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“The east-to-west trade winds weaken, so less warm surface water is pushed towards the western Pacific. More warm water remains in the central and eastern Pacific, while the western Pacific can become relatively cooler. This is El Niño.”

@theconversation.com
How can the same El Niño cause drought in one part of the world and floods in another?
The climate science behind 2026’s super El Niño.
theconversation.com
September 30, 2026 at 7:24 AM
𝘕𝘰, 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘺.
September 20, 2026 at 9:56 AM
“If we take the prisoner’s dilemma as the classic game theory tool, it yields a depressing conclusion: Cooperation is a losing strategy. Yet even under the conditions set by the prisoner’s dilemma, we observe cooperation.”

@arstechnica.com
Random rewards enrich classic game-theory insights
Simple games gain rich strategies in the face of noise.
arstechnica.com
September 12, 2026 at 7:47 AM
The Wayback Machine preserves the internet's collective memory beyond private decisions, holds institutions accountable by keeping truth from being quietly revised, and democratizes access to information otherwise lost to paywalls, dead domains, or executive whim.

@waybackmachine.bsky.social
August 27, 2026 at 9:49 AM
“This is what genuine sustainability looks like in the age of AI - not constraints on growth, but a transformation of what growth means and who it serves.”
Another Future is Possible
AI is the most powerful technology in human history - arriving into a world order already breaking down. Today I'm launching the Center for Tomorrow to help us find our way to the good future.
open.substack.com
June 22, 2026 at 6:29 PM
"LLMs rely on internal universes derived yet decoupled from reality. Religions that deify their interpretation of their scriptures instinctively know this model and how to use it."
LLMs are closer to religion than they appear. Watch out for those who like it that way
Papal's 40k-word encyclical drops and lawyers already asking if Catholics can refuse workplace AI on religious grounds
www.theregister.com
June 1, 2026 at 9:13 AM
“Joe Rogan's rise to podcasting fame and influence, fueled by copying others and exploiting a need for external validation, has led to a dystopian comedy landscape dominated by lazy, unoriginal content and the normalization of harmful ideologies.”
How Comedy Became a Dystopian Imperial Hell World
YouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Is there a harsher life as is? Somehow, some complicated people think it could (and should) be harder—so they proceeded to up the ante.

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Rotherham dairy farmer defiant despite repeated crime attacks
Helen Smith says it's been hard to continue as criminals target her farm outside Rotherham.
www.bbc.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This incident highlights the semantic tension in describing defensive animal behavior during hunting scenarios as "unprovoked" when the animals are being actively pursued with lethal intent.

Being actively stalked is reasonably considered a form of provocation from the animal's standpoint.
Texas big game hunter killed while stalking African Cape buffalo
Asher Watkins had been tracking a cape buffalo for the kill when the animal instead turned its attack on the hunter.
www.npr.org
August 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Does it, though?
Without this U.S. intervention, there's no indication that Israel would volunteer labeling it a mistake so quickly—or at all.
Israel says it regrets deadly strike on Catholic Church in Gaza
PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Thursday's strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza City was a "mistake".
www.bbc.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯; 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥.”

@aljazeera.com @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social
Israel is killing doctors so Gaza can never heal from genocide
Medicide is a central part of Israel’s goal of making Palestinian life in Gaza impossible.
www.aljazeera.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by naphtha
President Trump on Israel and Iran: "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing."
www.c-span.org/program/whit...
June 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Schroedinger's Techie

@theregister.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This would be enough to clear 4 Triumph Spitfires pilled on top of a Classic Mini. Why? 'Cause he can, that's why! #mondo

...or a stack of 5 Aston Martin DB7, for that matter.*

*𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥.

@mondoduplantiss.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
Armand Duplantis breaks his own pole vault world record in ‘magic’ Stockholm
Sweden’s Armand Duplantis soared 6.28m to break the world pole vault record at the Diamond League event in Stockholm
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Urge Congress: Save Public Media
Save your local stations. Call your Members of Congress now!
protectmypublicmedia.org
June 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Ehud Olmert:
“𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴. (...) 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳. 𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢.”

archive.ph/vJ8m0

@haaretzcom.bsky.social
Enough is enough. Israel is committing war crimes | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“...𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘉𝘊 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 (...) 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰” a 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 documentary, by 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 company, with 𝗻𝗼 ties to 'Gaza: Medics Under Fire'
@theguardian.com

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social
Doctors and whistleblowers in delayed Gaza film threaten to pull out
Exclusive: Contributors to Gaza: Medics Under Fire may withdraw consent due to BBC’s delays to broadcast it
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
oh dear

𝙋𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙎𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙗𝙮𝙚: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘕𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 @mozilla.org
support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fut...
May 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Indeed, why aren't we changing course? 🤔

“𝘍𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. (...)
Home - Interconnected Disaster Risks
Nobody is an island. We are interconnected. Our actions have consequences − for all of us.
interconnectedrisks.org
May 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“this is what happens when the arts are decimated, when funding is stripped from vital, high-quality spaces. It leaves a vacuum that invariably gets filled with rubbish”

@theguardian.com
Robbie Williams: Radical Honesty review – ‘Tone deaf, self-important, incredibly bad art’
The former Take That singer’s show features line drawings filled with therapy speak, greeting-card banter and meaningless affirmations. Can this really be presented as art?
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Cause for Celebration ♥️
@albomp.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
..really, to mummify the cleric? someone hand those reserchies an Occam's razor, please
@livescience.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
a turd, was it?
@futurism.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM