Reading the divine comedy...now what the hell is a fen? What do you mean there are fens, bogs and marshes? I just knew swamps.

It turns out hell, or at least the 4th (5th?) circle of hell, is alkaline, who would've thought.

#Dante #TheDivineComedy #bookstodon #reading

The secretary of the interior Doug Burgum was testifying before the House Natural Resources Committee.

The Cabinet secretary, toeing the GOP line, told Huffman that solar arrays “produce zero electricity” after sundown.

“Mr. Chairman, I request unanimous consent to enter in the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of: It’s a battery,” the California Democrat replied. “China’s figured it out. That’s why they’re cleaning our clock on clean energy.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/on-renewable-energy-interior-s-burgum-offers-a-case-study-in-willful-ignorance/ar-AA23bUU6

#zing #incompetence #GOP #solar #batteries

It's incredible how good some vegan meat replacements have become. We made a pörkölt (Hungarian meat dish) from a Planted fake beef and it was straight up excellent

📜 Scrolls 41 has been published! Go check it out 🤗

https://shellsharks.com/scrolls/scroll/2026-05-15

Thanks to everyone listed below. Their work is featured in this week's edition!

@hamatti @tylersticka @neil @an00brektn @david_bardos
@brennan @joel @akhiluk @vasilis @marlin_bian @internetarchive @andrewnez @hyperreal @sherold @nicolasgouny @jschauma @inherentlee @bitspook @geffrey @Aconite33 @hister @adamsdesk @Ailantd @Thoogah

#indieweb #fediverse #infosec #cybersecurity

I appear to have bought a 3D printer by mistake. And I haven't the faintist idea wtf I am doing. #3dprinting #resin3dprinting #warhammer #minipainting

Edit. Spelling.

Ungeplantes Geoengineering: Aufbau von Starlink & Co. mit Folgen für Atmosphäre

Jedes Jahr werden immer mehr Raketen gestartet, vorrangig mit Starlink-Satelliten. Die Folgen für die Erdatmosphäre sind womöglich weitreichender als gedacht.

https://www.heise.de/news/Ungeplantes-Geoengineering-Aufbau-von-Starlink-Co-mit-Folgen-fuer-Atmosphaere-11294723.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Forschung #Klimawandel #Raumfahrt #SpaceX #Starlink #Wissenschaft #news

this looked VERY Where The Wild Things Are IRL

#MagicInTheMundane

Some reflections on frequently unasked questions about stochastic parrots (the phrase and the paper):

https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/stochastic-parrots-frequently-unasked-questions-49c2e7d22d11

Murderbot:

#Kyiv is observing a Day of Mourning after russia's mass attack on the Ukrainian capital on 14 May.

At least 24 people were killed, including three children. Another 48 people were injured. Search and rescue operations lasted for over 28 hours.

The world must not stay silent while russia continues to terrorise Ukrainian civilians. Pressure, international isolation and sanctions against russia must be increased.

Eternal memory to the victims 🕯️

@winniehell
huch, die Antworten luden, hatte @wuffel und alle schon gessagt.
@micha

Holy crap, there's a boatload of vibe-coded "hantavirus" dashboards out there with false data. 😱

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@Ciaraioch/114586034659870819

🚗 So turns out the noise that my car was making is of the diamond-encrusted, gold-plated financial bracket variety, so it would be a VERY good time to treat yourself to a print, if you've had your eye on one - and there's 10% off when you use the discount code FECKINGCAR at checkout for a limited time. Shop here: https://www.ciaraioch.com/artprints

#Art #MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Ireland #FediGiftShop

While everyone is watching hantavirus I'm actually much more eager to learn more about the Ebola outbreak in DRC's Ituri Province that Africa CDC has confirmed.
Early information makes it sound very large for an outbreak that has just been reported: "about 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths"

"Millions of pounds have been saved by replacing a #Palantir IT system which helps to find homes for Ukrainian refugees with one built by its own experts, a government department has said."

"When given suitable resources the Civil Service can often outperform private companies like Palantir."

#UKPol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2l2j1lxdk5o

Tired: I grew up evangelical, but i'm not religious anymore

Wired: I am an apostate, shunned by religious men and bereft of the love of God

Voll schön, darf morgen bei den #tdf5 mit Workshop-Teilnehmenden über D3, DataVis und kreatives Coden sprechen.

https://cfp.cttue.de/tdf5/talk/WZ98NE/

Ich würd mir freuen Hackende mit und ohne Datenaffinität zu treffen 😊

Wird ne kleine Intro in D3js und wie man damit schöne Dinge machen kann. Zum Beispiel bauen wir in eine interaktive Version von diesen Klecksen:

@bagder
"Complicted"