#infrastructure
Beware, this is going to be a long post...
My standard longer #bike ride is a 30 km round trip to #Starcross, which is #village on the west coast of the #ExeEstuary on the way to #Dawlish. The ride is motor-traffic-free for a goo 80% of the distance. It's also through a lot of #countryside and it's my intention to photograph some of the #trees through all the seasons. However, this set contains a little more for your edification.
Not all trees are alive. For example, this one is a hulk of what was once probably a magnificent specimen.
Most #FarmFields have been replanted after harvesting and even now, shoots are appearing. Meanwhile most #Trees still have their #Foliage.
The #plants and #insects that feed off them are also a food source for these male and female #pheasants.
The village of #Starcross is small but it happens to have a #RailwayStation on the line from #LondonPaddington and #Penzance, though the #IntercityTrains don't usually stop there. This is the last part of the journey for me before I turn and head back homewards at the station itself.
Here is an #IntercityTrain passing. It is run by #GWR or #GreatWesternRailways, which was a company in existence before nationalization and which came back after privatization.
Starting to head back, you can get a good view of the other side of the #Estuary, where the #town of #Exmouth can be seen. There happens to be a nice ferry trip on which you can take your #bike between #Starcross and #Exmouth
The #ExeEstuary has a few #wrecks in it. I presume they are #NavigationHazards but I guess it would prove too expensive to clear the #waterway. Perhaps they provide a #habitat for #MarineLife. Here you can see #Birds (I can't tell whether they are #Cormorants of #Shags).
Next, we come to #PowderhamCastle, which is now a #NationalTrust property. It has a herd of #deer numbering in the hundreds.
The mild #autumn #Sun is seen shining through this #tree's #branches.
More #trees in the grounds of #PowderhamCastle.
At first glance, this may look like a dead #tree but you can see that parts of it still has #foliage.
This #tree, on the other hand, looks completely dead.
This #Pheasant is eyeing the #photographer warily.
This #cycle #bridge was installed not much longer than a decade ago. It makes traversing the #RailwayLine easy. I think there was a #footbridge before this but I'm not sure. A nice addition to #cycling #infrastructure.
From the top of the #bridge, you can see the #barracks of the #RoyalMarines in #Lympstone. Technically, this #photograph is a #Selfie too.
Getting closer to home now, here is the #M5 #Motorway which links #London to #Exeter. This #concrete #viaduct goes over the #Estuary, thankfully leaving much it intact.
Some parts around the #Cyclepath form natural ponds.
Any #journey of moderate length or longer often leaves one #reflecting. Here, you can let the scenery do it.
This #swan was preening on the #ExeterCanal (and so was its #reflection).
Lastly, this is the #bridge over the #RiverExe, which is a sign that my home is a mere 5 km away. A sight that is always welcome. The bridge is old but it a #cyclepath was constructed as an extension to it on the far side, which blends in very nicely with the existing #masonry.
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‘Everyone In Gaza is Sick, Injured, Or Both’ – Israel’s 2.1 million Victims
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(...) In a letter to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, shamefully ignored by virtually all ‘mainstream’ media outlets, 30 qualified, UK-based doctors, surgeons, nurses and medical professionals – volunteers in Gaza since 7 October 2023 – described the full extent of the catastrophe. (...)
The authors of the letter note that The Ministry of Health figure of approximately 40,000 Palestinians killed refers only to the number of identified bodies:
‘… but while working in Gaza we bore witness to untold numbers of unidentified bodies, many of them truly unidentifiable due to the extent of damage caused. A correspondence piece in The Lancet, one of Britain’s leading medical journals, estimated that the true figure could be 186,000, reflecting the scale of indirect and unrecorded deaths that have inevitably occurred due to the destruction of the healthcare system’.
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Some of at least 40,000 Palestinian victims of Israeli attacks.
The truly awesome scale of Israel’s crime becomes clear when we read the next paragraph, which is of course referring to the plight of fully 2.1 million people, the vast majority of them civilians:
‘With only marginal exceptions, everyone in Gaza is sick, injured, or both. This includes every national aid worker, every international volunteer, and every man, woman, and child. While working in Gaza we saw widespread malnutrition in our patients and our Palestinian healthcare colleagues. Many of us lost weight rapidly in Gaza despite having privileged access to food and having taken our own supplementary nutrient-dense food with us. We have photographic evidence of life-threatening malnutrition in our patients, from babies to the elderly, that we are willing or have already shared with you.
‘Virtually every child under the age of five whom we encountered, both inside and outside of the hospital, had both a cough and watery diarrhoea. Jaundice and hepatitis A infection were widespread in the hospitals in which we worked, while the surgical complication rate was near 100%. Surgical incisions were almost certain to become infected, due to the hospitals’ impossible operating conditions- including a lack of supplies, water, and medications including antibiotics- overcrowding, and due to patients’ malnutrition. We were forced to use household supplies including vinegar for antiseptic purposes, or went without.’
The letter continues:
‘We urge you to realise that epidemics are raging in Gaza. In addition to that, Israel has not stopped bombarding civilians in their tents or displacing the malnourished and sick population of Gaza, approximately half of whom are children, to areas with no running water or even toilets available. This is a horrifying reality. It is virtually guaranteed to result in widespread death from viral and bacterial diarrheal diseases and pneumonias, particularly in children under the age of five.
‘All of us treated children who seemed to have been deliberately targeted by military violence. Bullet wounds to children’s heads and torsos and amputations of limbs and eyes of children were commonplace.’ (...)
Beyond the barely conceivable human carnage, a detailed Bloomberg report noted that more than 70% of Gaza’s housing has been damaged, along with schools, hospitals and businesses:
‘So far, Israeli air strikes have left more than 42 million tonnes of debris across the Strip, according to the UN. That’s enough rubble to fill a line of dump trucks stretching from New York to Singapore.’
Tags: #palestine #palestinians #israel #occupied_territories #gaza #war #war_crimes #civilian_casualties #infrastructure #health_care #human_rights
#Germany issued arrest warrant for Ukrainian diver in #NordStream #pipeline #attack
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nord-stream-arrest-warrant-1.7294098
According to the German media reports, arrest warrants have not yet been issued for another man and a woman — Ukrainian diving instructors — who have been identified as part of the probe.
Question is if they would have been faster if it had been Russians?
#news #pllice #Europe #terror #infrastructure #terrorism #crime #justice #politics
♲ The-14 - 2024-07-10 18:59:43 GMT
Co-creating cities through Indigenous knowledge and nature-based solutions
#IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousKnowledge #Canada #Cities #Environment #ClimateChange #Infrastructure #UrbanPlanning #Sustainability #Biodiversity #NatureBasedSolutions
https://the-14.com/co-creating-cities-through-indigenous-knowledge-and-nature-based-solutions/
As of today, at least 80,000 housing units in Gaza have been destroyed.
At least 34 hospitals have been put out of service, with a total of 161 health institutions targeted by Israeli strikes.
At least 609 mosques and three churches have been destroyed, the office said.
At least 115 schools and universities have also been destroyed.
#infrastructure you #Gaza #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SaveTheChildren
#palestine #Israel #Politics #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow
'“Cycling infrastructure” is not the solution - it is the very problem!
Built it and the dreck will come
As for me, I prefer ordinary roads on my bike and avoid mandatory bike paths alongside roads like the proverbial plague.
Ordinary roads are bicycle infrastructure!
#cycling #bicycle #infrastructure #bicycleinfrastructure #fahrrad
Pete Buttigieg Puts Boebert In Her Place As Only He Can
https://politizoom.com/pete-buttigieg-puts-boebert-in-her-place-as-only-he-can/
#Boebert #Buttigieg #Infrastructure #MAGA #GOP #GQP #Republicans #Lies #Politics
Pourquoi le Réseau Ferroviaire Parisien est-il si Complexe à Entretenir ? - Monsieur Bidouille 🚄 - Monsieur Bidouille
Si vous voulez un aperçu de notre dépendance aux infrastructures techniques ultra complexes...
https://video.monsieurbidouille.fr/w/0fe234ce-30d8-4a3e-892b-dc948969c5bf
No #internet, no #phone: #Canada #wildfires expose fragility of rural #infrastructure
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/15/internet-access-rural-canada-wildfires
Northwestel, which provides telecommunications for the #Yukon, Northwest Territories, #Nunavut and northern #BritishColumbia announced on Friday that a wildfire had damaged a critical fibre optic cable near the town of #FortNelson. The company said it had also lost its redundancy cable due to a separate wildfire burning near Jean Marie River and #Kakisa in the Northwest Territories.
Scenes from a #bike ride today with @Kathryn Barr in #Ottawa. More great #infrastructure, this time at #Bayview. This is a pedestrian bridge connection to the train station that connects to a non-existent building. It has been like this for several years now.
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