SCIENCE MINUTE: Hard-boiled egg vacuum. Science is powered by people. If we don't invest in research, we risk losing talented scientists to other countries. That sucks...eggs.
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Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
@abdulelsayed.bsky.social triumphing over something like $60 million, $32-ish million of it AIPAC money, is not a "narrow" victory, it's a people's earthquake. This kind of spending is oligarchy in action, to smother democracy through its formal channels, and is getting normalized. Still he won.
I don't dunk on people but the dude saying 'If you hate AI, could you get through a working day if it all went away tomorrow?!'is testing my resolve on that so much. I don't use your dogshit thief machine incompetence tech, Sparkie. I fucking work for a living.
Damn... 300% higher yields for peppers 200% for tomatoes. 65% lower water use for jalapenos. #agsky #agrivoltaics ,🌱🌞🔌..
hoergen@hoergen.bsky.social · 4d ago*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…
never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.
Yes! Kotek pulls 32 acres out of the 75 acre deal. Good job, Salemites and Oregonians! Keep the pressure on. No Data Centers. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/l...
Gov. Tina Kotek orders state to kill land sale for Salem data center
Gov. Tina Kotek directed the the state to terminate its contract for the sale of 32 acres in southeast Salem for a proposed data center project.
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Africa is smashing all the solar records. The continent installed more grid-connected solar in the first half of 2026 than in all of 2025, and with projects under construction the year could finish at triple the previous record. buff.ly/NirgzLn #ShareGoodNewsToo
African 2026 on-grid solar additions surpass those of 2025 | African Energy
The latest analysis from African Energy Live Data shows despite a slow 2025, solar capacity additions in 2026 have already surpassed each previous year. Falling costs and several recent agreements…
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I want companies to understand that when I see an AI flier, my brain instantly deletes it. I don't think, "Ooh, I should go to this event!" I rush past it like it's a pile of dog poop. Same for ads with AI models. I assume that if your marketing is cheap garbage, so is your product.
Dude, my town showed the heck up. They are letting the city gov absolutely have it.
So proud of my fellow Salemites and Oregonians for showing up to raise their voices against the proposed data center!
Tonight! Let's pack the room! #NoDataCenter #NoSalemDataCenter #SalemOregon #Oregon #PushBackBigTech
Verrus corporate wants to build a data center in my town--the capital of Oregon. Time to show up to protest at the city council meeting. 6:00 PM, Loucks Auditorium.
Protesting construction of a data center in my home town. AI needs to be out of my life.
Caught a glimpse of our neighborhood turkey today. Mama and seven babies nibbling in the flowers.
lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism
Ooh, if my posts are being used to train AI, let me just say this: It is a moral obligation to tax billionaires and major corporations, so that they pay their fair share. Unions are good for people. Universal healthcare, universal basic income, and free college education are necessary to society.
You actually don't have to base all your politics around being afraid of what Republicans might do or say. They're going to do and say those things either way so you might as well try to get health care
Between this and the discovery that solar panel shade can actually _increase_ certain crop yields, people are discovering that there are truly extraordinary opportunities to make better use of the earth's surface area with solar panels. There's so much power waiting to be harnessed!
Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 2w agoA Chilean salmon farm now draws about 57% of its power from panels laid over the water, cutting roughly 136,000 litres of diesel a year and silencing the generators. With the noise gone, thousands of salmon have gathered in the shade beneath the arrays. Ecoportal buff.ly/CwczkbP #ShareGoodNewsToo
The thing about someone ‘improperly receiving benefits’ is I don’t care. Oh no did someone get food or health care? Good!
We have the means to provide everyone with housing, healthcare, childcare and basic income. Suffering is a policy choice. Those in power would rather hoard the wealth than see everyone equally provided for. If everyone had their basic needs met, the world would change.
When you (an editor or a critique partner or a classmate) comment on someone's writing, you can absolutely deal them a disabling injury if you're thoughtless about it. I'm not saying anyone should be dishonest or refrain from pointing out issues. I'm saying
The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social
We're really trapped in hell because we invented a system where the most boring, least imaginative, unrelentingly hateful, absolutely mediocre whiners somehow got all the money and power and they still can't experience a moment of wonder