It's Symmetry Sunday!
An exterior detail at the PS1200 mixed-use development (Marlon Blackwell Architects, 2023), Fort Worth, TX.
#FortWorth #Texas #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday
This is just one of the hundreds of images available for purchase at: https://www.foraphotography.com
Alrighty. Several hours later, and I have Tarrant County's updated early voting locations :D
Overpass-turbo query: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/21qx
Actual location info from county (can match up the numbers on the map to addresses): https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/content/dam/main/elections/2025/0525/locations/0525_EV_Sched.pdf
And a reddit post in the FortWorth subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FortWorth/comments/1jorg38/early_voting_locations_for_april_2025/
#reddit #pdf #OverpassTurbo #OSM #OpenStreetMap #OpenData #FortWorth #Tarrant #dfw #txpol #uspol
So far, I only have locations that serve (at least) as early voting centers. There are several more pages of day-of voting centers that I could conceivably add. I'm debating building a small, static, mobile website with #Leaflet to perhaps make a "show me my closest voting station" feature, and maybe a "schedule my voting time" feature that spits out an ical file or something. The opening hours are all there in the OSM data.
(Annoying sidenote: most college/university locations are either early vote only, election day only, or not open at all :()
https://www.europesays.com/1937194/ Where I Live: Finding peace, quiet and park space in Fort Worth’s South Hills neighborhood #FortWorth #Neighborhood #space
Went down a #CharterSchool rabbit hole today after mapping one in #osm #OpenStreetMap. It really is just one big grift, isn't it? Nominally, "non-profits" "run" the school, but in reality, the vast majority of the expenses for the "non-profit" are payments to a for-profit entity that "leases" its employees to the "non-profit" school. And the vast majority of the "non-profit's" "revenue" is "state program revenue," i.e., your tax dollars.
Fucking disgusting.
An interesting juxtaposition at the local library :P
Aaaand now it's updated. Deleted the node and made the way/area the library.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/672388925
Also ended up updating some wikidata entries as well:
It's Texture Tuesday!
A detail of one of Cliff Garten's Avenue of Light (2009) stainless steel sculptures in downtown Fort Worth, TX.
#FortWorth #Texas #Architecture #Art #Photography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday
This is just one of the hundreds of images available for purchase at: https://www.foraphotography.com
TLDR: Antivaxxers are misinformed, defensive & contagious.
#TX school celebrates -> 14% <- #vaxx rate, not far from a #measles outbreak. The school PASTOR identifies/brags the school name and location. Then blames someone ELSE for that.
DrRubin: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG4nzzjMdSD/?igsh=MWF0a3Z1eDhxcW1rdw==
https://www.instagram.com/p/DG5zUkKMinn/?igsh=MWt6bndmNGNkMWw5dQ==
@skyfaller Address data is very resource-intensive to acquire, even when locales have "good" parcel GIS data. I'm debating writing an app to take Tarrant County parcel GIS data and overlay it onto OSM for getting areas and nodes to have *some* kind of address data on them. But so far, it's just an idea in my head. I actually *don't* want to "automate away" this problem; I *want* human beings being the authority on whether any particular proposed address is likely correct or not. #gis #osm #OpenStreetMap #FortWorth #dfw
Does Fort Worth need an urban rail line? Here’s what a study found 
Vehicle traffic over the next 20 years is only going to get worse, so the city should look at alternate ways to move people around.
The average construction cost per mile for a streetcar system is roughly $40 million, according to the city report.
It could also take roughly seven to 10 years to plan, design, and build an urban rail system.
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article301354199.html
Fort Worth proposes urban rail system emanating from downtown | Fort Worth Report
Does #FediverseHouse sound interesting? At least a little bit. The "A Better Web Is Possible" talk by Molly ( @molly0xfff ) sounds interesting at least, though it's a shame that only fifteen minutes appear to be allocated to it. Kit O'Connell ( @oconnell ) is part of a talk titled "Publishers: Audience and Autonomy" that also sounds interesting. On the other hand, you've got folks from Threads and Bluesky acting as a bright blinking "CAUTION" sign.
Do I live close enough to Austin to be there in-person? I suppose. It's a three to four hour drive from Fort Worth.
On the other hand, it all feels very, very corporate. Very bourgy, networky, startupy. And all in the worst ways. Corporations hawking their walled gardens^W^W bespoke, artisanal feeds with only the best free-range, organic advertisements sprinkled in (sparingly, of course). The general strategy seems to be "see all of the fediverse through our app," a blatant and bold Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish play if ever there were one, only this time, sold as an act of "unifying" the oPeN SOciAl WeB.
Maybe I'll be there. Maybe I won't.
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in” - L Cohen.
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Some cracks are better than others.
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Belated HB to Louis Kahn (2/20/1901)
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#leonardcohen #louiskahn #kimballartmuseum #fortworth #texas #light #architecture #poetry
Caravan of Dreams was a 1st class music venue that justified a drive from Dallas. Glad to see that location is returning to live music. 
"The Spotlight" becomes a worthy successor.
New venue to occupy former Caravan of Dreams, Reata location in Sundance Square
The space that formerly housed Reata, Four Day Weekend & Melt Ice Cream will now house a live music venue
KERA 90.1 FM and all of its sister stations are off air due to a technical issue. 
Friday, February 7th was the last day that KERA broadcasted from its long time studio on Harry Hines Blvd. While its new studio is built along the Katy Trail in Uptown, KERA will be broadcasting from the Fair Park studios of WRR Classical.
Today's outage is likely related to that temporary move.
#ExtremeColdWarning extends deep into #Texas including #Dallas and #FortWorth areas. Too bad Texas has a goofy electrical system that screws consumers. #TXwx
To read the weather watch and warning details from NOAA - including timing - open the map, click colored area, follow the link. Since the spot you clicked might have more than one type of watch/warning, scroll down in the popup since each type of watch or warning has its own link for the details. #WindChill
Open #GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=37.196232,-97.734718&zoom=4&basemap=ESRI_National_Geographic&overlay=State_boundary,Weather_watch_warning&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/USA_weather.txt
Happy belated birthday to me. This time, it is not #pancreatitis, but #appendicitis. Yay. I go in for surgery at some point tomorrow to remove it. I wonder if this is related to my #ChronicPancreatitis #ChronicIllness or if it is just a bonus to start the new year. #FortWorth #healthcare.
I did my civic duty of exercising my rights today. I walked up and down Benbrook Boulevard this morning with this sign. Got about a dozen gestures of encouragement from motorists, and only one encounter with an officer who asked if I could speak with him for a couple minutes. I politely declined and he was fine with that and kept on driving.
Rights are like muscles: they atrophy if left unexercised for too long.
The 6 largest cities in #Texas:
#Houston
#Dallas
#FortWorth
#Austin
#SanAntonio
#ElPaso
Of the 6 largest newspapers in the state, how many endorsed #CarnivalCruz over #CollinAllred?
ZERO.
How many endorsed #Allred?
ALL OF THEM.
