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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • ‘Deeply worried’ : China

    “The Chinese side… is deeply worried about the severe consequences that such actions might bring,” foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said, calling “on relevant parties to take actions that promote regional peace and stability and to avoid further escalation of tensions”.

    ‘Reasonable reaction’: Czech Republic -

    Czech Republic Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said Iran “is supporting so many players, including the Hezbollah and Hamas movements, with the intention to destroy the state of Israel, and also seeking a nuclear bomb”, that “I see that this was a reasonable reaction from the state of Israel towards a possible threat of a nuclear bomb”.

    Avoid any escalation’ : France

    “We call on all sides to exercise restraint and avoid any escalation that could undermine regional stability,” France’s foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on X.

    No ‘battleground’: Jordan

    “Jordan has not and will not allow any violation of its airspace, reaffirming that the Kingdom will not be a battleground for any conflict,” a government spokesperson told AFP after Jordan closed its airspace.

    ‘Aggressive actions’: Turkey

    “Israel must put an immediate end to its aggressive actions that could lead to further conflicts,” Turkey’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

    ‘Legitimate right to defend itself’: Yemen’s Huthi rebels

    Tehran-backed Huthi rebels said on Telegram they backed “Iran’s full and legitimate right to… develop its nuclear programme” and that “we strongly condemn the brutal Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran and affirm its full and legitimate right to respond by all possible means”.

    https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20250613-avoid-escalation-world-reacts-to-israel-strike-on-iran




  • Existing research links standard bicycle lanes with increased levels of bicyclist commuting. Here we question how newer facility types fare relative to standard bicycle lanes. Using 6 years of longitudinal data across 14,011 block groups in 28 US cities, we find that block groups that installed protected bicycle lanes experienced bicycle commuter increases 1.8 times larger than standard bicycle lane block groups, 1.6 times larger than shared-lane marking block groups and 4.3 times larger than block groups that did not install bicycle facilities. Focusing on mileage, protected bicycle lane mileage installed was significantly associated with bicycle commuter increases 52.5% stronger than standard bicycle lane mileage and 281.2% stronger than shared-lane marking mileage. The results suggest that lower-stress bicycle facilities—such as protected bicycle lanes—are significantly associated with larger increases in ridership at the block-group level compared with higher-stress facilities such as standard bicycle lanes and shared-lane markings.











  • World leaders : We strongly condemn it!

    Basic human being : Will you finally impose tough economic sanctions, as you did for Russia?

    World leaders : Uh, no… It’s going to be complicated

    Basic human being : Are you going to do anything to stop this genocide?

    World leaders : We have no proof of genocide and Bibi is our buddy.

    Basic human being : Okay, are you going to take action to stop this massacre?

    World leaders : Condemning this massacre is the strongest action we can take!

    Basic human being : -_-…