strangesongs

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by strangesongs 5y ago
"Precisely when, though, remains unclear" The subheading says so much
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by strangesongs 5y ago
But people don't have to give up single family homes to create density -- we just need to build more of everything else, wherever we can, to increase housing. No one is coming for existing single-family homes -- they can peacefully co-
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by strangesongs 5y ago
It's not impossible, but people are stubborn and the voices of home owners/drivers dominate the conversation over anything else. Those things are scalable -- LA's light rail network is one of the biggest in the country and it
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by strangesongs 5y ago
Exactly this. Look at the slow-moving nightmare happening in Berkeley because of NIMBYism and CEQA reviews. The city/state/UC system is going to lose an incredible amount of funding and student enrollment is going to plummet becau
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by strangesongs 5y ago
placardabuse really shows you how many of the most egregious traffic violations are done by unrepentant, repeat offenders. I think there was a story recently about an SUV who ran the curb and killed an 18-month old in Manhattan -- the drive
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by strangesongs 5y ago
California just did this! https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38004981/california-ban-g... I don't think it phases in fast enough, tbh, but it's a start. Someone the next block over from me runs their lea
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by strangesongs 5y ago
This seems like another ominous sign for META
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by strangesongs 5y ago
To add another comment, pro-police commentators should look at clearance rates for crime in their areas. Police are generally very very bad at their jobs! I looked up SFPD clearance rates for the last year -- they solved about 10% of all bu
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by strangesongs 5y ago
I was the victim of a home robbery a few years ago in Cleveland. Thieves hit multiple homes on my block in a few hours, TRASHED my house looking for valuables and stole about $1000 worth of stuff from my home (an easily identifiable bike, c
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by strangesongs 5y ago
related content: https://www.thedailybeast.com/peloton-ceo-john-foley-banned-... CEO held a holiday party for talent/trainers while encouraging thrift/cutbacks for all other employees
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by strangesongs 5y ago
nytimes staying on brand, courting lil' wannabe fascists
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by strangesongs 5y ago
^^^^^^ yes!
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by strangesongs 5y ago
“Login.gov is already used to access 200 websites run by 28 Federal agencies and over 40 million Americans have accounts,” Wyden wrote in a letter to the IRS today. “Unfortunately, login.gov has not yet reached its full potential, in part b
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by strangesongs 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_flu https://www.insider.com/police-have-historically-protested-b... https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/10/the-pba-sues-to-bloc...
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by strangesongs 5y ago
Yep! The police unions hold massive sway over cities, media (especially local media) and politicians by threatening to simply stop enforcing laws if they don't get their way. They can then use the media and scare tactics to drive up &q
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by strangesongs 5y ago
Correct, yes, politicians who have contributed to the militarization of US policing are also to blame, along with the massive military industrial complex and its lobbying arms in Washington. This country has been on a downward spiral since
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by strangesongs 5y ago
Almost all of the SoCal police departments (LAPD, LASD, San Bernardino Sheriffs) are out of control, with massive, sprawling budgets (the city of Los Angeles gives more money to police than any other category and just added more money for t
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by strangesongs 5y ago
"Reels users said they sometimes stopped the sessions early, finding it hard to hit the 10 minutes required because the videos were “stale, boring or repetitive,” while TikTok users self-reported using the app for hours a day beyond th