A company in Mexico hired a stray orange cat as its Emotional Support Director and named him “Miauricio.” Daily duties include roaming the workplace, delivering smiles & reducing stress levels. He has his own workspace and ID badge. #AGoodPlace
HerTinkness
@hertinkness.bsky.social
Geologist. Sometimes a writer. I pretend to be a hobbit on Wednesdays. Opinions solely my own.
Given we are approaching that time of the year, my big piece from years back on the 1983 Cold War Crisis (and the role of Stanislav Petrov in it) over onto authory as a free-to-read. Over the years, the myth of what happened has been simplified. The reality was scarier. Because: Ronald Reagan.
The Day the World Didn’t End
At the height of the Cold War, with alarms screaming, one Soviet officer stopped to think. It cost him his career. It may also have saved the world. The morning of the 26th September 1983 had started ...
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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.
CRISPR-Cas9. Hubble Space Telescope. Active Pixel Sensor. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a treatment for major depressive disorder. Bluetooth/WiFi. DARPANET. Recovery of the Bald Eagle. Like… there’s been a lot.
Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 5d agoI like this brainstorm: greatest achievements since 1969. Number one for me: eradicating smallpox What else?
Would anyone have advice for a complete beginner on setting up a home media server that could also use streaming services? Getting tired enough of the enshittification that it might be worth trying to DIY.
Not really ghostly but this is so cute I'm submitting it anyway - Demon Parade by Shigeru Mizuki #PhantomsFriday
I co-sign this great summary from @dereklowe.bsky.social . The goal is to destroy academic science, and these are the reasons. And all the “gold standard” and “needs reform” and “not high risk” stuff is transparent bullshit to hide the ball on what they are doing.
Derek Lowe@dereklowe.bsky.social · 2w agoThoughts on the various Trump administration proposals to revamp US science funding - and what they all have in common:
You know you’re in Canada when the weather forecast includes huskies:
High salinity brine makes excellent cooling water for data centers.
James McLeod@jamespmcleod.ca · 2w agoIt's safe to assume that all major LLMs are scraping Bluesky data to train future models. As an open protocol, Bluesky is one of the few sources of fresh human-generated content that anybody can gobble up. So all this is probably going in the models. There are submarines in the Great Lakes.
This is Rooster. He has his hammock, a giant fan, and no responsibilities. 12/10 living the dream (TT: clousehouse)
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
I always thought Pittsburgh's history was unique and not understood outside of Western Pennsylvania. I had no idea just how unique. The Pittsburgh Underground Railroad - Setting the Scene open.substack.com/pub/jimthehi...
The Pittsburgh Underground Railroad - Setting the Scene
In the decades before 1850, Pittsburgh's businesses and Black communities built systems at odds with each other. In between was a legal ambiguity. Until the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
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#OTD invented by African-American mathematician Gladys West, the world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted and received at 12:41 a.m. Eastern US time on 19 July 1977 www.infinite-women.com/women/gladys...
Gladys West - Infinite Women
Mathematician whose work contributed to the creation of GPS
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Mar Hicks@histoftech.bsky.social · 6mo agoNo joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Hey, everyone! It's @flavorflav.bsky.social's SHE WEEKEND in Las Vegas!!!
Well, I see the Pittsburgh atmosphere has reverted to 1974…
One misfit gets adopted by another misfit while on a hunting trip, and they both get adopted by the functional equivalent of a leopard cub.
Dave Reyn@machsabre.bsky.social · 3w agoTwo convicts believe they're on a mission from God.
Geologist Reunited With Beloved Rock He Studied 20 Years Ago https://theonion.com/geologist-reunited-with-beloved-rock-he-studied-20-years-ago/
And for fun…
Dave Reyn@machsabre.bsky.social · 3w agoCallie AKA Stargazer is the Last Apogee, possessing control over the universal force of gravity itself. But there three other forces: - Weak Nuclear Force - Strong Nuclear Force - Electromagnetism. Meet Cascade, with power over the Weak Nuclear Force… …And she is NOT Callie’s friend. #oc
You might need this little soapstone carving of a whale today… (1200-1600 CE, Chumash culture, California, held at Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal)
You could get mad about dead senator discourse *or* you could enjoy this video of sea lions who have retaken an island with a decommissioned lighthouse off the coast of Oregon and now use the staircase as a giant slide.
Good morning. If you are reading this, we have outlived another bastard that would have been happy to see us dead or suffering. Time to make that someone else’s problem.
