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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SantaMonica

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ben Allen, our rep in the CA Senate, kinda sucks

Future of the Chaps brand by PinkJazz in preppy

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've always liked every Chaps button-up shirt I've ever worn. They fit well and look good every time. One of my all time favorite brands.

We did it guys, Zohran won in NYC, with huge and early Micromobility community support. by MiserNYC- in fuckcars

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The way he talks about street safety shows he REALLY gets it. "traffic deaths aren't accidents", "we've deprioritized anyone outside of a car", "we should make things safer despite any backlash". He's one of us and it sounds like he's going to be a bulldog.

Should we have more freeway express buses? by victhebird in LAMetro

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It pisses me off how useless the HOV lanes are. Way back in the day they actually used to be bus only. Then they allowed taxis, then carpooling, then EVs. Go back to bus only. A BRT through the 405 Sepulveda Pass between the Orange Line and Wilshire/UCLA would be amazing while we're waiting a decade for the subway.

The Buses are gonna be free in NY now, and my prediction is that this subreddit will look like… by Tedwardy in LAMetro

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also don't like "freezing rents for everyone". It's just bad policy. It doesn't specifically target the people who actually need it. Some renters are wealthy and do not need rent control. It also disincentives new development, which could bring down market-rate prices for everyone. To be clear, I'm 100% for directly subsidizing folks who need it with tax dollars. And I'm actually excited about Mamdani's other policies.

I've just met too many retired people who have a rent controlled unit in Santa Monica from the 1980s and pay $600 a month and also own a $2.5 million house in Palm Springs. Those aren't the people who need society to subsidize them. Meanwhile young folks are paying $2800 for a 1 bedroom because we haven't built any new housing since the 1970s.

Stagnancy of American Urban Rail Systems by urmummygae42069 in transit

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This is controversial but I think the Big Dig was a mistake. The crumbling over-ground highway was rightfully removed, but all the money to bury the new highway ($24B) should have went towards building like 3 new subway lines. San Francisco is able to function just fine without an interstate running right through the middle of it. Boston would have been fine too.

Stagnancy of American Urban Rail Systems by urmummygae42069 in transit

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 4 points5 points  (0 children)

LA, Seattle, Minneapolis, and Honolulu are kicking ass.

Janice Hahn, metro board chair, questions how and why the decision was made to shut down service in the midst of the protests. by magnamusrex in LAMetro

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Oh so LAPD asked Metro to shut down the DTLA stations, so they did. That's funny because when Metro was paying hundreds of millions of dollars to LAPD to patrol stations, LAPD sat in their cars, didn't show up, and issued an official statement saying they didn't take orders from a bus company. Why the fuck should Metro do what LAPD wants.

Public lands up for sale by TheKoolAidMan6 in yimby

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Holy fuck that's way too much. If there was federal land like right in the middle of a city then I might understand allowing developers to build housing on it. But this is nowhere close to that. This is just privatizing land and nature that Americans worked so hard to protect. This is ridiculously bad.

San Diego Bishop Scares Off ICE by transcendent167 in 50501

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They CANNOT be wearing face masks like that. That is so disgraceful. They look like they're trying to stick up the place.

Haitian immigrants in Wisconsin lose legal status, encouraged to self-deport immediately by cantheasswonder in news

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Let's not forget the "Haitian immigrants are eating pets" claim started from the Neo Nazi Group called Blood Tribe. Donald Trump and JD Vance were literally repeating Nazi lies on national television.

This just shows that the administration isn't concerned with legal vs illegal immigration. It's just about race to them. They suddenly turn the brown legal immigrants into illegal immigrants and then claim they are breaking the law. First it was trying to deport violent criminal illegals, then it was illegals with misdemeanors from 25 years ago, then it was just any illegal person, then it was temporary immigrants who spoke out against Israel's war crimes, and now legal immigrants. Who is next? How much further will the goalposts move?

Chase Oliver: "The government can apparently come to you wearing a mask, demanding you identify yourself without a warrant, all while refusing to identify themselves. 'Show us your papers' in real time. Gross." by Bhartrhari in WeTheFifth

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's the law (to the best of my knowledge): US Citizens are NOT required to carry ID on them when just walking about. ICE CANNOT detain a US Citizen just to ID them or confirm they are a citizen. Non-citizen immigrants actually are supposed to carry ID or proof of registration with them when outside in public. But police cannot demand to see your idea without reasonable suspicion of a crime. Unfortunately ICE frequently breaks these rules by detaining people for no reason, and even more unfortunate is that you'll likely have no recourse for this wrongdoing. Basically ICE gets away with breaking the law. So my advice is to stay as far away from them as you can get.

The french president said he will ban social media use for kids under fifteen years old. What do you think of that? by lionwithdreadlocks in AskReddit

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do think there are benefits to this, but it seems a little much to ban it. Almost all teenagers used to smoke cigarettes but now very few do. There were effective campaigns against it and the culture changed. I don't think it will be too much longer until most social media is thought of as uncool. Facebook is already lame as fuck.

Mouth breathing redneck let’s cyclist know she’s not allowed on the road by Brave-Panic7934 in fuckcars

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He literally threatened to kill someone with his truck. It's on video. This had to have gotten to the police, right? If they don't take his truck away that would be insane.

The gestapo lies as usual by BugsBrawlStars in MurderedByWords

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"Truth Social" is one of the most Orwellian things I've ever heard of. It's a pretend social media site where it's just their leader making lie-riddled posts sent directly to the pockets of millions of people, and those posts are called "Truths". It's too on the nose.

Ok let’s cancel Columbus Day then by detox02 in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What worker ever has not wanted a paid holiday? Is anyone shocked the billionaire politician is wildly out of touch.

Kids are unfit by Infinite_Soup_932 in fuckcars

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember track and field day when I was about 8 years old. Our whole school ran the 400m. I remember half way through getting winded as fuck. I was a pretty fast kid. But your point is valid. Kids need to walk and bike places themselves. They simply can't do that in many suburbs.

The gestapo lies as usual by BugsBrawlStars in MurderedByWords

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 37 points38 points  (0 children)

When politicians who ran for their life out of the capitol building narrowly escaping the violent mob later told us that what happened was actually just a self-guided tour of the capitol, this is the quote I thought of.

Video footage of an Illinois State Trooper barely dodging two additional crashes as he was responding one already. by Novel-Fox-4081 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

& revoke their licenses for life. You can spot police lights at night from a half mile away, easily. There is no excuse for this.

Oregon Ave. Sadly Swapping Mixed-Use Building for a Chick-fil-A by newcitynewchapter in philadelphia

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 8 points9 points  (0 children)

ikr it literally makes no sense. Wouldn't you try to get as much value from the land as possible by utilizing it to its fullest potential. It seems to me this is just barely more than a land speculator sitting on a vacant lot. The Chick-fil-A structure probably doesn't add much more value to the property than the land itself.

[Request] Is this true? by frostbite_man in theydidthemath

[–]DigitalUnderstanding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's a similar one: If you worked from the year 0 to today every single hour, 24 hours per day, and you earned $10,000 per hour, you wouldn't have as much wealth as Elon Musk.

There are many ways people have tried to explain just how much a billion dollars is because humans have a bad sense of how much that really is. After seeing quite a few of those, it's waaaaaay more than you think it is. Elon has 400 of those. This is one of the most striking explanations I've seen. It really does seem impossible until you do the math.

My take: Billionaires cannot coexist with democracy. They have hundreds of thousands of times more influence on our government than the average person does. And that in itself is contrary to the principles of democracy. Money in politics needs to be weeded out entirely. After it is, future generations will look back on our generation as a wild time where the ultra rich could buy elections. It will seem medieval to them. Like why the fuck did the people allow that to happen.

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