America’s obesity epidemic is a function of our car culture. This is the only country on God’s green Earth that feels putting in sidewalks is a moral failure.
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It really is that simple. I wish I had received this kind of support.
msprout@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•An isolated John Fetterman clashes with colleagues and staff as he skips his Senate duties5·4 days agoAlso, I can protest and play XBOX with Wendy’s.
msprout@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Industry groups are not happy about the imminent demise of Energy Star181·5 days agoThen keep it going. Have California, New York, New Jersey, and Michigan all pass state laws that require EnergyStar compliance.
There is no international market anymore; if an American manufacturer wants to sell their products, they’ll match the requirements and regulations of the biggest markets for them. Nobody will be able to afford undercutting anymore, which means nobody will be able to afford to lose any market share.
msprout@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•President proclaims doubling of ICE troops - 20k forces in the next 60 days | Whitehouse.gov2·5 days ago“Vagrancy”? Good lord it really is the 1920s again.
msprout@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•President proclaims doubling of ICE troops - 20k forces in the next 60 days | Whitehouse.gov4·5 days agoAll of Trump’s beliefs are malleable and for sale. Hell, he used to call Elon Musk a bootlicker. All it took to gain his unending respect was a sack with a dollar sign on it.
“No, today I will NOT spend three hours spamming my friends about The Simpsons,” he said, finishing up a three hour rant about The Simpsons.
msprout@lemmy.worldtomicromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world•28-mph Rad utility ebike hauls 420 lb for more than 60 milesEnglish2·9 days agoMan, that’s so cool. Thanks for sharing. You’ve given me the idea to just charge my eBike using my solar generator (DJI Power 1000 w/ two 200W panel sets).
msprout@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•3 people die in ICE custody in April as conditions worsen in immigration jails4·10 days agoChildren can be criminals. Have you ever read Oliver Twist? /s
msprout@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•3 people die in ICE custody in April as conditions worsen in immigration jails14·10 days agoI am a natural citizen of Usonia and I fucking gasp every time I hear through the grapevine that someone from a(n) (formerly) allied nation took the risk to travel here. I understand that most don’t have much choice, but my home is unrecognizable to me now.
Don’t come here, and I am saying this as someone who benefits from Canadian tourism. I have a deep, long-time love and appreciation for the Canadian people and their First Nations — it breaks my heart to even say so, but please, for your own safety, do not come here!
msprout@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•3 people die in ICE custody in April as conditions worsen in immigration jails19·10 days agoI am struggling to get my fellow Americans to understand that in WW2, we built concentration camps for Japanese people and were detaining them in these numbers. Everyone just wistfully calls them “internment camps.”
I don’t know what the fuck is wrong with this culture but we are just perennially unable to recognize things for what they are. It’s like we have this built-in need to be lied to. If the government doesn’t do it, we brew up our own homemade lies.
msprout@lemmy.worldtomicromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world•28-mph Rad utility ebike hauls 420 lb for more than 60 milesEnglish3·10 days agoA pain in the ass for sure, but it isn’t really out of the ordinary if, for example, you were riding a bicycle from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Great Allegheny Passage. You’d already be pulling your camping gear; the folks I know who did the GAP on pedal power did so with almost 100lbs in gear split across one trailer and three bikes’ worth of pannier bags.
msprout@lemmy.worldtomicromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world•28-mph Rad utility ebike hauls 420 lb for more than 60 milesEnglish4·10 days agoFair enough. Just more of an idle thought over coffee.
msprout@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Some US cities are canceling cultural events over fears of ICE raids and deportations471·10 days agoCan’t blame em. Time for all of those amazing white cultures to step up and offer their incredible spicy ethnic foods for all to enjoy.
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Oh. Oh no.
msprout@lemmy.worldto Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca•TIL in Saudi Arabia, a Wikipedia editor has been sentenced to 32 years of imprisonment just because of editing Wikipedia34·10 days agoCountries thinking they can control the influence of the internet is just so fucking frustrating. Hopefully the US doesn’t get the same idea.
msprout@lemmy.worldtomicromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world•28-mph Rad utility ebike hauls 420 lb for more than 60 milesEnglish7·10 days agoI recently bought an eBike after maybe 10 years of not bicycling bc I moved to an area that is radically unfriendly for bikes and had the thought that I could pretty easily pull a small center-balanced trailer with a 50lb LiFePo4 battery and two 200W solar panels arranged in an alpine frame above it.
Add a MPPT controller and some cables, and my thought was, perhaps it could essentially make a “one to stock, one to rock” scenario with the bike batteries — one is in use to go like 30 miles, then you swap the charged one in and get 30 more miles. These eBike batteries aren’t the biggest, they should be able to charge pretty quickly. My gut says you could get between 2-3 free battery charges per day like this.
Does anyone have any insight on this? Feels like it could be a good way to bring bicycle touring back onto the menu.
msprout@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed271·11 days agoThe one thing about a low replacement rate that brings me comfort is knowing that the very material realities of our world agonize white supremacists every second of every day.
msprout@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Trump Suggests Republicans Start Expelling Dems From Congress15·12 days agoHonestly I wonder how long it’ll take before these goobers just lock the doors of Congress during a recess with a U-lock.
That second one is brilliant.