szescstopni @szescstopni@social.cleverlibre.org

A striking visualisation of #climatechange: the date of Kyoto cherry blossoms' reaching full bloom, plotted over the past 1000 years.

Thanks to the cultural significance of cherry blossoms in Japan, we have data on the specific day of the year when a very particular species of cherry blossom (P. jamasakura) reached "full-flowering" (満開) in a specific area on the outskirts of Kyoto (Arashiyama), all the way back to 800 AD.

The trend of the past 50 years is hard to miss…

Hey! Looking for jobs seriously again; if you have any connections or know of any positions, please let me know. Trying to save up to move out of texas.

I've got a lot of experience with web development, back end and front end, database management, general programming stuff and good old fashioned data entry/tech support. Looking for any position from developer to mindless data entry at this point.

Any advice on how to search would also be appreciated, haven't done this in a while

Powerful evidence for the need for a new brain hub driving innovation for impact 👇👇! a k a @IFP.
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RT @calebwatney
I love my UK friends, but imagine living in a country that still has separate hot and cold water taps at the sink to wash your hand.

This is the actual advice to cope with a lack of simple temperature controls!
https://twitter.com/calebwatney/status/1639999262372110340

The editors asked me to rewrite the chapter, making it clear that #solarpunk promises that we can avoid the trauma, or at least diminish it.

The problem is: I said no such thing.

I wrote that we need to acknowledge that we will be hurt, we need to stop escaping from this thought, stop romanticizing it - and only then we will be able to see some authentic, practical #hope which can give us strength to carry on.

Today my #solarpunk essay was to be published in a Polish literary magazine, but I decided not to authorize the changes from the editors.

One of the most important parts of my 10-page essay was a chapter on the importance of acknowledging the upcoming #climateTrauma in culture. They decided it sounds "too much like a manifesto" - and cut it out completely.

I think it's a very important sign: talking about climate trauma is just too alien for us.

#writing #trauma #climatechange

(Yes, yes, I know this is not how any of this works)

Awfully brave of whoever backdoored 3CX to do it via FFMPEG, an LGPLed codebase, giving them the choice of either providing the source code to their implant on request or also be subject to potential copyright lawsuits

My daughter’s 11 grade lit class is reading Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale right now. We were discussing how it is a dystopian book that has parallels to current events. She said her classmates were comparing the things happening today compared to the book as well. Thank goodness WA state education authorities are still allowing them to read and openly discuss this important topic. #Bookbans #Books

Current pocket rock - wee piece of carboniferous limestone full of crinoids and bryozoans 🖤 #ScottishFossils

The spam I get is now mostly back to being for viagra, no longer crypto.
Nature is healing.

I love how Barnes & Noble specifically promoted some of these "banned" books. Every library and bookstore should do this.

#fascism #books #ChildrensBooks #BookBanning #FightFascism

Sorry all, I'm calling in sick today.

After reading a vendor whitepaper where they refer to cloud storage as a "virtual air gap" I haven't been able to stop throwing up in my mouth...

My niece has taken the greatest horse photo of all time. Fight me.

#LoboWeek begins today! 🐺

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Mexican gray wolf's return to the wild!

Missing from the landscape for more than 30 years, the howl of the rarest & most unique subspecies of gray wolf was once again greeted by the mountains of the southwest.

Celebrate this exciting milestone for Lobos & wildlife conservation by joining the LoboWeek movement (Mar 26 - Apr 1)

For more info & photos
→ https://nywolf.org/loboweek-2023/

#Wolf #WolvesOfMastodon #MexicanGrayWolf #Lobo

Neben der #Photovoltaik, die natürlich problemlos beim #Kochen auf dem normalen Herd eingesetzt werden kann, gibt es auch #Solarkocher, die das #Sonnenlicht auf einen Topf fokussieren. Das funktioniert gut an sonnigen Tagen wie heute

My sister told me they had an "expert" come to her school to advise on what to do if a shooter enters the building. He told them to stab the shooter with a letter opener or hit them with a fire extinguisher. She's basically resigned to dying in the classroom if something happens because the suggestions are nonsense in the face of a long gun. All the young teachers sobbed.

WE DID IT! The Texas Observer will remain open!

Our board just voted to rescind both the layoffs and the closure. We'll have more news soon, but we believe this is the start of a very positive transformation at our publication—and you were a huge part of it. THANK YOU! You proved to the world that #TexasNeedsAnObserver!

https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-observer-no-layoffs-remains-open-board-vote/

#Fediverse #Mastodon #WeWin

Belgian man dies by suicide following exchanges with chatbot:
https://www.brusselstimes.com/430098/belgian-man-commits-suicide-following-exchanges-with-chatgpt

It's expensive to be poor. It's ironic but true. You get charges and fees for everything. Higher interest rates. Overdraft fees. Late fees. Having only enough to buy what you need right now instead of buying in bulk. Losing your job because you can't afford to get your car fixed. Losing your car because you don't have a job. Even your mental faculties are drained, as you are forced to continually eat low-nutrition foods, "sleep" in miserable conditions, and be exposed to toxins and lack of medical treatment. The lack of liquidity wipes you out. Life really does kick you while you're down.

You can't tell someone trapped in that vicious cycle to "just" get a job or "just" make responsible decisions. Sometimes, no amount of good decision-making can stop the vortex sucking them down. So the next time you are tempted to place moral judgment on someone who lives in poverty, think twice.

Signed, someone who has been both a Have and a Have-Not.

Czy możemy znormalizować przekonanie, że klikanie zgody na dostęp do listy kontaktów w telefonie dla aplikacji jest niegrzecznością wobec ludzi, których masz w liście kontaktów, których nazwisko, numer telefonu i fakt powiązania z tobą wtedy przekazujesz jakiemuś Januszeksowi bez zgody zainteresowanej osoby?