2026-10-26T02:36:54Z https://nostr.now Pete https://nostr.now/npub1rm0gy9aathdrvh5zf9tfegmmn6jvraw6fhscp7ykr3vj4jy6yxuq9a47ee https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/000/316/035/original/7023077fc4a8580f.jpg https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/000/316/035/original/7023077fc4a8580f.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvplgnrsealv3qfermcwfr4artdysyxusfd70gv2d36rxe795dz4czyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmssqxutl I just found out that <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ktkt3jukh33d7fw9s3mjt6gtpcsaczhu0twv284jw3jj0k5njt4sec5rry" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Taras Grescoe 🚇</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ktk…5rry</span>)</a></span> &#39;s excellent book Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile is available as an eBook from Kobo. This was one of the best books I read this year, my copy is loaned to a friend, so I snapped up the eBook. #straphanger<br/><br/><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/straphanger-4">https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/straphanger-4</a> 2026-10-17T20:07:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy20wjyfrpu4y02s8rl00qev0uqtkw9k64nhvhzcakn4ncwvqflnszyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmszznjz3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv6hq4r5pgsrgdme9hl4xkm3w0mf4l22337wvftty0mur5c3dhamssz5czw'>nevent1q…5czw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>WordPerfect, which still somehow the best pure writing experience I have ever used. I think I first used WordPerfect 4.1 and then later 6.0. No distractions, and the ability to reveal codes to correct formatting that MS Word never could offer.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t want to pretend that WordPerfect was the best ever—I REALLY appreciate the print preview abilities and formatting tricks of modern word processing tools—but WordPerfect was powerful and focused. 2026-10-12T11:32:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2acsh09d2tanrlqnu9c3tzka9ts8kqacdt68s3dsd9wc45xqf44qzyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmseh8652 The wealthy parents behind the curtain<br/> <img src="https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/117/247/544/498/830/493/original/b482bd06f3567b13.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-10T15:57:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsftyxn736e852akjugv6knn3tp22rux4jwv2d6jvfdr2t5q0lgpeszyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmsfwn8u3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8hauzr0qd0pk94qzc7rt6hl8nrsa4grgj0yzkur8k6j5h23hasnqct4l5h'>nevent1q…4l5h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wish the first were more true, but at least in North America, it usually is not. (Agree with your post wholeheartedly, though!) 2026-07-21T21:56:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs84p2cvjj8p37y97qh2mg8h24dmptmtr405q82nvs6rm5x78ck8sgzyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsms842jzu <img src="https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/116/016/004/495/717/971/original/adfda6daa8fc599b.jpg"> <br/> 2026-02-05T03:57:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0uyjt7750j8geslf3twxx7qfq8p32lqwswduvjk524cp5j0ut97gzyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsms6zf5zf AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow ( <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> )<br/><br/>&#34;AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur</a> 2026-01-18T18:24:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqj6tnmsncsfe8pu96kxpq2vaw7v5492suagkv6jw9eqmlcemvdgqzyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsms46k70t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqtmem72qtjd6nqntqx8pufmhu54a0mdgjm56u7emgzl4sxp2wq4sfvgfrc'>nevent1q…gfrc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree with this, but only then, after getting both houses, US Dems have to move quickly and decisively to curtail executive over-reach while delivering on quality-of-life improvements for average Americans, or they will suffer losses in 2028. It&#39;s a tall order, and frankly, I&#39;m not sure they are up to it. 2026-01-18T13:48:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgnwez3g875407rwwxkeymtxxwxmqk8d7wldg2c3f3wxzk4vvp30czyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmswkuz9v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9gte2xshs4qyjpecmfdxyswhqnn6jpatnl0sna5nwgqxk0wrxl0symujvz'>nevent1q…ujvz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sorry to hear that, friend. One more point in favor of old-fashioned group rides, I suppose. (I know it isn&#39;t always possible, I did my ride in the basement on a stationary bike today!) 2026-01-17T15:07:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsram4allvn6yvfecrhc9szzn2x9jqs25xsgmcn0gmsx4274r8gurgzyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmsvmaq5e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9rxfgryjy0gwkffq4grrth7kl2c4jv2cxjq2mmf4cm3ut86qnx9s9k39c2'>nevent1q…39c2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dnd5r8quslw27usmp5du0t9lsm980pp66p3qx0yzgf2d3yt7nease3hzjs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Charlie Stross</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dnd…hzjs</span>)</a></span> was just shouting out LibreOffice. <br/><br/>I work in a document-intensive profession and agree that LibreOffice is the best option for inter-compatibility. You can get some formatting quirks, but hell, even MS Word itself does that constantly. <br/><br/><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross/115773932238746746">https://wandering.shop/@cstross/115773932238746746</a> 2026-01-08T16:20:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9aku4ff2uv8azv660wu2lke4cvta9n20ne4q6tdancxjzecn87vszyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsms22fpjj In honor of a long and good life, I get a chuckle out of the fact that Jane Goodall thought this Far Side strip was funny and refused to allow the institute that shared her name to take action, and later collaborated with Gary Larson. What a legend.<br/><br/>Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research, has died | AP News<br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/jane-goodall-obit-78698397851bc7634717206f7eba07b2">https://apnews.com/article/jane-goodall-obit-78698397851bc7634717206f7eba07b2</a><br/> <img src="https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/115/300/472/433/248/401/original/3b5c1785e228df21.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-01T19:07:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfscln38l6h7zm88e0af2jgmhf7k0ypa09cf8nnrfmevks5p99deqzyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmsj4y23l Comic by Bill Bramhall in the NY Daily News.<br/> <img src="https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/114/277/453/459/042/809/original/ecc01e53d1edfb8f.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-04T03:01:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs08ymjqt4szawrm4qjkmemhwuj85qtyjqp8mvdy23h84v8uewf50gzyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmsqn2ydr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqsnqfmcjmzenhh5gkjepkv6mmwd72drzkj8vvkllr36xjw6lsmyqc8pun8'>nevent1q…pun8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Very good point. I like bike touring, but it needs to be safe. When they just put some bike signs and call it a bike route, it feels like a trap. 2025-01-17T12:49:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9x5ejqfn955v92f4pwhpw0lac8wsu377aawc6zsjjm7tjx7jhvvszyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmspppyhr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9mm7xx44hy94lhvz8c3ukgaldvrseujeanktpg473g8jl9gqzljsn3073p'>nevent1q…073p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fair criticisms, as far as I can tell. I think Lewis&#39; strength is in making the reader care about something. I really can&#39;t stand baseball as a sport (boring, too many games, filthy amounts of money, undeserved special legal status, etc.) but he made me interested in it for as long as I was reading Moneyball. 2024-10-23T14:24:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfgydu686zcvgdartw58feuseew86q6ve4a0g2088xnemrqlpsr7czyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmsrdr4a8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2mgfnhag9zzsrvkxky6vxnkltx68dq0h98h7pr6v2vkw8p6km7nscuu9a8'>nevent1q…u9a8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I still think Lewis has some sparkle left. His &#34;Who is Government?&#34; series in the Washington Post reclaimed some of the disappointment I had after reading The Fifth Risk. And I think his other works (Flashboys, The Big Short) hold up much better than anything Gladwell has put to paper, even if some of Lewis more recent stuff seems to have jumped the shark. 2024-10-22T23:24:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8kgq64l3ktz5gegjkdteaxkv9fcew5gpfq9fk9klj94wtmd598sqzyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmszj09cl I don&#39;t usually give Elon Musk any attention, but I think it&#39;s pretty clear that his Robovan in 2024 has the same purpose that his Hyperloop vaporware did in 2018: draw attention and resources away from transit methods that *actually work* so he can keep selling individual vehicles. 2024-10-12T12:10:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyjcuga24vr5hk4909zghzvmf7t3fs0nlgk62dxta462vm6tffe9szyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmspk5hxe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqgcxt8kn2eny88ptmcg223yfaf6pxa875ghc0n97xy26udm5qytsxv0fc3'>nevent1q…0fc3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I still think touchscreens should have never been permitted for basic automobile functionality. It&#39;s annoying that stoves and fridges and thermostats have touchscreens, but at least they don&#39;t risk injury or death like car touchscreen controls. NHTSA should have prohibited them years ago, it&#39;s a regulatory failure. 2024-09-30T17:47:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8rzn6tfnrw72w57rxwzrue0h85te9m99vh3fxy80g4ftaem0tltgzyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmsnla87r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyfvq7zw4wr9zvauj0gl4guqthzkkves57w67fq34wankzldy8e8q8a7rad'>nevent1q…7rad</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I ditched FB/Insta maybe 8 years ago, and only after did I realize how many clubs and community organizations and local governments and school groups and sports teams did all their communication EXCLUSIVELY through FB or Insta. <br/><br/>And Meta has increasingly locked these down so they aren&#39;t even visible without an account anymore. When I have asked clubs/schools/teams to also communicate another way (email, website, anything really) they look at me like I&#39;m crazy. 2024-09-11T11:43:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrnykag72qazynjhytvkd7e4ckhu7a8zuxjeacw5g2kkmwjdj5qsgzyq0daqshh4wa5dj7sfy4d89r0w02fs04mfx7rq8cjcw9j2kgngsmssj3r2f Cycles of Life, by Grant Snider<br/><br/>#GrantSnider #bikes<br/> <img src="https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/110/278/330/633/104/112/original/f6074244f16eeb59.jpg"> <br/> 2023-04-28T20:35:53Z