@porcoesphino.bsky.social
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Ex-mechatronics grad learning more about geology and biology and refreshing my maths and physics
(Also, set "alt text before posting" in accessibility.)
https://porcoesphino.github.io/phylogeny/
Ex-mechatronics grad learning more about geology and biology and refreshing my maths and physics
(Also, set "alt text before posting" in accessibility.)
https://porcoesphino.github.io/phylogeny/
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I had to stop to film this during my Thanksgiving drive
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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VISUALIZING THE BIOMASS OF LIFE
🐛🦉🐟🐸🐐🐌🍄🦚🐙🐍🦑🐢🦂🦧🌴
#biomass #science #infographic #art #sciart #dataviz #datavisualization #biology
🐛🦉🐟🐸🐐🐌🍄🦚🐙🐍🦑🐢🦂🦧🌴
#biomass #science #infographic #art #sciart #dataviz #datavisualization #biology
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
VISUALIZING THE BIOMASS OF LIFE
🐛🦉🐟🐸🐐🐌🍄🦚🐙🐍🦑🐢🦂🦧🌴
#biomass #science #infographic #art #sciart #dataviz #datavisualization #biology
🐛🦉🐟🐸🐐🐌🍄🦚🐙🐍🦑🐢🦂🦧🌴
#biomass #science #infographic #art #sciart #dataviz #datavisualization #biology
@shaneloeffler.com, are you one of the people listed in the Flyover Country app? I wanted to know why wikipedia entries were removed, or am I misremembering and they were never part of the download?
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
@shaneloeffler.com, are you one of the people listed in the Flyover Country app? I wanted to know why wikipedia entries were removed, or am I misremembering and they were never part of the download?
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Also if anyone wants a fun bit from a 1975 NASA report on EVs, with the link here: ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citation...
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Also if anyone wants a fun bit from a 1975 NASA report on EVs, with the link here: ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citation...
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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This is huge news in @cameronwilson.bsky.social's @thesizzle.com.au- Microsoft is being forced by the Aus regulator refund all the ultra-dodgy AI plan pushing it was doing for Office 365
Wild that other regions aren't also using regulatory power to punish Microsoft
thesizzle.com.au/p/google-sur...
Wild that other regions aren't also using regulatory power to punish Microsoft
thesizzle.com.au/p/google-sur...
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This is huge news in @cameronwilson.bsky.social's @thesizzle.com.au- Microsoft is being forced by the Aus regulator refund all the ultra-dodgy AI plan pushing it was doing for Office 365
Wild that other regions aren't also using regulatory power to punish Microsoft
thesizzle.com.au/p/google-sur...
Wild that other regions aren't also using regulatory power to punish Microsoft
thesizzle.com.au/p/google-sur...
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Trump: "When I took over it was a mess. I have inflation way down. I have it down to a normal number right now. Lower than a normal number in my opinion, I think."
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Trump: "When I took over it was a mess. I have inflation way down. I have it down to a normal number right now. Lower than a normal number in my opinion, I think."
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WATCH: Dashcam footage shows truck driver reacting to deadly UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky.
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
WATCH: Dashcam footage shows truck driver reacting to deadly UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Sep 30: USDA issues guidance saying they can use contingency fund
Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
Oct 23: USDA deletes Sep 30 guidance
Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
Nov 1: no funds go out
Nov 4: Trump says he’ll defy courts
Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
Oct 23: USDA deletes Sep 30 guidance
Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
Nov 1: no funds go out
Nov 4: Trump says he’ll defy courts
The president says he will defy court orders and illegally withhold SNAP benefits despite there being money in the SNAP contingency fund that the Trump is required to use.
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sep 30: USDA issues guidance saying they can use contingency fund
Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
Oct 23: USDA deletes Sep 30 guidance
Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
Nov 1: no funds go out
Nov 4: Trump says he’ll defy courts
Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
Oct 23: USDA deletes Sep 30 guidance
Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
Nov 1: no funds go out
Nov 4: Trump says he’ll defy courts
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Add a dose of propaganda to your morning coffee.. This smells of Russian-like “special operation”
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Add a dose of propaganda to your morning coffee.. This smells of Russian-like “special operation”
After official Whitehouse Twitter, and the official Whitehouse news dashboard, I guess this shouldn't be as aggregating as it is but damn the US lost professionalism and respect with this admin:
www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/
www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/
mysafespace
We're Democrats in the House and Senate. We love DEI, transgender for everyone, healthcare for illegals and shutting down the government! We couldn't care less if our military gets paid or Americans' ...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
After official Whitehouse Twitter, and the official Whitehouse news dashboard, I guess this shouldn't be as aggregating as it is but damn the US lost professionalism and respect with this admin:
www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/
www.whitehouse.gov/mysafespace/
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Obama: "It's like every day is Halloween, except it's all tricks and no treats. And here's the thing -- it's not as if we did not see some of this coming. I mean, I'll admit it's worse than even I expected, but I did warn y'all. And you know what? Donald Trump warned you too."
November 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Obama: "It's like every day is Halloween, except it's all tricks and no treats. And here's the thing -- it's not as if we did not see some of this coming. I mean, I'll admit it's worse than even I expected, but I did warn y'all. And you know what? Donald Trump warned you too."
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We aren't dumb. Your company launched Trump's corrupt crypto coin. You greased the wheels of the massively corrupt UAE "trade secrets for cash" deal. You basically did whatever crooked thing Trump asked.
And then, voila - your billionaire owner gets a pardon!
C'mon.
And then, voila - your billionaire owner gets a pardon!
C'mon.
October 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We aren't dumb. Your company launched Trump's corrupt crypto coin. You greased the wheels of the massively corrupt UAE "trade secrets for cash" deal. You basically did whatever crooked thing Trump asked.
And then, voila - your billionaire owner gets a pardon!
C'mon.
And then, voila - your billionaire owner gets a pardon!
C'mon.
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This place could use a chunky dose of delicious satellite imagery.
So here are some of my favorites I've shared over the years.
Impossible to not start with the unbeatable, the epic...
von Karman vortices
So here are some of my favorites I've shared over the years.
Impossible to not start with the unbeatable, the epic...
von Karman vortices
November 19, 2024 at 2:41 AM
This place could use a chunky dose of delicious satellite imagery.
So here are some of my favorites I've shared over the years.
Impossible to not start with the unbeatable, the epic...
von Karman vortices
So here are some of my favorites I've shared over the years.
Impossible to not start with the unbeatable, the epic...
von Karman vortices
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Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
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1-minute #GOES19/#GOESEast Visible images showed that soon after making landfall, the eye of Hurricane #Melissa became cloud-filled as the storm interacted with higher terrain on the western edge of Jamaica.
October 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
1-minute #GOES19/#GOESEast Visible images showed that soon after making landfall, the eye of Hurricane #Melissa became cloud-filled as the storm interacted with higher terrain on the western edge of Jamaica.
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Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
It looks like sales of non-electric cars peaked in Australia and I didn't know. I checked after reading this summary from Our World in Data about sales in China and globally:
ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
October 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It looks like sales of non-electric cars peaked in Australia and I didn't know. I checked after reading this summary from Our World in Data about sales in China and globally:
ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
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Funders of Trump's $300M ballroom and East Wing destruction include:
-Amazon
-Apple
-Coinbase
-Lockheed Martin
-Google
-Meta
-Microsoft
-Palantir
-Tobacco companies
-The Adelson family
Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor.
-Amazon
-Apple
-Coinbase
-Lockheed Martin
-Meta
-Microsoft
-Palantir
-Tobacco companies
-The Adelson family
Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor.
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Funders of Trump's $300M ballroom and East Wing destruction include:
-Amazon
-Apple
-Coinbase
-Lockheed Martin
-Google
-Meta
-Microsoft
-Palantir
-Tobacco companies
-The Adelson family
Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor.
-Amazon
-Apple
-Coinbase
-Lockheed Martin
-Meta
-Microsoft
-Palantir
-Tobacco companies
-The Adelson family
Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor.
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Bannon says Tr*ump is acting as a vehicle of divine providence. This is an old authoritarian propaganda theme.
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Bannon says Tr*ump is acting as a vehicle of divine providence. This is an old authoritarian propaganda theme.
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How is this even real? Check out the White House's Major Events Timeline. #stayclassymyfriends www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
October 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
How is this even real? Check out the White House's Major Events Timeline. #stayclassymyfriends www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House