Trash Land

damn it we just missed it

every homophobe next

march 10th (no pressure)

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Tears of joy mixed with feelings of gratitude to everyone who stood by me, those who spent their time and effort in order to reach my first goal.

Thanks and gratitude are due to:

1. The friends who pinned my story to the top of their page, those are great people.

2. The supporters, each with his name and title, are people of goodness and giving.

3. For those who proposed new ideas, the idea of artistic paintings, a march, and selling bread, they are the unknown soldiers.

4. These amazing activists who share daily updates are like dynamos who never stop serving those in need.

5. Friends who sent the campaign link to their friends and family outside this application, those who have humanity in their hearts.

I inform you that, thanks to you, I will move to a safer place than the old one.

I will spend part of the expenses of the first goal on transportation to the new place and save the remainder for the second goal, which is purchasing building materials, as this is considered the primary goal of the campaign. I inform you that I refrained from going to Deir al-Balah because of the astronomical costs of rent and the outrageous high prices.

I do not want the donation money to go to no avail, and for this money to remain in the circle of the primary goal, which is building a house.

Notice: The second goal will be to reach $20,000 CAD to purchase basic building materials for the house.

My friends who stood by me, I shower you with hugs and love you very much.❤️😭🫂

🙏 23-07-2024⬅️⬅️

In search of safety and stability, my wife and I have made the difficult decision to leave Gaza. We are seeking job opportunities abroad and hoping to obtain new nationalities to rebuild our lives. Your support will help us cover the costs of relocation, housing, and the initial steps of our new journey.

We humbly ask for your assistance in helping us start afresh and pursue our dreams in a safer environment.

Any contribution, big or small, will make a significant difference in our lives.

Thank you for your kindness and support.

And when I point out how absolutely insane this is when we have been begging to get Palestinian and Sudanese campaigns to half their goal for 6 months now, democratic bitches in my comments are saying stupid ass shit

her name was Sonya Massey. she was a human being who deserved to live. say her fucking name. Sonya Massey.

In 2019, there were almost one billion passenger-trips on public transit in the US. This is roughly the same number as that of Tianjin, a city in China with only 13 million people. China as a whole has more than this, the USA's total yearly number of passenger-trips, every single day. Evidently, when it comes to transit infrastructure, China's doing something right.

I'll note that I'm only talking about urban transit, here - China's vast high-speed railway network is already well discussed, and fills a space occupied, in the US, by domestic airline flights. When it comes to urban public transport, China is king. China has the longest metro system in the world, in Shanghai, with 400 stations and 800 kilometers of track. China also has the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth longest metro systems - in fact, the only metro system in the top ten not in China is the Moscow Metro, built by the USSR - and half the size of Shanghai's.

Still, there's room for improvement! The Central Urban Work Conference convened in 2015, the first since the beginning of opening up, marked a paradigm shift in urban design. China's qualitatively change, from a rural to an urban country, is a recent transition, and it takes time for its effects to equalise. Before discussing the most advanced leaders of China's urban drive towards livable streets - which are literally tearing up highways to build parks instead - it might be useful to get a broader view.

The city of Zhuzhou, in Hunan province, is a small, third-tier city of only a million people. Being a third-tier city, its situation is different from the first- and second-tier cities, who developed, and have been strongly introduced to, new urban design paradigms. The city's rapid motorisation impacted the vitality of its urban centre, deterring street-front social interaction and general livability. The city government considered this a large issue, and began moving funds away from highways and road expansions, and towards the renovation of smaller streets. Now, for context, in this scenario of unchecked motorisation, 78% of Zhuzhou's residents still travel by walking, cycling, and taking public transit.

When it came to Zhuzhou's approach to these issues, it was one that comprised of many approaches touted internationally. Streets are thinned, and given chicanes to reduce car speed. Drivers are able to see their speed more clearly on thinner streets, and, psychologically, feel unsafe driving at high speeds. Sharp corners and dog-legs are built onto streets, to physically ensure slower speeds, especially at intersections and crossings. Slip lanes are removed, and islands are added to pedestrian crosswalks. Pedestrian crossings, rather than dipping down into the street, remain level, physically forcing cars to slow down as they make their way up, like a speed bump, and enforcing the perception that the cars are infringing into a pedestrian space.

Some approaches were more unique, and integrated building design. Part of the city's design manual focused on the somewhat-common but less discussed feature, of aspect ratio - the vertical height of buildings for a given horizontal space, important for avoiding the depressing, flat expanses of tarmac that make up US sprawl. Another focused on the integration of pedestrian overpasses and underpasses into buildings, and the enforcement of building overhangs and arcades that provide a sheltered space.