George Mari @GeorgeMari@qoto.org

#Inktober2025 Day 10: Sweep.

My cats hate Roomba though.
#Inktober

In a land that celebrates the colonizer, the usurper, the destroyer, our organization is dedicated to the proposition that humanity can coexist with nature instead of throttling it. And we salute the decades of successful efforts of one of the leading – and one of the only – regenerative ranchers.

https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/the-rancher-who-loves-wolves

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.

A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out a fact sheet about them to a bunch of journalists, but very few are going to write about this. So, let me try posting it all here.

Here's what I know about Reflect Orbital and all the downsides:

PFNA can be found in drinking water systems that serve about 26 million people.

The EPA’s toxicity report on the forever chemical has sat in limbo for months, raising concerns that the Trump administration might change it or not release it at all.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #EPA #Environment #Health #Safety #Water #Government

I used to wonder how IBM could possibly consent to create a system to help Hitler organize his concentration camps.

Then I look around at all the tech companies aligning with fascism today.

Ferrari reveals the specs of its first all-electric car: Elettrica https://electrek.co/2025/10/09/ferrari-reveals-specs-its-first-all-electric-car-elettrica/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

GM unveils new Chevy Bolt – same package, new battery, low $29k price https://electrek.co/2025/10/08/gm-unveils-new-chevy-bolt-same-package-new-battery-low-29k-price/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

My contract with Apple was up on August first and I'm looking for a long term position doing swift Ui for either Mac or iOS.

So I’d you have any references I’d appreciate it.

16 years of iOS experience, AppKitx lead and senior, happy as a IC.

Healthcare, banking, banking, and CGI, creative.

If you have a lead please reach out via linkedin.com/in/scott-
anguish

Thanks
Scott
Scott Anguish

Police used Flock cameras to search for a woman who self-administered an abortion. They said it was for her safety.

But new court documents show they considered charging her with a crime as part of a 'death investigation'. And the search was weeks after the abortion

🔗 https://www.404media.co/police-said-they-surveilled-woman-who-had-an-abortion-for-her-safety-court-records-show-they-considered-charging-her-with-a-crime/

As federal agencies go dark, the livestock industry keeps running the range — and the public must step up as watchdogs.

Luckily, we have a way for you to keep them accountable.

https://westernwatersheds.substack.com/p/when-the-watchdogs-are-furloughed

BalkonKraftwerk - so solarpunk and I love it. https://grist.org/buildings/how-germany-outfitted-half-a-million-balconies-with-solar-panels/

Does anyone have a boxed copy of Day of the Tentacle they’re interested in selling?

"While the de-Dixiecratted Democratic Party broadly looks like a center-left European party, the GOP doesn’t look like the European center right. Instead it looks like Germany’s AfD or Hungary’s Fidesz, extremist parties with a clear authoritarian streak." https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/declining-american-democracy-trump

#Inktober2025 Day 4: murky.

It wasn't easy to recreate the Ala Wai murky water accurately with my limited set of Copic markers and of course, my skill. So I ended up painting the mess 😅

#Inktober

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/germany-chat-control.pdf

HVAC giant Carrier has a solution for AC’s excessive grid load: home batteries https://electrek.co/2025/10/01/hvac-giant-carrier-has-a-solution-for-acs-excessive-grid-load-home-batteries/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"This dance of refusal and counter-refusal, called #taarof, governs countless daily interactions in #Persian culture. And #AI models are terrible at it."

(via Benj Edwards and @arstechnica)

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/when-no-means-yes-why-ai-chatbots-cant-process-persian-social-etiquette/

Doctors tested a common drug on COVID. The results are stunning.

"Inhaled heparin significantly lowers the risk of death and ventilation in COVID-19 patients while also showing potential against other respiratory infections. With its unique triple-action benefits, it could serve as a powerful and accessible treatment worldwide."

Source: https://archive.md/Uifo9

Study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00271-8/fulltext

YouTube will restore channels banned for COVID and election misinformation
Alphabet blames the Biden administration for its moderation decisions.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/youtube-will-restore-channels-banned-for-covid-and-election-misinformation/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Thanks for the reminder to cancel Disney+. As my wacky Jethro Tull loving high school history teacher used to say, "you gotta hit 'em in the pocketbook". That was his primary take from all of U.S. History. And he's right. So let's really hit them where it hurts: the money.