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TransitBiker

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Car free tech/history/science nerd cyclist advocating for dignity, equality & sustainability.
ASD/PTSD/Survivor/ally/long covid. He/him

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enobacon, to random
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Trying to figure out how to unravel the political, cultural, and institutional brainworms of ... with cars-for-brains democrats cancelling plans and trying to somehow fool themselves into making the DOTs solvent "with equity and climate as top priorities" is only going to further burden the poorest of kids with subsidies for the wealthiest of drivers. Agencies that build roads for cars are fundamentally unequipped to fix this problem & so is our political system.

TransitBiker,
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@enobacon in some states they only have a highway department, not an actual department of transportation. Fixing this would be one good step in the right direction, I feel.

TransitBiker,
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@enobacon one of the things that I am continuously frustrated by, especially in states with lots of rural roads and areas with drainage issues or bedrock close to the grade surface, is that these agencies simply refuse to re-engineer the road to fail less frequently. All they have to do is have a deeper subgrade with better drainage and a thicker overall road profile in these areas. Most intersections -especially on turn lanes- could also benefit. Makes roads less safe & increase vehicle costs.

flexghost, to random
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“The district attorney, who campaigned on a promise to prosecute Donald Trump, brought these charges precisely because of who the defendant was rather than because of any specified criminal conduct.”
-Susan Collins

Hey, Susan

Shouldn’t you be happy now that Donald gets to learn his lesson?

TransitBiker,
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@flexghost any specified criminal conduct? The list is too long to specify anything, but the trial was about paying people off to cover up damaging stories and then lying about it.

RickiTarr, to random
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is less than 5% of his income, so good job paying less than half of what everyone else does.

TransitBiker,
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@RickiTarr meanwhile their cars are catching on fire and their cyber truck is a Oceangate submarine waiting to happen.

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to auscovid19
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University of Maryland Study: N95 masks block almost all airborne COVID-19.

"In a head-to-head comparison of masks worn by people with active COVID-19, the inexpensive "duckbill" N95 came out on top, stopping 98% of COVID-19 particles in the breath of infected people from escaping into the air."

"Led by researchers from the University of Maryland School of Public Health (SPH), results showed other masks also performed well, blocking at least 70% of viral particles from escaping from the source – an infected person's exhaled breath."

Source: https://www.miragenews.com/umd-study-n95-masks-block-almost-all-airborne-1245832/

Study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(24)00192-0/fulltext

@auscovid19

TransitBiker,
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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 Would love to see KF94’s tested. They do seem to work for exposure protection, but not sure about source control. They’re way less stiff than Kn95’s.

capntransit, to random
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RT @openplans NYC's "roadway dining structures...occupy parking spaces or other parts of the street." Does outdoor dining occupy "parking spaces"? Or does free curbside parking actually occupy public space, homogenizing & clogging a useful & potentially versatile piece of our streets?

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/this-summer-is-the-end-of-outdoor-dining-in-nyc-as-we-know-it

TransitBiker,
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@capntransit @openplans sounds like a lawyer for McDonald’s wrote this bullshit law. In a city that was incredibly hard hit by this virus and still struggling to rebound, this is just another slap in the face.

TransitBiker, to random
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If you think like I do that cancer is tragically unfair, then you’ll probably not like that more & more insurance companies are denying cancer treatment medication prescriptions both without merit or warning.

Death panels indeed.

capntransit, to random
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Anniversary blog post from May 28, 2010: We do not make just one mode choice. We make mode choices repeatedly, of at least three kinds: Single Trips, Habits and Investments. We're not going to get people out of cars by addressing only one kind of choice.

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2010/05/mode-choices.html

TransitBiker,
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@capntransit or not giving things the chance they need to succeed & use the resulting failure as an excuse to do nothing/backpedal.

joeinwynnewood, to random
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FYI in case you were wondering what Trump would do about Gaza protests if put back in power.

Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/27/trump-israel-gaza-policy-donors/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzE2NzgyNDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE4MTY0Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTY3ODI0MDAsImp0aSI6ImQ1YjgwNGNlLWY4YWUtNDcyOC05NzMxLTk4MzcyNmEzMjI3YiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI0LzA1LzI3L3RydW1wLWlzcmFlbC1nYXphLXBvbGljeS1kb25vcnMvIn0.Ou1_y3r58skvwMYOs3MPfBWKlY2MGBWMxfixH5O8Kzo

TransitBiker,
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@joeinwynnewood it would be very cool if major news outlets would start harping on trumps extremist policy ideas instead of how Biden is old.

cemedia, to random
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The least we can do for the people in Gaza is stop voting for politicians who are complicit in their extermination
https://open.substack.com/pub/councilestatemedia/p/israel-responded-to-the-icjs-ruling

TransitBiker,
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@cemedia and vote for whom? List the names.

chevalier26, to actuallyautistic
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What are your thoughts on self-diagnosis being belittled by many in the autistic community?

For clarity, I’m not asking to start a debate, just a genuine discussion. I currently don’t have the option to get a diagnosis, but feel fairly confident that the research I’ve done over the past year and a half has been legitimate and credible.

I don’t feel comfortable saying that I am definitively autistic, but I am ok with saying I’m “self-suspecting.” #actuallyautistic @actuallyautistic

TransitBiker,
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@chevalier26 @pathfinder @janetlogan @actuallyautistic I did not think that I was autistic until I was in my 30s.

TransitBiker, to random
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So my girlfriend’s ex-husband sends over the kids per usual even though one of them is clearly sick. Instead of keeping the one that is sick over there until they are on the mend, which has been the protocol since they split & even more so once the pandemic hit. I need to ask my fellow guys out there with split custody to stop pulling this type of shit because it’s monumentally selfish and stupid. Also stop sending your sick kids into school.

Claydisarray, to Youtube
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I started a new Youtube channel a few months back to kind of help me come to terms with my late autism diagnosis, and I seem to be doing better on views than my (8 years old) Clay Disarray channel :ablobdizzy:

Anyhoo, thought I'd post a link here if you're interested 🧡

https://www.youtube.com/@CreativeAutistic

#Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #YouTube

TransitBiker,
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@Claydisarray sigh

TransitBiker, to random
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I’ve had it with people Biden bashing on here. This election is not a game. Yes Biden has many issues and many problems with policies and such. If Trump gets elected, everything you’ve strived for is over. It’s that simple.

TransitBiker, to random
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I do believe people oft confuse the Covid lockdowns for “pandemic”. What folks should be saying is post-lockdown, or “after lockdown”. This pandemic is ongoing, though lockdowns have largely been (foolishly) been ruled out.

TransitBiker, to random
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Everyone has a gender neutral bathroom in their home .. possibly several of them. Make sure to use this fact against transphobic assholes.

TransitBiker,
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@StillIRise1963 @Jackiemauro @KatM I actually prefer to sit down when I pee because it’s far more comfortable and you actually get more of the pee out because your muscles are relaxed. 😎

GottaLaff, to random
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Worth emphasizing this, because most news outlets did not:

“Rep. Matt (R-Fla.) on Thursday ominously invoked Donald ’s call to far-right violent extremists while joining the former president at his criminal trial in New York.

“Standing back and standing by, Mr. President,” Gaetz wrote on social media, along with a photo of himself positioned behind Trump at his trial.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-gaetz-stand-back-stand-by-proud-boys_n_66462d52e4b0dd63cd2ba653 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/stand-back-stand-matt-gaetz-174110101.html

TransitBiker,
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@GottaLaff these people are sadistic psychopaths, and it really scares me that they hold elected office. 

enobacon, to random
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wtf man that's not how USB A works

TransitBiker,
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@enobacon I’m clearly missing something

GottaLaff, to Arkansas
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Via Democracy Docket:

BREAKING: #Arkansas Supreme Court reinstates four voter suppression laws ahead of the 2024 elections, reversing a lower court's ruling that the laws violated the state constitution.

The laws ban passing out food and water to voters waiting in line at the polls, establish signature matching rules, shorten the absentee ballot return period and implement strict photo ID procedures for voting. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/arkansas-supreme-court-reinstates-four-voter-suppression-laws/

TransitBiker,
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@GottaLaff since when can it be deemed illegal to hand a free citizen food or water?

enobacon, to portland
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“It’s absurd for ODOT to claim that their proposed $1.9 billion 10-lane highway is in compliance with the city’s existing plans for , sustainable investment or neighborhood development. We filed this lawsuit because state law requires ODOT to follow the city’s and climate goals. ODOT shouldn’t be allowed to advance a project that brazenly violates the city’s adopted plans.” --

https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/odot-faces-lawsuit-to-stop-1-9b-rose-quarter-freeway-expansion/

TransitBiker,
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@enobacon https://youtu.be/iCoKySjY_ug take a look!

ottaross, (edited ) to linguistics
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My morning radio feed has a new fill-in traffic reporter with that current language trend of not pronouncing terminating Ts and it's distracting. I wonder where it came from and why it's so rampant recently?

"There's an acciden aa the stree where ih crosses the river in the wess end."

Funny how speech trends come and go, and sometimes stay. I suspect Tiktok is amplifying it. Modern accents are becoming disconnected from geography and more about subculture/demographics.

TransitBiker,
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@ottaross that’s very strange

TransitBiker, to random
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Blaming screen time for the mental health of kids and teens when the world around them is growing crueler & falling apart is one of the biggest copouts I’ve witnessed thus far in my life.

stfn, to random
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Apple's says its environmentally friendly, and at the same time destroys perfectly usable devices to raise demand for new ones. And sues a company that sold those usable devices instead of shredding them. Good job Apple. https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/18/100000-iphones-stolen-instead-of-scrapped/

TransitBiker,
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@stfn definitely not a good look for the supposedly sustainability minded policies of this company. My question is what happens to the materials after the shredding?

TransitBiker, to random
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If the Democrats don’t capitalize on what’s going on in & around college campuses in this country, they are fucking stupid.

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