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Andrew Echlin
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Andrew Echlin
@aechlin
Middle aged man in a minor crisis. Blouin stan.
Salt Lake City, UT Katılım Kasım 2009
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@delmoi @NathanJRobinson It really has nothing to do with wealth or power. It’s a matter of character and principal—which can’t be bought or sold. He could be lying, but it’s nearly impossible to feign genuity.
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@NathanJRobinson The other thing is that BECAUSE he doesn't need money from corporate interests there's literally zero incentive to NOT be an economic populist.
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The thing about Steyer is that because he's a billionaire he feels like he has to make up for it by sounding like as much of an economic populist as possible, and this drives him toward the correct political position.
Tom Steyer@TomSteyer
If you look at the numbers, you realize there's no choice but single-payer healthcare.
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@MileHigh124 @lionel_trolling You’re right. I appreciate the feedback. There’s little desperation in taking a green cab to or from a dive bar. Respect.
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@aechlin @lionel_trolling I mean nobody should get a veto but I think the bigger issue is that there are many communities with no subway that desperately want it, so that seems more pressing than fighting to tunnel under a neighborhood that probably won’t use it and doesn’t want it
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This is because I said it wasn't that big of a deal to transfer in the city since the trip took about 30 minutes, which is how long it takes to go anywhere in New York, but I guess that's offensive if you're a transplant loser who thinks that Brooklyn is the center of the world
Liam@itsliamegan
John Ganz makes a lot more sense when you understand him as being essentially like Matt Yglesias, sort of a high-concept satire of a particular kind of bourgeois idiocy
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@BKleinbaum @lionel_trolling Fair. I haven’t lived there for like 10 years so should probably stay mum. Still, both the G and the proposed purple line don’t connect—at least as the crow flies and dive bars not withstanding—a logical transit corridor.
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@aechlin @lionel_trolling The Hasidic community has nothing to do with why the subways are designed this way. The subways were designed to get people to Manhattan where the jobs were. It’s now too expensive to build new subway lines, sadly.
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@aechlin @StatisticUrban @uncledoomer A 25 year old Toyota is most definitely a beater. If you live in a place with snow, there’s no chance that car is going to drive. It will be rusted out.
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cash for clunkers
American Values 🇺🇸@AVGirl4Life
What is the #1 thing Obama will be remembered for?
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@DanteJeffe14617 @StatisticUrban @uncledoomer Very good point. Living out west I look for used cars from the Sunbelt or California.
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@lionel_trolling Obviously it’s not a social justice issue. But is the Hasidic neighborhood within their rights to basically keep public transit out to disenfranchise an underreported number of people? 2nd Ave “opened up” the UES. Why not Williamsburg?
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@StatisticUrban @uncledoomer A 25 year old Toyota Tacoma is hardly a beater, but yes, cheaper US or SK brands wouldn’t be worth much now.
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@uncledoomer You can tell just by looking at the graph that Cash for Clunkers is not the main driver.
The program destroyed about 680,000 cars, but total used car sales in the US are 20M+ each year. Also, the avg. scrapped car was built in 1997. Those would've been 25+ year old beaters now.
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@BedoyaUSA I don’t understand where the UAW is politically. If they continue to be conservative and expect hideous carve outs for their members, then f* them.
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United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain testifying in favor of a 32-hour workweek. "Eighty-four years ago the 40-hour workweek was established. And since then, we've had a 400 percent increase in productivity, and nothing's changed."
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@TrueSlazac @jmhorp American bread has to be ‘complimented’ with something unhealthy like butter or jam because bread is like meat—eat it fresh, or beware. If the bread tastes good ‘sans accoutrements’ then you’re safe, basically.
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@jmhorp have you had a real baguette before? it actually tastes good in itself unlike most breads
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Honest question: how much bread are Europeans eating? It must be a lot, given how much they focus on it. Other than for sandwiches, I probably just "eat bread" maybe once per month. Maybe less?
Leo/Täubchen🐦@affairemayaling
these are in almost every supermarket chain here. this is what we mean when we say you don’t have bread in your grocery stores.
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@bikelakecity @MikeLMower For example: “look at all this great success that investments in a bike-friendly city have had (data to follow…) yet politicians are unwilling to acknowledge them for XYZ”
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@aechlin @MikeLMower The ban is because Senate President Stuart Adams can't figure out how to turn right on 200 South.
cityweekly.net/news/utah-sena…
The negativity is because they're talking out of both sides of their mouths on this issue
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This is going to be awesome! 👇
Governor Cox@GovCox
Each year, tens of thousands of people use the Colorado River Trail, but a missing connection has forced bikers and pedestrians onto a narrow stretch of highway with little room to move safely. @UtahDOT is closing that gap and beginning a larger statewide effort to build paved trail connections that work for residents, visitors, and future generations. More here: fox13now.com/news/local-new…
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@bikelakecity @MikeLMower As politicians do. Nothing new there. My point, if there is one, is that right now positive messaging from progressives is working really well. You’ve clearly git passion and drive, I’m just wondering if there’s a different way to position it.
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@bikelakecity @MikeLMower I’m hearing negativity rather than proposals or analysis. Why the ban? Where specifically could we do better and how do propose we get there? I’m all for Parisian streets my man.
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@aechlin @MikeLMower Of course those are positive developments. But the state reacted to them by actively BANNING the construction of more bike and bus facilities.
I'm not sure where we're miscommunicating but I have no idea what argument you're trying to make.
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@bikelakecity @MikeLMower I have no idea what would come after—what’s your proposal? From where I sit I’ve seen a lot of great investment in bike and pedestrian-friendly pathways in SLC. Isn’t that a positive development?
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@aechlin @MikeLMower Come again? What would be after?
In March they passed SB242 which prohibits SLC from adding bike facilities on local streets
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@bikelakecity @MikeLMower That would have to be after all the major bike highways they’ve already completed.
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@aechlin @MikeLMower They actively banned new bike lanes in SLC. We are so far away from a “win”
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That robotics are predominantly humanoid (or caninoid?) is uninspired. Birds of prey in particular seem like a far more difficult and consequential emulation.
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@MikeLMower Why did it take this long for UDOT to realize trails need to be connected to each other?
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@tomer_stern @rhymewithocean Still will not acknowledge the genocide in Gaza, FYI.
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@rhymewithocean Seems plausible to me. 99% of people “doing their own research” has been a disaster. Claude could be an amazing knowledge gatekeeper that pushes people towards facts and logic
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@StatisticUrban My misconception was that all dogs in the G7 had to be registered.
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@nicolasfulghum The point being that historically its been cheaper for SA to extract and torch crude oil than to invest in the solar equivalent.
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@nicolasfulghum Saudi Arabia burns like 0.5 million b/d of crude oil for power generation annually. So instead of putting that oil through a refinery to make diesel or fuel oil (still extremely dirty), they just torch it to run turbines. Crazy!
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Why is the global energy landscape looking increasingly dire for fossil fuels?
Almost all the remaining countries where fossil-powered electricity has so far still been rising have excellent solar resources.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, India etc. are ready for solar to take off!
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@kini_prathik I’m sure you’re right. I restore old windows—completely different game. I’m referral only and don’t advertise…so we aren’t even talking about the same thing.
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@aechlin I get it but in e-commerce trying a variety of ad types and angles is the whole game. Speed of iteration is unmatched with AI
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ChatGPT image for businesses making ads is such a huge huge huge unlock. Particularly for small business.
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