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goldfndr@lemmy.mlto
Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestriansEnglish
1·18 days agoThe USA has over 19000 sections of road tagged as Living Street in OpenStreetMap. Greater Seattle
goldfndr@lemmy.mlto
Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestriansEnglish
1·18 days agoIf it’s an access-limited highway, sure. In the US, a highway is a road, street, or parkway or pedestrian or bicyclist facility; there are broader definitions abroad.
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Remember all the Great Lakes with this handy mnemonic!
2·21 days agoThe simpler HOMES would like to weigh in.
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United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Thomas Massie calls out his own Republican party
3·1 month agoNope. The 24th amendment effectively bans poll taxes. A requirement to pay for an ID would become a poll tax. States would need to shoulder the burden of issuing gratis IDs.
Some mapping applications based on OpenStreetMap can render an osmc:symbol tag. For example, routes in OsmAnd.
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Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like thisEnglish
32·3 months agoWhile yes, there is arguably a “both sides” argument, it has been done without a false equivalency – nowhere did OP claim that the sides were equal.
Or watery, like a houseboat.
World map of strawberry produce (currently 85 instances)
World map of strawberry crops (currently 630 instances)
First was working but right now both are currently erroring out for me.
“B as in subtle”
A silent B? Dumb.
Given that none of the three articles directly address the request, this implies a retraction.
goldfndr@lemmy.mlto
pics@lemmy.world•Exposed Cranium Nebula - New Webb Telescope photos
7·6 months agohttps://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/james-webb-spikes/ includes you can easily identify the points of light that are stars contained within our own Milky Way by their diffraction spikes, whereas the fainter, more distant, extended objects definitively do not possess them. in reference to a Hubble photo.
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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•Life expectancy in U.S. States and Select Countries
3·6 months agoClearly Australians have danger-handling handled.





In terms of animals, pelican can be quite common in urban environments, zebra in suburban. I haven’t quite seen a toucan other than separate signal fixtures in downtown Seattle (my memory is a bit hazy though). I have yet to see pegasus or puffin.