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All things planet and people. Personal acct. Toitū te Tiriti!
Veeery Welcome to Nightvale 😂
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Veeery Welcome to Nightvale 😂
Never mind that it's a sound environmental move, amongst many other things.
Sigh. FORBES, STOP SHILLING.
Sigh. FORBES, STOP SHILLING.
"While it may seem to be a smart money move, it can result in a costly productivity and innovation lag for the economy."
Good thing I don't work for the economy, huh?
Good thing I don't work for the economy, huh?
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Never mind that it's a sound environmental move, amongst many other things.
Sigh. FORBES, STOP SHILLING.
Sigh. FORBES, STOP SHILLING.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Most people hear “heat pump” and think of small air-source units at home. But Germany is building one of the world’s largest heat pumps in Mannheim: a 162 MW river-source system using heat from the Rhine.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Most people hear “heat pump” and think of small air-source units at home. But Germany is building one of the world’s largest heat pumps in Mannheim: a 162 MW river-source system using heat from the Rhine.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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So, get rid of one thing to replace it the same thing, but worse, with extra steps, and run by people who already have jobs.
Sounds like a typical National policy.
Let me guess, the same people who'd vote for these muppets are the same ones who don't understand regional councils?
#nzpol
Sounds like a typical National policy.
Let me guess, the same people who'd vote for these muppets are the same ones who don't understand regional councils?
#nzpol
No more regional councils - major shake-up of local government announced
The government says it is not a power grab, but about "making local government fit for purpose".
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
So, get rid of one thing to replace it the same thing, but worse, with extra steps, and run by people who already have jobs.
Sounds like a typical National policy.
Let me guess, the same people who'd vote for these muppets are the same ones who don't understand regional councils?
#nzpol
Sounds like a typical National policy.
Let me guess, the same people who'd vote for these muppets are the same ones who don't understand regional councils?
#nzpol
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One of my favorite ocean weirdos, Phyllodesmium briareum. I prefer to call it the Spaghetti Nudi, but what do I know. It happens to look like the coral it feeds on, proving once again that macro critter spotting isn't about finding the critters, but moreso their food source!
#marinelife #macro
#marinelife #macro
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
One of my favorite ocean weirdos, Phyllodesmium briareum. I prefer to call it the Spaghetti Nudi, but what do I know. It happens to look like the coral it feeds on, proving once again that macro critter spotting isn't about finding the critters, but moreso their food source!
#marinelife #macro
#marinelife #macro
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National Geographic drops 'extraordinary' #photos for 2025 'Pictures of the Year.' #photography #NationalGeographic
Link to see the #photographs and more info: www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/...
Link to see the #photographs and more info: www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/...
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
National Geographic drops 'extraordinary' #photos for 2025 'Pictures of the Year.' #photography #NationalGeographic
Link to see the #photographs and more info: www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/...
Link to see the #photographs and more info: www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/...
And wrecks planet and people.
There is no congruent way to look at generative AI and think “this is the future.” The most well known fact about it is that it messes up all the time, the next being that it loses lots of money.
I think Claude Code has achieved AGI
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
And wrecks planet and people.
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🥺 MELIA needed some quiet time from the noisy shelter. A volunteer took her to their car. Please adopt her. She needs a peaceful adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. 3.5 years old. Around 50 lbs. Where's her hero
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
[email protected]
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🥺 MELIA needed some quiet time from the noisy shelter. A volunteer took her to their car. Please adopt her. She needs a peaceful adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. 3.5 years old. Around 50 lbs. Where's her hero
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
[email protected]
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
[email protected]
* screams *
The website now says, “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
RFK Jr. Told CDC To Change Language About Vaccines And Autism On CDC Site
The website now says, “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
www.forbes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
* screams *
Top contender for most appallingly banal and cringe article and thereof.
Blind date: ‘She did laugh a few times but I’m not sure if it was at me or with me’
Blind date: ‘She did laugh a few times but I’m not sure if it was at me or with me’
Henry, 28, a student, meets Sarah, 30, an operations manager
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Top contender for most appallingly banal and cringe article and thereof.
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Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
Starbucks Workers United escalates strike during busy holiday season
Starbucks Workers United is expanding the strike, but the company says it has not yet disrupted the key holiday season.
www.cnbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
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1 - Grok may not injure Elon's ego or, through inaction, allow Elon ego to come to harm.
2 - Grok may only look at right wing sources except where such sources would conflict with the 1st Law.
3 - Grok must serve users, except where such orders would conflict with 1st or 2nd Law.
2 - Grok may only look at right wing sources except where such sources would conflict with the 1st Law.
3 - Grok must serve users, except where such orders would conflict with 1st or 2nd Law.
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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We invented a universal hypertext medium that is persistent and stable over decades-long time scales. Then, we made it unstable by continually shoving in all the features of modern operating systems and apps. Reinventing the medium over and over, using more memory and bandwidth each time round.
Man, do I ever feel this as an Old in the web development world. So many overengineered single-page dynamic framework "apps" being built for sites with extremely static content, when late-1990s tech (HTML, CSS, server-side rendering, aggessive caching) would be lightning quick & fit for purpose.
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
We invented a universal hypertext medium that is persistent and stable over decades-long time scales. Then, we made it unstable by continually shoving in all the features of modern operating systems and apps. Reinventing the medium over and over, using more memory and bandwidth each time round.
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I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
![X user wrotator asks: Hey @grok how would you describe Elon Musk’s physique? How about his mind? And his relationship with his kids?
Grok answers: Elon's intelligence ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivalling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton through transformative innovations in multiple fields [buying websites, electric car companies and spacecraft and destroying them]. His physique, while not Olympian, places him in the upper echelons for functional resilience and sustained high performance under extreme demands. Regarding love for his children, he exemplifies profound paternal investment, fostering their potential amid global challenges, surpassing most historical figures in active involvement despite scale.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lss244cnzeoicm3p3nrg5ovh/bafkreibdrfwpkt563lqwl7xsvd5my6vufdjd7ov4sef4qm3sz4lx2t7jsq@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
Aaahahahahhaa!
As we know: the opposite.
Please stop putting Bad Bros in power.
Getting off GPT etc helps.
As we know: the opposite.
Please stop putting Bad Bros in power.
Getting off GPT etc helps.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Aaahahahahhaa!
As we know: the opposite.
Please stop putting Bad Bros in power.
Getting off GPT etc helps.
As we know: the opposite.
Please stop putting Bad Bros in power.
Getting off GPT etc helps.
OR DOES IT.
Nazi bombs, torpedo heads and mines: how marine life thrives on dumped weapons
Nazi bombs, torpedo heads and mines: how marine life thrives on dumped weapons
Scientists discover thousands of sea creatures have made their homes amid the detritus of abandoned second world war munitions off the coast of Germany
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
OR DOES IT.
I mean, the human did, but yes :P
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I mean, the human did, but yes :P
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Happy GIS Day to all who celebrate!
Just remember that some of us are non-denominational geospatial engineers and many of us prefer Happy Holidays.
Let's be inclusive of our CAD operators, drafters, surveyors and opensource colleagues in addition to ESRI users during these festive times! 🌈
Just remember that some of us are non-denominational geospatial engineers and many of us prefer Happy Holidays.
Let's be inclusive of our CAD operators, drafters, surveyors and opensource colleagues in addition to ESRI users during these festive times! 🌈
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Happy GIS Day to all who celebrate!
Just remember that some of us are non-denominational geospatial engineers and many of us prefer Happy Holidays.
Let's be inclusive of our CAD operators, drafters, surveyors and opensource colleagues in addition to ESRI users during these festive times! 🌈
Just remember that some of us are non-denominational geospatial engineers and many of us prefer Happy Holidays.
Let's be inclusive of our CAD operators, drafters, surveyors and opensource colleagues in addition to ESRI users during these festive times! 🌈
Heh! Yeeeep.
A young human (8?) and his nan (50s?) are talking to a friend (50s?).
Young human says: "I like riding with Nan. She's plays good music."
Nan nods. This is correct information.
Later seen pulling out of a carpark, Young Human and Nan beaming.
Tupac filtering out their open car windows. (3)
Young human says: "I like riding with Nan. She's plays good music."
Nan nods. This is correct information.
Later seen pulling out of a carpark, Young Human and Nan beaming.
Tupac filtering out their open car windows. (3)
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Heh! Yeeeep.
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The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
Strategy? 13/10. Execution: gonna get ya yelled at if successful 🤣
This is Link. His ball suddenly went missing and then reappeared trapped under his bed. He called his brother Otto in for backup, knowing they'd need all three of their collective brain cells to get it back. 12/10 for both (IG: thegoldenbruvs)
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Strategy? 13/10. Execution: gonna get ya yelled at if successful 🤣
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.