The US Army Corps of Engineers is planning to barge 36 million gallons of freshwater daily into the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans as saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico continues to threaten drinking water supply, officials said Friday....
Pinellas County’s transit agency could introduce fares on the popular SunRunner rapid bus route, which has been free to ride since its inception, sooner than planned.
The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority planned to charge regular fares beginning in November, at the conclusion of the downtown St. Petersburg-to-St. Pete Beach route’s first year. But the possibility that the authority’s board members could vote Wednesday to move up that timeline has little to do with the money the agency stands to make.
Wait for it…
Instead, it comes in response to pressure from Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and residents of St. Pete Beach. They say the fare-free bus service also has proven popular among homeless people. Residents of one of the county’s wealthiest enclaves depict those riders as troublesome and potentially violent; in reality, officials said, they’re mostly getting in trouble for panhandling or sleeping on the beach.
Classic anti-homeless mentality.
If people without a home had a place to go, people would be able to ride the bus for free; they’re not just designing systems to ignore the root causes, they’re making homeless people an enemy.
Alicia Navarro, now 18, walked into a police department in a tiny Montana town 40 miles from the Canadian border and identified herself as the teen who was reported missing in September 2019, Glendale police said Wednesday....
They say that they wanted people to know that she is safe. Since her disappearance was already made public, it’s possible to maintain privacy by not revealing more details in regards to the actual investigation, the missing person’s listing is also public and would have been taken down anyway.
A total of 48,117 people died of gunshot wounds last year, according to the CDC data, the second highest single-year tally on record. That’s a 1.5 percent decrease from 2021, when 48,830 people died of gunshot wounds.
The data comes from the CDC’s WONDER database, which collects mortality information from death certificates at the state level. The estimates are provisional, and are likely to change slightly before final figures are released in December. While the data is not yet final, it provides the most comprehensive and accurate accounting of gun deaths in America.
The other stats, which I think are more interesting, are further down:
Suicides accounted for the largest share of gun deaths in 2022. According to the data, 26,993 people died by gun suicide last year, accounting for 56 percent of all gun deaths. That’s a 2.5 percent jump from 2021.
A total of 19,592 people died by gun homicide in 2022, accounting for 41 percent of gun deaths. That amounts to a 6.5 percent drop from the previous year.
I didn’t see anything in the article that suggested why this occurred but the last paragraph seems to allude firearm accessibility:
Wintemute of U.C. Davis said widespread gun ownership and easy access to firearms “remains a major determinant of firearm mortality,” while strong gun access laws are associated with low gun death rates.
The second to last paragraph states which States have the highest/lowest gun deaths which directly relate to the highest/lowest gun ownership rates and lax/comprehensive firearm regulations but I kinda figured that would be the case.
It’s nice to see that total gun-related deaths are down but sad to see that suicide rates are up.
Antoine Draines, 43, operated Freedom for Living Property Management, LLC in Tipp City. The company owned and served as landlord for numerous rental properties in Dayton....
They probably don’t understand a whole lot, my head cannon has them at the meeting saying “adults may grow one to three mushrooms per person per household” lmfao
I’m starting to get more interested in building more complex things, but am unsure how to plan out my ideas. Is there a good source on drafting/planning designs? I honestly have no idea where to start.
CAD software is probably want you want to look at, I used FreeCAD for woodworking and floorplans some years ago, not sure how good it is for 3D printing/modeling since I regrettably haven’t gotten into either of them but I did get a lot of use out of it for 2D designs.
Army Corps of Engineers to barge 36 million gallons of freshwater a day as saltwater intrusion threatens New Orleans-area drinking water | CNN ( www.cnn.com )
The US Army Corps of Engineers is planning to barge 36 million gallons of freshwater daily into the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans as saltwater intrusion from the Gulf of Mexico continues to threaten drinking water supply, officials said Friday....
Fare-free SunRunner could end to keep homeless riders off St. Pete Beach ( www.tampabay.com )
Arizona girl Alicia Navarro, missing since 2019, walks into tiny Montana police station and asks cops to take her off missing children list ( nypost.com )
Alicia Navarro, now 18, walked into a police department in a tiny Montana town 40 miles from the Canadian border and identified herself as the teen who was reported missing in September 2019, Glendale police said Wednesday....
U.S. Gun Deaths Dropped Slightly in 2022 — But Were Still High ( www.thetrace.org )
Ohio company owner ordered to pay over $90K for fraud ( www.wdtn.com )
Antoine Draines, 43, operated Freedom for Living Property Management, LLC in Tipp City. The company owned and served as landlord for numerous rental properties in Dayton....
Berkeley Vote Spreads Psychedelic Decriminalization in the Bay Area ( filtermag.org )
What do y'all use to plan your creations?
I’m starting to get more interested in building more complex things, but am unsure how to plan out my ideas. Is there a good source on drafting/planning designs? I honestly have no idea where to start.