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"Since 2009, there has been a documented shift in road safety for American pedestrians. After decades of declines, pedestrian fatalities have been steadily increasing since the Great Recession... it’s because the cars keep getting bigger. According to a new study by The NYT the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, thousands of deaths would have been prevented over the past 16 years if cars had not grown so significantly in both height weight."

75% More Pedestrians Have Been Killed Since 2009. Giant Trucks and SUVs Are Why
We knew bigger cars were killing more pedestrians; now there's data to prove it.

OK, "We [supposedly] do things differently here Manchester", how about converting the Mancunian Way (short urban inner ring road motorway) into one of these. No cars, just bikes and trams.
Finland opens longest pedestrian, tram bridge
https://newatlas.com/architecture/finl

Is Finland's new car-free bridge the longest of its kind in the world?
Finland's just inaugurated its longest bridge, and not a single a car or motorcycle will ever be allowed on it.

In the early 2000s, more than half of the passenger vehicles on American roads were traditional cars like sedans. Their hoods were low to the ground
Today, S.U.V.s and pickup trucks dominate the roads. Many are bigger than ever, And far deadlier, a New York Times investigation found.
They are killing thousands of pedestrians who otherwise might have survived.

The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

Can’t believe the EU didn’t go for Thing It Already Has, But On London Rules.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eypx7dodaoitos4rbv5ihks3/post/3mmhq2aqmr22m

Jessica Elgot (@jessicaelgot.bsky.social)
Big exclusive tonight The UK government pitched the creation of a single market for goods with the EU. But EU officials rejected the idea – and instead suggested a customs union or the European Economic Area. by @jenniferrankin.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/22/uk-pitched-single-market-for-goods-with-eu-as-it-pursues-trade-reintegration

florentine_families: Padgett Florentine families
Multiplex network with 2 edge types representing marriage alliances and business relationships between Florentine families during the Italian Renaissance. Data hosted by Manlio De Domenico.
This network has 16 nodes and 35 edges.
Tags: Social, Relationships, Multilayer, Unweighted
…

Just patched a long fiber link, which would've absolutely _sucked_ to get CAT.7 cable through.
The steel-armored OS2 cable is cheap and super robust/easy to work with. The LC connectors are even smaller than the hole for CAT.7 would've been.
This is nice \o/
What I want to say is: Don't be afraid of fiber for DIY networking people, it's awesome and often muuuch better than copper cable!
I also didn't have to do any annoying LSA terminations or crim…

The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/21/us/trucks-suv-pedestrian-crashes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sFA.ImU9.sEzNuc34ik69&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260622/p42#a260622p42

florentine_families: Padgett Florentine families
Multiplex network with 2 edge types representing marriage alliances and business relationships between Florentine families during the Italian Renaissance. Data hosted by Manlio De Domenico.
This network has 16 nodes and 35 edges.
Tags: Social, Relationships, Multilayer, Unweighted
…

Mass firings are said to be underway at the ODNI -- the US intelligence agency created to prevent another 9/11.
Bill Pulte,
Trump's temporary pick to head ODNI,
has no intelligence or security experience.
Slimming down the DNI office has been a bipartisan issue, 
but top Democrats are concerned this week's job slashing could pose a national security risk.

petster: Pet owner social networks (2016)
A network of friendships among users on catster.com and dogster.com. Node represents a user, and edge exists if two users self-identify as friends on either website. The dogster/catster network also contains family links between dog and dog, cat and cat, as well as dog and cat.
This network has 623766 nodes and 15699276 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted