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Colorado, It’s Time We Get Serious About Traffic Violence
  • The bill is SB25-281 for anyone interested in following it through the process. Here's a good article from CPR on it too.

    ''Some transportation safety advocates endorse the Vision Zero method of framing traffic deaths and injuries as the result of an unsafe transportation system, and not the fault of...

    individual people. They argue that changing the physical characteristics of roads to promote bicycling, walking and transit and to force drivers to drive safer is a more effective way to reduce traffic deaths and injuries.

    Gorman agreed with that.

    “Unless we get away from so many people driving cars, there's no way to solve this problem,” he said. “All you can do is nibble at the edges.”

    But reshaping an entire transportation system is a long, expensive and controversial process. So supporters of the bill hope that the threat of higher punishment would help make Colorado’s roads safer in the meantime.

    I'm against incarceration in general, this seems like a case where increased consequences of some sort (maybe a long-term community service requirement?) would be beneficial though.

  • This ICE-snitching app is actually promoting a meme coin
  • We've got a hotline in Colorado! (844) 864-8341 They verify reports and share info with the community, and dispatch volunteer legal observers and immigration attorneys. Not sure if orgs in any other states have stood up something similar.

  • March on Peter Thiel's Palantir this weekend!

    Join DAWA for a rally and march on Palantir! the militarized AI company has been deeply involved in israel's genocide in Palestine, ICE's raids, and even our healthcare. Let them know that the people of Denver do not stand with war criminals and war profiteers! Up with Palestine! Down with Palantir!

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  • Love it! Smash it Back (punk) and Old Grass Gnu Grass (bluegrass etc) are favorite shows. For anyone who doesn't know, you can play back shows from the last two weeks on demand on the website.

  • Lotterule
  • The US effectively does both: the lotteries are run by the states and total prizes are much less than total ticket sales, generating net revenue for the state. Winnings are taxed like other income, meaning there are federal taxes and in many states state taxes.

  • Masked group marches through Ohio neighborhood with swastika flags
  • Most Jews are not israeli and israel is not representative of Judaism, but israel does claim Judaism as a core part of its "national" identity, so there's nothing antisemitic about pointing out the irony of Nazis supporting israel. The irony may be pretty superficial tho, some of the other replies here point out several reasons why Nazism and Zionism/israel are actually aligned.

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  • I've been happy with Phonograph for queueing, nothing special but it seems very easy to use to me. Looks like tons of good recommendations on this thread I haven't tried out tho, definitely might be something better out there

  • Steampunk tech greets the magical fishes. Photo copyright: Lisa Crowder/IODP JRSO

    This is the drilling rig on the Joides Resolution, a research ship that has made contributions to our understanding of paleontology, plate techtonics, and climate science over the past 40 years. The cool geometric structure insulates a camera from vibrations so they can get a clear view of the seafloor. Neat retrospective on the ship (with more photos) here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/09/a-huge-loss-is-it-the-end-for-the-ship-that-helped-us-understand-life-on-earth

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  • There's great arguments here about how a service corps could bridge divides and give all youth a better pathway from highschool into the (often predatory) worlds of job markets and higher ed, and also great arguments about why mandatory service infringes on freedom pretty significantly.

    Is there a way to structure a national year of service idea that gives people the freedom to opt out yet would still get chosen by many kids from diverse backgrounds? Like how do we get kids who have had a college fund ready to go since they were born to see the benefits of spending a year building bridges? It would be a neat cultural shift.

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