"We believe communities should be planned, designed and managed to ensure that people of all ages and abilities can walk and bike easily, safely, and regularly."

"Almost every Gallaudet student has a BlackBerry, Sidekick or other handheld. The students say the technology has brought them more equality and has opened up the world."

Haven't read this yet, but... "Smartocracy was funded by Wallace Global Fund and Threshold Foundation to re-grant $12,500 to an independent media project, using our 'social network for decision-making' to collectively decide among the projects submitted."

They'll be in the rust belt next month -- Toronto and Chicago -- worth thinking about.

October 5 - Day of Mass Resistance, events in Detroit, Kalamazoo, and Lansing (and elsewhere in your area).

Student walkout in protest of HoR batshit fence + felony immigration bill. What's cool? Event was organized on MySpace.

Newly relaunched site, Drupal. I rescued the blog entries from the previous, imploded Plone site on a volunteer basis. Looks like they forgot to give me a link, so I'll give them one instead! (And maybe they'll pick a better CMS next time around.)