Reposted by Derrick FlakollJack Santucci @jacksantucci.bsky.social · 30/09/2026link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comThe effects of changing electoral systems from first-past-the-post to single transferable vote: causal evidence from New Zealand - Public ChoiceThe literature on electoral systems suggests that a shift from first-past-the-post (FPP) to the Single Transferable Vote (STV) should lead to several changes in electoral outcomes, including increased... 033
Reposted by Derrick FlakollChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🎶 'Alas, what hast thou done? Thou art a pynke pony girl Yn the daunse at the clubbe!' 'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe On the stage yn myne heeles It ys wher Ich belonge: Downe at the Pynke Ponye Clubbe! Ich shal keep on daunsinge, Down yn West Hollywoode' [WICKED LUTE SOLO] 🎶 315739
Reposted by Derrick FlakollAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026OH MY GOD “”There’s one case where a macaque monkey formed a very strong social bond with a chicken that accidentally appeared in its enclosure,” Dr. Grueter said, & another where a troop of capuchin monkeys adopted a baby marmoset…it seems to be a common phenomenon in both wild & captive animals”nytimes.comHumans Love Having Pets. Seems Like Some Other Primates Do, Too. (Gift Article)We aren’t the only animals that like to take care of other species. A new study finds that the roots of keeping a pet may stretch deep into our primate past. 44312
Reposted by Derrick FlakollAbby @arobertswrites.com · 13/08/2026I like the Appalachians they are friendly. 3232
Reposted by Derrick FlakollSeva @seva.bsky.social · 09/08/2026imagine the arrogance it takes to be a marine mammal. you crawl out of the vast dark ocean and onto green sunny land and decide to crawl back in again? 1640828
Reposted by Derrick FlakollMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 08/08/2026There’s no one here 518318
Reposted by Derrick FlakollAnn-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Post your faculty lounge Left: science | Right: humanities 062
Reposted by Derrick FlakollErica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026It’s gone too far. 812112
Reposted by Derrick FlakollMatt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 30/07/2026I need Christopher Nolan to keep adapting towering works of literature as a sort of Keynesian stimulus for literary culture. 181170159
Reposted by Derrick FlakollKelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Timely... "Canada’s 2023 wildfire smoke caused a 2.8 percent drop in solar power generation, costing two billion dollars" Follows the @costasamaras.com rule where you know exactly what you get from the title Haven't gotten to do this in a minute: Physical risk 🤝 Transition risknature.comCanada’s 2023 wildfire smoke caused a 2.8 percent drop in solar power generation, costing two billion dollars - Communications Earth & EnvironmentWildfire smoke caused a 6.38 ± 8.86 terawatt hour solar power loss (2.8 percent) and about 1.88-billion-dollar cost, according to an Earth system model comparing simulations with and without wildfire ... 36731
Reposted by Derrick FlakollJonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 29/07/202621/ For the West, the useful question isn't blanket decoupling, it's sequencing — we can't reduce dependence on China everywhere at once. That isn't a values question, it's a capacity constraint on the policy system itself. 161
Reposted by Derrick FlakollJonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 29/07/202620/ The world is unlikely to accept Chinese dominance across every supply chain, whatever the underlying cause. That reaction is coming regardless of how precisely the overcapacity term gets defined. 171
Reposted by Derrick FlakollJonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 29/07/202619/ There's also a soft-power problem the paper doesn't solve. China needs buyers for all this output, and insisting that nothing is wrong does little to manage how the export surge is received abroad. 151
Reposted by Derrick FlakollJonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 29/07/20269/ At the same time, Chinese competitiveness in these sectors is often genuine. Two decades of sustained R&D, dense supplier clusters, brutal domestic price competition — these produce real advantages, not just subsidized ones. 171
Reposted by Derrick FlakollJonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 29/07/20268/ That speed causes real disruption independent of how the fairness question gets resolved. 151
Reposted by Derrick FlakollMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 27/07/2026[looking at pictures of friends doing something I would have had absolutely no interest in doing]: wow, without ME? 120316
Reposted by Derrick FlakollHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I wrote this the other day arguing AI means the humanities become even more important in an age where AI can solve questions that are defined and data rich, leaving the wicked issues where we can’t even agree on the nature of the problem… www.ft.com/content/fbde... 610533
Reposted by Derrick FlakollAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average. Climate change makes extreme fire weather more likely and intense — drying fuels, extending seasons, and turning landscapes into tinderboxes. Wildfires are burning more land, more fiercely, from California to Canada to the Mediterranean. 06136
Reposted by Derrick FlakollDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Llyn-y-Cau, glacial lake near summit of Cader Idris, North Wales, oil on canvas, 1774, by ‘the Welsh Claude’, Richard Wilson 1714-1782; inspired by travel to Italy & Claude Lorraine’s landscapes, he returned to Wales to paint sublime scenery; inspired Constable, Crome & Turner. Tate Britain 115625
Reposted by Derrick FlakollAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 25/07/202625,000 evacuated near Madrid today. It could be your city tomorrow. Climate hazards know no boundaries, no visas, no wealth filters. We need: Early warning systems Forest management & controlled burns Radical emissions cuts Climate adaptation funding NOW 921099
Reposted by Derrick FlakollDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026St Vincent and Orchestra, Interlochen, Michigan 712611
Reposted by Derrick Flakoll"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 22/07/2026But of course these games aren't about fighting peer opponents, they're about the fantasy of leveraging endless firepower against opponents too weak to meaningfully fight back. And the fantasy that just dumping more munitions from the air can actually produce victory - it hasn't yet. 330116
Reposted by Derrick FlakollRobert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Plenty of art is not especially artful Making use of the unique qualities of the medium is a very high and refined level of artfulness; it is not in any way a necessary condition of "being art" 1191
Reposted by Derrick FlakollAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Yes! I’ve seen William! Ancient Egyptian blue hippos are favourites of mine! 🦛 😍 Here’s a collage of some of the blue hippos I’ve seen in museums. Can you spot William? 🦛 1237
Reposted by Derrick FlakollAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Smile it’s the weekend! A liitle blue hippo made by an Egyptian artisan around 4,000 years ago! 🦛 ❤️ Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 📷 by me #Archaeology 221149274
Reposted by Derrick FlakollAndreas Sieber @andreassieber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026No #WorldCup was so affected by #climatechange with dangerous temperatures, hydration breaks and now this - of course, these horrible climate change fueled #wildfires have much worse consequences.grist.orgWildfire smoke threatens the World Cup final. FIFA still doesn't have a plan.The biggest game in soccer is set for Sunday, when Argentina and Spain will meet in the World Cup final, held just outside of New York City. There’s just one problem — wildfire smoke now threatens the... 23719
Reposted by Derrick FlakollZahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Heat, smoke, flooding: Climate change makes simultaneous, or compound, events more likely, and responding to them is harder than ever with Trump's disaster funding cuts, experts said. Gift link for @bloomberg.com story, a tag team with @toddwoody.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comOverlapping Disasters Challenge US Amid Trump CutsHeat, smoke, flooding: Climate change makes compound events more likely, and responding to them is harder than ever, experts said. 11710
Reposted by Derrick FlakollDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Gonna miss having Norway in the World Cup, to be honest.static.klipy.comSad Monkey Sighs on CouchALT: Sad Monkey Sighs on Couch 2540416
Reposted by Derrick FlakollChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/07/2026🎶 'Alas, what hast thou done? Thou art a pynke ponye girle Yn the daunse at the clubbe!' 'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe On the stage yn myne heeles It ys wher Ich belonge: Downe at the Pynke Ponye Clubbe! Ich shal keepe on daunsinge, Downe yn West Hollywoode' [LUTE SOLO] 🎶 213938
Reposted by Derrick FlakollDublin Fire Brigade @dubfirebrigade.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Have you tested your smoke alarm lately? We recommend testing them once a week and you should have one installed per floor of your home. 712975771
Reposted by Derrick FlakollGregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Elections have consequences. 0117
Reposted by Derrick Flakollceej @ceej.online · 09/07/2026years ago I saw an exhibit on pompeii and was transfixed by the funerary statues recovered from the ashes. this is not my photo, but coming face to face with these beautiful memorials made me feel like time was literally collapsing. somebody loved this person, missed them. two thousand years ago 121190128
Reposted by Derrick Flakollevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"No, we cannot name our new extension Butlerian Jihad Badger, even if it would have extremely cute and popular merch." Killjoys. 1222824
Reposted by Derrick FlakollJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 07/07/20268/ Reduce the need for cooling first through shading, insulation, ventilation and more urban trees, then add efficient active cooling where it is still needed. 21064
Reposted by Derrick FlakollJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 07/07/202611/ A reversible air-to-air heat pump can cool in summer and heat in winter. Anyone installing aircon today should consider one. It may not be a complete heating solution on its own, but it will cut the amount of heating you need from fossil fuels. 61128
Reposted by Derrick Flakoll[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Hayao Miyazaki’s Dune 061
Reposted by Derrick FlakollKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/11/2024Hey new followers! Here's a timelapse of some bread dough rising I once made. Enjoy! 33835127
Reposted by Derrick FlakollBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 05/07/2026A fast-moving wildfire broke out Saturday evening near Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, and residents of three small suburbs north of the city were told to evacuate, the AP reportedbloom.bgWildfire Near Thessaloniki in Greece Sparks EvacuationsTHESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire broke out Saturday evening near the suburbs of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, the country's fire service said, and residents of three small suburbs north of the city were told to evacuate. 45226
Reposted by Derrick FlakollCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 02/07/2026My posts most days. I'm sorry. 4745281018
Reposted by Derrick FlakollKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/07/2026Me surrounded by the emails that I haven't replied to, but also forgot to mark as unread 9916
Reposted by Derrick FlakollChilari @chilari.bsky.social · 02/07/2026There's no backwards compatibility anymore 5247181022
Reposted by Derrick FlakollFionn Pooler @thepourover.coffee · 02/07/2026Currently slightly obsessed with David Hockney's portraits of his dachshunds. 131045197