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@orinoxide.bsky.social

Woolly rhino, surviving the Anthropocene. 🦏 | Furry artist. ✎ | Space ace. 🚀 | Plant dad. 🌱 | Oldest millennial. | He/him. | Occasional NSFW 🔞 | http://orinoxide.carrd.co

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James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 5h ago

Once again, I come back to the fact these guys have created a situation where one of the UK's leading, cis female athletes is scared to go to the loo alone, and the fact that they are celebrating this as a step forward for women's rights.

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Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 9h ago

Our code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx

Quote from Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson: 'At the EHRC we want a society where everyone’s rights are respected and realised, so that we can all live well together. Our statutory guidance will help services across the country comply with the Equality Act, protecting service users from discrimination and harassment while reducing the risk of the provider being subject to litigation. As Britain’s equality regulator, our work doesn’t end upon publication of this guidance. We monitor compliance with the law and take enforcement action where proportionate and necessary, in line with our well-established regulatory model and decision-making framework.'
Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 19h ago

"The events of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” occur today: August 4, 2026. Like so many dates in science fiction, this one probably seemed far away when it was chosen, but once it was finally upon us, it passed like all days." www.rogerebert.com/mzs/silhouet...

Silhouettes and Warnings: On Reading Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" On the Exact Day When It's Set

The events of Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" occur today: August 4, 2026.

rogerebert.com

Dr Earhart Sampson PhD 🌎 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇺🇦@earhart.bsky.social · 3d ago

Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...

Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming

A Massachusetts farm is integrating solar panels above berry fields. This agrivoltaics project generates electricity while shading the crops. The elevated panels create a cooler microclimate, retain...

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Conell@conell.bsky.social · 2d ago

ULEZ and LEZ zones might be a pain to deal with but they work! www.london.gov.uk/london-meets...

London meets legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s world leading air pollution policies

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today hailed the success of his bold air quality policies which have led to the capital’s air pollution levels falling to within the legal limit for the first time.

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Orin 🚀🦏@orinoxide.bsky.social · 5d ago

I've been spending a bunch of time lately in the garden, and a recent project has been to carefully dig things up and transfer them to containers, because then I can actually make sure they're getting water.

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d ago

IMPACT: that company that was offering to buy books for AI companies’ training data — and probably destroy them in the process — says it will no longer offer this service following 404 Media’s exposure of it www.404media.co/ai-company-t...

Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage

Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."

404media.co

The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.com · last wk.

John Harris is such an influential artist. In celebration of the launch of Homeworld 3 in 2024, the legendary science-fiction artist created this new painting. This was a reinvention of the official art by @paulchadeisson.bsky.social 🔥

A painterly sci-fi illustration showing various spaceships departing and approaching a large circular portal or docking bay aperture on a space station against a blue background.A large, angular dark spaceship descends through a massive, brightly lit cylindrical shaft inside a huge mechanical space station.
Andrew Liptak@andrewliptak.com · last wk.

Artist John Harris was born on this day in 1948. He’s known for his vibrant covers for some of the genre’s best-known works. I interviewed him a couple of years ago about his inspirations, the beauty of space, and why AI can’t replicate human creativity. Read it here:

Taka is a Kat 【🪶🐾】@takathekitty.bsky.social · 7d ago

So apparently some Hollywood reject is trying to trademark the most common word in the fandom: fursona. This impacts every furry and more importantly fursuit makers because they're trying to trademark it under Class 25 (Clothing / Robes) which includes costumes and subsequently fursuits.

USPTO trademark application for Fursona
Orin 🚀🦏@orinoxide.bsky.social · 6d ago

I've adopted an informal policy of not yelling about news because there's so much of it already happening (both news and also yelling) but I do think it's important to note that while there are undeniably a lot of terrible things going on, it's also making denial and complacency untenable.

coyotebroad (Jayne Cravens)@coyotebroad.bsky.social · last wk.

SpaceX rocket that exploded shortly after takeoff destroyed land & wildlife: Concrete chunks had left craters a foot deep & were strewn across tidal flats, almost four acres of state park burned, 7 bobwhite quail eggs & a collection of blue land crabs incinerated. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

SpaceX Blast Left Officials in Disbelief Over Environmental Damage

Fish and Wildlife Service biologists expressed frustrations in emails obtained by Bloomberg.

bloomberg.com