Brett Camper
@bcamper.bsky.social
I work with maps and computer graphics, and I like film, cities, transit, architecture, pixel and procedural art, history of media technology
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Merry Christmas from Japan!
日本からメリークリスマス！！
日本からメリークリスマス！！
December 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Merry Christmas from Japan!
日本からメリークリスマス！！
日本からメリークリスマス！！
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Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Kristin Kwan.
December 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Kristin Kwan.
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Staring into the abyss to assert dominance
December 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Staring into the abyss to assert dominance
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
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With thanks to @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social for reminding me of these fantastic early collage works by Keith Haring, this one from 1980
December 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
With thanks to @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social for reminding me of these fantastic early collage works by Keith Haring, this one from 1980
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ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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computer graphics (1980) www.cs.cmu.edu/~ph/nyit/geo...
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
computer graphics (1980) www.cs.cmu.edu/~ph/nyit/geo...
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The Mansard Roof - 1923
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/39601
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/39601
December 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The Mansard Roof - 1923
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/39601
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/39601
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Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪
Can speed cameras make streets safer? Quasi-experimental evidence from New York City | PNAS
Each year, approximately 40,000 people die in vehicle collisions in the United States,
generating $340 billion in economic costs. To make roads saf...
www.pnas.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪
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"The study found that, from January through June 2025, average daily maximum PM2.5 concentrations in Manhattan’s CRZ declined by 3.05 micrograms per cubic meter – a reduction of 22% compared to a projected average of 13.8 micrograms per cubic meter had congestion pricing not been implemented."
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"The study found that, from January through June 2025, average daily maximum PM2.5 concentrations in Manhattan’s CRZ declined by 3.05 micrograms per cubic meter – a reduction of 22% compared to a projected average of 13.8 micrograms per cubic meter had congestion pricing not been implemented."
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Japan’s HSR overlaid on parts of the US to scale to make a point that America isn’t “too big” for it.
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Japan’s HSR overlaid on parts of the US to scale to make a point that America isn’t “too big” for it.
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I think it's bad that the president is constantly saying things that would get you immediately removed from any work happy hour or neighborhood barbecue
Pure, unmitigated hate.
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I think it's bad that the president is constantly saying things that would get you immediately removed from any work happy hour or neighborhood barbecue
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J563
Man resuscitates a lion
which devours him.
Man resuscitates a lion
which devours him.
December 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
J563
Man resuscitates a lion
which devours him.
Man resuscitates a lion
which devours him.
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If you were still in cyberspace when cyber monday ended, it’s too late - you can never download back into your body, you’re data now, gone full virtual , no ham, all ram
December 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
If you were still in cyberspace when cyber monday ended, it’s too late - you can never download back into your body, you’re data now, gone full virtual , no ham, all ram
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Radio by Lester Beall for the Rural Electrification Administration (1937)
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Radio by Lester Beall for the Rural Electrification Administration (1937)
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Margaret Farrell #1980 rb.gy/6xwbv6
November 23, 2023 at 2:35 PM
Margaret Farrell #1980 rb.gy/6xwbv6
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“It’s such an old-fashioned word, but it’s a beautiful word: buses”
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“It’s such an old-fashioned word, but it’s a beautiful word: buses”
we need to go back to the time when people just had these little pyramids around
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
we need to go back to the time when people just had these little pyramids around
logging on
November 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
logging on
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November 14, 1995: Seattle's Shawn Kemp with three alley-oop dunks (assisted by Gary Payton/Hersey Hawkins/Payton) during a 115-107 win at Philadelphia.
Kemp had 29 PTS/12 REB/5 BLK and Payton added 19 PTS/11 AST/6 STL for the Sonics. The 76ers' Jerry Stackhouse scored 27 PTS.
Kemp had 29 PTS/12 REB/5 BLK and Payton added 19 PTS/11 AST/6 STL for the Sonics. The 76ers' Jerry Stackhouse scored 27 PTS.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
November 14, 1995: Seattle's Shawn Kemp with three alley-oop dunks (assisted by Gary Payton/Hersey Hawkins/Payton) during a 115-107 win at Philadelphia.
Kemp had 29 PTS/12 REB/5 BLK and Payton added 19 PTS/11 AST/6 STL for the Sonics. The 76ers' Jerry Stackhouse scored 27 PTS.
Kemp had 29 PTS/12 REB/5 BLK and Payton added 19 PTS/11 AST/6 STL for the Sonics. The 76ers' Jerry Stackhouse scored 27 PTS.
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high on life, low on evil
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
high on life, low on evil