sean
@kalevalament.bsky.social
hunterdon county democratic committee
urban planning & design @ rutgers university
urban planning & design @ rutgers university
Something I’ve been getting into lately is including pianos in public spaces—especially transit stations and on college campuses.
It’s a special feeling to realize that someone is creating a unique, honestly-attempted sound that only those around will ever get to hear.
It’s a special feeling to realize that someone is creating a unique, honestly-attempted sound that only those around will ever get to hear.
Sometimes it just takes a small touch to transform a space.
A public piano in a busy subway station, one young man starts to play, and suddenly, strangers stop, pause, smile, connect.
Small interventions, big impact.
A public piano in a busy subway station, one young man starts to play, and suddenly, strangers stop, pause, smile, connect.
Small interventions, big impact.
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Something I’ve been getting into lately is including pianos in public spaces—especially transit stations and on college campuses.
It’s a special feeling to realize that someone is creating a unique, honestly-attempted sound that only those around will ever get to hear.
It’s a special feeling to realize that someone is creating a unique, honestly-attempted sound that only those around will ever get to hear.
This is an excellent point, and one that applies to all commercial areas. Car dependence and acres of parking lots not only hurt the environment and are expensive and unhealthy for consumers, but they inhibit businesses of every size.
A reminder that all the most successful shopping malls in Canada aren’t the ones with the largest parking lots: They’re the ones with the best connections to public transit.
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an excellent point, and one that applies to all commercial areas. Car dependence and acres of parking lots not only hurt the environment and are expensive and unhealthy for consumers, but they inhibit businesses of every size.
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We’ve knocked. We’ve called. We’ve rallied. Now it’s time to vote. Big day tomorrow—let’s go, New Jersey! Wishing the best of luck to all these incredible leaders.
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
We’ve knocked. We’ve called. We’ve rallied. Now it’s time to vote. Big day tomorrow—let’s go, New Jersey! Wishing the best of luck to all these incredible leaders.
In car-dependent communities like my own, careless driving on Halloween can pose massive risk to families trick-or-treating.
If you need not drive today, then DO NOT. If you do, use utmost patience and care and set aside some extra time for your commute: drive slow. Keep our streets safe. 🎃
If you need not drive today, then DO NOT. If you do, use utmost patience and care and set aside some extra time for your commute: drive slow. Keep our streets safe. 🎃
Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In car-dependent communities like my own, careless driving on Halloween can pose massive risk to families trick-or-treating.
If you need not drive today, then DO NOT. If you do, use utmost patience and care and set aside some extra time for your commute: drive slow. Keep our streets safe. 🎃
If you need not drive today, then DO NOT. If you do, use utmost patience and care and set aside some extra time for your commute: drive slow. Keep our streets safe. 🎃
Disgusting and treasonous. ICE is a stain on our country and the least extreme view is to say that it ought to be abolished and every one of its agents put on trial.
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Disgusting and treasonous. ICE is a stain on our country and the least extreme view is to say that it ought to be abolished and every one of its agents put on trial.
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Raritan Township has become the third municipality in New Jersey to institute a stormwater utility, aka 'a rain tax'. The goal is to raise funds to improve infrastructure and mitigate flood damage from storms. www.nj.com/hunterdon/20...
After 6 people died, a N.J. town wants residents to pay hundreds each year to prevent future floods
Raritan Township becomes the third municipality to establish a utility to combat flooding after Tropical Storm Ida killed six people in Hunterdon County in 2021.
www.nj.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Raritan Township has become the third municipality in New Jersey to institute a stormwater utility, aka 'a rain tax'. The goal is to raise funds to improve infrastructure and mitigate flood damage from storms. www.nj.com/hunterdon/20...
Meta’s continuous habit of adjusting into a more abhorrent version of itself has no end in sight.
Earlier this year they approved hate speech based on gender and sexual orientation.
Now, they are encouraging their AI chatbots to engage in “romantic and sensual” interactions with children.
Earlier this year they approved hate speech based on gender and sexual orientation.
Now, they are encouraging their AI chatbots to engage in “romantic and sensual” interactions with children.
"It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual." Meta removed that language from its internal guidelines after I raised it.
AI experts worry financial incentives will blur the line between human relationships and bot engagement.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
AI experts worry financial incentives will blur the line between human relationships and bot engagement.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children
An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.
www.reuters.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Meta’s continuous habit of adjusting into a more abhorrent version of itself has no end in sight.
Earlier this year they approved hate speech based on gender and sexual orientation.
Now, they are encouraging their AI chatbots to engage in “romantic and sensual” interactions with children.
Earlier this year they approved hate speech based on gender and sexual orientation.
Now, they are encouraging their AI chatbots to engage in “romantic and sensual” interactions with children.