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Existential Dread Inc. 💀👺

@dchatenay.bsky.social

High-functioning idiot. Writing software the hard way. Feedly platform monkey.

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@dchatenay.bsky.social

"During the August heat wave of 2020 [...] the system had less than 100 megawatts of battery storage available, according to system spokesperson Jayme Ackemann. Today, it has more than 17,000 megawatts available." 🤯 www.latimes.com/california/s...

latimes.comThe surprising reason California survived record summer heat without blackoutsCalifornia has quietly, but dramatically, increased the resiliency of its electrical grid through a significant expansion in battery energy storage.
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I read it (in French) when I was 13 I think? We had to read "Des souris et des hommes" ("Of mice and men") in school, but "Grapes of wrath" was a scorcher. Steinbeck and Zola were lodestars of my early humanist education.

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@verybadllama.bsky.social

1996: can't use the internet without your phone 2010: the internet stretches before you like the vast expanse of a new frontier. You dance through it, unhindered. Unburdened. You have never heard of 2-factor authentication. 2026: can't use the internet without your phone

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Today in WTF computer: * MacOS is showing me a small orange notification to tell me my microphone is being used by Safari (good) * I only have one tab open in Safari: Facebook marketplace (wtf Meta?!?) * you can't remove Safari's microphone access in the OS privacy settings (wtf Apple)

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I don't know if this qualifies as Formica punk, but I love the design and the interior looks great (cc @bouletcorp.bsky.social ) www.jalopnik.com/2235027/1970...

jalopnik.comThis Odd-Looking, Super Rare Experimental Citroën Is Powered By A Wankel Rotary Engine, And It's Up For Auction - JalopnikThis 1970 Citroën M35 actually enjoyed the open road for many years after it was delivered to its first owner. How it reached them, though, is another story.
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"Starálfur" by Sigur Rós in "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" wrecks me every time. The Bowie covers by Seu Jorge are sublime too. Also "Where Is My Mind" by The Pixies at the end of "Fight Club" is the perfect needle drop.

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social

Name your fav use of licensed music in a soundtrack.

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Miffythegamer@miffythegamer.bsky.social

Roisin Murphy trawled through Instagram and found one of her old pop songs. When she saw that almost every commentator was critical of her newfound status as a deranged swivel-eyed TERF, she screenshotted their profiles & made a video of them. All completely normal behaviour 😬

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@dchatenay.bsky.social

Hard choice(*) between subsistence farmer and elevator installer/repairman. * not a hard choice, subsistence farming is insanely precarious and dangerous

Revan@revan.eurosky.social

Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?