Don't waste your energy on claim about tiny Japanese generators pulling electricity from air
Though research on moisture-electric generators, which create energy from ambient humidity, exists, the tech isn't ready for real-world use yet.
"The state we're all in is appalling," he said. "We're all too rich. We're consuming all these things in the world. And we can't. It's unsustainable."
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Photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
Parr rose to prominence in the mid 1980s, his colourful images capturing British life.Noor Nanji (BBC News)
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Chart linking Democrat-led cities to higher violent crime is misleading
Podcaster Tim Pool's chart significantly overstated the difference in crime rates between Democrat-led and Republican-led cities.
Did Bette Midler declare $68M Netflix investment on live TV?
The rumor was vague in details, but that's probably because those details didn't exist.
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New blog post, a bit of an addendum to my older microblogging protocols comparison post(s) until I do an updated version at some point. It mostly just goes over a handful of big events and shifts I've personally noticed since my last post in the summer of 2024.
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This is Fine: an Interim Microblogging Protocols Update
As is customary on my microblogging posts, let’s get us started with an original meme. Also, if you’d like to read my previous Microblogging …nate.mecca1.net
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I quite like the first episode!
Quite an interesting doco to see how culture can be cancerous for silly reasons. Stuff to learn from it.
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Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco had unseated rock as America’s most popular music by the late 1970s.
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15 rumors about Erika Kirk, investigated
Since the killing of activist Charlie Kirk, his widow has become the target of numerous claims of varying accuracy.
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#ThreeGoodThings for today :
A nice bike ride across the border ;
A very good lunch in a buckwheat pancake restaurant;
And a wonderful christmas market in the center of #tournai #belgium.
Back to home under the rain, soggy but happy.
Rumor claims California law requires kids up to 16 to use booster seats. That's mostly false
A new California law will use a "5-step test" to determine which children need booster seats while riding in a car.
Nursery Rhymes for Christmas
The following nursery rhymes all mention Christmas, and are taken from the book
THE NURSERY RHYMES OF ENGLAND:
Collected by
JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL.
which was first printed about 1854
On Christmas eve I turn'd the spit,
I burnt my fingers, I feel it yet;
The cock sparrow flew over the table;
The pot began to play with the ladle.
St. Thomas's-day is past and gone,
And Christmas is a-most a-come,
Maidens arise,
And make your pies,
And save poor tailor Bobby some.
Canadians: Sign Petition to ditch First Past the Post
Petition to end First Past the Post and pursue Proportional Representation, as already recommended by Special Committee.
Sign and pass it on if so inclined.
Pete Hegseth's tattoos have raised eyebrows. Here's what we know about their meaning
Critics have questioned the meaning of Hegseth's tattoos ever since U.S. President Donald Trump announced his nomination.
Did Scotland accidentally approve initiative letting people go topless in public?
The fictional story came from Scottish Aye, a satirical Facebook account.
In the early days of the internet sometimes I let my naughty curiosity have some fun and I remember searching for rare animal encounters like a lion and a tiger, or whatever....was curious how these 2 predators react.
Do that now and you get loads of channels like this youtube.com/@Buzzbible/videos
Fake AI shit...and they are getting better and better. And they get so many thousands of views, if not millions. And they even make money out of it.
Yah, how can I not want to give up the internet game?! It is getting shittier and shittier.
The incentive is the issue, not the technology. When you have millions of humans who are poor, but also taught that making money and consuming is important, then they do their best to make money.
No regulation or law will work.
The solution? Maybe get people out of poverty, give everyone their basic needs at least so we dont have hungry hyenas everywhere trying to hunt everyone. This is a discussion that is lacking among those who complain about the state of the internet...
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13 rumors about Rep. Rashida Tlaib, fact-checked
The Palestinian-American representative has been the subject of numerous rumors based on her religious identity and background.
Just watching the film The Railway Man and a quote by Colin Firth, which made me chuckle, was
'"if you think Warrington is interesting, wait until you get to Preston!"
Watch out for fake photo of Melania Trump kissing Epstein on cheek
Users' posts indicated they truly believed the fake image authentically showed the first lady kissing the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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