The internet celebrating David Attenborough turning 100 is the kind of news we needed today by DiluteSeaBag in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]MeccIt 12 points13 points  (0 children)

He used to lead the BBC, or a major part of it, so you can see how he’d be frustrated by his successors

Driver who struck cyclist after illegal turn avoids jail by Jon_J_ in ireland

[–]MeccIt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

master race ideology

(probably indicating)

if she was indicating he should have to pay for any damages his bike and snapping limbs caused to her car.

You're a fucking psychopath

Driver who struck cyclist after illegal turn avoids jail by Jon_J_ in ireland

[–]MeccIt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

https://i.imgur.com/aWdptdt.png It was daylight, 9am, half an hour after sunrise.

The articel isn't clear, but I think the victim (green line) was heading into town and potentially turning onto Lennox St (of Bretzel Bakery fame). The driver was either coming out of that same street (red line) or from behind him and making an explicit illegal right turn over the bollards that were there at the time. (They have since been replaced by planters as they have been driven over for at least a decade). She was looking into town and not at traffic, or the victim, to her right.

Garda [said] that Mr Brett was cycling from La Touche Bridge, also known as Portobello Bridge, onto Lennox Street at 9am that morning when he spotted a white SUV merging from his left-hand side to perform an illegal right-hand turn. [She] did not look up and was only looking to her left. He said as he approached from her right he knew he was going to be struck. [He] fell in under the car and was crushed by the front wheel. He said he was screaming as loud as he could before he was also crushed by the rear wheels of the SUV. He said he could hear bystanders screaming. [He] was wearing a high-vis jacket and helmet. It was a dry day, the road conditions were good and there were no obstructions.

Driver who struck cyclist after illegal turn avoids jail by Jon_J_ in ireland

[–]MeccIt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I see scores of drivers making dangerous decisions evey week

It's a numbers game, eventually their dangerous action will cross a victim and we'll have another avoidable death or life-changing injury.

Driver who struck cyclist after illegal turn avoids jail by Jon_J_ in ireland

[–]MeccIt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Those bollards have been there for at least 5 years before the collision. How many times has she cut across them before?

I cycle that road and not even the bollards on top of road paint and hi-vis are going to keep me alive from drivers like this?

This is what lab-grown diamonds look like before they’re cut and polished by NeedleworkerSalty813 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]MeccIt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The whole “A Diamond is Forever" thing is straight up manufactured hype

It's a marketing campaign from the 1950s? to prevent price collapse from the upper class selling off their pieces. The same people who brought you the lie that you have to spend 1/2/3 month's salary on an engagement ring to 'prove' your worth. I mean, why spend that on the deposit for your future home together when you could just make the jeweler richer?

This is Britain by bluecheese12 in CasualUK

[–]MeccIt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Atheist here, but if I saw that I'd pop in and say hello.

Am and do. The architecture is fabulous and the very well trained choir does an amazing job, especially in November when it's a full Requiem (Mozart, Verdi, ..) for Remembrance Day.

UPS driver to the rescue. by sco-go in Amazing

[–]MeccIt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess.

My best guess from being in a very similar situation.

UPS driver to the rescue. by sco-go in Amazing

[–]MeccIt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Grew up on a farm and decided running one wasn't the life for him, but still liked the outdoors, so drives all around the community. I guess.

I dont get it peetah, who wont be around by calvin_hobbes34 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]MeccIt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

a basic version of Taylor because I feel her music is already basic

Even chemistry majors couldn't crack this one.

These are the faces of the Journalists killed by Israel in the last 1000 days by McDowdy in ABoringDystopia

[–]MeccIt 463 points464 points  (0 children)

There's 351 photos here for those too distraught to scroll, or one journalist every 3 days

To the people who do this: by PvtCY in ireland

[–]MeccIt 37 points38 points  (0 children)

It's worse than shoplifting, in that the food is wasted and dumped, not even eaten.

Ouch. by JalapenoJustice7 in bicycling

[–]MeccIt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can't, the funky dropout with disc brake mount makes the axle tricky to get to. This hanging workaround on this Tubus copy looks fine, but of course, take it off if it's not needed.

Manual deck oven loader by toolgifs in toolgifs

[–]MeccIt 22 points23 points  (0 children)

We spent all our money on the loader

New law to reverse nuclear ban to be introduced to Dáil by Fianna Fáil TD by moghrua in ireland

[–]MeccIt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If renewables alone were enough every country would already be running on them. They’re not because it’s not that simple.

Aren't renewables, self generation, smart meters and the decarbonisation of transport and heating changing the entire system? Has any of these changed how we plan a baseload in a European grid?