Strange Attractor
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infosec.exchange
January 12, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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Jisho has long been an incredibly valuable website for learning Japanese - huge range of definitions, well sourced, and no ads. It's an honor that my silly little slang dictionary is now part of it. Can't wait for the full launch of the new version (plz bring back the dark background Kimtaro 🙏🙏🙏🥺🥺🥺)
Excited to announce that @scriptingjapan.bsky.social's slang dictionary is available on the new Jisho! Wes' dictionary, blog posts and videos are deeply researched and entertaining, and a vital resource for anyone who studies Japanese. Thank you Wes! All entries here: four.jisho.org/search/%23sc...
Japanese Dictionary — Jisho.org [Beta]
four.jisho.org
January 12, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Jisho has long been an incredibly valuable website for learning Japanese - huge range of definitions, well sourced, and no ads. It's an honor that my silly little slang dictionary is now part of it. Can't wait for the full launch of the new version (plz bring back the dark background Kimtaro 🙏🙏🙏🥺🥺🥺)
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From March 3, collection of your recycling is switching from weekly to every other week, and there will be a new system for garbage and compost collection, with new bins that the Region of Waterloo is currently delivering.
New curbside collection changes coming to Waterloo Region in 2026
New recycling bins and garbage carts are being delivered ahead of massive changes in curbside collection.
www.therecord.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:22 PM
From March 3, collection of your recycling is switching from weekly to every other week, and there will be a new system for garbage and compost collection, with new bins that the Region of Waterloo is currently delivering.
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Stars from the night kitchen.
January 3, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Stars from the night kitchen.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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If we were to assume the police budget would not increase over the next 6 years (was of course won't happen), we will have spent more than 1.5 billion on policing. That $200 million investment on housing starts to pale in comparison.
January 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
If we were to assume the police budget would not increase over the next 6 years (was of course won't happen), we will have spent more than 1.5 billion on policing. That $200 million investment on housing starts to pale in comparison.
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And, we're only talking about the police operating budget. That doesn't even include the 10-year capital forecast for WRPS which comes in at $452.5 million.
January 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
And, we're only talking about the police operating budget. That doesn't even include the 10-year capital forecast for WRPS which comes in at $452.5 million.
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Additionally, it seems that the $200 million for the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness (PECH) is over 6 years. Shantz only compared that investment to one year of police spending. www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/p...
Plan to End Chronic Homelessness targets 2030 for 'zero homelessness' in Waterloo region
The Region of Waterloo's Plan to End Chronic Homelessness is expected to cost about $200 million to fully implement over the next six years
www.cambridgetoday.ca
January 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Additionally, it seems that the $200 million for the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness (PECH) is over 6 years. Shantz only compared that investment to one year of police spending. www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/p...
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Shantz says that the $200 million is "almost the same amount as we invest in police services." Yet, the 2026 police operating budget just passed at nearly $275 million. That's a difference of nearly 75 million dollars. Not really that close after all. www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
Bid to block building of ‘Taj Mahal’ communication centre fails to gain ground at Region of Waterloo budget meeting
Waterloo Regional council has approved the Waterloo Regional Police Service’s proposed budget for 2026 and gave the go-ahead to build a pricey new communication centre.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Shantz says that the $200 million is "almost the same amount as we invest in police services." Yet, the 2026 police operating budget just passed at nearly $275 million. That's a difference of nearly 75 million dollars. Not really that close after all. www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
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Deadline for registering as a delegation: Monday, January 12 at noon.
If you have concerns about where provincial funds are being invested or NOT invested, please consider weighing in on #Budget2026 - www.ola.org/en/apply-committees. #onpoli
If you have concerns about where provincial funds are being invested or NOT invested, please consider weighing in on #Budget2026 - www.ola.org/en/apply-committees. #onpoli
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Deadline for registering as a delegation: Monday, January 12 at noon.
If you have concerns about where provincial funds are being invested or NOT invested, please consider weighing in on #Budget2026 - www.ola.org/en/apply-committees. #onpoli
If you have concerns about where provincial funds are being invested or NOT invested, please consider weighing in on #Budget2026 - www.ola.org/en/apply-committees. #onpoli
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In a time when so many tech execs want to consume the world it’s really refreshing to hear @ericmigi.com ask “what if smart watches were fun?”
January 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
In a time when so many tech execs want to consume the world it’s really refreshing to hear @ericmigi.com ask “what if smart watches were fun?”
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working on a piece about Pebble and its ecosystem versus what supplanted it and put together this header image of a handful of apps/faces and it just makes me irrationally angry at Google and Apple for how badly they've both blown cultivating ecosystems of wearable software
January 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
working on a piece about Pebble and its ecosystem versus what supplanted it and put together this header image of a handful of apps/faces and it just makes me irrationally angry at Google and Apple for how badly they've both blown cultivating ecosystems of wearable software
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Health Canada suddenly being really good.
> Confirms that SARS2 transmits w/o symptoms
> Confirms it hangs in the air and is primarily spread via breathing
> Recommends correct filtration and masking
> Confirms it passes to your pets and that you should mask around them when sick
This is […]
> Confirms that SARS2 transmits w/o symptoms
> Confirms it hangs in the air and is primarily spread via breathing
> Recommends correct filtration and masking
> Confirms it passes to your pets and that you should mask around them when sick
This is […]
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zeroes.ca
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Health Canada suddenly being really good.
> Confirms that SARS2 transmits w/o symptoms
> Confirms it hangs in the air and is primarily spread via breathing
> Recommends correct filtration and masking
> Confirms it passes to your pets and that you should mask around them when sick
This is […]
> Confirms that SARS2 transmits w/o symptoms
> Confirms it hangs in the air and is primarily spread via breathing
> Recommends correct filtration and masking
> Confirms it passes to your pets and that you should mask around them when sick
This is […]
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Super good Klonoa arrangements in this! DM Dokuro even has a few tracks here on it ❤️
Starlit Reverie, our Klonoa 風のクロノア Series tribute album is out NOW!!! Thank you to everyone who attended the premiere!
You can listen to the album on YouTube, or download it on Google Drive or MEGA for FREE!!!!
Links below⤵️⤵️
You can listen to the album on YouTube, or download it on Google Drive or MEGA for FREE!!!!
Links below⤵️⤵️
January 10, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Super good Klonoa arrangements in this! DM Dokuro even has a few tracks here on it ❤️
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150 years ago you could get published in Nature by just describing how cute your pets are.
www.nature.com/articles/012...
www.nature.com/articles/012...
July 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
150 years ago you could get published in Nature by just describing how cute your pets are.
www.nature.com/articles/012...
www.nature.com/articles/012...
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huh. along with abundant clean energy, fusion reactors might also be able to make *tons* of gold.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.13461
arxiv.org/abs/2507.13461
Scalable Chrysopoeia via $(n, 2n)$ Reactions Driven by Deuterium-Tritium Fusion Neutrons
A scalable approach for chrysopoeia - the transmutation of base metals into gold - has been pursued for millennia. While there have been small-scale demonstrations in particle accelerators and proposa...
arxiv.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
huh. along with abundant clean energy, fusion reactors might also be able to make *tons* of gold.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.13461
arxiv.org/abs/2507.13461
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Understanding the equations that describe a river current or a breeze is one of the greatest mathematical challenges. Researchers are tackling it with a new computational approach. @walkingthedot.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/using-ai-mat...
Using AI, Mathematicians Find Hidden Glitches in Fluid Equations | Quanta Magazine
A $1 million prize awaits anyone who can show where the math of fluid flow breaks down. With specially trained AI systems, researchers have found a slew of new candidates in simpler versions of the pr...
www.quantamagazine.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Understanding the equations that describe a river current or a breeze is one of the greatest mathematical challenges. Researchers are tackling it with a new computational approach. @walkingthedot.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/using-ai-mat...
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Rotterdam suddenly remembered how to make snowmen (snowpeople) 😉
Video: Peter van der Leun
Video: Peter van der Leun
January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Rotterdam suddenly remembered how to make snowmen (snowpeople) 😉
Video: Peter van der Leun
Video: Peter van der Leun
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Same for the Netherlands. Can our new coalition government please stop communicating via X?
There is a far quicker and easier first step here than a ban - simply stop government and Labour accounts using a platform that enables the creation & sharing of CSAM (+ whose owner has long ago weaponised it to promote far right conspiracies theories about the UK, ffs)
www.lbc.co.uk/article/us-c...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/us-c...
US congresswoman threatens to 'sanction Britain' if Starmer bans X over deepfakes | LBC
A US congresswoman has threatened to
www.lbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Same for the Netherlands. Can our new coalition government please stop communicating via X?
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I've just started reading this new book by Shekhar Khare, a renowned number theorist at UCLA, and I highly recommend it. It takes the reader on an intellectual adventure, with very illuminating analogies and vivid storytelling. It's a book about some brilliant math, but it also has a great heart.
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I've just started reading this new book by Shekhar Khare, a renowned number theorist at UCLA, and I highly recommend it. It takes the reader on an intellectual adventure, with very illuminating analogies and vivid storytelling. It's a book about some brilliant math, but it also has a great heart.
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If anyone else is needing a little mental health time-out, can I recommend learning about sloths?
Sloths are divided into two groups (genera)
Choloepus (two-toed sloths)
Bradypus (three-toed sloths)
This is a 'Bradypus variegatus,' the brown-throated sloth. See the three toes?
Sloths are divided into two groups (genera)
Choloepus (two-toed sloths)
Bradypus (three-toed sloths)
This is a 'Bradypus variegatus,' the brown-throated sloth. See the three toes?
a sloth 's claws are sticking out of a plastic container
Alt: a sloth 's claws are sticking out of a plastic container
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM
If anyone else is needing a little mental health time-out, can I recommend learning about sloths?
Sloths are divided into two groups (genera)
Choloepus (two-toed sloths)
Bradypus (three-toed sloths)
This is a 'Bradypus variegatus,' the brown-throated sloth. See the three toes?
Sloths are divided into two groups (genera)
Choloepus (two-toed sloths)
Bradypus (three-toed sloths)
This is a 'Bradypus variegatus,' the brown-throated sloth. See the three toes?
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Know someone who might enjoy working with astroparticle physicists?
The McDonald Institute Cross-Disciplinary Internship is open to non-physics students in any Canadian Post-Secondary program and includes a $12,000 salary reimbursement. Apply now for the Summer 2026 term!
The McDonald Institute Cross-Disciplinary Internship is open to non-physics students in any Canadian Post-Secondary program and includes a $12,000 salary reimbursement. Apply now for the Summer 2026 term!
January 9, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Know someone who might enjoy working with astroparticle physicists?
The McDonald Institute Cross-Disciplinary Internship is open to non-physics students in any Canadian Post-Secondary program and includes a $12,000 salary reimbursement. Apply now for the Summer 2026 term!
The McDonald Institute Cross-Disciplinary Internship is open to non-physics students in any Canadian Post-Secondary program and includes a $12,000 salary reimbursement. Apply now for the Summer 2026 term!
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Brachiosaurus, a rare high browser and one of the most massive animals of the morrison formation
January 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Brachiosaurus, a rare high browser and one of the most massive animals of the morrison formation
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One of the easiest ways you can make your city better is contacting your elected officials when something you support gets proposed. Councillor Rodrigues is proposing ways to make regional roads safer for everyone. Interested? Find your local councillor here: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/council.a...
January 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
One of the easiest ways you can make your city better is contacting your elected officials when something you support gets proposed. Councillor Rodrigues is proposing ways to make regional roads safer for everyone. Interested? Find your local councillor here: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/council.a...
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Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.