Read, Think, Be Good

@readthinkbegood
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Newly retired school librarian here. I follow:
#books
#gardening
#nature
#medialiteracy
#politics
#wildlife
#science
#SouthCarolina
#lowcountry
#chs
#libraries
#environment
#history

Let’s see … pro-democracy, anti-banned books, bit of a feminist, definitely anti-maga. Interested in almost everything. I read a lot of books.

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Read, Think, Be GoodDec 10, 2022
Phil ShapiroDec 9, 2022
Fellow library workers -- please pass around word about @libraryland.social - a Mastodon instance set up for public librarians, academic librarians, school librarians, archivists and other library workers to share ideas, inspirations, questions, announcements and the like. If you're looking for a new home to move to after landing at mastodon.social -- that might be your new home.
Read, Think, Be GoodDec 10, 2022
Brent ToderianDec 9, 2022
MILAN has approved a £200 million plan to create a new 750km network of bike paths linking 80% of the city to bike paths, & connect the city to surrounding areas. The goal is to achieve a 20% modal shift to biking by 2035.
Strategy & leadership.
https://road.cc/content/news/milan-confirms-new-bike-network-289375
#milan #cities #urbanism #BikeLanes #cars
Milan confirms ambitious new cycling network linking 80% of the city to bike paths

The Cambio project features 750 kilometres of bike paths and is due to completed by 2035

road.cc
Read, Think, Be GoodDec 10, 2022

We just watched Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. Not going to say it was bad. Not going to say it was great. It did make me look up an interesting article about the history of the story. Maybe don’t let young kids watch it though. #CreepyPinocchio #PinocchioForAdults

The article: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221207-pinocchio-the-scariest-childrens-story-ever-written

Pinocchio: The scariest children's story ever written

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is an acclaimed new film that brings out the darkness in this 150-year-old children's tale, writes Nicholas Barber.

Read, Think, Be GoodDec 10, 2022
Ashton PittmanDec 9, 2022

If a billionaire gives you a selective batch of his company's documents and tells you to write about them, you aren't doing journalism.

You're doing PR work.

Read, Think, Be GoodDec 9, 2022
Paul KnightlyNov 9, 2022

Officially erased my bird site presence this morning and with it my associated contacts. I haven't seen a wide-scale migration yet of the #weather / #wxtwitter community, which accounted for half of my Twitter contacts.

As a sort of final #introduction post and calling card for the weather community, one of my primary uses of Twitter was to share my #WeatherPhotography and #storm reports. I'll probably continue to share weather and #climate content here! CW's as needed. Some of my faves below.

Read, Think, Be GoodDec 8, 2022
Jill MinorDec 8, 2022
Here's my #7 pick for #libfaves22 - just sharing with my new @bookstodon friends. KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE by Deanna Raybourn #bookstodon
Read, Think, Be GoodDec 8, 2022
Auschwitz MemorialDec 8, 2022

On Twitter it took us almost 5 years to reach to 50,000 followers.

Here at Mastodon we may be able to do it within one month.

Support our mission & amplify our voice.

#follow #Auschwitz #memory #museums #memory #history #fediverse #mastodon

Read, Think, Be GoodDec 8, 2022
Hotspur🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦Dec 7, 2022
Washington DC voted to make its bus system fare-free, starting July 1. This is big...the first major US city to make their bus service completely free, and hopefully will serve as an example to other bus services around the nation. This makes the busses available not only to the middle class but also to the very poor who can't afford transit...in other words, greater equity. (EDIT: I found out Kansas City has been free for 2 years. My apologies to them.) #transit #bus #PublicTransit
Read, Think, Be GoodDec 8, 2022
Brent ToderianDec 7, 2022
Do you REALLY want to know how your city could transform public transit virtually overnight to dramatically increase ridership? The answer is to change car lanes to dedicated bus-only lanes so buses won’t be stuck in car traffic, & run more buses more frequently on those lanes. You SHOULD INVEST more in transit to get those additional buses, but in the immediate term, reallocate near-empty buses from low density, low ridership areas to run them often on the bus-only lanes. #cities #publictransit
Read, Think, Be GoodDec 8, 2022
AlikufogoDec 7, 2022

#BlackMastodon When I started off in engineering, I told a senior colleague that I wanted to have a career a generalist instead of specializing in one area of expertise. His response was dismissive "Jack-Of-All-Trades. Master of none."

I've since come to find out that the actual full quote is:
"Jack of all trades is master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one."

With respect to all the specialists, don't let anybody shame you for being a generalist.