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mtranda t1_j9agw0h wrote

Reply to comment by Sawfish1212 in Gritting routes are ‘sexist’ says Cambridgeshire highways chief and ‘must change’ by Bald__egg

Did you... read the article?

>The study found 79 per cent of pedestrian injuries occurred in winter, and 69 per cent of those affected were women. Clearing paths first halved accidents and saved the local government money, reported FSG.

And yes, we're pretty big on NOT using cars over here.

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namezam t1_j9agglc wrote

Reply to Gritting routes are ‘sexist’ says Cambridgeshire highways chief and ‘must change’ by Bald__egg

I work for a company that does data analysis and one of our clients has us finding bias by demographics, primarily race, primarily African American. I went in to this project with an open mind, expecting to find some correlative data to suggest self-organizing populations of similar demographics trend towards their own bias, and that is the case, but that makes it very convenient for malicious humans to use seemingly innocuous algorithms to deny entire populations.

So when a large religious fried chicken joint has used metrics like location to major thoroughfares, propensity to eat out, gun ownership, church donations etc… we find that if we overlay that on a map of high-income mostly White neighborhoods… well look at that. Did they say, “we won’t build in Black and Brown neighborhoods” ? No, but they didn’t need to.

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mtranda t1_j9afocz wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Gritting routes are ‘sexist’ says Cambridgeshire highways chief and ‘must change’ by Bald__egg

/u/Sawfish1212 said (and deleted):

>Glad there was nothing important going on in the area, like crime or education issues.... >Instead a row over who gets their roads cleared first, the people paying the high taxes so they can commute to work, or the people who don't pay taxes because they walk or ride a bike.... with snow removal and road treatment paid for by taxes...

I'm a software developer (hence, a pretty high amount of taxes) who rides his bike to work. Other colleagues walk. Now, based on your assumptions and the fact that the article takes place in Europe, I'm going to assume you must be american.

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TheRealJulesAMJ t1_j9a615q wrote

Reply to comment by spudmarsupial in U.S. envoy apologizes for suggesting Afghan women may need 'Black Girl Magic' by TheAmazingRaspberry

Well neoliberal makes sense seeing as

ne·o·lib·er·al·ism: noun a political approach that favors free-market capitalism, deregulation, and reduction in government spending.

Which sounds about right ... wing in America

But woke? That dog don't hunt monsignor. Woke is counter mainstream which they've been trying to conserve since before the 50s. Im interested to hear what people think is woke that conservatives are doing, please tell me

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sighthoundman t1_j99z5id wrote

Reply to comment by PotatoBus in Jeff Koons: Visitor breaks iconic Balloon Dog sculpture in Miami by kangarooturd

But if you donate it to a museum, you can donate the full $20 million AND not be taxed on the increase.

Changing that was considered when they changed the law from you deducting the blue book value of your donated car to only the amount actually received. Apparently the museum lobbyists are better than the PBS lobbyists.

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