Today is Nonidi the 19th of Thermidor in the year 234. Thermidor is the month of heat. Today we celebrate gentian. #JacobinDay See today's page
Sisyphus with a Hat
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I survived a lot of things, so I like to talk about what brings me peace and joy - gardening, birds, insects, houseplants, nature, cooking. Sagan Pagan, OBOD. ND. (He/him) Geologist by trade. Born at CO2 329.58 ppm Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
A debate is raging here as to whether humans are 1. An "invasive species" (presumably outside Africa) 2. "Part of nature" My take? We are neither of the above, nor separate from nature. Our relationship with the natural world is far more complicated, and defies such simplistic definitions.
Banjomon@banjomonome.bsky.social · 14h agoIn the wild places, man is an unwelcome guest. Look at all the garbage orbiting the Earth. Who do you think put it there? It wasn't aliens. Have you seen Mt. Everest lately? Dead bodies and oxygen tanks and tents litter the mountain side.
Just purchased a ticket to go see this. During checkout, I got to the page with the "I am not a robot" checkbox and absolutely had to hesitate a few moments before proceeding...
When we play the MCC from 14-16 August, the matches will be played at Tungubakkavöllur, Mosfellsbær. If the MCC beat us, we will ask their squad to pronounce the venue, and if they do not do a satisfactory job, we will declare 'a moral victory'. We will judge them fairly.
Berton says that sunrise contemplations are a great way to start a day
In honour of #InternationalOwlDay. (It may be a bit niche [or maybe not, seeing the popularity of #TheOdyssey], but it's my favourite of any memes I've made.)
In the very near future, no one will believe we had a policy this good. www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
End of carbon tax rebates a financial hit for Canada’s poorest, research shows
Rebates were tax-free payments that compensated consumers for the cost of carbon taxes
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If you’ve got land that could be Loggerhead Shrike habitat, please consider planting/saving shrubs for shrikes. If you'd like to support habitat preservation, consider supporting Nature Saskatchewan, Birds Canada, or other organizations working toward preservation of grasslands biodiversity #birds
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According to the Birds Canada State of Canada’s Birds report, halting the decline and eventual recovery of Loggerhead Shrike populations will require "ambitious and long-term conservation action” #birds naturecounts.ca/nc/socb-epoc...
🧵 Snopes pored over hundreds of pages of documents to confirm that Anthropic bought millions of books in bulk and destructively scanned them to train its AI model.
I think this confuses the private person, who can be mourned by friends, family and colleagues, and the public figure, whose legacy can be assessed based on his work. These are two different things and they have to coexist
Leo Enright@ollopa11.bsky.social · 2d agoI am saddened by the tone of commentary in this place about my former BBC colleague. The level of vitriol seems more suited to the other place. I worked with Rod at the Today programme. He took no prisoners, but he was witty and personally capable of genuine warmth. My sympathy to his family.
Today is Septidi the 17th of Thermidor in the year 234. Thermidor is the month of heat. Today we celebrate flax. #JacobinDay See today's page
Trigger warning for violence. Read this headline, and then the article. Then read the headline again. And people ask what we mean when we say reporters or editors blame victims? abc13.com/story/cyclis...
Cyclists gestured, yelled at driver before he reversed into them, killing boxer Hannah Rapp, court documents allege
Court documents allege that the severity of the damage to the vehicle that killed boxer Hannah Rapp contradicted the driver's claim that he reversed at a low speed.
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“You’re a huge fan of Lord of the Rings, how come you don’t like Palantir?” “You’re a huge fan of 1984, how come you don’t like the surveillance state?” “You’re a huge fan of Fahrenheit 451, how come you don’t like ritual book burnings?”
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 3d agoEvery now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
Just learned Amazon Prime in the UK is now showing the 'Pendragon Cycle' fantasy series, so in case anyone stumbles into watching it by mistake, know that it was made by far-right Trumpists at the Daily Wire, explicitly as violent right-wing Christian propaganda (this is a tweet by its creator)
Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
When people die and the media says they had “pre-existing conditions”… they’re pacifying the public. Anyone could die from Cyclosporiasis, but they want you to believe it can’t happen to you. It can only happen to the weak, the disabled, the elderly. The expendable people. Eugenics.
Two Deaths Linked to Cyclospora Outbreak in Michigan
The patients had “significant underlying health conditions” that may have contributed to their deaths, health officials said.
nytimes.com
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Abusive men often charm women outwith their immediate relationships: it guarantees reputation laundering and future supply. The vested interest of the abuser lies in charming people in order to make any report of abuse seem unlikely, and to minimise the reporting power of the victim.
I see we've reached the point in this particular summer of extremes where we are now having to BLOW UP rocks in drought-striken rivers to help send water towards gasping nuclear power plants www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
South-eastern Europe faces heatwave energy crunch as Romania detonates Danube rock to increase water flow – Europe live
Explosives used to move a large rock and let more water flow to cool nuclear power plant
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