Population density of the metropolitan area vs. transportation-related energy consumption (image source unknown) #urbanism #sustainability #climatechange #urbanplanning cc @geographyjim
The fascinating snow globe effect of a soap bubble freezing.
Video credit: Lorie Shaull / CC BY 2.0
Further reading: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/freezing-soap-bubbles/
Fascinating footage of a human white blood cell chasing a bacterium captured through a microscope.
Credit: David Rogers
https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Movie_-_Neutrophil_chasing_bacteria
Minnesota is having a flag redesign! I recorded my first impressions of the candidate flags for bonnie bees: https://www.patreon.com/posts/minnesota-flag-93369610
Pixelfed is an Instagram-style photo network on the Fediverse. You can follow Pixelfed accounts from Mastodon and vice versa.
For example, @Iancylkowski is a Pixelfed account, but you can view and interact with it entirely in Mastodon too.
To create a Pixelfed account, find a server at:
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You can use Pixelfed through the web or apps.
The official apps aren't ready yet, but there are good third party ones such as @vernissage for iPhone/iPad and @PixelDroid for Android
Currently looking to file a criminal complaint against Meta on the basis that their processing of personal data (which has already been declared as illegal under the two legal bases they chose since 2018) breached criminal law with regards to computer trespass and misuse of computing resources.
The scripts they placed on our devices for the purpose of tracking our behaviour were criminal trespass (accessing a computer without consent and use of computing resources without consent).
I just filed a criminal complaint against Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. under Section 2 and Section 5 of the Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Act 2017 for:
"illegally deploying surveillance technology to my computers for the purpose of monitoring my behaviour, as they had no reasonable excuse or lawful authority to do so."
and
"illegally intercepting transmission of data within an information system (my computing devices) for the purpose of monitoring my behaviour."
@viticci Guess you iCloud sync doesn’t sell more devices for . Unfortunately everything that doesn’t directly contribute to their bottom line is essentially broken, to various degrees.
Many years ago the <major AV vendor at the time> I was working for took the highly unusual step of stopping all new features development to only fix bugs for six months. Sales wasn’t happy,but customers were.
I wish would slow down on features in favour of functionality.
Monthly CO2 Atmospheric Concentration
From the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii
October 2023: 418.82 ppm
October 2022: 415.74 ppm
More: https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends
#co2 #globalwarming #climatechange #temperature #weather #maunaloaobservatory
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It's time for the biggest episode of the year: three hours of State of the Apps! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrSj4mKbRk0
Today I filed a formal complaint against #YouTube with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner for their illegal deployment of #adblock detection technologies.
Under Article 5(3) of 2002/58/EC YouTube are legally obligated to obtain consent before storing or accessing information already stored on an end user's terminal equipment unless it is strictly necessary for the provisions of the requested service.
In 2016 the EU Commission confirmed in writing that adblock detection requires consent.
CoffeeGeek is Leaving Twitter.
CoffeeGeek is ceasing its participation on the Twitter / X platform, moving our main social media interaction to Mastodon. Full details as to why, below.
https://www.coffeegeek.com/news/coffeegeek-is-leaving-twitter-x/
Yesterday's toots about serial/parallel hybrid cars vs. trains are really pushing me to make a video about hybrid car tech.
Here's the thing lots of people don't seem to know: the most efficient hybrid powertrains *also* do the trick or keeping the engine at optimum RPM/efficiency *but the engine can still contribute directly to the spinning of the wheels*
It's the technique that makes diesel-electric efficient but even more so because it largely skips conversion losses.
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