Tim BrayMy first act as dictator will be an absolute unconditional ban on leaf blowers.
Warner Crocker@timbray you’ve got my vote.
Brian Dear@timbray You’ve got my vote.
JB@timbray electric ones too?
Mingo 🦩 Hagen
Doctor Memory@timbray a solid choice but may I counter suggest: car alarms.
Bruce Heerssen 
@timbray
I love my electric leaf blower. Which I never use for blowing actual leaves. It's relatively quiet and does a good job of removing small debris from where it's not wanted. And I can use it in confined spaces without dying of carbon monoxide poisoning, which is a plus.
I love my electric leaf blower. Which I never use for blowing actual leaves. It's relatively quiet and does a good job of removing small debris from where it's not wanted. And I can use it in confined spaces without dying of carbon monoxide poisoning, which is a plus.
Carl Malamud@timbray Leaf blowers are the tool of the devil. You have my vote.
Bruce Elrick@carlmalamud @timbray All leaf blowers, or ICE leaf blowers?
Christian Huitema@virtuous_sloth @carlmalamud @timbray I like my battery powered leaf blower. And my battery powered weed whacker. Nothing like an hour of weed whacking to get off the stress of debugging code. And it does not make much noise...
Sam Wade
Brian Ziman
Nathan Tobias@timbray Years ago, Palo Alto banned gas-powered leaf blowers. I saw some city gardeners working on the median landscape strip in a road. One of them had an electric leaf blower, plugged into a generator, that was tied to a skateboard, that was tied with a length of rope to his belt. I wanted to pull over and hire him as a software engineer.
Jon Jennings@timbray no leaf blowers (or at least electric only) and abolition of the Park Board and you're a shoo-in I should think
Matunos@timbray it's coming in Seattle, albeit slowly and only for gas-powered ones: https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2022/09/seattle-leaf-blower-ban-city-council
Chris Finazzo
McNulla@timbray
Nothing says “it’s your problem now” like a leaf blower.
Nothing says “it’s your problem now” like a leaf blower.
annie gray@timbray
I like it. Raking is a darn good upper body workout.
I like it. Raking is a darn good upper body workout.
Mickrob9777Will you please ban wind chimes too?
SloanLA@timbray I feel your pain, but the switch to electric is helping big time, and the Ryobi Whisper series are actually significantly quieter than even other electric blowers. PROGRESS!
Petey 🇨🇦@timbray You mean gas powered leaf blowers... correct?
Cave Cattum@timbray And leaves: all trees shall henceforth be recursive to inner nodes under penalty of uprooting.
Badtux the Snarky Penguin@timbray What about battery electric leaf blowers? They don't make the godaweful noise that gas ones make.
Jorge Stolfi
Buck@timbray A close second for me would be "no modifying car exhausts"
VHasch..so should I hold off on that leaf blower purchase ...
NiceMicro@timbray my first act as a leaf blower will be an absolute unconditional ban on dictators.
Richard Eriksson@timbray You’d better come to power quickly. Democratically-elected governments might beat you to it. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-gas-powered-leaf-blowers-ban-1.6894161
Sharon@timbray I agree about the gas powered leaf blowers. They’re loud and smell. But I have an electric one that is considerably quieter and powered by the solar on my home.
Only if I can't get there first.
Scott 
@timbray @samerfarha but then how would I know when the neighbors lawn gets mowed
Jesse Atkinson@timbray you have my support.
Eva Chanda@timbray
I will guard you with my life, El Timissimo!
I will guard you with my life, El Timissimo!
Sushi Umbrella@timbray I really have to question my leftist credentials when I realize how quickly I would sign up for a totalitarian movement that banned leaf blowers.
Chad McCullough@timbray YES!!! Especially, the gas-powered ones.
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