France needs more Canadair water bombers but building them is painfully slow. Canadairs are a prime weapon in fighting blazes in rugged, often remote landscapes. But building the specialized aircraft is a time-consuming process u.afp.com/SrDg
Niko Bussey
@niko2057.bsky.social
E Pluribus Unum, y’all! Tech Enthusiast/Bemoaner Thoughts, observations, and implicit beliefs
Something to keep in mind as vibe coding becomes the norm Kernighan’s law: “Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.”
Clearing out old bookmarks and came across one of my favorite ted talks. Mind our own business?! Humanity is our business www.ted.com/talks/philip...
The psychology of evil
Philip Zimbardo knows how easy it is for nice people to turn bad. In this talk, he shares insights and graphic unseen photos from the Abu Ghraib trials. Then he talks about the flip side: how easy it ...
ted.com
this comic is from 2014 and is one of the most singularly vindicated comics. even if it was already correct then it is even more correct now
low info voters are constantly being convinced that Republicans have more moderate policies (and Democrats more left wing policies) than they actually do and the mainstream media is a huge accomplice in this effort.
McJulie@mcjulie.bsky.social · 3w ago2004 was when I read an article about how voters liked Kerry’s policy positions **much** more than GWB’s policy positions, but they thought, incorrectly, that GWB had those positions.
Trump has reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah by nearly 3 million acres. He signed two executive orders that would shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments to less than 10% of their current size.
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Modifies Two National Monuments, Restoring Sensible Land Management
RIGHTSIZING UTAH NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed Proclamations modifying two Utah national monuments, the Bears Ears National
whitehouse.gov
really think that if democrats hold any chamber of congress next year that a condition of passing a budget is the removal of russ vought, who has a genuinely tyrannical vision of presidential power and is a focal point of the lawlessness of the trump administration
Phil Rocco@philiprocco.bsky.social · 4w agoI don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...
Forced to use the dark arts if the king calls
Howl's Moving Castle Monochrome
ALT: Howl's Moving Castle Monochrome
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · last mo.A possibility we haven’t discussed enough is that they will start reinvesting in science but in a way where people have to sign away their souls. Things like: 1. You agree not to care about DEI in a meaningful or noticeable way 2. You agree to serve the Pentagon if they call 🧪
Ocean acidification, extreme marine heatwaves, and mass coral bleaching events aren't happening by accident. New research from the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme shows Big Oil knew since at least the 1980s that its products would "decimate global coral reefs," reports @rachelreports.bsky.social.
Big Oil knew it was destroying coral reefs
Fossil fuel companies knew since at least the 1980s that their products would decimate coral reefs, new research shows.
theconfluence.news
Last month was the 2nd warmest May on record globally. It was also the 5th warmest May for global land areas and the 2nd warmest for ocean areas. Some of the largest anomalies were found over western Russia at the edge of the Arctic Circle. Data from NOAA/NCEI NOAAGlobalTempv6.1.0. 🧪🛠️🌊
To anyone following the World Cup, I recommend this site: kingdoggydog.github.io/worldcup2026/ Found it on Reddit and it’s become my go to spot for easily tracking scores and the match schedule.
World Cup 2026 Schedule - Live Scores & Local Times
All 104 matches with live scores, standings and bracket. Times in your timezone. Free, no ads.
kingdoggydog.github.io
The "hydration break" really is a perfect American capitalist innovation: a nakedly commercial play to insert more ad revenue into a game that doesn't have ads anywhere else in the world, all under the guise of some humanitarian interest in the players' wellbeing.
streaming is fast settling into basically the same dynamics as old-fashioned cable, except even more concentrated prospect.org/2026/06/16/f...
Fox Solves Its ‘Death of Cable’ Problem by Buying the Modern Cable Box - The American Prospect
A proposed merger with Roku gives Fox access to 100 million households, widespread advertising opportunities, and the ability to diminish rivals on a leading TV platform.
prospect.org
@sanders.senate.gov' idea to give the public a stake in AI isn't crazy. AI is monetizing humanity's intellectual property. If we don't act, all the value AI creates will flow to a handful of plutocrats. We should give the public, who created the resource, an ownership stake in the profits.
Who funded every business venture Elon Musk has launched? US taxpayers, involuntarily. What have they gotten from the investment? Nothing whatsoever.
After a long week of being a keyboard warrior, I often wonder if overwork and burnout are symptoms of white collar work not really “feeling” like work. There’s always work to do. You can always send just one more email or write one more line of code.
IOT taking a look at the history behind the foundation of the tech- and AI-flooded world we're in today. Guests dig into the forgotten field of cybernetics, personalities involved, and why Claude is named Claude. Highly recommend #ai #cybernetics #history #podcasts www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Cybernetics
The origins and lasting influences of the study of communication in animals and machines.
bbc.co.uk
The Trump administration will take down most of a network of sensors that monitors oceans' health. Experts say there's no substitute for it.
Trump Scraps Ocean Sensors Providing Crucial Data on Climate, Flooding
Scientists say there’s no substitute for a network that the administration plans to take down.
bloom.bg
When the AI bubble pops, every AI company will beg for a bailout and say AI is “too big to fail.” These companies tried to replace the artists, writers, workers, teachers, and journalists whose work they stole. They will demand you save them so they can take your job, too. Can God get a hell no?