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Halfway through a double LAX trip. Instead of wasting time driving back and forth (potentially an extra 4 hours of driving), I have been practicing my itinerant remote worker/van life/fleeing disaster skills, LOL. Now, to go find street tacos until tonight. #ihatelatraffic #traffic

#birds #raptors #intelligence #traffic

"The bird seemed to understand that, whenever a human pushed the pedestrian crossing signal, a long line of cars would back up down the street. The savvy creature then used the vehicles as cover to launch a sneak attack on a group of unsuspecting birds gathered in a nearby home’s front yard."

smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/

"…we later realized the #shadowban really was about the type of website we are (i.e., #small and #independent). 
While #Google gives large publishers an appeal and recovery process, small and independent publishers have no path to appeal our shadowbans. This is true even though Google admitted our shadowbans are its fault and not ours.
Though Google apologized, it also said that #search has permanently changed with #AI and thus our #traffic may #neverreturn."

travellemming.com/perspectives

"Feelin' Alright?", also known as "Feeling Alright", is a song written by #DaveMason of the English #rock band #Traffic for their eponymous 1968 album Traffic. It was also released as a single, and failed to chart on both the #UKSinglesChart and the US #BillboardHot100, but it did reach a bubbling under position of #123 on the #BubblingUnderHot100. #JoeCocker performed a more popular rendition of the song on his 1969 album #WithALittleHelpFromMyFriends.
youtube.com/watch?v=FoAO0851FwA

When you wait in vain for the #traffic light to turn green 😵 ...

The #lake in the former limestone quarry near #Stromberg was created in 2015 after a groundwater vein was blasted. Thanks to this source, the water there is never colder than 8°C, even in winter...good for a proper warm-up 😉 ! And as usual, you can find funny remnants of people in such a body of #water

Picture taken by my buddy @jens_schuette in autumn 2024

@scubadivers #diving #scuba #underwater #scubadiving

My latest Forbes article is all about SUVs. Specifically, it delves into two new research papers - one from traffic engineering, and one from public health - that shows how these increasingly-popular (and increasingly large) vehicles come with major downsides

forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkles

ForbesSUVs Make Traffic Worse And Are More Dangerous Than CarsTwo new research papers show the downsides of upsizing our vehicles. SUVs have a disproportionate impact on traffic jams, and they injure more people than cars