First day of classes tomorrow. I still wake up in the middle of the night before wondering if the other kids will be nice to me.
If, like me, you find it impossible to believe that this was 40 years ago, you're probably overdue for a colonoscopy.
@mattblaze YTV (Yorkshire Television) in the UK produced a 30minute documentary in 1989/1990 based on the book as part of their series Science Fiction. I consulted, wrote the onscreen computer simulations and acted in it. Was one of my favorite TV gigs. Did most of the filming in Germany with some reshoots in London. Had to smoke so much for the camera I quit for about 5 years
The Story of Electronics (2011) (short documentary about environmental impact of electronic products)
John Roberts is personally offended by this insinuation.
Bring him his fainting couch.
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The Official Ig Nobel Card Game Is Born! Yes, there are card games that make people LAUGH, and yes, there are card games that make people THINK. Now, new to the world, there is an official card game based on the Ig Nobel Prizes, which are all about research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
The game will make its playing-in-public debut at LAcon, at Anaheim Convention Center Arena in Los Angeles, this coming weekend. https://improbable.com/2026/08/24/the-official-ig-nobel-card-game-is-born/
I'm also on Bluesky. Read today's thread there at:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:web:pluralistic.net/post/3mtuaztp7i22c
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No don't. There's no reason to visit bluebruise, and reasons not to.
If you've not using Mastodon, and you're on bluesky MAKE SURE you read Doctorow on bluesky.
But dont go to bluesky.
Amazon’s planned gas-powered AI data centre in Texas shows the real cost of unchecked AI expansion: more fossil fuels, more pollution and more pressure on communities’ water and energy systems.
Tech companies must stop treating communities as sacrifice zones for their AI ambitions. Power data centres with new renewable energy, cut demand, and make polluters pay.
@greenpeace if they really have to build these things start putting them underground. They're a blight, even on a lifeless landscape
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There is a heat advisory across much of California this week. Please be careful.
Hay una alerta de calor en gran parte de California esta semana. Tenga cuidado.
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I cannot rest until some "big" accounts, publicatons, groups et al tag #NHAMFest26 or link https://fest.nham.co.uk , or quote or boost some posts about this distributed online festival streaming parade of talented artists, makers and communicators.
Many speak a lot about wanting more positivity, human art, discovery and community building in the feed and world.
Well HERE it is and here we are. Lend a voice so we don't lose ours. Support indie artists doing things on platforms of more agency!
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DO NOT BOOST THIS. COMING POSTS WILL INTRODUCE THE ARTISTS/PRESENTERS FOR NHAMFEST26. DO GO BONKERS ON THAT, AND THE POST ABOVE.
Big advance thank you to all the participating artists, community venue admin hosts mods and YOU for attending and helping amplify!
We have assembled another GLOBAL eclectic distributed streaming parade (24 hours worth) of artists that In My Hamster Opinion punch way above weight class for what some folks may think resides in the "alt socials" neighbourhood.
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The vocabulary of vulnerability – 10 words from around the world for complex and difficult emotions, from "abhiman" (Sanskrit for the pain and anger we feel when someone we trust hurts us) to "żal" (Polish for the melancholy felt at an irretrievable loss) https://t.co/uIcgpRZAAW
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"The more you know, the more jokes you get." -- Firesign Theater
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Urgent: Pictured bellow is my friend @PaulDitz 's cat Atticus. Atticus is between a vet and a hard place. He needs $3000 for life-saving surgery, he has less than a week and without it, he'll have to be put down. Good news is, we're about halfway there. We can save Atticus, but I can't do it alone. If you can spare a few bucks to save this boi, you'll be making the world better. You can send $ via Venmo (@PaulDitz) CashAp ($PaulDitz) or Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/PaulDitz
I vouch for this fundraiser
into week 2 of the contract and re-onboarding still has not occurred for this role I finished at the end of June. No access to the network, no in-briefing, nothing. Good times.
@Kels_316 I loved it when I needed access to that other network and the access request floated around for 6 months without being completed.
One critique, though. I wish he'd knock off the (mostly pretend/affectation) schtick about running over time. It's a really bad message to send at a conference. Running over is incredibly disrespectful of the next speakers and conference organizers who are trying to keep things running.
@mattblaze That's a pet peeve of mine, too. When I assigned presentations to my engineering students, I always made it clear to them that I would take points off if they went over the specified time limit. I wanted them to get comfortable with speaking within time constraints.
@codinghorror under the inherited section, gotta have “Rich Girl” by Hall and Oates!
@lyricsboy I'm a big H&O fan and I am seriously considering it
May it be many words in the future.
@RussSharek 🫂🖤🖤🖤
TAKE THAT!
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