"Do you think it's inappropriate in any way that someone w/ no experience w/ grants for the federal government was making personal judgment calls about what grants to cancel?" an attorney asked.
"Um, no. I don't think it's inappropriate," Cavanaugh said, arguing that he did not need formal education or experience to make informed judgments. 🤔
abcnews.com/Politics/2-doge-st… #science #uspol
2 DOGE staffers say 'no' regrets for people losing income, didn't reduce the deficit: Depositions
The DOGE employees defended the effort to cut "useless agencies."Peter Charalambous (ABC News)
These people could take my money but they don't want it
Project NOMAD - Knowledge That Never Goes Offline
A self-contained offline server packed with encyclopedic knowledge, local AI, and essential tools — ready when the internet isn't.Project NOMAD
Sculpture #caturday. Scene from #Murarium #museum, #Zelenogradsk.
#photo #photography
#exhibition #indoors
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Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata
Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata IUCN Status: Near Threatened Location: India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo), China (Y…Palm Oil Detectives
I can't imagine that building paradise will be that good for your $dayjob either.
I been 'here
She rode through London in a coach pulled by eight white bulls, wore dresses that scandalized Samuel Pepys into near-incoherence, and published critiques of both Hobbes and Descartes. She also wrote science fiction 152 years before *Frankenstein*. Her name was Margaret Cavendish — the woman who kept writing the future while her century tried to close the door.
#Histodons #HistSci #SciComm #History #SmallStories
Newly Discovered Stentor Species Can Learn – and May Know What Time it Is
mbl.edu/news/newly-discovered-…
And original article:
Stentor stipatus is a new unicellular species that demonstrates habituation and unique phototaxis
nature.com/articles/s41598-026…
#microbiology #evolution #ecology
Stentor stipatus is a new unicellular species that demonstrates habituation and unique phototaxis - Scientific Reports
Stentor, the genus of large trumpet-shaped ciliates, is well-known for its complex morphology and striking behaviors. Members of this genus are distributed throughout the world in a wide and diverse pool of freshwater ecosystems.Nature
Often lauded as a saviour for the #environment and #climate, hydroelectric dams threaten #bigcats: #jaguars and #tigers 🐯🐅 Better protection of forests is needed to ensure endangered big #cats are protected #Boycott4Wildlife
palmoildetectives.com/2026/03/…
Hydroelectric Dams Take a Toll on Jaguars, Tigers and Lions
Forest loss for hydroelectric dams is a real threat to big cats contributing to climate change in South America and Asia. Help them survive and take action!Palm Oil Detectives
Major Food Giants Sued Over Addictive UPFs Given To Kids
Lawsuit accuses major food companies (Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo, Nestlé) of selling addictive ultra-processed foods (UPFs) targeting children. Boycott palm oil!Palm Oil Detectives
I still can't even that my now nearly 80 year old mom has been on Fedora on a thinkpad e520 (2011) for a decade and it all just works.
I checked her laptop just now and it's fully up to date on fedora 43, so she's done like 20 version upgrades autonomously too. The battery has degraded a little but the whole thing still works fine and she's very happy with it.
This is how things should be, this is peak computing tbh.
When I was a kid, the thing you could use to operate your electric garage-door opener from outside, such as from the car, was a little larger than a deck of cards – which, back then, was pronounced "pack of cigarettes". It was kept in the glovebox or clipped to the sunvisor.
My parents called it the "beeper", only and always. It made no noise except for whatever came from the plastic button itself, and it certainly didn't beep; I never associated "beeper" with any kind of beeping. That's just what the thing was called, a beeper.
Another kind of beeper grew common in the '80s, the kind also called a pager. But my folks kept calling the portable garage door button a beeper.
Was it just them? Anyone else ever encounter this usage?
(It was not called a "remote control", and it _definitely_ wasn't called a "remote". I first heard "remote" as a noun in an episode of The Cosby Show in the late '80s, and figured it for an AAVE usage. Maybe or not, but it's ubiquitous now!)
we never had electric garage doors — they weren't a thing in Ireland. But where I'm from in the rural west we call the thing that opens a barrier in an office car-park or a toll booth a 'bipper'. It also doesn't 'bip'. And these days there's no button at all, but the name remains.
You might also call it a fob. But bipper is probably more common where I'm from.
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"What a big relief it was years ago when I realised I don't have to be an optimist. ... I declared myself an diehard 'possibilist'. And it works. I've learned ...that human beings don't need certainty of outcome to achieve great feats. We only need a sense of possibility."
— Frances Moore Lappé: Diet for a Small Planet, p. xlix
"…people can become fluent in Irish much quicker than in English."
I was delighted to interview a really interesting guest for the blog, social media phenomenon, Mollie Guidera, aka Irish With Mollie.
irishlanguagematters.com/2026/…
Irish With Mollie – Part 2
I had the pleasure of interviewing Mollie Guidera, IrishWithMollie, last year. We had a really interesting conversation – I enjoyed it so much. Mollie has some really great insights. HereR…Irish Language matters
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Latest comic on the ever-expanding meaning of the insult "PC"
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Technically it's Saturday morning...but here's a late night #FensterFreitag. This is from a test roll I shot in a Moskva 5 that I got at a flea market and cleaned up. Getting caught up on this quarter's darktable edits.
📷 #MoskvaV
🎞️ #ShanghaiGP3
🧪 #Rodinal 1+25 6:45 @ 19.5C
#FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #BelieveInFilm #DevelopYourOwn #darktable
These butterflies look the same, but DNA uncovered six hidden species
Glasswing butterflies may all look alike, but behind their transparent wings hides an evolutionary story full of intrigue.ScienceDaily
Doomed hereditary peers spy chance to stay in the Lords
The Tories are deciding which hereditary peers to keep after being offered 15 seats in a compromise deal.Joshua Nevett (BBC News)
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It has been 2 days since I last posted a cat photo. I apologize and offer up this angel for your consideration.
@neauoire thanks! i'm gonna do all rendering in uxn though, it's more or less gonna be the same broad strokes architecture as taro currently is, just instead of communicating over STDIO it'll communicate over 9p, and instead of the backend being written in crystal with event loops it'll be in C using the xrxs approach!
but i'm sure as i redo the whole frontend i'll have more than a few questions for you since i haven't really touched uxntal in a couple years ^^;
Five New Hedgehog Species Found in Southeast Asia
Scientists discover five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs in Southeast Asia, highlighting the need for conservation. Support #BoycottpalmoilPalm Oil Detectives
The center part of my toonie just popped out.....
Neat!
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir – a US spy-tech firm that has supported mass deportation in the US and enabled genocide in Gaza.
One of Palantir’s founders is also openly against the NHS. Peter Thiel claimed it “makes people sick” and said that the British people love the NHS because we’re suffering from Stockholm syndrome.
We can’t let a company like this take control of our healthcare system.
But we can fight back right now. We’ve set up a simple tool so you can find out if your local NHS trust has started using the software, and then send an email demanding they say no to Palantir.
With the government putting NHS trusts under pressure to adopt the software, we need to act right now. If you want to keep Palantir out of our NHS, send an email to your local trust and Wes Streeting, secretary of state for health.
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