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12:53 AM

Somehow e…? pogosticks is not The Onion?

@TimStone That sounds exhausting

I'd make it to wherever I was going and not only would I not want to stay there, I wouldn't be able to bounce back home.

Tim Stone

I just feel like almost immediately someone will fall into traffic

Snoop Dogg has made the world's largest gin and juice

Someone threw a drink at Matt Gaetz, lol

Of course he's screaming "Assault!"

Chippies

1:38 AM

@TimStone I am fairly certain (terrain regularities excluded) walking is faster than pogo-stick'ing (unless maybe you're a professional pogo stick racer? is that a thing?)

Tim Stone

I would think so too!

They do mention that it could have a fitness angle but like, I can't see this actually catching on and I also feel like that should be obvious to everyone involved 🤔

user15026

Also like way to have MORE random "transportation" crap just abandoned willy-nilly all over a city

Unionhawk

2:03 AM

Yeah at least powered scooters make nonzero amounts of sense

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Memor-X

5:04 AM

@TimStone milkshake?

GodEmperorDune

5:19 AM

@Memor-X yep lol

@TimStone who got to drink it tho

Memor-X

@GodEmperorDune maybe it was thrown at another politician

ginning maybe?

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Ave

9:38 AM

gin the intolerant doesn't have the same ring as lactose the intolerant

Memor-X

@Ave if it was gin and tonic it could have been "a tonic to cure intolerance"

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Tim Stone

3:18 PM

Uhhh @Yuuki so red light cameras are now banned in Texas?

Because your legislature and governor are insane, I guess?

Yuuki

I think they've been banned in Houston for awhile.

@TimStone IIRC, studies have shown that red light cameras aren't effective at all.

Tim Stone

Really?

Yuuki

In fact, I think the science says that red light cameras actually increase the incidence of accidents.

Tim Stone

Hmm, I'll accept it then

Yuuki

scientificamerican.com/article/…

> Evidence clearly shows that camera programs are effective at decreasing the number of vehicles running red lights. In one study in Virginia, red light cameras reduced the number of total drivers running red lights by 67 percent.

However, cameras can have contradictory effects on traffic safety. Some drivers who would have otherwise continued to proceed through the intersection when the light is yellow or red will now attempt to stop. That means that the number of accidents caused by vehicles not stopping at a red light will likely decrease.

tl;dr cross-street collisions are likely to decrease whereas rear-end collisions are likely to increase

Cross-street collisions are typically more severe and cause more fatal injuries though.

Tim Stone

3:24 PM

Right, and also presumably has a (theoretical) safety impact for pedestrian crossing too?

So that seems not totally useless, people just drive like shit to begin with

Yuuki

This is America, we don't care about pedestrians so they're not considered as part of studies.

Tim Stone

Roy Jeffs has committed suicide, RIP

Newsom is signaling opposition to tightening California's vaccination rules because…he's pro-measles, I guess?

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Tim Stone

4:36 PM

Someone please stop the rich people

Unionhawk

working on it

Meanwhile in conservatives focus grouping union busting

Tim Stone

The key takeaway there should be, but won't be, that you can sell pretty much anything with the right messaging, so better things aren't possible is actually dumb as hell

Not exactly a solid endorsement of the electorate but

Okay I know that we're pretty willing to look the other way when it comes to war crimes but it really seems like a weird thing for someone, especially an indicted politician, to lean into

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GnomeSlice

6:26 PM

bit.ly/2WJhR3w

An interesting development in the social media age

I wonder how that will turn out

GodEmperorDune

7:25 PM

@Yuuki not to mention that after i've gotten the camera flash of a red light camera, i am worried about the ticket and thus distracted the rest of my drive

@TimStone duncan hunter is definitely being set up for a season long character arc as a main villain

Yuuki

China has a visible timer on every intersection and I think that's a really good idea.

Tim Stone

Yeah, I think they did actually show those have an impact

Yuuki

Tim Stone

RE: red light cameras my primary concern is people running e.g. no turn on red, which is dangerous for pedestrians

Not sure how common t-bones are in general

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki this is a great idea, but i'd start with making the red or green visible from further away, my city still has lights where you cannot see what color it is until you are 20 feet from the intersection

Tim Stone

7:29 PM

(especially compared to t-bones arising due to left turn on green)

Yuuki

@GodEmperorDune There's this one intersection I go through regularly where the lights aren't visible until you're actually through the intersection.

GodEmperorDune

jeez

Yuuki

You literally have to be under the lights to see what color they are.

GodEmperorDune

i dunno who invented and/or greenlit (hehehe) that light style

Tim Stone