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
"You've *never* gotten COVID? You're so lucky!" Luck is definitely part of it, but masking in public and sticking with all the health precautions for the past six years makes a huge difference. It's annoying sometimes, but not as annoying as getting sick, or worse, getting someone *else* sick.
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social forest kitty! Hug n skritch with care.
Dannyboy wildlife@dannyboywildlife.bsky.social · 4d ago
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots, But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame, all blind;
I sent my aunt, the doctor, an article about how in England cancer diagnoses have hit a record high, and I asked her if this was just about better detection, and in response she sent me several studies on Covid’s oncogenic potential.
In a message to health workers the WHO said: “Every action you take to prevent influenza and COVID19 can help protect not only yourself, but also your patients, colleagues, loved ones, and community,” and though you may not be a health worker this applies to you too.
Over the decades I've frequently told myself, "Getting that done hurt me, but I will heal, and the work will still be done, so that's good." I'm starting to hit an age where hurting myself happens more frequently and healing takes longer, so it might be time to rethink that trade-off.
If you are wondering what will happen a week from today, you should go look at the available data, you should go listen to to the trustworthy experts, and if you do so you will be able to conclude that a week from today lots of people will still be getting very sick.
Even if you only read the first six pages, I strongly encourage any and all to read the first six pages! ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
matthew green@mrgtwentythree.bsky.social · 3w ago"As the Court acknowledged, even “the desire to view a ‘particular crocodile’” can constitute a cognizable interest for purposes of standing" i am loving this ruling.
"As the Court acknowledged, even “the desire to view a ‘particular crocodile’” can constitute a cognizable interest for purposes of standing" i am loving this ruling.
Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 3w agoIt's a strange time to be a legal commentator. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
According to a new study Covid has evolved to evade our immunity, and has mutated to avoid the cells we have that detect infections, and while this may explain one reason why we keep getting sick, the main reason remains that we pretend the virus has gone away.
when people say "these trying times" what they mean is "we're trying really hard just to take our meds and not kill people"
Feeling a little vindicated (and smug) for having shunned #PHP in my infrastructure since forever.
.@mcfaulmike.bsky.social: "When you hear Trump's team brag about how much they have given to Ukraine, here are the actual numbers."
Prof. Giuseppe Pezzotti's team at Japan's Kansai Medical University discovered that Raman spectroscopy can distinguish 20 SARS-CoV-2 variants by detecting unique molecular fingerprints in their RNA, called "Raman barcodes". This could enable rapid variant screening without full genetic sequencing.
Raman Technology Distinguishes Covid Variants by RNA Structure
A research team led by Distinguished Professor Giuseppe Pezzotti at the Biomedical Engineering Center, Kansai Medical University (Chairman: Toshio
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It took three years, during which these two were bitter rivals, but they finally seem comfortable together. Puffin is the white/beige floofy one; she's been my dog for thirteen years, sine she was a puppy. Jujube is the tan short-hair; my wife got her three years ago, and she seven years old.
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.
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.
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.
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It is a bad day to be running a Republican political campaign: Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian data centers are sending millions of suspected Russian social media bot accounts offline. #democracy #elections #RussianBotFarms #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #NAFO #Fellas #Blues
Ukraine Reportedly Hits Russian Data Centers, Causing Internet Outages
Ukraine struck Yandex data centers in Sasovo, Ryazan region, and the Kaluga region.
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Since Saber International went full genAI maga chud, their new Hellraiser game does not deserve sales or engagement. Buy Cenobite Maker instead, it's on steam sale again. Zero genAI
Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · 2y agoOoh, Cenobite Maker is on sale on steam. It's a game where you play Leviathan and you craft cenobites, modifying human bodies into exquisitely painful forms.
#FoodHack Punch holes in bottom of (clean!) cat food tin, cover with a quarter-sheet of paper-towel, and ta-da! Serviceable coffee pour-over funnel.
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.
•THIS WEEKEND• I’ll be exhibiting for the 2nd year at Gods & Monsters - ALTR Gallery in Minneapolis! Start spooky season off with some new art & grab some prints! ✨🦇 @oacmn.bsky.social acesse.one/z6qkadq
I fear I've lost this battle, but as a curmudgeon, I'm still going to distinguish between refutes and rebuts, reserving the former for something that conclusively disproves a claim.
