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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 11h

I used to browse Seward one, it tried to function as apolitical n'hood bulletin board, and vanguard of Seward politics. Tough balance to pull off. It didn't...

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, and it could be fixed very easily.

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 11h

What about e-democracy?

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 11h

That's the one! So dumb. Or is it better with the one-sided treatment?

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 11h

Been a while since I've biked it, but I think that was it. Bottom of a dip, and cars coming out of Columbus had right of way turning. Great if they have changed it.

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 12h

Have they removed the silly situation at, what I think is Columbus Ave, where there was a stop sign for bikes at the bottom of a steep hill?

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 15h

This is one of my fave examples. The patch of Interior 2 / Corridor 4 on the north side of University was marked by staff for Transit 10, but beaten back by residents to low rise. University Ave has the Green Line light rail, and there's 10 story buildings at station
streets.mn/2018/07/18/p...

Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 15h

Same energy in Minneapolis (at lower heights)

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 17h

I like this analogy (and use it). Statistics education coped with the calculator, and then increasingly available software. It's a good thing that we no longer need to spend too much time looking up critical values in a paper book.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 18h

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“London hits 'historic' clean air milestone 184 years early…a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality.”

Quite a leadership achievement for @london.gov.uk’s government! While nations talk, (some) cities act. And get results.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

www.mylondon.news

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Discretionary Vancouver @discretionary-yvr.bsky.social · 1d

DP: 2770 Euclid Avenue. 8-unit stacked townhouse, 1.19 FSR, 11.4m height, 5 parking spaces https://engagevancouver.ca.engagementhq.com/2770-euclid-ave

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 1d

I will show Table 3 to the class when we get to surveillance for health determinants in a couple of weeks. Last week they read Limburg's Demography article from 2024, and a paper on SNDS, to get at contrasting systems.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

French administrative health care database (SNDS): The value of its enrichment

SNIIRAM/SNDS, the French administrative health care database, covers around 99% of the population. Its main limitation is the absence of clinical info…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 1d

Sad this came out a week *after* my lecture on this topic in my public health data class 😀 Saved for next year's class! Curious about this line in abstract: "France's tight controls on access limit usability to elite analysts, undermining inequality". Is it meant to be undermining equality?

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Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 1d

This paper was such a labor of love. Grew out of insights by my (then) undergrad RA Michael Tu. He pointed out recently that he’s been working on this project for 1/5 of his life!!!

Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

@jlynch13.bsky.social & Michael Tu discuss the importance of health data linkage systems, and how current US policies have eroded this important way to address health inequities. Drawing on comparative health data practices, they offer insights for a way forward. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

The DOGE Ate My Data: Lessons from Europe for Rebuilding the Health Data Linkage Infrastructure in the US after Trump | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

read.dukeupress.edu

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Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social · 1d

@jlynch13.bsky.social & Michael Tu discuss the importance of health data linkage systems, and how current US policies have eroded this important way to address health inequities. Drawing on comparative health data practices, they offer insights for a way forward. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

The DOGE Ate My Data: Lessons from Europe for Rebuilding the Health Data Linkage Infrastructure in the US after Trump | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

read.dukeupress.edu

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

This was not a sample of academics.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 2d

Happy week with a greater temperature span in Minneapolis than the annual range in your temperate hometown to all who celebrate! (immigrants from mild climates)

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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 2d

Protip: If you can't fall asleep, try backtracing the context for some bluesy drama until you are exhausted

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 2d

New Zealand is doing quite nice urban infill these days.

Malcolm McCracken @urbanistfromwhk.bsky.social · 2d

Check out Pīrangi, a new 88 home development under construction in Point England as part of the Tāmaki Regeneration programme.

It is a mix of apartments and terraced houses, ranging from 2 to 5 bedrooms, which will be social & shared ownership housing.

tamakiregeneration.co.nz/regen/about/...

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 2d

For comparison's sake we've had about 30* years of talking for the Southwest Light Rail too before that got started, so plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose, I guess

* I date this to some pretty serious planning documents from the mid-1980s, but you could probably trace it back to the mid-1970s

Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 2d

#Onthisday October 7, 1965, 60 years ago today, the Washington Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River opened to vehicle traffic. From the Minneapolis Tribune the day before:
cc: @vincempls.bsky.social

Washington Av. Bridge to Open to Vehicles
Back in 1937 Alderman
Heny Bank said, "The Washington Av.
bridge is in the
worst condition it's ever been in. Not only should it be
closed to football traffic, but should be closed to all traf fic."
From that day
were discussed
on plans for new
bridge. After nearly 30 years of talking and three years of e building, the new two - level structure will open for vehicle it traffic Thursday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The bridge will be open to two-way traffic in the south lanes only. Fifteenth Av SE. will be close at the same time time east of Johnston Hall.
On Thursday only, eastbound Twin Cities buses will s turn right on 15th to Pills-
it left
bury to liverso mon
left to Union St…
and
right
to
Washington
Av.
There will be no bus top at ar 17th Av. SE, and Washington Av. this day only. The course of westbound buses will be the same. On Friday all bus service will return to the normal routes.
The old bridge will close to pedestrians and traffic
as soon as the new one opens.
Demolition will begin in December.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 2d

#Onthisday October 7, 1965, 60 years ago today, the Washington Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River opened to vehicle traffic. From the Minneapolis Tribune the day before:
cc: @vincempls.bsky.social

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity

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Paul Kelleher 🎃 @paulkelleher.net · 2d

Rawls / Nozick / Gauthier

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 2d

Building codes and zoning codes are where cost benefit analysis goes to not just die, but be killed. In a very real way zoning codes have been written as if the real world is full of thresholds beyond which extraordinary costs are incurred for no benefit.

Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 2d

Real talk about tradeoffs is badly needed in the building code development process.

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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 2d

Real talk about tradeoffs is badly needed in the building code development process.

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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 2d

Love this new report on buildings' relative fire safety from @alexhrwtz.bsky.social and Pew colleagues.

www.pew.org/en/research-...

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Malcolm McCracken @urbanistfromwhk.bsky.social · 2d

Check out Pīrangi, a new 88 home development under construction in Point England as part of the Tāmaki Regeneration programme.

It is a mix of apartments and terraced houses, ranging from 2 to 5 bedrooms, which will be social & shared ownership housing.

tamakiregeneration.co.nz/regen/about/...

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 2d

this is the thing that worries me as a parent

rampant lawbreaking by motorists everywhere - enabled by feckless politicians who don't want to change a dangerous status quo, on roads engineered *explicitly to facilitate lawbreaking* (looking at you, SDOT) and leaving zero room for error.

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