and it's not like local politicians personally get extra tax revenue coming in, but they do benefit from making those NIMBY people happy by getting votes in elections. So unfortunately they're incentivized to allow that housing-blocking behavior rather than push for more efficient use of land.
It's usually the people who own those single family homes vote to block rezoning their neighborhood to allow denser apartment buildings, even if it's just the 3-5 floor "missing middle" type. AKA the "NIMBY"
I can send you an invite, only because you're so chill and all
Wow, Vancouver’s abrupt transition from skyscrapers to single family homes is a prime example of “Missing Middle Housing”, and unsurprisingly, their housing prices reflect that
😂 
it’s gonna be ads, but the kind that don’t track the shit out of you. Im personally fine with that
NIP-65/Gossip Protocol solves this problem without needing a centralized aggregator actually, it intelligently figures out where content is from the people you follow.
More and more clients are implementing it, and it’ll make it so that you only need to think about relays if you want to pick where your posts go, but even that is optional technically.
aggregator relays are cool and all, but I don’t think it’s ideal for those to be core to the Nostr network, otherwise it just becomes a slightly different version of Mastodon .
#[0] seems like Current is still nuking people's relay lists and replacing it with the autopilot list on Current.
Is there a way to use the autopilot list only within the confines of Current, without touching the relays in their contact list? I believe https://web.nostrid.app does it that way.
Great trajectory to see!
“Cancer Mortality in the US from 2005 to 2020”
Brilliant 😂
Starship is ready for launch 🚀
Awaiting regulatory approval
https://nitter.moomoo.me/elonmusk/status/1644944993499357184#m
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Might be because you’re not connected to a lot of relays, and a few of the ones you’re connected to are inactive or frequently down.
A blogpost I wrote a while back explaining the surprisingly straightforward background behind why American university tuitions have gotten so high the past 30+ years
Mastodon Bird UI v1.4.2 released! :neon_skull:
Mastodon 4.1.2 support! :bunhdheart:
Changelog:
* Fix offset of the star micro-interaction in the Explore view
* Fix star/unstar interactions on mobile
* Fix sparkles not showing up on mobile devices
* Fix strange horizontal overflow in between-resolutions (min-width: 1175px) and (max-width: 1330px)
* Fix compose form not resizing on mobile devices
* Fix some unprefixed classes
* Fix unread private message background
* Fix conversation border color
* Fix private message attachment list padding
* Fix favoriting private message styles
* Fix icon-button--with-counter hover shade offset
* Fix follow notifications on Mastodon 4.1.2
* Add support for Mastodon 4.1.2
Source code: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui
Demo: https://mementomori.social
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A Mastodon web client designed to look like Twitter, love the simultaneous trolling + admiration
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While I think "wage war" is a bit hyperbolic (it's more like "compete for undersea cable contracts"), this is a super fascinating write up on the dynamics of global undersea cable networks underpinning our internet
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/us-china-tech-cables/
Except as an update, I recommend https://rsslay.nostr.moe now, much more feature rich and stable!
But here's a bunch more from the Egyptian Fayum Mummy Portrait collection!
Portrait of the Boy Eutyches (A.D. 100–150)
Portrait of a young woman (A.D. 70)
Portrait of a young woman (A.D. 110–120)
Portrait of a man, ca. A.D. 125–150
Source: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2000/mummy-portraits/photo-gallery
I wish! I've been to this exhibit before, but I got this image from the collection on the website. I just find it so cool that this looks like it could be a relative of mine today!
It's fascinating how much continuity/consistency Egyptian/Coptic ethnic groups have had over such a massive time line.
Fayum mummy portrait of a young woman, from Egypt, dated 90-120 AD. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (09.181.6)
