When governments began stripping away single-family-home zoning over the past five years to allow the construction of multifamily housing, many development advocates predicted the start of a pro-YIMBY revolution - but the movement has stumbled even before it’s really gotten started.
#Tucson #Arizona
UFO 50 is the best retro-gaming homage I’ve ever played
Collection of 50 new '80s-era game concepts brims with originality, care, and joy.
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Constitutional sheriffs wield unchecked power across America
Jessica Pishko says a group of sheriffs have become a flashpoint in current politics of toxic masculinity, guns, white supremacy, rural resentment
* Jessica Pishko (book): The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy
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#JessicaPishko #ConstitutionalSheriffs #sheriffs #authoritarianism #policing #ToxicMasculinity #WhiteSupremacy #GOP #Trumpism #MAGA
Ohio sheriff tells residents to write down the addresses of Harris-Walz supporters
Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski urged residents of an Ohio county to report neighbors with Harris-Walz signs
salon.com/2024/09/16/ohio-sher…
* Ohio Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski: brucezforsheriff.com
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#sheriffs #Ohio # BruceZuchowski #authoritarianism #GOP #Trumpism #EnablingFascism #MAGA #xenophobia #ElectoralFraud #VoterSuppression
📷: Residents leave the flooded areas with their belongings in Maiduguri, northern Borno state, Nigeria, Sept. 15, 2024.
voanews.com/a/severe-flooding-…
#voanews
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Les images des inondations en Europe centrale sont impressionnantes et inquiétantes ici en Roumanie, un sujet de France 24 youtube.com/watch?v=C33hc2T7zY…
Also releasing today: New iOS 17, macOS 14 updates for the upgrade-averse
Security updates without the headaches for the risk-averse (and bug-averse).
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…
🎉 The Nextcloud Hub 9 launch was a hit!
If you missed it, catch the recording and explore all the new features and updates here:
💬 Share your thoughts and let us know what you think!
Open Science Community Twente reshared this.
Love how you're making the videos available on a decentralized, community-run platform like Peertube, in alignment with your stated values!
Even better is how you've continued to engage with the community on this issue rather than just ignoring it and funneling users onto centralized surveillance platforms like YouTube! Way to go!
...Right?
#Nextcloud #Hub9 #Peertube #Youtube #FOSS #Google #Privacy #Decentralization
Tech Cyborg reshared this.
Why did you mention the "Nextcloud Social" app as an example of your commitment to the values of decentralization and federation, when you made it into abandonware by changing app interfaces and destroying it with a Nextcloud upgrade?
That sends the opposite message: that you hate decentralized and federated services, and that if anyone tries to integrate any social or federated apps with Nextcloud, you will destroy their hard work.
An Introduction to The Babylonian Map of the World–the Oldest Known Map of the World
openculture.com/2024/08/an-int…
"'Debates don’t matter' is a position that political operatives often take when their candidate has clearly lost. But 2024 isn’t an ordinary election, and there’s a case to be made that this debate matters as much as the Biden/Trump one did."
With Kamala Harris coming away the winner of last week's debate, Jay Kuo took a look at what this success means for her campaign. Catch up at The Big Picture! thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p…
🎉 FLEXIBITS IOS 18 UPDATES 🎉
The latest updates for Fantastical and Cardhop are here with exciting new features for #iOS18! Update today to customize your icons, add to Control Center, and see Live Activities on your Watch:
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