Tim
@upthewell.bsky.social
Houston dreaming over California (he/him)
God, the number of times ChatGPT gets something wrong—confidently so—and when challenged on it, says I did X, Y and Z wrong (mea culpa, mea maxima culpa voice), and what I will do in the future (“and you can rely on this”) is A, B and C. It’s so tiring.
January 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM
God, the number of times ChatGPT gets something wrong—confidently so—and when challenged on it, says I did X, Y and Z wrong (mea culpa, mea maxima culpa voice), and what I will do in the future (“and you can rely on this”) is A, B and C. It’s so tiring.
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2025 was yet another unusually warm year for the United States – and another year packed with costly disasters, despite the absence of any landfalling U.S. hurricanes.
@climateconnections.bsky.social @drjeffmasters.bsky.social
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/four...
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yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/four...
Fourth warmest year in U.S. history: 2025 » Yale Climate Connections
It was the first year in a decade without a U.S. hurricane landfall - but it still ranked third for billion-dollar disasters.
yaleclimateconnections.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
2025 was yet another unusually warm year for the United States – and another year packed with costly disasters, despite the absence of any landfalling U.S. hurricanes.
@climateconnections.bsky.social @drjeffmasters.bsky.social
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/four...
@climateconnections.bsky.social @drjeffmasters.bsky.social
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/four...
Department of Justice is one of those gov’t agencies whose name has come to have prime doublespeak vibes under this administration. Likewise Environmental Protection Agency. And Department of Defense. And Department of Health and Human Services. And. And. And. These people all suck.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Department of Justice is one of those gov’t agencies whose name has come to have prime doublespeak vibes under this administration. Likewise Environmental Protection Agency. And Department of Defense. And Department of Health and Human Services. And. And. And. These people all suck.
That’s definitely what it’s giving
I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
January 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
That’s definitely what it’s giving
How long do you think we’ll keep using cellular networks on our phones—as opposed to undifferentiated network access that can be used for various connection types (including voice) and applications?
January 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
How long do you think we’ll keep using cellular networks on our phones—as opposed to undifferentiated network access that can be used for various connection types (including voice) and applications?
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why, despite using various word processing applications for decades do i still copy, paste, and delete the original because “cut” makes me too anxious
January 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
why, despite using various word processing applications for decades do i still copy, paste, and delete the original because “cut” makes me too anxious
California will heal, but our carelessness and indifference with CO2 represents an investment that repays outsized portions misery.
Opinion | The Dream of California Is Up in Smoke
Los Angeles seemed like paradise. Who could have imagined where it would lead?
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
California will heal, but our carelessness and indifference with CO2 represents an investment that repays outsized portions misery.
WAT
You are now as far from 1985 as 1985 was from 1945.
January 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
WAT
So disheartening to see the extreme rightward turns the country is making to curry favor with the incoming administration. Even if it’s only driven by opportunism, it’s not a good look.
January 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So disheartening to see the extreme rightward turns the country is making to curry favor with the incoming administration. Even if it’s only driven by opportunism, it’s not a good look.
I think “never mind” should be “nevermind.”
January 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I think “never mind” should be “nevermind.”
Ready Player One is such a fun book. And the Wil Wheaton narration is perfect.
December 19, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Ready Player One is such a fun book. And the Wil Wheaton narration is perfect.
It’s Sunday, so it’s got to be red beans and rice. I just put it on, and it already smells great in here. Should be set for a week of goodness.
December 1, 2024 at 7:21 PM
It’s Sunday, so it’s got to be red beans and rice. I just put it on, and it already smells great in here. Should be set for a week of goodness.
It seems to me that newspapers and magazines would do well to offer a la carte access to articles (w/o abandoning the subscription model) in exchange for a very small fee (I’m thinking cents or even a fraction of one). See a linked article you want to read, authorize payment and read away.
November 25, 2024 at 5:34 PM
It seems to me that newspapers and magazines would do well to offer a la carte access to articles (w/o abandoning the subscription model) in exchange for a very small fee (I’m thinking cents or even a fraction of one). See a linked article you want to read, authorize payment and read away.
we've got our newsroom on bluesky skeeting. absolute skeeters out here. let's go:
November 15, 2024 at 3:55 PM
