities differently.
https://pca.st/podcast/45fc41c0-77c5-013a-d7b2-0acc26574db2

makkhorn, to random
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The bar the public seems to have is so low,
we don't even hear
HIS DAMAGED SPEECH anymore.

" …spiraling into "phonemic paraphasias" during his rally speeches, which is "substitution of non-words for words that sound similar—are not normally seen until a patient enters the moderate to severe stages of

"Some examples of Trump’s non-words: Beneficiaries becomes 'benefishes.' Renovations become 'renoversh.'
Pivotal became 'pivobal.' Obama became 'obamna.'
Missiles became 'mishiz.' Christmas became 'Crissus.'
Bipartisan became 'bipars.'
This is a fundamental breakdown in the ability to use language."

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-dementia/

MrLee,
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@makkhorn
To be honest, it should have ended here.
https://www.vox.com/2016/10/7/13205842/trump-secret-recording-women

helenczerski, to random
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This is a continual mystery to me. I have never met a “Hellen”, spelled with two “l”s, ever. And yet at the sort of coffee shop where they insist on asking your name, they routinely spell it that way. And no, I don’t think that the existence of “Ellen” as a name fully explains this. I’m sure Helen is more common.

MrLee,
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@helenczerski
I have mild dyslexia. It might be one of us.

MrLee, to fuckcars
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New paper out looking at the impact of cars on people.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267

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BeAware, to mastodon
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I love how the recent spam attack has caused a lot of Fedi Admins to finally realize just how inadequate Mastodon moderation features are.....

Then I see Eugen ignore the pleas for new tools, basically going "LALA LALA I CANT HEAR YOU!" 🤦‍♂️

I THINK 60% of us picked the wrong software to support....🤬

MrLee,
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@BeAware
Is this what makes the great?
You can go and support another project and / or work on improving spam protection.
Something we can't do on Meta or Twitter.

MrLee,
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@CWSmith @BeAware
Which again shows to me the beauty of the Fediverse, that you can do this.
I may be wrong, but...
The database moving is fixable and may be on the agenda for a reformed committee working on Activity Pub Protocols.

MrLee,
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@BeAware @CWSmith
I'm not sure how much Spam was from Pixelfed but I know they have been trying to get ahead of the problem on this.

DrALJONES, to Israel
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    MrLee,
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    @DrALJONES
    Are Governments just too afraid to admit they got this all wrong?

    RM_Transit, to random
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    MrLee,
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    @RM_Transit
    Could he have done a worse job at announcing this?
    With so many good reasons, economically and health wise, to focus on active & and public transport, he completely stuffed up the massaging.
    Should have gone straight into; reducing transit costs - Improving productivity - transport choices - health and well-being - reducing congestion - greater choice - reducing pollution etc etc

    ajsadauskas, to fuckcars
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    What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house?

    A recent YouGov survey asked Americans what they think they should be able to get to within a 15-minute walk of their house.

    Of these choices, I can currently walk to all of them from my apartment, aside from a university (no biggie, I'm not currently studying, although there is a Tafe within walking distance), a hospital, and a sports arena.

    How many can you get to with a 15 minute walk from your house?

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    MrLee,
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    @simonvarwell @fuck_cars @ajsadauskas
    Yeh. The 16% who voted no for a grocery store probably voted no for everything else, too.

    nerd4cities, to random
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    Livestream tomorrow (Sunday), 6pm ET/3pm PT. Gonna react to and discuss the “Urbanism YouTube Has a HUGE Problem” video that LOTS of my viewers have been telling me to watch. I’ve only watched a little, so this is going to be a bit of a high wire act!

    MrLee,
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    @nerd4cities
    In defence of @notjustbikes, I've literally started going to planning meetings and getting involved with the local Council because of NJB content.
    What's ironic is that this chap moans about Urbanism YouTube not providing specific instructions on how to get involved, while also not providing any information himself! (Apologies if he has, but all I saw were game videos)
    I am reasonably sure all my favourite Urbanism YouTube creators have at some point said, "get involved" and offered suggestions on how to. Yes, they don't say it in every video, and more of this information would be nice, but I'm pretty sure it's not going to get big clicks and pay the bills, and it's going to get boring quickly.
    In defence of this guy, I do hear his frustration. I see a great guy who wants to see an make change. I hope he can do a series of videos now that explain how best to get involved.

    notjustbikes, to random
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    I made the mistake of going on Twitter today to find a tweet. 😬

    I'm glad Urbanist Twitter is not representative of actual urbanists, because it's basically just this. 😆

    I will never understand the mentality of people who dislike a YouTuber and then rant about it for months on social media, instead of doing something sane like, say, watching something else, making the content they want to see, or maybe touching grass.

    I genuinely think that too much social media rots people's brains.

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    @notjustbikes @Darriengineer
    Have you done a video on "Best YouTube and Nebula Urbanists "? You do mention a lot of them in videos, and on the podcast, you chat with them, but I don't recall a specific video?

    MrLee,
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    @notjustbikes
    Perhaps do a "cookie cutter" version of this, where you can quickly and easily add and remove channels each year without taking up loads of time?
    But then... these things are never quick and easy are they. 😀

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    MrLee,
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    @dgar When he says "witchcraft," is he referring to microwave ovens?

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