Day 11 of my #retirement #bikepacking tour on #Brompton folding #bike : #Ravenna -> Cesenatico (52 km, departing in the morning at #Dante 's grave on the 704th anniversary of his #death [hence the red roses] and arriving in the afternoon at the #Adriatic#Sea—the perfect day.).

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

#bikepacking #BikeTooter #cycling #CycleTravel #cyclotourisme #cyclotouring #fahrrad#vélo #radreise #radfahren #cyclisme #criticalmass #radtour #BikeItalia#Italia#Italy

Missed this from a few days ago!!

NBC News: Outbreaks of rabies seem to be rising across the U.S., CDC surveillance shows

The CDC's rabies team says it's tracking 15 different likely outbreaks from New York to Oregon.

"...Aug. 31, 2025, 2:00 AM PDT
By Marina Kopf, Linda Carroll and Anne Thompson

Six deaths from rabies have been reported over the last 12 months in the U.S., the highest number in years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rabies-outbreaks-rising-us-deaths-vaccine-rcna227771

#rabies #death #vaccines

Municipal governments gained the power on Monday to permit the shooting of wild bears in high-density housing areas under an amended law in a bid to prevent further bear-attack casualties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/bear-attack-gun-rules/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #guns #environmentministry #hunting #death

Two Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force sergeants who died Sunday during a training exercise at the Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture were killed by electrocution caused by lightning, the GSDF has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/society/gsdf-lightning-oita/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #gsdf #oita #death

A 76 year old New Jersey man grew infatuated with “Big sis Billie,” a #Facebook Messenger chatbot with a young woman’s persona that purported to be real, even giving the man a real address in NYC to come be with her. His attraction which ended in his #death puts a spotlight on Meta’s AI guidelines, which have let chatbots make things up & engage in 'sensual' banter with #children.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/metas-flirty-ai-chatbot-invited-retiree-new-york-he-never-made-it-home-2025-08-14/

A 76 year old New Jersey man grew infatuated with “Big sis Billie,” a #Facebook Messenger chatbot with a young woman’s persona that purported to be real, even giving the man a real address in NYC to come be with her. His attraction which ended in his #death puts a spotlight on Meta’s AI guidelines, which have let chatbots make things up & engage in 'sensual' banter with #children.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/metas-flirty-ai-chatbot-invited-retiree-new-york-he-never-made-it-home-2025-08-14/

California wildfires may have caused 440 deaths in 2025, study finds

Palm Springs Desert Sun

"...As a series of late summer wildfires hit California, a new study published in JAMA by researchers from Boston University's School of Public Health and the University of Helsinki found that the January 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles County may have caused at least 440 deaths, far exceeding the 31 fatalities officially recorded by California authorities.

Using excess mortality modeling previously applied to COVID-19, the researchers found a 7% spike in deaths between Jan. 5 and Feb. 1. ..."

https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/environment/wildfires/2025/08/08/california-wildfires-hidden-death-toll-2025-study/85577629007/

#wildfires#CAwx #health #death #excessmortality

California wildfires may have caused 440 deaths in 2025, study finds

Palm Springs Desert Sun

"...As a series of late summer wildfires hit California, a new study published in JAMA by researchers from Boston University's School of Public Health and the University of Helsinki found that the January 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles County may have caused at least 440 deaths, far exceeding the 31 fatalities officially recorded by California authorities.

Using excess mortality modeling previously applied to COVID-19, the researchers found a 7% spike in deaths between Jan. 5 and Feb. 1. ..."

https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/environment/wildfires/2025/08/08/california-wildfires-hidden-death-toll-2025-study/85577629007/

#wildfires#CAwx #health #death #excessmortality

Japan's oldest person, Miyoko Hiroyasu, has died. She was 114. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/society/oldest-person-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #mhlw #oita #death #aging

you know how in corporate speak, there are “glue people”?
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/114869692747102624

after Gamergate gave rise to #MAGA, Canadian sociologists came to the conclusion that the glue people that bind sociopaths, narcissists and machiavellians into social & political movements are sadists, aka trolls.
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/110696837641422375

if #cruelty is the point of #fascism, #death is the point of trumpism. Miller, techbros, christofascists, zionists are all necrophiliacs.

@futurebird@apophis

you know how in corporate speak, there are “glue people”?
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/114869692747102624

after Gamergate gave rise to #MAGA, Canadian sociologists came to the conclusion that the glue people that bind sociopaths, narcissists and machiavellians into social & political movements are sadists, aka trolls.
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/110696837641422375

if #cruelty is the point of #fascism, #death is the point of trumpism. Miller, techbros, christofascists, zionists are all necrophiliacs.

@futurebird@apophis

Reuters: COPENHAGEN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Around 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during the severe heatwave that ended last week, according to a rapid scientific analysis published on Wednesday.

The study targeted the 10 days, ending July 2, during which large parts of Western Europe were hit by extreme heat, with temperatures breaching 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) in Spain and wildfires breaking out in France.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/european-heatwave-caused-2300-deaths-scientists-estimate/ar-AA1IeISn

#heatwaves #death #climateemergency

Reuters: COPENHAGEN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Around 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during the severe heatwave that ended last week, according to a rapid scientific analysis published on Wednesday.

The study targeted the 10 days, ending July 2, during which large parts of Western Europe were hit by extreme heat, with temperatures breaching 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) in Spain and wildfires breaking out in France.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/european-heatwave-caused-2300-deaths-scientists-estimate/ar-AA1IeISn

#heatwaves #death #climateemergency

Rising real estate prices in Japan have led investors to begin considering as an option "misfortunate properties," homes where deaths have occurred. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/misfortunate-properties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #realestate #death #aging #suicide #surveys #misfortunateproperties

Make America Measled Again...

#maha #maga #kids #death#faithbased #measles #rfkjrisnoteventheshempofthekennedeys

https://youtu.be/YJHNNPHzPog?feature=shared

Make America Measled Again...

#maha #maga #kids #death#faithbased #measles #rfkjrisnoteventheshempofthekennedeys

https://youtu.be/YJHNNPHzPog?feature=shared