Apparently Reddit has now banned a subreddit dedicated to the Fediverse Reddit-alternative Kbin:

https://sakurajima.moe/@chikorita157/110517156242412322

If you're on a centralised platform like Reddit, this is what they can do. Centralised platforms have all-powerful leaders who can do whatever they want, and you have no alternatives if you disagree.

The point of the Fediverse being on lots of servers is that each server's power is limited. If you disagree with one server's actions, you can move.

#Fediverse #Reddit #Kbin

An 11-minute brisk walk every day could prevent one in 10 premature deaths worldwide, according to the largest ever study of its kind.

Now just imagine if we designed cities and neighbourhoods to make that walk a completely normal part of every day life.

#cities #walking #WalkableCities #health #cars
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/28/walking-11-minutes-a-day-could-stop-early-deaths

Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the #Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003, and replaced it with a restored stream and 1000 acre park in the city’s centre, not only did it transform the city’s public life and economic success, but the vehicle traffic got better.

The traffic got BETTER.

#cars #cities #urbanism #Seoul #traffic #car

You know who DOESN’T get to decide if the concept of “15-Minute Cities,” which supports MORE CHOICE, LESS CAR DEPENDENCY, and LOWER PUBLIC COSTS & CONSEQUENCES, is good public policy?

The same extreme alt-right conspiracy theorists and cynical political opportunists who brought us truck occupations in Canadian neighbourhoods, the January 6th Insurrection, & Brexit.

I won’t let their unhinged lies work. You shouldn’t either.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7g898/walkable-15-minute-cities-con

We've been on Mastodon for 101 days now, and we've topped 15,000 followers! Thank you to everyone who boosted this post!

Do you know people who would like to find a trustworthy, nonprofit #News source sharing the knowledge of academic experts on many topics?

If yes, we'd appreciate your boosting this post.
https://theconversation.com/us/10-ways-we-are-different

(If you're curious about the significance of the 100 days in US politics, here's an article explaining it:
https://theconversation.com/measuring-a-presidents-first-100-days-goes-back-to-the-new-deal-159852)
#Journalism #MastodonMigration

‘“Y'all” Is Going Mainstream’
#TheConversation #DavidBParker #Language #WritingTip

“English...doesn’t have a good second person plural pronoun; ‘you’ can be both singular and plural. ... ‘Y’all’ fills that second person plural slot—as does ‘you guys,’ ‘youse,’ ‘you-uns’ and a few others.”

This makes me wonder if we’ll ever say “they all” or “th’all” to mean the plural “they” so that the regular “they” can be the non-gendered singular form.

What do y’all think?

https://theconversation.com/yall-that-most-southern-of-southernisms-is-going-mainstream-and-its-about-time-193265