Tom McCarty

@tomm
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Hack of all trades

OK Caltrans just released the Interstate 980 transformation report and they recommend the remove option going forward. Wow. Actually listening to community and doing the right thing.

#Oakland #Caltrans #I980 #Urbanism

https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/district-4/documents/d4-vision-980/v980-phi-final-report-pdfua-ct-edits-12326.pdf

@eqe It's posts all the way down.
@MLNow I can't make any selections, and I tried multiple browsers. Is the website broken?
SPD Officer Instinctively Turns Off Body Cam Before Approaching Dark Turkey Meat: https://theneedling.com/2024/10/02/spd-officer-instinctively-turns-off-body-cam-before-approaching-dark-turkey-meat/
SPD Officer Instinctively Turns Off Body Cam Before Approaching Dark Turkey Meat

Today one Seattle police officer nearly ruined Thanksgiving after he instinctively turned off his body camera and reached for his sidearm while approaching the turkey’s dark meat. “Hey,…

The Needling

A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24923004

@unseenjapan Germans even have a word for this: sitzpinkler.
@evacide Breaking with an astronomical naming convention and feeling spicy, I once named the primary shared file server "dada", and I got soooo much joy hearing that name in serious meetings. Highly recommended, would do again.

@macegr FWIW, I've seen zero zilch nada tone policing in my feed, in fact only posts like "block me or don't, but don't tell me what to post or how to say it".

I have a feeling we're both blindly feeling up an elephant.

This list of the top 25 American recipes that changed food history is a fun and tasty trip down a century-long memory lane.

I know I know I know, "top X" listicles are usually drab schlock, but this one has twice as many contributors as recipes, and includes some well-researched history.

https://slate.com/life/2024/11/food-cooking-recipes-thanksgiving-2024.html

The 25 Recipes That Changed It All in American Cooking Over the Past 100 Years

A century of American braising, baking, and imbibing, just in time for Thanksgiving.

Slate

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