This is fundamentally a poll. The random selection of responders is being made at a library, so it’s not at all random. I think it’s reasonable to assume that people who visit a library are people who are more likely than not to be aware or informed about the wider world. And yet, some “were […]

Drivers are the problem. We can fix this.

Drivers are the problem.

It’s the drivers who kill people on our shared streets. The drivers.

Drivers are the problem on our roads.

I got home today and told my wife this story. She said that while out walking in the neighbourhood, on a different street near another school, a street with no sidewalks, a guy drove by at full speed in a tesla, reading a book.

I'm grading third-year assignments today: numerical methods for earth-system modelling. This comes to mind. "Here’s how this happens. A sweet optimistic teacher begins their career. Remembering their own agony, they give out the nice version of the assignment. And when students submit their […]

"To sell credits, PermaC will have to show how much thaw the blankets prevent." I can't imagine there's any undo motivation to demonstrate how effective this 'technology' is. Don't buy these or any carbon credits. First, stop emitting fossil carbon […]

This brings Diderot to mind today. 👍

Today while I was waiting to cross a street that runs past an elementary school a woman in her forties drove by, exceeding the speed limit, holding a bowl in one hand while the other was occupied with bringing a spoonful of food to her mouth. It's drivers who are the problem on our shared roads […]

It's the drivers who kill and injure pedestrians on our roads. They do it to people without cell phones and with. They don't discriminate.

Do you understand why they are urging caution? It's because drivers are the problem that drivers and others have to deal with.