This passed a couple days ago and will be signed by the Governor today! Takes effect July 2027.

The bill is SB25-281 for anyone interested in following it through the process. Here’s a good article from CPR on it too.

''Some transportation safety advocates endorse the Vision Zero method of framing traffic deaths and injuries as the result of an unsafe transportation system, and not the fault of...

individual people. They argue that changing the physical characteristics of roads to promote bicycling, walking and transit and to force drivers to drive safer is a more effective way to reduce traffic deaths and injuries.

Gorman agreed with that.

“Unless we get away from so many people driving cars, there’s no way to solve this problem,” he said. “All you can do is nibble at the edges.”

But reshaping an entire transportation system is a long, expensive and controversial process. So supporters of the bill hope that the threat of higher punishment would help make Colorado’s roads safer in the meantime.

I’m against incarceration in general, this seems like a case where increased consequences of some sort (maybe a long-term community service requirement?) would be beneficial though.

It looks like Puente Arizona and the Phoenix Legal Action Network have one, but it might just be in the Phoenix area. 480-506-7437, more info here.

We’ve got a hotline in Colorado! (844) 864-8341 They verify reports and share info with the community, and dispatch volunteer legal observers and immigration attorneys. Not sure if orgs in any other states have stood up something similar.

The organizers are @denverantiwar.bsky.social

I think that’s true for the Aedes egypti species at least, they’re not native in the Americas and are a main disease-spreading species

Also KUVO, fantastic jazz and more out of Five Points, Denver

Add KUNC for that matter, broadcasting out of Greely with repeaters statewide.

Add KJAC! The Colorado Sound, alt/pop music station run by KUNC

Love it! Smash it Back (punk) and Old Grass Gnu Grass (bluegrass etc) are favorite shows. For anyone who doesn’t know, you can play back shows from the last two weeks on demand on the website.

Zach Weinersmith’s Open Borders is a fantastic (and amusingly illustrated) discussion of these types of concerns.

The US effectively does both: the lotteries are run by the states and total prizes are much less than total ticket sales, generating net revenue for the state. Winnings are taxed like other income, meaning there are federal taxes and in many states state taxes.

Most Jews are not israeli and israel is not representative of Judaism, but israel does claim Judaism as a core part of its “national” identity, so there’s nothing antisemitic about pointing out the irony of Nazis supporting israel. The irony may be pretty superficial tho, some of the other replies here point out several reasons why Nazism and Zionism/israel are actually aligned.

I’ve been happy with Phonograph for queueing, nothing special but it seems very easy to use to me. Looks like tons of good recommendations on this thread I haven’t tried out tho, definitely might be something better out there

I love the sense of old and new living together in harmony (I mean, I hope those trams’ intergenerational household is harmonious)

Love this! Inspired by Scavengers Reign?

There’s great arguments here about how a service corps could bridge divides and give all youth a better pathway from highschool into the (often predatory) worlds of job markets and higher ed, and also great arguments about why mandatory service infringes on freedom pretty significantly.

Is there a way to structure a national year of service idea that gives people the freedom to opt out yet would still get chosen by many kids from diverse backgrounds? Like how do we get kids who have had a college fund ready to go since they were born to see the benefits of spending a year building bridges? It would be a neat cultural shift.

If you’re into sci-fi and Afro-futurism I really enjoyed Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus (written a couple years ago; cool to see what a long history it’s building on)

What about some tree- or bush-like structures that have lots of small lights, one under each leaf? Having many lights that could all be positioned and angled differently would let you direct the light to only where it’s needed and create a smooth shaddow-free glow. And be pretty too! Like the Cave of Two Lovers @Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone posted. Individual lights could have different color and brightness too.

Depending on the kind of bio-engineering or fantastical biology in your world these could be completely organic, completely manufactured, or some combination like lights attached to trees/vines grown for the purpose.