When I was a child in the mid-sixties, annual road deaths were about 8000. They are now closer to 1500, despite a 350% increase in the number of vehicles on the roads and a 25% increase in population. Effectively a reduction in fatality rate of about 96%. Pretty damned impressive.
And an interesting comparison.
In 1901 2690 people were recorded as having a cause of death of "Vehicles and horses". Total pop was a little over half what it is today.
Add to that all the serious injuries, and no NHS to treat them...
A brilliant summation of the legal position of the right of Palestine to exists as a sovereign state, and the lack of any legal basis for the existence of a separate state of Israel. A one-state solution, with people of all races and religions living together, is the only legal solution.
#OTD in 1818, Maria Mitchell was born.
She was the first professional female astronomer in the U.S.
On 1 Oct 1847 she discovered a comet, later known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet" in her honor (today named C/1847 T1).
Image: H. B. Dassel portrait of Maria Mitchell, ca. 1851
Public D.
🔭 🧪 #HistSci
They were Israeli military. They were heavily armed. How can they have been overwhelmed? Couldn't they just call in a missile strike? Or run over the #Zionist terrorists in a tank? And if the terrorists were 'violent' no question. Bomb them to dust. Palestinian kids are shot for holding a stone.
Could you possibly help me out for 3 secs?
I’ve just started on YouTube to share important info about the NHS+ I’m hoping to earn from the ads they put on videos but I need 1000 followers on there!
Could you possibly click here+hit “subscribe”? Ju
youtube.com/@jujuliagrac...
Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her.
RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.
Dear @theguardian.com
Would you report a jewel robbery by saying "Brick gains unauthorised access to jeweller's shop"? Or a murder by saying "knife hacked man's chest cavity"?
No. People do these things.
" OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hacked Australian Medicare system."
#OpenAI#AI
Hi #History and #historians on Bluesky - and #theological#bluesky
I'm working on a project involving the location of #stainedglass windows. My life would be easier if I could acquire lists of all current and former non-conformist and Roman Catholic places of worship in the British Isles.
- or even partial lists, to be honest. e.g. "RC churches in Ireland" or Methodist (various) churches in England
Does anyone know if such lists exist? The folk working on POWiS (Places Of Worship in Scotland) very kindly let me have a copy of their database, and I have lists for C of E and C in W.
Online would be great, but private sources/lists would be lovely too. For printed lists I'd be happy to digitise them and make them more widely available.
Alternatively does anyone have contacts within the denominations who may be able to assist?
Thanks muchly!
<Whispers> This site works in England too... Fantastic for "what was under my house before they built it?", "so the road is called Mill Close..." and other local history nerderies.
Ever wanted to see how a street looked 100 years ago - right where you're standing now? 🗺️
Our georeferenced maps let you do exactly that. We've got over 600 layers freely available online, with tools to filter, measure, draw, compare and export them.
Popped into the brilliant @thebookvault.bsky.social to pick up this book about the future of reading. I’ll read it in the future. Well, this weekend. Support your local independent bookshop!
🚌 ALL ABOARD FOR ABERYSTWYTH!
Here are the bus timetables to help you get to the Aberystwyth March for Independence on Saturday 26 September.
📍 Castle Gardens, Aberystwyth
🕐 March starts at 1pm
Don’t forget your flags. Let’s fill the streets of Aberystwyth!
#indyWales 🏴 #Annibyniaeth
@areena90c.bske.social
Dear @moderation.bsky.app
How many times do we have to report this bot scammer? Reposting random posts within milliseconds of posting. And an account at bskE.social? Come on... can't you work out an algorithm to stomp on this? It's been going on for months.
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Demand Canada finally act by ending all support of the illegal Israeli settlement enterprise. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
there's a really good letter already written here. all you have to do is sign it...
💙🙏🫂 🇵🇸 ☮️🕊
A minnau
Os bydd Cymru eisiau bod yn gwlad sy'n gwarchod ei dinasyddion i gyd, dyma ein prawf cyntaf.
Llofnodwch nawr, pawb. Dydyn ni ddim eisiau 10,000 o lofnodion, rhaid anelu at 100,00, neu fwy.
Currently have a request in with the Electoral Commission for comment on a non-Reform investigation.
I strongly suspect their reply may be delayed... (And fair enough if so)
Dear Andy Burnham.
Please, please, please...only you can save us! You MUST authorise more oil and gas extraction in the North Sea at once
Encouraging the road haulage industry with cheap road tax would help as well.
Under NO circumstances do anything to encourage more solar PV and batteries.
Another appeal. The violence is getting worse again. Gaza isn't in the news much, but the Israeli terrorism and murder continues every day. Please contribute something.
Dear all,
Please can you help our friend Mo in Gaza? This is NOT a scam. Despite the unimaginable (to us in our safe & comfortable homes) difficulties of everyday life that he faces, he & his family still manage to care for 17 homeless cats. Can you help buy their food?
paypal.me/animalrescue...
Volgend jaar brengen vormgever en kaartenmaker Frans van der Vleuten en ik een boek uit met 100 kaarten over alledaagse taal en cultuur in Nederland – en daar kun jij aan bijdragen!
Vul onze enquêtes in en jouw data komen op de kaarten. 🗺️
Nu online: enquête 1:
studiovandervleuten.nl/boek-vraag/
In the Green Party any member can propose a policy - it's part of our constitution & the rest of the membership decide to debate it or not.
When the media present that as the Green Party "proposing" a policy they're misleading you - worth asking why the billionaire press constantly attack us.
Dear all,
Please can you help our friend Mo in Gaza? This is NOT a scam. Despite the unimaginable (to us in our safe & comfortable homes) difficulties of everyday life that he faces, he & his family still manage to care for 17 homeless cats. Can you help buy their food?
paypal.me/animalrescue...
Another PROTIP: if there are already more than 20-30 replies, don't bother replying. No-one's going to see/read your words of wisdom/wit.
You may quote post though, so your friends see it.
Yaxley-Lennon has been at it again, but someone has decided to stand up to him and take him to court. Please support the crowdfunder for legal costs at www.crowdjustice.com/case/tommy-r...
"We don’t want just a few powers here and there being transferred to Wales. We want them all."
Rob Hughes, YesCymru Chair.
Agree? Join us 👉 www.yes.cymru/join#Annibyniaeth 🏴 #indyWales
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm an IRA bomb in a litter bin on Wood Green high street outside WH Smiths in the midst of pre-Christmas shopping in the early 1990s
Ydy ma fe’n gret i weld Y Ddraig Goch ond ma’n uffernol i weld y plu Ich Dien h.y. Brenin Lloegr yw ein meistr ar y crys o hyd,URC 🥴🏴🏉
Yes great to see Y Ddraig Goch featured but it’s awful to see the Ich Dien feathers i.e the English King is our master still on the shirt,WRU 🥴🏴🏉 #DitchTheFeathers
🏉 🏴 'Ma fe'n grêt i weld y ddraig goch ar y crys'
Mae Undeb Rygbi Cymru wedi datgelu crysau newydd rygbi Cymru ar faes Eisteddfod Genedlaethol y Garreg Las ddydd Iau.
#GirlsOwnCC
The blindfold was quite helpful, but to be honest, Cordelia wished for a set of ear-plugs while she played "Name That Tune" with Cousin Archibald on the concertina.
Brilliant T-shirt! And my name's Nigel, too.
Shows Zack has a sense of humour.
Would it be okay if it said "We're making plans for Louis XVI"? Although that would lose the amusing reference to the popular 1979 song by XTC. I suspect the fash complaining have never heard of the song.,