The next time a climate change denier comes at you with that excuse:
Dave Sayers
@davesayers.eurosky.social
Cheese consumer, sociolinguist, immigrant 🇬🇧 👉 🇫🇮 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-7132
if you are bigoted against trans folks you will not stop there and I know it you are either already racist, sexist, or homophobic or you are on your way there and I will not join you for your journey
i can’t believe someone solved recipe design decades ago and everyone just decided to ignore it
How seriously does Finland take summer? Well, during July, my email to an Outlook group at work was automatically rejected because the moderators were on vacation. 😎✌️
Optimist: the cup is 1/2 full Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty Excel: the cup is January 2nd
We’re using the word e-bike to describe too many things. Electric assist bikes are a version of bike & have many public interest benefits. But vehicles being driven by food delivery app drivers aren’t a form of bike…they’re a form of motorcycle. They don’t belong on sidewalks or pedestrian streets.
Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
theconversation.com
Wile E. Coyote, despaired, takes a bucket of paint and a brush and paints a beautiful two-bedroom house on a mountainside. He paints a beautiful coyote wife in the window, and two adorable coyote kids running around in the yard. He tries to enter this new coyote life, but it is inaccessible to him
“Old Europe (by that I mean countries to the west of Ukraine: members of the EU + the UK, Switzerland, Norway, etc.) now laments abandonment by Washington, conveniently forgetting how many times it has forsaken Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.” open.substack.com/pub/chakhoya...
Russia, the unmysterious aggressor
Europe keeps trying to crack the Russian riddle: Why invade neighbors? Why the war crimes? But the answer hides in plain sight.
open.substack.com
A Well Written Article: Why many Black Americans were rooting for Argentina to lose the World Cup. Many Black Americans were not cheering Spain’s complicated history. They were rooting against the racism, politics and silence associated with Argentina www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Why many Black Americans were rooting for Argentina to lose the World Cup | Etan Thomas
Many Black Americans were not cheering Spain’s complicated history. They were rooting against the racism, politics and silence associated with Argentina
theguardian.com
PSA on the Victoria Line tube in London. Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note.
Tristan Tate always looks like the guy from Memento waking up having no idea where he is
Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · last yr.Sky News - Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate have been charged with rape and other offences in the UK. https://news.sky.com/story/andrew-tate-and-his-brother-tristan-charged-with-rape-in-the-uk-13376089
Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.
senior male academics giving a conference paper, after being shown the "one more minute" sign
Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct@erindwyer.bsky.social · 2w agoTime keeping is my passion.
Oh wow. To make this much money back, they'll have to sell at least 5 more cartridges.
Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 3w agoThis reminds me of people removing the chip from inside their Oyster card and putting it into things like a magic wand.🪄😁
Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives@spellingmistakescostlives.com · 3w agoI made these Fake Oyster Card stickers to put over your real Oyster card so it looks fake but still works. It's a massive waste of everyone's time, including yours, and you can get it from my shop: spellingmistakescostlives.com/shop
I made these Fake Oyster Card stickers to put over your real Oyster card so it looks fake but still works. It's a massive waste of everyone's time, including yours, and you can get it from my shop: spellingmistakescostlives.com/shop
Hello from central Finland where half the year there is no sun and the other half there is only sun and nothing but sun. Check your privilege. 😅
Prof. Nicole Holliday@mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 3w agoTo me, it's painfully obvious that Permanent Standard Time is better (Mexico and most of the world also agree). But some people apparently don't mind a messed-up circadian rhythm and 9am sunrises 🫠
As an academic, I have decided to pre-empt AI taking my job, so I am going to take ITS job! I am going to start hallucinating, lying to my students, and drinking 700,000 litres of water
🎧 New PAGE 94 Podcast OUT NOW This week: FA-RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE The team (with guest Jane Mackenzie) discuss Nigel Farage's by-election gamble, the latest military procurement disasters, and the lowdown on Prince Harry’s trial against the Mail. Listen: pod.fo/e/44a4c5
sometimes being an academic is waiting 6 years to finally write something snarky about a paper that annoyed you
Old enough to recognize this as a data center
A study from the University of Tokyo shows that changing the color of agricultural netting to red can cut pesticide use by 25% to 50%. Researchers discovered that red netting works as a highly effective "optical defense. #GoodNews #Farming #NaturalPesticides credit mech.eng.world IG
