Pat
@pmbrent.com
Cat Fan, Urbanist 🚴, Green Tech 💚, occasional sports ⚾️⚽️
they/them, er/ihm
#YallMasking 😷 #TeamVorsicht
they/them, er/ihm
#YallMasking 😷 #TeamVorsicht
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Pat
@pmbrent.com
· Mar 14
Knowledge must inform action.
As we approach #5YearsLongCovid let me recommend some knowledge:
1. @thesicktimes.bsky.social
2. @violetblue.bsky.social 's excellent newsletter www.patreon.com/posts/124252...
and some action:
1. Wear a mask when you're indoors / in a crowd 😷
2. Offer virtual events
As we approach #5YearsLongCovid let me recommend some knowledge:
1. @thesicktimes.bsky.social
2. @violetblue.bsky.social 's excellent newsletter www.patreon.com/posts/124252...
and some action:
1. Wear a mask when you're indoors / in a crowd 😷
2. Offer virtual events
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please get your flu jabs signed someone who gets sick
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
please get your flu jabs signed someone who gets sick
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It’s #GivingTuesday! Will you help us get our fundraiser back on track and keep our #LongCOVID journalism going? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s #GivingTuesday! Will you help us get our fundraiser back on track and keep our #LongCOVID journalism going? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
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For day 2 of #ChemAdvent we look at the chemical connection between the colours of poinsettia and pomegranate – both caused by anthocyanin compounds.
These compounds also change when added to solutions of different acidity or alkalinity, giving a rainbow of colours 🌈
#ChemSky 🧪
These compounds also change when added to solutions of different acidity or alkalinity, giving a rainbow of colours 🌈
#ChemSky 🧪
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
For day 2 of #ChemAdvent we look at the chemical connection between the colours of poinsettia and pomegranate – both caused by anthocyanin compounds.
These compounds also change when added to solutions of different acidity or alkalinity, giving a rainbow of colours 🌈
#ChemSky 🧪
These compounds also change when added to solutions of different acidity or alkalinity, giving a rainbow of colours 🌈
#ChemSky 🧪
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Hivemind, I have a challenge. Popular culture is dominated by the car (car chases, cop dramas etc), helping us accept a car-dominated urban environment as normal. Can you think of any examples of popular culture highlighting bikes, trams, walking etc? I can only think of A Streetcar Named Desire.
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Hivemind, I have a challenge. Popular culture is dominated by the car (car chases, cop dramas etc), helping us accept a car-dominated urban environment as normal. Can you think of any examples of popular culture highlighting bikes, trams, walking etc? I can only think of A Streetcar Named Desire.
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Protestors protect themselves from airborne viruses in the tight crowd on Malieveld
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Protestors protect themselves from airborne viruses in the tight crowd on Malieveld
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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This great thread makes a point I've been trying to convey for years. Calling all data-driven prediction or decision software "AI" is a huge gift to LLM hypemen, who want people to believe, incorrectly, that LLM data centers are crucial for solar forecasting or operating buildings and power grids.
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This great thread makes a point I've been trying to convey for years. Calling all data-driven prediction or decision software "AI" is a huge gift to LLM hypemen, who want people to believe, incorrectly, that LLM data centers are crucial for solar forecasting or operating buildings and power grids.
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Nearly 30 countries refuse to sign a final #COP30 agreement that doesn't include "fossil fuel phase-out," as negotiations head into overtime.
Live updates from @fionaharvey.bsky.social, @olliemilman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Live updates from @fionaharvey.bsky.social, @olliemilman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Nearly 30 countries refuse to sign a final #COP30 agreement that doesn't include "fossil fuel phase-out," as negotiations head into overtime.
Live updates from @fionaharvey.bsky.social, @olliemilman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Live updates from @fionaharvey.bsky.social, @olliemilman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Thrilled to see that COP30 has shifted into open conflict between the petrostates and the circa 80 countries, including Germany and the majority of European states, who are demanding a mechanism for phasing out fossil fuels be included in the outcome.
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Thrilled to see that COP30 has shifted into open conflict between the petrostates and the circa 80 countries, including Germany and the majority of European states, who are demanding a mechanism for phasing out fossil fuels be included in the outcome.
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
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In case you need a timeline cleanse. #tuxedocatsofbluesky
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
In case you need a timeline cleanse. #tuxedocatsofbluesky
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Excellent public health messaging from New York City!!
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Excellent public health messaging from New York City!!
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
Be the happy peace sign waving emoji instead of the sick and sniffling emoji.
How can you do that?
Wear a mask! Ideally a respirator like an N95.
It’ll help keep you and your community safe.
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Morgen wird es für mich die Impfung gegen #Influenza geben.
Wer es gerade nicht auf dem Schirm hat: Die Influenza-Saison beginnt dieses Mal früher.
Lasst euch impfen - übrigens nicht nur gegen Influenza, sondern auch gegen #Covid19.
Auch Impfungen gegen RSV und Pneumokokken prüfen!
#TeamVernunft
Wer es gerade nicht auf dem Schirm hat: Die Influenza-Saison beginnt dieses Mal früher.
Lasst euch impfen - übrigens nicht nur gegen Influenza, sondern auch gegen #Covid19.
Auch Impfungen gegen RSV und Pneumokokken prüfen!
#TeamVernunft
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Morgen wird es für mich die Impfung gegen #Influenza geben.
Wer es gerade nicht auf dem Schirm hat: Die Influenza-Saison beginnt dieses Mal früher.
Lasst euch impfen - übrigens nicht nur gegen Influenza, sondern auch gegen #Covid19.
Auch Impfungen gegen RSV und Pneumokokken prüfen!
#TeamVernunft
Wer es gerade nicht auf dem Schirm hat: Die Influenza-Saison beginnt dieses Mal früher.
Lasst euch impfen - übrigens nicht nur gegen Influenza, sondern auch gegen #Covid19.
Auch Impfungen gegen RSV und Pneumokokken prüfen!
#TeamVernunft
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People somehow miss the point that "nothing happened" is the desirable outcome, and the result of safety engineers actually doing their jobs.
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
People somehow miss the point that "nothing happened" is the desirable outcome, and the result of safety engineers actually doing their jobs.
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1. Great, let's do this
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
1. Great, let's do this
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Hey! Northern hemisphere folks:
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Hey! Northern hemisphere folks:
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
My mom has filed! Tell the authors in your life to check if they're on Anthropic's list
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
My mom has filed! Tell the authors in your life to check if they're on Anthropic's list
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🥁14.11.2025 weltweit Klimastreik Demos und natürlich auch in Berlin und natürlich auch mit dem ADFC Tempelhof sowie weiteren ADFC Stadtteilgruppen💪
Als Redner war auch Stefan Rahmstorf vom Potsdamer Institut für Klimafolgenforschung mit dabei!
Als Redner war auch Stefan Rahmstorf vom Potsdamer Institut für Klimafolgenforschung mit dabei!
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🥁14.11.2025 weltweit Klimastreik Demos und natürlich auch in Berlin und natürlich auch mit dem ADFC Tempelhof sowie weiteren ADFC Stadtteilgruppen💪
Als Redner war auch Stefan Rahmstorf vom Potsdamer Institut für Klimafolgenforschung mit dabei!
Als Redner war auch Stefan Rahmstorf vom Potsdamer Institut für Klimafolgenforschung mit dabei!
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Wusstet ihr das?
Die unzählig vielen kleineren CSDs gehen medial oft unter, aber sie senden das wohl eindrucksvollste Zeichen der diesjährigen Pride-Saison: Jetzt erst recht!
Die unzählig vielen kleineren CSDs gehen medial oft unter, aber sie senden das wohl eindrucksvollste Zeichen der diesjährigen Pride-Saison: Jetzt erst recht!
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Wusstet ihr das?
Die unzählig vielen kleineren CSDs gehen medial oft unter, aber sie senden das wohl eindrucksvollste Zeichen der diesjährigen Pride-Saison: Jetzt erst recht!
Die unzählig vielen kleineren CSDs gehen medial oft unter, aber sie senden das wohl eindrucksvollste Zeichen der diesjährigen Pride-Saison: Jetzt erst recht!
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🔬 Das Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR) hat gestern eine Nationale Dekade gegen postinfektiöse Erkrankungen angekündigt. Über 10 Jahre hinweg sollen 50 Mio. Euro jährlich in die Erforschung von #MECFS und anderen postinfektiösen Erkrankungen investiert werden.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🔬 Das Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR) hat gestern eine Nationale Dekade gegen postinfektiöse Erkrankungen angekündigt. Über 10 Jahre hinweg sollen 50 Mio. Euro jährlich in die Erforschung von #MECFS und anderen postinfektiösen Erkrankungen investiert werden.
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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Tributes at Bryn Mawr College to the brilliant mathematician Emmy Noether, who spent her final years there. Noether revolutionized the methods of modern physics by identifying continuous symmetry groups with conservation laws. The third image is her grave marker.
#Science #Mathematics #Physics
#Science #Mathematics #Physics
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Tributes at Bryn Mawr College to the brilliant mathematician Emmy Noether, who spent her final years there. Noether revolutionized the methods of modern physics by identifying continuous symmetry groups with conservation laws. The third image is her grave marker.
#Science #Mathematics #Physics
#Science #Mathematics #Physics
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
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Eine exklusive Forsa-Umfrage für Table.Briefings zeigt: Auch unter CDU/CSU- und SPD-Wählern fordern viele mehr #Klimaschutz. Und selbst in der wirtschaftlich schwierigen Lage soll das deutsche Klimaziel nicht aufgeweicht werden, so die Befragten. 1/3
table.media/climate/them...
table.media/climate/them...
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Eine exklusive Forsa-Umfrage für Table.Briefings zeigt: Auch unter CDU/CSU- und SPD-Wählern fordern viele mehr #Klimaschutz. Und selbst in der wirtschaftlich schwierigen Lage soll das deutsche Klimaziel nicht aufgeweicht werden, so die Befragten. 1/3
table.media/climate/them...
table.media/climate/them...
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Also Canadians:
That's my friend riding their winterized unicycle (yes, sometimes we all know each other).
That's my friend riding their winterized unicycle (yes, sometimes we all know each other).
“no one rides in the winter”
Canadians:
Canadians:
Good morning to the person who passed me on a winterized unicycle (?!) as I was walking to the LRT this morning.
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Also Canadians:
That's my friend riding their winterized unicycle (yes, sometimes we all know each other).
That's my friend riding their winterized unicycle (yes, sometimes we all know each other).