An anonymous reader quotes a report from the San Francisco Standard: If state lawmakers have their way, you'll have to get a license plate for your e-bike, and if you're planning to buy one next year, it'll be slower. Amid growing concerns about e-bike safety, particularly among children in Bay Area suburbs, two bills introduced this year aim to make it easier to ticket riders and reduce the top speed of some models. AB 1942 would require certain e-bikes to be registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles and display license plates, and AB 1557 would slow e-bikes that children are allowed to operate. Both bills are still being reviewed in committee. If either bill passes this year, it will take effect Jan. 1.

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Met zijn project Namaste or Whatever onderzoekt de Indiase fotograaf Aaryan Sinha de herkomst van westerse clichés over India. Hij ontdekte hoe diep die ‘blik’ ook in hemzelf zit.

Weer voor Rotterdam ⛅ - 01-05-2026 19:16 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 24.0°C · Gedeeltelijk bewolkt ⛅ | Min 10.9°C / Max 24.6°C

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 10.9°C, Max 24.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1020.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.9 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ↖ 137°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 20:00: 23.5°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1020.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ↑ 184°
• 21:00: 22.0°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, 🧭 1020.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.3 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: ↑ 159°
• 22:00: 20.5°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1020.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.6 km/u (2.1 m/s), richting: ↖ 138°
• 23:00: 19.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1020.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.9 km/u (2.2 m/s), richting: ↖ 127°
• 00:00: 18.5°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1020.1 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↖ 141°
• 01:00: 17.9°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1019.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↖ 153°
• 02:00: 17.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1019.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↑ 164°
• 03:00: 16.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1019.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.0 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: ↑ 171°
• 04:00: 15.6°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1018.7 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↑ 186°
• 05:00: 15.1°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1018.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 215°
• 06:00: 14.9°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 15%, 🧭 1018.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.6 km/u (2.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 233°
• 07:00: 15.1°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 36%, 🧭 1018.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.3 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: ↗ 241°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• zaterdag 02 mei: Min 14.9°C, Max 24.0°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 6.0 mm, Kans op neerslag 27%, 🧭 1017.2 hPa ↘️ -3.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↑ 197°
• zondag 03 mei: Min 14.4°C, Max 18.5°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 3.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 50%, 🧭 1010.2 hPa ↘️ -7.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.6 km/u (4.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 206°
• maandag 04 mei: Min 10.7°C, Max 17.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 7%, 🧭 1011.6 hPa ↗️ +1.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.0 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: → 287°
• dinsdag 05 mei: Min 8.2°C, Max 16.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 11%, 🧭 1010.2 hPa ↘️ -1.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.2 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 35°
• woensdag 06 mei: Min 7.7°C, Max 13.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 12%, 🧭 1009.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.7 km/u (5.2 m/s), richting: ↓ 359°
• donderdag 07 mei: Min 7.2°C, Max 14.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 7%, 🧭 1017.7 hPa ↗️ +7.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 12.7 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ← 77°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 19:15): 24.0°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 19.8°C (-4.2°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↑ 186°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 24.8 km/h (6.9 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 21%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1020.0 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.8
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:12 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:06

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 45 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 5.9 μg/m³
• PM10: 8.4 μg/m³

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First linked from the blue in 2012, the incomparable XOXO festival and conference, created to celebrate and connect indie artists and creators working on the internet, celebrated its final year in 2024. Now, after years of working in secrecy, Andy & Andy have published a monumental cornucopia called XOXO EXPLORE, including all of the videos, lineups, schedules, festival documentation, and archived standalone websites for the entire run of their "experiment gone right". [via mefi projects]

As someone who had his life changed monumentally by XOXO and the greater community it built, I really wanted to pull out a couple of my favorite talks from the videos, but it's hard when the hitrate is like 99% solid gold. Just dive in! You'll find something subversive, illuminating, inspiring, hysterical, surprising, reflective... maybe you'll even stumble across a familiar face.

De Rijnhaven op de Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam is weer opengesteld voor buitenzwemmers. Met een temperatuur van zo'n 15 graden is het water volgens enthousiastelingen 'echt al heel lekker'. "Midden in de stad ervaar je de natuur veel beter."

De Rijnhaven op de Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam is weer opengesteld voor buitenzwemmers. Met een temperatuur van zo'n 15 graden is het water volgens enthousiastelingen 'echt al heel lekker'. "Midden in de stad ervaar je de natuur veel beter."

For his latest video essay, Evan Puschak tells us about Un Chien Andalou, the pioneering surrealist short film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. The film is particularly notable for a shocking shot in the opening scene, which, if you’ve seen it, you’ve likely never forgotten. Said Buñuel of the film:

This film has no intention of attracting nor pleasing the spectator; indeed, on the contrary, it attacks him, to the degree that he belongs to a society with which surrealism is at war.

You can watch Un Chien Andalou on YouTube:

One wonders what Buñuel and Dalí would have made of YouTube…

Tags: art · film school · Luis Buñuel · movies · Salvador Dali · Un Chien Andalou · video