The speed camera lottery in Stockholm. Drive at or under the speed limit and you'll be entered into a lottery where the prize fund comes from the fines that speeders pay.
Average speed reduced from 32 km/h to 25 km/h (a reduction of 22%).
For our new issue, we asked 30 young Ukrainians born after the country’s independence to document the start of the Russian invasion, in words and photos. Take some time to read this war diary that gives an intimate account of life under siege https://t.co/OnCG0E2NDR
@katiedimartin I saw someone give an in-depth analysis of an obscure 18th-century text as a historical document and discover during the q&a that the book was satire. During her talk, people murmured, “does she not know it’s satire?” It was so painful I nearly died on her behalf.
The CBO just conducted a report on single-payer health care. Here’s what they found:
A government-sponsored health care system would boost the economy, help workers, and increase longevity.
These are not progressives. These are the findings of a Republican-led federal agency.
We should closely follow what is happening in the territories of Ukraine which have been captured by Russians recently. There are fears mass repressions can start there: extrajudicial killings, rapes and arrests of Ukrainians. That's what happened in the occupied Donbas before
Huge response from the Biden administration on Texas taking trans kids from supportive parents. There's too much for one tweet but...
- Office of Civl Rights will make contact with parents/defend them
- Children's Bureau contradicts Texas CPS
- HHS demands HIPAA be followed
This. Starving history departments, not replacing retired faculty, means not only that classes are not taught, that students have no access to that knowledge and framework and strategies for understanding that part of the world—but the experts aren’t there when they are needed
@TheronC@LVPVS3@WillotheGlen @greg_jenner @BCDreyer So am I and I don’t pronounce the “h” either. In fact, if it weren’t for auto-correct, I never would have questioned using “an.”