Molly guard in reverse(unsung.aresluna.org)

204 points by surprisetalk 7 months ago | 83 comments

Separate the Cord from the Device(bookofjoe2.blogspot.com)

53 points by bookofjoe 5 months ago | 39 comments

More likely than not you're using bubble wrap wrong(bookofjoe2.blogspot.com)

13 points by surprisetalk 6 months ago | 4 comments

Bookofjoe's Favorite Thing: Best Pill Splitter(bookofjoe2.blogspot.com)

13 points by surprisetalk 13 days ago | 13 comments

A bookofjoe blog post recommending a blue pill splitter as the author's favorite, showing an Amazon purchase screenshot from 2016.

Live Stream from the Namib Desert(bookofjoe2.blogspot.com)

545 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 99 comments

A bookofjoe blog post embedding NamibiaCam's YouTube live stream of a waterhole in the Namib Desert, showing ostriches and oryx.

Why does aluminum foil have one shiny side and one with a matte finish?(bookofjoe2.blogspot.com)

40 points by surprisetalk 8 months ago | 37 comments

There Are over 1M New York City Street Signs. Here's How They Are Made.(nytimes.com)

50 points by bookofjoe 10 days ago | 23 comments

New York Times article about how New York City's more than one million street signs are made in the city's sign shop.

Montreal adopts bylaw banning insults against police, municipal employees(cbc.ca)

57 points by MC995 1 month ago | 52 comments

CBC News article reporting that Montreal city council adopted a bylaw banning insults directed at police officers and municipal employees.

If we want a shift to walking we need to prioritize dignity(streets.mn)

500 points by PaulHoule 3 years ago | 527 comments

A Strong Towns repost of a streets.mn essay arguing that encouraging walking requires designing streets that give pedestrians dignity.

Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective(worksinprogress.co)

407 points by surprisetalk 8 months ago | 594 comments

A Works in Progress magazine essay arguing that US cities should consolidate and space out bus stops to make buses faster and cheaper to run.

A walking tour of surveillance infrastructure in Seattle (2020)(coveillance.org)

388 points by eustoria 4 months ago | 265 comments

A Coveillance guide describing a walking tour of Seattle surveillance sites, including cameras, Amazon Go, license plate readers, a fusion center, and an AT&T NSA peering site.

New York City should carefully measure a new tree(blog.willmeye.rs)

69 points by willmeyers 23 days ago | 13 comments

Blog post arguing New York City should measure new candidate trees, since its tallest carefully measured tree, the Queens Giant, was last measured in 2004.