to take an actual crack at this: requiring effort to access entertainment (set schedules, physical media, rare reruns, limited home access), often meant you proved yourself a fan by dint of the consumption itself, and I think that’s been replaced by toxic fandom to prove your bona fides.

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 3w ago

It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

I learned to type via computer games - not typing games, other ones including using command prompts on a Commodore64 and early Windows. By the time we started classes I was annoyed because I already knew how. Always typed over 80wpm but I’ve never typed “properly”. This is probably a factor tho.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3w ago

I wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵

NEW: I attended today's protest against Meta's proposed hyperscaler data centre in Sturgeon County. People are not pleased. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

Guillotines, Dinosaur Costumes and Broken Trust: Alberta's Data Centre Revolt Begins

Critics warn of fossil gas reliance, power price hikes and wasted water as officials approve massive Meta facility with scant public debate.

open.substack.com

No but actually. How do we just erase Americans.

“In 2024, an uncertified company [in Jiangxi Province] was found to have improperly dismantled 364 metric tons of waste lithium iron phosphate batteries. The resulting contamination caused vegetation to die across 6 acres of forest and killed more than 420 cubic feet of standing timber.”

We spent early July watching Graham Platner's campaign implode because of abuse; now it's a Republican's turn. Let all this be a reminder of how pervasive violence against women and children is across the political spectrum.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3w ago

After Max Miller’s statement, Bernie Moreno finally issues a statement denouncing Miller, saying he needs psychological help and should not be in Congress.

Some people think climate change is “far worse than scientists predicted!” But that’s not really true. Climate science has *accurately* predicted what’s happening for many, many decades now. The brilliant Dr. Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social explains…

Project Drawdown@projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 3w ago

🚨 Scientists have been warning for more than a century that catastrophic weather events were inevitable if humanity kept emitting GHG's. But is it worse than even they expected? Climate scientist @drkatemarvel.bsky.social shares her expert perspective in our latest Insights: https://bit.ly/4wsYPMw

Agreed! It's all about the Hierarchy of Controls. There's a reason the top of the inverted pyramid is "Elimination."

Enrico🐀@redbassett.com · 3w ago

I'm not being facetious, this is a sincere take, but after spending many many hours over the years mulling solutions to distracted drivers, I've firmly landed on not removing the distracted part but rather the driver part. We need solutions to reduce phone use driving, but also driving.

“The climate emergency kills,” he said on Monday. “And that’s why it’s not enough to address the consequences, which we do; what we have to do is reduce its causes, anticipate its effects, and, consequently, better prepare our country to protect people’s lives.”

‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers

PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmoved

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kids should know how to type, yes. but i am telling you as a teacher, this is BROADLY not the reason kids are using ChatGPT. They use it for the same reason adults do: because it's a shortcut and they don't see the value of the work they are being asked to do or the skill underlying it.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3w ago

I wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵

#OtD 2 Aug 1980 a bomb exploded at Bologna train station, killing 85 people and injuring over 200. Carried out by neo-fascists, it was part of the Strategy of Tension, a state programme to carry out attacks and blame them on the left stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9171...

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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I would really prefer if the saying was “Don’t talk to me about AI I will kill you” instead of “myself” considering the intelligent half of humanity vanishing is exactly what these fuckers want.

This thread - documenting the rapid growth of a new fire into Spokane, WA today - is terrifying. We’re used to wildfires in the Northwest but what’s happening right now in eastern Washington is not normal.

Spokane Rising@spokanerising.com · 3w ago

Holy crap. Level 3 (GO NOW!) zone now includes urban Spokane, south of Francis to Wellesley. Level 2 (GET SET!) zone now extends east of Division. Not to be alarmist, but at this rate, it’s not inconceivable that the Old Trails Fire merges with the Fairview Fire.

Someone running a radio show reached out to me to see if I knew of any Alberta-based blue-green alliance (unions and environmental groups) or union leaders who oppose the Grassy Mountain mine and might be willing to talk about it. Does that sound like anyone on this app?

FTR: Everyone has breasts. Men…have breasts! They can get…breast cancer! It’s almost like misogyny is the ENTIRE problem! 😱

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Same author

This happens in the antiques/geneology subs all the time. Just the other week my speculation spoiled other ppl’s “research” and I gave them shit for using it. The largest of fuck you’s to everyone who gets mad or says it isn’t that deep when I insist on correcting fake information.

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is how easy it is to poison Google's AI search with Reddit comments Watch here and subscribe for more of this every single week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uG8...

Reminder that cats ARE NOT dogs and humans have only been “breeding” them for a century or so. ANY specific breed of cat has genetic abnormalities which will cause help problems! ALL CATS ARE AWESOME. You don’t need a genetically weird one.

Stacey Burns@wentrogue.bsky.social · 4mo ago

damn I did not know that! The rescue where we got Lola and Willie sometimes has sphynx and the woman who runs the rescue (and has adopted some herself—she says people call them “skinfants” bc they’re so cuddly and needy) says they are a nightmare and that breeding them should be illegal

damn I did not know that! The rescue where we got Lola and Willie sometimes has sphynx and the woman who runs the rescue (and has adopted some herself—she says people call them “skinfants” bc they’re so cuddly and needy) says they are a nightmare and that breeding them should be illegal

I should have been smart and planned to get up earlier and go visit cats before it was 33C. Hahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahah

As Danielle Smith moves on her plan to expand private, for profit healthcare... Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists is raising the alarm over the fact that they weren't even consulted on the changes. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

2024: "All they have to do is release the hostages" 2025: "All they have to do is fully disarm" 2026: "All they have to do is allow us to keep killing them and fully colonize Gaza"

Regina John Hakmann 🏳️‍🌈@reginajohnhakmann.eurosky.social · 3w ago

" Itamar Ben Gvir wrote on Telegram, adding: "The assassinations in Gaza must continue, the encouragement of immigration must happen, Israel must win." !!! www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...

#OtD 1 Aug 1834 slavery in the British Caribbean officially ended, and the 800,000 enslaved were "freed". Govt compensated former owners, at taxpayers' expense, paying them £20 million, and the enslaved were forced to work for free for four more years stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8043...

On this day in 1834, slavery was abolished across the British Empire, including such places as Trinidad and Tobago, and Nova Scotia (now part of Canada). This was due to centuries of resistance by the enslaved not altruism on the part of the powerful.

Exploring The Theme Of Emancipation Day 2026

YouTube video by TTT Live Online

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“Alberta should stop claiming this policy mirrors Germany, Switzerland, Japan, or South Korea. It does not. Alberta is not following an established international model. It is conducting a policy experiment with well-documented harms and unproven benefits.” edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: Alberta's preventive health testing isn't like Japan or Europe: It's a risky experiment

Alberta is introducing a fundamentally different approach from the systems it invokes.

edmontonjournal.com

it seems like every single person in the tech industry has had their brains thoroughly fried. Like what on earth could they possibly have been thinking?

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 3w ago

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

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