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Most parents wish that their kids grew up in a world with no social media. Same level of regret as for alcohol and guns. Smartphones and Youtube were lower. Bicycles were regretted by only 9%, despite kids sometimes getting hurt on bikes: @HarrisPoll nytimes.com/2025/06/18/opini…

Another fantastic turn out for our Bike Bus this morning! @BicycleNL @NLSchoolsCA

Colourful homes of St. John’s in the winter. Taken by various members of the Camera 35 Club in Newfoundland.

This interesting paper is not about cities. It’s about cars. It finds that cities were good at both wealth creation and economic mobility until the mid 20th century. What went wrong then? Cities started planning for cars.

ok but they should do a season of the white lotus on fogo island

banger @collision

Very happy to announce the launch of this new @IndependentNL series on transportation in Newfoundland and Labrador, co-edited with @sidewalkcontact. Have an idea for a future column? Details on how to reach us included in our intro. theindependent.ca/commentary…

Who should we invite on our next bike bus!? @BishopFeild

Remember, everyone, the problem that good public transit solves is the efficient use of space, not just the efficient use of labor. Self driving cars are still cars, the most space-wasting form of transport ever invented.

North America is not normal.

STEM is so cool. Science is amazing. Kids should develop curiosity about how the universe works and proficiency in uncovering its secrets, so that they can most effectively optimize clickthrough rates on banner ads at the bottom of VC-funded website-apps.

“The Anxious Generation” author @JonHaidt explains how the move to a phone-based childhood led to skyrocketing rates of anxiety and depression

Montreal is leading North America as a model for how to transform streets into vibrant pedestrian spaces. This 80-page design guide from Montreal is a reminder that it takes more than just opening a street to ensure it's truly a sustainable success for all.

An Americanized version of a German Christmas Village.

Such a premium, high-end planet. It would go for so much in a cosmic planet auction and we get to live here for free.

“this should be 65 separate 5,000 pound cars” —the stupidest fucking venture capitalist in san francisco

amen

We are so excited to announce that we just surpassed 2 Million Downloads per month. Across python, typescript, java, and rust, our community is indexing billions of vectors and managing petabytes of training data for AI. It's an open secret that our users have known for some time now - LanceDB is the easiest way to add knowledge to your AI applications and Lance format is the new gold standard for multimodal AI data. We're so grateful for our community for contributions, feedback, and insights all along journey. Drop us a line in discord and give us a star on GitHub (github.com/lancedb/lancedb)!

Hey @590VOCM further to my discussion with Tim Powers about playful streets, a street sign from Spain’s 3rd largest city. They have their priorities right!