That's just flat untrue. The cyclist was definitely being an idiot and created the situation, but he was struck by the front of her car. If you ask me, any competent driver should have had time to at least start to apply the brakes. Then she fled the scene instead of stopping to render aid and call the police.

The judicial system is historically awful. So is vigilante justice. Are we talking about this one instance or the idea that open carry states have significant increases in killings after they change their laws? I disagree with idea that "open carry states seem to handle it pretty decently." I am against people being killed.

I don't really have an opinion on this bus situation other than that it looks bad. Both the woman and the bus driver had what looked like opportunities to stop the fight and de-escalate. The guy pulled the woman off the bus driver (after waiting too long) and then tried to de-escalate, and defended himself without looking like he was trying to deal out punishment. I don't know what happened before or after. Was this the bus driver who shot the people running away from him?

22% is significant, yes. It's not inflation, we don't expect it to go up every year.

I didn't say anything about hurting your feelings.

Spectacularly bad faith reading of my comment. Well done. Here's what I was responding to:

> open carry states seem to handle it pretty decently.

Go ahead and provide some data to support that any significant percentage of those homicide increases were "legal, self defense."

I am both against fighting bus drivers and deputizing anyone and everyone to execute people who do something that they decide is beyond the pale. Like you. I don't trust you to murder people at will if they offend you.

Uhhh

>A 2022 analysis found that states with permitless carry laws saw a 22 percent increase in gun homicide for the three years following the law’s passage.

>A 2019 study found that right-to-carry laws were associated with a 29 percent increase in firearm workplace homicides.

There's a ton more there in the source.

Big Chef would treat you like royalty if you dined in.

I think she's been fairly publicly critical of DeGise. I don't know about anonymously.

Awesome, thanks!

Thanks! Hmm. Since you asked, maybe some Martha Wells? I'm not caught up on Murderbot. Great series, by the way.

Is there any way to request a book be added to the ebook library?

There's way too much parking and way too much of it is free or free-adjacent.

It's also not even remotely true. I bet if I walked around my block right now I'd see 5-10 illegally parked cars with no tickets.

The episodes predate the investigation, I believe.

There are a couple Behind the Bastards episodes about this.

After getting a couple of shots here, I think I would like to get my prescriptions transferred, but inertia may keep me at Duane Reade.

Find me one transit or even bike advocate who would oppose this.

I thought there was a good chance of that, but it's indistinguishable from what I've been told by people in cars.

I'd rather not die if I want to get somewhere.

Call your council person and tell them you want protected bike lanes.

It is illegal to ride on the sidewalk and pedestrians hate it. It's also dangerous.

For me, if I'm gonna need to lock up for more than about ten minutes, I'll use Citi Bike instead. My bike is mostly for recreation or if I need to carry a lot more than the shitty baskets on the Citi Bikes.

Sam's International or whatever it's called on Newark has very variable bagels, but the one I got today was very good.

Driving absolutely breaks people's brains.

Oh, man, great shot! Citi Bikes sure do need better baskets, but something that would comfortably carry a huge TV is maybe overkill for most of us!

They can come to my backyard if they want to see a few dozen more.