May, 2018 | Chris Aldrich

🎧 ‘The Daily’: A Crossroads for the Democratic Party | New York Times

Listened to ‘The Daily’: A Crossroads for the Democratic Party by Michael Barbaro from nytimes.com

In Georgia, two women were locked in a close race for the Democratic nomination for governor. What does this primary tell us about the future of the Democratic Party?

On today’s episode:

• Jonathan Martin, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading:

• Stacey Abrams, a former minority leader of the Georgia House, made history by becoming the first black woman to be a major party nominee for governor in the United States, defeating Stacey Evans in Georgia’s Democratic primary.

• The race between Ms. Abrams and Ms. Evans, two well-regarded candidates with starkly different campaign strategies, was viewed as a weather vane for the Democratic Party’s prospects in the midterm elections. Ms. Abrams banked on the support of young people, women, and African-American and Hispanic voters, while Ms. Evans reached out to moderate and conservative-leaning white voters.

• Here are the results for Tuesday’s primaries in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky and Texas.

• Record numbers of women are running in the midterm elections, but the road to Capitol Hill is a hard one.

📺 Webstock ‘18: Jeremy Keith – Taking Back The Web | Vimeo

Watched Taking Back The Web | Webstock '18 by

Jeremy Keith from Vimeo

In these times of centralised services like Facebook, Twitter, and Medium, having your own website is downright disruptive. If you care about the longevity of your online presence, independent publishing is the way to go. But how can you get all the benefits of those third-party services while still owning your own data? By using the building blocks of the Indie Web, that’s how!

Presentation slide-deck: speakerdeck.com/adactio/taking-back-the-web

📺 How to Buy a Velomobile? – Top 15 Velomobile Models | YouTube

Watched How to Buy a Velomobile? - Top 15 Velomobile Models by Saukki from YouTube

If you are going to buy a new velomobile, this is the time of year when you should do it to get it before the next summer. Because with most models, the delivery time is at least three months. I decided to make this list of 15 awesome velomobile models you can buy today with usefull links to different velomobile models and some velomobile dealers around the world. I also list few forums and other places where you can find second hand velomobiles.

Velomobiles

Quest: http://en.velomobiel.nl/quest/

Quest XS: http://en.velomobiel.nl/questxs/

Strada: http://en.velomobiel.nl/strada/

Quatrovelo: http://en.velomobiel.nl/quattrovelo/

Sunrider: http://sunrider-cycles.nl/en/

Arcus Velomobile: http://www.arcusvelomobile.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/arcusvelomobile/

Mulsanne: https://cyclesjv.com/en/

DF: https://www.intercitybike.nl/en/

Mango: http://www.sinnerbikes.com/en/models/mango/mango-plus/

Hilgo: http://www.sinnerbikes.com/en/models/hilgo/

Orca: http://flevobike.nl/Orca/orca.html

Milan: http://velomobil.eu/range-of-models/raederwerk/

WAW: http://www.katanga.eu/

Cab-Bike Hawk: http://cabbike.pl/cab-bike-hawk/

Rotovelo: http://trisled.com.au/hpv/rotovelo-2/

Alleweder: http://www.alligt.nl/bodies/alleweder-a4.htm

Leitra: http://leitra.dk/

Go-One: http://www.go-one.de

Leiba: http://www.leiba.de/

Dealers

Austria

Velomobilize: http://www.velomobilize.at/

Fahrrad Pur: http://www.fahrradpur.com/

Belgium

Fietser.be: http://www.fietser.be/

EMVelomobiel.be: http://emvelomobiel.be/

Canada

Velomobiles.ca: http://velomobiles.ca

Czech Republic

Katanga: http://www.katanga.eu/

Denmark

Velomobilcenter: http://www.velomobilcenter.dk/

France

Cycles JV-Fenioux: https://cyclesjv.com/en/

Roulcouche: http://www.roulcouche.com/

Germany

Flevelo: http://www.flevelo.com/

Räderwerk: http://velomobil.eu/

Velomobiles.de: http://www.velomobiles.de/

Italy

Slyway Projects Srl: http://www.slywayprojects.com

Eretic: http://www.eretic.it/

Netherlands

ACE Ligfietsen: http://ace-shop.com

Alligt: http://www.alligt.nl/

Drymer: https://www.drymershop.nl

Elan: http://elan.cc/

Intercitybike: https://www.intercitybike.nl/

Velomobiel.nl: http://en.velomobiel.nl/

Norway

Velomobil Media: http://www.velomobil.no/

Spain

3ike Recumbents: https://www.3ike.es/

Okocicle Recumbent Bikeshop: http://www.okocicle.com/

Swizerland

Birkenstock Bicycles: http://speedbikes.ch/en

USA

Utah Trikes: http://www.utahtrikes.com

Velomobile USA: http://pedalyourselfhealthy.org

Go-One USA: http://www.go-one.us/

Forums etc.
To find other velonauts & 2nd hand velomobiles. In random order:

Nojapyöräfoorumi: http://nojapyorafoorumi.fi

Ligfiets.net: http://www.ligfiets.net

Bentrider Online: http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/index.php

The British Human Power Club: http://www.bhpc.org.uk/home.aspx

HPV Sweden: http://lists.lysator.liu.se/mailman/listinfo/hpvs

Recumbents.com: http://www.recumbents.com/

Velorizontal: http://velorizontal.bbfr.net/forum

Velomobilforum: https://www.velomobilforum.de/

Ligfietsers.be: http://www.gentseliggers.net/forum/

Velomobile group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/115024628543289/

Granabike: http://www.granabike.com/foro/25-bicicletas-reclinadas/53767-velomobiles.html

Same list in my blog: http://www.saukki.com/2017/12/kuinka-ostetaan-velomobiili-how-to-buy-a-velomobile/

I spent several hours looking at Velomobile resources, and this one video and its attendant links are one of the single best resources I’ve come across.

📺 re:publica 2018 – Jim Groom: Domain of One’s Own: Reclaim Your Data | YouTube

Watched re:publica 2018: Domain of One's Own: Reclaim Your Data by

Jim Groom from YouTube

A Domain of One's Own is an international initiative in higher education to give students and faculty more control over their personal data. The movement started at the University of Mary Washington in 2012, and has since grown to tens of thousands of faculty and students across hundreds of universities. The first part of this presentation (5-10 minutes) will provide a brief overview of how these Domains projects enable not only data portability for coursework, but also a reflective sense of what a digital identity might mean in terms of privacy and data ownership.

The second part of this presentation will explore how Domain of One's Own could provides a powerful example in how higher education could harness application programming interfaces (APIs) to build a more user-empowered data ecosystem at universities. The initial imaginings of this work has already begun at Brigham Young University in collaboration with Reclaim Hosting, and we will share a blueprint of what a vision of the Personal API could mean for a human-centric data future in the realm of education and beyond.

A short talk at the re:publica conference in Germany which touches on the intersection of the Domain of One’s Own which is very similar to the broader IndieWeb movement. POSSE makes a brief appearance at the end of the presentation, although just on a slide with an implicit definition rather than a more full-fledged discussion.

Toward the end, Groom makes mention of MyData, a Nordic Model for human-centered personal data management and processing, which I’d not previously heard of but which has some interesting resources which look like they might dovetail into some of what those in the IndieWeb are looking at. I’m curious if any of the folks in the EU like Sebastian Greger have come across them, and what their thoughts are on the idea/model they’ve proposed? It looks like they’ve got an interesting looking conference coming up at the end of August in Helsinki. There seems to be a white paper outlining a piece of their philosophy, which I’ll link to below:

MyData: A Nordic Model for human-centered personal data management and processing by Antti Poikola (t), Kai Kuikkaniemi (t), Harri Honko (t)

This white paper presents a framework, principles, and a model for a human-centric approach to the managing and processing of personal information. The approach – defined as MyData – is based on the right of individuals to access the data collected about them. The core idea is that individuals should be in control of their own data. The MyData approach aims at strengthening digital human rights while opening new opportunities for businesses to develop innovative personal data based services built on mutual trust.

Based on a quick overview, this is somewhat similar to a model I’ve considered and is reminiscent to some ideas I’ve been harboring about applications of this type of data to the journalism sphere as well.