On my Birthday, we got 86ed from some place in Park Slope (see photo). The woman behind the counter wasn’t all that impressed by my attempt at humor after she handed over this number. Perhaps she’s tired of the not so original reference, or maybe she thought it was some sort of middle-aged 67.

I did up a very quick app (I’m using the term very loosely here). Thanks to generative AI, I spent less time on this digital version than on laying out the printable version I was using before. It’s just a little tracker to help me stay on the right dietary path using the DASH diet (from the days before the government added beef tallow to its recommendations). After using it for a week, I made a couple tweaks and am pretty happy with it. You can check it out here: Simple DASH Diet Tracker, if you’re interested in such things, the code is on Codeberg.

Links

• The Queens neighborhood where alleyways and tiny trash trucks keep garbage out of sight
• NYC to drivers: Avoid northern part of Flatbush Avenue as street gets bus-friendly rebuild
  Most people I’ve spoken to in the neighborhood are unaware of the changes coming to Flatbush Avenue. When I tell them, they are usually less than excited. Ultimately, I think it will go a long way towards calming traffic and increasing bus speeds.
• Lawmakers rally to save Jimmy’s Corner as beloved Midtown dive bar faces eviction
• Re-Learning How to Run
• The pinnacle of enshittification, or Large Language Models via Beto Dealmeida
  This is a good piece. This quote really summed up something I’ve been observing for a while:
  
  “…as a society we have embraced bullshit. In the recent decades, our whole society has been reorganized around it.”
  
  I see proof of this daily. Hell, the current administration is the culmination of it. Why have we become so content with bullshit and will we ever demand better?