Mastodawn

Recent message to #Denver city mayor, regarding 93 deaths on city streets last year:

The status is not quo. We cannot continue to coddle drivers when their presence forces out all other options for travel. The city's petrified fear of upsetting people who value free parking over bicycle and pedestrian safety will never get us a home that's beautiful and quiet, much less safe and unpolluted. PLEASE examine your prejudices and realize that your focus on promoting driving while barely accommodating any other travel (even if *technically* possible) is literally killing us.

Ken5280 2h ago

Urban Truth Collective 19h ago

Madrid closed its central business district to cars for the first time during the 2018 Christmas period. The result was a 9.5% increase in retail spending on Madrid’s main shopping street, the Gran Vía. Plus there was a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @[email protected] in @[email protected]. #UrbanTruth

Closing Central Madrid To Cars...

Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis

City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

Forbes

Ken5280 2h ago

Urban Truth Collective 5h ago

“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” — @[email protected] with @[email protected].

Opinion: Why more urban cyclin...

Opinion: Why more urban cycling saves everyone money | Urbanized

The resulting benefits of a ‘car-less’ household are myriad, but few are as quantifiable as the money most people sink into a depreciating asset that sits unused for 95% of the time.

Daily Hive

Ken5280 2h ago

Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊6h ago

A man used LLMs to generate hundreds of thousands of "songs", then used bots to stream them billions of times, to collect $8m in royalties. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/north-carolina-man-pleads-guilty-music-streaming-fraud-aided-artificial-intelligence-0 Is there a better metaphor for late-stage capitalism than burning resources to make songs that are never listened to, then steaming them to robots that will never hear them, ad infinitum?

Ken5280 4h ago

Urban Truth Collective 4h ago

Not density OR trees. Density AND trees. Better cities are climate action. #UrbanTruth

Ken5280 5h ago

Ken 5h ago

No. 33 in my photo collection of signs of unique Spanish-language business names ending in –ería: PULQUERÍA

Pulque is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented agave (maguey) plant sap. It is popular in central Mexico where the plant is grown. A "pulquería" is a bar/restaurant where pulque is featured on the menu.

June 2023 | Mexico City, Mexico

To view all of the –ería photos I've posted so far, visit my Collection here: https://pixelfed.social/c/867505112495812844

#spanish #language #signs #streetphotography #urbanexploration #urbanwalking #graphicdesign #etymology

Ken5280 7h ago

BethPDX 8h ago

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said: “We’re gonna give Iran $14 billion to fund this war with the United States? We’re gonna give Russia billions of dollars to fund their war with Ukraine? We’re literally putting money into the pockets of the very nations that we are fighting right now. We’ve never seen this level of incompetence in war-making in this country’s history.”

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Ken5280 16h ago

@nantucketlit Hello! I'm currently doing a deep-dive on early 20th century walk-up apartment architecture in Cap Hill and Cheesman. Lots of Spanish Revival, Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco, etc. So many amazing beautiful buildings in these old Denver neighborhoods.

Ken5280 1d ago

#introduction #newhere

Hey everyone, I'm Ken, and this is my first post on Mastodon. I've been active on #pixelfed since summer 2025. I've quit using Meta's platforms and I'm happy being part of the fediverse.

My interests include #urbandesign #cityplanning #architecture #español #travel #language #photography #transit #streetphotography #publicart #spaceexploration #cats #gardens #minerals #sashimi #coffee #history #technology and I'm a #humanist.

I live in #Denver #Colorado USA.