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Re:Kids Act Would Require Age Checks to Get Online by noosphr on Monday June 29, 2026 @06:03PM (#48725895)
I got new bike lanes installed around the neogboirhood after I wrote to the local city representative about it, then went to a city where I did a PowerPoint presentation of all the places that you could get killed if the driver wasn't paying attention.

It took a month from first letter to new bikelanes.

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Re:Kids Act Would Require Age Checks to Get Online by none2585 on Monday June 29, 2026 @08:58PM (#48727338)
This sounds like exactly the gumption we need to finally get the federal government to represent the common man.
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Re:Kids Act Would Require Age Checks to Get Online by none2585 on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @12:11AM (#48728404)
No I'm with you, I'm inspired. Let's fight them!
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Re:Kids Act Would Require Age Checks to Get Online by noosphr on Monday June 29, 2026 @11:58PM (#48728332)
Two people were killed in the next city within six months because no one bothered to fix their paths. One was a child.

If someone had bothered to write to that council they'd be alive.

But by all means, keep winning online arguments and doing nothing.

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Re:Kids Act Would Require Age Checks to Get Online by verisimi on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @11:35AM (#48734233)
The speed of turn-around sounds impossible. That you are asking for bike lanes - which is already part of most local agendas - is more believable. I daresay if someone asked for the lanes to be removed, they would not get any traction.
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