Chris Field
@inthedrive.bsky.social
"Starlink now owns more satellites than everyone else combined" in orbit over the earth.
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Elon Musk's race for space
Elon Musk's race for space
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December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Starlink now owns more satellites than everyone else combined" in orbit over the earth.
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Automated phone trees are dehumanizing and demoralizing. They do not and cannot account for all the reasons people call businesses. Putting callers into a situation that frustrates them moments before they are finally connected to a human sets everyone up for a poor exchange of services.
December 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Automated phone trees are dehumanizing and demoralizing. They do not and cannot account for all the reasons people call businesses. Putting callers into a situation that frustrates them moments before they are finally connected to a human sets everyone up for a poor exchange of services.
why do organizations text QR codes? I would need a second phone to snap a photo of it to resolve the link. If you are already texting me, just send the link in the first place.
December 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
why do organizations text QR codes? I would need a second phone to snap a photo of it to resolve the link. If you are already texting me, just send the link in the first place.
Since 1997, the US has lost more than 300,000 farms.
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We Went to Arkansas. The Farm Crisis Will Shock You
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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November 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Since 1997, the US has lost more than 300,000 farms.
youtu.be/cl02K72QFS0?...
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I feel like these days, at least a full 30% of US commercials are about crispy chicken fingers.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I feel like these days, at least a full 30% of US commercials are about crispy chicken fingers.
Humans ought to be caretakers of the earth, not consumers of it. We labor to beat back the soils through chemicals and pavement. We suck dry vast cavities full of gas, oil, and water, and dam reservoirs large enough that they effect the wobble of the globe. But we don't feed the earth or each other.
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Humans ought to be caretakers of the earth, not consumers of it. We labor to beat back the soils through chemicals and pavement. We suck dry vast cavities full of gas, oil, and water, and dam reservoirs large enough that they effect the wobble of the globe. But we don't feed the earth or each other.
I am very sad to report that "win the Powerball" has NOT turned out to be a very good long term personal financial strategy
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I am very sad to report that "win the Powerball" has NOT turned out to be a very good long term personal financial strategy
Surely somebody has invented a tool that interprets the side eye looks Golden Retrievers give
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Surely somebody has invented a tool that interprets the side eye looks Golden Retrievers give
The poor and elderly are largely invisible in US society (this is a cultural choice).
40 million will lose food stamp benefits in a few week & go hungry. This is due to the gov shutdown.
Please remember them during the holidays. Support food banks, call US representatives to reopen the gov. Share.
40 million will lose food stamp benefits in a few week & go hungry. This is due to the gov shutdown.
Please remember them during the holidays. Support food banks, call US representatives to reopen the gov. Share.
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The poor and elderly are largely invisible in US society (this is a cultural choice).
40 million will lose food stamp benefits in a few week & go hungry. This is due to the gov shutdown.
Please remember them during the holidays. Support food banks, call US representatives to reopen the gov. Share.
40 million will lose food stamp benefits in a few week & go hungry. This is due to the gov shutdown.
Please remember them during the holidays. Support food banks, call US representatives to reopen the gov. Share.
Free speech in the United States is dead. Where are the militant defenders of our Constitution?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/a...
David Letterman Says Kimmel’s Suspension Is ‘Just Not How This Works’
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Free speech in the United States is dead. Where are the militant defenders of our Constitution?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/a...
trying to think about how difficult it must have been back in the day to make the mental supposition that all those distant twinkling stars in the night sky were just like our sun and probably had planets orbiting them, too.
September 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
trying to think about how difficult it must have been back in the day to make the mental supposition that all those distant twinkling stars in the night sky were just like our sun and probably had planets orbiting them, too.
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More than 1,000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, arguing that his leadership has “put the health of all Americans at risk” and demanding his resignation.
HHS employees demand RFK Jr. resign for ‘compromising the health of this nation’ | CNN
More than 1,000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, arguing that his leadership has “put the ...
www.cnn.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
More than 1,000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, arguing that his leadership has “put the health of all Americans at risk” and demanding his resignation.
Evidence of an "instantaneous extinction" was found as far away as present-day New Jersey and North Dakota after the approximately six-mile wide Chicxulub meteor stuck the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, 66 million years ago. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxul...
Chicxulub crater - Wikipedia
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September 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Evidence of an "instantaneous extinction" was found as far away as present-day New Jersey and North Dakota after the approximately six-mile wide Chicxulub meteor stuck the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, 66 million years ago. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxul...
Scientists, frustrated at not finding where a crater could exist large enough to represent the extinction-level event killing the dinosaurs, got together in 1981 to discuss. In doing so, they missed a conference where two geologists presented findings of that crater. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxul...
Chicxulub crater - Wikipedia
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September 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Scientists, frustrated at not finding where a crater could exist large enough to represent the extinction-level event killing the dinosaurs, got together in 1981 to discuss. In doing so, they missed a conference where two geologists presented findings of that crater. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxul...
My daughter just asked me when entropy began in the universe since new galaxies are still forming and I don't have an answer. She is fourteen. Send help!
#physics #Quantum #astronomy
#physics #Quantum #astronomy
September 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
My daughter just asked me when entropy began in the universe since new galaxies are still forming and I don't have an answer. She is fourteen. Send help!
#physics #Quantum #astronomy
#physics #Quantum #astronomy
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I think we're at the tip of the iceberg for permissionless DERs. Imagine a 1200 W plug in solar, with a few kWh of storage on the same circuit acting as a UPS for your fridge or room AC. Could get interesting.
perhaps soon, going solar need not involve tens of thousands of dollars and an onslaught of logistics. here's how small, simple, plug-in solar arrays - and the laws to support them - are beginning to gain traction in the U.S.
Can Plug-in Solar Work in the U.S.?
Europeans have enjoyed it for years. Now, through careful state interventions and creative salesmanship from startups, Americans are close to having their turn.
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August 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I think we're at the tip of the iceberg for permissionless DERs. Imagine a 1200 W plug in solar, with a few kWh of storage on the same circuit acting as a UPS for your fridge or room AC. Could get interesting.
"Frito-Lay now sells 26 different Flamin’ Hot products"
- www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
- www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
Why Is Everything Spicy Now?
More Americans are setting their mouth on fire—for extreme sport, and for everyday thrills.
www.theatlantic.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Frito-Lay now sells 26 different Flamin’ Hot products"
- www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
- www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
Sunsets matter.
Go watch one if you can. Appreciate the world.
Go watch one if you can. Appreciate the world.
July 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Sunsets matter.
Go watch one if you can. Appreciate the world.
Go watch one if you can. Appreciate the world.
the AI models I use do not have access to system clocks, so they do not know what time it is. When I queried Anthropic's Claude, the AI told me that it does not experience time, and it has no way to determine how much time has passed between our interactions. It doesn't wait, it just responds on cue
July 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
the AI models I use do not have access to system clocks, so they do not know what time it is. When I queried Anthropic's Claude, the AI told me that it does not experience time, and it has no way to determine how much time has passed between our interactions. It doesn't wait, it just responds on cue
"USDA estimates that there are about two million farms in
the United States ... avg farm in 2017 was 444 acres. Approximately 15% of U.S. farms control about 80% of total farm acres."
From Fiber to Field: the Role of Rural Broadband in Emerging Agricultural Technology
- www.ntca.org/sites/defaul...
the United States ... avg farm in 2017 was 444 acres. Approximately 15% of U.S. farms control about 80% of total farm acres."
From Fiber to Field: the Role of Rural Broadband in Emerging Agricultural Technology
- www.ntca.org/sites/defaul...
July 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"USDA estimates that there are about two million farms in
the United States ... avg farm in 2017 was 444 acres. Approximately 15% of U.S. farms control about 80% of total farm acres."
From Fiber to Field: the Role of Rural Broadband in Emerging Agricultural Technology
- www.ntca.org/sites/defaul...
the United States ... avg farm in 2017 was 444 acres. Approximately 15% of U.S. farms control about 80% of total farm acres."
From Fiber to Field: the Role of Rural Broadband in Emerging Agricultural Technology
- www.ntca.org/sites/defaul...
Been watching Andor. I love how, in the Star Wars universe, they have lasers, hyperdrive, & anti-gravity but technology is tactile - big lit buttons and metal switches. Autonomous robots who move and talk, but no "internet" or ubiquitous surveillance cameras and monitoring. Very few handheld screens
July 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Been watching Andor. I love how, in the Star Wars universe, they have lasers, hyperdrive, & anti-gravity but technology is tactile - big lit buttons and metal switches. Autonomous robots who move and talk, but no "internet" or ubiquitous surveillance cameras and monitoring. Very few handheld screens
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Colbert will be all right, maybe even better off. The world's his oyster and I'm sure MSNBC and Netflix will come calling. He could stand up the biggest late night YouTube channel in days. But they are just torching the Late Show, an institution, solely to appease a dictator. And that fucking sucks.
July 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Colbert will be all right, maybe even better off. The world's his oyster and I'm sure MSNBC and Netflix will come calling. He could stand up the biggest late night YouTube channel in days. But they are just torching the Late Show, an institution, solely to appease a dictator. And that fucking sucks.
No one wants Starlink internet. They gladly take it when there isn't a better choice. What people *want* is fiber with light-speed capacity and unlimited access to the world of information, business, and entertainment we call the internet.
July 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
No one wants Starlink internet. They gladly take it when there isn't a better choice. What people *want* is fiber with light-speed capacity and unlimited access to the world of information, business, and entertainment we call the internet.
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BREAKING: A tsunami warning is in effect along parts of Alaska's lightly populated southern coast after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake.
A tsunami warning is in effect along parts of Alaska's southern coast after 7.3 magnitude earthquake
A lightly populated stretch of Alaska’s southern coast was under a tsunami warning Wednesday after a strong earthquake was felt throughout the region, and officials in the Pacific Northwest were evaluating whether there was any threat to coastlines there.
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July 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
BREAKING: A tsunami warning is in effect along parts of Alaska's lightly populated southern coast after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake.