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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/health/cars-phones-accidents.html
"Cellphones can track what we say and write, where we go, what we buy and what we search on the internet. But they still aren’t being used to track one of the biggest public health threats: crashes caused by drivers distracted by the phones."
#traffic #safety
Phones Track Everything but Their Role in Car Wrecks

Distracted driving is a worsening problem, safety experts say. Yet there is still no definitive database of the number of crashes or fatalities caused by it.

The New York Times
My favorite part of the new Cirque du Soleil show. (currently in SF)

He's going to get people killed with this.

You know what Nazis used to do in my Twitter replies before I started mass blocking?

They'd give my home address out to OTHER Nazis in my replies who had expressed an interest in murdering my family and me.

I have my first #Blaugust2023 post, I meant to post this a few weeks ago actually and then stuff happened. Aiming for 5 posts this month.

One thing with this post is that it is aimed at a pretty specific audience - people who live in SF who want to do this kind of thing and don't know where to start - and I'm not sure how a more general #Blaugust audience would see it.

Anyway it's about traveling places from SF using only a bike or transit.

https://blog.carfree.city/blog/travel-without-a-car/

Trying to travel without a car or airplane from San Francisco | Car Free City

My experiences taking short vacations from the Bay Area without a car or airplane

Ever-larger cars and trucks are causing a safety crisis on US streets – here's how communities can fight back

https://theconversation.com/ever-larger-cars-and-trucks-are-causing-a-safety-crisis-on-us-streets-heres-how-communities-can-fight-back-206382

Ever-larger cars and trucks are causing a safety crisis on US streets – here’s how communities can fight back

Cars are getting bigger on US roads, and that’s increasing pedestrian and cyclist deaths. A transport scholar identifies community-level strategies for making streets safer.

The Conversation

A man walks into a library, approaches the librarian, and asks for books about paranoia.

The librarian whispers, "They're right behind you."

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Deals: Get Apple's AirTag 4-Pack for $84.99 ($14 Off) and MagSafe Charger for $28.99 ($10 Off)

Today we're tracking a pair of deals on popular Apple accessories, including the AirTag 4-Pack on Amazon and the MagSafe Charger on Woot. Note:...

MacRumors

Professor Xavier: So you want to join the Uncanny X-Men huh? What's your special power?

Captain Hindsight: I can harness the almighty power of HINDSIGHT

Professor Xavier: That's not actually of much use to us

Captain Hindsight: I can see that now...