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TTK Ciar

@ttkciar.bsky.social

#Engineer, #anarchist, husband, #GenX, ex- #goth, #dog owner, #cat owned Focused on #Covid19, #ClimateChange, hybrid #nuclear energy My meager #writing: http://ciar.org/ttk/orcish_opera I also like #birds (mainly corvidae). #corvid #cawmunity

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Plague Poems@plaguepoems.bsky.social · 3d ago

I’ve heard “it is so annoying when you use the phrase ‘during the pandemic’ to refer to 2020 and 2021” and someone replies: “we're actually still in the pandemic btw,” and while I am sorry for being annoying, please remember: catching Covid is more than just annoying.

Jenny Chase@solarchase.bsky.social · last wk.

41. Achieving a low-carbon transition, for most countries, will not look like winning a war or marching while waving flags. It is the ability to say "no thank you, we do not want what you are selling" to the petrostates, and walking (or cycling, or taking a bus, or driving an EV) away.

Jenny Chase@solarchase.bsky.social · last wk.

15. Data center / Big Tech firms are by far the largest corporate buyers of clean power under power purchase agreements worldwide. They are also signing expensive deals for clean firm power, like nuclear and PV-and-storage, seeking to meet hourly matching targets. about.bnef.com/insights/cle...

Corporate Clean Energy Buying Fell in 2025 After Nearly a Decade of Growth | BloombergNEF

Global clean power purchase agreement (PPA) volumes fell for the first time last year in nearly a decade, as power prices and policy risks redefined market activity.

about.bnef.com

Plague Poems@plaguepoems.bsky.social · 3w ago

According to a recent study (published in Lancet Oncology) researchers now estimate that infections are responsible for about 12% of cancer diagnoses worldwide, which is a reason, (indeed, yet another reason) why doing what you can to avoid infections is prudent.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4w ago

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work. On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen. "As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests. "You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens." Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 4w ago

From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."

Colin@colin-fraser.net · 4w ago

I made this analogy the other day but it’s like when the velociraptor turns the doorknob. That’s a surprise, sure, but the velociraptor is supposed to be behind an electric fence. OpenAI didn’t even put up the electric fence. Literally more negligent than Jurassic Park.

Mara Wilson@marawilson.bsky.social · 4w ago

Recently I saw a very comprehensive list of “famous people you didn’t know were bisexual” and I was not on it or in the comments I figured that it’s probably just because I’m not really that famous, but maybe it’s also because no one would ever think I’m not bi

Plague Poems@plaguepoems.bsky.social · 4w ago

Despite the fact that Pennsylvania has reported four deaths from measles, the CDC has decided to only include one in its tally, which is further proof that those in power have learned that it is difficult to end an outbreak, but is is quite easy to change what counts.

TTK Ciar@ttkciar.bsky.social · 4w ago

Yup, this. My two go-to studies about it: www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19 - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19

nature.com

Plague Poems@plaguepoems.bsky.social · 4w ago

When you hear someone say “I believe Covid actually did brain damage to a large segment of our population which would explain how people are behaving differently now,” just know: that multiple scientific studies have found that Covid can indeed damage the brain.