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Bob D ๐Ÿฆ‹

@bobathon

physicist interested in quantum theory, cosmology, climate change, stars, yorkshire, wildlife, birds, fell running, mindfulness, mindlessness, the world and stuff

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I wonder if Claude would be โ€œanxiousโ€ because the military is using it to bomb schoolgirls or because itโ€™s poisoning the air around data centers or because itโ€™s going to crash the economy or because itโ€™s encouraged thousands of psychotic delusions or all of the above

06.03.2026 15:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1852 ๐Ÿ” 160 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

I've never seen anything labelled beef patty in a vegan restaurant. I don't think that's what the original post was about, but ok.

I guess I've never met anyone daft enough to see something in a vegan restaurant and think it was meat. So a wonderful new experience for me.

06.03.2026 18:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you think people go into vegan restaurants and are confused as to whether or not they're being served actual bacon and cheese? Is that a problem people have?

06.03.2026 17:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Google data center water estimates go public, residents in Roanoke and Botetourt react A proposed Google data center campus in Botetourt County could use between 2 million and 8 million gallons of drinking water per day, according to an executed agreement between the developer and the W...

one google data center in virginia

two million gallons of water per day

information only released under court order & risk of contempt

05.03.2026 22:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 884 ๐Ÿ” 602 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 80
Cartoon by Dave Walker showing different types of private belongings stored on the street. Credit: davewalker.com

Cartoon by Dave Walker showing different types of private belongings stored on the street. Credit: davewalker.com

Bosh.

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06.03.2026 08:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Born's rule follows from MWI in the sense that there's no coherent alternative to it. Likelihoods have to sum to one. In a Hilbert space, projection operators sum to the identity. It's the structure the thing is built on

06.03.2026 01:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

05.03.2026 21:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 7915 ๐Ÿ” 1874 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 92 ๐Ÿ“Œ 92

There is just something deeply disturbing and offensive about watching a Labour govt keep kicking the most vulnerable in our society.

05.03.2026 00:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 505 ๐Ÿ” 147 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

05.03.2026 04:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 7319 ๐Ÿ” 2306 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 183 ๐Ÿ“Œ 50

Eject your science-denying white supremacist members.

Have some standards.

Your constitution requires members to not bring the organisation into disrepute. You're not entitled to be seen as a respectable organisation if you can't hold the lowest imaginable bar in competence, corruption and ethics.

04.03.2026 12:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The US couldn't do a better recruitment drive for the Iranian regime if it tried.

What a bunch of losers

04.03.2026 12:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A heroic scale bronze art fountain somewhere in Helsinki. A woman stands on a pedestal in the middle. Four sea lions probably at the Cardinal points of the compass stand around her.

A heroic scale bronze art fountain somewhere in Helsinki. A woman stands on a pedestal in the middle. Four sea lions probably at the Cardinal points of the compass stand around her.

Not sure what the actual title of this piece of art is, but it is a figure of a woman surrounded by sea-lions, so I am assuming it is something like: โ€œFirst Woman on the Internet.โ€

03.03.2026 12:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 57 ๐Ÿ” 18 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didnโ€™t want you to see
We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didnโ€™t want you to see YouTube video by ITV News

Donโ€™t look here!

ITV expose of the suppressed - redacted - government report on national security threat of biodiversity loss.

Ummm isnโ€™t it their job to keep us safe?

28.02.2026 07:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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OBITUARY: The DOE Climate Working Group Report, 2025โ€“2026 it died in a footnote

Kudos to Andrew Dessler (@andrewdessler.com) for his touching obituary for the DOE Climate Working Group Report.

02.03.2026 23:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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All Europeans will pay the price for their leaders' reaction to the ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ attack on Iran this weekend.

European leaders (all except Pedro Sanchez) have now accepted the end of international law.

The consequences of this will be felt not for weeks, not for years, but for decades

02.03.2026 16:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 836 ๐Ÿ” 368 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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3๏ธโƒฃ Professor @kevinclimate.bsky.social at the National Emergency Briefing:

UK must cut emissions far faster than planned even to limit warming to 2ยฐC.

And that's before accounting for mounting evidence that heating has accelerated.

Full talk: www.nebriefing.org/expert-brief...
#NEB2025

01.03.2026 10:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 46 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿšจ We are 100 days from the start of the World Cup. Today, weโ€™re launching an international supporters campaign calling on FIFA to drop its sponsorship deal with Aramco.

02.03.2026 13:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

This policy will cause immense harm, making it harder for refugees to integrate into our communities and find work, as they will be living under constant threat of removal.

Anyone can see how destabilising and deeply counterproductive this decision is. [2/2]

02.03.2026 14:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 73 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The UK's permission for the US to use its bases in attacking Iran amounts to complicity in the crime of aggression. It drags us into what could be an endless war, without democratic or even parliamentary consent.

02.03.2026 11:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1626 ๐Ÿ” 430 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 82 ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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Top academics warn UK physics cuts threaten effort to boost economy More than 50 heads of departments tell science minister that changes risk undermining crucial tech growth fields

Here we are: "Almost 60 heads of university departments in physics and related disciplines have told science minister Lord P. Vallance that the cuts will damage the UKโ€™s scientific standing" #UKRI ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿ”ญ

Top academics warn UK physics cuts threaten effort to boost economy www.ft.com/content/a235...

02.03.2026 09:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didnโ€™t want you to see
We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didnโ€™t want you to see YouTube video by ITV News

ITV News covering the report by the Intelligence Services on the threat to national security from nature loss.

Degrading our own natural resources and the habitability of our planet โ€“ and treating it as a niche concern โ€“ is a massive liability in so many ways

www.youtube.com/watch?v=59DZ...

01.03.2026 20:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Appease" is a completely bonkers term to be using here

28.02.2026 22:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Wonโ€™t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

It's note for note.

theonion.com/this-war-wil...

28.02.2026 15:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 689 ๐Ÿ” 76 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

UPDATE: The death toll has now reached 57.

Children.

28.02.2026 13:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 265 ๐Ÿ” 104 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Israel, immediately after vaporizing a bunch of little girls:

28.02.2026 12:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 8075 ๐Ÿ” 2833 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56 ๐Ÿ“Œ 99

He's many types of unpleasant, but calling Starmer a fascist is just daft.

28.02.2026 14:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Labour MP Ian Byrne: "The lines from the PM and Cabinet today essentially labelling the Green Party as extremist is appalling, desperate and frankly embarrassing.

"It also makes very clear that the leadership has zero understanding of where it has been going wrong."

27.02.2026 17:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 2420 ๐Ÿ” 697 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 132 ๐Ÿ“Œ 64
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Having romped into third place in Gorton and Denton, Labour is celebrating its success with a word salad | Marina Hyde Got battered at the polls? No problem. Just act like voters want more of what youโ€™re selling โ€“ not considerably less, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Brilliant headline ๐Ÿ‘

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

27.02.2026 16:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some other guy's opinion says so.

27.02.2026 14:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You mean your other points like "abolishing banking", you take that as me conceding it?

Good grief

27.02.2026 12:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0