Check it out over at Arachnofiles on Medium.
Whoops, forgot to post this after it came out! Anyway, the October edition of Arachnews has lots of stuff:
Do go check it out, clap, etc.
My regular roundup of arachnid-related art, news, and science is up at Arachnofiles! In this month’s Arachnews:
And lots more! Go, read, “clap”, etc.
This past month was very busy, as I have been making up for all the work I missed recovering from surgery. So this Arachnews is rather late. But, tons of great stuff! In this month’s edition: rainbow-faced spiders, the results of the Great Black Widow Race, the goods on that “climate change making spiders more aggressive” story, a scorpion-inspired pressure sensor, a new Portia paper, and more.
I’ve also changed the formatting up a bit. Links to the original papers are now posted at the end of each item, accompanied by Sci-Hub links unless they’re open access (marked with a 🔓️).
I’m moving on from Torontoist.
I’m incredibly grateful I had the opportunity to contribute to a great publication. Torontoist’s editors (and I mean copy editors too! ilu guise) have improved my writing immensely. And a shout-out to the many Torontoist Flickr pool photographers whose work has enriched my articles.
However, I deserve to be paid fairly. And Torontoist doesn’t have the budget for that.1
I’ll be reaching out to other publications that may be a good home for my municipal politics coverage. In the meanwhile, my City Council previews (and everything else) will appear here.
Photo by Jae Yang from the Torontoist Flickr pool.
City Council convenes this week for yet another Scarborough transit debate. But there’s much more on the agenda, including energy drinks, the Great Lakes, landlord licensing, the inexorable spread of Shoppers Drug Mart, and more. Read on for our picks.
Read more at Torontoist.
So I ranked Council’s 10 worst motions from 2016. Check it out at Torontoist.
From road tolls to water rates, we read Council’s agenda so you don’t have to.
The rate-supported budget—water, waste, and parking—will be passed this meeting. But it’s a regular Council meeting, too! Try to contain your excitement! The Big Ticket The water, waste, and Parking Authority budgets get passed today. (These are separate from the tax-supported budget, which comes to Council in mid-February.) Read our discussion of the rate-supported budget. […]
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Toronto actually has multiple City budgets! Think of this as the secret one that no one talks about.
When people talk about the City budget or the budget process, they usually mean the tax-supported budget. But there’s another budget—or, rather, there are three. The water, waste, and parking budgets are funded by people paying fees for the services they use (and only the services they use). They make up the rate-supported budget, which […]
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Every month, Torontoist reads the Toronto City Council agenda details so you don’t have to.
On this month’s busy agenda: SmartTrack, redrawing Toronto’s wards, service animals, skate parks, and more. The Big Ticket The people want SmartTrack. SmartTrack, SmartTrack, SmartTrack. A major transit report on the City’s commitment to a development process and funding for SmartTrack comes to Council this month. There are many unknowns, untruths, and potential snags. Read […]
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