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alan

@alan@subdued.social

Admin of subdued.social in #BellinghamWA. Lead Cartographer at https://vis.social/@stamen. Social media for https://social.ridetrans.it/@CascadiaRail. 15 minutes of fame: https://subdued.social/@pop_vs_soda

Was https://subdued.social/@mappingmashups on Twitter.
#cartography, #dataviz, #urbanism, #RankedChoiceVoting, #ElectoralReform, #ProportionalRepresentation, #HighSpeedRail, #OpenStreetMap, #TheExpanse

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timbray, to random
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They’re thinking of changing the name of Powell River: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/name-change-powell-river-divide-1.7145873?cmp=rss

OK, but how about we do “British Columbia”? It’s a horrible name, picked by Queen Victoria in 1858, and the locals hated it even back then.

alan,
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@timbray yes the computer thing is an issue but so is the cultural attachment to those initials (is there any other state or province that uses its abbreviation so frequently as a shorthand? It’s hard to think of one).

But yeah after following this idea for the last decade or so, there have been no alternate BC names that seem like they’ve got legs. Maybe it’s time to start trying out names that don’t fit the BC abbreviation and see if there is something that can gain consensus.

alan, to maine
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"Maine votes to join multi-state agreement to elect the president by popular vote"

It's not passed into law yet, but seems likely at this point.

This map shows a credible path to achieving 270 votes before the 2028 election. If you're in one of the blue states on this map, please write to your state legislators and governor!

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/13/2228016/-Maine-votes-to-join-multi-state-agreement-to-elect-the-president-by-popular-vote

futurebird, to random
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A lightly left-leaning generally Democratic friend has just now noticed that freaking out about the election is reasonable... but they do take my opinion somewhat seriously (even after calling me "probably a communist" I have no idea)

I made such a horrible face (involentary) when they said something about giving money to Biden I had to make another suggestion ... uh..."Democracy Docket?"

Any democrats who might not get the help they need from the DNC but still might win I could also mention?

alan,
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@futurebird Yes, voter reg and turn out efforts precisely, focused on presidential battleground states (if your friend's freak-out is primarily about the presidency). Also orgs that will help fight for ballot access, and be positioned to join in legal challenges if the electoral college is close again. So something like Stacey Abrams' Fair Fight Action? https://fairfight.com/

alan, to Seattle
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Alaska Airlines adds third daily flight between Bellingham and Seattle:

7 p.m. departure adds option for Seattle connections

https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2024/mar/13/alaska-airlines-adds-third-daily-flight-between-bellingham-and-seattle/

alan,
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@qwyllion YES! I mainly used those for connections through PDX rather than getting off there, but it was so nice for extra schedule flexibility.

alan, to random
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Tomorrow in , the Historical Society has a presentation about the 1880’s Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad.

This might sound like it's only of interest to the nerdiest of train nerds. BUT HEAR ME OUT! The old track bed of this railroad still exists in places, and is part of the long-proposed Nooksack Loop Trail & the Bay to Baker Trail. We need to convert more old railroads to non-motorized trails!

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/694872506058357

A screenshot of the event page on Facebook. Text reads: March 14 Presentation: 1880's Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad at the Whatcom Museum
A map of the proposed Bay to Baker Trail

alan, to random
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First presidential primary election results for have dropped. Here in "uncommitted" is getting 9.62% percent of the Democratic vote, and "write-in" is at 1.58%. Only King County has a slightly higher proportion of "uncommitted" with 10.15%. Expect those percentages to get higher over the next few days at the later ballots get counted. The statewide vote for "uncommitted" is at 7.53% right now. https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20240312/president-democratic-party_bycounty.html

alan,
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Also today: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-trump-poised-clinch-nominations-set-up-bruising-presidential-rematch-2024-03-12/

alan, to pnw
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‘It’s like being stoned.’ How Bellingham got its nickname: The City of Subdued Excitement

https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/mar/11/its-like-being-stoned-how-bellingham-got-its-nickname-the-city-of-subdued-excitement/

#BellinghamWA #pnw #cascadia #SubduedExcitement

alan, to random
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I wrote a blog post looking back at ten years of working at @stamen:

https://stamen.com/year-ten-at-stamen/

alan, to movies
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"What is ranked choice voting and how does it work at the Oscars?"

https://apnews.com/live/2024-Oscars-updates-winners#0000018e-263a-d7d8-a7ee-bebe8b890000

alan, to random
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, (where I live) is studying whether our cities have enough room in their Urban Growth Areas to accommodate future population growth, and my eyes are glazing over trying to read this document called "Whatcom County Land Capacity Analysis For Permanent Housing and Employment Needs"...

https://66a2f909-8feb-4909-aed7-264978eeceae.usrfiles.com/ugd/66a2f9_c882c722cfed43e3918413bd71fefe68.pdf

Instead my mind keeps wandering back to this map I made comparing the city of (population 90k) with (population 400k) which have the same land area:

alan,
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Note, those maps are in the style of the Vienna Model exhibition which we hosted in Bellingham in 2018 https://localgroup.studio/the-vienna-model

alan,
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@timClicks Thanks! The style is borrowed from The Vienna Model traveling exhibition: https://www.vienna-model.at/en/

alan, (edited ) to cycling
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Today (Tue Mar 5) at 5pm, the city of will present concepts for a protected bike lane on Holly St, one of Bellingham's busiest downtown streets. There will also be a presentation from Catie Gould, senior transportation researcher at the Sightline Institute.

Event is at Structures Brewing on Holly St.

Photo is of a protected bike lane in Medford, OR, similar to what we'll have in Bellingham.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C38oE2HSsu9/

alan, to random
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Huh, I knew that was named after some random British dude who never visited the place, but I didn't know that there was also a few "Alan Bellingham"s in the family tree.

Technically, these Bellinghams were originally from England and lived in Ireland as colonizers. There's a "Castle Bellingham" in Ireland that is now apparently a hotel.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Bellingham,_1st_Baronet

alan, (edited ) to maps
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Hello global community! Maptime HQ has been in hibernation for a while, but it's time to renew the http://maptime.io domain name, and they're asking for donations to keep it registered. Can you chip in to help them meet their goal? https://ko-fi.com/maptime/goal?g=0 Thanks! 🌈❤️

alan, to random
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An important article from an old friend of mine from grad school.

"To Fight Antisemitism, We Need to Accurately Identify It. Too Often, We’re Failing." by Molly Kraft.

https://www.thegrindmag.ca/to-fight-antisemitism-need-to-accurately-identify-it-were-failing/

Anti-semitism is real, and it is growing. But criticism of the state of Israel is not inherently antisemitic no matter how many times supporters of Israel try to claim it is.

alan,
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"When criticism of Israel focuses on its colonialism, violence, displacement, torture, and murder of Palestinians, it is entirely legitimate — just as any other criticism of any other state.

This veers into antisemitism when it is assumed that the Jewish-Israeli settler state inherently possesses some kind of unique power globally. In fact Israel, and any unique power it does hold, has been bestowed by the most powerful and violent settler colonial states in the world."

alan, to transit
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It's great to see our local transit agency getting into the housing business (seriously).

https://mybellinghamnow.com/news/297792-wta-planning-affordable-housing-project-in-lynden/

skaly, to random
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I'll say it again:
Zionists = the absolute 99.999 percent of Jews.
If you try and make that difference, because you know a few American or European Jews or even are so yourself - you are giving into tokenizing Jews.
You can separate black people from the organisation of BLM, you can also say that some black people don't believe that black lives matter at all. But you can not say that black people (in west) and the BLM movement are completely separate.
Stop tokenizing Jews and all minorities.

alan,
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@skaly Hi. Completely good-faith question from a non-Jewish rando here: where does that number come from? I’m looking at some stats here and it doesn’t seem that clear-cut. https://jewishcurrents.org/are-95-of-jews-really-zionists

alan, (edited )
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@skaly ok, that’s a big jump from 99.999% to “more than half”

Update a minute later: sorry that reply was unnecessarily rude and terse. I know you’re not saying it’s “just” more than half. Not trying to do a gotcha about the numbers.

kgjenkins, to random
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What technique would you use to try to identify every parking lot in NJ?

(I have an idea, but am curious what other's first thoughts might be)

alan,
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@kgjenkins Train some kind of ML model? Create a MapRoulette challenge and organize a ton of OpenStreetMap mapping parties? Also, coordinate with the @parking_reform and their parking lot map? https://parkingreform.org/resources/parking-lot-map/?

enobacon, to oregon
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Cascadia presentation to Joint Committee on , Jan 12, 2024. , agenda item starts after ~11min

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/mediaplayer/?clientID=4879615486&eventID=2024011009

alan,
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@enobacon haha, here I made a link that cuts it off at the end of the section. :) https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/mediaplayer?clientID=4879615486&eventID=2024011009&startStreamAt=609&stopStreamAt=3625

KO6YQ, to pnw
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"New Oregon bill aims to make standard time permanent" by @KGWNews NBC Portland - Unlike 2019 permanent DST effort, states may opt for permanent standard time without act of Congress. Bill not conditional on CA & WA joining. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/oregon-bill-aims-to-make-standard-time-permanent/283-d0c56e25-1d55-4152-bad7-010bdaf87013

alan,
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@KO6YQ They tried and failed again in the legislature again this year. Based on the way the calendar works, no movement is possible until 2025. https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/time-runs-out-latest-push-end-washingtons-yearly-clock-changes/IGDJUSDV3FCR3MZXHEBBTX4SVM/

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