Tootfinder

"...severe injury collisions in the first half of 2026 had increased by around 8 percent compared to the same period last year. "
Seems to me that the words about #VIsionZero and #SafeStreets from #MayorLurie

SFPD investigating Bernal Heights collision as a hit-and-run
A pedestrian is left with "life-threatening" injuries following a collision with a vehicle. SFPD is investigating the collision as a hit-and-run.

"...severe injury collisions in the first half of 2026 had increased by around 8 percent compared to the same period last year. "
Seems to me that the words about #VIsionZero and #SafeStreets from #MayorLurie

SFPD investigating Bernal Heights collision as a hit-and-run
A pedestrian is left with "life-threatening" injuries following a collision with a vehicle. SFPD is investigating the collision as a hit-and-run.

The natural gas price for the EU is up sharply now the Trump-Netanyahu war escalates again. Close to €60/MWh now; that's 100% compared to the price before the war vs 'only' 50% for oil (Brent).
Not a good combination with sluggishly filling up our gas storages. I guess we'll notice in winter.
#Iran

Vegas Sports Sunday: Raiders 2-0 following win over Chargers https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/vegas-sports-sunday-raiders-2-0-following-win-over-chargers-3889097/

OpenAI says California should amend SB 53 to expand safeguards, including requiring monitoring of frontier models under training, following AI agent hacks (Chase DiFeliciantonio/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/21/openai-calls-…

"Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says"
#Technology #Electronics #EWaste

Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times

Bats Around our Home aka 16WW (2021) - Learn how my shiny new AudioMoth will help monitor these night-flying insect chompers! - https://www.earth.org.uk/bats-at-16WW-2.html

Bats Around our Home aka 16WW (2021)
Learn how my shiny new AudioMoth will help monitor these night-flying insect chompers!

Two contrasting films,
produced eight years apart,
neatly distill the evolution of John Fetterman,
Pennsylvania’s maverick senator in his journey from progressive icon to a man seemingly more at ease with his nominal Republican opponents than his fellow Democrats.
Fetterman’s evolution has been so stark that some Democrats fear he will go over to the Republicans
– jeopardizing the party’s hopes of regaining control of the Senate
– despite his disavowals of…

‘I don’t trust him any more’: Pennsylvanians come to grips with John Fetterman’s rightwing turn
The maverick senator has isolated himself from supporters as he has become a strident supporter of Israel

Mr Falange calls for a General Election (probably to save his Clacton face) & says, "You cannot make the ‘biggest changes’ in British politics in 40 years without a mandate from the British people."
Funny, I seem to remember them voting in a majority of Westminster reps under the vacuous slogan 'Change'
Now they'll get a bit of that, but only a bit.

Growing nervosity in Germany on the low filling level of its gas storages: only 50%, six weeks before the end of the usual filling season. No lessons learned from years of Russia (and now Trump) using gas to pressure Europe, and Trump's war in the Middle East. https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/en…