mastodon 4.7.3OpenstreetMapper making & using maps to walk, ski, find gall wasps, flowers, fungi, trees, old churches, ale and anything which takes my fancy. OpenData nerd. Mapper since Dec 2008.
For #bench and #openStreetMap enthusiasts a fascinating in depth look at benches in US🇺🇸 cities: https://placesjournal.org/article/the-disappearance-of-the-public-bench/
Most intriguing for me was learning about riots when Central Park NYC introduced private chair rental. Loads of other aspects covered: removal of benches because of homeless people, NYC new roll-out.
Really amplifies that a simple thing like mapping a bench can be useful in a multitude of ways.
Views from the middle of the #sotmEU2025 group photo #sotmEU25
I see Antonia Bance MP is trotting out daft opinions again. Last time about housing, now universities.
https://bsky.app/profile/pollypw.bsky.social/post/3mkhirxjgas26
Reminder that Oracle (ORCL) ran into financial problems in 1991, and required a discrete bailout from Nippon Steel.
https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3mgrm7hs7mk2z
@ultrazool@mastodon.scot Ooof! Makes it harder to offer reassurance. Suspect (or hope?) you're a victim of policy making by inertia. As for the other thing just sorry to hear it.
@ultrazool@mastodon.scot Might be no consolation, but I don't think you should frame this as being on "the wrong path". The grant award process heavily favours incumbents, even when the awarding body is actively trying to avoid doing so.
Thinking about @zool@en.osm.town's experience proposing an idea to #ARIA. I still think that there's scope for completely different ways to innovation funding. ARIA have a saner process than many, but I always liked the late Donald Braben's approach:l. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Braben.
(Note: My Dad received BP Venture funding from Braben around 1990.)
