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Mary Thomson
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Just added it to my Kindle.
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Mary Thomson@infraredeyes.bsky.social |
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Scientist, Scot, UK and US citizen, now living in New Zealand. Opinions expressed are my own. If you don't like 'em, think up your own stuff.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Just added it to my Kindle.
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Amanda Smith
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Call your rep today to encourage them to support AOC’s articles of impeachment. I will block anyone who tells me why they, personally, cannot and therefore why it’s pointless.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Was going to say Panic, but it's distributed by merchants rather than mongers.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Or, as "1066 and All That" called him, the Venomous Bede.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Quite a lot of countries use various PR systems. A review of how it has worked in terms of coalitions etc would be a good starting point. It can happen that the tail wags the dog, e.g. the religious parties in Israel.
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Nick Harkaway
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Reminder: www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
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Pascal 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇫🇷
@pascalr57.bsky.social
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Rishi Sunak lowered tax on champagne the same day he cut funding to rebuild schools...
Watch this then go and vote.
youtu.be/cKAeO-5saqQ?...
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Sarah Orsborn
@erniebufflo.bsky.social
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I hate fireworks for scaring this dog so much. Trembling in my arms, waiting on the Benadryl to kick in. He is a being of pure love and does not deserve this for over a week every summer. If it was just one shitty night, I would hate it a lot less.
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Elsewhere55 #FBPE
@elsewhere55.bsky.social
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#LedByDonkeys
Vote . Them . Out
youtube.com/shorts/dbHzG...
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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As a Scot who had to move overseas in the 80s to find work, I can't help sympathising with this sentiment. So very many people were thrown on the scrap heap in Thatcher's economy.
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Faine Greenwood
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This man is making his evil intentions as crystal-clear as they possibly could be, and everyone who cares about humanity should be blasting that message out in every possible venue.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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"... will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" Translation: just surrender quietly and nobody needs to get hurt.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Rugby Union used to be a totally amateur sport, and the rule was rigidly enforced. No question that soccer is the big-money game. It's also the most international, and much of the funding for UK teams comes from overseas.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Yeah, there are county cricket teams and lots of local teams. But you make a fair point, soccer is the single most popular sport across the UK. It's comparable to baseball in the US, where I think (lived in Massachusetts) that American football and basketball are less watched until the play-offs.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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My point is that football ("soccer") is not the only popular game in England.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Now do cricket.
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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if john roberts et al are going to cosplay as politicians then they should at least have to face the voters once a term
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Might we see the emergence of specialized appeals courts, along the lines of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which handles patent cases?
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Steve Silberman
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For this 4th of July, the Supreme Court has a very, very special gift to America: They're bringing back the monarchy! Don't like it? Lay your head on the block, peasant. wapo.st/3xEpj4E
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proportionwheel
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I don’t think it merely “threatens” the republic. I think it marks the republic’s end. I hope I’m wrong, but short of finding the will to pack the court or Biden taking them up on some of the extreme powers they grant to presidents, I’m having trouble coming up with a more optimistic gloss on it.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Ah, you Americans and your narrow vowels! I lived in the US for 30 years and never quite got used to it.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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What percentage of the federal workforce would have to be affected before you would consider this to be a seriously bad move? 10%? 20%? What's the cut-off?
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Has anyone called it the "Great Game" yet?
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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They made me Google it. It's kinda cool:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/k...
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Is that a possible tell for AI-generated text? I don't know, it's just a thought that crossed my mind.
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Popehat
@kenwhite.bsky.social
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I don’t know why AI needs gigantic amounts of energy to come up with really shitty takes when most of y’all seem to do it just with burritos and tequila
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Every other method of boarding is always better than whatever one you're being subjected to.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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And Luxon has the luck of...well, Luxon. Can't stand up for falling down.
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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton)
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No, in general, I do not want a gestural interface. I want a goddamn knob or button. Apple Design Disease has a place and it is on Apple products. In other places, you're just fucking perfectly good devices up and likely not IEEE or FDA compliant.
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Micah
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a very important skill for Online is (if you are not directly affected) to be able to look at the day's discourse and go "no, absolutely the fuck not" and then not post about it
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Ryan Cox
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If you can’t window mount one for whatever reason, look into these types of floor units. They still require access to a window or vent for the hot air outlet, but are easy to install. Also portable so they can change rooms! Added bonus, by nature/design they dehumidify ~$200-300
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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A tiny part of my mind would love to see him try, though.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Whinge Against the Machine
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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And it turns out that I'm wrong. This from Chemistry Libre:
chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/...
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Mary Thomson
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You could probably describe an emulsion as a suspension of colloidal-sized liquid droplets. The size is important, because the particles/droplets must be small enough to remain in suspension without settling. But I would take issue with stating that emulsions and colloids are the same thing.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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No. An emulsion is liquid drops suspended in a liquid medium. A colloid is very small *solid* particles in a liquid medium.
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TeeJay Ach
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Peter Sagal
@petersagal.bsky.social
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Moby Slick
#makeabookgreasy
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Peter Sagal
@petersagal.bsky.social
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Mourning Becomes Olestra
#makeabookgreasy
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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C'mon man, how can you have a hilltown in a valley?
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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It was a local winery that had it at their stall. This is six or seven years ago now. They had simply dropped asparagus spears into bottles of their "less good" white wine and let it marinade.
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Mary Thomson
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There is a kind of mad logic to this, though. I mean, if he can't pull off a relatively straightforward cover-up, how's he going to run the country?
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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this is what conservatives call success
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Did they have the asparagus-flavoured wine this year? I used to live in central Mass, and my memory of Hadley is dominated by that wine, which I sampled. It tasted every bit as good as it sounds.
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Mary Thomson
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Oil Met by Moonlight #MakeABookGreasy
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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You're absolutely right. But the public wants and expects certainty from scientists. Tell people there's a 70% chance of something happening, and a frightening (to me) percentage will dismiss it because "even the scientists aren't sure".
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Is he maybe working on the Lyndon Johnson principle: "'Of course it's not true!' Johnson barked at him. 'But let's make the bastard deny it!' " [Johnson had accused an opponent in a Senate race of having sex with barnyard animals.]
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drow zelensky
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He came from England With a fast horse and a heavy key. The Gael is in bed. The Gael is asleep. Urgent is our need to rise from our slumber.
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Mary Thomson
@infraredeyes.bsky.social
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Damn shame you didn't think to keep copies. Damn shame.
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Pete Fraser
@petefrasermusic.bsky.social
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I think there’s potentially been a hugely naive assumption that ‘knowing everything in the world’ is the key to intelligence. I’m no AI expert and I have no doubt that the people making these things are really clever, but all you get if you know the most ‘facts’ is the world’s biggest Pub Bore.
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