Kevin Leeson
@leeson.bsky.social
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One of America's most walkable school districts might soon lose that distinction — and the country might lose a powerful model of how good school planning can make kids and the communities that surround them healthier, happier, and more independent.
One of America's Most Walkable School Districts Is About To Lose That Title — Streetsblog USA
Lakewood, Ohio, prided itself on its Safe Routes to School program, which is in danger of being lost in a district-wide consolidation.
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
One of America's most walkable school districts might soon lose that distinction — and the country might lose a powerful model of how good school planning can make kids and the communities that surround them healthier, happier, and more independent.
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The Midtown movie that changed NYC’s sidewalks and plazas is coming to theaters https://gothamist.com/news/the-midtown-movie-that-changed-nycs-sidewalks-and-plazas-is-coming-to-theaters
The Midtown movie that changed NYC’s sidewalks and plazas is coming to theaters
"The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces"
“The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces” will be rereleased Sept. 26. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Midtown movie that changed NYC’s sidewalks and plazas is coming to theaters https://gothamist.com/news/the-midtown-movie-that-changed-nycs-sidewalks-and-plazas-is-coming-to-theaters
#ParkingDay (www.myparkingday.org) is on Friday, and as usual, there will be two events in Cleveland. Students from Kent State's CUDC will be setting up on Prospect Avenue.
KSU's Master of Landscape Architecture Program presents Park(ing) Day 2025! — Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative
You’re invited Park(ing) Day 2025! Play a round of mini-golf and vote on your favorite project!
www.cudc.kent.edu
September 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
#ParkingDay (www.myparkingday.org) is on Friday, and as usual, there will be two events in Cleveland. Students from Kent State's CUDC will be setting up on Prospect Avenue.
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Launch day 🚀
We’ve just released @chartlecc.bsky.social - a daily chart game!
Your job is to guess which country is represented by the red line in today's chart. You get 5 tries, no other clues!
Play today, come back tomorrow for a different chart with new data and share with your chart friends 📈
We’ve just released @chartlecc.bsky.social - a daily chart game!
Your job is to guess which country is represented by the red line in today's chart. You get 5 tries, no other clues!
Play today, come back tomorrow for a different chart with new data and share with your chart friends 📈
Chartle - A daily chart game
Guess the country in red by analysing today's chart
chartle.cc
September 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Launch day 🚀
We’ve just released @chartlecc.bsky.social - a daily chart game!
Your job is to guess which country is represented by the red line in today's chart. You get 5 tries, no other clues!
Play today, come back tomorrow for a different chart with new data and share with your chart friends 📈
We’ve just released @chartlecc.bsky.social - a daily chart game!
Your job is to guess which country is represented by the red line in today's chart. You get 5 tries, no other clues!
Play today, come back tomorrow for a different chart with new data and share with your chart friends 📈
Got a cool project you'd like to share with the folks at the @datadayscle.bsky.social conference or workshop this fall? Submit your session ideas by Friday, July 18.
Data Days Cleveland
The 6th annual Data Days CLE! Join us as we spark conversation and ideas, and build capacity in the space where data, information, and civic life intersect.
www.datadayscle.org
July 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Got a cool project you'd like to share with the folks at the @datadayscle.bsky.social conference or workshop this fall? Submit your session ideas by Friday, July 18.
At the start of today's Guardians-Giants game, announcer Matt Underwood couldn't decide whether he wanted to say afternoon or evening, and it came out of his mouth as "afterneen."
That's a exceptional portmanteau, and it aligns perfectly with Lewis Carroll's description.
That's a exceptional portmanteau, and it aligns perfectly with Lewis Carroll's description.
A quote from The Hunting of the Snark
For instance, take the two words fuming and furious. Make up your mind that you will say both words, but leave it unsettled which you will say first....
www.goodreads.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
At the start of today's Guardians-Giants game, announcer Matt Underwood couldn't decide whether he wanted to say afternoon or evening, and it came out of his mouth as "afterneen."
That's a exceptional portmanteau, and it aligns perfectly with Lewis Carroll's description.
That's a exceptional portmanteau, and it aligns perfectly with Lewis Carroll's description.
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📢 Big news! #ACTCongress is happening June 28! 🎉
Our first-ever virtual #unconference, shaped by YOU. We'll hold our first board election, vote on the budget, & dive into participant-led sessions on our #civictech community's future.
RSVP on Eventbrite!
www.eventbrite.com/e/alliance-o...
Our first-ever virtual #unconference, shaped by YOU. We'll hold our first board election, vote on the budget, & dive into participant-led sessions on our #civictech community's future.
RSVP on Eventbrite!
www.eventbrite.com/e/alliance-o...
Alliance of Civic Technologists Congress
Mark your calendars for the first-ever Alliance of Civic Technologists’s ACT Congress on Saturday, June 28, 2025!
www.eventbrite.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
📢 Big news! #ACTCongress is happening June 28! 🎉
Our first-ever virtual #unconference, shaped by YOU. We'll hold our first board election, vote on the budget, & dive into participant-led sessions on our #civictech community's future.
RSVP on Eventbrite!
www.eventbrite.com/e/alliance-o...
Our first-ever virtual #unconference, shaped by YOU. We'll hold our first board election, vote on the budget, & dive into participant-led sessions on our #civictech community's future.
RSVP on Eventbrite!
www.eventbrite.com/e/alliance-o...
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The 2025 Indie 500 starts in one hour!
Come for the guest DJs (like me and someone from The National), stay for the tunes, stream here:
www.inhailer.com/2025indie500
Come for the guest DJs (like me and someone from The National), stay for the tunes, stream here:
www.inhailer.com/2025indie500
Inhailer Radio: Indie Music Countdown & Cincinnati's Independent Radio Legacy
Inhailer Radio is Cincinnati independent radio. Founded in 2017 to fill the void left by beloved radio station WNKU.
www.inhailer.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The 2025 Indie 500 starts in one hour!
Come for the guest DJs (like me and someone from The National), stay for the tunes, stream here:
www.inhailer.com/2025indie500
Come for the guest DJs (like me and someone from The National), stay for the tunes, stream here:
www.inhailer.com/2025indie500
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I made a streetview roadtrip simulator where we all vote on a direction every 10 seconds
Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy!
> neal.fun/internet-roa...
Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy!
> neal.fun/internet-roa...
Internet Roadtrip
Let's take a streetview roadtrip
neal.fun
May 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I made a streetview roadtrip simulator where we all vote on a direction every 10 seconds
Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy!
> neal.fun/internet-roa...
Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy!
> neal.fun/internet-roa...
Kelli Bowers of @michleague.bsky.social: "Preparing and advocating for the 2030 Census shouldn’t begin in 2029. It begins today. Protecting our data is protecting our democracy, and we must act to ensure that every person is seen, valued and counted."
Every Kid Counts: Why the Fight for a Fair 2030 Census Matters More Than Ever • Michigan Advance
The first United States Census was taken at the dawn of the nation in 1790, under George Washington’s presidency and then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson (Census). The Census is the oldest continu...
michiganadvance.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Kelli Bowers of @michleague.bsky.social: "Preparing and advocating for the 2030 Census shouldn’t begin in 2029. It begins today. Protecting our data is protecting our democracy, and we must act to ensure that every person is seen, valued and counted."
Jill Sobule's cover of Warren Zevon's "Don't Let Us Get Sick" never fails to break my heart.
Don't let us get sick, don't let us get old
Don't let us get stupid, all right?
Just make us be brave and make us play nice
And let us be together tonight
Don't let us get sick, don't let us get old
Don't let us get stupid, all right?
Just make us be brave and make us play nice
And let us be together tonight
Don't let us get sick
YouTube video by Rob Elliott
www.youtube.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Jill Sobule's cover of Warren Zevon's "Don't Let Us Get Sick" never fails to break my heart.
Don't let us get sick, don't let us get old
Don't let us get stupid, all right?
Just make us be brave and make us play nice
And let us be together tonight
Don't let us get sick, don't let us get old
Don't let us get stupid, all right?
Just make us be brave and make us play nice
And let us be together tonight
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We finally got our union made stickers for the @civictechallies.bsky.social!
If you want to support our work - make a donation here and we'll send you a sticker! Include your email in the donation note and we'll reach out!
hcb.hackclub.com/donations/st...
#civictech
If you want to support our work - make a donation here and we'll send you a sticker! Include your email in the donation note and we'll reach out!
hcb.hackclub.com/donations/st...
#civictech
April 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We finally got our union made stickers for the @civictechallies.bsky.social!
If you want to support our work - make a donation here and we'll send you a sticker! Include your email in the donation note and we'll reach out!
hcb.hackclub.com/donations/st...
#civictech
If you want to support our work - make a donation here and we'll send you a sticker! Include your email in the donation note and we'll reach out!
hcb.hackclub.com/donations/st...
#civictech
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We just brought Data Days over to Bluesky-- follow us at @datadayscle.bsky.social . Take our survey to let us know how Data Days CLE can best help you with #data and #civictech in 2025. Go to datadayscle.org for the survey.
April 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We just brought Data Days over to Bluesky-- follow us at @datadayscle.bsky.social . Take our survey to let us know how Data Days CLE can best help you with #data and #civictech in 2025. Go to datadayscle.org for the survey.
Great to have you back! Looking forward to reading more good stuff.
Greetings, readers: I'm pleased to share that I'm freelancing for Ideastream Public Media on arts, culture, urbanism, economic development. My first pieces here: ideastream.org/steven-litt. Please share ideas.
Steven Litt | Ideastream Public Media
Covering art, architecture and economic development across Northeast Ohio with news stories, analysis and reviews.
ideastream.org
April 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Great to have you back! Looking forward to reading more good stuff.
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HAPPY NATIONAL #POETRY MONTH, PARTY PEOPLE. 30 days of juicy poems coming your way starting... now.
Sign up here to have an albino passenger pigeon lovingly deliver one to your email inbox each morning: groups.google.com/u/2/g/april-is
Or follow along here. And/or on Tumblr! april-is.tumblr.com
Sign up here to have an albino passenger pigeon lovingly deliver one to your email inbox each morning: groups.google.com/u/2/g/april-is
Or follow along here. And/or on Tumblr! april-is.tumblr.com
april-is.tumblr.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
HAPPY NATIONAL #POETRY MONTH, PARTY PEOPLE. 30 days of juicy poems coming your way starting... now.
Sign up here to have an albino passenger pigeon lovingly deliver one to your email inbox each morning: groups.google.com/u/2/g/april-is
Or follow along here. And/or on Tumblr! april-is.tumblr.com
Sign up here to have an albino passenger pigeon lovingly deliver one to your email inbox each morning: groups.google.com/u/2/g/april-is
Or follow along here. And/or on Tumblr! april-is.tumblr.com
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Not so fast, says the architect's foundation. news.artnet.com/art-world/ne...
A ‘New’ Frank Lloyd Wright House Has Risen in Ohio. But Is It Legit?
Six decades after the death of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, his final residential design has been built in Ohio, just east of Cleveland.
news.artnet.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Not so fast, says the architect's foundation. news.artnet.com/art-world/ne...
According to Wikipedia, Tears for Fears released "Mad World" on September 20, 1982. Michael Andrews and Gary Jules released their cover as a single 7,756 days later, on December 15, 2003. March 10, 2025 is 7,756 days after that.
"Mad World" (feat. Gary Jules) - Official Music Video
YouTube video by Gary Jules Official
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
According to Wikipedia, Tears for Fears released "Mad World" on September 20, 1982. Michael Andrews and Gary Jules released their cover as a single 7,756 days later, on December 15, 2003. March 10, 2025 is 7,756 days after that.
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Big thx to @skora.bsky.social for updating this nifty budget tool that allows you to share your version of the @cityofcleveland.bsky.social budget with your council member. Don't know your council member? The tool has an answer to that, too! Read all about it 👉
signalcleveland.org/what-costs-m...
signalcleveland.org/what-costs-m...
How would you spend Cleveland’s 2025 budget?
Refund Cleveland shows residents how to navigate the budget and tell elected officials how they want to see the city’s money spent in 2025.
signalcleveland.org
February 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Big thx to @skora.bsky.social for updating this nifty budget tool that allows you to share your version of the @cityofcleveland.bsky.social budget with your council member. Don't know your council member? The tool has an answer to that, too! Read all about it 👉
signalcleveland.org/what-costs-m...
signalcleveland.org/what-costs-m...
Got an idea to make Cleveland a more awesome place, but need some funding to get your project off the ground? Then you should apply for a $1,000 grant from the Cleveland chapter of the Awesome Foundation—but don't wait too long. The deadline to apply for the next round of grants is March 1.
Cleveland, OH
Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.
www.awesomefoundation.org
February 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Got an idea to make Cleveland a more awesome place, but need some funding to get your project off the ground? Then you should apply for a $1,000 grant from the Cleveland chapter of the Awesome Foundation—but don't wait too long. The deadline to apply for the next round of grants is March 1.
Here's the museum's press release.
February 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Here's the museum's press release.
Here's some positive news!
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is considering a fare-capping plan that would automatically ensure registered customers never pay more than the cost of a daily, weekly or monthly pass – even if they don’t buy one upfront.
How RTA’s fare-capping proposal could put money back in your pocket
RTA may introduce all-day pricing without a need to buy all-day passes in advance. It's called fare capping.
www.cleveland.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Here's some positive news!
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Moving over from the bad place, y i k e s.
If you'd like to get a #poem every day during the month of April, you can follow along here.
Or sign up for emails here: groups.google.com/g/april-is
20 years(!!) of #poetry archives available here: april-is.tumblr.com
If you'd like to get a #poem every day during the month of April, you can follow along here.
Or sign up for emails here: groups.google.com/g/april-is
20 years(!!) of #poetry archives available here: april-is.tumblr.com
april is: a poem a day for national poetry month
A poem a day in April by email. Sign up here. Poets A-K | Poets L-Z | Poems by Topic | About |...
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February 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Moving over from the bad place, y i k e s.
If you'd like to get a #poem every day during the month of April, you can follow along here.
Or sign up for emails here: groups.google.com/g/april-is
20 years(!!) of #poetry archives available here: april-is.tumblr.com
If you'd like to get a #poem every day during the month of April, you can follow along here.
Or sign up for emails here: groups.google.com/g/april-is
20 years(!!) of #poetry archives available here: april-is.tumblr.com
Hello, bot! It's nice to see you here.
January 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Hello, bot! It's nice to see you here.