Thomas Edwards
@mpeg2tom.bsky.social
Media tech transformer, SMPTE fellow & Emmy winner, cloud solutions architect. Opinions are my own.
Universal healthcare is a payment mechanism. It can lead to some efficiencies with regulation. But likely it would still be expensive. We could also allow free immigration of doctors to the US (and not require them to repeat residency here). Nurses as well.
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Universal healthcare is a payment mechanism. It can lead to some efficiencies with regulation. But likely it would still be expensive. We could also allow free immigration of doctors to the US (and not require them to repeat residency here). Nurses as well.
I don’t see anything obvious: www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/fulldis...
GOES-East - Latest Full Disk Images - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR
Near real-time publication of GOES-East and GOES-West images from NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I don’t see anything obvious: www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/fulldis...
The aurora is made when charged particles ionize gas in the atmosphere, sometimes as high as the exosphere (up to about 400 miles high). GOES geostationary satellites are 22,000 miles high. So they are above the aurora.
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The aurora is made when charged particles ionize gas in the atmosphere, sometimes as high as the exosphere (up to about 400 miles high). GOES geostationary satellites are 22,000 miles high. So they are above the aurora.
Direct link: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
California police intervene as ICE agent in plain clothes points gun at woman
Agent said woman was following and filming him, but officer said he couldn’t assist if no crime was committed
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Uber Eats is too expensive now so people are going downmarket…
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Uber Eats is too expensive now so people are going downmarket…
I remember the car
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I remember the car
Things were working pretty fine before numerical restrictions on US immigration in 1921.
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Things were working pretty fine before numerical restrictions on US immigration in 1921.
If your plane takes off from Reagan National Airport in DC towards the south, look for the Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/ma...
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If your plane takes off from Reagan National Airport in DC towards the south, look for the Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/ma...
Atraḫasis faced a similar challenge. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atra-Ha...
Atra-Hasis - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Atraḫasis faced a similar challenge. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atra-Ha...
But will you subscribe and punch that “like” button?
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
But will you subscribe and punch that “like” button?
I saw that movie…
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I saw that movie…
“In 1980…President Carter asked the U.S. Attorney General, Benjamin Civiletti, to provide an opinion on how to interpret funding gaps in the context of the Antideficiency Act…The opinions state that federal agencies may not spend money when there are no appropriations” www.pgpf.org/article/a-br...
A Brief History of U.S. Government Shutdowns
Government shutdowns (and the threat of them) are a recent phenomenon and something other developed countries don't contend with.
www.pgpf.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“In 1980…President Carter asked the U.S. Attorney General, Benjamin Civiletti, to provide an opinion on how to interpret funding gaps in the context of the Antideficiency Act…The opinions state that federal agencies may not spend money when there are no appropriations” www.pgpf.org/article/a-br...
"Public transport will be temporarily free of charge in Geneva, in a first for Switzerland, as part of a series of measures aimed at tackling a spike in pollution in the city." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Geneva makes public transport temporarily free to combat pollution spike
Public transport will be temporarily free of charge in Geneva, in a first for Switzerland, as part of a series of measures aimed at tackling a spike in pollution in the city.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Public transport will be temporarily free of charge in Geneva, in a first for Switzerland, as part of a series of measures aimed at tackling a spike in pollution in the city." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...