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Shout out to whoever is still responsible for making these beautiful hand-drawn synoptic charts of the sun every day for NOAA. Just stumbled across this page today.
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-synoptic-map
We desperately need a vision and a long term strategy
“We understand that reports such as this can lead to a feeling of despair. However, as some scientists pointed out, hope lies in ensuring we keep ourselves and the next generation well informed so that we can push those in power to make decisions that will benefit our planet.”
Climate scientists have told the Guardian they expect catastrophic levels of global heating. Here’s what that would mean for the planetDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
Someone on tumblr asked why 3.5" floppy disks seem so much more friendly (or "pleasant and edible" to use their terminology) than 5.25" floppy disks, so I wrote about it:
https://www.tumblr.com/foone/750216135935492096/why-do-35-inch-floppy-disks-seem-so-much-more
TL;DR: It's because Sony.
Why do 3.5 inch floppy disks seem so much more pleasant and edible than the 5.25 inch ones? cause they are. 5.25″ and 8″ disks were designed by IBM engineers who wouldn’t know good consumer good de…Tumblr
If you are in the northern hemisphere and you missed the #Aurora last night: I HAVE GOOD NEWS!
Tonight is predicted to be nearly just as active as last night! Get on out there and see this gorgeous once-in-a-lifetime event!
"Nine months after a court quashed my conviction, I’m living on universal credit. Why is it so hard for victims like me to get compensation?"
This man should want for nothing for the rest of his life IMO
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/11/wrongly-imprisoned-17-years-legal-maze
Nine months after a court quashed my conviction, I’m living on universal credit. Why is it so hard for victims like me to get compensation, asks Andrew Malkinson, a former prisonerAndrew Malkinson (The Guardian)
This is sadly entirely accurate, and the whole problem...
(Edit: Original is here. Go follow the artist. https://mastodon.social/@workchronicles/112417993863156684)
(comic) Break all the rules https://workchronicles.substack.com/p/comic-break-all-the-rulesMastodon
IT WORKS
IT'S HOLDING TOGETHER
I CAN WEAR IT AND SEE* (not the highest definition, but enough to move carefully)
I'M SO FUCKING HAPPY 😭
I don't have a good video of it, but even my lens mechanism is working 😍
IT EXISTS
IT WORKS
"Michael Mann: “Defeatism is as much of a threat as climate denial” by @meganekenyon for The @newstatesman (UK):
Michael E Mann is a climatologist and geophysicist, and is currently the director of the Centre for Science, Sustainability, and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania. His most recent book, OurMegan Kenyon (New Statesman)
EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games
I say it all the time, ads are like cancer. They pop up and just keep growing and destroying
people to me in 2004: why are you always on the computer
people in 2024: i carry at least two computers with me at all times. my car is a computer. if i can't use my computer in the airplane, i will complain, via computer
Latest project in the category "Is it actually useful or just an elaborate #shitpost?": #USB2Speakon!
It's a fully self-contained, USB-C-powered, 2-channel DAC + 5W Class-D amplifier inside a #Speakon connector.
Use it to connect your phone / laptop to any passive loudspeaker and enjoy surprisingly loud music (probably enough to host a room party)
(GitHub link for the interested: https://github.com/RainbowLabsDE/USB2Speakon )
Video of it in action and build log below:
#usbc #dac #audio #amplifier #stagetech
Self-contained 5W Class-D amplifier inside a Speakon connector - RainbowLabsDE/USB2SpeakonGitHub
This is what happens when a country is ruled by amoral short term thinking bean counters in the Treasury.
Any ‘unspent’ carbon emissions are phantom ie. Non-existent in the real world that requires us to reduce our emissions as fast as possible, not throw any progress into reverse.
Fears Climate Change Committee’s advice not to allow carryover from last carbon budget will be ignoredFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
So I’ve go a few UK personalised plates and not enough vehicles to put them on 😅. So it’s time to let of them go I think.
Two that I’m considering are options, for one of them to sell, are:
N321 FOX
N666 FUR
I’ve had them valued and worth £300-£500 supposedly but would look for £250. Interest?
813 US billionaires control a record $5.7 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $3.7 trillion in wealth.
When ~800 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
