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Lyle

@Lyle@cville.online

#Cities, #history, #technology, #biketooter, #conservation. #Charlottesville Planning Commission member, teacher, all opinions are my own fault. Bi. #cdda contributor. He/him Searchable

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RickiTarr, to random
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When the Soviet Union was falling apart Gorbachev had one thing on his mind, Who killed Laura Palmer?!

Lyle,
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@RickiTarr if he knew, why bother making the show?

taber, to random
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yes, I agree, my Chappell Roan "Pink Pony Club" theme show mug is extremely subtle and also well applied, thank you for saying "that bitch can paint," it's true, it's so true

Lyle,
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@taber powerful shirt, 👚

clive, (edited ) to random
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People of Mastodon!

I'm researching the growth of ebikes ...

... in cities around the US

I've talked to many people who love them!

But also want to include the perspective of folks who have concerns ...

... i.e. about the speed and weight of ebikes in accidents with pedestrians or other cyclists, and the like

If anyone has thoughts they wanna share, ping me! I'm all ears: clive@clivethompson.net

Pass this along if you know anyone else with perspective they want to share

Lyle,
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@clive Sent! The theme was "equity"

Lyle,
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@clive Ha yes, that addresses my equity concern.

Lyle, to cycling
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1894: How fast should bicycles be allowed to go in Boston parks?https://archive.org/details/minutesofcityofb1894bost/page/14/mode/2up

dgar, to random
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Oh, hello!

I see the assassins failed again.

Lyle,
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@dgar This is like an assassin invite. You’re supposed to say they succeeded!

jon, to random French
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I am in Paris tomorrow and Saturday, and am planning my routes

8.7 of 9.9km on cycle lanes

Ahhhhh 😍

My planning in Paris is no longer “will it be OK to cycle?” which it was a few years ago, to “sure it will, just what's the best route?”

Lyle,
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@jon Unbelievable how much has changed how fast

RickiTarr, to random
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Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:

https://youtu.be/KovrJ8HXI1Q?si=HOYIG7YMuAUTsJz6

Lyle,
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@RickiTarr I assume they aren’t guitar fans? https://slate.com/culture/2016/04/why-prince-was-the-greatest-guitarist-since-jimi-hendrix.html

mekkaokereke, to random
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If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...

Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.

https://insideevs.com/news/719283/chinese-ev-tariffs-biden-quadruple/

We can't allow the US to get off of fossil fuels... unless US billionaires win! 🤡

Fear the BYD Dolphin! (an EV car for $12K)
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/T3nfyO_UHjk

Lyle,
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@mekkaokereke I guess it’s unpatriotic, but I would like to be able to buy a safe vehicle that I can afford that does not destroy the climate I require to live comfortably, and I also don’t want an escalating trade war with unclear costs to the people I care about.

Lyle, to random
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https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/students-confront-uva-president-jim-ryan-demand-answers-after-police-crackdown-on-protesters/article_7ae0ea66-0e4f-11ef-a08e-5bd6e13efa4e.html “The group’s members said they were disturbed by what they consider state-sanctioned violence against peaceful protesters and began to rethink their meeting with Ryan.”

JoSuus, to random
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Eurovision desperately trying and failing to keep the Song Festival free from politics proves what every marginalized person already knows: Everything is political. Life is political.

Lyle,
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@aral @JoSuus I liked Howard Zinn’s analogy: “you can’t be neutral on a moving train” https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/you-cant-be-neutral-book

taber, to random
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Estonia is one of the greatest countries in Europe because they discovered they are incapable of being cool at all and leaned the entire way into it

Lyle,
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@taber And yet they gave us the coolest video game character of all time https://discoelysium.fandom.com/wiki/Smoker_on_the_Balcony

StillIRise1963, to random
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It’s so shocking to me how we’re letting extremely wealthy people kill the future.

Lyle,
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@StillIRise1963 I’ve been thinking a lot about the flood recently. We live in another age of robber barons and their disasters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown_Flood

18+ Lyle, to FreeSpeech
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It should be physically impossible for people using their first amendment rights in public to be struck by a deadly vehicle. Safety is a free speech issue and free speech is a safety issue.

Lyle,
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@LouisIngenthron we would have to do what other countries do https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard

mbonsma, to random
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You see her looking at you from across the street. wyd

Lyle,
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@mbonsma Cooing and silly faces, naturally

RickiTarr, to random
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Halp!!! I got deodorant in my mouth!

Lyle,
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@RickiTarr Yes, this is also how I deodorize https://www.delish.com/food/news/a39228/candy-edible-deodorant/#

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Hey literature people--

So, I was reading HG Wells and I noticed something I hadn't thought about. He writes in a style that's very weird, and but for the Victorian/Edwardian language might even be considered experimental now? Like, in The War in the Air, it regularly alternates between goofy comedic scenes and scenes of horror and violence. And in between THAT there are digressions about economics and engineering technology. (1/n)

Lyle,
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@ZachWeinersmith compare with Moby Dick, my guy just goes off on a whole chapter on whale taxonomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetology_of_Moby-Dick

vicgrinberg, (edited ) to random
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Want to come with me to the museum of East-Asian art in Cologne?

Just look at this wine vessel! Bronze, Chinese, 12-13 century BC - but also, how cute is it? 🦉

1/6

Lyle,
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@vicgrinberg I am extremely proud of myself that as soon as I saw that I thought “Song Dynasty!”

Jennifer, to scifi

I need some new science fiction to read, who has some suggestions? I don't like military sci-fi. For reference, my favorite series is the Expanse, I also enjoyed Scalzi's Collapsing Empire, I love Robert Charles Wilson's books. I mostly enjoy space operas and unique stories about technology, for example I really liked the recent book Mountain in the Sea about AI and intelligent octopus. Suggestions from the awesome Bookstodon community? @bookstodon

Lyle,
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@Jennifer @bookstodon I really liked the Vorkosigan Saga, which jumps genres a lot, but it definitely spends some time in military science fiction, so you may want to skip some https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorkosigan_Saga

Lyle, to random
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Hoping the students are safe. I’m getting alerts about police activity at the Lawn

Lyle,
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Context: https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/a-dayslong-pro-palestine-protest-on-uva-grounds-shows-no-sign-of-stopping/

Lyle,
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I just got an emergency text saying that “unlawful assembly has been declared”

Lyle,
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There is some coverage here. Pepper spray has been reported but it’s not clear to me how it’s been used https://cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-pro-palestine-protest-escalating-over-encampment-at-uva/

Lyle,
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“Police indiscriminately sprayed tear gas into the crowd, at one point hitting a Daily Progress reporter and other members of the media covering the conflict.” https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/police-raid-uva-encampment-arrest-anti-war-protesters/article_b869f354-0a54-11ef-9a35-bf020acf72c1.html

davidaugust, to random
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A 45 year old American male has the odds of dying in one year of 0.004137 (less than 1%), and 62 year old has the odds of 0.015702 (less than 2%). The odds of a 45 year old and a 62 year old (who whistleblew on Boeing) dying naturally within 2 months of each other are…not good.

Boeing has 145,000 direct employees of various ages. How many might be lost soon in odds defying ways?

🧵 1 of 3

Lyle,
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@davidaugust Is witness protection still a thing or was that cut? https://theloadstar.com/im-scared-says-boeing-whistleblower-after-two-others-suffer-mysterious-deaths/

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