Ray Berger

Ray Berger

@rayb.bsky.social

Urbanism + tech (for the people) Currently in SF. Founder: @urbanismnow.com Publishing with: thelabofthought.co

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Ray Berger
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Another #pandoc bug report opened for #typst support. It's pretty gratifying using these tools to make books and reporting bugs along the way that get fixed for everyone! #foss github.com/jgm/pandoc/i...

github.comFigure caption lost when converting rotated figure (typst to docx) · Issue #11598 · jgm/pandocFigure caption lost when converting rotated figure (typst to docx) Environment OS: macOS Pandoc version: built from source commit c15e0628670e08eb1d92a412d779ef0dc687f58c Command: pandoc --verbose ...
Ray Berger
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If AI is so good why hasn't anyone used it to install Linux on an iPad yet? Sad to see more and more apps I can't install on an old iPad that's perfectly usable.

Ray Berger
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Enjoying Life After Cars today to much that I created a Wikipedia very basic page for it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Af... Anyone wanna help fill it in with more details? #urbanism #urbanism+

The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social

Today is the last day to get the e-book edition of LIFE AFTER CARS for just $1.99 at @bookshop.org and other sellers! bookshop.org/a/9252/97805...

bookshop.orgLife After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the AutomobileFreeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
Ray Berger
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@ente.io is an amazing #selfhosting solution for photo management that's fast, private, and thoughtfully built. One area that could really level it up? Polish the UX for tagging faces. If you care about this too, please read & upvote the discussion github.com/ente-io/ente...

github.comBulk ignore people from the details view of a photo · ente-io ente · Discussion #9125Ported from issue raised by @RayBB Problem A common use case is taking photos of someone I know where there are many strangers in the background. In these cases, I want to tag the person I know and...
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Game-changer for California urbanism! Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, a landmark law that greenlights denser housing near major transit stops. This is a massive win for creating more connected and sustainable cities.

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- Increased Housing Supply: A direct strategy to tackle the state's affordability crisis through upzoning. - Smarter Growth: Reducing sprawl and long commutes by focusing development where infrastructure already exists.

Ray Berger
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Authored by Sen. Scott Wiener and championed by YIMBYs, this is one of the most significant zoning reforms in modern California history. It's a bold step toward the future of our cities.

Ray Berger
@rayb.bsky.social

Game-changer for California urbanism! Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, a landmark law that greenlights denser housing near major transit stops. This is a massive win for creating more connected and sustainable cities.

Ray Berger
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By allowing mid-rise apartments near rail and bus hubs in 8 urban counties, the law directly promotes: - Transit-Oriented Development: Prioritizing people over cars and building vibrant, walkable communities.

Ray Berger
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Creator of pandoc merged a fix to my bug report in less than 24 hours! I appreciate this philosophy professor maintaining a great piece of software and responding to bug reports in such a timely manner. He's awful generous with his time. github.com/jgm/pandoc/i... #foss #OpenSource #pandoc

Ray Berger
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NYC has a very impressive Open Data portal. Every single day, a new dataset of all the 311 calls are made available for anyone to to dig in and analyze. This is just one of hundreds of datasets available from the city. 🧵 #urbanism #opendata #urbanplanning #nyc

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I learned all this and much more in a free workshop hosted by @beta.nyc on Monday. Fortunately, they're hosting ANOTHER workshop on Friday! If you want to learn the nuts and bolts of what it means for governments to be transparent and make data-drive decisions this is a great place to start!

Ray Berger
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NYC has a very impressive Open Data portal. Every single day, a new dataset of all the 311 calls are made available for anyone to to dig in and analyze. This is just one of hundreds of datasets available from the city. 🧵 #urbanism #opendata #urbanplanning #nyc

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It turns out this is just another step in a long long history of NYC's efforts to make governing transparent. For over 150 years they've published a daily newspaper called The City Record that gives a detailed view of what the city's many departments are doing.

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Mek
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Hi, I'm @mek.fyi and for 9 years I've run the @openlibrary.org at @archive.org, where 11M patrons world-wide rely on us to preserve society's library books, many which can't be accessed elsewhere. 🎲 Markets, politics, employment could change: I pledge to keep Aaron Swartz's Open Library OPEN 📖. Why?

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Justin Wolfers
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If DOGE were serious, it would also eliminate the nickel, which costs 13.78 cents to make. It was first issued in 1866, when it had roughly the same purchasing power as a dollar today.

Robert Ropars@robertropars.bsky.social

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is targeting one of the federal government's most notorious examples of waste: the penny. www.businessinsider.com/doge-elon-mu... #DOGE

businessinsider.comDOGE takes aim at the pennyOn X, DOGE pointed out the federal government spends more to produce the penny than its worth. But the penny has survived decades of reform attempts.
Ray Berger
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Can anyone in the #Vue #VueJS or #Vite worlds tell me if there's a better way to build multiple web components? Can't use the lib option because then we can't inline dynamic imports with multiple inputs and multiple outputs. #OpenSource

buff.lyUpgrade to Vue 3 by RayBB · Pull Request #10298 · internetarchive/openlibraryCloses #7547 Overview This PR upgrades Vue. Due to Vue's architecture, this requires upgrading all Vue-related dependencies simultaneously. Changes Needed Fixed styling issues in Library Explo...
Ray Berger
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A recent paper about NYC says upzoning reshuffles gentrification: some neighborhoods feel relief, others feel the heat. As such, a regional approach should be taken. Source: Upzoning and gentrification: Heterogeneous impacts of neighbourhood-level upzoning in New York City (2024).

Ray Berger
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In December, I joined the celebration of 50 years of Ciclovía in Bogotá, Colombia. Three astonishing aspects caught my attention: 1. At the night Ciclovía, police were present with a music car encouraging people to register their bikes in case they're stolen. Quite the friendly community outreach.

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What insights can we glean from #LatinAmerica to revolutionize #urban #mobility? PS: I'm working with Lab of Thought on a new book called Mobility Language Matters, coming out soon!

Ray Berger
@rayb.bsky.social

In December, I joined the celebration of 50 years of Ciclovía in Bogotá, Colombia. Three astonishing aspects caught my attention: 1. At the night Ciclovía, police were present with a music car encouraging people to register their bikes in case they're stolen. Quite the friendly community outreach.

Ray Berger
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Just added ~100 #EckerdCollege faculty profiles to Wikidata using QuickStatements! Fun first project with this tool. Now their research will be more discoverable 🔍 #Wikidata #OpenScience blog.rayberger.org/eckerd-quick...

blog.rayberger.orgMy First Wikidata QuickStatements Project: Documenting Professors at Eckerd CollegeI love my alma mater, Eckerd College, and I recently discovered EC Scholar, a website that showcases faculty research profiles and publications. This seemed like a good opportunity for me to learn about QuickStatements, a Wikidata tool that particula...

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Brent Toderian
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LETS TRY THIS: Quote-post this with a “picture worth a 1000 words” of a scene from another city that exemplifies what you’d like YOUR city to achieve on the way to becoming a much better #CityForPeople. The only word you get to include is the name of the city the scene is from.

Ray Berger
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I finally made a little tool to make using my reddit proxy easier. tldr: my proxy keeps timing out (idk why) but I made a page that’ll ping it until it doesn’t time out then redirect me :) #opensource #reddit #softwaredevelopment github.com/redlib-org/r...

github.comI made a small tool to help with timeout issues · Issue #343 · redlib-org/redlibI've looked into this a bit and cannot figure out why I get so many timeout issues with redlib. I run it via coolify (which uses Traefik) and sometimes it just gets stuck on "gateway timeout" for a...
Ray Berger
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Merged 2 nice improvements for Open Library today! - Improving searchbar keyboard navigation - Lazy loading images on the book merge page (saves 100s of requests) #opensource #software #openlibrary

Ray Berger
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Just for fun I did the "AI Python for Beginners" course on the DeepLearningAI platform and I gotta say it's a pretty solid starter. It's crazy how much easier learning to code will be for people from now on :) #python #software #learning