Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieChris Rowan @allochthonous.bsky.social · 03/07/2024⚒️🧪 Serendipity! How a 2.4 billion year-old rock “picked up by chance” turned out to contain surprisingly complex microfossils from the time of the Great Oxidation Event. news.unsw.edu.au/en/erica-picked-up… 26128
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 02/07/2024Yesterday, I shared this same Canada Day thread on Bluesky, Threads, and X. Here's what I found. 🧵 331278512
Reposted by Chihuly con Carnie🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 03/07/2024Polling RFK in a three way head to head when he foesnt have ballot access in most of the swing states is malpractice 1242
Reposted by Chihuly con Carnie⛄️ ❄️ hibernating beaver stan acct ❄️ ⛄️ @beaverstanacct.bsky.social · 01/07/2024i'm getting so, so tired of the doomerism on here, and the press loves covering shit like a horse race instead of explaining fundamentals and what's at play, a job that seems to fall to @golikehellmachine.com on here. so here's a thread about why i'd rather be biden — yes, biden — right now 9398131
Reposted by Chihuly con Carnie🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 01/07/2024they wouldn't be doing all this sweaty shit if they thought the people were actually with them. it's a desparate attempt to overrule the will of the people and it does not, must not, work 749981
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 02/07/2024my deadline was obviously before this morning's catastrophic SCOTUS ruling but this cartoon still captures what I'm feeling, and maybe you are too 311722
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieLyse @lyse.myatproto.social · 30/06/2024One of my favorite memes is the “woman yelling at cat” one, so when I saw this I almost choked on my drink 312921609
Reposted by Chihuly con Carnie🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 28/06/2024if somebody in california wants to sue the department of the interior and get a circuit court to ban all oil leasing, now's the time 414212
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 28/06/2024I’ve been saying for like nine years that the only questions Trump should be asked are like “what does NATO stand for” and “what is Medicaid” just let him drown in the shallowest imaginable water 1636958
Reposted by Chihuly con Carniee.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 27/06/2024After five years and over 100 violations, Tesla's Fremont factory has been ordered to abate illegal pollution by the local regulator! I've been reporting about this since 2019, a story nobody else wanted to touch, and was beginning to believe nothing would ever happen! apnews.com/article/tesl...apnews.comTesla ordered to stop releasing toxic emissions from San Francisco Bay Area plantTesla must fix air quality problems at its electric vehicle manufacturing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area after racking up more than 100 violations for allegedly releasing toxic emissions into ... 181133384
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/06/2024Trump: Mexicans are rapists. Shithole countries. Black cities sure suck, amirite? Dana Bash: WHY HAVEN’T YOU FIXED RACISM, BIDEN? 323641
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 27/06/2024And they sell you people table saws wapo.st/4bi23qJwapo.stAvocado hand: How to avoid an injury so common that surgeons have a name for itMost injuries related to cutting avocados occur from April through July. Here’s how to reduce your risk. 041
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieMichael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 27/06/2024COUNTERPOINT (2015) Acrylic on Cradled Canvas Panel - 6" x 6" Ginkgo trees endure. They resemble fossils from prehistoric times and there were even six that survived the bombing in Hiroshima. Ammonites did not. They are fossils of marine mollusks that became extinct. 1/2 214539
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieAlex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 20/06/2024From a 1966 report on recovering urban areas after a nuclear attack — "structural damage due to blast from a centrally located 10 MT burst will be limited by city size, not weapon effects." 2134
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 20/06/2024"We have a few key things that a grifter does not have, such as job stability, genuine friendships, and souls. What we do not have is the ability to trivially switch fields the moment the gold rush is over, due to the sad fact that we actually need to study things and build experience."ludic.mataroa.blogI Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity 000
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 20/06/2024“The numbers were huge. … We could not breathe,” said 37-year-old Ahmad Bahaa... He described “shocking scenes” in Mecca as the heat took hold, especially among unregistered pilgrims who lack permits and are barred from accessing services and facilities, including air-conditioned tents.wapo.stHundreds of Hajj pilgrims reported dead amid extraordinary heatTemperatures reached 125 degrees Fahrenheit during this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca, through the desert of Saudi Arabia. 031
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 20/06/2024"RealPage not only raised the rent, but it baked eternal rent hyperinflation into the forecasting math of multifamily housing, fueling a dramatic plunge in underwriting standards (and attendant rise in valuations) that lined the pockets of every manner of real estate speculator in 2021 and 2022."prospect.orgHow an ‘Algorithm’ Turned Apartment Pools GreenRealPage, the rent-fixing software company currently under FBI investigation, also has apps for bogus fees, monetizing vacant apartments and inflating toxic property bubbles. 000
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieJason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 19/06/2024Media stop calling this insane bigot a “firebrand” challenge 51185
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 18/06/2024Jesus, this is terrible. Just crushing. A journalist shot in the eye by Minneapolis police during the George Floyd protests is dying from her injury, and is now in hospice care. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/please-hel...everythingishorrible.netPlease Help Journalist Linda TiradoLinda has a traumatic brain injury and needs support for her family and for end of life. 12476263
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 19/06/2024You might be done with NFTs, but NFTs aren't done with youtechdirt.comCrypto Bros Sue Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Over Making A Copy Of That Wu-Tang Album The US Government Briefly OwnedYou know those lawsuits where you kinda hope everyone can lose? Yeah. This is one of those. Some crypto bros are suing the world’s most hated pharma bro, who jacked up prices on some essential phar… 000
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieMick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 19/06/2024For a little while now I have wanted to write about the Russian turtle tanks. These weird and unwieldy beasts provide a discrete solution to a contemporary battlefield problem - generating successful offensive operations. Read my assessment here: mickryan.substack.com/p/ode-to-the...mickryan.substack.comOde to the Turtle TankThe Russian turtle tank is weird and interesting, and only a temporary solution to a larger battlefield challenge 26215
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 17/06/2024You have to read your TV shows now because nobody pays for sound mixing anymore. It takes time and effort to get dialog to work with music and effects but unless you're watching some bajillion dollar production you're mostly getting whatever the editor can do on his tiny shitty speakers. 001
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 15/06/2024F35s and Trebuchets. www.wsj.com/world/middle...wsj.com 000
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieThe Slides @theslides.bsky.social · 15/06/2024"MX Missile," slide 4 of 29 [gallery] 022
Reposted by Chihuly con Carniee.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 14/06/2024Comprehensive overview of all the legal fallout from Tesla's shareholder votes, and a view of the rocky road ahead. Worth a read if you want all the gory details. montanaskeptic.substack.com/p/the-tesla-...montanaskeptic.substack.comThe Tesla Party Was Fun; Now Comes the HangoverThe shareholder vote is Elon's last hurrah. Now comes a tsunami of lawsuits and a world of hurt for the company, the directors, and especially the shareholders. 69222
Reposted by Chihuly con Carnierahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 14/06/2024I keep repeating the maxim "people behave weirdly at scale" because it is so amazingly true. 111311
Reposted by Chihuly con CarniePaperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 14/06/2024books disgust me (back cover ⬇️) 1340097
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 14/06/2024"Ultimately, we may view China as making an entrance on the historical stage only to emit a great deal of carbon before providing the technologies of the green revolution and then slowly taking a rest in one of the seats off-stage. But that’s not certain."noemamag.comChina In 2035 | NOEMAChina’s youthful urbanization changed the world. What will happen as the country ages and slows down? 000
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 14/06/2024“I wanted to show that nature can still beat the machine and that there is still merit in real work from real creatives,” Astray tells PetaPixel over email.petapixel.comPhotographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real PhotoThe photographers strike back. 000
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 12/06/2024Depending on your commute. I used to bike from Cypress Park to Studio City (16mi each way) which meant 10 extra shirts, 10 extra shorts, 20 extra socks and 10 extra underwear a week. First time you try your commute put on something you can sweat in and bring a change of clothing just in case! 000
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 12/06/2024If you recognize that the Cybertruck is basically a parade float made to look like a Subzero, its owners, use cases and embellishments become crystal clear. 010
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 11/06/2024Star Trek fans have held the national stereotype of being way too rabid about things for decades but they’re probably the nicest fan base in all of science fiction and the one least likely to have a large faction of them absolutely lose it over a torpedo being fired by a woman or dumb shit like that 361210122
Reposted by Chihuly con Carniec0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 11/06/2024Armadillos manage to kill or injure people just from ricocheted shots at a rate of about 2 a year. Their crime is being bullet-reflective. 😁 www.bbc.com/news/world-u...bbc.comTexas man injured as bullet ricochets off armadilloA man in East Texas is wounded after a bullet he fired at an armadillo ricocheted and hit him, the local sheriff says. 79520
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieWildPartyInviteDecliner @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 10/06/2024Biden: posts a +2 shift in the polls, leads in many national polls for the first time in months Totally not conservative Twitter pundits: "he needs to drop out so someone can beat Trump" Trump, in interview with probation officer: "they feed car batteries to sharks, then they eat the windmills." 11654113
Reposted by Chihuly con CarnieRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11/06/2024Re: All this Dolly Parton kerfuffle, recall that in addition to its Trump boosterism, the Federalist published a piece defending Roy Moore's pursuit of teen girls. Not surprising, but always worth noting that these people think consensual gay sex is worse than heterosexual predation. 517229
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 11/06/2024LOL "Traditional Liberal" "Disaffected Populist" or "right-wing monster?" take in the WSJ's awesome graphics in this quiz!wsj.com 000
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 10/06/2024Interview with the Polymath: the incomparable Ludwig Oechslineuropastar.comLudwig Oechslin: “The Freak opened up decades of possibility”For a series of portraits celebrating the Prix Gaïa, presented by the Musée International d'Horlogerie (MIH), we met the incomparable Dr. Ludwig Oechslin at the Ulysse Nardin booth during Watches and ... 000
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 10/06/2024A technical peek behind the curtain of haute horlogerieeuropastar.comPurtec’s watchmaking dream teamArnaud Faivre founded TEC Ebauches in 2008, rapidly developed its offerings, diversified its business and on that basis launched the TEC Group in 2018. Today, the TEC Group is made up of eleven compan... 000
Reposted by Chihuly con Carniehot dogs are charcuterie sandwiches @riothobbit.bsky.social · 10/06/2024that there is a movie where the villain wins: absolutely fucking -wrecks- the wastelands one decent civilization and rips a bunch of kids out of their fresh water oasis paradise to send them to the irradiated husk of sydney fucking australia. auntie entity is a goddamn saint for not killing max. 131
Chihuly con Carnie @quovadis.bsky.social · 10/06/2024My first computer had a roll of paper instead of a screen and if you didn't get the ear cups right you would lose data. 130
