One of America's most walkable school districts might soon lose that distinction — and the country might lose a powerful model of how good school planning can make kids and the communities that surround them healthier, happier, and more independent.

The Midtown movie that changed NYC’s sidewalks and plazas is coming to theaters https://gothamist.com/news/the-midtown-movie-that-changed-nycs-sidewalks-and-plazas-is-coming-to-theaters

#ParkingDay (www.myparkingday.org) is on Friday, and as usual, there will be two events in Cleveland. Students from Kent State's CUDC will be setting up on Prospect Avenue.

Launch day 🚀 We’ve just released @chartlecc.bsky.social - a daily chart game! Your job is to guess which country is represented by the red line in today's chart. You get 5 tries, no other clues! Play today, come back tomorrow for a different chart with new data and share with your chart friends 📈

Got a cool project you'd like to share with the folks at the @datadayscle.bsky.social‬ conference or workshop this fall? Submit your session ideas by Friday, July 18.

At the start of today's Guardians-Giants game, announcer Matt Underwood couldn't decide whether he wanted to say afternoon or evening, and it came out of his mouth as "afterneen." That's a exceptional portmanteau, and it aligns perfectly with Lewis Carroll's description.

a modest proposal

📢 Big news! #ACTCongress is happening June 28! 🎉 Our first-ever virtual #unconference, shaped by YOU. We'll hold our first board election, vote on the budget, & dive into participant-led sessions on our #civictech community's future. RSVP on Eventbrite! www.eventbrite.com/e/alliance-o...

The 2025 Indie 500 starts in one hour! Come for the guest DJs (like me and someone from The National), stay for the tunes, stream here: www.inhailer.com/2025indie500

I made a streetview roadtrip simulator where we all vote on a direction every 10 seconds Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy! > neal.fun/internet-roa...

Kelli Bowers of @michleague.bsky.social: "Preparing and advocating for the 2030 Census shouldn’t begin in 2029. It begins today. Protecting our data is protecting our democracy, and we must act to ensure that every person is seen, valued and counted."

Jill Sobule's cover of Warren Zevon's "Don't Let Us Get Sick" never fails to break my heart. Don't let us get sick, don't let us get old Don't let us get stupid, all right? Just make us be brave and make us play nice And let us be together tonight

We finally got our union made stickers for the @civictechallies.bsky.social! If you want to support our work - make a donation here and we'll send you a sticker! Include your email in the donation note and we'll reach out! hcb.hackclub.com/donations/st... #civictech

We just brought Data Days over to Bluesky-- follow us at @datadayscle.bsky.social . Take our survey to let us know how Data Days CLE can best help you with #data and #civictech in 2025. Go to datadayscle.org for the survey.

Great to have you back! Looking forward to reading more good stuff.

HAPPY NATIONAL #POETRY MONTH, PARTY PEOPLE. 30 days of juicy poems coming your way starting... now. Sign up here to have an albino passenger pigeon lovingly deliver one to your email inbox each morning: groups.google.com/u/2/g/april-is Or follow along here. And/or on Tumblr! april-is.tumblr.com

Not so fast, says the architect's foundation. news.artnet.com/art-world/ne...

According to Wikipedia, Tears for Fears released "Mad World" on September 20, 1982. Michael Andrews and Gary Jules released their cover as a single 7,756 days later, on December 15, 2003. March 10, 2025 is 7,756 days after that.

Big thx to @skora.bsky.social for updating this nifty budget tool that allows you to share your version of the @cityofcleveland.bsky.social budget with your council member. Don't know your council member? The tool has an answer to that, too! Read all about it 👉 signalcleveland.org/what-costs-m...

Got an idea to make Cleveland a more awesome place, but need some funding to get your project off the ground? Then you should apply for a $1,000 grant from the Cleveland chapter of the Awesome Foundation—but don't wait too long. The deadline to apply for the next round of grants is March 1.

Here's the museum's press release.

Here's some positive news!

Moving over from the bad place, y i k e s. If you'd like to get a #poem every day during the month of April, you can follow along here. Or sign up for emails here: groups.google.com/g/april-is 20 years(!!) of #poetry archives available here: april-is.tumblr.com

Hello, bot! It's nice to see you here.

Oh, cool. @wikipedia.bsky.social has a brand new article about @bschillace.brandyschillace.com.

Cleveland's history is in jeopardy. Thousands of WKYC & WEWS news reels (1950-1990) need digitized. Watch this video, share it, and help @Cleveland_PL digitize these treasures for future generations. Together, we can preserve our city’s amazing story! youtu.be/zlqxaeBM90Q

Swedish indie pop duo Club 8 has been slowly dropping new songs over the past year. Yesterday, they released them all in a new album.

Ooh, the Canton Museum of Art has a new exhibit about Cleveland's #KokoonClub. Might have to go check that out.

"The design feels to me like none of the 1,500 employees at HKS's 29 corporate offices around the globe have even been to Cleveland, let alone eaten bratwurst with stadium mustard and a beer in -30° Fahrenheit windchill watching the worst team in the league and thinking 'damn this is the life.'"

Last month, @themagfields.bsky.social recorded a nearly-acoustic tiny desk concert. NPR posted the video today.

Hooray! @sharkyfin.bsky.social is here, and has posted some nice examples of his work. Go take a look!

“Street space is Cleveland’s most priceless possession. The street railway is the backbone of the traffic system because it uses street space most efficiently and economically.”

Just realized that someone who writes bad poetry has created an account here with the username I used on Twitter. This could be interesting…

Cleveland friends! Please join me on Saturday, December 14 from 4-6:30pm at the Capitol Theater for the inaugural Cleveland Better Streets Film Fest! The event is free but donations are welcome and support Bike Cleveland’s Better Streets program. Tickets: events.humanitix.com/better-stree...

Everyone's favorite has arrived! You should go follow @skrticx.bsky.social now.

Bumper sticker endorsing Carl Stokes for Mayor of Cleveland https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2014.36.7

It's that time of year when Rover gets festive and puts on a costume for the holiday. #BeSeeingYou

Every asked me to write about top level internet domain shenanigans. Come for the story of how a bunch of Slovenian academics allegedly stole the .yu domain. Stay for why the entire .io TLD might disappear due to a minor treaty between Britain and Mauritius. https://buff.ly/3zTcZyt #technology

The 2024 #DataDaysCLE conference is only two weeks away! Registration info and the full event schedule are available at datadayscle.org.

There is now a new, readable version of this essential graphic, thanks to @wklumpen.bsky.social and @kathrynmathias.bsky.social ! Spread it far and wide!

Facebook is problematic in so many ways, but lately I've been irritated by its haha reaction and the way trolls use it for mockery. It's been a problem for years, and Facebook has done nothing to address it.

Soul Coughing redemption arc www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGvx...

Cleveland! Next Thursday at 7p I'll be at the Rock Hall talking about the Modern Rock 500 & how artists like Charli & Chappell use the sound of 'old' modern rock to dis-identify with an Antonoffied girlboss pop mainstream. Free tix here: rockhall.com/event/the-mo...

Did you know that NASA educators used a Spacemobile for their public outreach efforts? images.nasa.gov/details/GRC-...

Just realized that @andreitr.bsky.social brought his art bots to Bluesky. I made a list of the bots that post images from the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection. Did I miss any?

Since early July, some cleveland.com articles published as "staff reports" have carried a disclaimer reading, "This story was written with the assistance of AI." Yeuch.

"No, no, great job, you disintegrated the first-ever pedestrian-only planet. You drove a million miles just to ruin a perfectly lovely living space." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/way...

NASA has posted some outstanding photos of Glenn Research Center (then known as the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory) in the 1940s. 🧵 images.nasa.gov/details/GRC-... images.nasa.gov/details/GRC-... images.nasa.gov/details/GRC-... images.nasa.gov/details/GRC-...

Do you have a project or an idea that you'd like to share at the #DataDaysCLE conference this fall? The call for proposals is open now!