bookmarks

cool blogposts/papers/whatever

bits about money — charitable donations and the infrastructure supporting them — a fascinating article about donor advised funds (time travel mechanism for rich people to do more tax deductions)
allowing bicyclists to follow leading pedestrian signals is safe, according to nyc dot
access to gender-affirming healthcare (statistically significantly) reduces suicidality (archived on tris.fyi, updated 2023-09-08)
open transclude for networked writing — a neat way of using iframes to cite other content
erase your darlings — applying immutable infra principles to stateful systems

adele mcallister — come to the water
don't you know we were made to nurture the earth?
to feed the hungry and to bind up the hurt
to fight injustice, to aid, not to judge
and above everything else, we were made for love
miles morkri — ventifact — pretty cool mostly instrumental album! hard to pick a favorite track
aivi & surasshu — the black box (10th anniversary deluxe edition) — some really cool bonus tracks! i remember listening to the original album on the bus in high school. makes me feel kinda old. honestly check out all of the infloresce records stuff. aivi does not miss
emperor x — suggested improvements to transportation infrastructure in the northeast corridor — very cozy memories from when i heard the first and last tracks on this one for the first time, at a college radio station. hopefully y'all know who you are, thanks for a great birthday <3

surveying all boston fire department fireboxes (medford/somerville boxes included too, but the medford list isn't complete because i haven't found any authoritative-looking list)