Mikey
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Hi! I'm Mikey. I'm an all around nerd but some of my interests are maths, climate science, data visualisation and Apple. he/they
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I do not need a Mac Mini. I do not need a Mac Mini
December 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I do not need a Mac Mini. I do not need a Mac Mini
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I'm pretty sure that at this point in time, the remaining opposition to renewables are nothing but the tantrums of those with interest in fossil fuels and/or could not get the logic of "there's no cost to obtaining the fuel" to sink into the brain.
Hell yeah: @science.org's official Breakthrough of the Year for 2025 is ... [drumroll] ...
... the unstoppable rise & spread of renewable energy.
... the unstoppable rise & spread of renewable energy.
Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way
www.science.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I'm pretty sure that at this point in time, the remaining opposition to renewables are nothing but the tantrums of those with interest in fossil fuels and/or could not get the logic of "there's no cost to obtaining the fuel" to sink into the brain.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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The end of coal in California ⬇️
Something to be thankful for!
Utah's largest coal-fired power plant—the Intermountain Power Project, located in the west desert near Delta and serving southern California—stopped burning coal at mid-day on Wednesday, just in time for Thanksgiving. 🔌💡
Utah's largest coal-fired power plant—the Intermountain Power Project, located in the west desert near Delta and serving southern California—stopped burning coal at mid-day on Wednesday, just in time for Thanksgiving. 🔌💡
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The end of coal in California ⬇️
What a race! So happy for Sainz, I was on the edge of my seat
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
What a race! So happy for Sainz, I was on the edge of my seat
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Wild mammals once dominated the mammal kingdom. Not anymore. Today, humans and our livestock account for 98% of the world’s land mammals by weight, while wild land mammals are just 2%.
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Wild mammals once dominated the mammal kingdom. Not anymore. Today, humans and our livestock account for 98% of the world’s land mammals by weight, while wild land mammals are just 2%.
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my job mostly involves googling science things all day, and it's been terrible to see how much worse that's become over the last few years. but not being able to trust government websites for basic science information really takes things to a new low
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
my job mostly involves googling science things all day, and it's been terrible to see how much worse that's become over the last few years. but not being able to trust government websites for basic science information really takes things to a new low
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Just want to emphasize here that this is an image of an INTERSTELLAR COMET taken by a camera orbiting MARS. Space is so cool!
NASA's pix of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS are now up science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Just want to emphasize here that this is an image of an INTERSTELLAR COMET taken by a camera orbiting MARS. Space is so cool!
Say what you like about Liquid Glass but the new Books icon is fantastic
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Say what you like about Liquid Glass but the new Books icon is fantastic
Say what you like about Liquid Glass but the new Books icon is fantastic
iOS Icon History
iBooks/Apple Books 📚
iOS Icon History
iBooks/Apple Books 📚
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Say what you like about Liquid Glass but the new Books icon is fantastic
iOS Icon History
iBooks/Apple Books 📚
iOS Icon History
iBooks/Apple Books 📚
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In Belize, women are tackling climate change and biodiversity loss on the ground, but gender equity is needed in government, too — COP30 should address this, says Elma Kay
go.nature.com/4nQJ5Oe
go.nature.com/4nQJ5Oe
For real climate action, empower women
In Belize, women are tackling climate change and biodiversity loss on the ground, but gender equity is needed in government, too — COP30 should address this.
go.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In Belize, women are tackling climate change and biodiversity loss on the ground, but gender equity is needed in government, too — COP30 should address this, says Elma Kay
go.nature.com/4nQJ5Oe
go.nature.com/4nQJ5Oe
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This is the other one. With fossil fuels, discovery costs rise while tech costs fall, meaning prices stay roughly the same (inflation-adjusted) over time. With electrotech, discovery costs are $0, so the only dynamic is falling tech costs. Victory is inevitable.
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is the other one. With fossil fuels, discovery costs rise while tech costs fall, meaning prices stay roughly the same (inflation-adjusted) over time. With electrotech, discovery costs are $0, so the only dynamic is falling tech costs. Victory is inevitable.
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‘It’s Not Too Late:’ New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI and How Policy Could Limit the Damage - Inside Climate News
Researchers warn that U.S. data centers could devour vast amounts of energy and water unless stronger guardrails shape the industry’s growth.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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‘It’s Not Too Late:’ New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI and How Policy Could Limit the Damage - Inside Climate News
Researchers warn t... https://asymptopic.com/2025/11/11/share-this-article-insideclimatenewsorgnews-its.html
‘It’s Not Too Late:’ New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI and How Policy Could Limit the Damage - Inside Climate News
Researchers warn t... https://asymptopic.com/2025/11/11/share-this-article-insideclimatenewsorgnews-its.html
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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‘It’s Not Too Late:’ New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI and How Policy Could Limit the Damage - Inside Climate News
Researchers warn t... https://asymptopic.com/2025/11/11/share-this-article-insideclimatenewsorgnews-its.html
‘It’s Not Too Late:’ New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI and How Policy Could Limit the Damage - Inside Climate News
Researchers warn t... https://asymptopic.com/2025/11/11/share-this-article-insideclimatenewsorgnews-its.html
I came across this video on YouTube, which really solidified some things in my mind about orbitals. It’s great to get some really solid intuition for something that can feel quite abstract to me. [youtu.be/M–6_0F62…
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I came across this video on YouTube, which really solidified some things in my mind about orbitals. It’s great to get some really solid intuition for something that can feel quite abstract to me. [youtu.be/M–6_0F62…
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Climate intervention may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine, new study finds
Climate intervention may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine, new study finds
A new study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals that even advanced climate intervention strategies may not be enough to secure the future of wine grapes, coffee and cacao. These crops are vital to many economies and provide livelihoods for farmers worldwide. However, they are increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Rising temperatures […]
The post Climate intervention may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine, new study finds appeared first on IOP Publishing.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Climate intervention may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine, new study finds
I found this video very quietly moving. In the face of so many challenges progress is being made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxmq...
Elon Cancelled This...Let's Do it Anyway
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
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October 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I found this video very quietly moving. In the face of so many challenges progress is being made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxmq...
This is incredible!
I just came across this fantastic #birding visualisation and its author too, Mexican information designer Brenda Battaglia. 📊
Always amazed to be reminded, again and again, how much data visualization practice there is to discover out there.
brendabattaglia.com/Color-Atlas
Always amazed to be reminded, again and again, how much data visualization practice there is to discover out there.
brendabattaglia.com/Color-Atlas
Color Atlas — battalla
01_Data visualization 02_Research CDMX,MX 2023 — 2024 Chromatic Atlas is a project that examines the relationship between color and geography,...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is incredible!
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Congestion and pollution in Earth orbit is quickly getting worse. We need to be able to quantify how our behaviour will impact the orbital environment in the future...
Sounding the alarm: ESA introduces space environment ‘health index’
The congestion and pollution of Earth orbit is quickly getting worse. We need to be able to quantify how our behaviour impacts the orbital environment in the future. To this end, the European Space Ag...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Congestion and pollution in Earth orbit is quickly getting worse. We need to be able to quantify how our behaviour will impact the orbital environment in the future...
I adore this visualisation. This is the perfect intersection of interesting and silly to me.
Original post: www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
Original post: www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I adore this visualisation. This is the perfect intersection of interesting and silly to me.
Original post: www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
Original post: www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
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Fiji makes history!
In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by WHO for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.
✅ Trachoma — a neglected tropical disease (NTD) and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness — is the first NTD to be eliminated in Fiji.
In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by WHO for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.
✅ Trachoma — a neglected tropical disease (NTD) and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness — is the first NTD to be eliminated in Fiji.
October 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Fiji makes history!
In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by WHO for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.
✅ Trachoma — a neglected tropical disease (NTD) and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness — is the first NTD to be eliminated in Fiji.
In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by WHO for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.
✅ Trachoma — a neglected tropical disease (NTD) and the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness — is the first NTD to be eliminated in Fiji.
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“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.