bleuquila

bleuquila

@bleuquila.bsky.social

Northern New Mexico, FPE, Fire Marshal. Enjoyer of ebikes, electric truck overlanding and home solar PV. she/her

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JRho
@jrho.bsky.social

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

bleuquila
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this was incredibly informative in understanding El Niño as a predictor of the future earth

Glenn Branch@glennbranch.bsky.social

"To what extent does this upcoming El Niño give us a preview of what the climate will be like a decade or two from now?" ask Andrew Dessler (@andrewdessler.com) and Zeke Hausfather (@zekehausfather.com) at The Climate Brink.

theclimatebrink.comIs this El Niño a glimpse of a future, hotter Earth?There are important differences between long-term global warming and El Niño warming
bleuquila
@bleuquila.bsky.social

I came across this piece while doom scrolling at 4am and was instantly gripped. what a tale, felt genuine chills and emotion as it unfolded

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Dan HIll
@cityofsound.bsky.social

"Over the last 12 years Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo fundamentally reshaped (the city). As she leaves office, this is the story of how she reclaimed the city’s public spaces from cars, covered the city with trees, and made it a cycling paradise" (So impressive) www.fastcompany.com/91509506/how...

fastcompany.comHow Paris redesigned itself to be a city of bikes—not carsOver the last 12 years, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo fundamentally reshaped the City of Lights. As she leaves office, this is the story of how she reclaimed the city’s public spaces from cars, covered the...

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Mo Ryan
@moryan.bsky.social

I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

moryan.comAn open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchantsTo everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a profes...
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A lovely interview with Cheryl Rofer of her time at LANL

Alex Wellerstein@wellerstein.bsky.social

For this week’s DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I interviewed my good friend @cherylrofer.bsky.social about her +30 year career at Los Alamos — topics discussed include gender, lasers, and much more — doomsdaymachines.net/p/working-at...

doomsdaymachines.netWorking at Cold War Los AlamosA conversation with the chemist Cheryl Rofer about her over thirty year career at Los Alamos
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Im reading “Extreme Ownership” a management book based on seal team leadership , while watching this drama unfold and frequently find myself wondering “What would Jocko have to say about all this”

Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal.bsky.social

Hoooooooo boy www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

wsj.comExclusive | Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell LawmakersAdm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.
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ok this is cool. dubai has 248 buildings >100m tall so a drone that can apply water at 200m is a pretty good idea. sorry about the burj khalifa tho

Kevin B@kobkob333.bsky.social

Dubai has so many super tall skyscrapers that the fire department uses heavy duty drones (tethered to very long hoses powered by extremely powerful pumps) to douse flames on high floors. www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/202...

thenationalnews.comSheikh Hamdan praises Dubai Civil Defence team who used drones to tackle Al Barsha fire | The NationalFirefighters used Shaheen technology developed for high-rise urban environments

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David Roberts
@volts.wtf

Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!

volts.wtfWhat's the deal with balcony solar?Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
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i want this for us

Hackney Cyclist@hackneycyclist.bsky.social

Voorstraat in Utrecht: a true fietsstraat where bikes come first and cars are guests. It’s not just safer and more relaxed to cycle - the whole street benefits. Outdoor cafés, quieter homes, and a vibrant public space. When you design for people, cities flourish.

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Sahil Kapur
@sahilkapur.bsky.social

With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”

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shout out to craig beyler for helping debunk some fire forensics myths

Andrew Quemere@andrewqmr.bsky.social

My latest for @theappeal.org: James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in #Massachusetts history. But after reviewing new scientific evidence, a judge set him free. “They took my life away for nothing,” Carver said.

theappeal.org“They took my life away for nothing.”James Carver spent 36 years in prison for allegedly setting one of the deadliest fires in Massachusetts history.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
@modacitylife.com

An Austrian adaptation of the Barcelona Superblock, Vienna is putting the finishing touches on its first Supergrätzl ("Super neighbourhood") in the tenth district, where through traffic is filtered out to regenerate an intersection into a liveable, climate-adapted, pedestrian-friendly public space.🧵

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Anil Dash
@anildash.com

Being able to reason over things has *so* much value. www.anildash.com/2023/06/08/a...

anildash.comToday's AI is unreasonable. - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999.
Kelsey Hightower@kelseyhightower.com

One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.

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Dana Hull
@danahull.bsky.social

🧵 1/ What is this photograph? It's a custom-made mask fitted for a software engineer in northern Virginia who suffered third-degree burns on her face when the Tesla Model Y she was in crashed and caught on fire. A heroic crowd of bystanders could not open the doors