Deimos

@DeimosEvotec
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Stumbling through life, interested in a great many things but at the same time struggling to get much of anything done.
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Profile picture alt textAn artistic representation of a Yin Yang symbol, where the traditional black and white colors are replaced by a fiery sun on one side and a cool moon on the other, set against a starry background. (Attribution unclear)
Have you seen this? This recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips that are by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @[email protected] www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.

One mile on a bike is a $.42 e...
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss

Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.

Grist

@dom @ameel @pluralistic
As someone who benefitted from free education, I'll point out that making it free only makes the system less bad, it doesn't address the root cause.

As long as achieving good grades is seen as essential for success, students will focus on it. For them to learn, you need to offer a way forward to those with mediocre grades.

Start considering moving your communities out of Discord now. Don’t wait for the enshittiffication to arrive, the clock is ticking. No one will listen to me, but let’s talk again later. https://www.reuters.com/business/chat-platform-discord-confidentially-file-us-ipo-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-01-06/