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[Article] The nostalgia of PIZZA SCAM(S)
“Those memories run deep, even as my family and I have drifted further apart in the age of Trump. We don’t have many meals together anymore, and when we do, Nanny always unironically lobbies for Cracker Barrel. I still love to read, though, and still love pizza. By now, I’ve spent time in Italy and lived in Brooklyn for nearly a decade, but I still consider those little pucks of slightly-burnt mozzarella and tangy sauce the best pizza I’ve ever had. Nostalgia makes everything taste better.“
Food and Wine, Scamming Pizza Hut Was My Family Tradition, https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/restaurants/scamming-pizza-hut
Kim Kelly also has a new book out!
Fight Like Hell The Untold History of American Labor
blob does not condone the scamming of companies unless they have a yearly net profit of $1 BILLION or more, and/or have notoriously treated their employees like trash.
[Info] What is a “Bike Bus”?
As bike infrastructure continues to lag behind its want AND need, you may see more references to “Bike Buses”. You can read more on Wikipedia but essentially is a community of bike riders riding on a set trail and time-table giving them the power of increased safety in numbers.
Look at this one from Alameda, CA where nearly a third of the students biked to school in a Bike Bus!
And in Chicago the biking community is using it as an opportunity to demand more and safer bike infrastructure.
[Article] The fall of a truly heinous online community, K*wi F*arms
“Sorrenti was the latest victim of a vicious ongoing harassment campaign driven by K*wi F*rms, an online community known for stalking, swatting, harassing, doxing, and intimidating everyone from Gamergate targets to far-right congressmember Marjorie Taylor Greene. Its users are known to single out transgender and neurodivergent people in particular. The site is connected to the suicides of at least three people who were targets of sustained harassment. Users’ tactics are exhaustive. For the past decade, K*wi F*rms has operated with impunity—until now.“
Wired, The End of K*wi F*rms, the Web’s Most Notorious Stalker Site, https://www.wired.com/story/keffals-kiwifarms-cloudflare-blocked-clara-sorrenti/
[Article/Guide] What is a heat pump? Should I get a heat pump? What kind of heat pump is right for me?
And more questions like: are they cost efficient? will me buying one save the world? and so on.
“They’re the cheapest and most efficient way to handle both heating and cooling for your home, no matter where you live. They’re also better for the environment. In fact, most experts agree they’re one of the best ways for homeowners to reduce their carbon footprint and reap the benefits of a greener future without sacrificing comfort. In other words, they’re a win-win.”
The New York Times, A Heat Pump Might Be Right for Your Home. Here’s Everything to Know. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/guides/heat-pump-buying-guide/
[ESSAY] A short photo essay on Free Dirt
“Depending on the angle and composition of the images, “free dirt” posts on Craigslist can look like unintentional landscape vistas. Some shots feature calloused hands covered in tawny fill dirt, vignetted by palm trees and paved driveways in postwar cul-de-sacs. There are endless frames of earth spilling onto asphalt, flattened mounds of rich brown soil indented with tire tracks, craggy piles of dirt gathered evenly along the perimeters of blue tarp in driveways.”
The Paris Review, Free Dirt https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/09/08/free-dirt/
[Article] Could you go a week without driving a car? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could?
“For people who have spent decades centering their lives around vehicle ownership, it may be impossible to imagine our country without car-dependent mobility. But those of us who are nondrivers are already working towards a different future. A future where you don’t need to worry that your car payment eats one-third of your paycheck, where you can let your kids walk to school on their own because there are sidewalks the whole way, where the light rail station is surrounded by affordable apartments rather than parking garages. A future where you could get from one rural community to the next because we run rural bus routes or rebuild our rail network, where you can still get to all our national parks even if you don’t have a car.”
The Stranger, Nondrivers Are the Future https://www.thestranger.com/guest-editorial/2022/09/12/78455821/nondrivers-are-the-future
Until next time, keep on rocking.
