Twitter suspension of the DC transit system account may well have been an unintended goof, or a software issue, but it's one more reason to stress how important it is for public agencies not to rely on the Musk-controlled, highly centralized system. What I said about why journalists should migrate off the birdsite goes for everyone else who wants to control their online destinies: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/04/journalists-and-others-should-leave-twitter-heres-how-they-can-get-started/
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Uh-oh, Lauren Boebert just took another shot at MTG, calling her "unhinged on Twitter." 😂
Keep that popcorn popping, folks! 🍿
Never forget, a 13-year study of a dozen cities found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. As for sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them.
Via @Streetsblog, read article linked below.
#bikelanes #bikes #cities #sharrows #infrastructure #urbanism #cars
VLAN article finished. 🎉
Delightful 18 minutes of explaining VLANs in general, on Netgear switches, on OPNsense and on OpenWRT. And a bit about my "implementing VLANs" day.
Long shot: anyone here in #mastodon from #tech that runs a #datacenter close to #detroit? I urgently need #colocation for a server (unfortunately not rackable). 1Gbit port @ 30TB. #sysadmin please #boost for visibility 🙏
Rapid tests for Covid, RSV and the flu are available in Europe. Why not in the U.S.? https://flip.it/m3y-FX #Covid #RSV #Flu #RapidTest
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Musk, Boring company, tunnels, trains
You know the rules. Every time someone says "Hyperloop" I bring up the Shanghai Maglev.
EU folk aren't impressed by the Shanghai Maglev but for US folk I assure you that this footage is not sped up, and that is not a low flying aircraft. Trains really do run that fast outside of the US and have for some time.
We could be SF to LA in comfort in an hour and a half, but we're playing. Philly to NYC in 30 minutes, but we prefer traffic.