*I* have more of the experience needed to be transportation secretary and I 100% should not be appointed.
My gut feeling is I am very disappointed to see a political appointee to a position best served (IMO) by someone with industry/sector experience.
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I honestly believe this. He did push for transit in the primary but without any specifics. Good news is prop 22 is not really DOT but instead DOL.
He’ll bring the McKinsey mindset to strip mining and privatizing public transportation. I would expect he’ll be quite supportive of a nationwide rollout of California...
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He rode the subway once 🤷♀️🤦♀️
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Transpo people: what the heck are Buttigieg’s qualifications for DOT? Do we like him?
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How goes your nesting during eternal Caturday?
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I want this and I want this yesterday. 😭
(no joke, the #1 thing I’m missing from Sass when using native CSS variables is the transparentize function!)
I want to be more convenient to manage colors
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drafts.csswg.org/css-color-5
bugs....
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If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that the system is the real scam.
The year in scams theverge.com/22149080/2020-…
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Hey @AmazonHelp - I should be able to tie a bank account transaction from amazon back to an order. Instead, I've spent over an hour on chat support trying to track it down.
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This is a lovely little Twilight Zone episode (without the moralizing) of a story.
Two Truths and a Lie by @SarahPinsker | Tor.com tor.com/2020/06/17/two…
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Hey, the 2009 ACC Championship Game is on replay! Remember when Georgia Tech was good and beat Dabo twice in a single season? Ah, the good ole days.
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So does he just have like... a global block list for anyone that is nice...or?
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Hello Darkness, my old friend…
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I wonder which Homeric poet this guy Elpenor pissed off to be given this single paragraph where it’s explained what a loser he was.
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First BIG NEWS: When gas within the sample container was extracted in Australia, the Hayabusa2 team confirmed its presence but not origin. But! Later analysis has confirm...
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AMA: I got 12K views on youtube this year without putting out a single video and with less than 500 subscribers.
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Mac Mini M1 has shipped! Should arrive on Wednesday!!!
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Did Rudy Giuliani secretly act as Defensive Coordinator for Miami this weekend? Would explain a lot.
🚨BREAKING: The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously DENIES Republican appeal of election contest defeat only hours after it was filed.
Trump and his allies remain 1-59 i...
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"text": "\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously DENIES Republican appeal of election contest defeat only hours after it was filed.\n\nTrump and his allies remain 1-59 in post-election litigation.\ndemocracydocket.com/cases/georgia-\u2026",
"html": "\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously DENIES Republican appeal of election contest defeat only hours after it was filed.\n\nTrump and his allies remain 1-59 in post-election litigation.\n<a href=\"https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgia-decertification-challenge/\">democracydocket.com/cases/georgia-\u2026</a>"
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If you’re interested in microformats (in general) or web pages, data, and design relating to creating menus for restaurant web pages, there’s been some great conversation brewing in the microformats community over the past two weeks. (boffosocko.com/?p=55782863)
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"url": "https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1338648094632800256",
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"text": "If you\u2019re interested in microformats (in general) or web pages, data, and design relating to creating menus for restaurant web pages, there\u2019s been some great conversation brewing in the microformats community over the past two weeks. (boffosocko.com/?p=55782863)",
"html": "If you\u2019re interested in microformats (in general) or web pages, data, and design relating to creating menus for restaurant web pages, there\u2019s been some great conversation brewing in the microformats community over the past two weeks. (<a href=\"https://boffosocko.com/?p=55782863\">boffosocko.com/?p=55782863</a>)"
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"name": "Chris \"I Dissent\" Aldrich",
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"published": "2020-12-14T18:52:28-05:00",
"url": "https://david.shanske.com/2020/12/14/on-the-wearing-of-masks/",
"name": "On the Wearing of Masks",
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"text": "Since shortly after I returned in March, I\u2019ve been mostly isolating myself. I haven\u2019t gone to my place of business since early April(working remotely). I hopped from my apartment to hiding at my family\u2019s home in upstate New York, and now I\u2019m hiding out at my parent\u2019s apartment.\nDuring all this, I have not left the house without wearing a mask, fitted over my nose and mouth. I find masks uncomfortable to wear. Even in cases where I pulled it down outside, when no one but my immediate family was around, if anyone else approached, I pulled it back up.\nFrom others, however, I\u2019ve seen a casual attitude toward the wearing of masks and the downplaying of this. Forcing people to wear a mask is an infringement on their personal liberties. However, government in general is a shared consensus to agree on limitations of personal liberty. If you want absolute freedom, to do anything and everything, we call that anarchy.\nI tend to take a centrist point of view to most things. So, let\u2019s accept that some people do not want to wear masks and do not believe in it, and others do.\nIf you fall into the maskless category, and you encounter someone who is choosing to wear a mask, you can:\nApproach them or otherwise infringe on their six foot bubble as if nothing was happening.\nGive them the six feet of distance their mask indicates they want from you\nIf you carry one, pull your mask up till you are out of their presence.\nOut of these three categories, the only one I object to is the first. So, you don\u2019t believe in wearing a mask\u2026.respect those who do. This is what we call courtesy and decency. It applies regardless of belief. You can\u2019t claim ignorance of social distancing as a thing in the current environment.\nI personally believe that wearing a mask protects both parties. It isn\u2019t a 100% solution, but what is?\nSo, if I want to avoid people who won\u2019t respect my beliefs, I could either constantly be vigilant any time I leave my safe zone, which I am\u2026or, as some of those people would suggest, if I don\u2019t like it, I can just lock myself up till this is over.\nI\u2019m looking forward to the time where my face can be seen freely in public. However, until then\u2026kindly put on a mask(over the nose and mouth) any time you are within six feet of me, or make an effort to give me space.",
"html": "Since shortly after I returned in March, I\u2019ve been mostly isolating myself. I haven\u2019t gone to my place of business since early April(working remotely). I hopped from my apartment to hiding at my family\u2019s home in upstate New York, and now I\u2019m hiding out at my parent\u2019s apartment.\n<p>During all this, I have not left the house without wearing a mask, fitted over my nose and mouth. I find masks uncomfortable to wear. Even in cases where I pulled it down outside, when no one but my immediate family was around, if anyone else approached, I pulled it back up.</p>\n<p>From others, however, I\u2019ve seen a casual attitude toward the wearing of masks and the downplaying of this. Forcing people to wear a mask is an infringement on their personal liberties. However, government in general is a shared consensus to agree on limitations of personal liberty. If you want absolute freedom, to do anything and everything, we call that anarchy.</p>\n<p>I tend to take a centrist point of view to most things. So, let\u2019s accept that some people do not want to wear masks and do not believe in it, and others do.</p>\n<p>If you fall into the maskless category, and you encounter someone who is choosing to wear a mask, you can:</p>\n<ul><li>Approach them or otherwise infringe on their six foot bubble as if nothing was happening.</li>\n<li>Give them the six feet of distance their mask indicates they want from you</li>\n<li>If you carry one, pull your mask up till you are out of their presence.</li>\n</ul><p>Out of these three categories, the only one I object to is the first. So, you don\u2019t believe in wearing a mask\u2026.respect those who do. This is what we call courtesy and decency. It applies regardless of belief. You can\u2019t claim ignorance of social distancing as a thing in the current environment.</p>\n<p>I personally believe that wearing a mask protects both parties. It isn\u2019t a 100% solution, but what is?</p>\n<p>So, if I want to avoid people who won\u2019t respect my beliefs, I could either constantly be vigilant any time I leave my safe zone, which I am\u2026or, as some of those people would suggest, if I don\u2019t like it, I can just lock myself up till this is over.</p>\n<p>I\u2019m looking forward to the time where my face can be seen freely in public. However, until then\u2026kindly put on a mask(over the nose and mouth) any time you are within six feet of me, or make an effort to give me space.</p>"
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