calorific
@calorific.bsky.social
I'm here for cats, animals, chocolate, the Beatles, Taylor Swift, books, movies (especially the 1930-1980s period), history, higher ed, tech, journalism, and design. Currently bingeing Slow Horses on tv & books
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"I gotta be honest, I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or the other" - JD Vance in 2022. Explains a lot of today's behavior.
March 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"I gotta be honest, I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or the other" - JD Vance in 2022. Explains a lot of today's behavior.
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A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
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I’m excited for fake agency DOGE to get to the Space X and Tesla contracts worth billions. That will save a ton!
February 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I’m excited for fake agency DOGE to get to the Space X and Tesla contracts worth billions. That will save a ton!
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Sorry, America. We can feed the elderly with Meals on Wheels or we can let billionaires cheat on their taxes. We can't do both.
January 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Sorry, America. We can feed the elderly with Meals on Wheels or we can let billionaires cheat on their taxes. We can't do both.
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Democrats need to pick all the battles. Flood the zone back at them.
January 29, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Democrats need to pick all the battles. Flood the zone back at them.
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There is a reason TikTok is so good at figuring out what you want to see, and why it’s better than everything else: it’s a weapon, and the best weapon is one you don’t know exists, or worse, one you think you can’t live without
January 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
There is a reason TikTok is so good at figuring out what you want to see, and why it’s better than everything else: it’s a weapon, and the best weapon is one you don’t know exists, or worse, one you think you can’t live without
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reading all these posts about David Lynch and it brings home how great art is so fulfilling and enriching to all our lives - the AI bros will never understand
January 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
reading all these posts about David Lynch and it brings home how great art is so fulfilling and enriching to all our lives - the AI bros will never understand
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Clarke&Dawe
B: why not talk about what is causing these extreme fires?
PM: it’s not the time.
B: what about tomorrow?
PM: that’s too soon.
B: so when?
PM: when extreme events stop.
B: but doesn’t climate change mean longer bushfire seasons & more extreme events?
PM: yes Brian.
B: why not talk about what is causing these extreme fires?
PM: it’s not the time.
B: what about tomorrow?
PM: that’s too soon.
B: so when?
PM: when extreme events stop.
B: but doesn’t climate change mean longer bushfire seasons & more extreme events?
PM: yes Brian.
January 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Clarke&Dawe
B: why not talk about what is causing these extreme fires?
PM: it’s not the time.
B: what about tomorrow?
PM: that’s too soon.
B: so when?
PM: when extreme events stop.
B: but doesn’t climate change mean longer bushfire seasons & more extreme events?
PM: yes Brian.
B: why not talk about what is causing these extreme fires?
PM: it’s not the time.
B: what about tomorrow?
PM: that’s too soon.
B: so when?
PM: when extreme events stop.
B: but doesn’t climate change mean longer bushfire seasons & more extreme events?
PM: yes Brian.
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Accused by a whistleblower of covering up an oil spill that killed dolphins and sea snakes, Santos get fined just $10k 🤯
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Gas giant Santos fined $10,000 for 25,000-litre oil spill off Pilbara coast
The energy giant has pleaded guilty to causing an oil spill in 2022, that leaked 25,000 litres of oil off WA's north-west coast. Santos will pay a $10,000 fine and $9,700 in court costs for failing to...
www.abc.net.au
January 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Accused by a whistleblower of covering up an oil spill that killed dolphins and sea snakes, Santos get fined just $10k 🤯
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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Every group chat in Australia right now as word spreads of what’s happening at the MCG #ausvind
a man and a woman are sitting in a car . the woman is wearing sunglasses and a pink shirt .
ALT: a man and a woman are sitting in a car . the woman is wearing sunglasses and a pink shirt .
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Every group chat in Australia right now as word spreads of what’s happening at the MCG #ausvind
If it bleeds it leads 🤷♀️
How the F did I miss this? Nature study from 2023 that finds that, per the WSJ, "each negative word in a headline increases the click-through rate by 2.3%" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Negativity drives online news consumption - Nature Human Behaviour
Examining real-world data that tested different headlines for the same news story on real news readers, Robertson et al. find that people are more likely to click on a headline when it contains negati...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:15 PM
If it bleeds it leads 🤷♀️
This is a hill I'm willing to die on
A repeat thought, Bluesky, & a Librarian told you this so it must be true 🤣
Audiobooks definitely count as reading (as well as listening). If you've played through an audioook, its perfectly fine to describe that as "I have read [x]"
All other forms of assistive software count as reading too 💙📚
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Audiobooks definitely count as reading (as well as listening). If you've played through an audioook, its perfectly fine to describe that as "I have read [x]"
All other forms of assistive software count as reading too 💙📚
👍
November 14, 2024 at 7:47 PM
This is a hill I'm willing to die on
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We can think of it as a Department of Rent Seeking – DORKS for short
Billionaire Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, Donald Trump says bloom.bg/48OeevZ
November 13, 2024 at 10:31 AM
We can think of it as a Department of Rent Seeking – DORKS for short
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We've come to think of internet trolling as the use of aggressive language to abuse people online. Henna Paaki at Aalto University would like us to broader our understanding and consider "covert behavior". #CSCW2024
November 12, 2024 at 9:39 PM
We've come to think of internet trolling as the use of aggressive language to abuse people online. Henna Paaki at Aalto University would like us to broader our understanding and consider "covert behavior". #CSCW2024
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
Seeing all the Swifties here has got me reminiscing about Melbourne n3. This one sums up my mood this last week
November 12, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Seeing all the Swifties here has got me reminiscing about Melbourne n3. This one sums up my mood this last week
10 TV shows to get to know me
🤓 30 Rock
🏫 Community
🤯 Psych
📺 Mad Men
🔎 Slow Horses
🎙️Omitb
🌍 The Diplomat
🏘️ Arrested Development
🤑Succession
🦇Btvs
🤓 30 Rock
🏫 Community
🤯 Psych
📺 Mad Men
🔎 Slow Horses
🎙️Omitb
🌍 The Diplomat
🏘️ Arrested Development
🤑Succession
🦇Btvs
10 TV Shows to get to know me! 😄
🐦🔥Avatar the Last Airbender
🌊Legend of Korra
👑Once Upon a Time
🛸The X-Files
💫Stargate SG-1
🌌Stargate Atlantis
⏳Doctor Who (2005 reboot. Haven't seen classic)
👻Ghost Hunters
🤠Anything Josh Gates is in
🪖Star Wars Clone Wars (2003 & 2008)
There's plenty more! 😁
🐦🔥Avatar the Last Airbender
🌊Legend of Korra
👑Once Upon a Time
🛸The X-Files
💫Stargate SG-1
🌌Stargate Atlantis
⏳Doctor Who (2005 reboot. Haven't seen classic)
👻Ghost Hunters
🤠Anything Josh Gates is in
🪖Star Wars Clone Wars (2003 & 2008)
There's plenty more! 😁
November 9, 2024 at 6:12 AM
10 TV shows to get to know me
🤓 30 Rock
🏫 Community
🤯 Psych
📺 Mad Men
🔎 Slow Horses
🎙️Omitb
🌍 The Diplomat
🏘️ Arrested Development
🤑Succession
🦇Btvs
🤓 30 Rock
🏫 Community
🤯 Psych
📺 Mad Men
🔎 Slow Horses
🎙️Omitb
🌍 The Diplomat
🏘️ Arrested Development
🤑Succession
🦇Btvs