vmbrasseur

vmbrasseur, 6 days ago to random

Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California

For 56 days in a row, electricity from solar, wind, and water (hydro) power has exceeded 100% of power demand on California’s main grid for part of the day. Also, going back further, that has been achieved in 80 out of the last 86 days. That is since early March (International Women’s Day), late winter.

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/02/solar-passes-100-of-power-demand-in-california/

vmbrasseur, 9 days ago to random

HELLS YES ⚖️

nnedi, 12 days ago to random

I do a lot of longer posts on Facebook. I use it to clear my head before I dig into whatever project I'm working on.

I realize that many are not on Facebook, so I may start posting some of these on the blog I rarely use, heh. Here's one of those times:

Legs by Nnedi
https://nnedi.blogspot.com/2024/05/legs-by-nnedi.html

vmbrasseur, 12 days ago to random

A 25-year study reveals how empathy is passed from parents to teens to their future children

“…new research shows that parents who express empathy toward their teenagers may give teens a head start in developing the skill themselves. In addition, adolescents who show empathy and support toward their friends are more likely to become supportive parents, which may foster empathy in their own offspring.

https://theconversation.com/a-25-year-study-reveals-how-empathy-is-passed-from-parents-to-teens-to-their-future-children-229780

vmbrasseur, 12 days ago to random

A Woman Who Left Society to Live with Bears Weighs in on “Man OR Bear”

“In patriarchal societies where masculinity is coded as power and control, men often try to get closer to women through power and control. The range of how this plays out is vast. It could be inconsequential, or it could end a woman’s life.”

https://bikepacking.com/plog/man-or-bear-debate/

vmbrasseur, 15 days ago to random

Plenty of folks don't vote in “small" elections that only involve local seats.

Here's an excellent example of why they should reconsider and especially vote in those.

In many ways, these elections are even more important. They directly impact the community you live in.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/24/people-rights-network-oregon-elections

vmbrasseur, 18 days ago to climate

An international tribunal said on Tuesday that countries have binding legal obligations to prevent greenhouse gasses from harming the world’s oceans in a landmark opinion that experts say could strengthen climate-vulnerable countries’ efforts to hold major polluters accountable and drive action to fight climate change.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21052024/greenhouse-gas-harming-oceans-advisory-opinion/

#ClimateCrisis

vmbrasseur, 18 days ago to opensource

NREL’s Open-Source Vehicle & Mobility Tools Offer Routes to Reduce Transportation Energy Use, Emissions

Simulation and modeling software helps railway operators model the integration of technologies to encourage transportation decarbonization and move toward a net-zero carbon economy.

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/21/nrels-open-source-vehicle-mobility-tools-offer-routes-to-reduce-transportation-energy-use-emissions/

#OpenSource #Decarbonization #ClimateCrisis #Emissions

ramsey, 20 days ago to random

@osi I sent an email to the license-discuss list (I’m a member of the list), but I can’t tell whether the list actually got it. It doesn’t show up in the archives (nothing from May is in the archives, but maybe no mail has been sent this month?): https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/

Who should I contact to find out if the message was actually received? Maybe there’s moderation happening, and no one has approved it yet?

vmbrasseur, 20 days ago to crochet

What a yarn! Journalists are turning to #crochet to tell data stories

“I’m really interested in these beautiful, touchable representations of data that use texture to encode information in a way that our screens cannot reproduce.”

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/08/what-a-yarn-journalists-are-turning-to-crochet-to-tell-data-stories/

#FiberArts #FibreArts #DataVisualization

vmbrasseur, 21 days ago to random

Oooh… This looks like an interesting book.

Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good by Loretta Napoleoni

https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4601-technocapitalism

vmbrasseur, 22 days ago to random

Dear presenters:

If you're showing off a product/project, please either:

a) Don't use real data, or
b) DO NOT show PII for real people.

ESPECIALLY if the video is going to end up on YouTube afterward.

This is 2024. I'm absolutely flabbergasted that this reminder is still needed in this day and age.

vmbrasseur, 23 days ago to accessibility

Brilliant and overdue. So many people will be able to benefit from this #a11y work.

As a result, the IATP (Illinois Assistive Technology Program) created the Adaptive Chef’s Knife. Unlike existing offerings, it has a high-quality blade and is ergonomically designed so that the user can leverage their forearm while maintaining control.

https://hackaday.com/2024/05/16/adaptive-chefs-knife-provides-better-leverage/

vmbrasseur, 26 days ago to random

My editorial assistant, Basil, has notified me that, pending editing & suggested revisions from my fantastic editor (Adaobi Obi Tulton), the final chapter of Business Success with Open Source is now complete! Many pre-publication tasks remain, but the hardest work is done. 🎉

https://fossbiz.com

vmbrasseur, 27 days ago to climate

“The information and communications technology sector as a whole is responsible for an estimated 2 to 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. By 2040, that number could reach 14 percent—almost as much carbon as that emitted by air, land, and sea transport combined.”

https://spectrum.ieee.org/green-software

#ClimateCrisis

vmbrasseur, 1 month ago to climate

Plastics production alone will doom climate goals

Manufacturing plastics is a highly emissive process. The world needs to shrink production rapidly to stay within the 1.5 °C global temperature rise.

https://www.sequencermag.com/plastics-production-alone-will-doom-climate-goals/

#ClimateCrisis

ramiro, 1 month ago to random

I need a renaissance costume and I'm struggling to find a place that'll sell me a complete set online – I won't do amazon or ali and I figure there has to be some craftsmen / clothier / attiellier who specializes in this I can support?

( Please boost for reach )

vmbrasseur, 1 month ago to knitting

This is mad genius and some impressive #knitting skills:

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/05/althea-crome-miniature-sweaters/

vmbrasseur, 1 month ago to random

Bureau of Labor Statistics releases latest estimate of how much labor receives of national income, showing bleak decline

This week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest estimate for the share labor receives of national income for the first quarter of 2024. According to BLS, this income share has declined for non-farm workers from about two-thirds, 64.1% in the first quarter of 2001, to 55.8% in the first quarter of 2024.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/06/workers-income-labor-

vmbrasseur, 1 month ago to random

It’s always a Happy #Caturday when you have hardwood floors.

Animated gif of Basil the orange cat with a toy in his mouth. The toy is attached to a stick by a string. Baz is pulling hard on the string but struggling to get traction on the hardwood floor.

vmbrasseur, 1 month ago to random

How the world wastes hundreds of billions of meals in a year, in three charts

‘Food waste reduction is “an opportunity to reduce costs and to tackle some of the biggest environmental and social issues of our time: fighting climate change and addressing food insecurity,” the authors of the report write.’

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2024/5/4/24147350/billions-of-meals-wasted-unep-study-food

vmbrasseur, 1 month ago to knitting

Picking Up Pixels: Rüdiger Schlömer Designs Typefaces for #Knitting

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/05/type-knitting-rudiger-schlomer/

#FiberArts #FibreArts

vmbrasseur, 1 month ago to random

Small publisher closes shop thanks to AI spam

“I am spending four to five hours a week trudging through submissions just to weed out AI-generated trash…Just over the weekend, I rejected twenty obviously AI generated submissions. My inbox is flooded with it.”

https://www.bardsandsages.com/closure-announcement.html