This week's meetup will be at the Stone Brewing tap room between Rocketts Landing & Gillie's Creek Park: https://osmcal.org/event/2351/

Next meetup, we'll be doing a bike ride around town to survey areas with fixme notes and that couldn't be fully arm-chair-mapped as part of our sidewalk-mapping initiative.

I want to thank the Richmond Times Dispatch for publishing my latest piece: "In Richmond, leaky gas pipes could spark a fiscal meltdown"

In it, you'll learn why your gas bills have been increasing, how DPU has been handling gas leaks, that mega corporations might be subsidized by residents in Richmond, and how a public utilities commission could help.

Boosts appreciated.

https://richmond.com/in-richmond-leaky-gas-pipes-could-spark-a-fiscal-meltdown/article_f10dfea0-0c93-5461-b754-1edf3564ba40.html

#climate #climatecris #gas #rva #virgina

Ink and wash render in #blender - Himalayas.

Done purely in compositing - normalised the mist pass, passed through gamma 2.2 and Prewitt filters in parallel then mixed these with a difference blend.

@openstreetmap

I choose chaos!!!

http://openwhatevermap.xyz/#3/28.00/18.00

PSA: Google has now begun to roll-out the Ad Topics "feature" onto Android itself. It's not just in Chrome you have to disable the settings. Please #Boost to spread awareness.

If you didn't get the pop-up screen on your Android device (it looks like the first two screenshots), to opt-out of these settings:

1. Go to your device Settings
2. Press "Google"
3. Press "Ads"
   • While you're here, press the "Delete Advertising ID" button and delete it
4. Press "Ad Privacy"
5. Review: "Ad Topics", "App-suggested ads", and "App Measurement". Make sure all are labelled as "OFF". (This page will look like the third screenshot)

If you don't see "Ad Privacy" in Step 4 then it means that it hasn't been rolled out to you yet. You might need to wait and check back in a couple of days to see if/when it has been implemented to disable these settings.

EDIT: There's another setting to review. In step 2, scroll to "Personalize using shared data". Turn everything off.

Pt. 2 in Replies

#Android #Google #Privacy #AdTopics

FOR SALE $2,900 --> Larry vs Harry Bullitt "Pepper" (2020 model) - 2x10 Shimano Deore, TRP Slate T4 hydraulic brakes, Brooks Flyer saddle, Schwalbe Marathon tires, MKS Bear Trap pedals. Can deliver locally. #rvabike #cargobike

Our next meetup is this Wednesday at Basic City Brewing in Southside https://osmcal.org/event/2339/

#OpenStreetMap Standard Layer tile views for August 2023 - zoom 10 and above, 1 second = 15 hours

I missed this article on Lyft's bizarre admission that they bought Motivate (big city #bikeshare operator) to sell taxi rides to bikers.

"We haven't done the job we need to do to make sure that every time a person rides the bike, they get welcomed into the Lyft ecosystem, and frankly, welcomed into the rideshare side of things"

You know, exactly the opposite of why people use bikeshare.

#biketooter #urbanplanning #bikenyc

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pka3kn/lyft-the-largest-bikeshare-operator-in-north-america-wants-out-of-the-business

BORN TOO WALK FORCED TOO DRIVE - HTTPS://DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

Computer keyboards should have a removable crumb tray, like a toaster.

Google’s widely-opposed ad platform, the “Privacy Sandbox,” has launched in Chrome, directly tracking users based on their browsing habits to sell to advertisers. *It is turned ON by default, and you have to explicitly opt out.*

If you still use Chrome, to disable Google's "advanced" ad tracking, go to Settings>Privacy and Security>Ad Privacy, then disable all three options there (Ad Topics, Site-suggested Ads, and Ad Measurement). See images or the animated GIF here: https://mastodon.social/@docpop/111020685168276797

The Overpass Ultra map style is now powered by the OSM Americana Community Vector Tile Server( https://tile.ourmap.us)! Thanks to all who made that project possible. #OpenStreetMap

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

Donate at http://BlinkingGuy.com

Mozilla's new report on the data privacy of modern cars is nightmare fuel. Enshittification has definitely hit the car industry: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/