Annika BackstromAug 26, 2018
Pitch: self-driving cars but they're on rails and carry hundreds of people and have an operator and they're called "trains" instead.
Show threadKermodeAug 27, 2018
@annika or with no operator https://www.translink.ca/Schedules-and-Maps/SkyTrain.aspx
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SkyTrain

TransLink has three SkyTrain lines connecting Metro Vancouver – the Expo, Millennium & Canada lines. See schedules, station maps & elevator maps here.

Show threadAnnika BackstromAug 27, 2018
@gemlog @vfrmedia It's funny, I stopped myself from saying "no operator" because jobs. Capitalism is a hell of a drug.
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKAug 27, 2018
@annika @gemlog in London the Docklands Light Railway is mostly automated but they still have a human at all times who can drive the train in an emergency situation (this has been the case for about 31 years, when I lived there in early 90s I used to visit random places on it simply because it was cool and high tech for the time, and didn't cost extra when you had the travelcard (back then it was safe for a teenager to go into other postcode areas without risk of hassle from locals)
Show threadKermodeAug 27, 2018
@vfrmedia @annika postal code gangs??
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@gemlog @annika yep, they have been a thing for about a decade now.

Youths from different postcodes form gangs and threaten each other in rap music and there are sometimes actual incidents of violence.

It even spread to Ipswich, but there are only 4 main postcode areas for the whole town!

I'm not even sure how/why it started as the early rave scene which I was heavily into was totally the opposite..

Aug 27, 2018 at 7:45pmWeb
Show threadKermodeAug 27, 2018
@vfrmedia @annika Wow. That's bizarre! "I don't hate you because of your skin colour, your gender or your politics." "No, I hate you because of your postcode!"
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKAug 27, 2018
@gemlog @annika there are literally whole documentaries online about this dating back from 2006/7, and a lot of youth workers in London say young people they know are genuinely scared to make use of the abundant public transport or even ride their bike into a different area (and this fear is not confined to any one ethnic group).
Show threadKermodeAug 27, 2018
@vfrmedia @annika That's really quite sad.
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKAug 27, 2018
@gemlog @annika the worst part of it is govt, cops and older generations put so much effort into suppressing youth culture in London and UK when it led to noisy clubs/raves and a relatively harmless amount of soft drugs use, its taken a whole decade to realise that this just makes youths angrier and some go straight onto the harder drugs (also a lot of toxic culture is now imported here from the USA)
Show threadKermodeAug 27, 2018

@vfrmedia @annika
this was posted by @jeremiah just a bit ago

Atomized: Why our culture creates mass shooters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k93_-NfqIwQ

ATOMIZED: Why Our Culture Creates Mass Shooters

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