A lot of people acting like Trump is a uniquely American problem because of some integral flaw in the character of Americans. Folks sure aren't looking too close to their own right wings, which is how America got where it is now.
There is a general rise in stupid awful fascism around the world, and slagging off Americans as particular idiots isn't going to help you get ready to fight your own fascists. Especially when you realize they might be your neighbors or your kids.
Oh gosh I just did the math on the maneuver rate, which I couldn't bring myself to do earlier. More than 207,000 collision avoidance maneuvers in 6 months.
That means that somewhere in the Starlink megaconstellation, a satellite is performing a collision avoidance maneuver EVERY 1.25 MINUTES (EVERY 75 SECONDS)
AAAHHHH I'M SURE THAT'S FINE.
And now I find myself reading about asteroid collisional cascades. For no particular reason...
This formal petition to the Government of Canada, sponsored by Leah Gazan, says that the Liberal's MOU with Alberta was signed in violation of gaining proper consent with indigenous peoples and calls attention to the severity (and wrongness) of rolling-back environmental requirements. Can be signed here: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7522
re: grumpy swear rant about academia and $
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Hi. Any blind people have audio described versions of the 1999 film version of Animal Farm and the one that comes after that? I have the 1954 version. If not, undescribed audio would be fine. Thanks for any help or boosts.
âResponsible useâ of LLMs isnât a thing! On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream, sava saheli singh joins @alex and me to discuss the problems with AI âharm reductionâ frameworks in edtech.
Monday, July 6, noon Pacific
https://twitch.tv/dair_institute
An extremely talented graphic artist (who is here on the fediverse but wishes to remain anonymous, THANK YOU FRIEND) helped me put these space-junk-for-kids pamphlets together! Here's the version that shows the page order as you would read it
Send me a message if you'd like a version that is formatted for folding!
Happy Canada Day!
The Indigenous flag was designed by artist Curtis Wilson (d 2019).
The renowned artist was born and raised in the Ligwildaâxw territories and he was a member of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation in Campbell River.
""Every day is a learning experience we must do our best to pass on the knowledge to our future generations." ~ Curtis Wilson
We already have abundance. It is not justly or rationally distributed.
The billionaires and trillionaires are not going to share. Ever. They are going to fixate on becoming quadrillionaires or robots or whatever.
The USAID cuts reveal the whole game. So much for "all lives matter."
You know this, I know this, it's still nice to have a comic about it.
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Please help us save science and research on literally everything in the United States. No, I am not overstating this. TLDR: Grants can be cancelled for any reason at any time at the whims of essentially one person appointed by the federal govt without much or any oversight. This rule will likely cancel about HALF the clinical trials currently in progress, for example. And that's just the tip. Any and all federal funding for any and everything is affected by this rule.
â ïž TAKE ACTION! 20 days left to comment, can do it through stand up for science here https://fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/163675 or direct via federal sites. Either works. The page I linked has some overview to help you write in your dissent. Comments need to be unique to be counted, so please write your own.
â ïž Also please call / write your congress folk. You can use the same comment you wrote for above.
(Full text: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance)
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