Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek@v.st

I love how warm this is, even on a cold day

Am I a dog?

Laurence Fox told to pay £180,000 in libel damages
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68899248

We should just admit that internet-wide search is dead and return to human curated internet directories.

Eleven Trumpworld actors (including Trump) have tallied up 19 indictments and been identified as unindicted coconspirators 12 times between them since he left office. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/25/trump-election-2020/

Funny how the Americans denouncing Gaza Solidarity demonstrations at American universities are all cops and christo-fascist politicians, while the Jewish academics and students are fine with them …
https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/112331038212149373

looking forward to @mwl's book "Run Your Own Mail Server" coming out https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwlucas/run-your-own-mail-server

I'm much too afraid to run my own mail server but I've always enjoyed his writing about networking (his “networking for system administrators” helped me a ton when I read it) and I think it's going to be a nice way for me to learn more about how email works

Bash dot org may be gone, but I'll carry its spirit with me in 2024.

Can't help but think something worse epidemic wise is coming down the pike. My reasoning: The H5N1 virus has jumped to cattle. Those who work with cattle have been coming down with a mild, but mysterious illness.

In the middle ages, milkmaids were often known for their beauty. Whether they were actually beautiful or not is irrelevant. What was meant was that their faces were unpocked and clear because they did not catch smallpox. What they usually caught was cowpox, which was a milder disease, but conferred protection from smallpox.

This worries me. What's coming?

#SolarPower is Earth's most abundant #Energy source. The Earth receives 174 petawatts (PW) of incoming solar radiation (insolation) at the upper atmosphere.

On April 25, 1954, Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, publicly demonstrated the first practical silicon solar cell. The cell was invented by Daryl Chapin, Calvin Fuller, and Gerald Pearson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_solar_cells

Is the Cycle to Work scheme disadvantaging those who really need it?
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/is-the-cycle-to-work-scheme-disadvantaging-those-who-really-need-it
Questions have been raised about the commission providers charge local bike shops - but the scheme could be improved for users, too

Finally something actually positive from Labour for a change, I wish I wasn't so surprised https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/24/labour-promises-rail-nationalisation-within-five-years-of-coming-to-power

#UKPolitics #RailRenationalisation #WeOwnIt

The LGV Nord high speed line opens

Valenciennes! You’re going to get a TGV!

Population: 🎉 🕺 😊

Ah. But because you’ve got to go via Douai and Arras you’ll not get to the high speed line fast

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Oh. You’re not Lille. So we’ll give you 5 a day.

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The last direct one will depart at 17:16.

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It’s a inOui so pay premium, but we won’t even open the cafe on board

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Honestly WHO is this for? WHAT is it for? Valenciennes would be better off with a regular InterCity

Shamelessly pinched from the World Bollard Association ™️