@benfulton @bloomington_in Smith Road had a user who commuted to work in a power chair. After it was brought to his attention that they were using the road for lack of curb cuts, the city came and added all the curb cuts along the route.
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@benfulton @bloomington_in In the Sidewalk Equity Audit, I found the city had been steadily and relentlessly retrofitting more ADA curb cuts over time. Something 500 in the period reviewed. And all new construction ADA compliant as well.
@FartsWithAnAccent I saw a split bike seat a decade ago. Rider said it was very comfortable. Maybe this variant is different because it tilts too. 🤷
@chronicallydave @bloomington_in Indiana University responded to peaceful campus protest with state riot police, sniper on the roof, helicopter overhead.
To justify arrests, a new rule had been passed overnight to ban tents in what for decades had been a free speech zone.
After testing ssmtp, nullmailer, and msmtp for relay-only outgoing mail on Fedora #Linux. Here's my final report:
- ssmtp is packaged for Fedora and I got it working, but the Ansible role I found for it had been abandoned by the author because ssmtp itself is unmaintained.
- nullmailer might have worked, but is not packaged for Fedora.
- msmtp worked. I used this Ansible role, after patching it to work on Fedora: https://github.com/chriswayg/ansible-msmtp-mailer
ssmtp is unmaintained.
msmtp is the recommended successor. The Arch wiki recommends also considering OpenSMTPD, which I haven't looked at yet.
@chronicallydave @bloomington_in I needed to call #GigabitNow for tech support and didn't even need to use the Shibboleth protocol to get good service. https://xkcd.com/806/
@intensely_human It was a weird option to include in the survey anyway, along with giant sports arena.
Top 10 Most Dangerous Intersections for Cyclists in Bloomington, Indiana
Visualization of 2003-2022 cyclist-involved crash data. Hexes count number of crashes at those locations while triangles are crash locations.
Big surprise here is 11th and Fee, the #2 spot. 10 of 13 of those have a primary factor of "failure to yield" or "improper turning". My guess is drivers turning onto Fee from garage on 11th, pulling in front of cyclists traveling fast southbound on Fee.
Winter Bike Commuting webinar December 11th, 6pm
I'm on a panel discussion at 6pm tonight about winter bike commuting in Indiana. I'll be focusing my comments on winter bike commuting with kids.
Meanwhile in @bloomington_in
Active commuting saves time*, money and CO2.
Taufique, a busy IU graduate student, calculated these annual savings for his past year of active commuting.
Changes in everyday choices can be a win-win! 🚀
#climate #running #biking #BloomingtonIN @bloomington_in
⏰ * compared to getting the same exercise + also driving.
Fiber optic junction boxes installed in drainage ditch getting adjustments.
I think what’s going on in this photo is that a fiber junction box had been installed too low in the ditch, so they replaced it with a new box, slightly higher up. It will still get flooded, but initial research that the fiber optic cables can survive that, if not ideal.
@ergomechkeyboards Num row feels different today but cat tail why.
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@benfulton @bloomington_in I’m glad it will create a new connection into the Griffy trail system, but Blue Ridge is high car ownership and car dependency— not many places close by to walk to. I wonder how much it will get used and why it was selected over other locations.