Shocking, powerful stuff from Chris Boardman and Active Travel England.

A study of over 100 cycle schemes has revealed that old-fashioned schemes (i.e. just painting the road) will 'kill 10% more people than doing nothing and you get no uptake because it doesn't make people feel safe', whereas a scheme designed to modern standards will get 'between 20-60% increase in uptake and halve the number of deaths.'

https://youtu.be/MPgi8_rHD9E?si=ZncCIn7nhqivhi4t&t=1621

#ActiveTravel #ChrisBoardman #ActiveTravelCafe

Ig Nobel prize awarded to a researcher whose work shows data on longevity is 'rotten from the inside out.'

The so-called Mediterranean diet may be pension fraud.

https://theconversation.com/the-data-on-extreme-human-ageing-is-rotten-from-the-inside-out-ig-nobel-winner-saul-justin-newman-239023

#PearlsBeforeSwine by #StephanPastis for September 10, 2024 - GoComics

https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/09/10

#Humour #Cartoon

lol. gotta love crypto. I realized I had about $50 of bitcoin hanging out somewhere, so I transferred it to coinbase to sell and turn into usd.

I used an old address from coinbase's "gdax" exchange, which they merged into their new coinbase advanced.

The money disappeared. Coinbase happily told me "sorry, that product is deprecated, the funds are lost on the blockchain."

These are not serious people.

Every time someone actually tries universal basic income, it works astoundingly well. Every time.

We should do something with that information.