Jon POWER
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Moving in. Like Japan and doujin games.
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Eunice Newton Foote discovered the Greenhouse Effect.Her first paper was in the "Annual Scientific Discovery", with the paper, "Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's rays".She was the first person to show that carbon dioxide is a heat-trapping gas in 1856.
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Eunice Newton Foote, a pioneer in greenhouse research - Rincón educativo
Eunice Newton Foote, a pioneer in greenhouse research.
rinconeducativo.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Eunice Newton Foote discovered the Greenhouse Effect.Her first paper was in the "Annual Scientific Discovery", with the paper, "Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's rays".She was the first person to show that carbon dioxide is a heat-trapping gas in 1856.
rinconeducativo.org/en/recursos-...
rinconeducativo.org/en/recursos-...
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Last night, rereading The Two Towers, I came across the word HALE, and while I've encountered the (now rather archaic) term plenty of times before, this time it clicked that HALE is to HEALTH as WIDE is to WIDTH and LONG is to LENGTH, etc.
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Last night, rereading The Two Towers, I came across the word HALE, and while I've encountered the (now rather archaic) term plenty of times before, this time it clicked that HALE is to HEALTH as WIDE is to WIDTH and LONG is to LENGTH, etc.
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What are some great gift ideas for someone working in tech? Something that you either got someone and it was a success, you got and loved it, or want to get it this year?
Suggestions welcome!
Suggestions welcome!
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What are some great gift ideas for someone working in tech? Something that you either got someone and it was a success, you got and loved it, or want to get it this year?
Suggestions welcome!
Suggestions welcome!
No fucking way!!!
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
No fucking way!!!
Holy Fuck!!
November 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Holy Fuck!!
Maybe worms here means maggots. That is, the canning process failed, or the cooked meat had flies eggs on it before being sealed. Today, canning is more regulated and controlled to high standards, but early on, people must have been opening cans with maggots more often.
@fakehistoryhunter.net
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First guy to open a can of worms: I did not enjoy this experience and will liken future inconveniences to it.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Maybe worms here means maggots. That is, the canning process failed, or the cooked meat had flies eggs on it before being sealed. Today, canning is more regulated and controlled to high standards, but early on, people must have been opening cans with maggots more often.
@fakehistoryhunter.net
@fakehistoryhunter.net
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And we warned them with our new 2025 State of the Climate Report which you can check out here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And we warned them with our new 2025 State of the Climate Report which you can check out here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
Each and every day, for ever more. BEVs are replacing petroleum itself. And battery packs are infinitely recyclable. Make it, use it in a BEV, then use it in energy storage, then grind it up and make a new one. Over and over and over.
Electric cars according to Bloomberg NEF displace the use of 2 million barrels of oil each day.
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Each and every day, for ever more. BEVs are replacing petroleum itself. And battery packs are infinitely recyclable. Make it, use it in a BEV, then use it in energy storage, then grind it up and make a new one. Over and over and over.
Now let us all practice saying Jekyll correctly.
Today is #RLSDay which marks the birthday of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson who would have been 175 today.
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Now let us all practice saying Jekyll correctly.
The bird seed is soaked enough to sprout.
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The bird seed is soaked enough to sprout.
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Debate over imported solar panels just got awkward. A new study finds these imports already saved nearly 600 American lives by slashing massive amounts of air pollution. While policymakers argue about trade, the panels have just been quietly cleaning our air and preventing premature deaths.
New study reveals that solar panels are preventing premature deaths across the US: 'Their broader societal benefits are underexplored'
"These are benefits that extend well beyond electricity prices."
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November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Debate over imported solar panels just got awkward. A new study finds these imports already saved nearly 600 American lives by slashing massive amounts of air pollution. While policymakers argue about trade, the panels have just been quietly cleaning our air and preventing premature deaths.
Higgs actually called it the Goddamn particle but self-censored in front of reporters, who misunderstood as they misunderstand everything they encounter.
Absolutely true. He called the Goddamn particle because it was so hard to find.
Absolutely true. He called the Goddamn particle because it was so hard to find.
Thor and Friga are in movies. They're reel gods.
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Higgs actually called it the Goddamn particle but self-censored in front of reporters, who misunderstood as they misunderstand everything they encounter.
Absolutely true. He called the Goddamn particle because it was so hard to find.
Absolutely true. He called the Goddamn particle because it was so hard to find.
UK has resumed shipping Economy and Standard parcels to the USA today. Which is nice.
@jacksonpope.bsky.social
@jacksonpope.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
UK has resumed shipping Economy and Standard parcels to the USA today. Which is nice.
@jacksonpope.bsky.social
@jacksonpope.bsky.social
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I knew the first COP30 event after Dick Cheney's death would be hard but not this hard :( Can't stop imagining his excited face as he walks around doing his thing; decrying green energy, enriching himself at the expense of an inhabitable future and plotting more war crimes. He'd have been so happy 💔
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I knew the first COP30 event after Dick Cheney's death would be hard but not this hard :( Can't stop imagining his excited face as he walks around doing his thing; decrying green energy, enriching himself at the expense of an inhabitable future and plotting more war crimes. He'd have been so happy 💔
I've never heard of Torikizoku before. Seems to be mostly in Shibuya and Shinjuku. Is it any good? Are there other izakaya chains worth visiting?
@mulboyne.bsky.social any suggestions please?
@mulboyne.bsky.social any suggestions please?
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I've never heard of Torikizoku before. Seems to be mostly in Shibuya and Shinjuku. Is it any good? Are there other izakaya chains worth visiting?
@mulboyne.bsky.social any suggestions please?
@mulboyne.bsky.social any suggestions please?
Petition to have @wikipedia.org change "committed suicide" to "died by suicide". The phrase committed suicide comes from a time when suicide was criminalised. It is not a criminal act, a person does not commit suicide, they die by suicide. Please stop applying a criminal stain to personal decision.
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Petition to have @wikipedia.org change "committed suicide" to "died by suicide". The phrase committed suicide comes from a time when suicide was criminalised. It is not a criminal act, a person does not commit suicide, they die by suicide. Please stop applying a criminal stain to personal decision.
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Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Been a known problem for years. Bloke at a Chinese motor show years back had his DSLR camera ruined. Wait till people find their phone cams wrecked but have no clue how.
Good to know that lidars in self-driving cars can burn camera sensors in phones
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Been a known problem for years. Bloke at a Chinese motor show years back had his DSLR camera ruined. Wait till people find their phone cams wrecked but have no clue how.
"Never has Vardis Fisher written better." - New York Herald Tribune.
What a savage quote.
Apparently a real person and not good:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardis_...
What a savage quote.
Apparently a real person and not good:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardis_...
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"Never has Vardis Fisher written better." - New York Herald Tribune.
What a savage quote.
Apparently a real person and not good:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardis_...
What a savage quote.
Apparently a real person and not good:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardis_...
BREAKING NEWS: All obituaries are pre-written. They literally have obits on file waiting for the subject to die. Literally the obits editor's job to commission obits in advance.
How can people not know this?
How can people not know this?
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
November 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
BREAKING NEWS: All obituaries are pre-written. They literally have obits on file waiting for the subject to die. Literally the obits editor's job to commission obits in advance.
How can people not know this?
How can people not know this?
Oil is not made from dinosaurs. The ancient dead would be bacteria, or plankton. Not quite so Lovecraft after all.
Here's a handy link:
letmegooglethat.com?q=oil+not+ma...
Here's a handy link:
letmegooglethat.com?q=oil+not+ma...
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Oil is not made from dinosaurs. The ancient dead would be bacteria, or plankton. Not quite so Lovecraft after all.
Here's a handy link:
letmegooglethat.com?q=oil+not+ma...
Here's a handy link:
letmegooglethat.com?q=oil+not+ma...
Free goats for life??? Free food??? They are too smelly for me but surely there's a goat market here. How small is small? Pocket sized?
I could overwhelm you with goats. Get in my face, there'll be a goating.
Very good for heist distraction, everyone chasing small goats, I can get the diamonds.
I could overwhelm you with goats. Get in my face, there'll be a goating.
Very good for heist distraction, everyone chasing small goats, I can get the diamonds.
would you rather have a small goat appear every time you say your own name or have your socks scream quietly but loud enough that you could hear them every time you put them on? 🤔
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Free goats for life??? Free food??? They are too smelly for me but surely there's a goat market here. How small is small? Pocket sized?
I could overwhelm you with goats. Get in my face, there'll be a goating.
Very good for heist distraction, everyone chasing small goats, I can get the diamonds.
I could overwhelm you with goats. Get in my face, there'll be a goating.
Very good for heist distraction, everyone chasing small goats, I can get the diamonds.
Crimewave is so weird. Low budget live action cartoon fun but full of novel imagery. Really mind bending. The chase through the door factory is wild.
On this night (8th November) in 1987, the Scala Cinema was showing ¡Three Amigos!, Back To School, Crimewave, Easy Money and Yellowbeard as a ‘Wild & Crazy & Fat’ All-nighter.
November 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Crimewave is so weird. Low budget live action cartoon fun but full of novel imagery. Really mind bending. The chase through the door factory is wild.
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On this day in 1931, a segregated Georgia hospital refused to admit Juliette Derricotte, dean of Fisk University, and one of her students after a serious car accident. They both died as a result.
Nov. 7, 1931 | Two Black Women Die After Segregated Georgia Hospital Refuses Care
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On this day in 1931, a segregated Georgia hospital refused to admit Juliette Derricotte, dean of Fisk University, and one of her students after a serious car accident. They both died as a result.
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Around the world, from Türkiye to China to Greece, former coal mines are being repurposed for solar energy in a growing trend that blends clean electricity with regional development and environmental restoration.
Read more 👇
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November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Around the world, from Türkiye to China to Greece, former coal mines are being repurposed for solar energy in a growing trend that blends clean electricity with regional development and environmental restoration.
Read more 👇
www.aa.com.tr/en/science-t...
Read more 👇
www.aa.com.tr/en/science-t...