exceptional.null
@exceptionalnull.bsky.social
computer programmer from texas but now living in perth. {he/him
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It would be good to reduce the amount of flying that people do. But all of aviation counts for less than 4% of global warming. We could stop flying right now and it wouldn't fix it. We don't have the tech to decarbonize aviation. This feels like another distraction
ourworldindata.org/co2-emission...
ourworldindata.org/co2-emission...
February 1, 2024 at 8:24 AM
It would be good to reduce the amount of flying that people do. But all of aviation counts for less than 4% of global warming. We could stop flying right now and it wouldn't fix it. We don't have the tech to decarbonize aviation. This feels like another distraction
ourworldindata.org/co2-emission...
ourworldindata.org/co2-emission...
TERF island has a problem with toxic masculinity. This is my shocked face...
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/fe...
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/fe...
Gen Z boys and men more likely than baby boomers to believe feminism harmful, says poll
Fifth of men aged 16-29 look favourably on social media influencer Andrew Tate
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2024 at 8:11 AM
TERF island has a problem with toxic masculinity. This is my shocked face...
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/fe...
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/fe...
How is writing Gaza on a sign antisemitic?
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
World’s oldest Holocaust museum adds ‘Gaza’ abuse to London collection on 90th anniversary
Forerunner of Wiener Holocaust Library was founded in Amsterdam in 1934 in response to rise of antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2024 at 8:30 AM
How is writing Gaza on a sign antisemitic?
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...
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Billionaire sociopaths routinely lay off huge swaths of their workforces just to impress their shareholders and then when a chunk of fuselage shears off a 737 in midair they're like "ah yes, DEI did that"
January 11, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Billionaire sociopaths routinely lay off huge swaths of their workforces just to impress their shareholders and then when a chunk of fuselage shears off a 737 in midair they're like "ah yes, DEI did that"
When there is nothing else there is blades and metal and blood
December 23, 2023 at 10:18 AM
When there is nothing else there is blades and metal and blood
Nobody cares
That's fine
But it doesn't make anything any easier
That's fine
But it doesn't make anything any easier
December 23, 2023 at 10:07 AM
Nobody cares
That's fine
But it doesn't make anything any easier
That's fine
But it doesn't make anything any easier
I bought a hundred dollars worth of nitrogen chargers but in the end it won't fit the purpose I had for them. Sucks for me. What a waste. Just like me. iykyk
December 23, 2023 at 10:04 AM
I bought a hundred dollars worth of nitrogen chargers but in the end it won't fit the purpose I had for them. Sucks for me. What a waste. Just like me. iykyk
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I really honestly beg you to look outside of the US and realize that soaring housing prices is a global phenomenon
A perverse consequence of the USA's anemic and zoning-constrained housing production is that a strong economy and labor market *increases* homelessness in areas with tight zoning by spurring middle class household formation without increasing supply of houses.
WASHINGTON (AP) — US homelessness, tied to soaring rents and loss of pandemic aid, up 12% to highest level since reporting began in 2007.
December 16, 2023 at 4:17 AM
I really honestly beg you to look outside of the US and realize that soaring housing prices is a global phenomenon
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With lots of bad drug reporting out there pls find journalists who care enough to report the nuance. Ketamine is both an incredibly safe med, with very limited potential for end organ toxicity, & also something that can cause dissociation to the point that even familiar situations can become unsafe:
Matthew Perry Drowned While On Ketamine: Medical Examiner
The “Friends” star, who was found face down in a hot tub, was heavily sedated from the ketamine in his system.
www.vice.com
December 16, 2023 at 5:11 AM
With lots of bad drug reporting out there pls find journalists who care enough to report the nuance. Ketamine is both an incredibly safe med, with very limited potential for end organ toxicity, & also something that can cause dissociation to the point that even familiar situations can become unsafe:
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Three days since the Aus gov't shared a "preview" with journalists only, but haven't released anything publicly, let alone the full report and data.
This is a really deceptive tactic to direct scrutiny away from gov't failures on fossil fuels. They're obviously hiding something significant.
This is a really deceptive tactic to direct scrutiny away from gov't failures on fossil fuels. They're obviously hiding something significant.
Hey @adammorton.bsky.social where can I read these projections and all underlying data?
They aren't public on the DCCEEW website. Were they only shared with journalists? And if so, do you know why they're being withheld from public scrutiny?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They aren't public on the DCCEEW website. Were they only shared with journalists? And if so, do you know why they're being withheld from public scrutiny?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop28: Australia to bring evidence it can meet 2030 climate target but pressure builds over fossil f...
Chris Bowen says country ‘reaping the economic opportunities’ of clean energy as emissions projection improves
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2023 at 8:51 AM
Three days since the Aus gov't shared a "preview" with journalists only, but haven't released anything publicly, let alone the full report and data.
This is a really deceptive tactic to direct scrutiny away from gov't failures on fossil fuels. They're obviously hiding something significant.
This is a really deceptive tactic to direct scrutiny away from gov't failures on fossil fuels. They're obviously hiding something significant.
The most unrealistic scene in Loki is right at the end. A character says they're going to "wait here and let time pass" which is a lovely phrase and scene but you can't do that. You have to pay to pay for your existence. You can't just live for free. Our society quite actively works against that.
November 21, 2023 at 6:56 PM
The most unrealistic scene in Loki is right at the end. A character says they're going to "wait here and let time pass" which is a lovely phrase and scene but you can't do that. You have to pay to pay for your existence. You can't just live for free. Our society quite actively works against that.
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this is also an urge that is purposefully exploited by both grifters and right wing states because fooling theory-illiterate leftists is actually really fucking easy so long as you say the right words in the right order
November 17, 2023 at 8:50 AM
this is also an urge that is purposefully exploited by both grifters and right wing states because fooling theory-illiterate leftists is actually really fucking easy so long as you say the right words in the right order
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When we warn the real threat of AI is how it’s used against people in the present, not the fantasies that some day computers might think for themselves, this is exactly the kind of thing we’re talking about: health insurers using AI to deny care.
arstechnica.com/health/2023/...
arstechnica.com/health/2023/...
November 18, 2023 at 11:00 PM
When we warn the real threat of AI is how it’s used against people in the present, not the fantasies that some day computers might think for themselves, this is exactly the kind of thing we’re talking about: health insurers using AI to deny care.
arstechnica.com/health/2023/...
arstechnica.com/health/2023/...
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Western Australia is like an intense mix between Norway's self-righteousness and the Middle East's authoritarian bloodthirst.
Dropping lies like this is worse than climate denial, and they get credulously repeated across media outlets. Digging up and selling gas causes harm.
archive.li/wip/Ay1j4
Dropping lies like this is worse than climate denial, and they get credulously repeated across media outlets. Digging up and selling gas causes harm.
archive.li/wip/Ay1j4
November 16, 2023 at 10:44 AM
Western Australia is like an intense mix between Norway's self-righteousness and the Middle East's authoritarian bloodthirst.
Dropping lies like this is worse than climate denial, and they get credulously repeated across media outlets. Digging up and selling gas causes harm.
archive.li/wip/Ay1j4
Dropping lies like this is worse than climate denial, and they get credulously repeated across media outlets. Digging up and selling gas causes harm.
archive.li/wip/Ay1j4
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This is the most accurate image AI has ever generated
November 15, 2023 at 10:35 PM
This is the most accurate image AI has ever generated
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Fundamentally, what you need to take away from this - even once we stop hurling these gases into the sky, there will be long-lasting changes - eg, our impact on sea level rise is nearly permanent
It also includes the possibility that the Earth keeps warming for a brief period! But it could cool too
It also includes the possibility that the Earth keeps warming for a brief period! But it could cool too
November 14, 2023 at 11:18 AM
Fundamentally, what you need to take away from this - even once we stop hurling these gases into the sky, there will be long-lasting changes - eg, our impact on sea level rise is nearly permanent
It also includes the possibility that the Earth keeps warming for a brief period! But it could cool too
It also includes the possibility that the Earth keeps warming for a brief period! But it could cool too
this makes even less sense than carbon credits.
you can't pretend you didn't make a bunch of plastic because someone else picked up some trash. the trash needs to get picked up anyway. there wasn't any there before. none.
we need to quit playing silly number games and actually do something.
you can't pretend you didn't make a bunch of plastic because someone else picked up some trash. the trash needs to get picked up anyway. there wasn't any there before. none.
we need to quit playing silly number games and actually do something.
Here's a gift link for the Bloomberg article so everybody can easily read it
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New Plastics ‘Offsets’ Point to Next Frontier in Controversial Green Claims
The credits are based on the murky practice of burning plastic waste for fuel.
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2023 at 3:59 PM
this makes even less sense than carbon credits.
you can't pretend you didn't make a bunch of plastic because someone else picked up some trash. the trash needs to get picked up anyway. there wasn't any there before. none.
we need to quit playing silly number games and actually do something.
you can't pretend you didn't make a bunch of plastic because someone else picked up some trash. the trash needs to get picked up anyway. there wasn't any there before. none.
we need to quit playing silly number games and actually do something.
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It's really getting to the point where I feel silly and/or weird repeating it but:
paying someone else to vaguely promise to pollute less doesn't undo your pollution, any less than funding research into life-saving surgery excuses you murdering someone
paying someone else to vaguely promise to pollute less doesn't undo your pollution, any less than funding research into life-saving surgery excuses you murdering someone
November 11, 2023 at 9:13 PM
It's really getting to the point where I feel silly and/or weird repeating it but:
paying someone else to vaguely promise to pollute less doesn't undo your pollution, any less than funding research into life-saving surgery excuses you murdering someone
paying someone else to vaguely promise to pollute less doesn't undo your pollution, any less than funding research into life-saving surgery excuses you murdering someone
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GYABBAFRAK
CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Gated suburban
FREQUENCY: Very rare
NUMBER APPEARING: 0-1
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral
ARMOR CLASS: 0
HIT DICE: 12+2
THAC0: 9
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Self-Immolation
SPECIAL WEAKNESSES: Rain, gentle slopes
GM NOTE: In legends the gyabbafrak is arrow-proof. This is not the case.
CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Gated suburban
FREQUENCY: Very rare
NUMBER APPEARING: 0-1
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral
ARMOR CLASS: 0
HIT DICE: 12+2
THAC0: 9
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Self-Immolation
SPECIAL WEAKNESSES: Rain, gentle slopes
GM NOTE: In legends the gyabbafrak is arrow-proof. This is not the case.
November 10, 2023 at 11:20 PM
GYABBAFRAK
CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Gated suburban
FREQUENCY: Very rare
NUMBER APPEARING: 0-1
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral
ARMOR CLASS: 0
HIT DICE: 12+2
THAC0: 9
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Self-Immolation
SPECIAL WEAKNESSES: Rain, gentle slopes
GM NOTE: In legends the gyabbafrak is arrow-proof. This is not the case.
CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Gated suburban
FREQUENCY: Very rare
NUMBER APPEARING: 0-1
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral
ARMOR CLASS: 0
HIT DICE: 12+2
THAC0: 9
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Self-Immolation
SPECIAL WEAKNESSES: Rain, gentle slopes
GM NOTE: In legends the gyabbafrak is arrow-proof. This is not the case.
I can't wait to have my house turned into an AirBnB for two weeks and then rented to someone else so they can make an extra $10,000
Doesn't this incentivize the wrong thing?
Why is every Labor plan to help people just "we're going to give these rich people money because {convoluted noises}"?
Doesn't this incentivize the wrong thing?
Why is every Labor plan to help people just "we're going to give these rich people money because {convoluted noises}"?
Western Australia to offer Airbnb owners $10,000 to rent to long-term tenants
Community groups say Labor government’s incentive for short-term accommodation owners could double state’s rental housing supply
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2023 at 11:36 AM
I can't wait to have my house turned into an AirBnB for two weeks and then rented to someone else so they can make an extra $10,000
Doesn't this incentivize the wrong thing?
Why is every Labor plan to help people just "we're going to give these rich people money because {convoluted noises}"?
Doesn't this incentivize the wrong thing?
Why is every Labor plan to help people just "we're going to give these rich people money because {convoluted noises}"?
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It's a trite point for me to make but truly: it is so deeply fucked that it takes a ruling like this for the Australian government to even muse on the possibility of not locking up those seeking refuge indefinitely.
I cannot stress enough how big this decision is. Al Kateb v Godwin allowed the Australian government to imprison people indefinitely even where they had committed no crime.
November 8, 2023 at 8:50 AM
It's a trite point for me to make but truly: it is so deeply fucked that it takes a ruling like this for the Australian government to even muse on the possibility of not locking up those seeking refuge indefinitely.