@davep I went to a zoo in a city I was visiting. There were no lions. No gorillas. No tigers. No elephants, giraffes, monkeys or alligators. Just a crappy little long-haired dog in a cage. It was a Shih Tzu.

My co-authors and I wrote an explainer article for the CRASH Clock that was supposed to get published last night, but it apparently didn't. So I was all ready to write a thread about it, but I guess I'll wait. Maybe later today? Anyway, for now please enjoy […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/30/how-i-survived-record-paris-heatwave-while-seven-months-pregnant How I survived the French heatwave while being a fat sixty year old layabout. Give me my column!

After the intense heatwave, my sleep patterns are in bits. Had an investor meeting this morning but got woken up at the crack of dawn by the cat using her newly discovered powers of honking really loudly to go out, so was a bit grumpy during the meeting and am now absolutely zombified. So I'll […]

Spotted these realistic beauties on my run at the weekend #hull #running #crochet #birdsofmastodon

Bees using tools. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/bees-use-tools-to-solve-problems-study-finds

RE: https://mastodon.green/@solar_chase/116838632729442094 # Fusion: Energy too cheap to meter

Well guess I'm on the front page of a new #Ableton Project so that's a thing. https://learn.ableton.com/

I used to work at the zoo and one time a gorilla died of old age. The problem was it was the only gorilla in the zoo because the zoo wasn't very profitable. The gorilla was by far the most popular attraction and they couldn't afford to go a single day without it being there. So the zoo owner […]

The famous "Wedges" paper was used repeatedly to shut us up when we argued against the continued use of fossil fuels, and, esp, against carbon capture and storage and the mass use of bioenergy. "But these eminent scientists say ..." Now we learn BP co-authored it. www.propublica.org/article/wedg...

Ooh, the Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has brought out a guide for home made microbiome stuff including both pre- and probiotics. Haven't read it yet, but will reply here if I have any qualms. https://fourthievesvinegar.org/sdc_download/2891/?key=52vu0wuvwptqw09k00ab7feoavoqe6

Hunkering down and moving everything to my own domain, even email. It’s time! What email domain hosting providers would you suggest if I wanted a .gay TLD for my email? Porkbun I can’t tell if they are just a reseller for Cloudflare and I hate CloudFlare. My current web host does not support […]

> “Reality seems to have become less valuable in the last few years. It's easier than ever to throw an idea at a large language model and do some hand-wavy gestures in front of a cost comparison slide in your pitch meeting and get funded.” — Brian McManus, Real Engineering

I'd geared my day up around fetching my wife at the train station later and I'm now discombobulated because she's actually coming back on Wednesday. Still, the kitchen's clean and I've done some shopping. Yay!

I see the learned @brucelawson is doing that thing again. You know, where he gets very smart people (like in this case, Wolfgang Oels) on to his podcast to talk about how to make the open web, remain open and be better. https://vivaldi.com/blog/wolfgang-oels-ecosia-for-a-better-web/

[AI musing] If guardrails are so important for frontier models, and the supposedly plagiarised/distilled models are dangerous due to a lack of guardrails, how did they get all this dangerous information? Are guardrails just a desperate attempt at gatekeeping, perchance? 🤔 #ai

Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Bit of an odd question, but do I have any followers here who are specialists in digital laser engraving of stone? For a project this autumn I am going to possibly need two small stones engraved - kind of plaques, each c. 30 x 15 cm or so, but with quite detailed engraving And to be produced […]

This. We need more of this

Rain! Glorious rain!

“The US is also a one-party state. But with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.” —Dr. Julius Nyerere, first President of Tanzania

PSA: If you have a 14900k, beware that this chip can break itself due to intel and mobo pushing it way beyond what's healthy for silicon (it uses 300w+ in benchmarks). If you own one, MAKE SURE you have the latest BIOS/UEFI firmware and all OC options are OFF before putting load on it. If […]

Why do they build so many castles at the top of steep hills? It's not great for visitors who arrive on foot after a long walk. #askfedi

What a horrible fortnight. Hopefully that's the end of it tonight. The weather station is at 705m altitude, about 45m higher than us. So we're probably about 0.4°C higher than these figures.

BREAKING: Goose meme stocks rise for third day in a row #goose #goosewasnotvalued

There are two kinds of cat: murder and doofus. #caturday #cat #cats #catsofmastodon #catsodon #humor #humour

Nudging 38°C today at 700m altitude on hopefully the last day of the heatwave. It's like opening the oven door going outside 😵

Ed: "It's got a deep stench of death to it." No notes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg5CrrPuu28

the temperature has dipped below 30 after a high of 37 (99), so I think it's safe to call that Odin has officially survived The Hottest Day Of His Life (So Far) He was a real trooper about it. Didn't fuss, though he can't have been comfortable. We hosed him down three times.

asking for a friend: how do you buy ipv4 addresses in 2026? are there recommended brokers to use? how long is the process? (in europe)

Can we all agree not to use this? (No, we probably can't... also I've already heard from people in the US that some carriers swap over to Starlink sometimes) The direct-to-cell satellites are the worst for light pollution (they're huge and on low orbits), likely sat working lifetimes will be […]

SEIZE THE MEMES OF PRODUCTION.

Holy fuck this review is brutal. Honestly, I love to see it. Haven't heard the album, have never really listened to Muse, but I'm kind of over every piece of so-called criticism being either gushing or milquetoast. I'm also not for trolling or negativity for its own sake, but this doesn't seem […]

Edward Norton watching the USA v Turkey match on his own.

Got Einstein's "Relativity: The Special and the General Theory" in the post earlier and just finished it. Why did I only find out about its existence in my 60th year? It should be on the reading list of any kids interested in science. It's wonderful reading his mainly accessible progression […]

Got Einstein's "Relativity: The Special and the General Theory" in the post earlier and just finished it. Why did I only find out about its existence in my 60th year? It should be on the reading list of any kids interested in science. It's wonderful reading his mainly accessible progression […]

I, for one, think it's high time that I repost this warning: Boost one of my posts and you risk getting followed by me.

RE: https://apobangpo.space/@bich/116808123772382935 Everyone, please consider the implications here. The #CDC, supported by our U.S. tax dollars, refused to publish a perfectly valid study -- now published by a highly respected journal -- because it conflicted with #RFKJr's #antivax#rfkjr#cdciews […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/116810774085928022 Remind me again how much money OpenAI burns in a year. 🤔

Diagonale torride

🦝 The market can remain irrational longer than you can re- 🪿 *kicks down door* Oh YEAH? I'll fucking show YOU irrational, I'll fucking SHOW you INSOLVENT,

Popehat on their Bluesky ban and the post that got Trumpists angry. https://www.popehat.com/p/a-bit-of-tedious-drama-at-bluesky

IL FAIT TROP CHAUD 😵

The date is an interesting fact, but thr last sentence is the kicker....

One of ours, for all of yours.

Still a fave... #mastodon #fediverse #comics

36-37°C for the past four days, and for another three. And we're high up. 705m for the nearest weather station. https://www.meteociel.info/climatologie/obs_villes.php?code=63354004 We're at 660m, so you can add about 0.4° to that. Sorry if I've already said all this, I have scrambled branes.

Just had a tepid shower and didn't bother using the towel afterwards. Am currently flumped down in front of an oscillating fan and it's heavenly.

As someone who survived the summer of 1976, my advice is to drink lots of water from the hose and lick some lead paint. It worked for me. And it will work for you. #ukheatwave