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If you're in the US, how are you preparing for the election and dealing with the stress?
  • Not the person you asked, but I'll give my answer: I don't know where I'd go, but I've been learning French for the last few years, in part, to increase my options.

    (The other reason I picked French is that I've also been considering getting a sailboat and becoming nomadic, and France owns a whole bunch of tropical islands.)

  • Why Is This Election Even Close?
  • You're wrong in two ways:

    1. The Democrats are, in fact, a right-wing party.
    2. Conservatism has always been right-wing. That other meaning you think was "original" was never anything more than a lie they told to dupe people into supporting them against their own interests.
  • Scientists warn of possible collapse of Atlantic currents
  • To be clear, I'm talking specifically about suspecting an AMOC collapse sooner, specifically because I'm extrapolating from a trend of newer AMOC collapse studies revising the estimate sooner. I'm not talking about predicting generalized doom because of vibes.

    (I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying I'm speaking a little more scientifically than that.)

  • 'They Know Who You Are': Harvard Students Use Meta's Ray-Ban Glasses To Pull Up Your Identity In Real-time
  • As someone who gets greeted alarmingly often by people whose names I ought to remember but don't (I'm a minor community leader but am bad with names), I've wanted a device like this for 20+ years. I'm a little sad about the concept being vilified.

    On the other hand, as an advocate for both privacy and Free Software, I always imagined it as being completely self-hosted and only adding people's names/faces to its database when I'm introduced to them in person. I'm not at all sad about the particular implementation being vilified.

  • The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved web pages are back online
  • I hope they're retaliated against and stopped long before that!

    I mean, it's great that Internet Archive is back online, but I haven't heard any news about catching the perps or anything else that would stop the attacks from continuing yet. There's still a job to be done, is what I'm saying.

  • Scientists warn of possible collapse of Atlantic currents
  • You know the "best" part? As far as I can tell, each new study tends to refine the timeline estimate sooner (and not just because new studies are in the future compared to older ones). Personally, I wouldn't be surprised at all if the collapse happens within a decade.

  • I Don’t Know Why Women Keep Laughing at Me When I’m Out Driving my Tesla Cybertruck
  • I would never own one because of (a) the disrespect for my right to repair and modify and (b) Piss-baby Musk baggage, but I admit I kinda like the styling too.

    I'm also a fan of DeLoreans and other '80s sports cars.

  • Why are people doing this at voting locations in the USA?

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21109313

    > I went to vote today in Georgia USA. People showed up wearing bed sheets over them. What is this supposed to communicate exactly??

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    Respect pedestrians like Everett True! (October 19, 1914)

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21043632

    > Printed 110 years ago today in The Day Book. Image cleaned up, see the original. > > Found on the Library of Congress site.

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    Paris SUV driver charged with murder after cyclist run over
    www.theguardian.com Paris SUV driver charged with murder after cyclist run over

    Motorist accused of deliberately targeting 27-year-old Paul Varry in road rage incident

    Paris SUV driver charged with murder after cyclist run over

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31244231

    > >Ian Brossat, a former Paris councillor and now a senator representing the French Communist party, called for SUVs to be banned in Paris. “This is not the first incident of its kind, and the dangerous nature of SUVs has already been pointed out on several occasions. We owe it to this young man to realise the scale of the problem and draw all the consequences,” Brossat told the Nouvel Obs.

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    It's always worth asking for a bike rack!

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30563342

    > This store just opened up a few months back, and they had zero bike parking. > > I emailed their head office, saying that I was planning to shop there, but not until they added a bike rack. > > Went to check last night, and boom! Bike rack!

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    Judge says election certification is mandatory, but seems skeptical of tossing new election board rules
    www.wabe.org Judge says election certification is mandatory, but seems skeptical of tossing new election board rules

    A Fulton County judge indicated Tuesday he is unlikely to invalidate controversial new rules on certifying election results but could still issue a ruling clarifying that certification is mandatory.

    Judge says election certification is mandatory, but seems skeptical of tossing new election board rules

    cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/3894145

    > From WABE Politics News: > > A Fulton County judge indicated Tuesday he is unlikely to invalidate controversial new rules on certifying election results but could still issue a ruling clarifying that certification is mandatory.  The […]

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    Dave Wave - Spooky Scary (Swingin') Skeletons - Extended Club Version [Electro Swing]

    Let's kick spooky season off right!

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    The United States is a corporation.

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20368770

    > It’s easy to understand if you realize that America is essentially a corporation rather than a country, and that country is only representing its shareholders. > > In case you’re confused - if you’re not rich and powerful, you’re not a shareholder. You’re an employee or a commodity or an expense, and you exist to enrich the shareholder class.

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    ‘They are not safe’: Richmond Hill residents at traffic meeting want bike lanes installed this year removed immediately
    www.yorkregion.com ‘They are not safe’: Richmond Hill residents at traffic meeting want bike lanes installed this year removed immediately

    Observatory Lane, Sunshine Drive and Queen’s College Drive in Richmond Hill’s Ward 6 slated for traffic calming, but Springbrook Drive residents want bike lane removed

    ‘They are not safe’: Richmond Hill residents at traffic meeting want bike lanes installed this year removed immediately

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30050658

    > > “They are not safe. They are anything but for safety,” said a woman who added vehicles in the two-block section sometimes drive in the middle of Springbrook to avoid the bollards. > > Oh, so drivers behind of the wheel of an automobile are the danger. Why remove the bike lanes rather than the car lanes? > > I heard that Etobicoke's NIMBYs are insane, but this is a new level of stupidity from Richmond Hill.

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    The number of bicyclists we lose in collisions with cars, just in Somerville and Cambridge, is tragic and terrifying.
    mas.wrong.tools Crystal Huff (they/them) (@crystalvisits@wrong.tools)

    The number of bicyclists we lose in collisions with cars, just in Somerville and Cambridge, is tragic and terrifying. 😭 https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/09/24/suv-driver-kills-bicyclist-on-memorial-drive-in-cambridge (I actually did check and make sure it wasn't @crschmidt@better.boston we lost...

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20166859

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    UK Cyclist recruitment poster for the territorial army (1912)

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/16756563

    > Source: Imperial War Museums > > Image Description: > > a battle scene set in a British village street, featuring a dismounted Territorial Army cyclist, in uniform and chin-strapped forage cap, loading his rifle. Behind him stand two more members of the battalion, one firing his rifle, the other placed his bicycle against a wall. In the background, the remainder of the battalion come to join them.

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    Ontario eyes barring new bike lanes where car lanes would be cut

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19969965

    > The Ontario government is considering bringing forward legislation that could prohibit the installation of bike lanes when lanes for motor vehicles are removed as a result, sources say. > > Siemiatycki said "this government has signalled that the car is king," pointing to prior steps the governing Progressive Conservatives (PCs) have taken to ease costs for drivers. > > He sees the PCs as making a clear play for the votes of motorists, and believes the policy would also appeal to many drivers frustrated with congestion on the roads.

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    Ontario eyes barring new bike lanes where car lanes would be cut

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19969965

    > The Ontario government is considering bringing forward legislation that could prohibit the installation of bike lanes when lanes for motor vehicles are removed as a result, sources say. > > Siemiatycki said "this government has signalled that the car is king," pointing to prior steps the governing Progressive Conservatives (PCs) have taken to ease costs for drivers. > > He sees the PCs as making a clear play for the votes of motorists, and believes the policy would also appeal to many drivers frustrated with congestion on the roads.

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