Intro: biking back home to 8 High St on the path on a Friday afternoon – 8-year olds on ebikes, pedestrians crossing streets at will, the abundance of the freedge
5m: excerpt from UVA prof Peter Norton’s book, “Fighting traffic: the dawn of the motor age in the American city”
https:\/\/thereader.mitpress.mit.edu\/when-cities-treated-cars-as-dangerous-intruders\/?utm_source=pocket-newtab<\/p>\r\n
11m: and for a balanced media, a pro-car song:\u00a0 Johnny Cash sings One Piece at a Time<\/p>\r\n
16m: My friend and imprisoned pen pal Peter “Pitt” Mukuria on Abolition https:\/\/www.prisonradio.org\/commentary\/the-meaning-of-abolition\/<\/p>\r\n
18m: Coming back from KY in early August, I met Peter “Pitt” ‘s mom Eunice, in Richmond VA\u00a0 (and his dad).\u00a0 She shares her love for her son and challenges of the situation, and gratitude for a supportive community.\u00a0 Eunice also mentioned to me, after the interview, that Peter’s case was one of 3\u00a0 similar cases in a short time span in their area, where someone was killed during a police car chase.\u00a0 One of the deaths was of a police officer, after which the township changed their policies around the police giving chase.<\/p>\r\n
27m: Buffy Sainte-Marie sings Starwalker<\/p>\r\n
30m: mad rush bike ride from the Mukuria’s back to the train station, about 16 miles away, on the north side of Richmond.<\/p>\r\n
34m: On the train I met Annie, a UMass grad student designing plastic polymers so they will break down.<\/p>\r\n
38m: Pulaski Park (downtown Northampton) volunteer weeding times – last Sunday, this coming Sunday morning.\u00a0 Thanks Paige Bridgens for tending to this public space, and guiding us on renovating a space that was planted with native perennials but is now being strangled with weeds.<\/p>\r\n
39m: Catherine Orland, a former housemate from 20 years ago is back East for a visit.\u00a0 5 years ago she became a park ranger\/ interpreter, working on a curriculum re immigration, among other things.<\/p>\r\n
49m: WMSURJ monthly meeting coming up . Find out about their Indigenous Reparations campaign.\u00a0 Here’s a link to a video from the Hassanimisco Band of Nipmuc: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B9UyuhGsVfE<\/p>\r\n
50m: A child was hit by a man in a truck last week in Florence between the community gardens and recreation fields.\u00a0 Hit n run.\u00a0 The child is ok.<\/p>\r\n
51m: I did some Saturday night stalking, with a yogurt container of water, of 4 neighbor kids who were throwing food from the Freedge at our fence.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
54m: The Impossible Dream, sung by Jack Jones<\/p>\r\n
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Intro: biking back home to 8 High St on the path on a Friday afternoon – 8-year olds on ebikes, pedestrians crossing streets at will, the abundance of the freedge 5m: excerpt from UVA prof Peter Norton’s book, “Fighting traffic: the dawn of the motor age in the American city”https:\/\/thereader.mitpress.mit.edu\/when-cities-treated-cars-as-dangerous-intruders\/?utm_source=pocket-newtab 11m: and for a balanced … Continue reading #238: Car Menace; Eunice Mukuria – mother of Peter ; Catherine Orland – park ranger<\/span>