yadbor.bsky.social
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Just because it's being passed around a lot: NO, data centers in space do NOT benefit from space being cold. Space is cold in the formal sense we use to define temperature. But it is very bad at cooling. What would you rather have to cool hot metal: a lukewarm water tub or a giant cold atmosphere?
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Just because it's being passed around a lot: NO, data centers in space do NOT benefit from space being cold. Space is cold in the formal sense we use to define temperature. But it is very bad at cooling. What would you rather have to cool hot metal: a lukewarm water tub or a giant cold atmosphere?
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I would love to read a study of how our use of language has changed when we talk to customer service now because we know we are talking to a machine
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I would love to read a study of how our use of language has changed when we talk to customer service now because we know we are talking to a machine
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Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
Nicole Foy
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
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Australian data centre development really is massive and globally significant - I knew this but didn't know it was #2 in the whole world in terms of $$? Wild! But it makes sense!
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Australian data centre development really is massive and globally significant - I knew this but didn't know it was #2 in the whole world in terms of $$? Wild! But it makes sense!
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
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HEY FRIENDS!! Did you know that Australia - #2 in the world for data centre investment - is now formally missing its climate targets thanks in large part to the resulting surge in power demand?
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
HEY FRIENDS!! Did you know that Australia - #2 in the world for data centre investment - is now formally missing its climate targets thanks in large part to the resulting surge in power demand?
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
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These deadly triple zero failures are the result of the stupid ideological push to privatize essential services by Labor & Coalition governments in the 1990s and 2000s.
UK Labor is re-nationalizing trains.
The least the Albanese govt can do is ensure emergency comms are in public hands. #auspol
UK Labor is re-nationalizing trains.
The least the Albanese govt can do is ensure emergency comms are in public hands. #auspol
Second death linked to triple-zero connection failure revealed as explosive inquiry reveals minister was not informed
Second death linked to triple-zero connection failure revealed as explosive inquiry reveals minister was not informed
TPG chief executive says he has ‘no idea’ why his telco only learned of its customer’s death on Monday
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Anika Wells’ office was wrongly told no one had died after failing to connect to the triple zero network in September, leaving the communications minister and her department in the dark about the fatality for more than 10 weeks, an inquiry had heard.
The view inside Wells’ department only shifted after Telstra scrambled to clarify the situation on Monday night – just hours before it was due to front a parliamentary inquiry into the triple zero network. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
These deadly triple zero failures are the result of the stupid ideological push to privatize essential services by Labor & Coalition governments in the 1990s and 2000s.
UK Labor is re-nationalizing trains.
The least the Albanese govt can do is ensure emergency comms are in public hands. #auspol
UK Labor is re-nationalizing trains.
The least the Albanese govt can do is ensure emergency comms are in public hands. #auspol
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More renewables, especially wind, and batteries reduce electricity price, even while gas prices high reneweconomy.com.au/how-more-win... @reneweconomy.com.au
Modest, well‑timed storage and additional renewables generation from wind has an outsized impact on both system reliability and consumer costs
Modest, well‑timed storage and additional renewables generation from wind has an outsized impact on both system reliability and consumer costs
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
More renewables, especially wind, and batteries reduce electricity price, even while gas prices high reneweconomy.com.au/how-more-win... @reneweconomy.com.au
Modest, well‑timed storage and additional renewables generation from wind has an outsized impact on both system reliability and consumer costs
Modest, well‑timed storage and additional renewables generation from wind has an outsized impact on both system reliability and consumer costs
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I hate these fucking ChatGPT commercials that show it helping folks like planning a date that seems "chill," or how to become a "morning person," all things that should've been learned from a community not a goddamned spicy autocorrect.
Fuck all that noise.
Fuck all that noise.
December 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I hate these fucking ChatGPT commercials that show it helping folks like planning a date that seems "chill," or how to become a "morning person," all things that should've been learned from a community not a goddamned spicy autocorrect.
Fuck all that noise.
Fuck all that noise.
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Garden of Earthly Delights
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Garden of Earthly Delights
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a gentle reminder that wind farms are the best
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
a gentle reminder that wind farms are the best
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It is so striking to see the disclaimer "AI can make mistakes. Check outputs before using" on every single piece of software. Imagine the equivalent warning label on the Ford Pinto. "The fuel tank ruptures and bursts into deadly flames when crashed. Do not crash the Ford Pinto while driving"
I will be teaching about Ford Pinto case in my sociology of law lecture tomorrow on the risk society & collective harms. It is clear that the development of (gen) #AI fits in same capitalist & risk logic but big difference is that this type of corporate behaviour has become normalised and accepted
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
It is so striking to see the disclaimer "AI can make mistakes. Check outputs before using" on every single piece of software. Imagine the equivalent warning label on the Ford Pinto. "The fuel tank ruptures and bursts into deadly flames when crashed. Do not crash the Ford Pinto while driving"
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Not change of views so much as people who backed Brexit literally being dead. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ex-pol...
Pro-Brexit Majority Of 2016 'Has Literally Died Out', Polling Expert Reveals
The founder of YouGov said there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Not change of views so much as people who backed Brexit literally being dead. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ex-pol...
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Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
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A 5-month-old baby died, & 3 surviving children, ages 2, 4, & 5, had to be hospitalized with rickets, osteopenia, vitamin D deficiency, & significant developmental delays bc their parents put them on “alkaline diets.”
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
A 5-month-old baby died, & 3 surviving children, ages 2, 4, & 5, had to be hospitalized with rickets, osteopenia, vitamin D deficiency, & significant developmental delays bc their parents put them on “alkaline diets.”
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
Anyone saying alkalization has health benefits is a murderous liar & a charlatan.
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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want to know something that isn't goated? one of our car park entrances is currently closed due to emergency water repairs. we've been told this isn't the water's fault, but we wanted you to know anyway
when people say goated this is what they mean
THREAD.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
A collection of photographs of excellent goats I have met during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
December 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
want to know something that isn't goated? one of our car park entrances is currently closed due to emergency water repairs. we've been told this isn't the water's fault, but we wanted you to know anyway
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This is still far less than the percentage of cops who admit they've beaten their spouse and kids
More than 1 in 4 self-checkout shoppers admit they've stolen: Survey
More than 1 in 4 self-checkout shoppers admit they’ve stolen: Survey
More than a third of self-checkout thieves see the kiosks as “unpaid work” so taking small items “feels like compensation.”
ktla.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is still far less than the percentage of cops who admit they've beaten their spouse and kids
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The social media ban will leave young Australians in the dark on news and politics. It’s not fair | Leo Puglisi
The social media ban will leave young Australians in the dark on news and politics. It’s not fair | Leo Puglisi
So many teenagers learn about the big stories through TikTok and Instagram. They won’t suddenly turn to newspapers and TV bulletins
The social media ban for under-16s is going to stop teenagers from watching a lot of things: clips from their favourite shows, sports highlights, gaming reviews and just about anything else you can imagine.
What hasn’t been discussed much is the impact it will have on young people’s ability to access news and information. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The social media ban will leave young Australians in the dark on news and politics. It’s not fair | Leo Puglisi
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The @effinbirds.com Christmas cards continue to bring joy. Got sent a video of a friend’s toddler all dressed in a Christmas onesie taking the card and running off with it, the words “Fuck your holiday cheer” clearly visible.
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The @effinbirds.com Christmas cards continue to bring joy. Got sent a video of a friend’s toddler all dressed in a Christmas onesie taking the card and running off with it, the words “Fuck your holiday cheer” clearly visible.
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remember that time john roberts said the ACA couldn’t use federal dollars to compel red states to expand medicaid? yeah, me too
NEW: Rural health is in crisis. Congress created a $50B rescue package and gave states just weeks to compete for a slice of it.
$3.75B hinges on whether states pass a series of Trump-approved policies, including restrictions on SNAP.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
$3.75B hinges on whether states pass a series of Trump-approved policies, including restrictions on SNAP.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
‘Sort of blackmail’: Billions in rural health funding hinge on states passing Trump-backed policies
Democrats and health advocates described the strategy as highly unusual, and some fear it could be wielded to favor political allies.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
remember that time john roberts said the ACA couldn’t use federal dollars to compel red states to expand medicaid? yeah, me too
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1) Impose massive tariffs on China
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump to Unveil $12 Billion Bailout for Farmers
The financial aid comes as the agriculture sector grapples with the fallout from the president’s tariffs.
www.wsj.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
1) Impose massive tariffs on China
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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there should be a really long German word for when satire and reality can't be separated
"I told the nurse I jog three days a week, play soccer, lift weights, and take spin classes. She just giggled. Honestly, I’m used to it. It was kind of annoying when she took my blood pressure four times, though."
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Fat Lady Attempts to Get Health Care: An Oral History
MEGAN TRASK (Front Desk Assistant, Sunshine Primary Care): I could tell from the minute she checked in that she was fat. Like, real fat. The crazie...
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December 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
there should be a really long German word for when satire and reality can't be separated
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Bluesky is still wonderful
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Bluesky is still wonderful