tobychev @tobychev@qoto.org
Not sure what this account will be about, mostly boosting things I find interesting.
Joined Nov 2022
tobychev
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The main message is in the headline, but the details are absolutely fascinating #demographics #USpolitics #christianity 🌐
https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/the-coming-extinction-of-the-white
tobychev
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A lot of things I see proposed as 'solutions' to our polycrisis are solutions in the sense that 'stop being poor' is a solution to having no money.
For example, solving climate change by prosecuting fossil fuel companies is a potential *outcome* of politically ending the power of fossil fuel companies. It's not in itself a way to end that power.
tobychev
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Sanslöst dyr nota för ickefärdigställd kärnkraft i USA. Intressant läsning i dagens Aftonbladet.
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/ab5rqd/fiasko-nar-usa-skulle-bygga-ny-karnkraft
@AndersTapola
En kul vinkel från the Intercept om hur projektet bevisar att det finns pengar till den gröna omställningen: https://theintercept.com/2019/02/06/south-caroline-green-new-deal-south-carolina-nuclear-energy/
@Mabande
@mrundkvist
Most rock bands aren't formed by people who have a clear business plan ahead of time, so that's not very surprising.
Honestly, I'm not sure how many rock bands even formalise things to the point they can write an accounting report...
@janneuu
I know @Ruth_Mottram had a hashtag for exactly this, but I can't remember what it was now, hope she sees it!
tobychev
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My Deutsche Bahn train is now so delayed that the Swiss won’t let it in (the Swiss railways nowadays only let German trains in if they are on time. Yes that’s a thing. The passengers then get dumped at the Swiss border and take local (so on time) transport https://www.iamexpat.ch/expat-info/swiss-expat-news/10-most-delayed-trains-switzerland-2022-revealed
tobychev
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Some Lissajous animations for Pi Day. You can find the (not very good) code at https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2024/03/14/pi-day-circles/
@Mabande Spännande avsnitt att lyssna på i feberyran: https://pca.st/episode/8bc0a200-ed03-45aa-956c-6c2fe4dae0c1
@astronomerritt
Make a checkpoint, set up a new simulation to continue from the checkpoint, play a video showing how you narrowly escape the earth on a spaceship to heroically continue the simulation, kille the current process and start the new one.
It's a lot of effort, but such is the reality of seminal work!
@sundogplanets
@mrundkvist
For particle physics the last ~30 years have seen a situation where theorists have very little data by which to judge if a theory is indeed better. Consequently there's a lot of "making more" in the hopes that something turns out to be better later.
My impression is that the humanities are seduced by the immediacy of their subject to explain more details than the data can support, and so are endlessly fighting inconsistencies (well, the economists are making some progress on collective behaviour but they largely trade away the humanity from the picture).
tobychev
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A few months ago I made a network map showing the high speed rail connections in #France. Unfortunately, the official #SNCF #TGV map only shows the stops and whether there is a connection or not. However, I wanted to better understand which cities and regions are directly connected.
Voilà the 2024 update of my 🇫🇷 high speed rail map! Feel free to explore and boost!
https://larstransportmaps.com/2024/03/11/high-speed-rail-in-france-2024/
@Mabande
Någon risk för snöblandat regn?
Update on the status in Haiti from
Renata Segura of #crisisgroup:
"CARICOM had requested Haitian political forces to send a proposal for creating a transitional government. They received 7 instead.
The meeting in Jamaica ended with white smoke of sorts: [the current president] oledged to resign, and a 7 member presidential council was created with representation from multiples parties (including Henry's). The council will chose a new prime minister.
This is a huge deal, as negotiations to form a new gvt has stalled for years. However, the immediate emergency is the security situation. Gang leader Chérizier said yesterday (before CARICOM's announcement) that Vin Ansanm would NOT recognise a new gvt resulting from [the meeting in] Jamaica.
The question is how to respond now to the security crisis. The Mission led by Kenya is preparing to deploy, but the biggest ? is if it will be able to arrive fast enough to prevent gangs from taking control of the entire capital."
tobychev
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“In a drastic attempt to protect their beachfront homes, residents in Salisbury, Massachusetts, invested $500,000 in a sand dune to defend against encroaching tides. After being completed last week, the barrier made from 14,000 tons of sand lasted just 72 hours before it was completely washed away”
tobychev
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Floristic homogenization of South Pacific islands commenced with human arrival.
Strandberg+
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02306-3
"using fossil pollen records from 15 sites on 13 islands within the biogeographical realm of Oceania ...
show that floristic homogenization has increased over the past 5,000 years ...when two islands were settled by people in a given time interval, their floristic similarity is greater than when one or neither of the islands were settled."
@Mabande
Noppe blev dödad när hans björn rymde från den billiga inhägnaden hans föräldrar hade snålat på när de köpte björnen åt honom...
Philip däremot gled vidare på en räkmacka in något investmentbolag och förstörde värde fram till pensioneringen.
tobychev
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As I said yesterday there’s no relationship between being able to raise money and running a startup. A checkout button startup being valued at $11B when Shop Pay, PayPal, Apple Pay, etc existed was always absurd.
However Breslow was able to raise money because he looked the part
tobychev
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UK, Germany, Netherlands, Norway and Denmark have failed to align #oil & #gas🛢️ policies with 1.5C #ParisAgreement climate pledge, finds Oil Change International https://buff.ly/43cL5HY
tobychev
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The myths of automation obscure the truth: AI relies on human labor, undervalued and precarious. Rather than replacing workers, tech shifts jobs to lower-income countries, deterring unionization. Time to rethink Silicon Valley ethics—and rhetoric. https://www.casilli.fr/2024/03/09/how-robot-drive-thrus-scare-and-exploit-fast-food-workers/
Not sure what this account will be about, mostly boosting things I find interesting.
Joined Nov 2022
