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forpeterssake

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Serious things: #law, #technology, #bikes, #transit, #sustainability.
Silly things: #humor, #movies, #books, #music, #scifi, #running, #backpacking, #kayaking, the complete works of #JaneAusten, and cat memes.
Apologies if my silly is your serious, or vice versa.

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RickiTarr, to random
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What is the thing(s) that attracts you to a person romantically or otherwise?

forpeterssake,
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@RickiTarr
Laughing together! If you make me laugh, or we can enjoy something humorous together, we can totally be friends. It's even more important for a romantic partner. If we can't share a joke together, it's just not gonna happen.

mekkaokereke, to random
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4 years to the day after George Floyd was murdered, here's where we are:

  • Racist people are just as racist as the day before George Floyd was murdered.

  • Black people are still asking for the exact same things.

  • "Liberal" and "Centrist" white Americans are more racist, and less supportive of DEI than they were the day before George Floyd.

  • Police budgets have grown faster than they did the day before George Floyd.

  • Biden has undone any of the gains made during the protests.

1/N

forpeterssake,
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@mekkaokereke @PizzaDemon
(We got our own problems with Metro Nashville Police, but that SCORPION unit was inflicted on our neighbors in Memphis.)

Techaltar, to random
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I tried Cowboy's new high-end bikes called the Cross
✅ Great suspension in the front & seat + fat wheels make the ride smooth as butter
✅ 50% longer lasting battery, still removable
✅ Better, integrated rear rack & light
✅ Still by far my favorite app, motor control & design
❌ 26kg!
❌ 3499 EUR starting price!

It's like the SUV of bikes. More info in The Friday Checkout.

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@schizanon @Techaltar
My thought also, I want a sturdy rack that can carry a person if "dinking" is necessary.

forpeterssake, to random
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Inspired in part by the passing of The Pogue's frontman Shane MacGowan today, I'm going to do a thread with a different Christmas or holiday song every day. I'll try to cast a wide net, both secular and religious, and if you have some suggestions, I love to discover new music.

We start off with The Pogues' “Fairytale of New York,” which I am told is the most-played modern Christmas song in the UK, but isn't as common in the US, despite its setting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8

brenan, to gamedev French
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✨ The game I dedicated my life to for the last two and a half years got finally announced!!

It's a non violent exploration adventure game in which you discover a Provence like planet with you van.

Go watch the trailer and wishlist if you like what you see 👀

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1582650/Caravan_Sandwitch

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@ramsey @brenan @lmorchard
Same, although I hope it'll work on Linux with Proton!🤞

benfulton, to random
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Anyone read this Cato article on induced demand? Anything interesting in it?

https://www.cato.org/blog/debunking-induced-demand-myth

forpeterssake,
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@benfulton
Right out of the gate, the example cited about Nashville is false. In 2014, the TN legislature threatened to prohibit bus lanes, but walked it back a bit. The AMP plan, as it was known, was defeated by conservatives, so no bus lanes were built. But Nashville traffic is worse than ever, regularly topping "worst traffic" lists.

The city will have a transit referendum on the ballot this fall, and guess what the plan is? That's right, bus lanes.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2023/10/31/nashville-tn-top-worst-commute-us-forbes-list/71392078007/

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@benfulton
I don't entirely disagree with the conclusion that roads need to enable a tax base that will support their own maintenance. Congestion pricing or tolls are definitely options, as are higher gas taxes and private vehicle registration fees.

The Cato author also seems to cherry-pick his topics, and he doesn't address the problems of car storage/parking or safety or pollution at all. There are multiple reasons that make prioritizing transit in urbanized areas a superior policy choice.

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@benfulton
So yes, very fair point. I don't even read the Cato piece as "debunking" it so much as making general critiques about its methodology, which may or may not be valid, and selectively applies assumptions about public transit that should also be applied to driving. But I don't limit my critiques of autonormativity to induced demand, so I brought up the many other factors that should discourage massive road building.

forpeterssake, to random
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We literally cannot afford our current transportation system. And this study doesn't even count the larger cost of road maintenance.

Via : "The average annual cost of ownership is up more than 13 percent from last year to more than $12,000, or just over $1,000 a month, according to the latest research from the automobile owners group AAA. Higher car prices and the surging costs of financing, insuring and maintaining a new car all contributed to the increase."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/your-money/car-ownership-costs-increase.html

forpeterssake, to random
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Norfolk, Nebraska police pull over man with 275-lb. Watusi bull riding shotgun in his car. The car was modified to allow the bull to sit in the passenger seat, and bull's name was reportedly Howdy Doody. And yes, there's video! 😆

https://northeast.newschannelnebraska.com/story/49572004/norfolk-police-pull-over-man-and-bull-riding-shotgun

forpeterssake, to johnoliver
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John Oliver comes for the freight rail industry, and I am THERE for it.

Particularly since he explicitly says he is "pro-train," and then lays out why the freight rail operators are putting all of us at risk—and standing in the way of high-speed passenger rail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2keSJzYyY

forpeterssake, to random
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This video from a car's dash cam in a parking lot in Lincoln, Nebraska, on April 26, 2024, is pretty incredible. One minute the building is there, the next it is gone! (Video by Tri Tran 70.)

https://youtu.be/MTGHQphn_Ys

forpeterssake, to random
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Cycles of Life, by Grant Snider

mattsheffield, to random
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Donald Trump's campaign is explicitly trying to cancel RFK Jr. from right wing media and as you would imagine, none of the people who pretend to care about "free speech" have mentioned it, let alone condemned Trump https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/01/rfk-jr-trump-2024-elections-00155425

forpeterssake,
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@mattsheffield
Not sympathetic to either party, but where is the free speech problem? Private actors, private pseudo-news outlets. They never had any internal consistency or credibility, I don't know why they would start now.

simon_brooke, to random
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"This leads us straight back to the original conversation about “Man or Bear,” which has nothing to do with bears. (Sorry, bears!)"

https://bikepacking.com/plog/man-or-bear-debate/

forpeterssake,
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@simon_brooke
Thanks for sharing, that was thoughtful and really interesting, I'm going to read more from her!

beexcessivelydiverting, to books
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3 TV shows on Tubi you should watch in April 2024

https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/watch-tubi-tv-shows-april-2024/

@bookstodon

forpeterssake,
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@beexcessivelydiverting @bookstodon
I have not felt comfortable recommending anything from Tubi since learning it is owned by Fox Corporation. I prefer not to support an organization and family that have pushed our world more towards the inequality that Austen spent her writing life critiquing.

DrTCombs, to transit
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I could drive, and sit in traffic with everyone else.
Or I could ride my , and whiz past that traffic in the fast lane.

https://urbanists.video/w/pmnZc6MHtP67PtEeF6DPJr

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@DrTCombs
Looks way more fun! But oh, man, those needlessly winding sidewalks, I do not like those. Why do city planners intentionally making walking or biking farther? It makes no sense! 😭 If they want to create some chicanes, do it in the road!

TheOverheadWire, to random
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Monday's Most Read # 1 - How The Small Car Died In America https://bit.ly/4aCVmjo Autopian

forpeterssake,
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@TheOverheadWire

😑 "the U.S. government has again put its finger on the scale in favor of large vehicles by placing an MSPR cap on the new EV tax credits of just $55,000 for cars but $80,000 for SUVs, trucks, and vans. Whether traditional automakers in America will hold their own against Chinese companies or capitulate and retreat upmarket remains to be seen."

forpeterssake, to random
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I've really appreciated Nic Laporte's videos lately, and this one on red light cameras and speed cameras is particularly good.

The Case For Speed & Red Light Cameras
#RedLightCameras #SpeedCameras
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvHjOrEtkhc

forpeterssake, to random
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@kimberlyadams
I hate that you were right, but you absolutely called it on yesterday's show about . Gov. Kathy Hochul received a big influx of campaign donations from auto industry, and is going to receive more in the coming weeks.

https://www.levernews.com/big-auto-and-the-death-of-traffic-congestion-reform/

forpeterssake, to random
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Cars are a scam.

@TheWarOnCars

https://www.vox.com/2024/4/10/24125612/rising-car-payments-auto-loans-hidden-fees

forpeterssake, to random
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Cars are never going to be the answer to combating climate change.

But even if they could, greedy car companies won't ever let them.

https://thedriven.io/2024/05/14/nearly-all-major-car-companies-are-sabotaging-ev-transition-and-japan-is-worst-study-finds/

forpeterssake, to random
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Brown v. Board of Education was decided 70 years ago today, but the fight never stopped.

American schools are re-segregating, propelled by wealth inequality, tax and property policy, and the long shadow of racist housing and other policies.

Many on the right are trying to dismantle public schools systems entirely.

I won't let them. I will vote, and donate, and volunteer, and support the vibrant, multi-cultural schools in my community until I die.

https://apnews.com/article/school-integration-brown-board-supreme-court-9d84858db3717620a77bfae0b478cab8

forpeterssake, to nyc
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A decent analysis of Gov. Hochul's about-face on for parts of . I don't think Hakeem Jeffries is getting enough flak for attacking the plan.

"Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader and a Brooklyn power broker, would prefer his top Democrats in the Hudson Valley and on Long Island don’t hear attacks from Republicans about how anti-automobile the Democratic Party has become."

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/politics/kathy-hochul-panicked

Paywall-free link: https://archive.ph/gG5XB

forpeterssake, to random
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This was a really great video, nice work by Tom of for getting into some bigger topics.

Shifter: The staggering health improvements from bike commuting

https://urbanists.video/w/8HcjUMuT4HdVJsNMoYuink

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