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(DIR) Post #AdZiLpVSIFFud8X2zQ by clive@saturation.social
2024-01-06T16:46:04Z
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*Superb* thread here in which @shauna posts her notes from reading Jesse Singer’s book “There Are No Accidents” It’s about how corporate interests create dangerous/lethal products — from automobiles to addictive medicines and more — then capture the regulators, so that reasonable precautions around their use are tossed out …… then, when people are injured or killed, they say, “whoops just an accident”Read the whole thread!https://social.coop/@shauna/110187830523238194
(DIR) Post #AdZoXIGcIl4ijxRP9s by philmoscovitch@mstdn.ca
2024-01-06T17:55:22Z
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@clive @shauna The thread prompted me to request the book from the library. Had been meaning to since hearing Singer on the War on Cars (and writing a bit about that for the Halifax Examiner.) And then there was the Boeing window blowout yesterday too.
(DIR) Post #AdZpOlysYZCCFCe3t2 by j2dumfounded@toad.social
2024-01-06T18:04:24Z
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@clive @shauna my father always said “accidents never happen“ and I remember him saying how he had to argue with a car salesman in order to get optional seatbelts installed, before they were mandatory. The salesman wanted to sell him a car off the lot, but he ended up having one specially ordered from the factory.
(DIR) Post #AdZpdg1eyoRe7P3KVM by garland@social.seattle.wa.us
2024-01-06T18:07:01Z
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@clive @shauna It’s a really great book.
(DIR) Post #AdZsTjxVnlDtHd49Ym by clive@saturation.social
2024-01-06T18:39:34Z
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@shauna @philmoscovitch Right on! I’m getting a copy myself right now
(DIR) Post #AdZsaIKwtjCzdt9bSS by clive@saturation.social
2024-01-06T18:40:31Z
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@shauna @j2dumfounded Your dad was very astute for the time!I’m old enough to have been a kid when the first seatbelt laws are put in place, and I remember all the drivers complaining about how much of a pain in the ass it was to wear a seatbelt …
(DIR) Post #AdZsgsJI3yJAwtW2W8 by clive@saturation.social
2024-01-06T18:40:51Z
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@garland @shauna Totally looking forward to reading it
(DIR) Post #AdZwv1QLNICN5MofUe by j2dumfounded@toad.social
2024-01-06T19:29:18Z
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@clive @shauna it’s a good idea to buckle up because there is a lot of human error out there. I really prefer to call motor vehicle incidences collisions rather than accidents. But that’s an uphill battle.
(DIR) Post #Ada5hWGKouCQGMlrJg by lkanies@hachyderm.io
2024-01-06T21:07:43Z
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@clive @shauna looks like a great pairing with Normal Accidents:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_AccidentsThat had a huge influence on how I thought about systems like traffic and software
(DIR) Post #AdaJTyUYSwzD7QrFOS by clive@saturation.social
2024-01-06T23:42:10Z
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@lkanies @shauna That looks great too, haven’t read it, putting on my list
(DIR) Post #AdaKziLe7hFUGrOCPo by resing@social.coop
2024-01-06T23:58:06Z
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@clive @shauna reminds me of an incident while riding in a back cab in London over the break. A scooter passed in the right where there was no lane and at some point the scooter and the cab bumped into each other (lightly). The van pulled over, the driver and rider had a quick chat, then he comes back in, pulls away and says cheerily “that was almost an accident!”
(DIR) Post #AdaLXccJwBYgLHMCEi by lkanies@hachyderm.io
2024-01-07T00:05:12Z
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@clive @shauna it is *fantastic*
(DIR) Post #Adan8xXJov6ShQ2tjE by clive@saturation.social
2024-01-07T05:14:33Z
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@lkanies @shauna 🤘🏻🤖
(DIR) Post #AdanF0QXz9VNP0lHjk by clive@saturation.social
2024-01-07T05:14:58Z
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@shauna @resing Oh man
(DIR) Post #AdcMdAQ1hSIPWP1pA0 by tehstu@hachyderm.io
2024-01-07T23:26:48Z
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@clive @shauna This was an excellent thread, added the book to my reading list.