Luis Apiolaza
@ojala.bsky.social
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quantitative forester @UCNZ • latinamerican diaspora • @[email protected] & @zentree in the dumpster fire • personal views, random commas • ojalá del ár. hisp. law šá lláh 'si Dios quiere' • Post impermanence Ōtautahi, Aotearoa | Christchurch, New Zealand
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ojala.bsky.social
El SI indica que el símbolo para metros es m. También necesitamos establecer las unidades de la constante, para pasar de km/h a m.

Y le piden a los conductores que calculen, mentalmente, el 55% de su velocidad.

Admirable el letrero.
robertocastillo.bsky.social
El mejor país de Chile desde hace mucho tiempo
ojala.bsky.social
¡Qué violencia tener al retrasado de Milei cantando "Demoliendo Hoteles" de Charly García!

Yo, que crecí con Videla
Yo, que nací sin poder
Yo, que luché por la libertad
Pero nunca la pude tener

Yo, que viví entre fachistas
Yo, que morí en el altar
...
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mountaintui.bsky.social
In 2022, protestors hurled bricks, faeces at police & lit fires. Winston Peters said those protestors just wanted to be "heard" & shook their hands.

This week Peters called the mostly peaceful, law abiding Kiwis outside his home "gutless, spineless, [the] worst" protestors #nzpol
Faeces thrown at police at Parliament protest
Poo was pelted at officers during an early morning operation today to contain the protest at Parliament. The 3.30am operation caught the occupiers off guard with attempts to thwart the plan, resulting...
www.rnz.co.nz
ojala.bsky.social
I guess, but how/why is that happening. My phone in in my trouser pocket, my watch in my wrist. Assumption: the watch is designed to be worn on the wrist, the phone without a particular place in mind?
ojala.bsky.social
Interesting how “generous” is the step count in my iPhone compared to the count in my Coros watch. Often gets 2,000 to 3,000 more steps in the iPhone.
ojala.bsky.social
"Let's talk about AI art", Matthew Inman's (The Oatmeal) take on AI art, a deeply human (and funny) explanation of what we're missing with AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
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rikefranke.bsky.social
And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.

www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...

And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.

#AIisnotresearch
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mountaintui.bsky.social
Then Green Party co-leader James Shaw was attacked while walking to work. He suffered a fractured eye ball and black eye, but said he still felt safe.

That's what de-escalation and kindness looks like #nzpol
Shaw back with black eye
James Shaw walked to work a day after he was assaulted while heading to the office, and plans to keep doing so.
www.stuff.co.nz
ojala.bsky.social
Ilam is just a dyslexic Liam #christchurch #canterbury #nz
ojala.bsky.social
I guess it speaks of how radical I am.
ojala.bsky.social
"Social media gives legions of imbeciles the right to speak, who previously only spoke at the bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community. They were immediately silenced, but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of imbeciles"—Umberto Eco
ojala.bsky.social
One of my most radical opinions is that country music is crap.
ojala.bsky.social
Better play the whole movie to your team.
ojala.bsky.social
I suffered 350 metres walking from my office. I barely made it, but these are the sacrifices that we need to make for local-level democracy.
ojala.bsky.social
Deeply dislike: snooze button in alarm clocks.

I want a big button that is just stop, not snooze. I set the alarm clock at that time for a reason!
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profjamescurran.bsky.social
Thanks to @visnut.bsky.social, I can now offer recreations (in non-original colours) of the useR! Conference Attendee shirt from Brisbane (2018). They are cheaper than the Aalborg ones because they only have a logo on the front. All profits will go to the R Foundation #Rstats

tinyurl.com/3zf3dwmz
useR! 2018 Conference Attendee Shirt - Blue Logo useR! Store
The artwork is displayed using the R Logo blue (#2369be)
tinyurl.com
ojala.bsky.social
I miss her first term. The second one was shambolic and such a waste of political capital. The current lot are <sigh> <hmm> <longer sigh>
ojala.bsky.social
Mastodon people to BSky people: we told you so.
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sciencevs.bsky.social
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
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adzebill.bsky.social
Ah, the joy of freelance life. A couple of 2026 funding pools have just dried up, so if anyoneʻs interested in a project with a Wikipedian, now’s the time to get in touch. www.rove.wiki
ojala.bsky.social
It is painful to see the catastrophic effect of Trump's policies on US soy exports to China.

#agriculture #trade
Soy Exports 1986-2023, source UN FAO Statistics. One can see the catastrophic loss in exports to China during Trump I years. Brazil picked up all the slack.