Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff CZM Rewind 🐕⏪ Margaret talks with producer Sophie Lichterman about the strays dogs who fight cops and guard protestors around the world. @margaret.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social linktr.ee/coolpeoplepod

Well, with this official Vatican + Anthropic mandate, I guess it was only a matter of time when the religion of effective altruism, worshipping so-called artificial general intelligence, merged with entrenched religious institutions.

It absolutely was.

View from Auchengibbert hill

Still at it, I see. Can westerners at least pretend to care about the below aspect of this platform? It doesn't mean you stop using it, or go back to Twitter, or really anything other than acknowledging the rest of the world exists. Of course Bsky is a bubble! So is Twitter, just a much larger one!

the failure of all these big franchises like star wars to make interesting stories out of their worlds is always so funny to me as someone who cares a lot about writing fanfic, like. damn how are these professionals doing so much worse than me.

Perfectionists shouldn't have children. A lot of anxiety that comes from not being perfect didn't come from social media, it came from parents

Things I’ve seen as a nanny -The messier the home, the more well adjusted the kids are. -the more a parent loves their life and the people around them, the better their kids are -the kids are losing their whimsy because the parents are!

Now that's a subtitle

Migration map of the historical camelid family and the current distribution of Dromedaries (red) and Bactrian camels (green). www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-camel-...

Really annoyed at how expensive it has become to go on holiday here in SA. Camping rates are generally fine. But the moment you don't want to camp it's just bloody expensive. Upper classes who can afford property are just cashing in all the way.

'On a single day in late April, all of the top 50 hottest cities in the world were located in India.' Imagining Modi's grinning face replacing the sun like in teletubbies as he and his regime roast the country for the oligarchy.

the fact that israel is straight up raping and torturing flotilla activists from all over the world and it’s not an international crisis it’s not putting a stop to anything, what is going ON

5/ Anyway, I highly recommend Zimbabwe for a science adventure. The country is gorgeous and, unlike South Africa, the crime is low. Yes, sometimes government matters can make it not a good time to visit. But it’s pretty obvious when that is happening. Very quiet on that front.

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Next time someone says you can't haul groceries by bike, show them this picture.

At least you aren't this on a Sunday night...

"The koekie sat quietly on the Eid table like it had no politics inside it." How could you not want to read something that starts like this... And what a wonderful read it is. adliyacubi.substack.com/p/the-koekie...

There are 85 billion birds in the world?! But 35 billion are domesticated??

Nothing like attending an Afriforum organised event (Afrikaans choir event for my kid's school) to make one feel like a Cylon.

The really funny detail in this map is that Switzerland's top import is "ores". Its neighbours buy cars, oil and planes but what the Swiss really want is unprocessed metal.

whoever decided that every computer needs to periodically go "look back on your memories! [notification with a random twitter screenshot from six years ago]" needs to be strangled

I’m not financially qualified to give this advice but I think you should quit your job and just come read all day.

If you like the cut of @codastory.com’s jib and wit of @thecontinent.org’s jibes, please consider adding their new team-up crossover newspaporial extravaganza to your diet. The Atlas is a vibe. And newspaporial is totally a legit word, thank you very much.

Downloading the Battlestar Galactica soundtrack again for the umpteenth time.....

Lmao I have been permanently banned from r/gaming for posting my article. Anyway, subscribe to @ggtribune.com for more comedy that hurts fragile Zionist feelings.

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 240 of The Continent The latest Ebola outbreak is the 17th in 50 years, with more than half occurring in the past 5 years. Mining-driven mobility and mistrust are fuelling the spread. Ironically, better containment has limited vaccine trials. bit.ly/240_TC

Me and who?

Resin and chimney smoke A very cold, dew-damp Saturday morning in May. An inglenook is fired up, birds sing. Late late autumn in #CapeTown

I never really realised how much uranium is being mined in Africa. I knew about Namibia and the uranium being produced from South African gold mines. I didn't know about the Botswana mines. With the nuclear power industry looking like it's dying a slow death one has to wonder where all this is going

Still the one to beat for most epic dinosaur mount in the world.

Yes, I agree. Only billionaires should be allowed on this mission. As many of them as possible. We wouldn't want any of them to feel left out! What an exciting opportunity for all of us.

A historic reversal: Mining companies used to pay smelters $100 a tonne to treat their metal, now smelters pay mining companies $100 a tonne for metal because of intense competition between Chinese smelters. This is what countries planning to become richer by mineral processing are competing with:

Primed two new figures for some weekend painting. Hopefully.

This looks cool as hell!

People often say Zambia's state-owned mining industry ran a 'cradle-to-grave' welfare system but this description was literally true. The state mining company provided nappies and nighties for every newborn baby. This is what someone born in 1989 got:

Finished When There are Wolves Again by @catamaroon.bsky.social last night. Such a beautiful, heartfelt novel, filled with love and hope and rage for our future. Very #Thrutopian writing, and given its recent BSFA best novel win, it really seems to be striking a chord with readers. I loved it. 💚

Just think what public services we could fund with all this money. smh

An out-of-control pest is invading southern Africa’s major river systems: the Australian red claw crayfish. Researchers warn this highly invasive species is moving dangerously close to the Okavango Delta. Read groundup.org.za/article/the-... by Fred Kockott and Kemunto Ogutu

"We're all trying to find the guy who did this"

Enjoyed this. I hate security complexes. This wall is just an extension of the same logic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO7Q...

Oof, yeah this is starting to look rough.

This is Frank. He was getting checked out at the vet when he decided the appointment was over. Has things to do and places to be, but doesn't mind if you come along. 13/10 (TT: thatonevettech)

Just when you thought discourse about religion in board games was over…

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