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predictit, urbanism, gardening, shitposts mostly here to chuckle at good jokes & bad takes

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I certainly agree with you on that point! As for whether they make a difference as a stopgap measure - for the people going, like, 35 in a 25, idk honestly. But the speeds drivers on my street reach would just not be physically doable (without serious damaging the car) in a with-speed-bump scenario

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Isn't that basically what all decisions around public health/safety come down to? We're already killing people by letting drivers run wild. Show me some serious, thoughtful analysis concluding speedbumps cause a net increase in deaths and I'll gladly eat my words!

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wow, can't believe this king managed to pull Britney

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Yeah it would be pretty cool if drivers, of their own volition, would just not drive dangerously fast, killing and maiming passersby and other drivers (and increasing the need for ambulance trips). but here we are

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as someone who lives on a 25mph street that people regularly speed down: how did you accomplish this

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"... is Kevin Spacey." with no further context or explanation, that would be a great tweet

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Adam Serwer's avatar Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social
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The Supreme Court’s ruling putting presidents above the law must be understood not simply as a grant of immunity for past crimes, but an enthusiastic endorsement of those he will commit if given the chance. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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any specific japanese shoegaze recs? top 1-3 albums maybe?

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Someone should have told its owner that hitchhiking is dangerous!

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this is just a list of potentially great band names

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Anna Merlan 's avatar Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social
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TODAY: join us in defending the Internet Archive and protecting libraries!! An important appellate hearing is happening this morning, which you can read all about at the link below. And if you’re in New York and you spot our wheatpaste, please snap a photo and share. www.battleforlibraries.com

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I'm inventing a new genre, surrealist murder mystery

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also, the real killer should turn out to be just some random new character that hasn't even been introduced at any point in the episode until the very end

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bsdtectr's avatar bsdtectr @bsdtectr.bsky.social
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Imagine being such a shitty mayor, the Public Library is calling you out.

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josh (oldfriend99) 's avatar josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social
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Thinking about when my 5yo made this CAN-inspired book at school

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but think about what it does you gdp tho πŸ€”

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genuinely pathetic that hochul can be bought for less than a year of tuition at a middling private school

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Steven Burke's avatar Steven Burke @steveburke2000.bsky.social
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"America could cut nearly 18 percent of pedestrian deaths a year just by capping the hood height of passenger trucks and SUVs at the level of a modest crossover, a new report finds."

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Kind of stunning to see this in the NYT. What gives??

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Sean's avatar Sean @publichealth.bsky.social
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this cop got mad that he was too stupid to complete a simple task, so he shot this beloved little deaf and blind 13 pound dog dead. maybe we shouldn't have 100,000 more police

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reading the actual post gives one very little confidence that the vehicle is not dangerous

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