missed this WORT coverage last week on the absolute trash fire of the attempted bodycam pilot in the North district: https://www.wortfm.org/independent-monitor-finds-severe-flaws-in-mpds-body-cam-pilot-study/
it's worth skimming the OIM report linked there
they were ordered to do a randomized controlled trial and track their additional time required
instead they did none of that and hired a statistician who gets paid by a body cam company to badly misinterpret their not-at-all-RCT data
#OTD (Nov 07) in 1970, a #MadisonWI #Wisconsin, #Mafia family disintegrates after the death of underboss Joseph #Aiello.
Santa Cycle Rampage is coming to #MadisonWI again on Dec 13! https://give.wisconsinbikefed.org/event/2025-santa-cycle-rampage-madison/e726002
https://urbanists.social/@cyclists_of_msn/115503248444232560
Mike is doing the lord's work live posting during #MadisonWI Plan Commission meetings over on Bluesky. Last night there was a long debate on a skinny 320-unit building in the heart of downtown. https://bsky.app/profile/therealzenz.bsky.social/post/3m4rc7sx3k22t
On to conditional use for a 320 unit 16 story apartment building at 139 W Wilson. Staff is concerned about the density of the building on a narrow lot, and particularly space for pickup/drop off and service vehicles. Dev. provides scenario for service/garbage vehicles, and plans on staggered move in
The #MadisonWI Transportation Commission will receive an update and make a decision about the experimental lane closures on Williamson Street this Wednesday. So it was time to take another look at the Google Routes travel time estimate data that I have been collecting since the trial started. No huge changes, which in itself is maybe a surprise, given that a major construction project started since the last post. https://haraldkliems.netlify.app/posts/travel-times-on-willy-street-part-2/
For plants to grow, they need moisture. Perennial plant communities in continental USA provide moisture for rain and prevent erosion of soil from wind & agriculture.
Agroforestry is one practice, which allows farmers to incorporate forest products (nuts, fruit, animal feed, wood, leaf compost) into their farm output.
#madisonwi has Forest Products Lab, which helps industry.
Farmers also have tried to use wild flowers to attract beneficial insects & use non-chemical methods of pest control.
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