Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org
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Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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Ahh the West's systemic addiction to cars, a trait meticulously duplicated by China, given that they produce a third of world's new cars (which is much more than US and EU combined), 89% of which are for sale domestically.
Greenwash is beloved by all governments and corporations all around the world.
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October heatwaves set to become more likely and Britain must prepare, climate scientists warn
Parts of the UK are expected to record temperatures as high as 26C this weekend
https://inews.co.uk/news/october-heatwaves-uk-ready-climate-scientists-2669463
#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #UK
Agreed, here, communication is probably a good reason why non free software works so well,
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One of the saddest parts of an #opensource maintainer's life is having to reject PRs, sometimes thousands of lines long, for no better reason than "this is not the project's direction right now and it will interfere with what we're working on".
I don't know where the "write code first ask questions later" approach came from, but I really wish we'd communicate with each other more. The fallout of not doing so isn't fun for anyone.
@guardian
When is conference season over so we can get back to PMQs ?
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We're thrilled by the support we've gotten on Mastodon so far and hope to be much more active here moving forward!
Someone tell Rishi, they will all come to the UK as they blame the UK (and him) partly for the climater crisis, and cite the recent announcement about oil drilling as evidence.
If nothing else it may make him reverse that stupid decision.
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UNICEF: 43.1 million children displaced by climate-exacerbated disasters over 6 years https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/10/06/UNICEF-child-displacement-climate-change/9111696600233/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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The death toll of a Russian strike on a cafe in Ukraine's Kharkiv region rose to 52 on Friday, Ukrainian officials confirmed.
https://t.co/Eg70LHi0Ni
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Going to launch my next X/Twitter migration report soon (next week). This is work from my day job, and we & think it will be a very helpful snapshot for folks of the state of play inside X, and quantifying what other platforms users are shopping for. The Fediverse gets featured as you would expect.
Watch this space. #TWitterMigration #XMigration
cc: @fediversenews
Here are links to our past quarterly reports: https://www.deweysquare.com/digital/twitter-migration-report/
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@jackofalltrades @WahbAllat @AlfredJH I don't think that any strategy that involves asking people to reduce their standard of living is going to be viable unfortunately.
The only realistic option we have now is to do geoengineering like cloud seeding to buy more time to build out clean energy infrastructure.
However, the point I keep coming back to here is that the infrastructure needs to be built, and China is building it at scale.
@yogthos @jackofalltrades @WahbAllat@mas.to @AlfredJH
Meanwhile here in the west a university is offering a degree in influencing, not knocking that but what we NEED is people studying Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths so we can research, develop and build our OWN solutions.
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Secret Service and government agencies illegally used smartphone location data https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/06/secret-service-and-government-agencies-illegally-used-smartphone-location-data?utm_medium=rss
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Chinese Hackers Target Semiconductor Firms in East Asia with Cobalt Strike https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/chinese-hackers-target-semiconductor.html
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Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in the Americas.
AP reports "The footprints were discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in White Sands National Park and date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago."
And here's the original research in Science: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh5007
US Political theater
OK, lol
I am sure the ability to throw a base ball is really useful everywhere other than on a baseball diamond
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US Political theater
@zleap @politicsbot It took me a second to decipher but it seems like he’s saying old people bad because they can’t throw baseballs fast anymore.
Serious question here: What is the difference between a base ball bat and a police style baton, ? I would assume they would do just as much damage if you used either to hit someone ( or something say a windscreen / windshield), in which case it makes this law rather er pointless eh.
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Today in America, it is legal for a man to openly carry an "AK-47 like" rifle but he will be arrested for carrying a collapsible police-style baton in his backpack without a valid concealed-carry permit. SMDH
- Website blog
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Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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