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via Ib Aage Toft-Iversen (i47i) (@i47i@social.i47i.cc): Following up on Denver: Finland is the classic proof that homelessness can be solved.

A University of Melbourne commentary contrasts Japan’s approach of simply building a lot of housing quickly with Finland’s Housing First policy, which grants permanent housing without preconditions like sobriety or employment. Finland’s rough-sleeping numbers have dropped dramatically since 2008, and Japan’s official street count fell from 25,000 in 2003 to under 2,500 today — though the piece is careful to note the two countries measure very different things. A useful reminder that homelessness is largely a housing supply and policy problem, not an intractable one.

via Natalia Panferova (@natpanferova@mastodon.social): Excited to share that @hishnash and I have just released our new app, Strolly!

Strolly generates fresh looping walking routes near you each day, using on-device pathfinding so your location data never leaves your phone. You can steer it toward areas you like, flag segments to avoid, and get time estimates tuned to walking, jogging, or running — a nice antidote to always taking the same route.

via kottke.org: This map shows the 50 countries in the world where you can (mostly) drink the tap water. But: “Fewer than one billion people have a tap at home that issues potable water.”

via Ars Technica: Air purifiers aren’t enough to clean your home from wildfire smoke

via LAUREN: This is an amazing breakthrough for chronic illness and looks promising as a potential cure and reversal for MS, Crohn’s, and many many more.

Gina Kolata on New York Times: We Know Where New Weight Loss Drugs Came From, but Not Why They Work

via Persagen.com 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ ☮🌈: Scientists May Have Found Mechanism Behind Cognitive Decline in Aging in Mice

via kottke.org: What to Do with Climate Emotions. “It may be impossible to seriously consider the reality of climate change for longer than ninety seconds without feeling depressed, angry, guilty, grief-stricken, or simply insane.”

via Glenn Fleishman: We all complain about the AQI but what can we do about it?

via The Conversation U.S.: Studies suggest that from 10% to 45% of COVID-19 survivors have at least one of the following symptoms 3 months after recovery: fatigue, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty sleeping, difficulty with daily activities or mental fogginess, otherwise known as “brain fog.”