Rachel Blasucci

Now that everyone’s paying attention to global energy markets and effects of faraway events on prices and decision-making, is it a good time to talk about the indirect land use effects of dedicating cropland to biofuel production or nah?

Trương văn đạo, a renowned woodworker and sculptor in Vietnam created the ultimate toy car for his children. [📹 Woodworking Art / sieuxedocdao]

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I love watching people use LLMs in public. They’ll reply to a breaking news article and say “@grok is this true?” Babe where do you think it’s about to pull its answer from

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

It is said that daffodils bloom around the 1st of March in honour of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales. St David's feast day is celebrated #March1st and coincides with the beginning of meteorological #spring
#stdavidsday

Okay I feel like this is going to come up a lot in the next 24 hours so let's just clear this up:

The Iranian supreme leader allegedly killed today is Ayatollah Khamenei.

The supreme leader who came to power in 1979 is Ayatollah Khomeini

Neither one is typically spelled Ayatollah "Khameini".

And there he is.
Ten years younger than Macron.
A political prodigy who led his party at 31.
Climate minister at 35
Former pacer for Olympic marathon winner Sifan Hassan.
History of heart trouble.
A gay man, engaged to a 28 yr old Argentinian hockey player.
And now Prime Minister of the Netherlands.

As there will be a lot of ICPS helium talk, here is a nice picture of the ICPS upper stage helium bottles on the ICPS intertank

Source: NASA/ULA

#ArtemisII

Representation matters

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.

Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

No matter the age, hunger affects everyone. That’s why we’re introducing WCK’s #ChefsForUkraine Baby Kits—created to support the smallest members of our communities. Each kit includes cereals, proteins, and purées, helping ensure babies have what they need when food access is disrupted.

Cultures of Programming - A Companion Exhibition to the Book How interactions and disagreements between the different cultures of programming shaped programming concepts and methodologies that programmers use today, including programming languages, types and ob...

We created an exhibition to go along with my 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 book! tomasp.net/cultures/exh...

It tells the story of how programming concepts methodologies emerge amidst clashes and collaborations between cultures.

🖼If you want to display this at your university or conference, let me know!

It’s like when hiring - you want people that are smart and get things done. But the worst quadrant from the business’s perspective isn’t a “no” to both. The worst is the dumb but productive worker. Because they create more work for everyone else.

That’s what LLMs are:
Dumb but extremely productive

i wonder what magic the tech industry will develop next. a calendar that is 75% accurate and gives you an eating disorder

A little armored one / turtle rabbit in the wild

The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”

My favourite way of saying “we’re on it” or “we’ll take care of that for you” is the Dutch we zullen dat varkentje wel even wassen. It means “we will certainly get that piglet washed.”

The director of the FBI: "I don't read."

His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Why Are Two Of The Biggest AI Startups Hiring Chemical Weapons Experts?

I'm sure it's for fine and good reasons!!

By the end of the week horses will speak English.

Opinion: Hotels Have a Constitutional Right Not To House ICE Agents The Third Amendment prohibits the government from forcing people to “quarter” troops. ICE is essentially a paramilitary force—so why would hotels let them stay?

In which I explain that the Third Amendment—the one nobody ever talks about—allows hotels to refuse to house Kristi Noem’s ICE goons.

EU leaders to reassess U.S. ties despite Trump U-turn on Greenland EU leaders will rethink their ties with the U.S. at an emergency summit on Thursday after Donald Trump's threat of tariffs and even military action to acquire Greenland badly shook confidence in the transatlantic relationship, diplomats said.

EU leaders to reassess U.S. ties despite Trump U-turn on Greenland reut.rs/3ZpuKOX

Donald Trump repeatedly confusing Greenland for Iceland raises alarms about Biden's mental acuity.

Also my cotton gin has stopped working

Trump Administration Starts Immigration Operation in Maine

Trump Administration Starts Immigration Operation in Maine

To paraphrase Bruce Springsteen: ICE, get the fuck out of Maine.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

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So, I'd go with 3

Skyreader: A RSS Reader on the AT Protocol Introducing a RSS reader for the AT Protocol where you feeds and article sharing are portable

Oops, I started a new project: Skyreader, an RSS reader on the AT Protocol. Share cool articles like it's 2010 and Google Reader would never die. skyreader.app

www.disnetdev.com/blog/2026-01...

Says Trump, who has 34 felony convictions.

Danish pension fund to divest its U.S. Treasuries Danish pension fund AkademikerPension said ‌on Tuesday it would sell off its holding of U.S. Treasuries, worth some $100 million, by the end of this month, blaming ‌weak U.S. government finances.

Danish pension fund to divest its U.S. Treasuries reut.rs/3LJaPaw