Electricity is all around us today and we barely give it a second thought, but it wasn't always this safe.

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References:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK448087/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual-current_device#History_and_nomenclature
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47665
https://www.esfi.org/ground-fault-circuit-interrupters-preventing-electrocution-since-1973/
https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/everyday-tech/question110.htm
https://mrelectric.com/blog/the-history-of-electricity-history-of-electricity-timeline

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The Socialist Snowplow meme.

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References:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/it-wasnt-always-citys-job-remove-snow-180949796/
https://www.environmentalgeography.net/2016/02/socialist-snow-removal.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/04/24/study-rain-increases-risk-fatal-car-crashes-by-percent/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-01-26/how-we-plowed-before-snow-plows-were-invented
https://www.marketplace.org/2014/02/14/brief-history-snow-removal/

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What is public housing? And why is it not housing first?

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References:
https://www.usa.gov/public-housing
https://www.cbpp.org/research/policy-basics-introduction-to-public-housing
https://homesnow.org/short-history-of-public-housing-in-the-us-1930s-present/
https://nurseledcare.phmc.org/advocacy/policy-blog/item/641-a-brief-history-of-housing-policy-in-the-u-s.html
https://nlihc.org/resource/public-housing-history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidized_housing_in_the_United_States#Public_policy_and_implications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_housing_in_the_United_States
https://citylimits.org/2022/09/21/opinion-americas-public-housing-as-told-by-those-who-live-there/

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