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    US hospitals are so overloaded that one ER called 911 on itself

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/us-hospitals-are-so-overloaded-that-one-er-called-911-on-itself/ Patients are reporting crowded waiting rooms and hours-long wait times. BETH MOLE - Yesterday at undefined Enlarge / An isolation tent for an emergency department in Walnut Creek...
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    Universal Basic Income Has Been Tested Repeatedly. It Works. Will America Ever Embrace It?

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/10/24/universal-basic-income/ The extraordinary success and thorny politics of a bold policy idea Perspective by Megan Greenwell From left, former Stockton Calif., mayor Michael Tubbs; Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, center right; guaranteed-income...
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    Alternatives to Police and Prisons: Activists Share How to Better Address Violence

    https://www.teenvogue.com/story/alternatives-to-police-prisons "Punitive systems only create more cycles of trauma and violence.” BY TEEN VOGUE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHY BY NYIA SISSAC AUGUST 18, 2022 The backlash against criminal justice reform is in full swing. The progressive district attorney...
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    The age of ‘the car is king’ is over. The sooner we accept that, the better

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/30/car-is-king-accidents-pollution-road-vehicles-public-transport Tue 30 Aug 2022 03.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 30 Aug 2022 13.35 EDT John Vidal Accidents and pollution are making road vehicles untenable. With public transport and...
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    Please move your car so we can keep streets clean, safe & healthy.

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    The Official Coli International Infrastructure/Public works appreciation/unappreciation thread.

    Post infrastructure news, public works policy changes, general improvements or incompetence by public agencies. Meme's are welcome too.
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    U.S. to let teens drive big rigs in test program to help ease supply chain shortage

    U.S. to let teens drive big rigs in test program to help ease supply chain shortage Tuesday, January 18, 2022 2:01PM U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured the ports of LA and Long Beach on Tuesday. DETROIT -- The federal government is moving forward with a plan to let teenagers...
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    BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen

    BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen Jim Waterson Media editor @jimwaterson Sun 16 Jan 2022 14.27 EST Government announcement will force broadcaster to make deep cuts to its programme budgets BBC Broadcasting House in central London. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The...
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    Quebec put up this billboard in a bus stop to raise awarenes about jaywalking

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    There’s No Cheap Way to Deal With the Climate Crisis

    There’s No Cheap Way to Deal With the Climate Crisis — ProPublica Warming will bring enormous economic costs. Cutting emissions now will save money later. by Abrahm Lustgarten Oct. 28, 5 a.m. EDT ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our...
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    Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop

    Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop Sam Levin in Los Angeles @SamTLevin Wed 8 Sep 2021 10.06 EDT Los Angeles police officers survey a protest in downtown Los Angeles on 14 August. Photograph: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/Rex/Shutterstock...
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    Republicans ask Biden to withdraw ‘divisive’ proposal to teach more Black history

    Republicans ask Biden to withdraw ‘divisive’ proposal to teach more Black history April 30, 2021 6:27 PM EDT Merdie NzangaDavid Morgan Dozens of Senate Republicans called on the Biden administration on Friday to withdraw what they say is a “divisive” education proposal that would place...
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    Where All The Presidential Nominees Stand on Issues

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