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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just announced: @noneck.org of @beta.nyc will be the keynote speaker at this year's @datadayscle.bsky.social conference on October 15. Visit www.datadayscle.org for the complete #DataDaysCLE schedule and to register.
datadayscle.org
Data Days Cleveland
Join us as we spark conversation and ideas, and build capacity in the space where data, information, and civic life intersect.
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
There's just one week left to submit session proposals for this year's @datadayscle.bsky.social conference. Get your ideas in by Friday, August 14.
datadayscle.org
Data Days Cleveland
The 7th annual Data Days CLE! Join us as we spark conversation and ideas, and build capacity in the space where data, information, and civic life intersect.
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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Here the first of two news stories posting back-to-back. The Commerce Department's decision to ban "noise injection" for the 2030 census and numerous surveys is really about politics, not statistics. www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
Scientists attack ban on adding ‘noise’ to U.S. census data and many surveys
Critics say Trump’s real goal is to sow doubts about 2030 census and add Republican seats in Congress
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Been working on an interesting project that you'd like to share at the @datadayscle.bsky.social conference in October? The call for presentations is open through now through August 14.
cfp.sched.com
Speaker Portal
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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A very nice write-up on why data users should be concerned about the new Commerce Dept. policy, which likely means a lot of granular, local-level data used for economic development is about to disappear. agglomerations.eig.org/p/a-new-thre...
agglomerations.eig.org
A New Threat to Economic Data
A Commerce Department policy risks damaging the public’s understanding of the economy.
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Happy #TowelDay! For the first time in years, Nick Page posted a clip from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. His original animation accompanies audio from the 1978 radio series.
youtube.com
Galactic News! Improbability Drive Ship Stolen!
YouTube video by Nick Page
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Inhailer Radio's 2026 Indie 500 countdown (the spiritual successor to WOXY's Modern Rock 500) will air this weekend, running from Saturday morning through Monday evening.
inhailer.com
THE 2026 INHAILER INDIE 500 COUNTDOWN AIRS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
Inhailer Radio is excited to announce the airing of the 2026 Indie 500 countdown, happening Memorial Day weekend, from 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM Saturday, May 23rd – Monday May 25th, 2026, on WGUC 90.9 FM HD3...
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sami 🔵 @hellosami.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Made a website where you can explore Wikipedia like it's a file system on your desktop: explorer.samismith.com
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Well, this is disappointing. These two planned parking garages would face a major thoroughfare but would make zero contributions to the public realm. The plans don't call for wrapping them with active uses, adding public art, or otherwise activating their surroundings. 🧵
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Eligible voters of INDIANA and OHIO: There are less than three days left to register by April 6 to vote in the May 5 primary elections. Already registered? You may want to check your status, especially if you have moved, changed your name or haven't voted in a while. More at npr.org/vote
npr.org
How to register to vote and check your registration status
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
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April Is: National Poetry Month @april-is.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Kicking off the month with a banger #poem about birds and books and writing and time and ambition. I Kept Getting Books About Birds, by Catherine Pierce: www.tumblr.com/april-is/812...
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Post by @april-is
💬 0  🔁 5  ❤️ 5 · April 1, 2026: I Kept Getting Books About Birds, Catherine Pierce · I Kept Getting Books About Birds Catherine Pierce as if recognizing the yellow-winged one  at the feeder, the s…
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Hester Pangs @hesterpangs.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
just introduced yet another coworker to the epic greatness that is the instrumental version of "Party All The Time" slowed down to 16pm. soundcloud.com/stonermetald...
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Party All The Time (Instrumental Version) 16rpm.FLAC
My record player goes down to 16 RPM, which allowed me to truly discover the genious of Rick Jame's synth sound. Shout out to Jeff from Lo Pan and Bucket for coming along for the ride https://www.
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XCSB Cleveland @xcsbcleveland.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
On October 3, 2025, at 11:16 am, WCSB as we knew it ceased to exist — but on March 1, 2026, at 11:16 am, XCSB starts a brand new journey, one built entirely on community. March 1. 11:16 am. Only at xcsb.org. We missed you. Come join us.
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The Cleveland chapter of the @awesomefoundation.org provides $1,000 grants to help exciting local projects, and the deadline for the next round of awards is approaching. Get your application in by March 1.
awesomefoundation.org
Cleveland, OH
Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
It's budget season in Cleveland again, and Refund Cleveland has been updated for 2026. You can use it to understand the budget and to tell city leaders about your funding priorities. It's an @opencleveland.bsky.social project.
refundcleveland.com
Refund Cleveland
Refund Cleveland is a collaborative and community-led effort to design a city budget that centers around the values, needs, and priorities of our community.
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The @archive.org now has a collection of playlists and program guides from the Cleveland College Radio Coalition, which consisted of WBWC, @xcsbcleveland.bsky.social, WJCU, WOBC, and WRUW. 📻
archive.org
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
People, not vehicles.
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Got a spare $2.4 million lying around? The amazing Hangar in Beachwood could be yours. 24400cedarroad.howardhanna.com
building exteriorseating areaswimming pooltennis courts
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
wikipedia's new editor count is down a bit and perhaps it's your time to try it editing!!! it's a small and concrete way to help and here are a few ways to start!!!
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Wow, the Cleveland Museum of Art recently acquired another piece of furniture by Carlo Bugatti. www.clevelandart.org/art/2025.193
Art Nouveau tabouret by Carlo Bugatti (CC0 image from the Cleveland Museum of Art)
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Three people gathered behind a truck and holding a package. A sign on the back of the truck reads: delicious nutritious Ohio Swiss cheese for Congress.
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Streetsblog USA @usa.streetsblog.org · 03/11/2025
One of America's most walkable school districts might soon lose that distinction — and the country might lose a powerful model of how good school planning can make kids and the communities that surround them healthier, happier, and more independent.
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One of America's Most Walkable School Districts Is About To Lose That Title — Streetsblog USA
Lakewood, Ohio, prided itself on its Safe Routes to School program, which is in danger of being lost in a district-wide consolidation.
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 20/09/2025
The Midtown movie that changed NYC’s sidewalks and plazas is coming to theaters gothamist.com/news/the-midtown-movi…
gothamist.com
The Midtown movie that changed NYC’s sidewalks and plazas is coming to theaters
"The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces" “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces” will be rereleased Sept. 26. [ more › ]
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
#ParkingDay (www.myparkingday.org) is on Friday, and as usual, there will be two events in Cleveland. Students from Kent State's CUDC will be setting up on Prospect Avenue.
cudc.kent.edu
KSU's Master of Landscape Architecture Program presents Park(ing) Day 2025! — Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative
You’re invited Park(ing) Day 2025! Play a round of mini-golf and vote on your favorite project!
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Erwan Rivault @erwanrivault.com · 12/09/2025
Launch day 🚀 We’ve just released @chartlecc.bsky.social - a daily chart game! Your job is to guess which country is represented by the red line in today's chart. You get 5 tries, no other clues! Play today, come back tomorrow for a different chart with new data and share with your chart friends 📈
chartle.cc
Chartle - A daily chart game
Guess the country in red by analysing today's chart
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Got a cool project you'd like to share with the folks at the @datadayscle.bsky.social‬ conference or workshop this fall? Submit your session ideas by Friday, July 18.
datadayscle.org
Data Days Cleveland
The 6th annual Data Days CLE! Join us as we spark conversation and ideas, and build capacity in the space where data, information, and civic life intersect.
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
At the start of today's Guardians-Giants game, announcer Matt Underwood couldn't decide whether he wanted to say afternoon or evening, and it came out of his mouth as "afterneen." That's a exceptional portmanteau, and it aligns perfectly with Lewis Carroll's description.
goodreads.com
A quote from The Hunting of the Snark
For instance, take the two words fuming and furious. Make up your mind that you will say both words, but leave it unsettled which you will say first....
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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
a modest proposal
A Venn Diagram with three circles labeled Midwest, Great Lakes, and Rust Belt. In Midwest only is Kansas City. In the overlap of Midwest and Great Lakes are Chicago and Minneapolis. In the overlap of all three are Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Detroit. In the overlap of Midwest and Rust Belt is St. Louis. In Rust Belt alone is Pittsburgh. In the overlap of Rust Belt and Great Lakes is Buffalo. There is nothing in Great Lakes alone.
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Alliance of Civic Technologists @civictechallies.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
📢 Big news! #ACTCongress is happening June 28! 🎉 Our first-ever virtual #unconference, shaped by YOU. We'll hold our first board election, vote on the budget, & dive into participant-led sessions on our #civictech community's future. RSVP on Eventbrite! www.eventbrite.com/e/alliance-o...
eventbrite.com
Alliance of Civic Technologists Congress
Mark your calendars for the first-ever Alliance of Civic Technologists’s ACT Congress on Saturday, June 28, 2025!
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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The 2025 Indie 500 starts in one hour! Come for the guest DJs (like me and someone from The National), stay for the tunes, stream here: www.inhailer.com/2025indie500
inhailer.com
Inhailer Radio: Indie Music Countdown & Cincinnati's Independent Radio Legacy
Inhailer Radio is Cincinnati independent radio. Founded in 2017 to fill the void left by beloved radio station WNKU.
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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 06/05/2025
I made a streetview roadtrip simulator where we all vote on a direction every 10 seconds Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy! > neal.fun/internet-roa...
neal.fun
Internet Roadtrip
Let's take a streetview roadtrip
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Kelli Bowers of @michleague.bsky.social: "Preparing and advocating for the 2030 Census shouldn’t begin in 2029. It begins today. Protecting our data is protecting our democracy, and we must act to ensure that every person is seen, valued and counted."
michiganadvance.com
Every Kid Counts: Why the Fight for a Fair 2030 Census Matters More Than Ever • Michigan Advance
The first United States Census was taken at the dawn of the nation in 1790, under George Washington’s presidency and then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson (Census). The Census is the oldest continu...
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Jill Sobule's cover of Warren Zevon's "Don't Let Us Get Sick" never fails to break my heart. Don't let us get sick, don't let us get old Don't let us get stupid, all right? Just make us be brave and make us play nice And let us be together tonight
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Don't let us get sick
YouTube video by Rob Elliott
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Christopher Whitaker @civicwhitaker.com · 25/04/2025
We finally got our union made stickers for the @civictechallies.bsky.social! If you want to support our work - make a donation here and we'll send you a sticker! Include your email in the donation note and we'll reach out! hcb.hackclub.com/donations/st... #civictech
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April Urban @aprilurban.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
We just brought Data Days over to Bluesky-- follow us at @datadayscle.bsky.social . Take our survey to let us know how Data Days CLE can best help you with #data and #civictech in 2025. Go to datadayscle.org for the survey.
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Great to have you back! Looking forward to reading more good stuff.
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April Is: National Poetry Month @april-is.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
HAPPY NATIONAL #POETRY MONTH, PARTY PEOPLE. 30 days of juicy poems coming your way starting... now. Sign up here to have an albino passenger pigeon lovingly deliver one to your email inbox each morning: groups.google.com/u/2/g/april-is Or follow along here. And/or on Tumblr! april-is.tumblr.com
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Brian Boucher™️ @brianboucher.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Not so fast, says the architect's foundation. news.artnet.com/art-world/ne...
news.artnet.com
A ‘New’ Frank Lloyd Wright House Has Risen in Ohio. But Is It Legit?
Six decades after the death of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, his final residential design has been built in Ohio, just east of Cleveland.
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
According to Wikipedia, Tears for Fears released "Mad World" on September 20, 1982. Michael Andrews and Gary Jules released their cover as a single 7,756 days later, on December 15, 2003. March 10, 2025 is 7,756 days after that.
youtube.com
"Mad World" (feat. Gary Jules) - Official Music Video
YouTube video by Gary Jules Official
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Dakotah Kennedy @dakotahsays.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Big thx to @skora.bsky.social for updating this nifty budget tool that allows you to share your version of the @cityofcleveland.bsky.social budget with your council member. Don't know your council member? The tool has an answer to that, too! Read all about it 👉 signalcleveland.org/what-costs-m...
signalcleveland.org
How would you spend Cleveland’s 2025 budget?
Refund Cleveland shows residents how to navigate the budget and tell elected officials how they want to see the city’s money spent in 2025.
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Got an idea to make Cleveland a more awesome place, but need some funding to get your project off the ground? Then you should apply for a $1,000 grant from the Cleveland chapter of the Awesome Foundation—but don't wait too long. The deadline to apply for the next round of grants is March 1.
awesomefoundation.org
Cleveland, OH
Forwarding the interest of Awesome in the universe, $1,000 at a time.
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Here's the museum's press release.
clevelandart.org
Cleveland Museum of Art and District Attorney of New York Reach Agreement on Draped Male Figure (the Philosopher) | Cleveland Museum of Art
CLEVELAND (February 14, 2025)—Following the results of new scientific testing, conducted in cooperation with the Republic of Türkiye and the District Attorney of New York County (Manhattan), the Cleve...
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Here's some positive news!
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April Is: National Poetry Month @april-is.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Moving over from the bad place, y i k e s. If you'd like to get a #poem every day during the month of April, you can follow along here. Or sign up for emails here: groups.google.com/g/april-is 20 years(!!) of #poetry archives available here: april-is.tumblr.com
april-is.tumblr.com
april is: a poem a day for national poetry month
A poem a day in April by email. Sign up here. Poets A-K | Poets L-Z | Poems by Topic | About |...
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Hello, bot! It's nice to see you here.
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Oh, cool. @wikipedia.bsky.social has a brand new article about @bschillace.brandyschillace.com.
en.wikipedia.org
Brandy Schillace - Wikipedia
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skrticx.bsky.social @skrticx.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Cleveland's history is in jeopardy. Thousands of WKYC & WEWS news reels (1950-1990) need digitized. Watch this video, share it, and help @Cleveland_PL digitize these treasures for future generations. Together, we can preserve our city’s amazing story! youtu.be/zlqxaeBM90Q
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Swedish indie pop duo Club 8 has been slowly dropping new songs over the past year. Yesterday, they released them all in a new album.
open.spotify.com
A Year With Club 8
Club 8 · Album · 2024 · 11 songs
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Ooh, the Canton Museum of Art has a new exhibit about Cleveland's #KokoonClub. Might have to go check that out.
cantonart.org
Bohemian Chrysalis: Unveiling Cleveland's Infamous Kokoon Klub (November 26, 2024 - March 2, 2025) | Canton Museum of Art
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Kevin Leeson @leeson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
"The design feels to me like none of the 1,500 employees at HKS's 29 corporate offices around the globe have even been to Cleveland, let alone eaten bratwurst with stadium mustard and a beer in -30° Fahrenheit windchill watching the worst team in the league and thinking 'damn this is the life.'"
archpaper.com
A new stadium proposal by HKS Architects and Jimmy Haslam in Cleveland is an architectural and cultural failure
Last month the Cleveland Browns’s owner Jimmy Haslam announced plans to leave Lake Erie for a new domed stadium in nearby suburban Brook Park close to the regional airport. Haslam’s proposal entails a...
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