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Ben Keith@benlk.com |
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Bike advocate and urbanist, North Linden Area Commissioner + Zoning Cmte Chair. He. Trains pls. Senior Web Engineer at 10up.
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Ben Keith
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Red White And Boom worked the Olympic broadcast music, "Bugler's Dream", into the fireworks soundtrack of the night. Good for them. #nbc4i #Columbus #Olympics
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Ben Keith
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People claim that the asphalt is squishier and therefore easier on their knees, but I think the real reason is that bike lanes are smoother and better-maintained than sidewalks in most areas.
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Neighbors for More Neighbors
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We're launching our next round of State Policy Task Force members next Mon! So far we have 7 volunteers to help design a plan for 2025, educate decision makers, and engage the public on housing policy. This is an opportunity to step into a FRESH group of folks and get more involved with N4MN.
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Transit Columbus
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hey. hey you. have you given feedback on the BikePlus draft vision network yet? tell the city your thoughts on the new bike infrastructure proposal. (works best on desktop).
tooledesign.github.io/Columbus_Bik...
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Transit Columbus
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The LinkUs team will join us for our July meeting to present new transit maps, draft information on Transit Supportive Infrastructure (TSI) such as sidewalks and bike lanes, & more! Join is next Tuesday, 7/9 at 7pm in Meeting Room 1A at the Main Library on Grant.
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Josh Gondelman
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I can’t believe the Supreme Court just ruled that the president can sleep outdoors in a public space.
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Ben Keith
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Does anyone have examples of municipalities in Ohio modifying or extending the state building code, particularly as it pertains to single-stair buildings?
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Ari Cohn
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Upshot: SCOTUS vacates and remands the NetChoice cases because of the facial challenge irregularity that came up at oral arguments, but the Court takes the time to explain how it views the First Amendment principles at issue, with a not-at-all-disguised swipe at the 5th Circuit.
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Ben Keith
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Lower Decks was my first Star Trek show; it's great fun.
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Ben Keith
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He did it on June 2: governor.ohio.gov/media/news-a...
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Ben Keith
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I note that Ohio fixed the deadline, and now allows parties to certify their nominees for president and VP no later than 60 days before the election: www.legislature.ohio.gov/files/specia...
(passed in special session on May 31: www.legislature.ohio.gov/135-special-...)
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Ben Keith
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Ohio fixed that in a special session on May 31: a party can make their nomination as late as 60 days before the election. www.legislature.ohio.gov/files/specia...
(see www.legislature.ohio.gov/135-special-...)
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Ben Keith
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Today's Chevron hinged on what the Administrative Procedures Act tells judges to do. Congress could "just" tell judges to defer to agency experts, instead of relying on the judges' own judgement. Or at least that's my impression of the ruling.
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Ben Keith
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It feels like a lot of these cases could be fixed by Congress simply updating the laws to add specific language reversing the Court's interpretation of those laws.
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Brian Fung
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Roberts announces Monday as the final day of Supreme Court opinions this term. That means we are certain to get the pivotal NetChoice cases about the future of online content moderation that day, but they'll 100% be overshadowed by the Trump immunity ruling.
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sarah jeong
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no real issues got discussed, basically debate-watchers were looking their horses in the mouth and going "aahhhhhhhh......... fuck"
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Katie Mack
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Televised debates are uninformative in the best of times but both these people have been president and neither of them have hidden their plans and I cannot imagine any useful information will come of the whole debacle
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Ben Keith
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I like the idea of calling a service that exclusively labels bridged accounts a "bridge troll"
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Ben Keith
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Bluesky's protocol has open federation, and anyone can spin up a bridge. Maybe someone'll start a Bluesky labeling service that labels bridged accounts with the fact of their bridging and the source server.
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Katie Mack
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We got tricked by science fiction into thinking a futuristic city is all about flying cars and crystal towers and hologram billboards but what it really looks like is nice apartment blocks, good mass transit, pedestrian zones with shade trees and safe bike lanes.
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Ben Keith
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I don't think government offices are equipped to handle sarcasm of that caliber; they'd hear "thanks for canceling congestion pricing"
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Ben Keith
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Looks like you can block the entire bridge: fed.brid.gy/docs#opt-out
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Ben Keith
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There's room to mitigate! They can put an additional sign on the near-side signal arm. Not that it would do them any good.
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Chicago Urbanist
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Alleyways of Columbus
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Ben Keith
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scandalous
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Ben Keith
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If they only ride in the summer, maybe they're out of practice. How can we make it easier for people to stay in practice, all year round?
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Ben Keith
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Rent encapsulates property taxes, maintenance and upkeep, improvements, cost of construction, cost of land acquisition, and sometimes utilities. Taking those factors into effect, most home sales are not net profitable, but we say they are, because we only look at land and construction costs.
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Ben Keith
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The cost of buying a house is approximately equal to rent in terms of exchanging money for goods and services. The promblem is that people expect there's net profit from resale, when instead houses should be a depreciating asset.
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Ben Keith
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I've made my Fantasy Transit Friday contribution for the month: a SAFEGE suspended monorail for Columbus, Ohio, running along the Olentangy and Scioto rivers www.reddit.com/r/Columbus/c...
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Ben Keith
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When the primary argument against building more housing is that it will lower the price of housing for people who live in the neighborhood, who depend on their house as their primary investment — something has really gone wrong.
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Oh The Urbanity!
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The Paradox of America’s Most Successful Transit-Oriented Development: youtu.be/hHjMQ8T5ZRI
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Kevin M. Kruse
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RIP Donald Sutherland, who gave us so many great performances, including a WWII tank commander/beatnik.
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Ben Keith
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I'm sure there's an editor script for it.
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Jack Jenkins
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So, even within Christianity, the Ten Commandments aren't precisely the same across traditions — the text is translated and even *numbered* differently.
This law appears to mandate the KJV version — a Bible translation entire Christian traditions reject. apnews.com/article/loui...
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Ben Keith
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The network exists in some states, but it's not very connected yet. www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-m...
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Ben Keith
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The proposed 80mph service on Amtrak's Cleveland-Cincinnati line is planned to stop in Dayton; it's the "D" in "3C+D". The tracks run straight through downtown Dayton, and also through Wright-Patterson AFB, which is another major destination. benlk.github.io/columbus-reg...
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Ben Keith
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Show me the DOOF CONDUCTOR
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Ben Keith
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Can you explain it to them without referencing climate change?
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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oh look at that www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Ben Keith
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Having finished the season: "... full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
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Ben Keith
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I'm trying to parse "charli xcx" with Roman numerals in a "charli the __th" format as if she were a British royal, but -10 + 100 +10 doesn't really work
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Ben Keith
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The Central Ohio Greenways trails. They're one of the best ways to get around the city by bike. columbusrecparks.com/facilities/t...
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Ben Keith
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What specific healthcare does the request federal major disaster declaration get them, which the current response won't provide?
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Ben Keith
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What is the current recommend self-hosted speech-to-text workflow, geared for feeding in hourlong public meetings and producing rough transcripts?
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Ben Keith
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You haven't been paying attention.
Biden's executive order: www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
IRS tax refunds: www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
Norfolk Southern found liable for hundreds of millions in damages: www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...
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Ben Keith
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A $1b Powerball? 1. Get the annuity, let it earn interest. 2. Get training/education in something relevant to the next point. 3. Buy the Camp Chase Railroad and maybe the Ohio Railway Museum. 4. Start running commuter service, extend the tracks. 5. Build affordable housing along the ROW. 6. Profit.
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Ben Keith
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At s5e5, and it feels a lot like Star Wars Episode 9: a fetch quest that could've been summarized in the opening crawl.
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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️🌈
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In the last week, Kathy Hochul has: - attempted to cancel congestion pricing - issued a warning about hazardous air equity in NY state - proposed banning respiratory masks in public
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Ben Keith
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Columbus' North Linden Area Commission zoning committee agenda for tonight includes a few new duplexes, an ADU, and some other stuff: us21.campaign-archive.com?u=330bc1a667...
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Ben Keith
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I don't think you need a left-wing conspiracy theory to explain the existence of right-wing conspiracy theorists.
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