β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ havenβt been on this platform much the past 6 months but overjoyed to see him again, all grown up!
β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ havenβt been on this platform much the past 6 months but overjoyed to see him again, all grown up!
Looks like good rock for bouldering βΊοΈ
βChinaβs high-speed rail network reportedly surpassed 50,000 kilometers in December 2025β¦the circumference of the planet Earth is about 40,000 kilometers. Chinaβs built enough electric super-fast train tracks to wrap all the way around the Equator and then some.β All in ~20 yrsβ¦first launch in 2008!
"In the United States, a staggering 60% of all car trips cover less than 10km."
It's the reason for 'strategic oil reserves' and foreign wars.
So that people can harvest 5 kg of groceries within a three-kilometre radius using a two-tonne car.
theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
Honestly donβt understand what else they expected π€¦ββοΈ
Honestly donβt understand what else they expected π€¦ββοΈ
Scotland. Woke this morning to rain chucking down and 1-2m visibility. By the time I left for the gym the sun was peeking out. Stepped out of my 45min bouldering session to bright blue sky. An hour later, booming thunder and a dark grey wall rapidly upon us. Too windy to even attempt an umbrella π€·ββοΈ
Itβs cloudy so I just assumed it was Scotland βΊοΈ
Not quite there today in Scotland, but was definitely earlier this week! β€οΈ
Over 40% of global shipping by volume exists to move fossil fuels from one place to another.
A huge share of the world's maritime infrastructure has been built around a system that is going to change dramatically as renewable energy and electrification displace fossil fuels.
Cryogenic Sheldon travelling through space, somehow still managing to annoy the hell out of his synthetic caretakers π
How else will you build your future audience? Lifetime value is limitless!
Did not know about the Olympic Truce, in which the IOC prohibits any nations who attack another nation during the period one week before, to one week after the summer and Winter Olympics from competing in the following Olympic Games.
Which means the US should be prohibited from competing in LA 2028
π
It is absurdly improbable that you can hoover up the internet, shred it, then talk to the mulch pile and it talks back.
The Douglas Adams age of technology (2024)
interconnected.org/home/2024/02...
All my wonderful imaginative kind thoughtful old friends who stopped making things as they moved in mgmt or had families or life took over or tech got un-fun are making and writing and sharing again, and it makes my heart sing
Followed! Thanks for the recommendation β€οΈ
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
Iβm so looking forward to finally seeing the Outsiders exhibit! Been following you since you started working on the project. Lived in Canada at the time, so never expected Iβd be in the right place at the right time. But now I live in Glasgow π
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
Yourself but as a cartoon
Study: Dinosaurs were chubbier, fluffier and more birdlike than previously thought (Jonathan Edward Durham: Finally some good news, I refuse to look into this any further as this is now my emotional support fact)
I AM VINDICATED AND JOYFUL
(also this gives fuel to @rabbimarkasherg.bsky.social and my longstanding conversation about whether or not dinosaurs would have been kosher for shabbos dinner but)
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π it was! We were at the same table. Looking forward to the next one βοΈβοΈβοΈ
Heβs lovely!
That is utterly terrifying π³
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Iβve already flipped back. Was finding myself squinting a lot to discern detail in photos and UIs. Didnβt dislike it in principle though. Definitely soothing. May try again :)
Ooh. That is nice! I feel I will miss the colour sometimes though. When itβs used to attract attention (or helps me quickly scan:differentiate between things via colour). Happy to be proven wrong though! Will keep it like this for a few days. See if it sticks βΊοΈ
Hold on. All images? Including those posted by other people? (Why do I even bother to askβ¦of course thatβs probably what they will do π)
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 71616:
If you're struggling to stay creative during the dark part of the year, go back to what you love. Re-read, re-watch, rediscover old favourites. Remind yourself why you're doing this. Find your joy.