Favorites February 8th 2022
Steve Stewart-Williams@SteveStuWill
"A paralysed man with a severed spinal cord has been able to walk again, thanks to an implant developed by a team of Swiss researchers.
"It is the first time someone who has had a complete cut to their spinal cord has been able to walk freely."
bbc.com
Paralysed man with severed spine walks thanks to implant
10:53 PM · Feb 7, 2022
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Wow, this is pretty cool, it's a tiny implanted device that makes it possible.
Randall Munroe@xkcd
wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com is such a cool game idea. My high score on the current version is 23.
(The dataset has been cleaned up a lot, though there are definitely still a few cards with issues. It’s on GitHub if you want to contribute!)
12:26 AM · Feb 9, 2022
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I tried this game a few tries so far and my best is 11. It's fun, but honestly I think there's a fair bit of luck.
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Canadian YIMBYism
theglobeandmail.com
End rules that require only single-family houses, Ontario report says
12:39 AM · Feb 9, 2022
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It always comes back to land use policy.
James Medlock@jdcmedlock
The ultimate move would be for USPS to leverage their exemption from local zoning laws to build dense social housing on top of ground floor post offices
newsday.com/opinion/corona…
James Medlock @jdcmedlock
In addition fixing some of the retiree cost problems, there's a section in there allowing "non-postal services" - there's a lot of potential there https://t.co/RpvD8t6A4C
4:37 AM · Feb 9, 2022
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Aww yea, that's the good stuff.
