The original Qole

Not in their wildest & wettest will Alberta Separatists reach any kind of majority let alone the FULL TWO THIRDS OF ALBERTANS that would like to see MORE, NOT LESS, MORE #RenewableEnergy Projects in their own communities, RURAL ALBERTA INCLUDED. 2026 POLL: www.businessrenewables.ca/news/two-thi...

I honestly don't understand why every parking lot and rooftop in the southern USA isn't covered in solar panels that at least power the air conditioning.

Read the Alt text!

Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...

The alt text on this is... <chef's kiss>

I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

If you have the time, please watch this documentary to help you understand that government debt is fine, actually, and why "We don't have the money," is usually a lie in wealthy, sovereign currency nations. mmtaction.com/share/screen...

It's like the car is driving *inside* the pavement

Studies like this keep saying that vehicle traffic is making children sick. And yet, I haven't heard of any blockbuster class action lawsuits against vehicle manufacturers. I mean, it worked against tobacco companies... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.

Spent all day in Vancouver riding around on a rented e-bike and I gotta say: riding around a city on an electric bike on good protected bike infrastructure is just about the most fun you can have with your pants on.

if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi

Once again, I am a severely under-employed freelance illustrator/designer. If you're enjoying the nonsense seen in this space a bit of support is always welcome. Stuff I can sell you: octophant.us/buy Just give me money: ko-fi.com/phineasx Open to commissions and paying work etc as well!

Wow. An activist was running GrapheneOS on his phone, and when the border guards seized his phone and demanded his password, he gave them his "duress password" instead, triggering a complete wipe. This case is probably going to set a precedent. techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/u...

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Anybody have an idea what spider this is? In the wilderness of Wells Gray park, British Columbia. The two white "eyes" are very distinctive. (no alt text, because I need a visual ID)

Since the spring of 2023, I have been creating a non-violent art museum in Doom. My goal was to find art that engaged with the themes that informed Doom's creation, while also exploring the possibilities of virtual museum spaces. Please enjoy this museum. Download link below

If you’re a Democrat and plan to vote this fall, please acquaint yourself now with what looks to me to be a highly skilled extrapolation of where that’s headed. Which is by definition not merely a best guess.

Housing first wins. Period. No if, no ands, no buts. No lengthy, opaque bureaucratic process. No farming out outreach to shady NGO’s. No work requirements. No mandatory drug tests. Just get them in housing. It makes dealing with all their other problems infinitely easier.

I think that you should all come join us stapling zines to lampposts outside funky queer and/or communist bookstores!

Montreal is $12 million for three years of about a dozen pedestrian streets

I followed this account for the nostalgic Corel clipart images. I didn't read the alt text until recently. It changes everything. there's a whole crazy X-Files story in a lot of the alt texts.

This suggests that there's a whole different kind of vampire... who doesn't suck your blood...

A great idea, and they didn't skimp on the fonts. I would have avoided the low-contrast pink on black, but it overall gives a sense of fun.

So how about them apples

Imagine my surprise, when I calculated my home's CO2 output from the natural gas furnace and hot water heater for a warm spring month, and discovered that it is equivalent to driving over 800 km in a compact car?

You ever wonder why there's Pop Tarts, but no Mom Tarts? It's the pastriarchy.

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

So often, we think of climate change as a separate bucket at the end of the row of all of the buckets of things we care about. [But] climate change is the hole in every bucket. @climateactapp.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com climateactionnow.activehosted.com/index.php?ac...

@brenttoderian.bsky.social "Pollution from ICE vehicles is the pollution that's typically emitted nearest to children — the majority of children live in cities filled with ICE vehicles, not next to coal-fired power stations." mmalc-x-machina.ghost.io/long-tailpip...

Thanks to this recommendation, I can now do secure video streaming from my home network to any device with a network connection. Even when the hotel network blocks VPNs and large file transfers, making other methods impossible.

As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.

The comparison I heard was data centers using the same amount of water as golf courses, and for that I was all, my brother in Christ, let me tell you what I think we should do with golf courses

Feeling down? Remember this exists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSlG...

Slavery wasn't abolished just because the good guys won. No, it was partly abolished because technology was making slavery obsolete. Machines are much simpler to deal with than humans. Those same forces eventually came for the family farms, because 1 guy on a combine could farm 3 families' fields.

I see this in my own family. People who would never (admit that they) support Trump, acting appalled at the fascism unfolding around them, and yet, they can't get their minds free of the things and people that the fascists have encouraged them to hate. They still blame the immigrants, etc.