2024
In the latest Eat This Newsletter, the ...
In the latest Eat This Newsletter, the surprisingly rapid recovery of Pacific Bluefin Tuna, more than 10 years ahead of schedule. Naturally Japan now wants to increase the quotas that enabled that recovery.
I would have replied to @thesiswhisperer@aus.social directly, ...
I would have replied to @thesiswhisperer@aus.social directly, but they seem to delete all their posts immediately. I would have said thanks for fixing the coding of your blog post, which I found interesting and thought provoking. Maybe they’ll see this.
My first thought was “false flag”. ...
My first thought was “false flag”. That’s what these times have done to me.
Yes: Looking forward to a Homebrew Website Club that doesn't interfere with my evenings.
Yes: Looking forward to a Homebrew Website Club that doesn’t interfere with my evenings.
#rabbit_quest #geohashing 20240709-W-B0O8O3 Described in more detail at ...
#rabbit_quest #geohashing 20240709-W-B0O8O3
Described in more detail at jeremycherfas.net/blog/rabb…
- On foot
- 42.759728, 12.353907
- Tuesday 9 july 2024
- 421.44 ppm CO2
- OpenStreetMap www.openstreetmap.org
Interesting article on whether LLMs are writing ...
Interesting article on whether LLMs are writing PubMed articles, that seems to conclude that on balance they aren’t. Yet. Perhaps unsurprisingly for a linguistic analysis, says nothing about the quality of the articles, no matter who might be writing them.
I wouldn’t be sad if all the ...
I wouldn’t be sad if all the mosquitoes in the world went extinct. Does that make me a bad person?
Can Starmer Save Britain? Why Labour’s Sweeping Victory May Not Reverse the Country's Decline
The cold reality is that Brexit has merely shown that the United Kingdom has no one to blame for its problems but itself.Unmissable analysis from Fintan O’Toole in Foregin Affairs. The UK has a chance at reinvention, and it will not be easy, but it has to try.
Is this the most interesting newsletter ever? No, ...
Is this the most interesting newsletter ever?
No, of course not. But it does give me the opportunity to pour scorn on sub-editors who question everything.
Say Yes to ETN 242: Ontological uncertainty.
A nice article extolling the virtues of ...
A nice article extolling the virtues of do-less gardening, both in the garden and on the planet, which I definitely appreciate. I will just say that all this is much more difficult with pots on a terrace, circumstances even less natural than a garden.
First time in my puttering I think ...
First time in my puttering I think I have a need to normalise my CSS. Any hints as to the best of the many options out there gratefully received.
Letters from an American
Just the facts …… not that the facts will change those whose minds care nothing for truth of any kind.
Tragically, Emeritus Professor Robert Eric Frykenberg has ...
Tragically, Emeritus Professor Robert Eric Frykenberg has still not seen fit to correct the egregious howler he perpetrated in 2008, to which I drew attention back then. Talk about being a non-influencer.
Sail Cargo Resurgence – Lucy Bellwood
Really great to see this little comic from Lucy Bellwood. A couple of panels to update some of the information would be the cherry on the cake.Is Ceiba operational yet? The website doesn’t say, but I don’t think so.
Latest episode: Palatable is not Potable Whatever you ...
Latest episode: Palatable is not Potable
Whatever you think about bottled waters, the story of supplying clean, safe water that people actually want to drink is a fascinating one. Christy Spackman talked to me about her new book, The Taste of Water.
Roman roads visualised as a tube map. ...
Roman roads visualised as a tube map. I cannot see any possible use for this in my own life, but I am thrilled beyond words that someone saw fit to make it.