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You’re a Cyclist Who Was Just Struck by a Car Driver. Here’s Why It Was Your Fault in c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
[–] pbrisgreat@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

If you want a good sense of how bad it is in the states here are two episodes of Freakomomics that do a job of exposing the issue.

"The Perfect Crime": https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-perfect-crime/ (From 2014)

Then a follow-up episode: "Why Is the U.S. So Good at Killing Pedestrians?": https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-is-the-u-s-so-good-at-killing-pedestrians/ (from July 2023)

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You’re a Cyclist Who Was Just Struck by a Car Driver. Here’s Why It Was Your Fault (www.mcsweeneys.net)
 

McSweeney's bringing some hard truths with this one. We could all be doing better.

You forgot to go back in time and tell people that subsidizing the oil industry might be a bad idea.
When the oil and auto industries teamed up to bend public policy to their will, making a system of roads and parking lots that now function as a continuous subsidy and magnificent symbol of the normalization of injury and pollution, you had a lot of options. You could have objected. You could have shifted public opinion. Instead, you weren’t even born yet. And, rather than go back in time, all you’ve been doing is riding to get groceries and occasionally saying, “Please stop killing us.” On the effort scale? 1/10.

Microsoft shuts down Cortana, Apple should do the same with Siri in c/tech@kbin.social
[–] pbrisgreat@midwest.social 15 points 1 year ago

This is so stupid.

Im an avid siri user, yeah it doesnt get it right all the time but its super useful for homekit and helpful in the kitchen. I couldn’t imagine them just abandoning it without introducing an alternative.

Use Kindle as an Epub Reader? in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] pbrisgreat@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Youre good! I use calibre to load ebooks from other sources to my kindle

Can't find my Lemmy Subscribed communities in Memmy app in c/memmy@lemmy.ml
[–] pbrisgreat@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This worked for me: Profile > Settings > Accounts > [Your Account Name] Edit Account > Clearing the password and re-entering it > Save > Reload App

[Homemade] Thin Crust - Sausage, Mushroom, Onion pizza in c/foodporn@lemmy.world
[–] pbrisgreat@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh hell yeah! Did you follow a recipe for the crust dough?