artsyhonker @artsyhonker@sunbeam.city

#Introduction time, then!

I'm a choral composer who releases her music under free culture licences like CC by-SA. My interests include cycling, urban foraging, gardening, cooking, intersectionality, sustainability, @hairyears@mastodon.tech, liturgy, cats. I'm neurodivergent and have multiple chronic healthcrap issues. I'm Christian.

I'm currently working on a PhD in contemporary sacred choral composition. I also run Cecilia's List, a site to highlight Christian sacred music composed by women.

@artsyhonker And the people who do want the CPZ are pretty invested in it.

I guess my best course of action is to support the CPZ on the principle of "parking on the street should have costs" and then say "I told you so" when it makes no difference because there isn't actually an issue with 'foreign' cars.

@artsyhonker The benefits of the proposed CPZ to a non-driving household are basically nil. The bike hangar might swing it for me if it were tall enough, but it isn't.

I actively don't want my neighbours to get to 'kick out' drivers who don't live on this street, and the entire "we don't have enough for everyone so let's make sure it's only for People From Around Here" thing is frankly a bit scary.

@artsyhonker So now I don't know what to put on the consultation.

I don't think there are many people who aren't living nearby who park here. I think too many people who live here have cars. A CPZ won't solve that and the yearly fee probably doesn't even pay for the administrative costs.

@artsyhonker Why do the neighbours want to stop people who don't live nearby from parking on "our" street?

Sometimes, they can't park immediately outside their house but instead have to park further away and walk. Sometimes they have to park on the next street over!

I have approximately zero sympathy for this. (Disabled drivers can already be allocated a reserved parking spot outside their home.)

@artsyhonker Also, the yearly cost of parking for those who do drive is ridiculously low.

I kindof want a CPZ, because I don't see why people should get to leave their personal property on the public highway... but I want it to be way more expensive. I want a bike hangar tall enough for my bike.

The reason the neighbours want a CPZ, though? To stop people who don't live nearby from parking on "our" street.

The council has been gradually bringing in Controlled Parking Zones in various areas near where I live. The neighbours are now clamouring for getting one on our street because parking is so congested.

I don't drive. Getting visitor passes for very occasional guests who do drive would be a pain.

There's an option in the consultation to have a bike hanger, but the ones the council provides are too small my bicycle (I'm tall).

I wonder if having a weekly theme encouraging people to think/post about certain solarpunk topics might be helpful. Something a bot could help with maybe?

Himself has a USB-powered fan he was given as some kind of work thing. I have a small solar panel that outputs USB. We've hung it in the window and plugged the fan in and when the sun shines on it the fan works.

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The elderflower sourdough is delicious.

We have no lemon curd in the house and this seems like a disaster, because it would be perfect.

Making sourdough starter from elderflowers I picked on my walk this morning. No idea if it'll work, but it seemed worth a try.

Have been walking in Epping Forest most mornings for a while.

Something I keep noticing is how *ugly* most cars are.