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Alex Smith

@asjs

Design https://xitter.gq/t.co/CP8i3zgihn Designer. Sometimes a professor. Often a student. He/Him.

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Joined September 2008
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Dream Chaser is finally about to leave its nest. @StephenClark1 got a good look at the vehicle this week: arstechnica.com/space/2023/1…
After decades of dreams, a commercial spaceplane is almost ready to fly

After decades of dreams, a commercial spaceplane is almost ready to fly

“Plunging into the ocean is awful. Landing on a runway is really nice."

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This paper is amazing and terrifying. "Symptom or Culprit? Social Media, Air Pollution, and Violence" by @xinmingd drive.google.com/file/d/10j1…
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In some of New York City’s most flood-prone neighborhoods, increasing permeable infrastructure from the current level of 2% of land to just 5% of land could prevent flooding. We can make our neighborhoods more resilient by replacing car space with green space.
Lauren Glassberg (@LaurenGlassberg) profile pictureLauren Glassberg@LaurenGlassberg29 Sep 2023
This isn’t good. #parkslope flooding. Bumper cars.
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it's crazy that something as amazing as AI can be so immediately kitsch
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The quality of sweaters has declined so greatly in the last twenty years that I think it genuinely necessitates a national conversation
Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) profile pictureFilm Updates
@FilmUpdates20 Sep 2023
Ben Schwartz recreates Billy Crystal’s look from ‘WHEN HARRY MET SALLY…’
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Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor of Newbern, AL, faced resistance from outgoing white mayor & allies after winning election. This struggle exposes historical disenfranchisement & ongoing challenges for marginalized voices in leadership. bit.ly/3YQrHhM

He became the first Black mayor of a rural Alabama town. Then a white minority locked him out

For years the mayor in Newbern was appointed, not elected. When Patrick Braxton won the election, the outgoing mayor and his cronies refused to accept it

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Plant 👏 more 👏 trees
Gothamist (@Gothamist) profile pictureGothamist
@Gothamist22 Aug 2023
A new Cornell study mapped and modeled the shade of every street tree in New York City — right down to leaf — for any day of the year. How much shade do you get? bit.ly/3QKGKrd
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Bollards save lives AND bring immense joy and happiness to the world. #WorldBollardAssociation
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New report finds that over 8,000 pedestrians were killed on US roadways in 2022. Jimmy Carter was president the last time that happened. ghsa.org/resources/Pedestria…
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Andy Boenau
@Boenau19 Jun 2023
Replying to @BrentToderian @StreetsblogUSA
I think people people will be shocked by the power local land use policy has to heal or harm our minds. The anxiety/depression links to infrastructure are jaw-dropping. But things can get better in the end!
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If you've ever wondered why America has two building codes: Residential Code (1 and 2 family dwellings) and Building Code (Multifamily housing, and everything else), this is why.
Oakland Antioch & Eastern RR (@TribTowerViews) profile pictureOakland Antioch & Eastern RR@TribTowerViews16 Jun 2023
Replying to @orangutanagram
Veiller: "Do everything possible to encourage [SFH]... and penalize... [MFH] of any kind... If we require [MFH] to be fireproof... if we require stairs to be fireproofed... if we require fire escapes and... and allow [SFH]... to be built with no fire protection whatever."
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Wow, the @BronxZoo opposing public transit upgrades that are key to reducing climate change is depressing as hell. An asshole from Larchmont leading the charge and being priorities over actual Bronx residents, however, is deeply unsurprising.
Dana Rubinstein (@danarubinstein) profile pictureDana Rubinstein@danarubinstein7 Jun 2023
“Fordham Road won’t be getting a busway after the Department of Transportation bowed to ‘community concerns’ and opted for a plan for the corridor that will provide the least benefit for long-suffering bus riders” nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/06/…
DOT Nixes Fordham Road Busway Due To 'Community Concerns' - Streetsblog New York City

DOT Nixes Fordham Road Busway Due To 'Community Concerns' - Streetsblog New York City

DOT officials informed the project's community advisory board on May 31 of their intention to kill the Bronx busway and instead shift existing bus lanes away from the curb and extend them by several...

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Someone’s gonna make an absolute shit-ton of money for putting the “HBO” back in
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“Using microdata on crime severity, we find statistically significant increases in both major and minor crime rates from air pollution... The greater scale of major crimes implies they contribute more to the total crime rate increase from air pollution.” sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Recently got a PR pitch that expressed admiration for a book I did not write and which does not exist. The firm had used ChatGPT. Beware of AI hallucinations, early adopters! nytimes.com/2023/05/01/busin…
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bombmagazine.org/articles/me… sometimes I write stuff. This is an interview I wrote for @BOMBmagazine
BOMB Magazine | Melissa Joseph by Azikiwe Mohammed

BOMB Magazine | Melissa Joseph by Azikiwe Mohammed

Found objects as story keepers.

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Andy Byford, the former New York City subway chief who earned praise from riders as well as the nickname “Train Daddy” for improving an antiquated system, will run Amtrak’s new high-speed rail development program, the train service said Thursday. nyti.ms/3JFSqGK
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Mid 50s tonight and outdoor dining is packed in Fort Greene. Turning this back to seasonal parking is a money loser for @NYCCouncil @NYCMayor and will deaden the streetscape. @AndrewRigie
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i’m not the world’s greatest trader or anything but if you have $1mm and you think bitcoin will be worth $1mm in 90 days the trade is to buy **40** of em
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Now that we are doing seasonal outdoor dining, I look forward to seasonal loading zones, seasonal CitiBike docks, seasonal car share parking, seasonal curb extensions, seasonal bike lanes, seasonal plazas, and most of all… seasonal parking 🙄
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