Why the Guardian is going down the pan!
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bemused
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Where am I claiming the article wants separate lanes for men and women?
The article quotes this:
The question of how they would design them differently is fair.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
jesus mary and joseph you're all over the shop today
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
No it isn't cos no one is seriously proposing such a thing
scifisam
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bemused
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I'm commenting on the article in which an expert in cycling infrastructure is quoted as saying cycling infrastructure design is "[..]failing to design roads and streets for women to cycle[..]"
Asking what would be different from now is fair given that comment. You won't find me anywhere suggesting the article is lobbying for sperate cycling infrastructure, rather I'm curious what would be different - something the article fails to specify.
scifisam
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You didn't phrase it that way, though. You said a cycle lane designed for women.
Taking women into account would, I guess, mean taking less aggressive cyclists into account, though there are plenty of men like that too. More passing places, maybe?
bemused
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I phrased in the context of the article.
My criticism of the article is it takes a fundamental truth and then weaves in an odd narrative.
That truth is that if you ask most people who want to cycle but don't why they aren't using a bike, they'll say it's too risky because of mixed traffic.
Xavier Brice who is quoted in that article will proudly point out that the investment in the London super highway resulted in a 50% jump in cycling, with electric bikes becoming better and cheaper that'll rise.
If you want people to cycle more removing the risk of mix traffic by building segregated cycle lanes works very well indeed.
Flavour
hang the bankers
Netflix addiction is real – we are entertaining ourselves to death | Arwa Mahdawi
"Netflix has become the opium of the masses. Indeed, it is beginning to feel as though we are living in a real-world version of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest; we are entertaining ourselves to death.
To be honest, I am not sure if that analogy is right, because, like most people, I never finished reading Infinite Jest. But I am sure it will be on Netflix soon."
That's the end of the article. It's 335 words long. Are they under pressure to just do a certain number of articles per month, these "journos"? Do the editors not even read this stuff? It's so bad.
"Netflix has become the opium of the masses. Indeed, it is beginning to feel as though we are living in a real-world version of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest; we are entertaining ourselves to death.
To be honest, I am not sure if that analogy is right, because, like most people, I never finished reading Infinite Jest. But I am sure it will be on Netflix soon."
That's the end of the article. It's 335 words long. Are they under pressure to just do a certain number of articles per month, these "journos"? Do the editors not even read this stuff? It's so bad.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
there's lots of stuff on netflix i have no desire to watch. the same on regular tv, on amazon prime, on bfi player... just because it's there doesn't mean it needs to be watched.
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
I think a lot of people would probably benefit from some sort of cycling course. Like an advanced proficiency test.
Afaik a lot of deaths come from lorries turning left.
Rule no 1 is never get up the side of a lorry - i also heard that lots of people will avoid lorries until they think they are turning right, and then go up inside, but sometimes they swing out right, to give them an angle to turn left.
More money will not fix our broken welfare state. We need to reinvent it | Hilary Cottam
Article on how the welfare state needs to change by a social entrepreneur, not more money, not left or right ideas, though she cites Samuel Smiles, Thatchers favourite, funny how these people never seem to realise they have an ideology as much as anyone else.
So, no more demands for money, just basically another big society remould, look how that went.
having said that, there are some good things in it.
Article on how the welfare state needs to change by a social entrepreneur, not more money, not left or right ideas, though she cites Samuel Smiles, Thatchers favourite, funny how these people never seem to realise they have an ideology as much as anyone else.
So, no more demands for money, just basically another big society remould, look how that went.
having said that, there are some good things in it.
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
lol oxford.
That would be Bikeability Level 3, a step up from what used to be known as the Cycling Proficiency, which is now Level 2. It's designed for teenagers and adults, and most local authorities will deliver it in some form.
Back in the 80s, my local (Labour) council commissioned my women's video collective to make a short cycling safety video for language students. Almost definitely because we were a politically liberal (trendoid) group rather than having even a smidgeon of cycling 'proficiency'. As 'bad cyclist', I had a torrid time riding into a skip and a random group of loitering students (I enjoyed that more than the skip). I doubt a single person was saved from cycling grief...not least because we had use of a fancy edit suite and overdid the 'special effects'...plus the violently polka-dot dress and ludicrous (Spanish riding) hat. We were paid peanuts though.
Raheem
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Attorneys for former Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chair, want a judge to bar any mention of Manafort’s connections to the president at his trial in Virginia.
Great way to beat the rap. Just say you are no longer yourself.
Great way to beat the rap. Just say you are no longer yourself.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
“Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe fear the bombing of a ruling party election rally on Saturday will serve as a pretext for a wide-ranging crackdown by the government or the military in the small southern African state.”
Swaziland is a small southern African state. Zimbabwe is pretty big, several Isle of Wights. In fact 490,000 sq km vs the UK at 240,000 sq km.
Swaziland is a small southern African state. Zimbabwe is pretty big, several Isle of Wights. In fact 490,000 sq km vs the UK at 240,000 sq km.
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
The most Graun article ever
From feta to cauliflower: five ways to beat the halloumi shortage
From feta to cauliflower: five ways to beat the halloumi shortage
From feta to cauliflower: five ways to beat the halloumi shortage
From feta to cauliflower: five ways to beat the halloumi shortage
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
I really appreciate they're trying to get in on the national pastime of laughing at events that go terribly wrong, but they couldn't help themselves but come out with this line...
"His team’s tack is to go down the boutique music festival route: they curate immersive events with a cheap entry ticket, with vendors inside selling their wares at reasonable prices and a lineup-style approach to the dishes on offer; next month’s Asian food festival will see dumplings headline with support from pho and gyoza."
"His team’s tack is to go down the boutique music festival route: they curate immersive events with a cheap entry ticket, with vendors inside selling their wares at reasonable prices and a lineup-style approach to the dishes on offer; next month’s Asian food festival will see dumplings headline with support from pho and gyoza."
J Ed
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Monkeygrinder's Organ
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How to be an excellent landlord (Christmas sherry not mandatory) | Penny Anderson
Handy advice I'm sure we can all agree. Who wouldn't want to be an excellent landlord?
Handy advice I'm sure we can all agree. Who wouldn't want to be an excellent landlord?
JimW
支那暗杀团
I'm guessing it's not about taking on running a pub.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
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DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
What a gleefully massive cunt
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Just your ordinay unassuming multi-millionare no different than the rest of us
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