#introduction
Hi. Name is Henry, but please call me Doc.
I’m an Aspie, and my comm skills are not that great. I’ll either give very short answers or I’ll tend to over-elaborate at times. Depends on my mood. I often say the wrong thing at the wrong time, but I mean well.
I intend on keeping my Twitter accounts. As long as there are wars & crooked politicians in the world, I need to keep that connection, if only to stay informed.
I look forward to making good friends here.
@DocLaing Hi Doc, great so see you over here! I followed you for years, we were mutuals. I deactivated it in Jan of this years and we are still mutuals on my alt, which became my main.
I'm mom to an adult Aspie. No worries, I haven't seen anyone be nasty to each other on here yet. It's amazing! I hope you enjoy it over on the lighter, brighter, side as much as I do.
@Krysdammit
Thanks so much. I’ve found a couple of old friends so far. Hope I haven’t burned too many bridges by making the jump here.
@DocLaing Doc, being here feels like visiting with friends. Over there I feel as if someone is gonna sock me in the nose at any moment. Mutuals turn on each other for no apparent reason. The snitch tagging is crazy. Telling us who we may or may not follow because of this or that. I'm plain over it. Staying there for now because I've committed to boosting certain Dems in the mid terms.
@Krysdammit
I feel the same. It’s going to get crazier too. I took a little dip last night in the polluted swamp where #musk lives. The rw idjits are having a field day with it. Here’s a sample.
@Krysdammit
They’re everywhere, not just North America. I’ll keep voting blue in Colorado, that’s part of the answer.
@DocLaing It is. I have an election on June 2nd for Premier of my Province. 4 years ago too many baffoons voted him in. He's a tfg wanna be & destroying the place. Can't wait to get rid of him! Remember that trucker convoy in Ottawa? This took place in HIS Province. He had jurisdiction over most of what could be done. He's on the convoy's side. His daughter made a donation to their cause. Waited for Trudeau to step in Federally so that the rwnjs could bash him.
@DocLaing @Krysdammit Yeah... that is bonkers. Not looking forward to the terminal decline.
Do they not realize that:
a) cars are only a part of the world's CO2 emissions (nowhere near a majority),
b) electric cars are highly polluting to manufacture,
c) cars kill 1.35 million people globally every year,
d) electric cars still produce tire pollution, take up excessive space, are inefficient (both in terms of rolling resistance and max passenger-to-weight ratio), &
e) much, much more... ?
@DocLaing @Krysdammit IMHO the solution to our transportation woes isn't battery-electric vehicles, but line-powered electric trains.
Why? Simple:
- No polluting batteries required
- Proven, cost-effective technology
- More energy-efficient
- MANY times safer than cars
- Better accessibility (anyone can be a train passenger; many people cannot drive due to disability or not having a car)
- More space-efficient
- Scales better (traffic congestion/induced demand are less of an issue)
- & more...
@IrelandTorin @Krysdammit
There are a lot of things that stand in the way of that perfect picture. If I could live another hundred years I still might not see it.
But I am after all, an unapologetic dreamer.
@IrelandTorin @DocLaing Torin, you are not wrong. Works great in a big city like NY & Toronto. It's urban sprawl which make it difficult. The way that those are built it's hard to add bus service & make it convenient to use. My twin cities have electric light train service throught the core areas linking the two and will begin construction to a a 3rd city in 2 years or so.
@Krysdammit @DocLaing Well, urban sprawl comes from car-centric design. If we were to revamp our transportation system to be rail-focused, you'd likely see cities get more compact - instead of the core rotting away and leaving a dead husk of a city (since urban core districts usually subsidize suburbs, whose infrastructure maintenance costs are higher than what property taxes bring in), you'd see the outskirts shrink - or housing prices drop & more ppl move there.
We need to ban R1 zoning tho
@IrelandTorin @DocLaing We've taken on rezoning, they must include apartment buildings & semi/duplex housing. They also have some smaller mom & pop type stores with restaurants within walking distance. Older homes may add an in-law suite to rent out & even tiny homes are being on those big lots. This allows for greater density & more use of public transit at the very least.
@DocLaing Not Qult like behaviour at all. How do you deal with people like that? They are exasperating, vexatious, and cause me so much anxiety. These dolts vote in droves. We have them in Canada too.