ZooByteExplorer
@elysiumplain.bsky.social
Zoologist and Software Enginner.
Always researching - Explorer of the natural world through data, tech, and time.
Looking to get #HackTheWild (application) and #BioByteversity (research) projects off the ground. DM relevant requests.
Always researching - Explorer of the natural world through data, tech, and time.
Looking to get #HackTheWild (application) and #BioByteversity (research) projects off the ground. DM relevant requests.
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Practice does NOT make perfect... training ones self to do a task imperfectly ingrains flaws - and so only *perfect practice* may make perfect.
Your thought process in problem solving works the same.
Strive for perfect practice of thought and you will land much closer to a form of perfect
Your thought process in problem solving works the same.
Strive for perfect practice of thought and you will land much closer to a form of perfect
Practice does NOT make perfect... training ones self to do a task imperfectly ingrains flaws - and so only *perfect practice* may make perfect.
Your thought process in problem solving works the same.
Strive for perfect practice of thought and you will land much closer to a form of perfect
Your thought process in problem solving works the same.
Strive for perfect practice of thought and you will land much closer to a form of perfect
February 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Practice does NOT make perfect... training ones self to do a task imperfectly ingrains flaws - and so only *perfect practice* may make perfect.
Your thought process in problem solving works the same.
Strive for perfect practice of thought and you will land much closer to a form of perfect
Your thought process in problem solving works the same.
Strive for perfect practice of thought and you will land much closer to a form of perfect
sdslackers.com/2026/02/13/s...
How would one not assume this going to be abused for incarcerating journalists to prevent news from being published or spread?
I wonder if similar actions are being taken in other cities and counties.
If you know of similar local actions, please advise!
How would one not assume this going to be abused for incarcerating journalists to prevent news from being published or spread?
I wonder if similar actions are being taken in other cities and counties.
If you know of similar local actions, please advise!
SDPD Eliminates Press Credentials Across San Diego - San Diego Slackers
Independent reporters warn of access issues at protests, freeway crashes, and disaster scenes [SAN DIEGO…
sdslackers.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:06 PM
sdslackers.com/2026/02/13/s...
How would one not assume this going to be abused for incarcerating journalists to prevent news from being published or spread?
I wonder if similar actions are being taken in other cities and counties.
If you know of similar local actions, please advise!
How would one not assume this going to be abused for incarcerating journalists to prevent news from being published or spread?
I wonder if similar actions are being taken in other cities and counties.
If you know of similar local actions, please advise!
Sounds great in theory, but most breakthrough business solutions are based on the existence of an NP-complete problem...the other 90% of keystone projects are more along the line of "updating to use existing technological integrations".
Most coding is boilerplate or unusual arrangements of business logic. The degree in CS is to be smart enough to avoid NP-complete problems or uncomputable one
February 12, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Sounds great in theory, but most breakthrough business solutions are based on the existence of an NP-complete problem...the other 90% of keystone projects are more along the line of "updating to use existing technological integrations".
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Update: The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.
Trump's EPA will stop regulating greenhouse gases, setting up a legal fight
The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.
n.pr
February 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Update: The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.
IMAGINE if there were a general strike by liquor store workers, nationwide, the day of #superbowl Sunday...
February 8, 2026 at 5:58 AM
IMAGINE if there were a general strike by liquor store workers, nationwide, the day of #superbowl Sunday...
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@bennjordan.bsky.social This would be a GREAT partnership with @muckrock.com team for establishing a pipeline of:
Social interests > FOIA process > meaningful/rewarding public contribution > inspiring others.
Also, @deflock-redmond.bsky.social interested in accepting a P.R. 4 integration?
Social interests > FOIA process > meaningful/rewarding public contribution > inspiring others.
Also, @deflock-redmond.bsky.social interested in accepting a P.R. 4 integration?
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
@bennjordan.bsky.social This would be a GREAT partnership with @muckrock.com team for establishing a pipeline of:
Social interests > FOIA process > meaningful/rewarding public contribution > inspiring others.
Also, @deflock-redmond.bsky.social interested in accepting a P.R. 4 integration?
Social interests > FOIA process > meaningful/rewarding public contribution > inspiring others.
Also, @deflock-redmond.bsky.social interested in accepting a P.R. 4 integration?
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The HaveIBeenFlocked.com database is a tiny fraction of Flock Safety queries that have been leaked or released via FOIA requests. You can be tracked for attending a protest, lawfully getting an abortion, or because a random account said something about you on social media.
January 13, 2026 at 8:18 PM
The HaveIBeenFlocked.com database is a tiny fraction of Flock Safety queries that have been leaked or released via FOIA requests. You can be tracked for attending a protest, lawfully getting an abortion, or because a random account said something about you on social media.
PSA: This is a public interactive map that lets users see where suspected/confirmed ALPRs (automatic license plate readers, like flock) are.
A tab lets you read about the technology, how it works, who has access to the information (anyone who pays for it), and how they can be used.
/1...
A tab lets you read about the technology, how it works, who has access to the information (anyone who pays for it), and how they can be used.
/1...
DeFlock
Find license plate readers (LPRs) near you.
deflock.me
January 27, 2026 at 7:01 AM
PSA: This is a public interactive map that lets users see where suspected/confirmed ALPRs (automatic license plate readers, like flock) are.
A tab lets you read about the technology, how it works, who has access to the information (anyone who pays for it), and how they can be used.
/1...
A tab lets you read about the technology, how it works, who has access to the information (anyone who pays for it), and how they can be used.
/1...
January 26, 2026 at 1:10 AM
"Host-jacking" should be far more common in response to anchors failing to address downtrodden issues with some sort of failed approach to mimic Hannity's whatabiutism.
Jennings: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
January 20, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"Host-jacking" should be far more common in response to anchors failing to address downtrodden issues with some sort of failed approach to mimic Hannity's whatabiutism.
The ACA forces(d) *private* health plans (individual and employer) to cover core preventive care without cost-sharing (no copay/deductible/coinsurance) if the services meet specific criteria.
e.g. checking cancers, diabetes, blood pressure/cholesterol, HIV, healthy pregnancy, children's development
e.g. checking cancers, diabetes, blood pressure/cholesterol, HIV, healthy pregnancy, children's development
“The Affordable Care Act [ACA] requires ... that private health insurers cover with no cost-sharing preventive services that are recommended by this body, and if they're not meeting and they're not producing clinical recommendations” @mirandayaver.bsky.social
Experts Alarmed by USPSTF Work Slowdown
'This is going to be a recipe for disaster'
www.medpagetoday.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The ACA forces(d) *private* health plans (individual and employer) to cover core preventive care without cost-sharing (no copay/deductible/coinsurance) if the services meet specific criteria.
e.g. checking cancers, diabetes, blood pressure/cholesterol, HIV, healthy pregnancy, children's development
e.g. checking cancers, diabetes, blood pressure/cholesterol, HIV, healthy pregnancy, children's development
If you are a student in Uni studying or interested in cyber security, check out spending some of your holiday time exploring vulnerabilities in the techoworld - capture the flag style!
Been doing CTFs for a decade now and always impressed by new creative puzzles!
ctf.hackthebox.com/event/detail...
Been doing CTFs for a decade now and always impressed by new creative puzzles!
ctf.hackthebox.com/event/detail...
University CTF 2025: Tinsel Trouble | HTB CTF
Play the University CTF 2025: Tinsel Trouble event on the Hack The Box CTF Platform. <div><strong>🎄 Grand Legend — </strong><strong><em>The Tinsel Trouble of Tinselwick<br></em></strong><br></div><div...
ctf.hackthebox.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If you are a student in Uni studying or interested in cyber security, check out spending some of your holiday time exploring vulnerabilities in the techoworld - capture the flag style!
Been doing CTFs for a decade now and always impressed by new creative puzzles!
ctf.hackthebox.com/event/detail...
Been doing CTFs for a decade now and always impressed by new creative puzzles!
ctf.hackthebox.com/event/detail...
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What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
December 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
'We knew all the kids were going to fall behind...but we didn't think WE were going to have to address it!'
senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for these meddling grading curves inflating GPA!
senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for these meddling grading curves inflating GPA!
scooby doo and a ghost are standing next to each other in a cartoon scene .
Alt: scooby doo unmasks the ghost of university planning as the villain says, "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling grading curves inflating GPA!"
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
'We knew all the kids were going to fall behind...but we didn't think WE were going to have to address it!'
senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for these meddling grading curves inflating GPA!
senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for these meddling grading curves inflating GPA!
Even job postings are having to add this shit now... #science #recruiting
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Even job postings are having to add this shit now... #science #recruiting
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
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I will be speaking on the exciting data (science) from Utah pertaining to the J-K dinosaur mass extinction that whiped out the Morrison Dinosaur the end of the Real Jurassic Park at Clark Planetarium at the Gateway downtown Salt Lake City, Thurs 7PM. Nov. 13th. www.eventbrite.com/e/how-fossil...
November 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I will be speaking on the exciting data (science) from Utah pertaining to the J-K dinosaur mass extinction that whiped out the Morrison Dinosaur the end of the Real Jurassic Park at Clark Planetarium at the Gateway downtown Salt Lake City, Thurs 7PM. Nov. 13th. www.eventbrite.com/e/how-fossil...
If you are curious, here's what went down in order for the Independent and Dem congressman to fold:
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
How Senate Republicans won the last vote to end the shutdown
Sen. Tim Kaine wanted a “moratorium on mischief” from the Trump administration. He didn't get it until Sunday night.
www.politico.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If you are curious, here's what went down in order for the Independent and Dem congressman to fold:
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
An interesting projects attempt (necessarily repeated) on an alternative visualization of the data:
www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/up...
It would be nice to more clearly link to the biocapacity vs consumption allotment source data, but the breadcrumbs are there if you dig around.
www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/up...
It would be nice to more clearly link to the biocapacity vs consumption allotment source data, but the breadcrumbs are there if you dig around.
Earth Overshoot Day
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. In 2025, it falls on 24 July. Here are r...
www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
An interesting projects attempt (necessarily repeated) on an alternative visualization of the data:
www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/up...
It would be nice to more clearly link to the biocapacity vs consumption allotment source data, but the breadcrumbs are there if you dig around.
www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/up...
It would be nice to more clearly link to the biocapacity vs consumption allotment source data, but the breadcrumbs are there if you dig around.
Congrats to Congress for lifting the debt ceiling by five trillion dollars.
July 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Congrats to Congress for lifting the debt ceiling by five trillion dollars.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Pipeline and land rights for NV corporations preserved through the incoming private auction of federal (parks) lands.
Pipeline and land rights for NV corporations preserved through the incoming private auction of federal (parks) lands.
www.congress.gov
July 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Pipeline and land rights for NV corporations preserved through the incoming private auction of federal (parks) lands.
Pipeline and land rights for NV corporations preserved through the incoming private auction of federal (parks) lands.
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If you’re a politician and you’re feeling a lot of pressure at your job - good. You really fucked things up. Like the whole world basically. So… good. Fuck you 🤷
July 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If you’re a politician and you’re feeling a lot of pressure at your job - good. You really fucked things up. Like the whole world basically. So… good. Fuck you 🤷