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It's really crazy that we don't rate "how likely is this car to kill everyone in a subcompact if it hits them?" On car safety ratings. I drive a probably larger than average car and I think some of the bigger trucks would obliterate my passenger compartment in a T bone collision at speed.
Bobby Big WheelSeriously, look at this guy ram another car into a divider at 75 mph and get a slap on the wrist. Yet most of the media would have you think that a guy sleeping in a doorway is a bigger threat to public safety.
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RT @PoliticsAndEd
Maniac initially let go with just a ticket for "improper lane change." Took judge seeing the phone video before real consequences. The behavior is so normalized on our roads.
https://www.newson6.com/stor…
https://twitter.com/PoliticsAndEd/status/1626623399014584321
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RT @PoliticsAndEd
Maniac initially let go with just a ticket for "improper lane change." Took judge seeing the phone video before real consequences. The behavior is so normalized on our roads.
https://www.newson6.com/stor…
https://twitter.com/PoliticsAndEd/status/1626623399014584321
Drew HarwellThe robots aren't taking over. They're not falling in love. They're not feeling. They don't want to be alive. They're not evil masterminds. They create word patterns based off text on the internet. Is what journalists should be saying, not gee-whiz sci-fi LARPing about fancy autocorrect.
David DayenThe way America works is that railroads do as little as possible to transport materials safety, one of them fucks up and nukes a city, & then a consultant on behalf of that railroad tells the government how much they'll do to clean it up
https://www.salemnews.net/train-derails-in-east-palestine/2023/02/norfolk-southern-consultant-sets-remediation-goals/
https://www.salemnews.net/train-derails-in-east-palestine/2023/02/norfolk-southern-consultant-sets-remediation-goals/
Norfolk Southern consultant sets remediation goals
The railroad has made available its preliminary remediation plan for hazardous materials released into the air, soil and water after the derailment of about 50 cars and tank cars from a train on Feb. 3 east of East Palestine. Arcadis, a sustainable design and engineering consultant, issued the plan on behalf of Norfolk Southern Railway […]
@cosmicdoe if you're looking for a little reading material to get in The Zone this is very good
"the Lord is impartial"
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Couldn't make a less compelling case for Christ than those 30 seconds