Occhiomondo
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Just a hapless somnambulist adrift in the currents of cyberspace. 'In times of great winds, some build bunkers, others build windmills.' — Chinese proverb.
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call me crazy but I don't think we should.
We’re wasting the remaining carbon budget on war and AI.
Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn
Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
call me crazy but I don't think we should.
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The two greatest public health advances in human history are regulations/ technologies to protect the safety of #water and #food, and the discovery and roll out of #vaccines.
It boggles the mind that Trump, RFK Jr. and the GOP want to eliminate them.
If successful, a lot of people are going to die.
It boggles the mind that Trump, RFK Jr. and the GOP want to eliminate them.
If successful, a lot of people are going to die.
December 13, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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Solar power supplied more than 2,000 TWh of electricity for the FIRST time in 2024 ☀️
Generation from solar has DOUBLED in the last three years, becoming the powerful engine driving the global energy transition.
ember-energy.org/lat...
#GER2025
Generation from solar has DOUBLED in the last three years, becoming the powerful engine driving the global energy transition.
ember-energy.org/lat...
#GER2025
April 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Solar power supplied more than 2,000 TWh of electricity for the FIRST time in 2024 ☀️
Generation from solar has DOUBLED in the last three years, becoming the powerful engine driving the global energy transition.
ember-energy.org/lat...
#GER2025
Generation from solar has DOUBLED in the last three years, becoming the powerful engine driving the global energy transition.
ember-energy.org/lat...
#GER2025
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🔭 Light Pillar over Erupting Etna
Image Credit & Copyright: Davide Caliò
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Image Credit & Copyright: Davide Caliò
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February 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔭 Light Pillar over Erupting Etna
Image Credit & Copyright: Davide Caliò
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25022...
Image Credit & Copyright: Davide Caliò
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25022...
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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
February 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
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By the way, if anyone has the slightest doubt that Donald is full of shit about Canadians getting “the best treatment” and “better care” should their country be annexed by the US, I encourage them to note the relative positions of Canada and the USA on this graph.
February 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
By the way, if anyone has the slightest doubt that Donald is full of shit about Canadians getting “the best treatment” and “better care” should their country be annexed by the US, I encourage them to note the relative positions of Canada and the USA on this graph.
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Always always always the real game, as I have said. They want the data, as dangerous as this will inevitably be. They don’t care, these ceaseless borgs. trib.al/ctRDVKs
Oracle’s Ellison Calls for Governments to Unify Data to Feed AI
Oracle Corp.’s co-founder and chairman Larry Ellison said governments should consolidate all national data for consumption by artificial intelligence models, calling this step the “missing link” for t...
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February 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Always always always the real game, as I have said. They want the data, as dangerous as this will inevitably be. They don’t care, these ceaseless borgs. trib.al/ctRDVKs
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Had an interesting conversation with Daikin heat pump reps about their new Altherma heat pump that can do Hot water, floor heat AND A/C, all from a single outdoor unit (with updated styling).
Currently we achieve this with a separate heat pump for heat and A/C and one for hot water.
Currently we achieve this with a separate heat pump for heat and A/C and one for hot water.
February 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Had an interesting conversation with Daikin heat pump reps about their new Altherma heat pump that can do Hot water, floor heat AND A/C, all from a single outdoor unit (with updated styling).
Currently we achieve this with a separate heat pump for heat and A/C and one for hot water.
Currently we achieve this with a separate heat pump for heat and A/C and one for hot water.
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Hey, while we're talking about erasing history:
In 1949 the US military held its first Aeriel Gunnery Competition, later known as "Top Gun."
The best of the best competed in dogfighting and other skills. The team that won, was the 332nd: The Tuskegee airmen.
So they refused to announce a winner🤡
In 1949 the US military held its first Aeriel Gunnery Competition, later known as "Top Gun."
The best of the best competed in dogfighting and other skills. The team that won, was the 332nd: The Tuskegee airmen.
So they refused to announce a winner🤡
January 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Hey, while we're talking about erasing history:
In 1949 the US military held its first Aeriel Gunnery Competition, later known as "Top Gun."
The best of the best competed in dogfighting and other skills. The team that won, was the 332nd: The Tuskegee airmen.
So they refused to announce a winner🤡
In 1949 the US military held its first Aeriel Gunnery Competition, later known as "Top Gun."
The best of the best competed in dogfighting and other skills. The team that won, was the 332nd: The Tuskegee airmen.
So they refused to announce a winner🤡
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Yann Le Bihan has given me the opportunity to produce soundtracks for some of his Mandelbrot zoom videos.
I feel like we have developed some sort of friendship over the internet, never having met or spoken with each other and not even speaking each other's language.
youtu.be/DU3TaKPhPac?...
I feel like we have developed some sort of friendship over the internet, never having met or spoken with each other and not even speaking each other's language.
youtu.be/DU3TaKPhPac?...
Pastels and sepia pencil - Zoom Mandel - Music by Art of Chance
YouTube video by Yann Le Bihan - Fractals
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January 23, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Yann Le Bihan has given me the opportunity to produce soundtracks for some of his Mandelbrot zoom videos.
I feel like we have developed some sort of friendship over the internet, never having met or spoken with each other and not even speaking each other's language.
youtu.be/DU3TaKPhPac?...
I feel like we have developed some sort of friendship over the internet, never having met or spoken with each other and not even speaking each other's language.
youtu.be/DU3TaKPhPac?...
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We don’t have to choose this fate. But I fear we will.
January 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We don’t have to choose this fate. But I fear we will.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
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Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, medical pioneer who received the world's first experimental rat penis transplant, announced today that the social media juggernaut would stop fact checking.
thehardtimes.net
January 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
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Today is January 6th and no one is watching the Capitol be plundered, feces being smeared on the walls, and police officers being stabbed with American flags.
Why? Because one side believes in democracy no matter what, and the other side only believes in it only when they win.
Why? Because one side believes in democracy no matter what, and the other side only believes in it only when they win.
January 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Today is January 6th and no one is watching the Capitol be plundered, feces being smeared on the walls, and police officers being stabbed with American flags.
Why? Because one side believes in democracy no matter what, and the other side only believes in it only when they win.
Why? Because one side believes in democracy no matter what, and the other side only believes in it only when they win.
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The fact that it wasn’t will forever be America’s shame.
January 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The fact that it wasn’t will forever be America’s shame.
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Ann Telnaes, a Washington Post editorial cartoonist who has been with the newspaper for sixteen years, just quit her job after the cartoon below—which depicts Post owner Jeff Bezos and other CEOs bowing to Donald Trump—was spiked.
It's another huge blow to the credibility of a once-great newspaper.
It's another huge blow to the credibility of a once-great newspaper.
January 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Ann Telnaes, a Washington Post editorial cartoonist who has been with the newspaper for sixteen years, just quit her job after the cartoon below—which depicts Post owner Jeff Bezos and other CEOs bowing to Donald Trump—was spiked.
It's another huge blow to the credibility of a once-great newspaper.
It's another huge blow to the credibility of a once-great newspaper.
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Oleksandra Paskal lost her leg due to a Russian attack on Odesa in the summer of 2022.
She got a prosthetic leg and returned to gymnastics. Recently, Oleksandra participated in a tournament.
That little girl is incredibly strong and brave.
📹: anna_rizatdinova/Instagram
She got a prosthetic leg and returned to gymnastics. Recently, Oleksandra participated in a tournament.
That little girl is incredibly strong and brave.
📹: anna_rizatdinova/Instagram
January 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Oleksandra Paskal lost her leg due to a Russian attack on Odesa in the summer of 2022.
She got a prosthetic leg and returned to gymnastics. Recently, Oleksandra participated in a tournament.
That little girl is incredibly strong and brave.
📹: anna_rizatdinova/Instagram
She got a prosthetic leg and returned to gymnastics. Recently, Oleksandra participated in a tournament.
That little girl is incredibly strong and brave.
📹: anna_rizatdinova/Instagram
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It was another stunning year for global climate and weather extremes.
As data is processed and released in the first two weeks of January, you are going to be hearing all about these new historical records. Apologies for my many graphs in advance! 😬
Spiral below produced by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5190
As data is processed and released in the first two weeks of January, you are going to be hearing all about these new historical records. Apologies for my many graphs in advance! 😬
Spiral below produced by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5190
January 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It was another stunning year for global climate and weather extremes.
As data is processed and released in the first two weeks of January, you are going to be hearing all about these new historical records. Apologies for my many graphs in advance! 😬
Spiral below produced by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5190
As data is processed and released in the first two weeks of January, you are going to be hearing all about these new historical records. Apologies for my many graphs in advance! 😬
Spiral below produced by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5190
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December 30, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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Judith Butler is absolutely right that “woke” is a right wing slur. It is a perversion & co-optation of Black vernacular, the encouragement to “stay woke!” as in, “stay aware!” When conservatives and their liberal amplifiers attack “woke” what they’re doing is attacking awareness. Really. That’s it.
December 16, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Judith Butler is absolutely right that “woke” is a right wing slur. It is a perversion & co-optation of Black vernacular, the encouragement to “stay woke!” as in, “stay aware!” When conservatives and their liberal amplifiers attack “woke” what they’re doing is attacking awareness. Really. That’s it.
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Before choosing bottled water over tap water, remember it takes more than 10X the water that a bottle of water holds to make the plastic bottle and transport the water. And that’s before considering the fuel and GHGs, the 1000 year bottle life, and the RIDICULOUS amount of $ we’re paying for water.
December 14, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Before choosing bottled water over tap water, remember it takes more than 10X the water that a bottle of water holds to make the plastic bottle and transport the water. And that’s before considering the fuel and GHGs, the 1000 year bottle life, and the RIDICULOUS amount of $ we’re paying for water.
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Blue sky above a poodle on a pedestal. January 2013. It’s an art offering on Vancouver’s Main Street. Don’t ask me to explain it, but I really enjoy the expressions on newcomers’ faces when I point it out to them.
#blueskyabove #Vancouver
#blueskyabove #Vancouver
December 4, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Blue sky above a poodle on a pedestal. January 2013. It’s an art offering on Vancouver’s Main Street. Don’t ask me to explain it, but I really enjoy the expressions on newcomers’ faces when I point it out to them.
#blueskyabove #Vancouver
#blueskyabove #Vancouver
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IMPORTANT: Finland is building the world’s largest heat pump to warm homes in Helsinki. It would decarbonize the city’s district heating system by end of 2026.
“Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030, and transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”
“Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030, and transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”
Finland is building a giant heat pump to cut CO2 from warming homes
The heat pump will be part of a plant that will warm around 30,000 homes in Finland’s capital city.
www.euronews.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:09 AM
IMPORTANT: Finland is building the world’s largest heat pump to warm homes in Helsinki. It would decarbonize the city’s district heating system by end of 2026.
“Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030, and transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”
“Helsinki has set the ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030, and transitioning our heating system is crucial to achieving this.”