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Steven J. Gibbons @stevenjgibbons.bsky.social · 54m

I've only just realized that today is the 20th anniversary of the 2005-10-08 Kashmir earthquake. A horrific event - over 70,000 killed - I don't know if a final figure ever emerged. I spent years studying this event and its aftershock sequence.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Ka...

2005 Kashmir earthquake - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1h

So the business model is dependent on theft.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 18h

WOW!

Alberta just got another approved referendum petition!

And this one calls for the practice of funding private schools with public money to be put to an end!

During the teachers strike!

Strap in Alberta, we’re going on a ride!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 15h

I agree. Also, same feeling about the rest of the band.

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 19h

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 21h

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Renewables become biggest source of electricity globally for 1st time, beating coal | CBC News

Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new an...

www.cbc.ca

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 21h

nature is healing, etc etc

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 22h

damn

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 22h

Well I'll be damned. I guess we need to make a trip to Japan.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 22h

Oh yeah, we've done that for years. Butter in the fridge is a ridiculous.

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James Dinneen @jamesdinneen.bsky.social · 1d

Scary news for West Coast friends in my latest for @science.org. Disturbed ocean sediments off California suggest big earthquakes on the Cascadia fault can trigger big quakes on the San Andreas. The "Big One" could well become the "Big Two"...

Big U.S. West Coast earthquakes could come as a one-two punch

Cascadia and San Andreas fault zones appear to generate synchronized earthquakes

www.science.org

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 22h

The war in Gaza has been going on for two years. It must end.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 22h

Yeah it's odd. No obvious largish landslides upstream, but quite a bit of cloud cover right at the reservoir, which is where I'd expect one based on how concentrated that section of brown is

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 23h

Do they have butter flavoured filament?

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 23h

definitely saving this one for future use

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 23h

Ha - wouldn't surprise me

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 23h

now we're thinking!

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 23h

I think she was thinking moreso along these lines

a man is holding a bottle of shampoo in his hand and drinking from it .

ALT: a man is holding a bottle of shampoo in his hand and drinking from it .

media.tenor.com

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 23h

New satellite imagery from @planet.com this morning shows water overflowing the Tala Hydroelectric Power Station in Bhutan. Hard to tell from this, but appears the dam hasn't failed at this point. Unclear what the brown stuff is in the lake upstream. Logs or sediment upstream landslides perhaps? 🧪⚒️

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 23h

"I can't believe it's not antiperspirant"

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 23h

Let’s not jump to conclusions shall we?

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 23h

My 12yo asked me why butter isn’t sold in deodorant-style dispensers and you could apply to your toast more easily and….actually this is a stupendous idea

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 23h

Do not like

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 1d

And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.

www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...

And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.

#AIisnotresearch

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

I noticed that too. Not a great look.