I prefer to save talking till I know what I’m talking about.
jmriii
@jmr3.bsky.social
Zen misanthrope. MedLibs, MedEd HigherEd, SysRevs, heady music, Marlins, cancer, or cast iron pans. The usual.
If a guitarist isn’t riding a bicycle backward while playing, then I’m not impressed anymore
The infamous Guitar Player interview wherein Curt Kirkwood gushes about ZZ Top, leading to him putting his guitar where his mouth was and record their fried classic Heuvos. jasobrecht.substack.com/p/curt-kirkw...
Curt Kirkwood: The 1987 Meat Puppets Interview, Continued
Part 2: Soloing, Techniques, and Bands That Matter
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Water temperatures are warmer than normal (no surprise in this era), but there’ll be very limited windows in which hostile conditions aren’t present. Colorado State continues to forecast below-normal 2026 Atlantic #hurricane season: 9 named storms (including Arthur and Bertha), 4 hurricanes🌀 #ElNiño
NEW CHORD CHANGE FOR AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE JOHN CAGE HIVE RISE UP apnews.com/article/john...
This organ will play one composition until 2640. It's redefining how slowly music can be played
A small organ in eastern Germany is the headliner of the world’s slowest concert. It has been playing the same piece of music by composer John Cage at a glacial pace for nearly 25 years.
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I prefer to save talking till I know what I’m talking about.
By 2030, data centers will be the world's sixth-largest electricity consumer — producing emissions equal to Australia's entire yearly output.
Big Tech Joins Big Oil in Ruining Summer
In the span of a few short years, companies like Google and OpenAI have gone from promising climate breakthroughs to breaking the climate.
truthdig.com
Anyone know why my @bandcamp.com playlists show that a lot of tracks are both in my collection and out of free plays at the same tme?
Looking for a miracle for MSG for the 27th or 29th. Just had to drop a lot of money on my car and just can’t swing it otherwise.
Many of us judge a claim by reading further down the page. Fact-checkers do the opposite, and the research shows it works. Here are the habits that make you much harder to fool online. medium.com/p/b51b28c54f45
Quick Habits That Make You Much Harder to Fool Online
What professional fact-checkers do that the rest of us don’t, and how to learn this skill quickly
medium.com
Bias automation machines futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Appears to Be Trapping Certain Job Applicants in a Limbo Where They Never Get an Interview for "Reasons" That Are Completely Unfair
Screening tools powered by AI have made it nearly impossible for Ivy league medical students to find jobs, let alone regular Joes.
futurism.com
Heaven is where you'll be when you are okay where you are. (Sun Ra)
Having intelligence, we must not act in ignorance. Having choice, we must not act without responsibility.
“We're dealing with an enormous spike of deaths because of the heat wave and we're really full, full, full.” — mortuary director Zouhaeir Hertelli abcnews.com/Internationa...
Europe's record heat has overwhelmed Paris mortuaries and left families in distress
A record-breaking heat wave has overwhelmed mortuaries in Paris, leaving funeral directors struggling to find space for bodies
abcnews.com
130 paper cutouts. One unforgettable moment. Artist Rudy Willingham recreated OG Anunoby’s iconic game-winning tip-in for the New York Knicks frame by frame using 130 paper cutouts, and the result is incredibly satisfying to watch. [🏀 RudyWillingham] Original post
Is using AI guided robots to make more AI datacenters to guide more robots to make more AI datacenters really a good idea? www.gadgetreview.com/softbank-wal...
Check out this commentary from the unstoppable @mlrethlefsen.bsky.social on challenges with database name reporting. She makes a number of recommendations for #medlibs, libraries, and vendors. osf.io/preprints/me...
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I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇
Every journal rejects manuscripts. A new commentary in JBI Evidence Synthesis draws on aggregated submission data to document the reasons behind the journal's 70%+ rejection rate across protocols and completed reviews. https://ow.ly/M3y250Z7rNW #JBIEBHC #EvidenceSynthesis
I would like to see this kind of statement for librarian involvement on journal submission forms for evidence synthesis papers #medlibs #EvidenceSynthesis
75% increase in 4 years. This article is paywalled, but the headline is enough to convey the urgency of the insurance crisis fueled in part by the climate crisis. @climatepower.bsky.social @whitehouse.senate.gov www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
Homeowners insurance in Florida increased at double the national rate, report says
Rates rose 75 percent over four years, report says.
miamiherald.com
psst: if your library is sending out those *hey we still have $$ to spend before the fiscal year ends* emails AND your literature dept. does any Joyce studies, 👇👇👇
leah toth@thescrvnr.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis one has been a long-time coming. Happy to have my essay "Joyce’s Bag of Mechanical Winds: ‘Aeolus’ and Modern Listening" included in the unit on Music, Sound, and Broadcasting. What a beast of a book! Maybe you could ask your library to order a copy? edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-edi...
