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Charm City original nerd bringing you open data from space and climate resilience from Baltimore. Also: liminal places, analog art (incl occasional cyanotypes), local weirdness. Not: employer opinions.
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I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
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One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
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WHAT IS CAUSING THE RISING DEMAND, CNN
Residents in mid-Atlantic states like Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania who have spent the last few years plagued by high electricity bills just got some bad news: Relief is not on the way.
There’s just not enough electricity to meet rising demand. https://cnn.it/4ja4CAR
There’s just not enough electricity to meet rising demand. https://cnn.it/4ja4CAR
December 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
WHAT IS CAUSING THE RISING DEMAND, CNN
The funeral plants have started arriving
December 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The funeral plants have started arriving
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not so coincidentally, this is also how you can get good at your art: by leaning into what you like & are good at, instead of insisting you should be just like somebody else. instead of cheating with tools that do it for you.
The thing that all #ShittyCameraChallenge contestants know—and which vanishingly few camera publications understand—is that any camera can yield interesting images if you work what it is instead of punishing it for what it is not, and if yours can't yield interesting images it might be a skill issue
December 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
not so coincidentally, this is also how you can get good at your art: by leaning into what you like & are good at, instead of insisting you should be just like somebody else. instead of cheating with tools that do it for you.
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The thing that all #ShittyCameraChallenge contestants know—and which vanishingly few camera publications understand—is that any camera can yield interesting images if you work what it is instead of punishing it for what it is not, and if yours can't yield interesting images it might be a skill issue
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The thing that all #ShittyCameraChallenge contestants know—and which vanishingly few camera publications understand—is that any camera can yield interesting images if you work what it is instead of punishing it for what it is not, and if yours can't yield interesting images it might be a skill issue
Happy solstice, the sun comes back.
December 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Happy solstice, the sun comes back.
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It is the winter solstice tomorrow (in the northern hemisphere) this is your reminder that English Heritage live stream the sun rising over Stonehenge on their YouTube channel from 7.30am tomorrow morning.
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
December 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It is the winter solstice tomorrow (in the northern hemisphere) this is your reminder that English Heritage live stream the sun rising over Stonehenge on their YouTube channel from 7.30am tomorrow morning.
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
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Biggest realization for me with LLMs is that many people are desperate to be flattered
December 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Biggest realization for me with LLMs is that many people are desperate to be flattered
Braved shops for surprise-family-hosting groceries, time-critical meds, and new funeral dress pants the last Saturday before Christmas, do not recommend if you can help it.
December 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Braved shops for surprise-family-hosting groceries, time-critical meds, and new funeral dress pants the last Saturday before Christmas, do not recommend if you can help it.
So Mr's mom suddenly and unexpectedly passed away this week, and as eldest child's household we are organizing all the things. Light your winter holiday candles and hold your people close.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
So Mr's mom suddenly and unexpectedly passed away this week, and as eldest child's household we are organizing all the things. Light your winter holiday candles and hold your people close.
Good morning Baltimore.
December 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Good morning Baltimore.
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Yes! Several of our libraries are competing to build the best gingerbread version of their own branch.
The West End branch of @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social has a rotating gingerbread replica of itself ❤️🎄
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Yes! Several of our libraries are competing to build the best gingerbread version of their own branch.
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Beneath the treetops of Rocky Gap State Park, Maryland is breeding an army of predator beetles born to hunt a vampiric pest that is killing the forest’s eastern hemlocks. buff.ly/WFQ0Tws
December 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Beneath the treetops of Rocky Gap State Park, Maryland is breeding an army of predator beetles born to hunt a vampiric pest that is killing the forest’s eastern hemlocks. buff.ly/WFQ0Tws
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Again: the Purpose of LLM- type "AI" bullshit engines is not to tell you the truth or to lie to you, but to tell you something you are statistically determined to be more likely to accept, irrespective of facts— which makes them perfect for accelerating dis- & misinformation & persuasive propaganda…
AI dialogues shifted political support by 2 to 3 points in trials, eclipsing standard ads. Roughly one-third of this effect persisted for a month. However, models optimized for persuasion proved more factually error-prone.
#MLSky
#MLSky
AI chatbots can persuade voters to change their minds
Conversations with AI can sway people’s political views. Concerningly, a chatbot’s facts are not always accurate, especially when it supports right-wing positions.
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Again: the Purpose of LLM- type "AI" bullshit engines is not to tell you the truth or to lie to you, but to tell you something you are statistically determined to be more likely to accept, irrespective of facts— which makes them perfect for accelerating dis- & misinformation & persuasive propaganda…
Guess who forgot to bring in the potted rosemary in fancy planter before it got Too Cold, so had to run outside after midnight in a puffer coat, pj's and flip flops to rescue it, only to have it pour 33°F gross plant water over their foot, pants, and shoe, all the way up the treacherous deck stairs.
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Guess who forgot to bring in the potted rosemary in fancy planter before it got Too Cold, so had to run outside after midnight in a puffer coat, pj's and flip flops to rescue it, only to have it pour 33°F gross plant water over their foot, pants, and shoe, all the way up the treacherous deck stairs.
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You're gonna make me beg for it, aren't you? 🙃
The bootprint hoodies are 98% funded, with only a few more hours left. We need to sell two(‼) more hoodies! 🥺🙏
Your small step can turn this project into a giant leap! 🚀
🐡🧪🎨
Grab your hoodie here & please share:
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
The bootprint hoodies are 98% funded, with only a few more hours left. We need to sell two(‼) more hoodies! 🥺🙏
Your small step can turn this project into a giant leap! 🚀
🐡🧪🎨
Grab your hoodie here & please share:
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
Apollo 11 Bootprint Hoodie
Inspired by the iconic Apollo 11 bootprint on the Moon, we set out to get as close to the real thing as possible. This was no small step, but we did it. Meet our lunar bootprint hoodie with a true 3D ...
sciencesocks.co
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
You're gonna make me beg for it, aren't you? 🙃
The bootprint hoodies are 98% funded, with only a few more hours left. We need to sell two(‼) more hoodies! 🥺🙏
Your small step can turn this project into a giant leap! 🚀
🐡🧪🎨
Grab your hoodie here & please share:
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
The bootprint hoodies are 98% funded, with only a few more hours left. We need to sell two(‼) more hoodies! 🥺🙏
Your small step can turn this project into a giant leap! 🚀
🐡🧪🎨
Grab your hoodie here & please share:
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
The one nice thing I can say about this disappointing miserable wet weather is I told myself I'd finish knitting my hat before it snowed, and now I have time to redo the crown one more time to be perfect.
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The one nice thing I can say about this disappointing miserable wet weather is I told myself I'd finish knitting my hat before it snowed, and now I have time to redo the crown one more time to be perfect.
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Yes our Christmas tree DOES have a mini Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition and yours could too www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/dam/jcr:a46f...
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Yes our Christmas tree DOES have a mini Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition and yours could too www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/dam/jcr:a46f...
Yarn chicken.
Do I frog the crown - again - and add a couple rows in the decrease and make a gentler curve with less bunching? Or will it lead only to folly?
#knitting
Do I frog the crown - again - and add a couple rows in the decrease and make a gentler curve with less bunching? Or will it lead only to folly?
#knitting
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Yarn chicken.
Do I frog the crown - again - and add a couple rows in the decrease and make a gentler curve with less bunching? Or will it lead only to folly?
#knitting
Do I frog the crown - again - and add a couple rows in the decrease and make a gentler curve with less bunching? Or will it lead only to folly?
#knitting
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We are seeing this in the university level in a really demoralizing way. Companies say they want AI using skills (insert my eye roll here) and the university is like YES LET'S AI BECAUSE WE ARE FOR TRAINING WORKERS.
And students get the pinch. The university pushes AI, the nominal jobs pull.
And students get the pinch. The university pushes AI, the nominal jobs pull.
Anecdotally (but I guess reflected in broader research) I was just talking to two friends who both work in software, and they complained that recent hires are so dependent on ChatGPT that these hires' own problem-solving skills are almost non-existent.
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
November 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We are seeing this in the university level in a really demoralizing way. Companies say they want AI using skills (insert my eye roll here) and the university is like YES LET'S AI BECAUSE WE ARE FOR TRAINING WORKERS.
And students get the pinch. The university pushes AI, the nominal jobs pull.
And students get the pinch. The university pushes AI, the nominal jobs pull.