David Stott
@davstott.bsky.social
Paleotopographer. Asking how people changed landscapes and landscapes changed people. GIS, remote sensing, archaeology. Tinkerer. Aspiring bodger. Glaswegian 🏴 in Jutland 🇩🇰. Personal account. All views my own etc.
That phrase was made popular by Rumsfeld, but it originated it elsewhere. Rumsfeld himself cited a NASA admin as to where he learned the concept. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_a... I hate Rumsfeld so I’m glad we don’t have to cite him for a very useful concept.
There are unknown unknowns - Wikipedia
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(oh s**t) "According to the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB), as of August 1st, 43% of small French streams had ceased to flow or were completely dry (i.e., the water no longer flows). This had never been observed at this level in France before. 2/18"
Dr. Serge Zaka@sergezaka.bsky.social · 12h agoCette carte est gravissime. Mais elle n'a pas fait la une de l'actualité. Pour moi, l'été 2026 marque un tournant. Après celui de 2022, il devient difficile de ne plus parler de "rupture écologique" ou de "point de non retour" pour une partie des milieux aquatiques français. 1/18
How your email finds me (courtesy of daughter, 6)
derek van vliet@derek.bike · 2w agohow your email finds me
i might die laughing
Bethany Brookshire@beebrookshire.bsky.social · yesterdayI'm just here to say I've been hating on the protein-maxxing phenomenon since before it was cool (you're not even getting to the gym twice a week what muscle are you building my guy you're just trying to make your smoothie manly) and HAH I WAS RIGHT. www.scientificamerican.com/article/eati...
Pattern saturation like this 100% makes you a right wing psycho, because living in a migraine kills your compassion for the suffering of your fellow human beings
ianVisits@ianvisits.co.uk · 2d agoIf you've ever wanted to live in a MagicEye house... www.anthonywebb.co.uk/properties/2...
One of my favourite feature on the site is this Album Explorer based on review keywords.
You can listen to Leonard Nimoy read it here. It's good. archive.org/details/brad...
Ray Bradbury read by Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy reads two of Ray Bradbury's classic stories from THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.1. THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS2. USHER IIThese recordings were originally released on Caedmon Records (TC 1466).
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Read it here if you haven't yet. Today is the very best day of all days to read it for the first time. short-stories.co/@raybradbury...
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…
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Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterdayToday, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
Historic England ipdate advice on managing overheating in historic buildings - Including industrial structures
Historic England Update Advice on Managing Overheating in Historic Buildings – Including Industrial Structures
Historic England have released updated advice regarding minimising, mitigating, and managing overheating in historic buildings. Most of the existing UK building stock has been adapted for cold weather by keeping the heat in, and that includes historic buildings and industrial structures. As climate change impacts intensify, with hotter summers and frequent heatwaves, there is a growing risk of overheating in buildings leading to thermal discomfort and health implications for building users. The advice covers: thermal comnfort and summertime overheating; identifying overheating tackling overheating minimising internal heat gains minimising external heat gains…
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Happy International Owl Awareness Day! Please enjoy this photograph of ornithologist Herbert Brown (r) with an elf owl, the world’s smallest owl
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, A Young Daughter of the Picts, ca. 1585.⠀⠀ ⠀ www.tumblr.com/mostlysignss...
Median UK voter in 2026, as predicted by Hugh Laurie some decades ago:
Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the move: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one. n.pr/4c7L91d
Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky
Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the initial decision: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one.
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I mean, it's one thing to abandon the "don't be evil" credo, but somehow just not giving a shit is worse?
Once again: AI is the reverse printing press that makes asynchronous communication impossible
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
To reiterate: WTF google?
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
But in all seriousness, how many people will render maps of their pseudoarchaeological fantasies that other uncritical/unknowing people will take seriously? How far will those faked images spread? How will they inspire people to take action (e.g. Illegal digging? Damage to sites?) 🏺
Steph Halmhofer@cultarchaeo.bsky.social · 5d agoAs an archaeologist:
@politicdormouse.bsky.social Henriette was DEFINITELY AN ENGINEER. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriet...
Henriette Negrin - Wikipedia
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Kate Strasdin@katestrasdin.bsky.social · 5d agoFor decades, the pleating technique associated with Fortuny’s famous Delphos and Peplos designs were attributed to the man himself, but evidence shows that it was created by his wife Henriette Nigrin. It is all thanks to her that these shimmering wonders exist. #PalazzoFortuny #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Embrace American Gentry Thought www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
American Gentry
The jet-setting cosmopolitans of popular imagination exist, but they are far outnumbered by a less exalted and less discussed elite group, one that sits at the pinnacle of America’s local hierarchies.
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Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 6d agoMost rural areas have a ruling class. And they want cheap unfree workers & to pass their fiefdoms on tax-free forever. It ain't rocket science. The fact that we're scared to talk about THAT, ime, is what's costing us a lot of rural voters!
Til trods for at det amerikanske olieselskab Greenland Energy endnu ikke har nogen tilladelse til at losse “noget som helst” udstyr i Østgrønland, er det netop sket. Læs her: https://danwatch.dk/uden-tilladelse-har-amerikansk-olieselskab-netop-sejlet-udstyr-til-jameson-land/
