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Grant Hamilton Jul 21, 2023

Today, @[email protected] and local experts will examine the crash that took my pinky finger.

It wasn’t the driver’s fault (or mine!) but we both had a pretty bad evening because the intersection proved unsafe.

How can we make that intersection — and all the intersections just like it — safer for everyone?

Help us find out, free, from 12:45–2 pm Central today: https://www.strongtowns.org/eventspage/2023/7/21/cas-session7

Crash Analysis Studio Session 7

The Crash Analysis Studio creates an alternative framework for analyzing car crashes by bringing together a panel of experts for a video discussion of a fatal crash.

Strong Towns

Grant Hamilton Feb 13, 2023

Christof Damian 💙💛Feb 12, 2023

Each day on average one car slams into a 7/11 storefront in the US.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/02/08/one-mans-case-reveals-cars-slam-into-storefronts-like-7-eleven-with-alarming-frequency
via @TheWarOnCars
#waroncars

One man’s case reveals cars slam into storefronts like 7-Eleven with alarming frequency

Over a 15-year period, 6,253 cars crashed into 7-Eleven storefronts in the U.S. – an average of 1.14 per day.

The Mercury News

Grant Hamilton Feb 2, 2023

Brent Toderian Feb 2, 2023

STUDY: “SUVs [and pick-up trucks], which make up an increasingly large share of the vehicle fleet, are more likely to kill pedestrians than cars. Fresh designs haven't changed that.” Via @IIHS_autosafety.

Among many other costs & consequences.

https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/new-study-suggests-todays-suvs-are-more-lethal-to-pedestrians-than-cars

#cars #SUV #cities #urbanism #transportation

New study suggests today’s SUVs are more lethal to pedestrians than cars

SUVs, which make up an increasingly large share of the vehicle fleet, are more likely to kill pedestrians than cars. Fresh designs haven't changed that.

IIHS-HLDI crash testing and highway safety

Grant Hamilton Nov 27, 2022

Scalzi Nov 27, 2022

Please enjoy this AI-generated portrayal of Krampus and Santa Claus in a passionate, manly embrace. This is the energy we need to carry us into the holidays.

Grant Hamilton Nov 24, 2022

Patrick Johanneson 🚀 🇨🇦Nov 24, 2022

@Gramiq I asked an AI chatbot about biking in #bdnmb and it had some advice.

Grant Hamilton Aug 16, 2020

I guess you could say thing are getting pretty serious

Grant Hamilton Oct 31, 2018

[MOVED TO CYBRE.SPACE]Oct 29, 2018

TIL the voronoi pattern of crystals you see in galvanized steel is called a "spangle"

Grant Hamilton Oct 31, 2018

Kottke (retired)Oct 29, 2018

Stochastic Terrorism https://kottke.org/18/10/stochastic-terrorism

Stochastic Terrorism

In 2011, an anonymous blogger defined the term "stochastic terrorism". Stochastic terrorism is the use of mass communic

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Grant Hamilton Sep 18, 2018

Related, as in a feature I’d like to see, would be auto-numbering of threads. If we can see the current number of boosts, why not simply display the number of author-replies to a given toot, and which reply this one is?

Grant Hamilton Sep 18, 2018

This is a great idea that’s written about the birdsite but could equally apply here: Smart Accounts, algorithmically generated recommendations that you could choose to follow or not https://kottke.org/18/09/a-new-twitter-feature-smart-accounts

A New Twitter Feature: Smart Accounts

Last night, Twitter gave its users the option to switch back to a purely chronological timeline. Meanwhile, today we updated the