Is that correct? That paper presents evidence for particulate matter pollution, but exhausts also produce volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides which are harmful to health.

Why is #drivernotcar preferred? Doesn’t it spotlight individual responsibility over systems that need fixing? In an analogous situation the gun lobby says ‘people kill people’ to minimise the role of the gun. Why minimise the role of the car?

I’ve never understood this. Isn’t this akin to pro gun activists saying ‘guns don’t kill people?’. The systemic issue is the car, focusing on the individual downplays the importance of systemic change.

Even with all our modern technology it’s amazing to think that society could never build this today.

Those metrics would be bad ones.

www.citydensity.com

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This isn’t just visuals or perception though. Rough sleeping is objectively much worse for the person and for society than broader homelessness.

Uber eats is the worst product ever.

Every quiet street in inner Melbourne with a wide median should be made one-way to create a mini-park. So much space is being wasted!

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Won’t this just induce demand and increase overall costs ?

https://xkcd.com/2347/

Most of the world's devices rely on data in one guy's personal github repo to keep updated on the world's time zones.

He just turned 70 today!

github.com/eggert

Locals worried that schools will be overwhelmed but there’s fewer kids than ever in Brighton and schools are closing from lack of students. At a certain point you have to assume these arguments are not in good faith.

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Until the barbz port over this place is off.

An Age headline that reads "Want your child to be an AFL star? These are the schools to send them to"

Melbourne: Never change.