RachelP
@rachel-partin.bsky.social
I’m just happy to be here.
Portland, OR
Portland, OR
We need more cultural discourse around how Jolene’s man may actually suck
June 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
We need more cultural discourse around how Jolene’s man may actually suck
“Oak-based names” I remember the good old days when Ash-based names reigned
Olivia and Liam are the most popular baby names now, but Social Security Administration data shows oak-based names are gaining popularity, particularly in conservative parts of the country.
Oaklee, Oakley, Oakleigh: Parents branch out to oak-based names, especially in red states
Olivia and Liam are the most popular baby names now, but Social Security Administration data shows oak-based names are gaining popularity, particularly in conservative parts of the country.
www.npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“Oak-based names” I remember the good old days when Ash-based names reigned
Dear Conclave, for your consideration: Jude Law.
April 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Dear Conclave, for your consideration: Jude Law.
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amazing article reporting how scientists inspecting planets at an unfathomable distance identified the remote possibility of extraterrestrial life— a holy grail of science and perhaps all humanity— and then the end is “anyway Trump took all our money so that’s that”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet (Gift Article)
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
amazing article reporting how scientists inspecting planets at an unfathomable distance identified the remote possibility of extraterrestrial life— a holy grail of science and perhaps all humanity— and then the end is “anyway Trump took all our money so that’s that”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
How to: turn your unhinged emo daydreams into a tax deduction
For a $50 to $75 donation, staff at an Oregon sanctuary will write your ex’s name on a “bloody heart” to be fed to one of their resident wildcats.
Have your ex’s ‘heart’ devoured by a wildcat this Valentine’s Day
For a $50 to $75 donation, staff at an Oregon sanctuary will write your ex’s name on a “bloody heart” to be fed to one of their resident wildcats.
www.oregonlive.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
How to: turn your unhinged emo daydreams into a tax deduction
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“To turn off, go to Settings > Apps > Photos on iOS and turn off Enhanced Visual Search. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General to do the same. You must do it on each of your Apple devices.”
Apple has opted iOS and MacOS users into an AI photo scanning feature which tries to extract landmarks from your photos called Enhanced Visual Search by default with little notice.
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by AI
Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking
www.theregister.com
January 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“To turn off, go to Settings > Apps > Photos on iOS and turn off Enhanced Visual Search. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General to do the same. You must do it on each of your Apple devices.”
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A twist tie is a regular tie that you find out has been dead the whole time.
December 3, 2024 at 8:57 PM
A twist tie is a regular tie that you find out has been dead the whole time.
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Oregon's U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is 'blowing the whistle' on the state's largest electric utility, scrutinizing the role of data centers in massive rate hikes for residential customers - more than 40% - in the last four years.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/11/25/s...
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/11/25/s...
Sen. Wyden calls on state’s largest electric utility to detail true drivers of massive rate hikes • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Wyden wrote to Portland General Electric’s CEO requesting data on load growth and how the company has used historic federal subsidies.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Oregon's U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is 'blowing the whistle' on the state's largest electric utility, scrutinizing the role of data centers in massive rate hikes for residential customers - more than 40% - in the last four years.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/11/25/s...
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/11/25/s...
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This abstraction means that everyday people can’t conceptualize what critical ai folks mean when we say it isn’t worth boiling the planet for generative slop. I think we have to do a better job being clear about how the power centers create a massive energy demand exacerbated climate crisis.
November 27, 2024 at 2:33 PM
This abstraction means that everyday people can’t conceptualize what critical ai folks mean when we say it isn’t worth boiling the planet for generative slop. I think we have to do a better job being clear about how the power centers create a massive energy demand exacerbated climate crisis.
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This is key to understanding the climate threat: “Cloud computing takes little energy on the end users’ device not because technology has evolved to a point where processing is ephemeral—though it appears so to the end user—but because the processing is outsourced to a computer in a data center.”
"The conversation no one wants to have is that it’s still impossible to calculate how many resources infrastructure of AI needs to run at scale—including water, a resource Spain is rapidly running out of with 78% of its landmass threatened by desertification."
www.techpolicy.press/why-we-dont-...
www.techpolicy.press/why-we-dont-...
Why We Don’t Know AI's True Water Footprint | TechPolicy.Press
Miranda Gabbott asks, by choosing AI industry-driven growth today, will urban planners in Spain jeopardize their water tomorrow?
www.techpolicy.press
November 27, 2024 at 2:16 PM
This is key to understanding the climate threat: “Cloud computing takes little energy on the end users’ device not because technology has evolved to a point where processing is ephemeral—though it appears so to the end user—but because the processing is outsourced to a computer in a data center.”
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I ate your PLUMS and I cannot lie
I'm guilty and I won't deny
That when I found them kept in a pretty chilly place
yeah I put them in my face
and man, YUM, couldn't have enough
'Cause you know that my tum is stuffed,
But you were breakfast saving,
Your forgiveness now I'm craving
I'm guilty and I won't deny
That when I found them kept in a pretty chilly place
yeah I put them in my face
and man, YUM, couldn't have enough
'Cause you know that my tum is stuffed,
But you were breakfast saving,
Your forgiveness now I'm craving
November 20, 2024 at 12:48 PM
I ate your PLUMS and I cannot lie
I'm guilty and I won't deny
That when I found them kept in a pretty chilly place
yeah I put them in my face
and man, YUM, couldn't have enough
'Cause you know that my tum is stuffed,
But you were breakfast saving,
Your forgiveness now I'm craving
I'm guilty and I won't deny
That when I found them kept in a pretty chilly place
yeah I put them in my face
and man, YUM, couldn't have enough
'Cause you know that my tum is stuffed,
But you were breakfast saving,
Your forgiveness now I'm craving
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wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs
November 13, 2024 at 2:15 AM
wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs
The air smells cleaner here.
November 14, 2024 at 1:55 AM
The air smells cleaner here.