Martin Jambon 🌍🌎🌏 @mjambon@qoto.org

What does the little "40" mean in the Yahoo weather app?

I used to think it was a 40% probability of "getting rained on" but seeing it next to a sunshine forecast is confusing.

#weather #numbers #sunshine #rain #random

Frank's toe knife set

#knives #tv #itsalwayssunny #philadelphia

Those who've made an effort to learn don't have a duty to teach those who haven't.

#expertise #teaching #laziness #curiosity #exploration

Here's a better headline: "Climate change could make your d*ck smaller"

#journalism #globalwarming #clickbait #beer #bullshit #alcohol #bbcnews #fear

Wiktionary nous donne "l'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions" et la variante "le chemin de l'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions". Ça marche pour moi. https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/l%E2%80%99enfer_est_pav%C3%A9_de_bonnes_intentions

Comment dit-on en français "the road to Hell is paved with good intentions" ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_road_to_hell_is_paved_with_good_intentions
#français #francais #proverbe #proverbes #french #proverb

If you're blind:

Does it help if we tag abstract art images in toots with an "alt" description? What kind of description do you appreciate?

(my take is: I label abstract paintings with just "abstract painting" so as to make them easy to ignore but I don't try to describe them because it would be futile in my opinion much like summarizing poetry)

#art #blind #lowvision

Today in special units for America: "Asteroid the Size of 100 Capybaras" which is in fact the size of 1 billion capybaras.

https://ts2.space/en/asteroid-the-size-of-100-capybaras-to-pass-earth-no-cause-for-alarm/
#astronomy #units #asteroids #capybaras #big #earth #america

Interesting spelling for "Ampèrian". In French, it's spelled "ampérien" with an acute accent, not "ampèrien" which would look and sound wrong even though it's derived from "Ampère".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Marie_Amp%C3%A8re
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/amp%C3%A9rien
#spelling #english #anglais #français #french #accents #physics

Here's something you don't get with digital images or ordinary prints: gold and silver effects.

#art #abstractart #artistsonmastodon #gold #silver #shiny

Did you know it takes 40 Olympic-size swimming pools of sap to make 1 Olympic-size swimming pool of maple syrup?

#makesyouthink #wow #syrup #sweet #swimming #trees #maple

I blame the Big Bang.

#politics #causality #causation #transitivity #physics #philosophy #liability #bullshit