Grim news from the Burnside Bridge design team about the costs of any connection to the esplanade from 55+ft above. The nine (9) southbound freeway lanes right next to that seem to be a complication in getting structure onto anything seismically sound. #noMoreFreeways#MarquamBridgeIsFallingDown#Portland#transportation#ODOTGTFOpdx
"as part of a project for PSU’s Master of Urban and Regional Planning program. Students... are working with local nonprofit @bikeloudpdx to investigate the potential of adding a major bikeway to Sandy when it gets repaved by the #Portland Bureau of #Transportation in 2026."
#StrongTowns monthly meeting with #Portland Neighbors Welcome with practical training on giving effective testimony in support of housing and the Inner Eastside for All campaign.
( portlandneighborswelcome.org/inner-eastside-for-all )
6:15pm Tue May 14th
Multco Library 801 SW 10th, meeting room 1A
it's tough to demand much when you don't have the political power. Trying to get out the vote for "blue no matter whooo" is a far cry from basic income, and public safety nets for housing and healthcare needs. Government bailing out failed banks and automakers to save the union workers but capital profits either way. Voters barely have a say in how their cities are run, let alone states. Might need to get out of our cars and talk about it.
AI can't take over the world, because someone can just unplug the computer. And that's it. Problem solved. It requires constant human labor to keep the overhyped technologies marketed as AI running.
Now, there are wealthy, powerful people who want to keep those computers plugged in. They have lots of resources to use to prevent us unplugging them, even trick us into believing it's a bad idea to try. But that's a different problem, and an old one. That's not an AI problem. Just capitalism.
from OLCV's Mobilizing #ClimateAction Team: #Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF) "has invested millions in our communities and critical climate programs in our city. Now it’s under threat from certain politicians who want to overturn the will of the voters and divert money to projects unrelated to climate.
Show up Tuesday, May 14, 9 - 11:30 AM
1900 SW 4th (not city hall!), Room 2500
💚 wear green"
@freeformz funny, but programmers aren't safe from layoffs because companies are going to spend their programming salaries on AI and learn this the hard way
@davidzipper if only the decision makers at companies were accountable for their failures. By the time they exhaust the profit-taking schemes, they've got their yachts and golden parachute. Workers will be left holding the bag and government will bail out the companies to start the cycle again.
Is this a safe space to point out that the largest direct air capture plant in the world — designed to remove 36,000 tonnes of CO₂ each year — is a time machine that takes us back 28 seconds in a year? 🥲
"The way to fight #crime is not with stops based on hunches and pretext, but by investing proactively in communities and with #policing targeted at people for whom there is suspicion of serious criminal conduct.
On the other hand, there is a real #trafficSafety problem in this country… #transportation officials should focus their efforts... better lighting… #protectedBikeLanes & pedestrian crossings; self-ticketing cars with speed limiters, … [#transit]" 🚎 🚲
meanwhile in #Portland, "PPB Expands Central Bike Squad" ...to ten (10) total. It wouldn't hurt a few of the rest to get out of their ($80k/each) cars sometimes though, the city is less than an hour wide on #eBikes.
@seachanger heat dissipation is an issue, and most solar cells + wiring will wear out faster with repeated flexing. One fatigued bit of metal breaks among many, ruins the whole thing. I'm trying to come up with something for the #UmbrellaBike roof panel, that backing needs to be light and stiff, and I'm thinking you might want to remove / adjust it to optimally charge while the rest is parked in the shade. Most charging would not be while riding, unless I had a solar hat and cloak for myself
@mivox@seachanger a shallow cone would likely be the best solar collector and shade vs stiffness + circulation, as long as the headband/fitment is moving heat away from your head. A smaller brim or flat brim would be shaded by your head sometimes. Many panels can flex, but best for durability is to do it just once and hold it there.
@seachanger@mivox "When made of straw or other woven materials, it can be dipped in water and worn as an impromptu evaporative cooling device." and you could add a fan in the top that would help with that, charge cable for your phone through the chinstrap...
As much as I despise the democrats' playbook relative to the policy progress we need, particularly the ones in my state stalling voting reform with the "rank choice" fake solution, when it comes time to vote, your options are to vote for biden or fail to vote against trump.
If you want to protest the status quo, not driving for trips less than three miles on nice days would be a bigger flex than not voting. Pull the levers that actually move in the direction you want.
If you want to vote for third parties and not just throw your vote away, you need to understand how the votes get counted and not believe the lies spread by "fairvote" about your second choice getting counted. If everyone votes for the same candidate 2nd, but the 1st choice votes are spread across 3 others, the favorite consensus candidate is eliminated first under ranked choice IRV. Multiple rounds of counting only one choice won't solve the problem of plurality voting https://starvoting.org/the_problem
“The information and communications technology sector as a whole is responsible for an estimated 2 to 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. By 2040, that number could reach 14 percent—almost as much carbon as that emitted by air, land, and sea transport combined.”
@vmbrasseur the US numbers for transportation emissions are much higher than that, in cities it's about half. Programmers driving to the office, even in an electric car, are not going to make up that wasted energy with lean code.
Time to build: about 45 mins (not including soldering the power supply)
Materials:
(4) $5 Arctic P12 fans
(2) $10 10x20x1 1200D filtrete MERV-11 filters
(2) $7 20x20x1 1500 MERV-12 filtrete filters (pack of 12 off ebay)
duct tape
zip ties
cardboard
12V power supply (free because I soldered a random old adapter, but normally $10 plus $3 or so for a splitter. Or get the fans with built-in splitters)
Total: approx $55, next one will cost about $70.
Roughly 225cfm and extremely quiet. #CRBox
