16 neighbors killed by cars in the last 10 yrs in our community, from a 67 yr old senior to a 9 yr old child. Stopping needless deaths starts with safe streets like #34AveOpenStreets. In fact, we’ve seen an astounding 41.7% drop in crashes since it launched 2 years ago. 1/2
We won't stop until we get to zero deaths. #34AveOpenStreets is a true Vision Zero street. It’s a model for the rest of our city. We can't lose another grandparent, child, or friend to car violence. That’s the message we sent today with our 2nd anniversary safe streets event. 2/2
This pair of cedar waxwings were demonstrating courtship behavior the whole time while we were checking them out this morning. Dancing with each other and handing some object back and forth via their beaks over and over again. Fun to watch.
News from Mars: @NASAPersevere's team has tested its robotic arm, checked science instruments, & taken the rover on its first drive. Mission scientists have named its touchdown site "Octavia E. Butler Landing," in honor of the late science fiction author: https://t.co/jcyr3ZZDGz
#OnThisDay in 1947, Octavia Butler was born. If you haven't read the works of this remarkable writer, we have suggestions for where to start. https://t.co/WWuUnaphUW
392 year old Greenland shark found in the Arctic Ocean. The age is determined using radiocarbon dating to measure carbon isotopes in the shark's eye tissue. The age of this particular shark was estimated to be 392, which was the midpoint of a range between 272 to 512 years.