Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek@v.st

Proposal to refer to solar arrays as amp farms.

"Infra stack: from AWS to on-prem. AWS was becoming too costly, so #Bluesky moved over to dedicated data centers and bare-metal machines."

That's not something you read every day.

https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky

Breaking: Boeing reported its first quarterly revenue drop in seven quarters, but profits were buoyed by savings on door plug bolts.

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers, and you almost certainly know someone who has it. Here's the latest research on diagnosis and treatment, a must-read for anyone trying to figure out how to treat it (or not) at any stage https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/treating-prostate-cancer-at-any-stage/

The internet has decided — again — that Chris Pratt is the worst Chris, after reports that he and his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, demolished a 74-year-old house by modernist architect Craig Ellwood in order to build a 15,000-square-foot residence. "They also tore up all of modernist legend Garrett Eckbo's original landscaping, effectively turning the nearly one-acre lot into one flat slab," reports Dwell. Here's the full story, including images of the house. To sprinkle some positivity on your day, we want to know, who is Hollywood's best Chris? Tell us in the comments if you're rejecting these options in favor of Rock, Guest, Walken, or some other Chris.

https://flip.it/1oOd6-

#Design #Home #Architecture #Celebrity #ChrisPratt

Case in point to every fucking asshole conflating pro-justice, pro-liberation with antisemitism:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/not-like-other-passovers-hundreds-of-jewish-demonstrators-arrested-after-new-york-protest-seder

Hundreds of Jewish anti-war demonstrators have been arrested during a Passover seder that doubled as a protest in New York, as they shut down a major thoroughfare to pray for a ceasefire and urge the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, to end US military aid to Israel.

Hundreds of Jews... arrested during a Passover seder.

Jews.

"Antisemitism" is what *you* are doing oppressing Jews for Peace.

#Israel #Gaza #Antisemitism

Gotta sneak those snacks when you can!

BREAKING (with story): Arizona AG Kris Mayes announces indictments of Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows et al in fake electors scheme in 2020 presidential election. #Arizona https://tinyurl.com/53watfwy

Meanwhile, since as written this bill *does* give the US government a power to directly ban apps from app stores for, as far as I'm aware(?), the first time, this has serious implications for anyone using Apple hardware. Apple created a situation where only software they approve can be installed on the iPhone; now this means only software the government approves can be installed on your iPhone. Previously this was the case if you lived in China; now it is the case in America.

The reality is that abortion bans are causing real harm to women, and the "exceptions" carved out in anti-abortion laws are too vague to protect doctors who need to act quickly to prevent suffering. That's not stopping the conservatives on the Supreme Court from trying to find a way to justify those bans anyway.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/conservatives-anti-abortion-emergency-room-idaho

@foone That's actually quite cunning in a "I hope you like enjoy getting stopped by the police" kind of way

I was driving around SF today and I saw a Tesla with an emoji license plate.
Now, the CA DMV isn't gonna let you do that, so how did they have an emoji license plate?
Simple! They put the codepoint!
The license plate was U-1F916.
Or 🤖

that will surely clinch it

"Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power"

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/24/labour-promises-rail-nationalisation-within-five-years-of-coming-to-power

#trains #railways #rail

As a 14 yr old in the 80s updates about emergency school closures were phoned in to the local radio stations. There was no verification on your identity and the notice was read out in good faith. So staff & pupils can thank me for the extra snow day off in 1980. You're welcome.

The greatest technical writer I know ( @mwl )is having a kickstarter for his next book - „Run your own mail server”. I’ve seen a draft (backed him months ago) and it is looking marvelous.

https://mwl.io/ks

To protect yourself
from H5N1
(when working with farm animals)
The CDC recommends
fluid-resistant coveralls
a respirator, safety goggles,
gloves, and more
but you
do not work with farm animals
so the CDC recommends
that you hope for the best.