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Elizabeth Patitsas 🏳️🌈♿😷
@patitsas@fediscience.org
mastodon 4.6.9Compsci & education (DISE) prof at McGill (50/50)
Research: #CSEd, #STS, queer/crip HCI, #DisabilityStudies
Still on leave with #LongCovid
#CovidIsntOver #StillCoviding #MaskUp
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Joined May 27, 2026
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pah-TEET-sahs, /pa’titsas/ (Greek: Πατίτσας)
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RE: https://raggedfeathers.com/@lilithsaintcrow/116954401893898737
"Painted bike lanes offer absolutely no physical protection for cyclists if a distracted driver drifts over the white line. While a car climbing a concrete divider looks like an infrastructure failure, it is actually the barrier successfully absorbing an impact that otherwise would have struck whoever was riding in the bike lane." 💯
#UrbanPlanning
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"Ironically, the trail of wrecked cars actually proves that the protected bike lanes are doing exactly what they were designed to do: take the hit."
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/atlantas-new-bike-barriers-are-flipping-cars-and-sparking-debate/
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