@skinnylatte DPH *really* needs a robust overhaul of data and IT. They have a huge and messy number of systems and a desperate need for better tools, dashboards, etc. Or at least did when I was there. It would be challenging but potentially very interesting and transformative for the biggest and arguably most important dept in the City.
Course in basics of bicycle and electric bicycle repair and maintenance. Students will learn how to perform maintenance such as repairing flat tires, adjusting derailleurs, chain maintenance, Basic electric system troubleshooting and safety inspection. Rebuilding of wheel, steerer, and bottom brackets bearings will be covered. Frame modifications, wheel-building/truing, and various electric bike services will also be covered. Emphasis on "hands on" implementation and practice
In almost every dataset about life and people that stretches back past March 2020, you can find the blip when Covid changed how we live. Aatish Bhatia and Irineo Cabreros, for NYT’s the Upshot, used a stack of 30 charts to show the shifts https://flowingdata.com/2025/03/11/everyday-life-changes-after-covid/
@skinnylatte A lovely story. Also, and I hope you won't mind me saying this, it seems like very much a lesbian couple story. I know a couple other couples here in the Bay that had a similar path
After law enforcement cleared homeless encampments in eleven cities, a team of ProPublica reporters distributed notecards to the unhoused people affected, inviting them to detail the belongings they had lost in the sweeps. #homelessness https://longreads.com/2025/01/09/i-have-lost-everything/
It actually seems to me to be fitting that the MCU films have become boring (albeit in a loud and spectacular format), stupid and unengaging in pretty much the same ways as the comics did, because they made similar "storytelling" choices from, I'm guessing, greed #MCU#film
I knew that healthcare spending and results in the US were worse than in various European countries...
But I had no idea they were this bad.
The US spends more than 3 times as much as Italy on healthcare, but still has an average life expectancy that is four years lower.
If you allow for "statistical" deaths, it becomes clear that the health insurance and for-profit healthcare industries in the United States are killing tens of thousands a year and the only consequence they face is... increased profits.
With #UnitedHealthcare one of the major beneficiaries of this profiting off death
Now I want a game, a sort of mash-up of GTA and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, where you have a series of missions taking down evil corporations and their profiteering leaders and fascistic politicians.
Your basic Bay Area boy: flâneur, film buff, hiker, foodie, culture vulture, PhD drop out—underemployed and over-caffeinated.Liberté, Egalité, Flâneurité!Frisco-Australian"No, I am not a reasonable being, nor do I consider our scheme reasonable. Who the hell wants to be reasonable?"