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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 15:39 UTC

6/ Mass balance is a kind of mathematical sleight of hand. With it, companies can label products as containing more recycled, or “circular” content, than they physically have. Europe has started to regulate mass balance; the U.S. hasn’t.

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 10:37 UTC

Wrap it round a brick and throw it through the window 😜

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 23:58 UTC

Err. Nope. Maybe the first bit is true, but Biden's actions on Israel/Gaza have done sooooo much frickin' damage to US world reputation 🤬 Still gonna vote blue, 'cuz I don't like nazis, but FFS it would be nice to have a democrat in power who's not: (i) ancient, (ii) scared of zionists 🙄

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 23:48 UTC

Hot take - the same private equity firm that owns CVS also owns the candy company, and this is a ploy to bankrupt the latter, or at least force them into selling off assets🤔

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 23:43 UTC

Counterpoint - too big and bulky, so it'd impossible to have compact travel chargers, power-strips, etc. Plus there's only 2 or 3 other countries use it. (on the other hand, US plugs are smaller and more widespread, but built out of tinfoil and glue sticks, so you may actually have a point)

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 02:17 UTC

The flowers are gonna be lovely 😍

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 23:04 UTC

At least it got this part right 🧐

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 03:03 UTC

Screw BikeTwit BikeX or whatever it's called
#BikeSky is where it's at! 🚵🏼🚲🚴🏼

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 02:56 UTC

This☝🏼

Here's a pic of our awesome RYCC riders (Rochester Youth Cycling Club) at NICA NY season championship MTB race this weekend. Plus their lame coach, yours truly 😏

#TheKidsAreAlright

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 02:47 UTC

As an atheist, this is less of a red flag, more "what the fuck did you expect?" 🤦🏼 It blows my mind 🤯 there are ppl out there who can simultaneously believe... 1. Magic sky fairy loves me 2. Politician wants to take away my rights 3. It's all good 'cuz politician says he likes magic sky fairy too

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 00:16 UTC

#KingMissile FTW 😍

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 00:15 UTC

Alright Clark? How you doing spar? Lets have a look at your mobile phone then, fucking posh ain' it!
Yeah I got it from a place what sells phones.
#GoldieLookinChain

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 22:02 UTC

LOL that already exists 😉

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 21:52 UTC

🌬️ Woosh! 🙋🏼 That's the sound of the wind going over my head. Makes sense now you explain the terms.

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 23:29 UTC

So to recap: The university is replacing a kind-of-OK-but-crap online learning management system with a new hyped "ultra" version, which seems to offer ZERO new tools or additional functionality, and can't simply migrate my old shit, but hey "modules" and AI so we're cool right? #FuckAcademicAdmin

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 23:27 UTC

And the process of migrating your shit from decades-old courses to the new platform is a royal pain in the ass 🍑🦵🏼, cuz everything has different names now.

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 23:22 UTC

And of course at every state there's the opportunity to use AI to generate content, pre-populate fields 🤬 #FML

I asked about privacy - BB is owned by Anthology, which outlicences AI to Microsoft - so yeah we're basically fucked.

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 23:20 UTC

It seems like they changed the names of a bunch of shit because "reasons". Now EVERY.DAMN.THING is in a "module", because reasons. Syllabus - in a module Roster - in a module Workshops - module Etc.

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 23:17 UTC

Made the mistake today to attend a workshop on the pending "upgrade" from BlackBoard To BlackBoardUltra
#Academia
I was not impressed... 🧵

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 11:06 UTC

Our entire university purchasing system is in workday, and it's just one big shitty dumpster fire 🗑️🔥 If my lab tech orders something on my research grant, it's a 10-step process for me to access the order, make a receipt, etc.

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 00:18 UTC

Ok. Are those SDs? If so, the implied ranges would put some of the values into unfeasible territory 🧐 (#ClutchingAtStrawsHere)

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 23:48 UTC

Ah fuckit! Had to look up WTF "gravidity" is... number of times pregnant, which can only ever be an integer. Yeah yeah sue my non-ob-gyn uneducated ass!

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 23:42 UTC

And then there's some weird formatting shit where the ± sign appears below the text baseline in each case, as if it was added later in a graphics app 🤔

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 23:40 UTC

Assuming they didn't get too granular with the numbers, N x mean doesn't equal an integer for several parameters.

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 23:32 UTC

Maximum 2 acronyms/abbreviations in any article! Any more and ppl will be scrolling up and down trying to remember what *shit stands for and getting pissed off. (*severe high intensity training)

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 22:57 UTC

Yes this. I think (only anecdotes) a big problem is the way most ppl "build" meals around meat, rather than seeing it as a flavoring ingredient. The "bulk" of any dish should not be meat.

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 22:54 UTC

Why not both, with a of just for good measure? #Manbearpig

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 22:36 UTC

Why is cheese not on this chart?

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 02:27 UTC

-What is it? It's a microwave oven -What does it do? It cooks stuff with radiation or something -Is it dangerous? No idea, probably you shouldn't stand in front while it's cooking

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 09, 2024 at 01:39 UTC

We have a pond in the back yard that is frequented by deer looking for a drink. A certain scene from this movie gets recited by the kids on the regular 😁

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 08, 2024 at 01:20 UTC

😒The cult of personality is something we should avoid in science, and science journalism. It runs deep in this article, and that's unfortunate given the somewhat interesting content.

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PSBrookes @psbrookes.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 08, 2024 at 00:39 UTC

Yeah, it's there if you get that far into the article 🧐. Maybe I was a bit harsh. I just expect that if I'm reading about new discovery science, the original source is right there in the first paragraph.

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