Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories (www.theguardian.com)
Predictably, it’s the 15-minute-city conspiracy crap.
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Predictably, it’s the 15-minute-city conspiracy crap.
It’s insane the lengths that some people will go to save a few seconds on their commute, while also endangering others.
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/12581895...
This is in a city of 175,000 people. And in a “liberal”, West Coast, US city. You really can’t get away from this stuff in North America.
Cross posted from: lemmy.nz/post/4701018
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