links, etc Aaron’s 5 Laws Of Bicycling Survival | by Ren Willis | Bullshit.IST practical and well places guidance here. worth the refresher. don’t fear biking in an urban environment, but you do need to be aware of your surroundings and the guidance to read the body language of cars is spot on.
links, etc ongoing by Tim Bray · Is Moving to Mastodon Ethical? i have to confess, i’ve been wondering about this myself. given the level of technical shift that’s required to work with mastodon, is this a self-selecting group that doesn’t do right by the less mobile groups out there? there’s a lot to unpack here, but i can’t bring myself to get on board with the current state of twitter....
links, etc Ticketmaster’s Dark History - The American Prospect seriously, everyone hates ticketmaster. why is this so hard? this will only piss you off even more.
links, etc As unions decline, inequality rises | Economic Policy Institute file under duh, but it was still nice to see it written down somewhere.