Kollin

good code, bad jokes

[Kollin @kolonfrancis]

Oh to be an drunken elephant in a tea garden

[Meh @Spilling_The_T]

While humans carry out social distancing, a group of 14 elephants broke into a village in Yunan province, looking for corn and other food. They ended up drinking 30kg of corn wine and got so drunk that they fell asleep in a nearby tea garden. 😂

[sid 🌹🔆🇨🇦 @lilbabygandhi]

> be democrats
> pull the economy out of a crater
> rebuild manufacturing in the USA
> pump up the stock markets to record highs
> bring unemployment to the lowest rate in decades
> lose

[𝙷𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚗 @shagbark_hick]

I think a lot of rural folks don't get why the whole "it's illegal to build this type of walkable dense urbanism" thing ultimately impacts rural places.

If our few walkable dense city areas are "museumized" by regs that make it illegal to build new ones, they become luxury items. Living in Chelsea is a global luxury product partially because you can't build a new Chelsea-shaped neighborhood anywhere in the US. If STL, Albany, and Bakersfield had similar neighborhoods, Chelsea would only be the best of many. But because they don't, it's simply the best the US has to offer.

Consequently, you have people clamoring to get there because it is the most objectively desirable iteration of urban life ever created in North America.

If Peoria had a "Chelsea-style" neighborhood, maybe Peoria's brightest kids wouldn't run off to NYC or whatever. The market very clearly wants more walkable dense urbanism, but because it's illegal to build now, people flock to the few places where such urban design is now grandfathered in. This is one major factor in rural and small-city "brain drain" if I were to guess.

Furthermore, if the cost of desirable urban neighborhoods goes up, people get priced out. What do they do? They often wind up living in less-desirable parts of cities, barely hanging on -- until they say "screw it" and go for the next-best-thing after Chelsea: Walkable dense "quaint country towns." If you can't afford Chelsea, Montpelier ain't so bad, and Boulder CO will do.

I.e. if cities like Des Moines could have a truly dense, walkable portion of the city that was pleasant and beautiful, maybe Vermont wouldn't have turned into a giant yuppie haven where you the median home price is $300k.

[Kollin @kolonfrancis]

TIL

https://t.co/rrf9e2pFJL

[Cooper @Cooperstreaming]

Lies. Between 2004-2010 Kamala Harris was district attorney of San Francisco. In that time, there were 1956 marijuana convictions. Of those convicted, only 45 ever served jail time. Why?

In 2005 Kamala created a program called Back On Track, allowing low level non violent drug offenders to enroll in school in lieu of doing jail time.

When they graduate, their records are wiped clean, preventing barriers to employment in the future. The program was found to reduce recidivism, which was typically around 53%, to less than 10%.

"Kamala is a cop" is propaganda.

[Pootie Guiliani @Kyla_Lacey]

This community note is crazy.

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

JD Vance's record speaks for itself.
https://t.co/xqk5AHTUfL

[Zen @Zenrotwo]

"You said the team I'm gonna be on is the TEEN titans, right???"

[Sergio @ImPhysix]

We almost allowed homophobia to drive a 26-year old creator to end their life……

When just a week ago, I watched grown men run to defend a 40+ year-old man who openly admitted to inappropriately texting minors…

Don’t know what times we’re in, just not it man 🤨

[Kollin @kolonfrancis]

@Im_Brent_ @juicy @haiminnie tfw i don’t get tagged in these anymore 😔

[Kollin @kolonfrancis]

Time to move outside the environment

[Emma Mont (She/Her) @theemmamont]

this is so bad you guys like the worst

[Kollin @kolonfrancis]

@Kingquenm @RiotSuperCakes @Guizzsan @TaylorMorganS_ @riotgames @RiotSupport Imagine going online and arguing against a ban for someone who threatened to rape someone. You’re a sad little clown and I hope you get perma’d for all the disgusting shit you definitely say 🤡

[Kollin @kolonfrancis]

@BocceballTV @juicy @markjofspins If you win we split it yw

[YIMBY Manatee @Yimbymanatee]

I don’t want to make driving more miserable. Indeed, I want to make it less miserable by creating an environment where more trips can be done by walking, cycling, golf cart, public transit, etc., so driving is actually more pleasant.

[Kollin @kolonfrancis]

@cognition_labs

[Netflix Anime @NetflixAnime]

Are you team aliens or ghosts? Join Okarun and Momo as they embark on their wild adventure!

DAN DA DAN is coming to Netflix worldwide, October 2024!

[Jaketropolis @jaketropolis]

Billions of dollars have been spent trying and failing to achieve something I do every morning with a smartphone and a train

[Kollin @kolonfrancis]

@dantelentini Typical Tesla driver honestly

[Kollin @kolonfrancis]

Don’t do it 😭

[Fastest Pitstop @FastestPitStop]

⚠️ | Alex Albon has reportedly been offered a 3 year contract at Red Bull Racing starting in 2025, according to Peter Windsor.

He elaborates further: "As I understand it, Albon has been offered a 3-year contract to start in 2025. So I think you're going to see him alongside Max Verstappen in the Red Bull.”

"I can't imagine he's going to say no to that, from what I understand, it's 90 percent correct."

#F1