Moral Geohazard

@greatdismal.bsky.social I have to ask, is it more vindicating or more distressing that you basically prophetically nailed the future by 1982?

I feel extremely attacked

Eight years ago I got held up at gunpoint by a FDLR guerrilla near Nyiragongo, past the UN line in North Kivu, DRC. We were taking fissure measurements and I had my film camera on me, taking shots until we were held up. I just realized the guerrilla is in the background of one photo, watching us.

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My dog absolutely freaked out about needing to go out at 4 am. Thinking he actually needed to go out, I quickly learned he was just being a manipulative little jerk. His morning walk is AFTER coffee today, thank you very much.

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Since I’m looking up content for two very different levels of skier, I think my algorithm is getting confused by the dichotomy of “how to stand up on skis” and “drills to send Corbet’s” as two types of searches.

Since we weren't living together four years ago, my poor wife was not aware that my Canadian ass is perfectly willing to marathon every single curling event at the Winter Olympics. It's a winter sport that involves physics and rocks. What's not to love?

Ferrari getting praised and Audi clowned on for their respective liveries has convinced me that the average F1 fan thinks nostalgia is synonymous with good design.

I don't think starting World War III should be considered "a distraction" from other things even if it does distract from other things.

New paper alert! tl;dr: the seafloor of Europa is probably tectonically inert, meaning little to no active fracturing that could expose fresh rock to seawater. Without such water–rock reactions the prospect for there being life within Europa just took a big hit. A thread:

Merry Christmas to everyone but AI (Thanks, @robsheridan.bsky.social)

Like I’m not going to pretend Squarespace‘s modular system isn’t good enough for me

Had a long layover and a loaded Suica card so I bounced into Tokyo. Immigration was very confused by “five hours” as the answer to how long I was planning on staying in Japan.

Happy Polar Pride Day! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Today is a special day in the international polar science and operations community when we celebrate the contributions of our LGBTQ+ colleagues. Polar science is the ultimate teamwork environment - and making sure everyone feels included and welcome is crucial.

I generally want to see a Piastri win but Max just tu-du-du-du-ing a fifth WDC at this point would be far more entertaining.

The blackjack date picker is incredible

Any cafe that offers an iced americano as a substitute for cold brew should lose their food handling permit and I’ll die on this hill

new phonetics just dropped

Kinda wild we're all just pretending that the IAU's definition of a planet doesn't mean Mercury and Venus are Small Solar System bodies by definition.

My power company sends me an update on my power usage relative to my neighbours, but since I’m in Amsterdam I really feel there should be an option to compare my power consumption with my neighbours who also own synthesizers.

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Dear Those Trying To Separate JK From Wizard Books:

I looked up the academic background of the host of PBS Otherwords and apparently we were in the same tiny graduating class at UT Linguistics. Tiny planet.

It's fake, for those who haven't looked into it too closely. Lots of AI morphing in the background near the coastline and foreground where the terrain meets and the waves push up. Fair play to this one being trickier to spot, it looks more trained on real tsunamis, but people: look for morphing.

Excellent & somewhat unexpected #HungarianGP pole from Charles Leclerc just now, his 27th in #F1, lifting him above Mika Häkkinen in the all-time list. #AnorakFact

Since people are still doing it and I'm going to have time to kill until I figure out what to for the rest of a chaotic week that promises to have lots of little pockets of down time: 1 like = 1 opinion about subducting slabs.

If we want better fashion culture in the US, we have to lower the cost of housing and commercial real estate, support independent craftspeople, build denser neighborhoods, improve walkability, and get rid of overly restrictive zoning laws. Let kook culture thrive.

"I spun" bro channelled Kimi Raikkonen with that one

People. Don't do this. Shungite contains heavy metals, unless you like chugging them it's just simply a bad idea.

Linguists should have a serious talk about the concept of mono- and polygenesis and philosophically pick a lane. Don’t become an Altaicist, but at least recognize that we’re already doing this with polygenesis by treating unknowables as impossible just because they’re unknowable.

I’ve always firmly believed everyone should just be required to double major in one crunchy thing and one non crunchy thing. The tech landscape would be less of an ethical wasteland with more arts education. And lots of arts degrees aren’t super valuable skill sets compared to how they’re advertised

Geologists Recommend Eating At Least One Small Rock Per Day theonion.com/geologi...

Normal person in MRI: anxious, claustrophobic, impatient Me in MRI: “Sick, a bed and good techno” *falls asleep*

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social my fiancée is doing her first deep dive (in Thailand) tomorrow and she’s afraid of a shark coming up behind her. Any shark science words of wisdom? I’ve tried telling her they’re sea puppies but no dice :(

Absolutely yeeted a puffer fish today, so that’s my day

losing to Nico Hulkenberg must be a truly saubering experience for some of these teams

NICO HUUUUUUUULKENBERG

Just know if you're walking around Centraal and your American boomer ass starts making "me love you long time" jokes about my Asian neighbours I will absolutely loudly call your ass out for all to hear.