rvaughnmd

rvaughnmd, 8 days ago to cycling

What does a city that has spurned cars look like?

Olympics visitors to Paris will get a look

Changes designed to encourage people to take other forms of transportation have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution, according to city officials.

Paris has closed more than 100 streets to motor vehicles, tripled parking fees for SUVs, removed roughly 50,000 parking spots, and constructed more than 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) of bike lanes

#cycling #Climate

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/paris-olympics-city-reduce-air-pollution-rcna153470

rvaughnmd, 21 days ago to TeslaMotors

Electric Vehicles Accelerate Toward 50% Of Global Sales

"The reports of electric vehicle sales’ death are greatly exaggerated."

Predicted EV sales:

China, biggest auto market to hit 10 million vehicles, roughly 45% of all car sales

US: 2nd largest auto market, forecast to rise 20%, 11% of all new car sales.

Europe: 3rd largest auto market, to hit 10%, 25% of total sales.

#EV #Climate #Energy

https://www.forbes.com/sites/energyinnovation/2024/05/19/the-vibes-lie-electric-vehicles-accelerate-toward-50-of-global-sales/

rvaughnmd, 25 days ago to random

Bugs everywhere. It's game over man, game over! #Cicadas

rvaughnmd, 25 days ago to random

Wife sent me to the grocery. I got the full size ice cream drumsticks 'accidentally'. Guess I'm going to have to eat them all as my punishment.

Spoiler alert: due to shrinkflation and greedflation, they aren't that much bigger than the 'mini' versions anymore.

rvaughnmd, 25 days ago to gardening

Clematis has entered the chat
#gardening

rvaughnmd, 28 days ago to random

They just keep coming! #Cicadas

rvaughnmd, 29 days ago to cycling

France, Italy, Belgium: Which European countries have the best cycle to work schemes?

The Netherlands offers a mileage allowance -

A commuter cycling 10 kilometres per day five days a week could earn about €450 a year from the scheme.

#cycling

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/12/france-netherlands-belgium-which-european-countries-have-the-best-cycle-to-work-schemes

rvaughnmd, 1 month ago to cycling

But does it have a power meter so you can ride it on #Zwift?

'Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed

#cycling

https://newatlas.com/marine/seabike-swimming-propeller/

rvaughnmd, 1 month ago to random

Imagine being trapped in a puke tube miles above land with no way to escape.

https://jalopnik.com/70-vomiting-passengers-turn-frankfurt-flight-into-livin-1851454612

rvaughnmd, 1 month ago to random

A $1595 Full Metal Jacket will save your life bro!

"Now, as we look for materials that offer us resistance to disease on Earth and up in space, and a base on which to build intelligent clothing, copper is set to be at the centre of innovation again. Its ability to conduct heat and power while killing bacteria and viruses make it a potential first building block for the future of clothing."

You know my birthday is coming up soon, just sayin'

https://vollebak.com/en-us

rvaughnmd, 1 month ago to cycling

Damn, they're on to us now ...

Cyclists dumbfounded by bizarre online conspiracy theory claiming bike inner tube valve is a "5G antenna tracking device" inserted under skin after Covid jab

"appears she's gone tubeless'

#cycling @Biff_Bruise

https://road.cc/content/news/cyclists-dumbfounded-bizarre-covid-conspiracy-theory-308119

rvaughnmd, 1 month ago to random

Best healthcare system in the world

“Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers,” said Day, who worked for Cigna until the late spring of 2022. “If you take a breath or think about any of these cases, you’re going to fall behind.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/cigna-medical-director-doctor-patient-preapproval-denials-insurance

rvaughnmd, 1 month ago to random

Aren't they proud of suing their patients? Why would they hide their name?

Hospitals suing patients over unpaid bills would have to put their names on the lawsuits under new Colorado bill

https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/12/uchealth-medical-debt-lawsuits-bill/

rvaughnmd, 2 months ago to cycling

"Road safety remains the biggest barrier to more people cycling": Research suggests more than two thirds of Scots think not feeling safe is main barrier to #cycling

https://road.cc/content/news/research-suggests-not-feeling-safe-main-cycle-barrier-307747

rvaughnmd, 2 months ago to random

After Appalachian hospitals merged into a monopoly, their ERs slowed to a crawl

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/09/ballad-health-secured-hospital-monopoly-er-wait-time-tripled/73183952007/

rvaughnmd, 2 months ago to random

101 studies flagged as bogus COVID cure pusher sees career unravel

It's a past-due reckoning for French microbiologist Didier Raoult, critics say.

Essentially, critics claim Raoult and the institute that he led until 2021, the Hospital Institute of Marseille Mediterranean Infection (IHU), conducted hundreds of studies on humans without appropriate ethical approval or oversight or adequate consent from all participants, the Science investigation found.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/101-studies-flagged-as-bogus-covid-cure-pusher-sees-career-unravel/

rvaughnmd, 2 months ago to random

Health workers fear it's profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission

#CoviD #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/health-workers-fear-s-profits-protection-cdc-revisits-airborne-transmi-rcna143663

rvaughnmd, 3 months ago to random

‘Land of the free, and home of the medical bankruptcy’: Ex–surgeon general blasts health care system after getting $4,896.43 bill for dehydration

“The bottom line is high-deductible plans are the least worst option for most people in a broken system. But health care coverage in the U.S. is a gamble, and the house always wins. I didn’t drink enough water while traveling, and I crapped out,” he tweeted.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/03/01/former-surgeon-general-jerome-adams-5000-medical-bill/

rvaughnmd, 3 months ago to random

Best healthcare system in the world:

A new mom died after giving birth at a Boston hospital. Was corporate greed to blame?

"a device that could have stopped the bleeding in Rashid's liver was repossessed by the manufacturer weeks earlier.

"the manufacturer had come to "retrieve any embolization coils at the hospital" because Steward hadn't paid its bills. According to a lawsuit filed by the manufacturer, Steward owed about $2.5 million in unpaid bills.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-new-mom-died-after-giving-birth-at-a-boston-hospital-was-corporate-greed-to-blame/

rvaughnmd, 3 months ago to random

A small drone flies into a damaged Fukushima reactor for the first time to study its melted fuel

The drones, each weighing only 185 grams are highly maneuverable and the blades hardly stir up dust. It carries a front-loaded high definition camera to send live video and a higher-quality images to an operating room.

880 tons of highly radioactive nuclear fuel remain inside the three damaged reactors. Critics say the 30- to 40-year cleanup target is overly optimistic.

https://apnews.com/article/japan-fukushima-nuclear-reactor-drone-radiation-water-af1640b8ae800066d5bfc728a211d34b

rvaughnmd, 3 months ago to random

You better pay attention to your Medicare ABCs my friends

Her air-ambulance ride wasn't covered by Medicare. It will cost her family $81,739

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/02/27/1233606975/her-air-ambulance-ride-wasnt-covered-by-medicare-it-will-cost-her-family-81-739

rvaughnmd, 3 months ago to ubuntu

Is there any good use for old and ancient iPads?

I inherited a couple devices. The laptop was so thoroughly hacked I gave up - HP locked down the bios making it pretty hard to install #Ubuntu and UNETbootin wasn't working because the hacked device was blocked from downloading an ISO given my limited skills. Plus I didn't want to spend hours working trying to rescue a 10 year old hacked laptop.

#ubuntu #Linux

rvaughnmd, 3 months ago to random

I'm not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your police work, there, Lou:

Bizarre Footage Shows Cop Open Fire on his own Cruiser After Mistaking Acorn for Gunshot - Partner Joins in Thinking He's Been Hit.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bizarre-footage-shows-florida-cop-jesse-hernandez-unload-clip-after-mistaking-acorn-for-gunshot

rvaughnmd, 3 months ago to random

The health care system is ignoring world’s most promising approach to preventing cardiovascular disease

"Rather than individualize therapy, they proposed that everyone over age 50 or 55 take a daily “polypill” composed of three inexpensive low-dose generic blood pressure medicines, a generic statin (to lower cholesterol), folic acid, and possibly low-dose aspirin. (Later versions omitted folic acid; aspirin remains an option.)"

https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/14/polypill-hypertension-cardiovascular-disease-united-states-research-who/

rvaughnmd, 3 months ago to random

Seems like we should have conquered all disease given these investments, right?

10 largest US healthcare companies by revenue

1. UnitedHealth Group: $371.6 billion
2. CVS Health: $357.8 billion
3. McKesson: $301.5 billion
4. Cencora: $271.6 billion
5. Cardinal Health: $216.2 billion
6. Cigna: $195.3 billion
7. Elevance Health: $170 billion
8. Centene: $154 billion
9. HCA Healthcare: $65 billion
10. Molina Healthcare: $34 billion

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/rankings-and-ratings/15-largest-us-healthcare-companies-by-revenue-2024.html