Louise Smith

The Texting Dead

‘Experts believe the number of pedestrian-texting injuries – mostly facial fractures, nosebleeds and lacerations to the feet and ankles—may exceed two million per year, with estimated deaths at a minimum of 4500 pa ’

Many researchers agree walking while texting is dangerous if not deadly

 Of 4 countermeasures tested ( behavioural; legislation/regulation; infrastructure initiatives and technology advances)

No single countermeasure category was perceived by end-users to be fully effective. 

Ironically walking while texting caused the accuracy of text to decrease.

Texting while walking blamed in the nationwide increase of pedestrian deaths

The obvious dangers of texting while driving have been the focus of nationwide public service announcements, but now the dangers of distracted walking are coming to the forefront.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2388351/Texting-walking-blamed-nationwide-increase-pedestrian-deaths.html

People texting while walking more likely to have accidents, study confirms

Participants in simulated environment with random slip hazards were more likely to fall despite trying to be more cautious

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/08/people-texting-while-walking-more-likely-to-have-accidents-study-finds

Texting while walking increases the chances of a fall, study finds

When it comes to texting and driving we all know the risks, but do people know the dangers of texting and walking?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-09/walking-while-texting-proven-dangerous-in-new-study/102703198

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S136984782030468X

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10002373/#:~:text=According%20to%20available%20studies%2C%20while,crossing%20a%20crosswalk%20%5B18%5D.

The Whistleblower of the Whistleblower of the Whistleblowers

Amazing story about Craig McGregor

the man who saw beyond the Whistleblower KJackson

van a sonar el silbato

#auspol #Auspol2024

The man who blew the whistle on whistleblower Kathy Jackson and revealed her as a fraud

There was a time when the name of one whistleblower was on everyone's lips. Kathy Jackson was lauded as a "revolutionary" — but in the shadows was another person waiting to blow the whistle on her.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/craig-mcgregor-the-whistleblower-behind-kathy-jackson-hsu/102953522

It takes quite a while to catch up from 2000 years plus of degredation, no education, no power & control

Women run more than 10% of Fortune 500 companies for the first time

The milestone is a sign of progress for gender diversity atop corporate America.

https://fortune.com/2023/01/12/fortune-500-companies-ceos-women-10-percent/

It’s a sair ficht for half a loaf so have
A wee bit of a Gaffaw
At the expense of the Sasunnach
Who were Scunnered
You're a long time deid
Slàinte Mhath! (Slanj-a-va)
Lang may yer lum reek!
#Scottish #Stone #Throne
#ScottishIndependence2023

Stuff The British Stole: Series 1 Episode 2 Stoned

When King Charles III has his Coronation, will he sit on a potent and sacred symbol of the Scottish people? Marc Fennell investigates a wild Scottish heist to steal back an object - quite literally - from the British throne.

https://iview.abc.net.au/video/DO2107H002S00

Happy #International Allied Health Professions DAY 

esp to #Psychologists 

14 October 2022

Happy #International Allied Health Professions DAY esp to #Psychologists 14 October 2022 

Happy #International Allied Health Professions DAY esp to #Psychologists 14 October 2022

#birdsofaustralia #birdwatching almost #extinctspecies

"We got lucky!" Martu Rangers photograph the elusive night parrot - Stories from the Desert

KJ Martu rangers reached the Holy Grail of birdwatching this week when they spotted a Night Parrot in the Great Sandy Desert. The rangers were conducting surveys looking for the roosting sites of the elusive species when they flushed the bird from the spinfex grass. The rangers join an exclusive group; less than 30 people […]

https://stories.10deserts.org/we-got-lucky-martu-rangers-photograph-the-elusive-night-parrot/

Bees are the Health Check of the World

It's getting too hot for them

Species are dying

Less bees means less pollination

which means less global biodiversity

We need to do something

The bees cannot wait

What is Gender Deafness ?

I spoke to women from all political parties. What shocked me was the one common experience most of them had

I spoke to women MPs across different generations and political belief and was prepared for them to disagree with each other. But what shocked me most was the one experience almost all of them had in common, writes Annabel Crabb.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-20/ms-represented-women-politicians-ideas-ignored-gender-deafness/100305240