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CSS-Tricks has a new owner! Yes, I've got the keys to the castle, so to speak. And, even after 12 years of working on the site, I'll admit I'm a little overwhelmed and nervous about that. https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner/

You need to understand how important this is. If Amy Acton wins, she could reject (veto) bad bills, but Republicans could override her veto & force bills to become law anyway ......unless Ds also pick up 6+ seats in the #Ohio House Vote all the way DOWN BALLOT 🇺🇸🇺🇸 www.statenews.org/government-p...

There was a City of Columbus training event for area commissioners scheduled for this morning, at 111 North Front Street. I drove down (reasons) and arrived just before the last of the street closures went into effect, trapping my car on the racecourse itself. Fun times.

It'll never happen, but: The State of the Union address should be delivered as an operetta.

Just watched someone attempt a right from eastbound Hudson onto southbound North 4th Street. To their credit, they realize ld their mistake without hitting anything, atopped, and backed up.

Neat map find: side-by-side comparisons of Columbus, Ohio, in 1899, 1910, 1920, and 2025: columbus.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...

On this note: Who's making high-viz suit jackets these days? Betabrand used to have fashionable cycling gear, but that was 15+years ago.

Tumblr user seatsafetyswitch back at it again with a rant about street parking, and how best to abuse it: seatsafetyswitch.com/post/8311884...

holy shit this guy rocks and maybe is the patron saint of Operations

Yes and also this sort of 'uniparty' nonsense feels so hollow deployed in the midst of a national stove-touching. It turns out the difference between a 'milquetoast corporate Democrat' and Trump was really big! President Harris would not be driving trans soldiers out of the military!

Now that both parts are up, here's a short 🧵on my deep dive into why American roads are a sea of SUVs and trucks – and no, it's not just "consumer demand." 🙄 First: the light truck loophole — which was closed recently! But not in a way people are celebrating ...

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY TO THOSE THAT CELEBRATE

This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com

Last call for public comments! Saturday is the final day to provide feedback on the proposed Zone In Phase II updates. President Pro Tem Rob Dorans will host one last Zone In Gallery event, where residents can explore the proposed changes and ask questions.

Do different LLMs have distinct CSS color palette preferences? There's been extensive studies about different LLM's writing styles. Different image generators' preferred palettes are known; look at the well-known yellow tint of some models. Do we see the same thing in CSS?

Awoo! The sirens sound the clarion call: Have you run software updates on your computers today?

American traffic engineers seem blind to the benefits of near-sided signals. It would eliminate this behavior immediately. Design matters more than laws/rules.

The macOS built-in curl, git, pip, python3, perl, ruby, and openssl all read /etc/ssl/cert.pem, which still has the emSign root, but they don't check revocation like Apple's Secure Transport libraries. This is, uh, a problem. git and pip especially. I added a short-term workaround to this page.

Installing updates... Do not turn off your computer

I've set my certificate key to 4444: that's four fours' worth of security, and that's a lot!

@cpdbot.bsky.social Suggestion: When a helicopter lands, posts its entire flight path. Then, agglomerate those flight paths over time, to create a map of most- and least-helicoptered regions, by CPD and by other agencies.

How we know that Unicode is made by nerds and not jocks: Despite the sports coverage, there's no codepoint for referee, yellow card, or red card.

12 hours of daytime 60°F indoor temperatures is enough. I have turned on the furnace.

Late-night news dump from the Virginia Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution is a strongly worded statement about .... something.

Do backslashes and forwardslashes switch direction in LTR text?

Forgiving infrastructure assumes people make mistakes. A person on a bike who loses their balance and falls shouldn't pay for it with their life just because there was no buffer between them and a vehicle 100 times their weight.

how does ohio boy vance keep walking right into the buzzsaw of one of the midwest's most Ancient Tribal Hatreds. dog no one in michigan cares what your OSU ass has to say

It's funny how the phrase 'thought-terminating cliché' became a thought-terminating cliché

I am *really* not a fan of how Google Docs drops keypresses in Firefox. That's not a Firefox issue. Other WYSIWYG document editors work just fine, even canvas-based ones.

The first actual pieces of the Capital Line are being put into place now on Gay Street:

Council President Pro Tem Rob Dorans will host a public hearing to discuss proposed retention pond safety measures in Columbus and gather public feedback. The proposed changes would build on initial safety regulations passed in 2024.

One ebike in need of a brake swap, another ebike mysteriously dead ... I might be riding my acoustic today. No idea what condition it's in.

A very weird article, from a @matternews.bsky.social contributor!

I know I'm a broken record on this, but one part of what is going on is that people have literally no idea what the US immigration system actually is; effectively, that there are no pathways into the country legally for someone who wants to wait in line.

Might've lost my @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social jacket on Tuesday, either on the way to or at the @transitcolumbus.org meeting. Library and restaurant haven't seen it, so I hope it ended up someplace where it will be worn and appreciated.

FOIA nerds and MuckRock users: We have a regular all-hands and I'd love to invite a few folks who use MuckRock to talk about how they put the service to work. If that's you and you're interested, let me know!

Now that I've made plans to see "The History of Concrete" with friends, I'm concerned. Is this more of the infrastructure films of my youth, or is this like "Joe Pera Helps You Find A Perfect Christmas Tree" from last year's @senatormeow.bsky.social Christmas movie watchlist?

Zone In Phase II Public Review Map and Code are out now and the comment period runs through Saturday, October 24! Review the proposal and take the survey at columbus.gov/zoningupdate to share how Columbus can update its zoning code to enable the city to grow in a smart and equitable way!