Lance
@lancenichols.bsky.social
IT profesional, poly, Star Trek geek, 4x4 enthusiast, dad of two and fur dad of two GSDs
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Squirrels can find 85% of the nuts they hide www.popsci.com/science/squi...
Squirrels can find 85% of the nuts they hide
Our furry neighbors use a whole toolkit to locate their caches during the winter.
www.popsci.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Squirrels can find 85% of the nuts they hide www.popsci.com/science/squi...
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Tour the International Space Station in new NASA walkthrough www.popsci.com/science/iss-...
Tour the International Space Station in new NASA walkthrough
The new video highlights the (cramped) life aboard the ISS.
www.popsci.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Tour the International Space Station in new NASA walkthrough www.popsci.com/science/iss-...
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look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
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How AI coding agents work—and what to remember if you use them arstechnica.com/information-...
How AI coding agents work—and what to remember if you use them
From compression tricks to multi-agent teamwork, here's what makes them tick.
arstechnica.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
How AI coding agents work—and what to remember if you use them arstechnica.com/information-...
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TV Technica: Our favorite shows of 2025. Netflix and Apple TV dominate this year’s list with thrillers, fantasy, sci-fi, and murder. What were your faves this year? arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
TV Technica: Our favorite shows of 2025
Netflix and Apple TV dominate this year's list with thrillers, fantasy, sci-fi, and murder.
arstechnica.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
TV Technica: Our favorite shows of 2025. Netflix and Apple TV dominate this year’s list with thrillers, fantasy, sci-fi, and murder. What were your faves this year? arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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“Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
“Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment
Redditor jokes LimeWire is now a "champion against the darkness."
arstechnica.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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It was always only about destroying a trans woman and turning manufactured outrage into a career in media.
This is the message: they can destroy any trans person they want on a whim, for nothing more than daring to exist and demand to be treated with dignity.
This is the message: they can destroy any trans person they want on a whim, for nothing more than daring to exist and demand to be treated with dignity.
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It was always only about destroying a trans woman and turning manufactured outrage into a career in media.
This is the message: they can destroy any trans person they want on a whim, for nothing more than daring to exist and demand to be treated with dignity.
This is the message: they can destroy any trans person they want on a whim, for nothing more than daring to exist and demand to be treated with dignity.
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Important piece
Inside the federal government as Trump and DOGE pushed it past its breaking point in 2025, as told by some of the more than 1,200 federal workers @hannahnatanson.bsky.social and @merylkornfield.bsky.social have spoken to this year
The year Trump broke the federal government
How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Important piece
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This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Statue of Black teen who fought segregation replaces Robert E. Lee at U.S. Capitol
Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at her segregated high school for Black students in rural Farmville, Virginia.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., & van Rooij, I. (2025). Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... ✨
Thread with my favourite quotes 👇
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Thread with my favourite quotes 👇
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December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., & van Rooij, I. (2025). Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... ✨
Thread with my favourite quotes 👇
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Thread with my favourite quotes 👇
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday
() -The Starbucks workers' union said on Friday it is escalating an indefinite strike to more than 120 stores and 85 cities, demanding higher pay and staffing levels at the coffee chain. The walkout,...
www.yahoo.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
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I updated my spaghetti magnitude video. 🍝
What magnitude is your appetite? 😆
What magnitude is your appetite? 😆
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I updated my spaghetti magnitude video. 🍝
What magnitude is your appetite? 😆
What magnitude is your appetite? 😆
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I made a pretty promo for it 👀
Punderworld volume 2 is already up for preorders!
tinyurl.com/pundw2
linktr.ee/sigeel
Punderworld volume 2 is already up for preorders!
tinyurl.com/pundw2
linktr.ee/sigeel
February 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I made a pretty promo for it 👀
Punderworld volume 2 is already up for preorders!
tinyurl.com/pundw2
linktr.ee/sigeel
Punderworld volume 2 is already up for preorders!
tinyurl.com/pundw2
linktr.ee/sigeel
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No it fucking won't.
They've been gorging themselves on grievance porn for decades now. Nothing any government does is going to calm them.
They've been gorging themselves on grievance porn for decades now. Nothing any government does is going to calm them.
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
No it fucking won't.
They've been gorging themselves on grievance porn for decades now. Nothing any government does is going to calm them.
They've been gorging themselves on grievance porn for decades now. Nothing any government does is going to calm them.
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Mars Has Lightning, Scientists Prove www.scientificamerican.com/article/mars...
Mars Has Lightning, Scientists Prove
The presence of electrical activity has implications for surface chemistry, future human exploration and habitability on the Red Planet
www.scientificamerican.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Mars Has Lightning, Scientists Prove www.scientificamerican.com/article/mars...
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RFK has the sex appeal of an old moth-eaten sock and anyone who thinks otherwise needs to have their brain scanned and to be evaluated for a stroke
The women drawn to RFK Jr. see an intoxicating cocktail of romance and danger—whether it's getting attacked by a yak or texting about taking metaphorical bullets for each other.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
The inexplicable sex appeal of RFK Jr.
How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
RFK has the sex appeal of an old moth-eaten sock and anyone who thinks otherwise needs to have their brain scanned and to be evaluated for a stroke
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RealPage agrees to change algorithm so landlords can’t collude on price hikes arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Landlords’ go-to tool to set rent prices to be gutted under RealPage settlement
RealPage agrees to settle suit over DOJ claims software raised rents across the US.
arstechnica.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
RealPage agrees to change algorithm so landlords can’t collude on price hikes arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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I have nothing but love for these Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pots, a weekend-greeting #RecipeOfTheDay or, frankly, anytime delight. Quick and easy as they are, I often make them up ahead of time (see notes under recipe) and just pop them in the oven when needed. www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pots
My children love a chocolate chip cookie so gooey on the inside that I can’t really make the outside firm enough to let the cookies keep integrity of form. This, then, is the solution: a cookie dough ...
www.nigella.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I have nothing but love for these Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pots, a weekend-greeting #RecipeOfTheDay or, frankly, anytime delight. Quick and easy as they are, I often make them up ahead of time (see notes under recipe) and just pop them in the oven when needed. www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...
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Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
