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ProPublica

Texas Lawmakers Are Again Pushing to Spend Millions on Kits to Find Missing Kids. Experts Say They Don’t Work.
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Texas legislators slipped millions for child ID kits into a 1,000-page budget proposal. The move comes two years after they quietly cut funding for such kits following a ProPublica and Texas Tribune report that showed there’s no evidence they work.
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ProPublicaTexas Lawmakers Are Again Pushing to Spend Millions on Kits to Find Missing Kids. Experts Say They Don’t Work.
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@kevinrns

The economic issues around nuclear are complex, and it doesn't have to be the way things currently are, but I'm not arguing those points here.

The safety issue is another thing. Nuclear energy is not actually "so dangerous". Do you want to know how many people have been killed due to the operation of western-style civilian nuclear power plants in Western Europe and North America (as well as a bunch of other places) in the last 65 years?

The answer is "none". The only nuclear #accidents that have killed people have been one or more of:

1) Nuclear weapons production facility, rather than civilian nuclear energy plant e.g. the Windscale fire at Sellafield in the UK in 1957.

2) Non-western #reactor designs that have never been used in the west, and would never be permitted to be built. e.g. graphite-moderated reactors like the Soviet RBMK involved in the Chernobyl disaster.

3) Plants operated without the normal #safety #culture that every western nation with nuclear energy has. The example here is the Fukushima accident in 2011; TEPCO (the owner and operator of the plant) was riddled with bureaucratic and cultural issues from top to bottom, which kept the company from anticipating the disaster, and prevented it from responding effectively when it happened. This is very similar to the causes of many air disasters before cultural changes were mandated in aircraft operation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_c is a good jumping-off point.

#Nuclear #energy is #safe.

en.wikipedia.orgSafety culture - Wikipedia
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Kent Pitman

I wrote an essay, Linked World, on my blog. It's about how it's no longer possible to talk about Business without talking about Politics in the US. There used to be a polite fiction that these were separable, but that fiction can no longer be meaningfully maintained. Our business world, at least for now, is completely political.

netsettlement.blogspot.com/202

netsettlement.blogspot.comLinked WorldA discussion about how the polite fiction of being able to discuss business without discussing politics has fallen by the wayside in the US.
#business#politics#USPolitics
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David

@karlauerbach Since the development of such driver inattention ("safety") features as lane departure avoidance, I've thought the only reason for their existence was to compensate for distraction imposed by the removal of fixed spatial arrangement, tactile distinction, and haptic feedback—hence the necessitating of visual search—by touchscreens. Driver-operated touchscreens (or at least those operable while a car is in motion or the brakes (and park, if applicable) are disengaged) ought to be categorically outlawed.

And next: outlaw the design fad of giant boxy wastes of space (such as largely hollow engine compartments) needlessly imposing enormous blind spots, resulting from automakers loop-holing the "footprint"-based US efficiency standards by making passenger vehicles larger solely to permit them to pollute more. (Yeah, I know these are illegal in most of Europe, but I'm damned sick of them in #Canada.) That design adds nothing to the vehicle by the higher probability of the driver running over children, who it makes invisible a few meters (a dozen of so feet) in front of the vehicle.

#design#safety#cdnpoli
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knoppix

The EU’s upcoming “mini wallet” app will require people to verify their age with government ID to access certain platforms and services.

Pitched as a safety measure, it risks digital exclusion, privacy erosion, and expanding surveillance.

Will growing privacy concerns push people to seek workarounds like VPNs?

edri.org/our-work/showing-your

European Digital Rights (EDRi)Showing your ID to get online might become a reality - European Digital Rights (EDRi)The European Commission is close to a ‘solution’ that could force people to use their government-issued ID to get online.
#EU#Europe#Europa
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N-gated Hacker News

🐌🚴‍♂️ Ah yes, the age-old quest to make #motorcycling "safer" – because what the world truly needs is another blog post about a thrilling pastime dampened by the drudgery of #overthinking. 🛵🤔 Meanwhile, Harry's journey from clumsy mistakes to "critical inspiration" is as groundbreaking as reinflating a flat tire. 🚦🥴
gill.net.in/posts/my-quest-to- #safety #blogging #thrill-seeking #inspiration #HackerNews #ngated

Harry Gill · My quest to make motorcycle riding that tad bit saferIt began with a spark—a dormant passion reignited after many years away from motorcycling. Life had steered me in different directions, away from the saddle, but something deep inside pulled me back to the thrill and freedom that only riding offers. Returning to motorcycling after such an extended hiatus was daunting yet exhilarating. I vividly recall my first CBT session: the nerves, the good-natured laughter at my clumsy mistakes, and the sheer joy when everything finally clicked into place.
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“#KeirStarmer ignored warnings from his #nuclear ☢️ #safety #watchdog that it was wrong to blame #regulations for #delays building new #reactors when he launched a plan to revive the #NuclearPower industry.

The prime minister unveiled the #NuclearRenaissance strategy in February and said #investment had slumped because the industry was “SUFFOCATED BY REGULATIONS”.

However, a document released under freedom of information law reveals that the UK’s #OfficeForNuclearRegulation ☢️ (#ONR) told the government in the run-up to the launch that claims about #delays to nuclear power in a draft press release were “not true”. Despite this, the claims were repeated in the final release.”

The future #Australia avoided.

<theguardian.com/business/2025/>

The Guardian · Starmer ignored nuclear watchdog when he blamed regulations for delaysBy Rob Edwards
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Sankofab

According to an explosive Dutch media report, a former Bellingcat researcher who led investigations into MH17 and child abuse was a sex abuser of children – including his own daughter

‘Daniel Romein’ reportedly killed himself after being sentenced to jail

thegrayzone.com/2025/05/02/bel

#bellingcat #mh17 #malaysia #geopolitics #dutch #holland #amsterdam
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #lawfare #stateterrorism
@politics
#aviation #security #safety

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Chris Alemany

After another pedestrian was hit in a notoriously dangerous intersection, the City of Port Alberni :portalberni: finally followed the recommendations of transportation consultants, and the pleas of affected community members and supporters, and closed the left turn lanes from 10th Avenue onto Dunbar Ave.

A young cyclist was killed here in 2019.
Another cyclist was severely injured (condition still unknown) a few weeks ago.
#safety #roads #cars #bikes #pedestrians
portalberni.ca/news/may-2-2025

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