John Rampelt
@siriusnerd.bsky.social
(Mostly) retired computer technology teacher, building robots at mirobo.tech (mirobotech.bsky.social).
Personal account for family, friends, photography, physics... and actually any sciencey-kinda stuff, but it's all just physics isn't it? ✨
Personal account for family, friends, photography, physics... and actually any sciencey-kinda stuff, but it's all just physics isn't it? ✨
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After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Same.
I cannot respect anyone who admires Donald Trump.
January 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Same.
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⚡️ More than 70 Russian drones are flying towards Kyiv.
Continuous explosions are being heard across the city, with reports from multiple areas of residential buildings being hit and civilians wounded.
🗺️ war_monitor/Telegram
Continuous explosions are being heard across the city, with reports from multiple areas of residential buildings being hit and civilians wounded.
🗺️ war_monitor/Telegram
January 8, 2026 at 11:25 PM
⚡️ More than 70 Russian drones are flying towards Kyiv.
Continuous explosions are being heard across the city, with reports from multiple areas of residential buildings being hit and civilians wounded.
🗺️ war_monitor/Telegram
Continuous explosions are being heard across the city, with reports from multiple areas of residential buildings being hit and civilians wounded.
🗺️ war_monitor/Telegram
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Hard to miss the irony: the same accounts now laundering state violence as “legitimate authority” lost their minds when that authority merely asked them to tolerate temporary limits on their own comfort and movement to avoid spreading a deadly virus.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Hard to miss the irony: the same accounts now laundering state violence as “legitimate authority” lost their minds when that authority merely asked them to tolerate temporary limits on their own comfort and movement to avoid spreading a deadly virus.
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Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
Elon Musk’s X must be banned
Regulators need to stop cowering before the richest man in the world
disconnect.blog
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
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Only 9 days left to get as many signatures as we can on our petition to demand the federal gov't enforce the Canada Health Act in Ontario. Pls sign & share: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#onpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare #dougford #markcarney
#onpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare #dougford #markcarney
January 8, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Only 9 days left to get as many signatures as we can on our petition to demand the federal gov't enforce the Canada Health Act in Ontario. Pls sign & share: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#onpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare #dougford #markcarney
#onpoli #cdnpoli #healthcare #dougford #markcarney
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It is at this point the USA fixes itself or falls.
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
www.404media.co
January 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
It is at this point the USA fixes itself or falls.
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Y'know what you didn't campaign on? Nominal tax breaks that do not help the affordability crisis so many Canadians face.
Tax the rich.
Invest in SUSTAINABLE energy.
Stop being a conservative.
Bloody hell. "Innovation" isn't the same old promises and pipelines.
Tax the rich.
Invest in SUSTAINABLE energy.
Stop being a conservative.
Bloody hell. "Innovation" isn't the same old promises and pipelines.
To help you keep more of your paycheque, we’ve cut taxes for 22 million Canadians. We’re building a stronger economy — one that works for everyone.
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Y'know what you didn't campaign on? Nominal tax breaks that do not help the affordability crisis so many Canadians face.
Tax the rich.
Invest in SUSTAINABLE energy.
Stop being a conservative.
Bloody hell. "Innovation" isn't the same old promises and pipelines.
Tax the rich.
Invest in SUSTAINABLE energy.
Stop being a conservative.
Bloody hell. "Innovation" isn't the same old promises and pipelines.
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This is, simply put, the only way politicians should be speaking to ICE.
January 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This is, simply put, the only way politicians should be speaking to ICE.
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One hundred thousand people a year and y'all using past tense when you talk about Covid now jfc
Covid-19 Is Still Killing a Disturbing Number of Americans, Study Finds
Between 2022 and 2024, covid-19 killed roughly 100,000 Americans annually, new research by CDC scientists shows.
gizmodo.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
One hundred thousand people a year and y'all using past tense when you talk about Covid now jfc
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The humans behind this should face the backlash.
Musk's AI chatbot faces global backlash over sexualized images of women and children
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is under fire for generating sexualized images of women and children without consent.
bit.ly
January 7, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The humans behind this should face the backlash.
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"Circular Materials", which now has the blue bin contract, is Loblaws, Clorox, Pepsico, Metro, McDonald's, Minute Maid, Sobeys, Kraft, P&G, Restaurant Brands (Tim's), Nestle, Costco, Keurig, Maple Leaf Food and CocaCola.
www.circularmaterials.ca/board/
www.circularmaterials.ca/board/
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
"Circular Materials", which now has the blue bin contract, is Loblaws, Clorox, Pepsico, Metro, McDonald's, Minute Maid, Sobeys, Kraft, P&G, Restaurant Brands (Tim's), Nestle, Costco, Keurig, Maple Leaf Food and CocaCola.
www.circularmaterials.ca/board/
www.circularmaterials.ca/board/
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I saw my 5-year-old reading the label on a bottle of vitamins this morning.
Me: "What are you doing?"
5-year-old: "Learning how to open the child safety cap."
He then proceeds to open the child safety cap.
Me: "What are you doing?"
5-year-old: "Learning how to open the child safety cap."
He then proceeds to open the child safety cap.
January 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I saw my 5-year-old reading the label on a bottle of vitamins this morning.
Me: "What are you doing?"
5-year-old: "Learning how to open the child safety cap."
He then proceeds to open the child safety cap.
Me: "What are you doing?"
5-year-old: "Learning how to open the child safety cap."
He then proceeds to open the child safety cap.
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“The most important reason for older adults to be vaccinated against the respiratory infection RSV is that their risk of being hospitalized with it declines by almost 70 percent in the year they get the shot, and by nearly 60 percent over two years.”
Vaccines work.
Vaccines work.
Hey, Boomers: Read this. Your vaccinations may be doing double duty! (Gift article)
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:05 AM
“The most important reason for older adults to be vaccinated against the respiratory infection RSV is that their risk of being hospitalized with it declines by almost 70 percent in the year they get the shot, and by nearly 60 percent over two years.”
Vaccines work.
Vaccines work.
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Well put.
Everything we've made will break, buildings and streets will crumble, and cities will be abandoned. But the CO₂ we emit into the atmosphere will persist for centuries, and the climatic impacts will last longer than human civilization has existed. This is our legacy for the future.
January 6, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Well put.
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Because Venezuelan opposition leader Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for democracy, sore loser Donald Trump refuses to work with her party to bring positive regime change.
He doesn't want what's best for Venezuela.
He wants Venezuela's oil. And he's stealing it.
He doesn't want what's best for Venezuela.
He wants Venezuela's oil. And he's stealing it.
January 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Because Venezuelan opposition leader Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for democracy, sore loser Donald Trump refuses to work with her party to bring positive regime change.
He doesn't want what's best for Venezuela.
He wants Venezuela's oil. And he's stealing it.
He doesn't want what's best for Venezuela.
He wants Venezuela's oil. And he's stealing it.
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I am in no way an expert at geopolitics or economics.
But it occurs to me, that with Trump wanting to break Canada by economic means, and seizing oil production & sales in Venezuela, Canada would be safer if we moved away from selling oil.
Replace oil sales with wind & solar tech.
But it occurs to me, that with Trump wanting to break Canada by economic means, and seizing oil production & sales in Venezuela, Canada would be safer if we moved away from selling oil.
Replace oil sales with wind & solar tech.
January 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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I think this might be the first time I've seen Canadian opposition leaders openly support an American president's violation of American law, let alone international law.
Again, they shouldn't be allowed anywhere near power.
Never trust them on law or accountability.
Again, they shouldn't be allowed anywhere near power.
Never trust them on law or accountability.
January 3, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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The fact that the Canadian government's official statement on the president of the United States illegally invading a foreign country does not include the words "President," "United States," "illegal," or "invade" really tells you all you need to know about where we stand, tbh
Please see my statement on the situation in Venezuela:
January 3, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The fact that the Canadian government's official statement on the president of the United States illegally invading a foreign country does not include the words "President," "United States," "illegal," or "invade" really tells you all you need to know about where we stand, tbh
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This chart overlays Ontario Canada influenza hospital bed occupancy by year. The latest available trend is blue and rockets up to December 17th. (Holiday hospital reporting is usually delayed, incomplete, and/or unstable.) Chart: PHO
January 2, 2026 at 11:05 PM
This chart overlays Ontario Canada influenza hospital bed occupancy by year. The latest available trend is blue and rockets up to December 17th. (Holiday hospital reporting is usually delayed, incomplete, and/or unstable.) Chart: PHO
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The mass of CO₂ humans put into the atmosphere in 2025 is 4x the mass of all plastic humans have ever produced.
Humans have emitted 2750 gigatons of CO2 since the industrial revolution from burning fossil fuels and land use change. To put this in perspective, this is more than the (dry) mass of all living things on earth and everything humans have ever built combined:
January 3, 2026 at 12:45 AM
The mass of CO₂ humans put into the atmosphere in 2025 is 4x the mass of all plastic humans have ever produced.
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It's well past time for Canadian government officials to get off of X, @jameswsthomson.com writes. This latest — disgusting — incident is just one more reason.
Canadian government officials, what are you still doing on X in 2026?
The platform's own chatbot started posting sexualized material of children and other people who couldn't consent. With no moral bottom in sight, it's well past time our officials found other ways to c...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
It's well past time for Canadian government officials to get off of X, @jameswsthomson.com writes. This latest — disgusting — incident is just one more reason.
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GROK WILL SAY ANYTHING IT IS PROMPTED TO SAY.
“Grok gave no further details”—what are you even doing here, @reuters.com?!
“Grok gave no further details”—what are you even doing here, @reuters.com?!
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
GROK WILL SAY ANYTHING IT IS PROMPTED TO SAY.
“Grok gave no further details”—what are you even doing here, @reuters.com?!
“Grok gave no further details”—what are you even doing here, @reuters.com?!
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