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♲ @kennychaffin@diasp.org:If you haven’t been car shopping in a while, brace yourself
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An 18 lane freeway, 100 meters wide, moves less people than a busy subway line.
The Brooklyn bridge used to move 420,000 people per day.
In the 1950s, trolleys were removed, and since then it has never moved more than 180,000 people per day.
Cars 👏 destroy 👏 cities.
Info from @notjustbikes
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All of my references are in the description, as always.
That number come from an NYC advocate called Mark Gorton:
Mark Gorton and the 'American streets renaissance'
Livable streets activist Mark Gorton stands near the protected bike lane on Columbus Ave., just a few blocks from his home on Manhattan's Upper West Side. (Photos © J.BikePortland
Thanks! I'll try to remember to check the description next time.
I really appreciate your exposition and advocacy, and I want to make sure I have the original sources available for figures like this when making a case myself.
They are milking their customers for all they're worth. Just like Harley, they're charging more for more-or-less the same product to prop up their earnings. >:(
Even worse is that Americans have been made captive consumers due to land use policies influenced by the automakers over the past century. D:<
Why American Cars Are So Expensive
Cars once promised independence and transportation for all Americans. Now, they are a luxury product that cost about $50,000, nearly 30% higher than just a few years ago. Affordable vehicles, especially those below the price of $20,000, have nearly disappeared. And while Automakers pulled in record profits in 2023, slim margins combined with deep investments into EV batteries, software and other technology is making it hard to produce cars much cheaper. Chinese automakers can, but they're impeded by tariffs and rules. Insiders say that is just a bandage - automakers need to compete.
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On the other hand, a cheap and defined toolset covers all types of square taper bb, while modern bb's seem to have 20 different tools needed and they all cost $30 or more.
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Are self-driving cars a fanciful pipe-dream or are they the future of transportation?
I don't know, but there's one thing I am sure of though: they're currently on track to fundamentally destroy the fabric of our cities.
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Attached: 1 video Another unconventional solution for traffic savety.Infosec Exchange
"Say it with me: People don’t regret buying a house, they regret moving to the suburbs"
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#fuckcars
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The big reason why I haven't put more consideration into moving to a drier climate for more days of outdoor fun per year is that I am worried about future water scarcity.
I also don't complain about rainy days here as much anymore because I know that the rain is what keeps our water supply in a good state.
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The biggest argument against "Intelligent Design" is how stupidly built parts of our body are. Some examples:
- The "funny bone"
- Charliehorses
- The bone structure of our feet
- The structure of our knees
- How our retinae are behind the blood vessels network instead of in front
- Vestigial organs in general
Nobody "intelligent" would design something like this. :/
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You missed the epiglottis inhale water thing and maybe the related obstructive sleep apnea thing.
If your bladder is full, your body can’t reabsorb that fluid directly
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*The polished prisons of the tech giants. #PostInternet
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-internet-is-shrinking/
The Internet is Shrinking
The internet used to be limitless, open to anyone with an idea. Now, it’s a polished prison run by tech giants. Is this the future we signed up for? Here’s how Big Tech quietly turned freedom into captivity.Joan Westenberg (Westenberg)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLZGKtSBGDE
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
Unnervingly enough, there's a Mac Donald's at the top of Donner Pass.
And yes, we stopped there.
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Cleaning hurricane damaged retro computers & CRTs — LGR
When Hurricane Helene hit my home in Asheville, North Carolina in September 2024, two oak trees fell through the roof and wrecked the place. Including the main LGR vintage computer collection downstairs where lots of rain water leaked through, resulting in moisture and mold issues. This first part of the cleanup process is unboxing the moldy boxes, evaluating the damage, and cleaning the surfaces of things! Internal cleaning and testing will occur later.
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Found the cause:
header = (const struct archive_entry_header_ustar *)h;
size = tar_atol(header->size, sizeof(header->size));
if ((size > 1048576) || (size < 0)) {
archive_set_error(&a->archive, EINVAL,
"Special header too large");
return (ARCHIVE_FATAL);
}Open source software has its advantages. :3
I wonder what header this is. 🤔 #macOStar: Special header too large: %llu tar: Child process exited with status 70 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
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tar: Child process exited with status 70
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The standards of a vengeful misogynistic old man. The god of the bible.
♲ @npr_news@social.gibberfish.org:RFK Jr. says that Trump will recommend getting rid of fluoride in drinking water
In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep this morning, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that the Trump administration, which he will likely be a part of, will recommend removing fluoride from the country’s drinking water.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Well, according to that site, if it's accurate, then there's four people on my street on the north side of the *entire county* that's registered to vote, and we live across the street from the other two.
And the neighbors have never voted.
Alight folks. I've had enough. It's time to take a social network break until the US election mess passes, whatever that looks like.
Yes, I know it's important, but I need to take care of my mental health. I can tell the constant stream of news, etc., is taking its toll on me and I need out. (It also won't change how I vote.)
Feel free to contact me on XMPP ( tk@msg.kawa-kun.com ) if you need to reach me. 👋
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It get's even weirder when you consider that the Washington Post apparently got into trouble from Bezos for writing and nearly publishing an opinion article endorsing Harris, because it might conflict with his interests. So the Washington Post basically used their Satire YouTube channel to mock him and unofficially endorse her through that.
Why is a newspaper even allowed to explicitly endorse? The Streisand effect just happened because of this and what happened to the staff?
@Flux
> Why is a newspaper even allowed to explicitly endorse?
Why do newspaper readers need an explicit endorsement? I mean, aren't they able to make informed decisions, based on neutral information presented by journalists?
If the answer is "no", there's yer problem, right there!
Honestly, if you’re in the US, please vote. Don’t let a fascist take control. Don’t think that it can’t possibly happen there. This might be your last chance to vote. Don’t waste it. Sitting it out won’t help your cause but it will definitely endanger a lot of lives. That’s my take on it.
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@gwm @barney @firebreathingduck @GreenFire @fiberologist @WAHa_06x36
and what you don't know, in ignorance, or you know, but hide in malice, is that in an fptp voting system 3rd parties only serve as a spoiler
thus a vote for 3rd party is a vote for trump, and you are helping us get fascism, and helping to kill palestinians
It seems that the Putin forces recruit 20,000 soldiers per month, while suffering casualties at about the same rate. They mostly recruit convicts and people from poor regions who join for the money. As a result, Russians in general don't feel upset about the high casualties. Russian generals don't care either.
‘End justifies the means’: high Russian death toll fails to shift opinion on Ukraine war
A video gives a glimpse into Moscow’s ‘meat grinder’ tactics but record losses are met with apparent indifferencePjotr Sauer (The Guardian)
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Because it doesn't affect those in power in St. Petersburg & Moscow, but ethnic minorities in the periphery...
- That's the sad & inconvenient truth!
That's why they don't conscript folks there...
U.S. Consumer Watchdog Cautions Businesses on Surveillance of Workers
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says existing consumer protections apply to AI and other tools used to monitor workers
WSJ gift link
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At the moment, my #cycljng is mainly limited by my cardiovascular system and energy. All of that time sick from respiratory illness was not kind to my fitness. 
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You know I'm getting serious when working on something in the physical world because I take my glasses off. This is because pretty much the same reasond why many people get contact lenses, plus I get sweaty when working. :(
Why don't I wear contacts? It's because I need prism for my misaligned eyes that contacts can't fix.
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Next-gen Nissan Skyline takes shape in fresh renders: Hero performance car to be reborn as an electric SUV: Reports
😬 what the hell is that ugly generic looking thing
Next-gen Nissan Skyline takes shape in fresh renders: Hero performance car to be reborn as an electric SUV: Reports
Nissan is going on an electric SUV bonanza. Recent reports from Japanese outlet Best Car, which is known for its well placed sources in the country’s auto industry, has said the Skyline name will return but as an electric SUV.Dom Tripolone (carsguide)
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Reddit "Am I The Asshole" fiction and Twitter bait posts and YouTube pipelines and TikTok therapy/chad lifestylers making 20's men and women mutually insufferable unreflective unempathetic doomer coomers.
Yeah that's right I'm not a misandrist or a misogynist – I'm the 3rd, other thing.
Oh. Old.
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