Reach for the Stars @antares@qoto.org

@kevinrns What about the non energy used of petrochemicals, plastics and solvents in particular?

@Teri_Kanefield Corollary to the cardinal rule of power struggles: If you feel powerless find a way to change the situation to give yourself a voice. This is a core tenant of non-violent civil resistance.

@noagendashownoteslinks Exemption #1: The toll may not be charged at any time public transit is closed or out of service. People who commute one way while public transit is unavailable can apply for exemption for the other direction as well.

If it is after BART/Muni is closed for the day, or a line is out of service or station closed for police action then no road toll.

@JaneRLaForge It is not so much that free speech is sacred as it is that censorship is abhorrent and corrosives to democracy. It really is not that I want to take in speech I disagree with, it is that I fear my own speech will be censored next if there is bit a single crack in the wall of freedom.

@mike I get the impression that people living just over minimum wage don't have the resources to press the issue.

@alexeft@mastodon.online @josemurilo No the #EV is a Tesla M3 that I use to get to work. I got it so I didn't end up driving a full-sized pickup to work every day

@alexeft@mastodon.online @josemurilo Hay and chicken feed doesn't fit in the back of a compact car.

@unabogie @w7voa I'd vote for him, but apparently it is not viable to vote third party in the us.

@mike No problem with "Happy Holidays" in the right situation. I only get bothered by it when people think it is the only appropriate greeting.

For example, at Target I brought my cart full of Christmas decoration including some overtly Christian ones to the register where a member of my church was the checker. I wished them a Merry Christmas and they told me "We're not allow to say that here. I could get fired."

When people get so offended at "Merry Christmas" that they cannot even stand that greeting being exchanged between two people who are known to celebrate Christmas, then I get offended.

@josemurilo You are letting the perfect become the enemy of the good. There is nothing that is preventing more investment in walk-ability and public transit while also de-carbonizing our personal transportation.

Honestly if there was sustainable way to have public transit get me the 20 miles from my house out a dirt road to my job in a light industrial area several miles out of town I would be all for it. But there are a lot of people outside of the sick and overcrouded cities who are unlikely to be served by public transportation this generation. My #EV keeps the big diesel pickup in my back yard from being my daily driver.

@elonjet Is Shohei Ohtani on board?

@realcaseyrollins And people ask "why are there so many homeless young people?"

A hypothetical: Pres. #Biden needs a minor medical procedure between now and election day. He should:

#USPol #election2024

@w7voa "I'm the only one who can save America!" Um, where have I heard that before?

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Yes, and how many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
And **how many years can some people exist**
**Before they're allowed to be free?**
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Yes, and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
And how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and **how many deaths will it take 'til he knows**
That **[too many people have died?](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israeli-offensive-moves-south-in-gaza-driving-up-death-toll-a-day-after-truce-with-hamas-ends)**

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.