What if the original intention was that Metatron was using the Book of Life to mess with A&C, manifest the Final 15, and force all the OOC moments between A&C in GO3? Motivating A&C to ask God to cut the puppet strings and create a new world where they could be free to choose, live, and love? (1/2)

This explains some stuff! NG uses a cliché unironically, while TP turns it upside down and then sets a lighthearted tone that carries through Good Omens: “All the days had been nice. There had been rather more than seven of them thus far …” With GO3, all we got was the unironic cliché. #GO3Critical

We're #4! Seriously, though, I know we have issues (who doesn't?), but it's nice to see global perceptions of Canada are so high.

Dick Zoutman@dickzoutman.bsky.social · 2w ago

Quality of life as measured across many countries of the world. Study done by Wharton School of Business. knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/u...

Good Omens 2 turns 3 today. Post-GO3, what stands out to me are the storylines and Clues abandoned, layers of meaning and characters flattened, and delight and magic traded for hopelessness and simplistic sacrifice. This amazing, ineffable story became effable. #GO3critical #MakeGOIneffableAgain

As far as I'm concerned, this is how #GoodOmens3 ended. A fix to the "attempted ficticide," set in L-space. Thank you, dbacklot99, for writing this. Now I can get back to loving the book and Season 1. #GO3spoilers archiveofourown.org/works/84896981

"the sensible thing would be for the country to use its windfall to help build its emergent renewable sector and not double down on a declining one. The world of the future will look very different from the present one."

Opinion: When an oil shock is renewable energy’s best friend

Trump’s war on Iran has done more to cut oil use than any carbon tax

theglobeandmail.com

Really clear explanation of something I've wanted to better understand. Adding a comment that includes a link Dr. Thierry posted in the replies about the potential effects on Europe.

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 4mo ago

1/ There's a system of ocean currents in the Atlantic that shapes Europe's #climate, drives monsoons, and keeps sea levels stable along the US coast. In the last 5 years, the scientific evidence that it could collapse has shifted dramatically. Most people have no idea. 🧵

something that wrinkles my brain every time I remember it is the fact that total eclipses are only possible on earth because the moon and sun appear to be the same size in our sky, due to the insanely, astronomically unlikely fluke that the moon is 400x smaller than the sun but 400x closer to us.

THEY SENT FOUR HUMAN BEINGS 252,756 MILES AWAY, WENT FULLY AROUND THE MOON AND BROUGHT THEM BACK TO LAND IN THE PRECISE LOCATION THEY WANTED EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS IS THE COOLEST PERSON ON EARTH

Accurate information is getting harder and harder to find. This is SO helpful.

Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.

40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.

cardcatalogforlife.substack.com

Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This is a great list of techniques for getting real information out of a Google search and avoiding AI slop and paid results. (One thing not included is that if you add "-ai" to a search, you block the AI summary) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

This is so exciting: a new Canadian site where you can buy from independent bookstores. 🔥 #Canada #AmReading www.booksellers.ca

booksellers.ca | Purchase print books and eBooks online

A network of over 100 bookstores, more than 500,000 print books or eBooks, unparalleled expertise. It is possible to buy local on the Web!

booksellers.ca

You asked, we listened 🤭 Take Your Seats for our free YouTube premiere of The Importance of Being Earnest on 12 March at 7pm. Accessible worldwide, with British Sign Language, Audio Description and Closed Caption versions available. Find out more here 👇 www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/take-your-se...

Take Your Seats - YouTube premiere

We're once again inviting you to Take Your Seats for world-class theatre courtesy of National Theatre at Home, completely free on YouTube. Stream The Importance of Being Earnest Live on Thursday 12th ...

nationaltheatre.org.uk

Super excited that #GoodOmens3 #GO3 is coming out on May 13. Still feel like the Clues need solving. So, here's my reverse engineered theory. I'd love to see others!

Healthy indoor air is a proven prescription for public health that can help fortify our buildings and enhance people’s health, protecting against respiratory diseases and illnesses, cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline. resources.wellcertified.com/press-releas...

Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'

The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.

bbc.com

Democracy at work.

Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦@geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · last yr.

globalnews.ca/news/1115949... Riding Pierre Poilievre lost in had highest voter turnout in Ontario, data shows | Globalnews.ca “The riding in the province with the biggest turnout was Carleton, where 81.57 per cent of registered voters cast a ballot…”

TL;DR: The new U.S. tariff rate against our two largest trading partners is either 10%, 25% or 35%, and so far no one I've reached out to at the White House is able to tell me which.

Megan Cassella@megancnbc.bsky.social · last yr.

So the White House says the 10% baseline tariff also applies to Canada & Mexico. It has not said whether that's the effective new rate itself; whether it adds to the 25% fentanyl tariff, making the new rate 35%; or whether it kicks in only if the fentanyl tariff falls away

Sometimes there's no return to "normal." Time to chart a new course. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: The democratic world will have to get along without America. It may even have to defend itself from it

The U.S. is now on the side of the dictatorships

theglobeandmail.com

Really appreciate this clear 2024 YR4 asteroid analysis and its “don’t panic but pay attention” message.

Jonathan O'Callaghan@astrojonny.bsky.social · 2y ago

The chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting out planet in 2032 is now 1.5%, or 1 in 67. The OVERWHELMING likelihood is that the asteroid will miss Earth. But for the first time ever, we might have to seriously consider a deflection mission soon. Let me explain. 🧵 (1/x)

Canada’s 30-day reprieve from U.S. tariffs gives us valuable time to diversify our trading relationships and work out how to protect our sovereignty from a belligerent, erratic, cruel neighbour. Still not buying American. #ViveLeCanada 🇨🇦

Fascinating - from the article: "Those first modern humans that had interbred with Neanderthals and lived alongside them died out completely in Europe 40,000 years ago ... It was the ancestors of these early international pioneers who eventually returned to Europe to populate it."

John Hawks@johnhawks.net · 2y ago

This story from BBC on the new Ranis/Zlatý kůň genetic work has a great first sentence that captures the importance: “Far from triumphantly breezing out of Africa, modern humans went extinct many times before going on to populate the world, new studies have revealed.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

I was in my first year of university in Montreal when this happened. After that day, I mapped exits and shelters everywhere I went on campus. I still do it. Today and always, I remember every one of these women, killed simply because they were women.

Dr. Fiona Mattatall@fionamattatall.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today is the 35th anniversary of the murder of 14 female students at Polytechnique Montreal. Every December 6th in Canada we remember them and reflect on violence against women. www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...

Sunset at Sugar Beach in Toronto, Canada.

Adding this metro station in Thessaloniki to the very long list of places I'd love to visit. www.ctvnews.ca/world/ancien...

Ancient meets modern as a new subway in Greece showcases archeological treasures

Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki, is getting a brand new subway system that will showcase archeological discoveries made during construction that held up the project for decades.

ctvnews.ca

This study appears to suggest that people like AI-generated poetry better than human-authored poetry - and that, largely because they like it better, they think AI-generated poetry is actually human-authored poetry. We're primed to be fooled. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably

nature.com

Earth from Mars | NASA

Always fascinated by Pompeii and this DNA research is interesting, challenging assumptions about family relationships (a "mother and child" was really an unrelated man and child) and Pompeii's population (more immigrants from eastern Mediterranean than expected). www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

DNA evidence rewrites story of people buried in Pompeii eruption

Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected variations in gender and kinsh...

sciencedaily.com

Joined BlueSky today, taking a break from politics to read about science, and here's the first thing I've learned: Pando's 47,000 stems spread across 42.6 hectares of Utah are technically all one quaking aspen tree that's between 16,000 and 80,000 years old. Cool! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The world’s oldest tree? Genetic analysis traces evolution of iconic Pando forest

A vast colony of aspen clones could hold clues about how ancient organisms protect their genomes from harmful mutations.

nature.com