NachtbibliothekarLong read: Why We Need Public Libraries Now More than Ever by Tom McGrath
»A public library is, depending on your choice of metaphor, either an act of faith or a bet.«
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2023/11/12/public-libraries-boston/
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EvanI really wish environmentalists cared more about getting everyone onto public transit instead of fighting over how it's powered. Frankly restoring service to low income/transit dependent communities should have been the priority over spending $1M/bus + $1B for the charging depot.
darren is Not Going BackVery illuminating look at office-to-residential conversions. Particularly found Gensler architecture scorecard for evaluating conversion potential very interesting. https://thehustle.co/the-developers-who-see-dollar-signs-in-abandoned-downtowns/
gbhnewsDo you know about #Newstodon Friday?
On Fridays, news organizations with an active presence here in the #fediverse share their best work with you.
It's a great way to find interesting stories and news organizations you may want to follow!
Today's #Newstodon Friday host is @themarkup.
Check out what they are sharing: https://mastodon.social/@themarkup@mastodon.themarkup.org/110197536045942313
Heidi Li FeldmanThe cold Civil War continues. Massachussetts and Washington state have bought one to three year supplies of #mifepristone to prevent their residents from being cut off by right-wing anti-abortion ruling by Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/massachusetts-stockpile-abortion-pill-legal-dispute-escalates/story?id=98472694
Mike DThe Army Corps Of Engineers Has Released a 2023 Calendar Of Giant Cats Attacking Infrastructure
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/army-corps-of-engineers-calendar-of-giant-cats-2023/
Tech News WorldwideHere’s where traffic sucked the most in 2022
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1908845
#roadtraffic #congestion #Chicago #newyork #boston #london #Inrix #Paris #Cars
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1908845
#roadtraffic #congestion #Chicago #newyork #boston #london #Inrix #Paris #Cars
Corey S PowellResearchers have discovered the first known "virovore," an organism that feeds on viruses. Probably there are many others like it -- an entire, previously unknown food chain.
One day into 2023, and already things are going topsy turvy.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/975344 #ecology #life
One day into 2023, and already things are going topsy turvy.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/975344 #ecology #life
Eating viruses can power growth, reproduction of microorganism
In a turnabout worthy of Pac-Man, University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers have found that microscopic ciliates can eat huge numbers of infectious chloroviruses that share their aquatic habitat. For the first time, the team’s lab experiments have also shown that a virus-only diet, which the team calls “virovory,” is enough to fuel the physiological growth and even population growth of an organism.
And this concludes our 2022 programming.
Aram Zucker-ScharffI've seen a bunch of people sharing this and repeating the conclusion: that the success is because the CEO loves books t/f you need passionate leaders and... while I think that's true, I don't think that's the conclusion to draw here. The winning strategy wasn't love, it was delegation and local, on the ground, knowledge.
This win comes from a leader who acknowledges people in the stores know their communities and can see and react faster to sales trends in store...
https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/what-can-we-learn-from-barnes-and
