Flaviu Vescan @flaviuvescan@qoto.org

Differential erosion on a red sandstone mask on the Trustees Savings Bank in Springburn.

The lines across this scultpture are created by layers of different composition and hardness within the 270 million year old sandstone, which means they weather at different rates. In this case, the effect is quite striking.

#glasgow #glasgowbuildings #urbangeology #sandstone #sculpture

Skull found in France with a knife still embedded it. The skull belonged to a Roman Soldier who died during the Gallic Wars 525 BC.

That's not "irony." That's exactly the kind of shit that protesters are warning us about.

#ClimateChange #NYC #NYCFlooding

The most wonderful smart people I've found are those that presuppose everyone else is just as smart, if not smarter, than them and we've all just had access to different information.

Today was ... interesting. If you followed me for the past months over on the shitbird site, you might have seen a bunch of angry German words, lots of graphs, and the occassional news paper, radio, or TV snippet with yours truely. Let me explain.

In Austria, inflation is way above the EU average. There's no end in sight. This is especially true for basic needs like energy and food.

Our government stated in May that they'd build a food price database together with the big grocery chains. But..

"RED ALERT IN FRANCE"

A warning amid extreme HEAT!

France issued red alert warnings for four administrative regions in the south, where temperatures are expected to shoot above 40 (104F) in the coming days
#AureFreePress #GlobalWarming #climatechange #weather #ClimateEmergency #climatecrisis #France

https://www.dw.com/en/france-issues-red-alert-warning-amid-extreme-heat/a-66591947?mobileApp=true

The English Chess Federation (ECF) has said it won’t be a pawn in the International Chess Federation’s anti-trans game and will continue to welcome all players.
Phew. #chess #trans #news
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/20/english-chess-federation-fide-trans-women-policy/

got turned into a werewolf last night, so far i'm lycan it

A list of recent hostile moves by #Google's #Chrome team; handy for sharing with your entourage, to explain why they should stop using #Chromium / #GoogleChrome and use #Firefox or #Epiphany as their main #web #browser :

* The "Manifest v3" sabotage of content blocking extensions: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23131029/mozilla-ad-blocking-firefox-google-chrome-privacy-manifest-v3-web-request
* The attempted sabotage of #JPEGXL: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/chrome-banishes-jpeg-xl-photo-format-that-could-save-phone-space/
* #WebEnvironmentIntegrity a.k.a. #DRM for whole websites would hurt the web, #opensource browsers and OSes: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/

Atlantic grey seal, Isle of May, Scotland

Regular reminder: if your site or app doesn’t work in Firefox, it’s broken.

I lived through the “this site requires and/or is best in IE” era, and I’d rather burn it all down than return to that.

Pro-tip: Firefox does most things better anyway. Give it a spin and enjoy a less-tracked web.

Former President Trump will have his mugshot taken if he's indicted over Fulton County's investigation into alleged criminal efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. https://t.co/eQJUCIJbiE

I saw this advert from 1956 on Instagram and can’t work out how a fridge from nearly 70 years ago basically has better features than the fridge I own now.

try telling it some knock knock jokes

I have closed Twitter and deleted the app from my phone. Now I need recommendations on who to follow here. I am interested in #climate, #energy, #airquality, #sustainabledevelopment

Three #Mastodon / #Fediverse tools that I discovered recently and that are quite powerful:

- #Fediview https://fediview.com/ – A configurable algorithmic timeline for your feed.
- #Followgraph https://followgraph.vercel.app/ – Suggests accounts to follow based on who your contacts follow.
- #Phanpy https://phanpy.social/ – An alternative web UI for Mastodon. Hugely improves the overall experience for me.

No, your body cannot build tolerance to endless extreme heat. Unless you’re a soulless capitalist right-wing fascists ghoul. The shite these ghouls try to peddle in late-stage capitalism to the masses just beggars belief.

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