Merlin
@danielperlin.bsky.social
Planetary Design, Art, Music, Writing, Built and unbuilt environments, Making, Collaborating. Here for you, here for community.
American medicine: waiting over 1 hour 1/2 wearing paper shorts after waiting 2 weeks to see a doctor for a painful injury & made to fill out the same forms I filled online, told my mri isn’t complete by a voice yelling in the waiting room, paying insane copay fees to learn nothing. #cedarssinai
February 17, 2026 at 1:13 AM
American medicine: waiting over 1 hour 1/2 wearing paper shorts after waiting 2 weeks to see a doctor for a painful injury & made to fill out the same forms I filled online, told my mri isn’t complete by a voice yelling in the waiting room, paying insane copay fees to learn nothing. #cedarssinai
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"It is the first time anywhere in the world that an insect species receives this kind of legal status."
www.ecoticias.com/en/for-the-f....
#bees
www.ecoticias.com/en/for-the-f....
#bees
For the first time in global legal history, a country has recognized the legal rights of insects, and it is the stingless bees of the Peruvian Amazon that are taking the first step toward a new model ...
Peru just made history: stingless bees in the Amazon now have legal rights, letting communities sue to defend hives and habitat.
www.ecoticias.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
"It is the first time anywhere in the world that an insect species receives this kind of legal status."
www.ecoticias.com/en/for-the-f....
#bees
www.ecoticias.com/en/for-the-f....
#bees
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From the "... the void screams at you ..." department:
"... our recent paper analyzing distorted sounds from the early universe ...
Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void
phys.org/news/2025-07...
"... our recent paper analyzing distorted sounds from the early universe ...
Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void
phys.org/news/2025-07...
Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void
Looking up at the night sky, it may seem our cosmic neighborhood is packed full of planets, stars and galaxies. But scientists have long suggested there may be far fewer galaxies in our cosmic surroun...
phys.org
February 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM
From the "... the void screams at you ..." department:
"... our recent paper analyzing distorted sounds from the early universe ...
Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void
phys.org/news/2025-07...
"... our recent paper analyzing distorted sounds from the early universe ...
Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void
phys.org/news/2025-07...
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Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
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Brian Eno & David Byrne: Help Me Somebody - from their 1981 album, My Life In The Bush of Ghosts www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcGa...
Help Me Somebody
YouTube video by Brian Eno - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Brian Eno & David Byrne: Help Me Somebody - from their 1981 album, My Life In The Bush of Ghosts www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcGa...
Isn’t it weird that it is weird to hear obvious truth from a politician in the US (or anywhere, really)?
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Isn’t it weird that it is weird to hear obvious truth from a politician in the US (or anywhere, really)?
Welp, finally time to really leave IG too…
February 14, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Welp, finally time to really leave IG too…
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Some good news:
'Contracts were awarded to 157 new solar farms, 28 new onshore windfarms and eight offshore windfarms after ministers doubled the amount of funding available to developers...for Labour’s goal to create a clean electricity system in Great Britain by 2030.'
'Contracts were awarded to 157 new solar farms, 28 new onshore windfarms and eight offshore windfarms after ministers doubled the amount of funding available to developers...for Labour’s goal to create a clean electricity system in Great Britain by 2030.'
UK backs biggest English onshore windfarm in a decade among 190 green energy projects
Government also offers contracts for record number of solar schemes as it aims to create clean electricity system by 2030
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Some good news:
'Contracts were awarded to 157 new solar farms, 28 new onshore windfarms and eight offshore windfarms after ministers doubled the amount of funding available to developers...for Labour’s goal to create a clean electricity system in Great Britain by 2030.'
'Contracts were awarded to 157 new solar farms, 28 new onshore windfarms and eight offshore windfarms after ministers doubled the amount of funding available to developers...for Labour’s goal to create a clean electricity system in Great Britain by 2030.'
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Edith Clarke, the first professional female electrical engineer in the US, was born #OTD in 1883.
+ Invented the Clarke calculator to solve electric power transmission problems faster
+ First woman to earn an MS in electrical engineering (EE) at MIT, 1919
+ First woman EE professor, US #WomenInSTEM
+ Invented the Clarke calculator to solve electric power transmission problems faster
+ First woman to earn an MS in electrical engineering (EE) at MIT, 1919
+ First woman EE professor, US #WomenInSTEM
February 10, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Edith Clarke, the first professional female electrical engineer in the US, was born #OTD in 1883.
+ Invented the Clarke calculator to solve electric power transmission problems faster
+ First woman to earn an MS in electrical engineering (EE) at MIT, 1919
+ First woman EE professor, US #WomenInSTEM
+ Invented the Clarke calculator to solve electric power transmission problems faster
+ First woman to earn an MS in electrical engineering (EE) at MIT, 1919
+ First woman EE professor, US #WomenInSTEM
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#Women&GirlsinScienceDay Academic & particle physicist Anne Kernan was a huge advocate for women in science, on one occasion funding a trip to CERN for an undergrad she had never met, meeting her at the airport and paying for her accommodation until funding came through. www.dib.ie/biography/ke...
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 AM
#Women&GirlsinScienceDay Academic & particle physicist Anne Kernan was a huge advocate for women in science, on one occasion funding a trip to CERN for an undergrad she had never met, meeting her at the airport and paying for her accommodation until funding came through. www.dib.ie/biography/ke...
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Today we’re launching Open Climate Risk, a fully open option for U.S. building-level climate risk data. It’s unique because it allows you to see not only risk scores, starting with wildfire, but also the complete underlying dataset, methods, and codebase. carbonplan.org/research/cli...
February 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Today we’re launching Open Climate Risk, a fully open option for U.S. building-level climate risk data. It’s unique because it allows you to see not only risk scores, starting with wildfire, but also the complete underlying dataset, methods, and codebase. carbonplan.org/research/cli...
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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“Historians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”
Safe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in Manhattan
The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in Manhattan.
ny1.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
“Historians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”
lol how about: ‘should nature be valued and protected?’ Why is there a question mark on this story?
Should some L.A. beaches be a national park? It's being studied. Here's how you can weigh in
Should some L.A. beaches be a national park? It's being studied. Here's how you can weigh in
The National Park Service is embarking on the Los Angeles Coastal Area Special Resource Study, focusing on the coastline and adjacent areas along Santa Monica Bay from Will Rogers State Beach to Torrance Beach, including areas around Ballona Creek, as well as San Pedro.
www.latimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
lol how about: ‘should nature be valued and protected?’ Why is there a question mark on this story?
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To have a voice means not just the animal capacity to utter sounds but the ability to participate fully in the conversations that shape your society, your relations to others, and your own life. There are three key things that matter in having a voice: audibility, credibility, and consequence.
Breaking the Silencing Machine
In many ways this society has moved toward a democracy of voices, as people who for their race or gender were shut out of systems of power and possibility – out of jury duty, professions, institutions...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
To have a voice means not just the animal capacity to utter sounds but the ability to participate fully in the conversations that shape your society, your relations to others, and your own life. There are three key things that matter in having a voice: audibility, credibility, and consequence.
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The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
February 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
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Milky Way’s ‘Central Black Hole’ is Compact Object Composed of Fermionic Dark Matter, Study Says - #Astronomy - ift.tt/vTzBfO4
Milky Way’s ‘Central Black Hole’ is Compact Object Composed of Fermionic Dark Matter, Study Says | Sci.News
For decades, the motions of stars near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy have been treated as some of the clearest evidence for a supermassive black hole.
ift.tt
February 6, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Milky Way’s ‘Central Black Hole’ is Compact Object Composed of Fermionic Dark Matter, Study Says - #Astronomy - ift.tt/vTzBfO4
Jeez, another lost from Television…
Fred Smith (1948-2026): Morre Fred Smith, baixista do Television, aos 77 anos
Fred Smith (1948 - 2026) - Morre Fred Smith, que foi baixista da banda de rock Television, aos 77 anos
Atuou em projetos solo e voltou às turnês do grupo em 1992
www1.folha.uol.com.br
February 7, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Jeez, another lost from Television…
Wizards of oz run a lot of the world, and many of them are underpaid in ‘offshore’ and ‘near shore’ digital labor sweatshops that the hegemonic global north depend on for their daily lives. Waymo is not an exception, it is the norm.
February 7, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Wizards of oz run a lot of the world, and many of them are underpaid in ‘offshore’ and ‘near shore’ digital labor sweatshops that the hegemonic global north depend on for their daily lives. Waymo is not an exception, it is the norm.
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
Totally ok with a re-up of these folks
February 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Totally ok with a re-up of these folks
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Heating homes with the world’s largest particle accelerator
Now operational, a new heat exchange system is reusing hot water from part of the Large Hadron Collider’s cooling system to heat homes and businesses in the local area.
Read more: home.cern/news/news/ce...
Now operational, a new heat exchange system is reusing hot water from part of the Large Hadron Collider’s cooling system to heat homes and businesses in the local area.
Read more: home.cern/news/news/ce...
January 29, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Heating homes with the world’s largest particle accelerator
Now operational, a new heat exchange system is reusing hot water from part of the Large Hadron Collider’s cooling system to heat homes and businesses in the local area.
Read more: home.cern/news/news/ce...
Now operational, a new heat exchange system is reusing hot water from part of the Large Hadron Collider’s cooling system to heat homes and businesses in the local area.
Read more: home.cern/news/news/ce...
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A Guide To The Music Of Iannis Xenakis www.theguardian.com/music/tomser...
January 28, 2026 at 10:07 AM
A Guide To The Music Of Iannis Xenakis www.theguardian.com/music/tomser...
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🌡️Heat pumps convert 1 kilowatt hour into 3-5 kilowatt hours of heating / cooling power.
🏗️ Plant-based building materials absorb almost 4 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere per 1 kg of carbon, stored useful as buildings.
🪙 1 Euro invested in climate protection yields a return of ~ 5 Euros.
Invest.
🏗️ Plant-based building materials absorb almost 4 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere per 1 kg of carbon, stored useful as buildings.
🪙 1 Euro invested in climate protection yields a return of ~ 5 Euros.
Invest.
January 27, 2026 at 5:05 PM
🌡️Heat pumps convert 1 kilowatt hour into 3-5 kilowatt hours of heating / cooling power.
🏗️ Plant-based building materials absorb almost 4 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere per 1 kg of carbon, stored useful as buildings.
🪙 1 Euro invested in climate protection yields a return of ~ 5 Euros.
Invest.
🏗️ Plant-based building materials absorb almost 4 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere per 1 kg of carbon, stored useful as buildings.
🪙 1 Euro invested in climate protection yields a return of ~ 5 Euros.
Invest.