"An area the size of Wales" and other weird units from the @aperiodical : aperiodical.com/2024/10/mathem

Of course, "An area the size of Wales" was replaced by the metric unit of "An area the size of Belgium"
h2g2.com/edited_entry/A1066484

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If the planets were named after Greek gods rather than Roman gods they would be called:

Hermes
Aphrodite
(Earth)
Ares
Zeus
Cronos
Uranus
Poseidon
Hades

(Uranus is already named after a Greek god. The Roman equivalent is Caelus, but that wouldn’t have allowed immature jokes.)

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RT by @CarolineLucas: the £3 billion annual cost of extending the 5p fuel duty cut is roughly equivalent to the annual fare take of every bus in England — £3.1 billion in 2023. so you could nearly make every bus free for the same cost gov.uk/government/statistical-

[2024-10-30 16:15 UTC]

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uspol 

At least she is a competent bureaucrat who doesn't make you think, "I preferred this in the original German"
– Helen Lewis on Harris vs Trump, Page 94 podcast

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Tales of how regeneration didn't work in UK towns and cities back in the 50s and 60s (and sadly how we're not learning anything new)

Blog All Dog-eared Pages: Boom Cities by Otto Saumarez Smith

mcqn.net/mcfilter/archives/boo

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SFC's DMCA exemptions granted in triennial Library of Congress hearing! Continuing exemptions for jailbreaking routers + smart TVs, FOSS license investigation, and medical devices. We are so proud to stand up for digital rights. To read more about our advocacy for digital freedom, read here: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2024/oct/31/success-in-2024-dmca-exemptions/
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Reminder: Repeated fuel-duty freezes since 2011 have cost the govt at least £80bn and raised UK CO2 emissions by as much as 7%

carbonbrief.org/analysis-fuel-

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A commenter at Citation Needed suggested I have not adequately explained why I support Kamala Harris, and why I believe it is absolutely critical that everyone who can vote comes out to vote for her. In case I have indeed not been clear, here is my response.

PLEASE vote.

#USpolitics #USpol

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The Vanishing Culture report arrives today at a critical moment: While Internet Archive recovers from a cyberattack, it’s a reminder of how fragile our access to knowledge can be. Preserving culture & history requires resilience—and collective action.

🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/10/30/va

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botsin.space PSA 

Hey friends, it's hard to write this, but it's time to retire botsin.space. I wrote a post about it here: muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/2

TLDR the site will go read-only on or around December 15th.

I'm so thankful for all the support and good times here ❤️ thanks everyone

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Sam Altman side by side with Aaron Swartz.

I can't stop thinking about it. One was prosecuted by the US for downloading copyrighted data from 1 source for noble purposes, and committed suicide to avoid prison. The other is widely celebrated for doing this on a much larger scale.

Changing the clocks while listening to Time by Pink Floyd. We get an extra hour: take that unstoppable march of time!

Looks like are shutting down, having been bought out by Iomart last year. I'll be moving my VPS to @beasts

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on my blog!

dotat.at/@/2024-10-22-tmp.html

against /tmp

remember all those insecure temporary file vulnerabilities that used to be so common? apparently some people don't!

but did we really have to suffer all those bugs and complications?

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Turns out rhinos like eating pumpkins. Especially giant pumpkins. Especially when they get to gore and toss them first.

petapixel.com/2024/10/17/rhino

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TIL that platinum hexaflouride is such a powerful oxidant that it oxidizes oxygen. It is a bit worse than chlorine triflouride which can merely make sand and asbestos burn.

youtube.com/watch?v=O-g5-LJ5KZ

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