@Dr_Donegan This beginner’s guide was helpful for me https://t.co/fUejDdRlBd. Best analogy I’ve heard is that joining decentralized #Fediverse social media is like our network of email servers, which are separate but have common protocols (rules) that allow us to communicate with each other
I need someone to explain to me why it’s legal for armed, masked men to threaten people who want to vote, but illegal for people to give voters water to drink.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
Two weeks ago, Saudi Arabia sentenced a 72 year old American citizen to 16 years in jail for tweets critical of the regime he sent while in America.
This week, the Saudis partnered with Elon Musk to buy Twitter.
Do you think the Saudis bought it to promote free speech?
Every year, tens of thousands of children, most of whom have disabilities, are restrained or secluded in CT schools, sometimes leading to serious injury.
“Every single instance we have to look at as a failure,” one advocate said.
Our investigation:
https://t.co/cyQWDpsVdA
You’d be able to document it about 3,148,791 times this morning in NYC: this monster car pulls thru a red just as our signal goes green and then parent has to wait thru light signal because it’s kinda scary to have to squeeze thru x-walk.
Part of the culture we’ve created.
It's not just drivers who make Halloween so deadly for kids, it's specifically commuters. When you look at FARS data, the deaths remain high year to year but go down when Halloween is on the weekend, as it has been for the last two years.
This year Halloween is on a Monday again
Donate used bikes at @bici_co (BiCiCo West location) 616 New Park Ave #WestHartford Sat Nov 5th 10am-1pm. https://t.co/OWC45kwnh5 accepts bike shop-quality donations in repairable condition, which youth participants learn to “upcycle” for new riders. https://t.co/CDi0TMSxKW
-- Every time I see a sign in my town that says “drive like your kids live here,” I want to change it to “design like your kids live here.”
A more family-friendly CT should begin with safer streets https://t.co/K6AZ4cXm4y
🚌🆓It's been wonderful taking @CTTRANSIT buses for #FREE across the city, just like we did to work this morning! While fare-free rides are scheduled to end on December 1st, I hope the State of #Connecticut will consider making it PERMANENT moving forward! 1/2
Demo crosswalk being upgraded to a permanent speed table crosswalk, new sidewalk from parking lot and safer crossing for pedestrians. Physical changes are what slow cars down and make it safer for everyone in @WethersfieldCT@wethhist@WethersfieldPD
The race gap narrowed and flipped in covid death rates. White people are now more likely to die from covid than Black people. By @akjohnson1922
and @dtkeating https://t.co/Uh3MBUhsh7