ironsoap @ ironsoap @lemmy.one

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And this is the nuanced answer that begins to give context to the issue.

Absolutely correct.

Certainly valid that there isn't a cultural norm for it in the US. With that said, the US still has about 3.3 million EVs on the road. Norway has about 3.4 million cars on the road total.

So it's a heck of a lot easier to enable 5.5 million people to replace their cars then 330 million people. Size matters as much as the identity we have with it on this one.

As I'm here now, I can attest to the great public transit. However I will also say the large and dispirit nature of their population means the car will still likely rule. Yes many may not afford it, and some prefer the bike (even now in winter) but they seem to love their cars as much as the US given the traffic.

I'm not saying they aren't downplaying it, but it's also a population of 5.5 million of highly educated and high per capita income, which makes easier to implement. Small population and people who can afford it.

http://web.archive.org/web/20241208162626/https://wcbm.com/national-headline/watch-united-health-group-ceo-tells-employees-we-guard-against-unnecessary-care-in-leaked-video/

Makes me wonder if you won't see and Andrew Carnegie of this era step up and endow it against his fellow capitalist.

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This is fascinating as I didn't even know about it for one, and for two it's based on having legal standing as a customer of the product, not the developer of the GPL code. I'll be interested to see where this goes.

Tracking can and is done with both by 3rd parties.

Not the best link, but Schiphol airport as a public example.

Good thing they found some in Montana. Not that it'll be online for a while.

I think the market is going to struggle with this for a while yet, in the mist of this brewing trade war.

GIvesendgo legal fund for those who want to see.

They had their chance at the voting booth... Fighting the good fight is hard when people vote against their interest.

Not all care, but it still impacts them.

Rhythms at the bottom of the deep sea: Cyclic current flow changes and melatonin patterns in two species of demersal fish

Beyond this, the diurnal cycle does filter down into the disphotic zone and does influence species. It does weaken with depth.

Addiction is a tough thing... Hard just to out it down.

Look, yes avoidance is a valid behavior. We have it, we need it, and it's useful at times, but like any behavior it can become a dependence. Wholly depending on an attitude of avoidance to deal with the outside world doesn't build resilience. Desensitizing to the trauma and being able to face it, and act in spite of seems like a better goal.

It's a screwed up depressing world and I empathize with the horror, disgust, disillusionment, disenfranchised nature of the world.

I struggle with it constantly, and maybe we should create a support group or a sub for this alone, as we need to find ways to cope with this, as it's not going to get fixed in a vacuum. Yet we can't fix it if we are overwhelmed and emotionally shutdown...

Not reading the news isn't going to make the situation better or worse. I understand the sentiment, but don't understand why saying it is useful. Hiding your head in the sand doesn't mean your body won't be harmed.

There are better ways to cope with the emotional onslaught of this change. Focusing on your community, finding new digital communities, learning to cope in general, finding validating ways to feel liberated... In other words actions. Small perhaps, but beyond this notion of burying our heads in the sand.

NBC Early and mail in so far. 11am EST Nov 1 has 65 million votes so far. The battle ground only view is reflecting the OP's article for PA.

Actually apparently it's the other way. Conservatives are less likely to answer polls. Pollsters have been trying to account for it, but polling has become a very dynamic challenge.

This is a decent video explaining some of the background on why polling got worse from business insider. Essentially it has more to do with conservatives being underreported (they don't like talking to pollsters) then Gen Z, Millennials, or Gen Xs. Not saying that didn't play a part, but Nate Silver has talked about this as well in his Silver Bulletin.

I read the headline and was thinking, 'no way Trump works out with Strava.' As usual he has people who do that for him.