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Car harm: A global review of automobility's harm to people and the environment

"Since their invention, cars and automobility have killed 60–80 million people and injured at least 2 billion. Currently, 1 in 34 deaths are caused by automobility. Cars have exacerbated social inequities and damaged ecosystems. While some people benefit from automobility, nearly everyone—whether or not they drive—is harmed by it."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267

#cars #automobile #research #CarFree #FuckCars #carBrain

Car harm: A global review of automobility's harm to people and the environment

Despite the widespread harm caused by cars and automobility, governments, corporations, and individuals continue to facilitate it by expanding roads, …

There's something about deleting stuff in AWS that's really fulfilling, I should spend more time doing this

Less willy rocket money for Bezos

A picture can't really capture how good it feels to get here after a long run and have a stretch before going home #running #barcelona
Riding our bikes down a beautiful street, listening to drum and bass in the sun, what more could you want?

I’m still shocked that Republicans published a plan for how they were going to dismantle or compromise every major government agency, people called it crazy, and now they’re halfway done within the first year of Trump’s administration.

It was all in Project 2025.

You can track their progress here

https://www.project2025.observer/en

Trump has no legal authority to fire Lisa Cook from the Fed. He wants to take it over but it must remain independent. Stay strong, Ms. Cook.

NEW: The Social Security Administration's chief data officer has blown the whistle, saying Trump's DOGE team uploaded a database containing the hundreds of millions of Social Security records of most Americans to an AWS cloud server, allegedly without proper access controls or monitoring in place.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/26/doge-uploaded-live-copy-of-social-security-database-to-vulnerable-cloud-server-says-whistleblower

DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to 'vulnerable' cloud server, says whistleblower | TechCrunch

The Social Security Administration's chief data officer has publicly blown the whistle, alleging DOGE put hundreds of millions of Social Security records at risk of compromise.

TechCrunch

People in England have started putting up the St George's cross up across the country

This isn't because they feel patriotic or want to show their love for a country that chose a chivalrous knight as it's patron saint

They are doing it to sew division, to make other people feel unsafe

It's the same reason they fly the flag in parts of Northern Ireland, to show that this is not a place you should feel welcome if you're not one of them

England didn't used to be this divided, what happened?

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s motor vehicle tyres...
https://theconversation.com/one-of-the-biggest-microplastic-pollution-sources-isnt-straws-or-grocery-bags-its-your-tires-259440
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go?

#FuckCars

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires

Rain storms wash those tire shards into streams and ultimately into lakes and oceans. That’s bad news for fish and other aquatic life.

The Conversation
‘Turbaned Tornado’: World’s oldest marathon runner dies in hit-and-run

Fauja Singh, the world’s oldest marathon runner, has died at the age of 114 from a hit-and-run accident.

Al Jazeera