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I'm ashamed of some of the regions of Québec that voted Conservative. Being from rural Montérégie but now living in Montréal is like two different worlds when it comes to politics. The riding where most of my family lives was won by the Bloc Québecois but followed by the Conservatives. The riding next to it was won by the Conservatives.

I hate to admit it, but if it were not for the Bloc Québecois, there would probably be even more people here voting for the Conservatives.

With any luck the Conservatives will split back into two parties. It's unlikely, but the splitting of the Conservatives would be a welcome surprise.

• Nine people in the United States are killed every day in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver.

• In the United States, over 3,100 people were killed and about 424,000 were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2019.

• About 1 in 5 of the people who died in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2019 were not in vehicles―they were walking, riding their bikes, or otherwise outside a vehicle.

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/distracted-driving/about/index.html

Yes, it does happen all the time. And the consequences are not always just a ticket.

Even right now. Look at how people have to wait in huge lines to get some gas every time there is a natural disaster, or extreme weather. After a few days, or even hours, it's mostly gone.

Oh I thought this was The Onion for a second, but apparently it's real. I mean, obviously.

I thought the formula was to be the child of a well-to-do family, start a tech company in a garage, then scam your way up to become a billionaire.

YSK that while Proton Mail is based in Switzerland and claims to be politically neutral, its CEO has praised Republicans on a few occasions.

https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/the-intercept-proton-mail-says-it-s-politically-neutral-while-praising-republican-party/24456

I quit my job as a level 1 tech last week. I had enough of supporting Teams, OneDrive, Office 365, Windows 11, and all of the Microsoft stuff for multiple clients where I had limited access. I certainly won't miss the over notifications of my employer's Teams. I don't know what I'm gonna do next but I hope my next job or employer will not use this POS.

But isn’t your conclusion way more dangerous than actually driving the deadly metal-box yourself? Being a pedestrian or, even worse, cyclist, you’re a highly vulnerable squishy flesh-thingy surrounded by deadly murder-boxes.

Perhaps but it's counter productive to just get bigger and bigger vehicles in order to be "safer" and crush everything else around. It's a race to the bottom to which I do not wish to participate. At least where I live we are "lucky" enough to have multiple abandoned railways in the countryside that have been turned into bike trails, so I generally use these. I can cycle to my parents' using two bike trails, without cars, for 140 km. Otherwise I specifically moved in a city with good bike and transit infrastructure (Montreal) so that I don't need to drive a giant lethal metal box that pollutes and takes space.

Anyway because I think cars are insane and avoid them at all costs, my chances of dying while I'm inside one are lower than someone using one daily. It's also one less deadly machine on the road. I'm not getting in a car to go to the grocery store or to go run errands. I'm not getting in a car every day to go to work. When I cycle it's usually on dedicated infrastructure, on in bike lanes.

From my point of view, even if I have to mix with cars sometimes while cycling, even if I fear for my life and wish people driving cars would be more careful while passing, it's usually an exception, and I feel much safer at 20 km/h on "my" dedicated bike path than sitting in a car surrounded by other cars and trucks.

I don't drive. I'm sure I could even if I'm afraid to do it, but I don't like cars and society forcing us to drive partly for this reason. People drive lethal metal boxes everywhere without really thinking about it.

Cars are one of the most deadly things in a lot of countries and yet, they are totally normalised.

In Canada alone, in one year, nearly 2000 people died from car collisions. And distracted driving accounts for about 20% of those.

It's why I prefer to cycle, and on segregated paths if possible. Because when I cycle on the road, I always have this kind of thoughts in the back of my mind. What if the person driving a multi ton projectile coming behind me at speed, is day dreaming and "didn't see me", even if I'm dressed in bright orange?

Sorry to be so serious about a meme but, yeaaah.

Bikes may not have a flatbed but I think some can tow more than the Swasticar.

In my city there's a moving company that moves sofas and refrigerators using bike trailers.

This looks like exclusive phasing and it's despicable when it's at every damn intersection.

I like exclusive phasing when there's a high volume of pedestrians crossing in all directions. However it's horrible on stroads because it's done under the pretense of pedestrian security while being mainly to maintain a heavy flow of cars in as much directions as possible. And it makes waiting longer.

It's one of my pet peeve when I visit Quebec city. All of their fucking pedestrian crossings are exclusive phasing, and I loathe it. It's nice and useful in the the old town, but it becomes so annoying as soon as you walk outside of the walls.