Kevin Leeson

Can milkweed kill spotted lanternflies? Learn about how a community observation became a research question: www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/09/29/i...

Just announced: @noneck.org of @beta.nyc will be the keynote speaker at this year's @datadayscle.bsky.social conference on October 15. Visit www.datadayscle.org for the complete #DataDaysCLE schedule and to register.

There's just one week left to submit session proposals for this year's @datadayscle.bsky.social conference. Get your ideas in by Friday, August 14.

Here the first of two news stories posting back-to-back. The Commerce Department's decision to ban "noise injection" for the 2030 census and numerous surveys is really about politics, not statistics. www.science.org/content/arti...

Been working on an interesting project that you'd like to share at the @datadayscle.bsky.social conference in October? The call for presentations is open through now through August 14.

A very nice write-up on why data users should be concerned about the new Commerce Dept. policy, which likely means a lot of granular, local-level data used for economic development is about to disappear. agglomerations.eig.org/p/a-new-thre...

Happy #TowelDay! For the first time in years, Nick Page posted a clip from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. His original animation accompanies audio from the 1978 radio series.

Inhailer Radio's 2026 Indie 500 countdown (the spiritual successor to WOXY's Modern Rock 500) will air this weekend, running from Saturday morning through Monday evening.

Made a website where you can explore Wikipedia like it's a file system on your desktop: explorer.samismith.com

Eligible voters of INDIANA and OHIO: There are less than three days left to register by April 6 to vote in the May 5 primary elections. Already registered? You may want to check your status, especially if you have moved, changed your name or haven't voted in a while. More at npr.org/vote

Kicking off the month with a banger #poem about birds and books and writing and time and ambition. I Kept Getting Books About Birds, by Catherine Pierce: www.tumblr.com/april-is/812...

On October 3, 2025, at 11:16 am, WCSB as we knew it ceased to exist — but on March 1, 2026, at 11:16 am, XCSB starts a brand new journey, one built entirely on community. March 1. 11:16 am. Only at xcsb.org. We missed you. Come join us.

The Cleveland chapter of the @awesomefoundation.org provides $1,000 grants to help exciting local projects, and the deadline for the next round of awards is approaching. Get your application in by March 1.

It's budget season in Cleveland again, and Refund Cleveland has been updated for 2026. You can use it to understand the budget and to tell city leaders about your funding priorities. It's an @opencleveland.bsky.social project.

The @archive.org now has a collection of playlists and program guides from the Cleveland College Radio Coalition, which consisted of WBWC, @xcsbcleveland.bsky.social, WJCU, WOBC, and WRUW. 📻

People, not vehicles.

Got a spare $2.4 million lying around? The amazing Hangar in Beachwood could be yours. 24400cedarroad.howardhanna.com

wikipedia's new editor count is down a bit and perhaps it's your time to try it editing!!! it's a small and concrete way to help and here are a few ways to start!!!

Wow, the Cleveland Museum of Art recently acquired another piece of furniture by Carlo Bugatti. www.clevelandart.org/art/2025.193

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

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