timesandseasons

DrTCombs, 2 days ago to random

This story has something in it for everyone.

The town of #SummerfieldNC lies just north of Greensboro, North Carolina, and has seen a transition from rural farming village to bedroom community to reluctant suburb over the past two decades.

#Summerfield's current town council was voted in on a hardcore #NIMBYism platform. Putting that platform into action, however, has led to some substantial consequences for the town, including... (1/n)

#planning #LocalGov #government

AxiosNews, 2 days ago to random

Utah trail system to begin construction as soon as 2025
https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/05/20/utah-paved-trail-statewide-system-transportation-air-quality?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Axios Local: Salt Lake City @axios

dev, 6 days ago to random

https://www.wane.com/top-stories/tacos-are-mexican-style-sandwiches-local-judge-clears-path-for-new-famous-taco/ oh no

regehr, 13 days ago to random

today let's pour one out for Pink Floyd, the lonely flamingo that escaped from a local aviary in 1988 and then returned to the Great Salt Lake every year until the early 2000s

https://www.utahhumanities.org/stories/items/show/438

AnnaAnthro, 21 days ago to vegan

Dairy Industry Forces Cancelation of prize for a #Vegan Blue #Cheese

https://boingboing.net/2024/04/29/after-a-vegan-blue-cheese-won-the-good-food-award-panicked-dairy-cheese-makers-forced-the-foundation-to-disqualify-it.html

paytonc, 21 days ago to random

36% of new “luxury apartments” (aka market-rate) in Greater DC are rented at prices affordable to HUD-defined low income households (60% AMI).
https://www.metroabundance.org/how-inclusionary-are-market-rate-rentals/
75% are affordable to "moderate income" households (80% AMI).
95% are affordable to "middle income" households (120% AMI).
New market-rate multifamily #housing is the housing our workforce needs and can afford. Quit banning it from most residential land.

DemonHusky, 22 days ago to random

With 252 people speaking over 5.5 hours in favor of bike lanes and 10 opposed, the council voted to save probably net fewer parking spaces than people willing to come to a council meeting, good job you 5...

sltrib, 23 days ago to random

Rebekah Cummings, digital matters interim director at the U. of Utah’s Marriott Library and chair of the Utah State Library board, has been chosen as Brian King’s running mate in the 2024 Utah gubernatorial election.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/04/29/democrat-brian-king-picks/

maarten, 23 days ago to random

I have a weak spot for flowers visible from space. Here are some recent ones I found:

Purple jacaranda trees in Pretoria, South Africa

Pink tajibo trees in eastern Bolivia

Tulips (and probably other flowers too) near Hillegom, The Netherlands

PlanetScope image of flowering pink tajibo trees near Roboré, Bolivia
Planet SkySat image of flowering tulip fields near Hillegom, The Netherlands

minouette, 25 days ago to wildlife

For #WorldTapirDay my #linocut Malayan tapirs, adult and baby. There are four types of tapir; this linocut is of both an adult and baby Malayan tapir. Tapirs always look very dapper, if improbable, in their black and white coat. The adults with their white saddles look like an aardvark crossed with an elephant, wearing a tuxedo. The babies have a delightful pattern of spots and stripes, and 🧵1/n

#Linocut #printmaking #tapir #MalayanTapir #sciart #wildlife #conservation #blackAndWhite

nervous_jessica, 26 days ago to random

Exciting update about our sculpture at MIT, a robin has built a nest in it! And it's having babies!

a closer photo of the robin perched on the sculpture showing its nest filled with blue eggs housed inside the sculpture

regehr, 27 days ago to random

breaking Utah news

https://ksltv.com/youtube_videos/video-utahns-reunited-with-pet-cat-they-accidentally-shipped-with-amazon-return/

davemark, 1 month ago to tech

"I deleted keys generated by our TV for 5 straight minutes. 5 Minutes of like 200BPM clicking. I restarted. Everything worked again. I laughed so hard I cried. I felt like I'd solved a murder."

Tech people, THIS IS A GREAT FANTASIC READ!!!

The title is, "DO NOT BUY HISENSE TV'S"

https://cohost.org/ghoulnoise/post/5286766-do-not-buy-hisense-t
#Tech #Android #TV #Debug

badastro, 1 month ago to random

I accidentally spilled some coffee in the hummingbird feeder and now I'm seeing flashes of blue Cherenkov radiation outside my window.

GraniteGeek, 1 month ago to solar

NH Supreme Court says you can't reject a #Solar array just because neighbors think it's ugly.
#energy #climate

https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2024/04/17/court-communities-cant-reject-solar-on-looks-property-tax-fears-alone

AnarchoCatgirlism, 1 month ago to MemeryAlpha

#shitpost

bryan_edward, 1 month ago to random

#Eclipse

video/mp4

Thomas, 1 month ago to random

There are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see

bottla, 1 month ago to random

Walked past this today...
The Granite State GRANITE plate.
Very fun to say.

cube_drone, 1 month ago to random

Okay, tech vocabulary time:

A "Widget" is any UI element

The way to develop a widget it to sit down, uncomfortably: this will give you a Widgey. Then, develop functionality by working in slugs - sample versions of the real data you'll be working with. That should evolve your prototype to a Widgeotto. Once you've got to there, it's not long before you've got a fully evolved Widget, at which point your app will really be Flying.

sltrib, 1 month ago to random

More than 3,000 people died in crashes on Utah’s roads in the last decade. Most of them died on roads controlled by the Utah Department of Transportation.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/03/31/heres-where-utahns-die-car-crashes

ai6yr, 1 month ago to Insurance

LA Times: State Farm won’t renew 72,000 insurance policies in California, worsening the state’s insurance crisis https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-23/state-farm-wont-renew-72-000-insurance-policies-in-california-worsening-the-states-insurance-crisis
#insurance #statefarm #california #wildfires

lowqualityfacts, 2 months ago to random

Trump has less than a week to arrange a $454 million bond. There are 331.9 million US citizens. If each American spends only $1.37, then we can all buy a cheap chocolate bar to enjoy while we watch the State of New York seize Trump's properties.

AxiosNews, 2 months ago to random

Move over, polygamy; "Ethical nonmonogamy" is rising in Salt Lake City
https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/03/22/polyamory-utah-polygamy-nonmonogamy-salt-lake-mormon?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Axios Local: Salt Lake City @axios

bikepedantic, 2 months ago to random

Imagine if we had implemented the Interstate Highway System alphabetically by state? Too often, active transportation networks are built out in exactly that patchy way.

We just posted a new $44.5M grant opportunity that is different:

1. Just for active transportation,
2. Focused on planning and implementing networks,
3. Aims for outcomes beyond safety.

Learn more about ATIIP:
https://highways.dot.gov/newsroom/biden-harris-administration-announces-nearly-45-million-available-funds-improve-bicyclist