Interesting Links for 01-11-2019

[andrewducker]

German farmers sue government over climate change failures

(tags:globalwarming Germany farming )

Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability.

(tags:airplanes ai automation )

Women MPs say abuse forcing them from politics

(tags:abuse women politics uk OhForFucksSake )

Election 2019: Region-by-region guide to the most volatile election in memory

(tags:elections UK politics )

No, you didn't identify as a dinosaur

(tags:LGBT transgender )

Johnson accused of withholding key report on Russia from voters

(tags:Russia UK elections BorisJohnson )

No, Best for Britain are not a Lib Dem front

(tags:statistics polls advice elections )

Putting Christmas decorations up early makes you happier

(tags:Christmas viaSwampers happiness psychology )

New York City to 'break car culture' and build more than 250 new bike lanes and 1m square feet of pedestrian space

(tags:bicycles transport newyork usa )

Liberalism and Corbyn (needs more detail on Corbyn, but is interesting as it stands)

(tags:politics liberal uk labour )

Acetaminophen exposure in pregnancy linked to higher risk of ADHD, autism

(tags:adhd autism drugs )

Some more details about the AI that can play at StarCraft 2 Grandmaster level

(tags:ai games )

Surviving Software Dependencies

(tags:software design softwareengineering )

Farage just screwed Johnson. Now he either has to switch to No Deal, or fight an election with the Brexit Party fighting against him.

(tags:politics uk europe hope Conservatives )

Comments

[naath]

So
a)biking is easier than walking; I have MS, can barely walk half a mile, bike everywhere. Yes I bike slower than many people run, but I don't care.
b)'old' and 'disabled' are not the same think; at 36 I can barely walk, at 80 some people run marathons.
c)even in a population that has a lot of old people it still has some young people.

But yes, we need accessible transport too; but getting fit healthy people out of their cars might decrease traffic enough that the busses run on time and pedestrians can breathe, which would be nice for just about everyone. (also busses should... suck less)

(I'm not in NYC, I'm in Cambridge UK)

[franklanguage]

This is great to know, and I agree; if NYC traffic weren't so insane, I'd be cycling—especially now that there has been a bike-share program in place for a few years. (Otherwise, if you "own" a bike, you have to accept that it will be stolen at some point, no matter how good the lock; bike thieves usually take a bike, then lock the lock right back on the pole or post it was chained to.)

[naath]

Cambridge is also bad for bike theft, I have insurance, which is costly, and a pricey lock (which the insurance demanded). And keep my bike inside at home, which is me being privileged to own enough space to do so.

Cambridge (UK) is a geed cycling city; less because it has infastructure though, more that so MANY people cycle that we have good cyclin lobby groups (it's nothing like as good as in the Netherlands). It is also small and flat.