#road diet

[idroolinmysleep]

Claims that autonomous vehicles present a deus ex machina that would liberate Americans from deadly collisions—claims that the industry has made for years—should be treated as the self-serving deceptions that they are.

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Unlike more realistic road-safety strategies like slowing down urban traffic, self-driving technology does not threaten the primacy of the automobile in American life …. In fact, overhyping the safety benefits of self-driving cars allows the auto industry to concurrently fulfill two key objectives: It positions car companies as a solution to a American safety crisis they themselves helped create, and it serves as a distraction from proven tactics (like road diets or transit expansions) that make their cars and tech less useful in urban areas.

In case you’re wondering, this is an example of what a road diet looks like:

[makenna-made-this]

She won't listen to me no matter how much pleading or begging over the plight of the local amphibian population i do so i'm resorting to public shaming

[rainyfestivalsweets]

186.4

130 pounds down

LEGIT

[free0fsin]

[ruth-t]

Even though it’s slow results, you’re still going to get there and make it. Don’t give up just because you don’t see a city, you first need to build the roads.

[shih-coulda-had-it]

Dumb confession: DadTorino is so underrated, like yeah Torino sucks at it but I want someone being a Dad for Toshinori, he needs a family!

dad torino has the potential to be so good because at least prior to that terrible third year at u.a., the dynamic could be toshinori bullying/conning gran torino into letting him take liberties (like riding his shoulders or skipping paperwork), and gran torino acting grouchy but wanting nana's successor to like him (presumably he's the funny man in a comedy duo).

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toshinori: so when did your hair go gray?

gran torino: the day I met your 'oshishou.'

[lilyliveredlittlerichboy]

Like as a biomedical scientist this literally just makes sense. Our bodies evolved to hold on to any calories we could get cus starvation was a common problem in early human evolutionary history. Our bodies are genetically programmed to not want to lose weight and be happier gaining it - especially after times of starvation. Being able to hang on to calories via body fat has been a massive factor in our evolutionary success.

And our modern human bodies simply cannot tell the difference between starvation by not having enough food available, and starvation by deliberate deprivation. Your body cannot tell the difference. All it knows is that it is getting less nutrients than it needs, which means it will create things like cravings for high-calorie foods and an amped-up fat storage system. It's normal. It's natural. It's what your body is supposed to do.

Dieting doesn't make you healthier and it doesn't make you thinner. Chances are the moment you break your diet, you'll gain everything back and then some. Yoyo dieting is bad for your body and your mental health, especially if you're already suffering from poor self esteem due to your weight. "Failing" your diet (ie your body doing literally just what it has evolved to do) is not going to be good for you in any way and lead only to guilt and shame and further dieting attempts, which will damage your body and mind further.

It just makes SENSE. From a biological view, an anatomical view and an evolutionary view. Starving yourself puts pressure on the body, which the body is programmed to counteract.

Fat isn't bad or inherently unhealthy. Our cultural obsession with thinness has been deliberately planted by life/health insurance and fashion industries. And massively reinforced by a $$$billion weight loss industry. Dieting does nothing other than make some rich asshole more money, and wreck your body for no good reason. If you look at the science or have even a basic understanding of how the body works, you'll see this as well.

Thanks for coming to my Ted talk and please read Big Fat Lies by Dr Gaesser.

[bredforloyalty]

if this cappuccino with cloves cinnamon nutmeg and Sugar is what kills me then i'm prepared to perish like a fucking dog

[the-city-in-mind]

Dave Amos of City Beautiful examines pragmatic strategies to fix stroads, aka “suburban arterials.”

[thoughtportal]

roads designed for pedestrians

[jacks-weird-world]

Large latte whole milk DADDY 🤭🤭

🍼🍼🍼

[esta-elavaris]

Favourite phase to watch folk go through is when they work out for like one week, start acting like a fitness influencer on their socials, then lose interest when the novelty wears off and never do so much as a single squat again.

[rainyfestivalsweets]

It took losing about 120 pounds for people to notice.

Keep going.

Just keep going.

[arlo-venn]

We’re grazing before we get back on the road. Well, Arlo is. Okay I admittedly did bite one piece of grass to see if I could taste chemicals before I let him eat it…….. but it was just one bite I swear 😂