I don't understand why DC's #VehicleSize #tax isn't the norm. Large #vehicles are freeloaders. Their weight accelerates pavement wear, increasing road maintenance cost. Their length reduces space available for other cars, increasing congestion. Their width increases the risk of sideswipe collisions. Their height increases the risk of fatalities & serious injuries when crashes do happen.
It's ridiculous we don't charge extra for all that.

#VisionZero #SafeStreetsForAll https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/06/25/dc-higher-vehicle-registration-fees/

I'm on Day 9 w/ #COVID, just starting to feel like myself again. I'm otherwise healthy, fully #vaccinated, & privileged w/ a job that's let me lay low.

#CDC's #LiveWithCovid messaging tries to make us think we'll all be cool after 5 days, so it's NBD if we get this 1.4 times a year.

I've lost 2 weekends & 7 work days so far. 1.4 infections a year means giving up 3 weekends & 2 full work weeks *every year*? That's a LOT to ask.

Don't buy the hype. COVID sucks. #MaskUp

#COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver

Are there links between the #cognitive impacts of #COVID19 #infection / #longcovid and the rise in #TrafficViolence and roadway fatalities in the US and Canada?

#RoadSafety

Imagine if people in positions of power cared 1/2 as much about jail deaths as they do about cop deaths….

RT @[email protected]

‘We don’t know how they died’: Spike in jailhouse deaths calls for independent investigator, Ontario rights groups say @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/20/we-dont-know-how-they-died-spike-in-jailhouse-deaths-calls-for-independent-investigator-ontario-rights-groups-say.html

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/alexmcclelland/status/1616573323474862082

my feeds this week have been a lot of:

thinx pretended their underwear was "organic & non-toxic" while knowingly exposing us to PFAS & agion.

tesla staged its footage of supposedly self-driving vehicles.

major american dark chocolate brands contain dangerous levels of lead.

The people who crow endlessly about "back the blue" are the same ones who foam at the mouth whenever COVID mitigation measures are suggested.

"COVID was the leading cause of law enforcement deaths in 2022 for 3rd year in a row"

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-leading-cause-law-enforcement-deaths-2022-3rd/story?id=96363324

Please consider some support for a fantastic, local, Black-owned business in danger of being left behind in Durham’s explosive growth.

Traditional, family-owned BBQ joints like this are an endangered species. Two venerable ones in my home town that had been open for decades (Harold’s and Dean’s) closed years ago.

https://gofund.me/cd7c92d0