social.outsourcedmath.com


Admiral Byrd’s snow cruiser (designed to explore Antarctica) drives through traffic. Massachusetts, 1939.

What do you get when you win the competition for fewest muscles used?

Atrophy.
3 people reshared this

Don't know if this has already been posted ... Secure Boot, supposed to protect against BIOS-level malware, is completely untrustworthy because NOT ONLY were Secure Boot cryptographic keys for many models from five manufacturers leaked, but for over ten years, many other manufacturers used industry-public test keys that everyone knows THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY MARKED "DO NOT TRUST". They technically complied with Secure Boot, but they phoned it in.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/secure-boot-is-completely-compromised-on-200-models-from-5-big-device-makers/

Sue Stone mastodon (AP)
Your food is more expensive – is it driven by US corporate profits? | Inflation | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/26/food-price-inflation-corporate-profit

Content warning: Joueur du Grenier, Trump, Uncanny Valley

This entry was edited (2 months ago)

Voice of America mastodon (AP)
'Sabotage' hits French trains hours before Olympics

https://www.voanews.com/a/french-train-lines-hit-by-malicious-acts-ahead-of-olympics-rail-company-says/7713748.html
#SNCF #SabotageOlympics

PS :

French trains are already running again in all diections, with delays or some cancellations. The southern routes were bot affected:

https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/live/2024/07/26/en-direct-attaque-massive-contre-la-sncf-reprise-partielle-et-progressive-du-trafic-un-train-sur-trois-circule-sur-la-ligne-atlantique_6258634_3224.html

"But Mr Thiel, they're being mean and saying I had sex with a couch, it's not fair"

"Silence Weakling!"

#JDVance
Anakin Skywalker kneels before Senator Palpatine/The Emperor in supplication.

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1362308/ The Great Salt Lake isn’t just drying out. It’s warming the planet. | The Great Salt Lake released 4.1 million tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in 2020, researchers found — more evidence that dried-out lakes are a significant source of emissions. #Climate
The Great Salt Lake isn’t just drying out. It’s warming the planet. | The Great Salt Lake released 4.1 million tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in 2020, researchers found — more evidence that dried-out lakes are a significant source of emissions.

I will never not boost a post about James Burke's "Connections" (https://mastodon.social/@hotdogsladies/112816682453375029)

If you haven't seen it, it's all on the Internet Archive. Despite some anachronistic views about Asian cultures, it is one of the best works on how to think about technology of which I am aware.

Watch it: https://archive.org/details/ConnectionsByJamesBurke

I posted about “Connections" this morning to be arch about the BSOD problem. But it leaves out the theme that makes James Burke's work such an enigmatic gift:

Try not to think of technologies as existing in one time and place—or as being a thing that exists for one finite purpose.

From plows to looms to thermoses and beyond, we can rarely anticipate how any two technologies will inteact in the future.

And honest people will admit that this is a slightly brain-breaking thing to accept.



Will Phoenix mastodon (AP)
oh I'm just on my way up you in Bury for long?
Eugen Rochko mastodon (AP)
@Whiskeyomega We can come back around in a bit.
Will Phoenix mastodon (AP)
Yea I'll be up in half an hour.
ghorwood↙↙↙ mastodon (AP)
the ten inch picture disk is literally my favourite medium.


Voice of America mastodon (AP)
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas on Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department said.

https://www.voanews.com/a/us-arrests-cartel-leaders-el-mayo-zambada-and-son-of-el-chapo-/7713717.html
This entry was edited (2 months ago)

Maj1 🌶️🐿️ mastodon (AP)
Right Peeps , I could spend the entire rest of the day on here but I guess I should really make like I’m not totally addicted & go do something else for a while.

Catch yers later 😊🫶🐿️🖖

⌨️📴 Try not to break the interweb while I’m away 😁😜😁

The moon appeared inside the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower, in breach of the Olympic Brand Guide.
3 people reshared this

Sue Stone mastodon (AP)
Climate hero or villain? Fossil fuel frenzy challenges Norway’s green image | Fossil fuels | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/26/climate-hero-villain-fossil-fuel-frenzy-challenges-norway-green-image

#ClimateChange #oil #Norway

sjvn mastodon (AP)
Just saying! Alien (1979) is a movie in which nobody listens to a smart woman, and everyone dies except for the smart woman and her cat.

I had to contact someone on "X" and discovered #HarrisButtigieg2024" is trending on #TheBirdSite. 👍
#Buttigieg4VP

Content warning: Updated #Introduction!


Bread and Circuses mastodon (AP)
Guess what. The plastic industry (also known as the oil industry) is spending millions of dollars lying to you in ads about "advanced recycling" which doesn't work...
__________________________

If you’ve tuned into any major TV network in the last few months, you may have seen an ad promising a brand new way to end plastic pollution: advanced recycling.

So far, America’s Plastic Makers has spent nearly $30 million since 2023 to place ads touting “advanced recycling” and other sustainability measures.

These ads are not trying to sell products. They’re trying to sell consumers a utopian idea: that plastic consumption can continue as is, without irreparably damaging public health and the planet.
__________________________

FULL STORY -- https://heated.world/p/the-plastic-industrys-30-million

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #Greenwashing
Screenshot from top of linked article. Headline: "The plastic industry's $30 million lie. Big Plastic's advanced recycling ads are everywhere – and they're part of a massive greenwashing scam." Below this is a photo collage of print ads as described in the article.
almondtree reshared this.

Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
One of the first solar panel manufacturing factories built because of Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act is coming online. Qcells expects to produce 8.4 gigawatts of panels this year at its facility in Dalton, Georgia.

Solarcycle is also building a PV panel recycling near there that will provide raw materials to build new modules too in a few years!
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/solar-panel-recycling-plant-georgia/
Kevin Leecaster reshared this.

Sue Stone mastodon (AP)
California’s largest wildfire of year grows as thousands ordered to evacuate | US wildfires | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/26/california-wildfire-evacuation

#wildfire

Laffy mastodon (AP)
Via Mark Niesse:

A judge ruled that Cobb County’s electoral map is unconstitutional, primaries will have to be redone for two commission seats, and the November general election for those seats must be postponed #Georgia
Shonin reshared this.

Die Spahns, Söders und Merzes dieses Landes hatten sehr auf Trump gehofft, denn neben einem faschistisch redenden und handlenden US-Präsidenten hätten sie selbst weit nach rechts rücken und im Vergleich mit ihm immer noch irgendwie nach "Mitte" aussehen können. Aber dann kam Kamala. Harr!
Optimist mastodon (AP)
🤣🤣👍

AaronDavid mastodon (AP)
If you follow me, you have a sense of humour. If you're reading this, you're a reader. I’ve put this story online, free, gratis and for nothing, it's a twelve minute read. If you like it, maybe you’ll be curious enough to risk 99p for one of my short story collections. Maybe you’ll be smart enough to save some money by buying a compilation. Maybe you’ll be brave enough to buy my novel. Whatever happens, I hope you enjoy ‘Vincent'. http://aarondavid.co.uk/Vincent.html #freeread #shortstory #funny #pleaseboost

Rainy day in New York. 1950s.
By Inge Morath
Reticent Turnip reshared this.

Covidiocracy mastodon (AP)
That player reminds me of the original NES
That's James Burke of Connections fame!

I kept waiting for him to explain how the video player was only able to happen thanks to some old French ruler who was upset about the size of the ruffles on his underwear, and decided to do something about it.

It's a reply guy myth about posters that we hate blocking them. It can be a natural, zesty enterprise.

Callyson mastodon (AP)
'Scared little punk'
Phillip asked why Trump would hand Harris a win and noted that "backing out of a debate isn't a good look for any candidate," leading Coaston to agree and note she believes Trump wants the debate to feel "less certain than it already appears to be."
Coaston suggested Trump wants the limelight back on himself, likely doesn't want to debate Harris and probably doesn't want to give Harris the "respect she would deserve" by agreeing to it.
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2668817401/

jesse jarnow mastodon (AP)
50 years ago tonight, the #GratefulDead in #chicago. surprising for 1974 (& doubly so for a major city), virtually no documentation besides the tape, just listings in the band’s newsletter & local paper. as far as i can tell, no findable photos, ads, posters, ticket stubs, reviews, audience recordings, etc. mid-summer ’74, show #3.
soundboard: https://archive.org/details/gd1974-07-25.152924.sbd.gems.remastered.flac16 [1/2]
July
25 Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Amphitheatre
jesse jarnow mastodon (AP)
7/25/74 chicago: maybe hearing band’s fatigue? little jamming, LET IT GROW keeps ball briefly in air. SEASTONES is MIA. 8-minute SCARLET BEGONIAS, looser from drop. 33-minute DARK STAR > STELLA BLUE. DARK STAR never gets to verse. brief guitar peak, unusual drums/keys jam & out into full-band thrills/dances/dissipation. garcia hits proto-SLIPKNOT! riff & others try to keep speed with colors. stunner STELLA BLUE. cool donna growl on encore SHIP OF FOOLS chorus. #deadfreaksunite #gd072574 [2/2]
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
Copperdomebodhi mastodon (AP)
Check that Row Jimmy - Jerry sings, "Julie catch a rabbit by his hair / come back tripping like to walk on air." 😆
katch wreck mastodon (AP)
cool! Wall of Sound?

Huge Typhoon Hits China, 290,000 Evacuated
https://climatecrisis247.com/news/huge-typhoon-hits-china-290000-evacuated/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Climate News @climate-news-Climate247

taz (inoffiziell) friendica (via ActivityPub)
Die letzten Olympischen Spiele fanden 2022 in Peking inmitten der Coronapandemie statt. In Marseille startet Olympia 2024 hingegen verrückt normal.#Marseille #OlympischeSpiele2024 #Sport #Schwerpunkt

Richard Stallman mastodon (AP)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/19/just-stop-oil-tactics-prison-chris-packham

Britain sentenced protesters to years in prison for *shouting "fire" while the world burns.*

Fedi.Garden 🌱 mastodon (AP)
Do you run a Fediverse server? Would you like it to be listed on https://fedi.garden? Is is compatible with all seven of these points?

➡️ https://fedi.garden/about-this-site

If so, please DM me! 🙂

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

bdonnelly mastodon (AP)
RIP to a Real One…

Texas Observer mastodon (AP)
“When the winds began to blow, water began pouring “When the winds began to blow, water began pouring in.”

New today from Michelle Pitcher: What were conditions like in #Texas prisons during #Beryl? https://www.texasobserver.org/waiting-out-beryl-in-prison/

#prison #politics #USpol #HumanRights #weather #environment #CriminalJustice #news

Simoto 🏴‍☠️ reshared this.

flexghost. mastodon (AP)
Here are the 6 House Democrats who voted with Republicans condemning Kamala Harris as a "failed Border Czar"

Jared Golden D-ME
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-WA
Mary Peltola D-AK
Henry Cuellar D-TX
Don Davis D-N.C.
Yadira Caraveo D-CO.
Image of the house of representatives being as categorically ineffective as always
This entry was edited (2 months ago)
2 people reshared this
WTF, are they all extremely vulnerable in MAGA districts or something?
Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
Yes, it's just meaningless political posturing for their elections in their individual districts so it's not worth us spending a second's thought upon.
Olympia Indivisible reshared this.
Olympia Indivisible mastodon (AP)
Down ballot is also important at the County level where the environmental impact of Comprehensive Plans is felt.
Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
So, it is important to monitor their votes on meaningful legislation, but entirely not worth worrying about what they do on message bills like that one.

Primaries are over. Now our job is to help get as many Democrats into office as possible so that even if a few are bad apples like Manchin and Sinema that we have enough real ones to make their votes unimportant.
This entry was edited (2 months ago)
Olympia Indivisible mastodon (AP)
Agree! We don't want to lose WA-3 to ultra MAGA Joe Kent over this vote.
Kevin Leecaster reshared this.
Bruce Heerssen mastodon (AP)
Cuellar of Texas is also up for re-election in a tough district. We can't afford to lose any seats in Congress, so this sort of sniping is not helpful.
Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
Regrettably, with Cuellar's apparent corruption that not even I am going to defend him even though I'd dearly love for Dems to keep his seat if possible.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-congressman-henry-cuellar-and-his-wife-charged-bribery-unlawful-foreign-influence-and
Bruce Heerssen mastodon (AP)
He's not my favorite, either.
Shonin mastodon (AP)
I expected Cuellar who was inserted to stop a popular progressive's campaign. Might be a little lesson there, #DNC.
#dnc


Freax friendica (via Diaspora)
Distribution Release: Linux Mint 22 distrowatch.com/12203
N. E. Felibata 👽 reshared this.
newer older

This website uses cookies to recognize revisiting and logged in users. You accept the usage of these cookies by continue browsing this website.