You can tell we're about to get slammed with thunderstorms bc every migraine prone person here at work is going oaughugghhh rn

www.pcworld.com/article/2913... I used this

Windows 11 is packed with AI now. Here’s how to take back control

Microsoft wants to put AI everywhere on your PC, but you can take back control.

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From a confirmed source within the Calgary Board of Education... Over 1000 kids across Calgary are being denied an education. Because of UCP changes to the Education Act, over 1000 kids are being denied an education because of delays in immigration processing. Over 1000.

i will never give up hope!!!!!

(I'm assuming football and therefore relevant to many of our interests)

If you have a HomeGoods, Marshalls, or t.j Maxx nearby, they've got the hardcover official history of the women's world cup for $15

The number of times we've gone to Australia and not made a "some of the sheep" joke is... low

Micah@rincewind.run · 2d ago

Discworld QOTD, from The Last Continent

omg, look at this picture of Paul Gross and Martha Burns I just saw...THE WAY HE IS LOOKING AT HER. LOVE IS SO FUCKING REAL. LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFULLY THEY'VE AGED. GOSH.

If the ICC were genuinely interested in the growth of the game, rather than chasing short term profit and shoring up historial power structures, they'd be putting far more investment and effort into developing cricket grassroots and infrastructure in countries such as Nigeria.

Hypocaust@hypocaust.bsky.social · 2d ago

A huge win for Nigeria, who qualify for the 2027 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, after defeating Zimbabwe in the Africa Qualifier final. Photo: Nigeria Cricket Federation. www.zimcricket.org/match/269582...

The cat wants to lick the plate my piece of chocolate cake was on SO badly, I am now entertaining myself by moving it to a new spot each time he can nearly reach it. Cat parkour!

I like that that one really bangs home the breadth of the Pacific 😍 oceannnnnn 😍

For my money, the Cahill Butterfly is the most beautiful map projection, and manages to maintain the shape and size of continents really well, while also depicting the continents as one more or less connected mass surrounded by ocean.

Technology Brobdingnagian@dfeldman.org · 3d ago

The story about the new projection in interesting In 2017, the Boston Public Schools voted to switch to Gall-Peters, a projection that became popular in the 1970s to emphasize the size of Africa BUT Gall-Peters is very unpopular in the world of cartographers because it STRETCHES Africa

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

there are many serious reasons to follow scientists on here but also for “it glows in the dark, like all lantern sharks”

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 3d ago

There’s a species of shark called the ninja lanternshark. It glows in the dark, like all lantern sharks. It’s called ninja because the scientist who discovered it was explaining her discovery to family at Thanksgiving and then her young cousin shouted “ninjas are cool, call it the ninja shark!”

However art can absolutely consume YOU

J. L. Westover@mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 4d ago

YOU DON'T "CONSUME" ART MOTHERFUCKER. YOU EXPERIENCE IT. YOU FEEL IT. YOU ENGAGE WITH IT. YOU WRESTLE WITH IT. YOU LIVE IT. ART ISN'T A LITTLE MORSEL YOU GOBBLE UP.

🚨🚨🚨'increasingly rely on knowledge/generosity of retired experts' is describing a state of emergency. 🚨🚨🚨 This is what decades of under funding followed by outright attacks on public research leads to. And there are almost no jobs for those finishing PhDs. Why not? 🤔 #ResearchIsWork #NZPOl 🇳🇿

Matt Buys@mattbuys.bsky.social · 3d ago

We welcomed Eric McKenzie to the National Forest Fungarium at @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social. BioCollections increasingly rely on the knowledge/generosity of retired experts to keep collection-based science thriving. With Eric is Pam Taylor, NZFRIM Collection's Manager. #Mycology #Biocollections 🧪

In many ways Paul Gross being cast in Heated Rivalry is akin to Leslie Nielsen being cast in due South, in this essay I will—

What a beautiful day to be a fandom hag

if you'll be my bodyguard, i can be your long lost pal youtu.be/jmPEeCohTXY

You Can Call Me

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PAUL GROSS ARMS!

got an email from the Haitian Support Center about Pierre Damas Bel that specifically says the response to their fundraisers are allowing them to support his family & families like his. if you can, please donate. ancljkuy.donorsupport.co/page/FoodBox... ancljkuy.donorsupport.co/page/FUNDVDT...

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CKR casting when

did you know due south is available for free on youtube? now you do! (if you're watching it for the first time...listen, it's from the 90s, and cops are the good guys. it aged probably as well as it could have. that's what I have to say about that.)

Due South

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Paul Gross Fucking Arms omg \o/ C6D winner and still champion (I woke up at some ridiculous time, saw this casting news, texted Rachel who called this month's ago and then fell asleep again 😂)

HELL YEAH!!!!!! (And congrats to @gregpak.net for his absolutely tireless work pushing for this outcome)

CNN@cnn.com · 5d ago

New York City is banning the use of generative artificial intelligence for public school students from 2K through 8th grade, part of a larger move to restrict classroom technology in the nation’s largest school district. https://cnn.it/4iGlH79

Okay, they heard us when we said we wanted one use of AI that plausibly could make the world better.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d ago

“Teams will race to navigate three of the planet’s most unforgiving landscapes — the jungle, the desert, and the Arctic — using Gemini to help them identify dangers, survive brutal weather changes, and stay one step ahead.”

Crying

Robin Sevakis@jadedsketch.bsky.social · 5d ago

Wile E. Coyote is doing a reddit AMA right now for Coyote vs ACME and strictly answering through signs, and it's genius.

“No plot, just vibes” movies are movies too. And they deserve your time.

Helen Rosner@hels.bsky.social · 5d ago

icymi I wrote a little ode to “Jupiter Ascending,” a very important film, in Saturday’s @newyorker.com Daily newsletter

This pelican is a liar and a charlatan.

Matsci@matsci.bsky.social · 6d ago

I listen to @chanda.blacksky.app, and when Chanda tells me I should write something about a bad article on perimenopause, I write something!