Autonomous delivery e-bikes: > 25x cheaper than autonomous car > 6x speed and throughput increase over sidewalk robots > favorable vehicle classification for regulatory / insurance > extremely low emissions

Schrödingers road space: Taking away space from car drivers while giving them more space at the same time. (🖼️ by Emil Maj Christensen)

10 days in China and haven’t seen a single pothole or broken road

The way this joke hasn't aged in over 20 years 💀

An American learning Japanese strikes up a conversation with an elderly local… and it turns into the most unexpectedly wholesome moment of his entire trip.

Hi, this is Mike’s stepbrother. Sadly he passed away on November 3rd. He’s resting now, probably drawing somewhere above. Thank you all for the love and support you gave him it really meant a lot for him.🤍

“If you could send a message to Americans 50 years in the future—what would it be?” Hamburger Hill 1969—saying the quiet part out loud.

Americans kill a dog or cat every 90 seconds. You read that right. Rocky is just another statistic to most. He isn't to me, and I sure don't think he wanted to be killed. We really need to take an honest look at ourselves and ask what is wrong with us. Then fix it. America is supposed to be the leader. The example of justice and good. We used to be. Maybe we should be again. Morality is a choice.

After two years of fear and noise, the silence feels strange. It’s not peace, but it’s something. The bombs stopped, for now, and I’m trying to bring a little joy back to the children. There are no therapists here, no programs to heal their minds, so I’m doing what I know best: cooking. After a long time without fruits, I finally managed to make something that includes them, something tasty and a bit nutritious too. It felt amazing seeing the kids enjoy it, especially my son Nizar, who’s now a year and a half old, tasting fruits for the first time. This video was filmed in a displaced people camp, and it means a lot to be cooking again in a place that finally feels a little safer. Today I made cereal in all kinds of wild mixes with fruits, sauces, and chocolate just to see them laugh again. It’s messy, funny, and full of heart.

- por qué llegaste tarde al laburo? - perdón estaba muy trabado el MIMOPASE

To you it doesnt matter if Dunn couldnt run/field/throw at all and was one of the worst defenders ever. To you what matters is that to bat someone has to field because the rules say so. Doesnt matter that the rules were made up back then as Im making them up now.

What does it mean, concretely, for the Communist Party of China to seek to build a “modern socialist society” by 2049? Today, I saw one example of that vision in Dongyue, a small village in Henan Province — a model in the processes of poverty reduction and common prosperity.

Her daughter grew up in Italy and is visiting the U.S. for the first time and she’s realizing real quick… everything tastes different 🤮.

En lo alto de los Alpes suizos vivía Tomba, un gato muy especial que se ganó el cariño de todos en un pequeño hotel perdido entre la nieve. Nació a finales de los años 80 y desde pequeño, parecía tener una conexión extraña con las montañas. Mientras otros gatos buscaban el calor de la chimenea, él prefería caminar entre la nieve y seguir a los excursionistas que pasaban por el lugar. Con el tiempo, se volvió parte de las rutas. Acompañaba a los viajeros durante kilómetros, descansaba junto a ellos y siempre regresaba al hotel cuando todos estaban a salvo. Un día, en una de esas caminatas, Tomba repentinamente se apartó del sendero y comenzó a maullar sin parar. Los excursionistas, algo confundidos, decidieron seguirlo y en ese momento una avalancha cayó justo donde habían estado. Su reacción les salvó la vida. El dueño del hotel, Peter Stoller, quedó tan impresionado que escribió su historia en un libro. Tomba se fue de este mundo en 1993, pero su nombre sigue vivo en Suiza, donde muchos lo recuerdan como el gato que amó la nieve y que un día se convirtió en héroe.

Every time a leader in the Global South stands up for Palestine, the empire finds a new "security concern." Gustavo Petro called for Palestinian liberation, and suddenly Colombia becomes a "narco state." It’s the same playbook they used against Gaddafi, Chávez, Maduro, Ortega, and Morales. They never punish corruption. They punish independence. Trump isn’t speaking from strength. He’s performing subservience. Every time he growls about Latin America, he’s squealing for Tel Aviv. The empire’s leash isn’t ideological anymore. It’s financial, military, and psychological, and Zionism is one of its choke points. That’s why every act of defiance, from Bogotá to Gaza, is connected. Because the same hand that bombs hospitals in Palestine bankrolls coups in Latin America. Petro’s real crime wasn’t drugs. It was solidarity. And in a collapsing empire, solidarity is the highest form of resistance.

“If you are an occupying force, you have no right to defend yourself because you cannot. It's like does the Nazi Germany has a right to defend itself against the French resistance?” Bassem Youssef clearly dismantled 1$rael's so-called right to defend itself.

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My mom died this week. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer less than three weeks ago. When she learned the aggressive tumor could not be treated, her wish was to not have a prolonged or painful death and to not die alone. She was able to pass quickly and it was peaceful at the very end. She asked for a back rub. “That feels nice” were her last words before she faded away. I was there for her final breath, and so was my husband Lionel. I called friends my mom had known for 50 years and held the phone to her ear. I was able to tell her everything I needed to say and she did the same. I told her she was a good mom and that I loved her very much. I’m glad we moved her from Michigan to Vacaville, California six years ago to be closer to me. She thrived in California and enjoyed having that adventure in her 70s. She met a lot of new friends in her senior apartment building and at her local congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. She accepted Lionel as a son (and as her tech support). He had the patience to teach her how to use an iPad and make Zoom calls. The day before she died, my mom told Lionel she loved him and that she was happy we had each other. My mom would have been 77 in December. She left us too soon, but I know her final years were filled with love and joy. Mary Kaye did not have the easiest life. Her father died when she was 12. My father left her when she was six months pregnant. She did her best as a single mom with a high school education. She cleaned houses for a living and brought me along as daycare. My grandmother (who was widowed at 48) supported us the best she could. Grandma only finished 9th grade and my mom decided to go to college. She waited until I was 10 and could handle being home alone (it was the free-range parenting era of the 1980s). She took night classes at the local community college — one class at a time. After 11 years, she finally received a bachelor’s degree at age 43. She stopped cleaning houses and became a social worker. She helped some of the most vulnerable and invisible people: seniors with mental health conditions. She would lead field trips to the zoo or Taco Bell to give her clients fun and exciting experiences outside their group home. My mom loved Shakespeare, mountains, and sunsets. She always had a dog to care for. She made a mean lasagne and a hearty crock pot beef stew with dumplings. Her oatmeal scotchie cookies were my favorite. It’s a comfort to have her handwritten recipes. I’ll use them to keep her memory alive.

This guy explains why everything we know about addiction is actually wrong

According to the Euro-Med Monitor report, Israel killed about 97% of the livestock, and according to the Animals 24-7 report, Israel killed around 5,000 dogs in Gaza as a result of the bombing. There was also a dog shelter in Gaza that housed 600 dogs; Israel bombed it, and only 40 dogs survived. Israel killed the animals for no reason other than killing itself, because they are not human, but bloodthirsty creatures. This is entirely different from people who have been starved for months, with not a single gram of meat entering the Strip, and for them, this whale is a prized catch.