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Do you know what the health impact of air pollution is in your country❓💨
🔹Check your country's progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 11) ‘Sustainable cities and communities’ in an interactive way & compare to others.
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https://europa.eu/!4qhjnG
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[2024-10-09 09:37 UTC]

In 2022, 20 653 people died in road traffic in the EU.
How is your country doing in this regard❓
🔹Check your country's progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 11) & compare to others.
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[2024-10-09 09:40 UTC]

Hack Day

Israel-Hamas war among deadliest conflicts for journalists https://t.co/Qn92ndoCs5

Life really was better 50 years ago.

Here's proof.

You can argue what element turns a run-of-the-mill sandwich into a rich and refreshing banh mi, but for some, it’s the pickles — and Japan has those in spades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/10/06/food-drink/banh-mi-sandwich-beni-shga-pickled-ginger/ #life #fooddrink

China targeted and might have held for months access to the infrastructure used to do wiretaps on the AT&T and Verizon networks.

This is a huge "told you so" moment for the cryptographic community that has been saying that such infrastructure does present a huge risk to national security. China reportedly used this capability for intelligence collection, obviously without a warrant ...

https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-linked-hack-327fc63b?st=C5ywbp&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Fear of missing out has rocketed the value of artificial intelligence companies, despite few signs as to when the technology will turn a profit, raising talk of AI overenthusiasm. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/10/04/tech/ai-revolution-or-bubble/ #business #tech #ai #investments #openai #google #microsoft

Weird that this post now shows up as something else. Anyway, https://freetubeapp.io and FlexTube for android are a thing

The entire BBC sound effects library is now accessible. https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search

Just listened to the BBC Radio 4 Inside Science podcast about satellite junk, featuring @sundogplanets making some great points.

Link here, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021jqc
it may be geo-blocked, but there's a download option on the page, and it's also available on the usual podcast platforms.

#Podcast #SpaceJunk #Space

“The Night Doctrine,” ProPublica’s first animated documentary, is now a 3x Emmy winner. 🏆

On her quest to learn who killed her family, Afghan-Pakistani journalist Lynzy Billing uncovers an US-backed program that killed hundreds of Afghan civilians.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4UPsLYhARU

#News #Emmys #Afghanistan #Journalism #Film #Documentary

Le città con tante persone in bicicletta sono più sicure per tutti gli utenti della strada: pedoni, automobilisti, ciclisti, motociclisti [Journal of Transport & Health]

https://benzinazero.wordpress.com/2024/09/26/le-citta-con-tante-persone-in-bicicletta-sono-piu-sicure-per-tutti-gli-utenti-della-strada-pedoni-automobilisti-ciclisti-motociclisti-journal-of-transport-health/ #traffico #sicurezza #automobile #bicicletta

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#research #InternationalCooperation