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Artist's device makes pedaling harder amid housing crisis

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Artist Justin Blinder developed a device called Ground Truth that makes pedaling harder, inspired by the unaffordability of housing. Blinder conceived the idea in 2020 during a period of personal financial uncertainty and the onset of the COVID-19 lockdown. AI

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Artist's device makes pedaling harder amid housing crisis

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    📰 When housing is unaffordable, this artist’s device makes pedaling harder Justin Blinder had just been laid off when he first came up with the idea for Ground

    📰 When housing is unaffordable, this artist’s device makes pedaling harder Justin Blinder had just been laid off when he first came up with the idea for Ground Truth. It was 2020, two weeks before covid lockdown went into effect, and the Brooklyn-based artist and technolo... 📰 So…

    LINKS theverge.com/…/ground-truth-justin-blinde…

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