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@redfox @FlyingSquid the poor people in my neighborhood take the bus everywhere, or walk, or car pool

Even free IDs would take time and money away from the poor in terms of time off of work (if they can get it) and transportation costs. And then they still have to have some documentation to prove who they are, which they may not have. Replacing those documents take even more time effort and it isn't free.

I was born in Monroe County. Google tells me replacing my birth certificate if I've lost it is $16. I don't know what I need to do for that $16, because their website is broken.

Meanwhile, this is what you need to obtain an ID in Indiana:

Make no mistake, this is all about stopping people from voting.

yeah but Evansville made it as the sexiest city in Indiana link

I agree that we should all support a free and independent Palestine, but that's not the game the American media is playing. All you have to do is look at "conservative" media to see the strategy play out. "Pro-palestine must mean anti-israel."

Bloomington expected 500,000 people.

Here's their big eclipse event at the IU Memorial Stadium.

Sorry about the weird angle. I didn't take the photo.

@redfox Love them. Forces cars to slow down to a less than killing speed instead of a stop sign or light that can be blown through at 50 MPH. #CarsRuinEverything

I also had to Google her. I had no idea who she was. I knew about Mae Jemison. I even remember her going up on the Space Shuttle because it was the 90s and she was still the first black woman in space, which was outrageous, especially because of who got us into space, but at least it finally happened... and of course I know who Shatner is. And I love that he got third billing. I just wish Jemison got top billing.

@redfox I've only used it a couple of times (I live and work in Bloomington and #ebike everywhere). I'd like to get in the habit of a park-and-ride from the south side when I visit Indy though.

@redfox @ilinamorato Any chance you could take the red line instead of driving? It might be cheaper and less frustrating.

@benfulton @redfox @FlyingSquid
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/17/right-turn-on-red-light-ban
"Turning right on red was only legal in a few states until the 1970s, when the federal government, facing an oil crisis, told states to allow it – or lose their energy funding. The idea was that cars would use less fuel if they avoided sitting at red lights. That law remains in place, despite 1984 research showing that at intersections allowing right-on-red, crashes jump 23%, pedestrian crashes increase by 60%, and cyclist crashes double.

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https://www.iihs.org/topics/bibliography/t/Right%20turn%20on%20red

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https://www.fastcompany.com/90908929/its-time-for-a-nationwide-ban-of-right-on-red
"It’s unclear that right-on-red did much of anything to reduce gas consumption, but it had a sizable effect on roadway safety. A 1982 study (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022437582900019) found that the new policy triggered a sharp increase in crashes involving conflicts between a pedestrian or cyclist and a right-turning vehicle. In Ohio, such collisions rose 57% for pedestrians and 80% for cyclists; in Wisconsin, the figures were 107% and 72%, respectively.

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sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198223000696?via%3Dihub) helps to explain why right-on-red is so problematic. The authors examined people’s behavior behind the wheel, concluding that “at red-light turns, driver attention was heavily skewed toward leftward traffic.” The dangers of that orientation are obvious, especially since a “Walk” sign could be inviting pedestrians and cyclists to cross in front of the turning car.

@redfox @FlyingSquid @Bikevisionary might have some numbers to share.

I live downtown (a stone’s throw from the monument), and most people seem to follow the rules. But not everyone does. Pretty easy to break them down into groups.

• Big, usually black, SUVs and trucks
• Vehicles with “thin blue line” stickers / police-supporting license plates / etc
• Out of state license plates

I think all but the out-of-town folks (who aren’t used to it and don’t notice the signs due to being overwhelmed with city driving and traffic) just go ahead and do whatever they want because of a “you can’t tell me what to do” attitude. Indy cops certainly don’t enforce the signs.

The Indiana state legislature loves to dictate how Indianapolis governs itself. Refusing to comply with the signs is sort of a political statement to some, the equivalent of giving the finger to data-driven, progressive policy.

Why are you so angry?

Not angry at all. That's too bad you read it that way. Loquacious, perhaps...nobody's perfect. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I ask because if the average school has kids in the high hundreds or low thousands, you’re not getting through during an emergency to the couple of office staff to ask if the information is real, etc. You’d have sit sit losing your mind waiting for the schools mass notification system to send you something.

No. No, you wouldn't. You'd most likely be going on about your day, like most days, ringing up some customer or finishing some spreadsheet, blissfully ignorant about the exact details of your kid's exact moments in school...until that notification from the school comes in. But you insist a call from your child in the midst of a crisis, hiding from your hypothetical sniper or in the middle of a tornado warning, would be more effective and less panic-inducing.

I find it interesting that instead of saying something about smartphones and aiding in-school research/studies, you immediately jump to "red alert emergency!"

It seems you’re suggesting <snip>

I'm suggesting that something with the status quo regarding kids' education and smartphones is not working. I'm suggesting since the good people of Indiana apparently insist on giving their K-12 children smartphones yet can't teach them responsible usage, that you think that it's better your children "interact" via TikTok or Instagram or crush candy instead of during Algebra 101, Social Studies or during lunch period, the good state of Indiana and its educators should restrict children's smartphone usage during school hours. It's not unreasonable.

Better yet, teach your kids to leave the phones at home, Mom and Dad. But since you didn't teach 'em that, well...here we are. Peace.

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What would you do in that emergency they mentioned?

Gosh. Call the school, maybe? Or one of the hundred other methods via your smartphone (and not).

Why should kids not be able to use them at lunch?

Why should they? Can't kids, who have less self-control than you do—I'm assuming WAYYY more than I should here—have a chance to develop without a smartphone during what's normally a social moment with peer interaction? Are you that bonded socially to your cell?

If you want to control your kid’s phone time, there’s already apps for that.

Yes, there are. Apparently they're not being utilized in a effective manner. Parents won't do anything about it. The school try to educate but incessant attention robbery, be it on an individual level or class-wide, prohibits that. I think the Great State of Indiana has every right in protecting and maintaining a social promise to educate their minor-age children and help them develop in a healthy manner, mentally and physically.

After 18 years old, you can fuck off.

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It’s not your own kid that is the problem, but rather that every other parent is shitty

…said every parent.

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@redfox what in the absolute fuck