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Niall

@Niall@mastodon.nz

Wannabe Climate Change Survivor trying hard to build a fantastic carbon free future.
Founder & Chief Chimp at The Infinite Monkey Lab developing grid batteries from End of Life EV batteries.

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Gustodon, to random
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I don't think Neptune gets enough credit.

Niall,
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@Gustodon that is magnificent. I don't think the agency/ person who took the photo got enough credit either :-P
Where's it from in case I want to find more?

SlaneCartoons, (edited ) to NewZealand

The old farm ute is a much loved vehicle but EV-ATVs will eventually replace ICE as the next classic kiwi farm vehicle, imho. So quiet for hunting or conservation. drawn in 2021 for Farmers Weekly newspaper.

Niall,
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@ArrestJK @SlaneCartoons until you've tried it you don't understand how good it is. We're coming up to 10 years of no power bills and 5 years of buying no petrol. Also no power cuts :-)

SlaneCartoons, to NewZealand

Waiting for govt https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/new-zealand/chris-slane-cartoon-october-30/HROR5F4QKFD2DDZ6NC5S3G3P74/

Niall,
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@SlaneCartoons as long as the clock's ticking to the next election I'm happy. I feel that the likely government's only contribution to climate change will be, um well, a contribution to climate change, not solving it.
Nice cartoon, a lot snappier than my riff! :)

Niall,
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@SlaneCartoons Thanks! We're making good progress and should hopefully have something to shout about by Christmas. Watch this space :)

arstechnica, to random
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The UK is bursting with diarrheal disease—cases 3x higher than usual

Cryptosporidium cases link to travel and swimming, but at unusually high rate.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/10/the-uk-is-bursting-with-diarrheal-disease-cases-3x-higher-than-usual/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Niall,
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@arstechnica "bursting"....

billyjoebowers, to random
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One of the features in Mastodon you may not be aware of; When someone says something stupid, weird, inscrutable, or inflammatory you can just completely ignore them.

Niall,
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@billyjoebowers great idea!

ExtinctionR, to random
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"The maximum level considered safe by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is a long-term average of no more than 5 μg/m3 (micrograms per cubic metre).

Milan’s levels are almost four times the safe amount, at 19.7 μg/m3."

So the mayor is banning cars.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/10/23/one-of-europes-most-polluted-cities-wants-to-ban-cars-from-its-centre

Niall,
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@ExtinctionR ' 'of what' seems to be missing in your post. Or maybe I'm being myopic?

mattblaze, to random
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"I already knew this thing you posted about."

OK, thanks for the feedback. I will definitely try do a better job of tailoring my posts to suit your personal needs and level of knowledge, random stranger.

Niall,
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@mattblaze dude, I already knew that, quit wasting my time loser!
🤪😁

TheConversationUS, to USpolitics
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Why are we so into campaign polls?

Sure, reporters – and readers – like a sense of what lies ahead, but polls are at best inaccurate and as we’ve seen in history, often wrong

https://theconversation.com/often-in-error-but-still-seductive-why-we-cant-quit-election-polls-213835
#uspolitics #PoliMastodon

Niall,
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@TheConversationUS without polls journalists would have to write thoughtful pieces about actual issues. This would take them longer which means more expensive and whoever's running the media company would get sad.

ExtinctionR, (edited ) to random
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Funny how "How do we reach net zero?" never includes banning fossil fuels as soon as possible.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58874518

Niall,
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@ExtinctionR fossil fuel is <almost> banned from my life.
100% solar electricity, space heating and cooling 2014
100% EV 2018
100% electric water heating 2023
I also built my house this year and got 95%+ of the materials myself with my EV, used no diesel & only 0.6m3 of concrete.

It is totally possible to make big personal changes but government action would be so much better. It is also much cheaper in $$ long-term and again this is something a government should underwrite, not individuals.

billbennett, to random

Attempted to recover my password from the ACC website. According to the site a recovery password was sent to my email address. That was 10 hours ago. It hasn’t arrived and it is not in the spam folder. Not sure if this is a security concern or just a poor process at ACC.

Niall,
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@billbennett oh no, maybe the reset email's had an accident on the way? Are they covered by ACC too 🤪

arstechnica, to random
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Report: Apple cancels The Problem with Jon Stewart over China, AI topics

The Problem with Jon Stewart seems to be that he could land Apple in hot water.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/report-apple-cancels-the-problem-with-jon-stewart-over-china-ai-topics/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Niall,
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@arstechnica he could partner with Andy Zaltzman at The Bugle. It needs another Jon. h optional!

chu, (edited ) to climate

In conversation w a friend, she was surprised when I said we won't have electricity after social collapse. She asked "why? What happens to electricity?"

I had to then explain that infrastructure needs people to maintain and if things fall apart, nobody will keep the generators going or the wires in check. She seemed surprised by this.

Is this why people don't seem worried about what's coming? They have no idea???

I was trying to hide my shock that I had to explain this to someone who isn't a child. I think I take too much for granted and assume too much of people's ability to be logical.

Now her obsession with social issues at the expense of #ClimateCrisis makes sense. I was always wondering how someone on the left would not care about collapse. I have tried to explain before that as much as I share her concerns about the many dire issues that do need dealing with, none of it matters if climate change causes collapse. Then we won't have social housing, or equity, or any of the other things she cares about. (she was even part of a group that protested demanding "affordable gas")

Her look of shock finally helped me realize that she has absolutely no idea what #ClimateCollapse means. No idea. I've been arguing with her all these years and she's had no idea.

I don't even know what to say.

There's no way she's the only one. Lots of well intentioned people say "yes climate is important but....".

I am here to tell you that none of those other issues will even exist in the face of climate and social collapse.

I don't know if the average person can even imagine the number of deaths that we are facing when the society we built loses electricity.

Niall,
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@Ulzana @chu and the alternative candidate will offer what? No point in taking things in isolation otherwise nothing looks good.

ExtinctionR, to random
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WHAT WE IMAGINE CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS WILL SAY DURING THE GLOBAL WARMAGEDDON:

What they will actually say.

Niall,
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@ExtinctionR I I didn't expect the venn diagram of all-caps users & climate activists to overlap.

Niall,
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@ExtinctionR lol. Keep up the good work and don't let sarcastic idiots like me trouble you :)

iangriffin, (edited ) to Astronomy
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I've bloody well done it again! YUS! One year, every evening at 4pm (winter) 5pm (summer). A 20 second exposure through a pinhole camera, on a glass plate. I've captured the Analemma again! #analemma #astronomy #beauty

Niall,
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@iangriffin ".....is a diagram showing the position of the Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time, as that position varies over the course of a year. The diagram will resemble a figure eight.
If you were searching for the adult film artist please add a space..."

feditips, (edited ) to wordpress
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If you have a WordPress-powered blog, you can turn it into a Fediverse server and people will be able to follow the blog from Mastodon etc.

More info on how to do this here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/wordpress-turning-your-blog-into-a-fediverse-server/

This works through the AcitvityPub for WordPress plug-in, which has just been updated to version 1.0.0:

➡️ https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/

The plug-in is by @pfefferle in association with #Automattic, one of the major players behind WordPress itself.

#WordPress #Fediverse #FediTips #ActivityPub

Niall,
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@feditips @pfefferle Awesome concept!
You're helping us towards a place where we control our own information but it's still wonderfully 'socially connected'. I've been ranting to all who don't immediately walk away that this is how social media should be.
Thank you.

erictopol, to random
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Previously unpublished, presented at CDC meeting yesterday. The prevalence of Long Covid by age in the US

Niall,
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@larsmb @erictopol
The 'regardless of covid status' needs explaining as it changes our understanding of the scale of this massively. Also, please quote a source for this data :)

drahardja, to random
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Workers: DO NOT OVERWORK YOURSELF to avoid getting laid off.

  • You’re damaging your life and health.
  • Your employer doesn’t actually notice (no, really, they don’t.)
  • Your behavior enables future mismanagement of resources.
  • When layoffs come, you’re gonna get laid off anyway.

Remember that a company’s job is to extract maximum work from you for minimum pay, so your job is to extract maximum pay for minimum work. Somewhere in the middle, both parties find an equilibrium that they agree on. Do not voluntarily modify your side of the bargain to your detriment.

Niall,
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@drahardja yes.
I learnt this lesson straight out of uni, working my 'dream job' at Lotus & got laid off within a year. It hurt.
Since then I only work if I'm being paid. I don't do free overtime or let a job get to me. That's nearly 25 years ago(!) and if it's hurt my career then I haven't noticed.
Now I'm working for myself it's harder to be so strict but it's a different deal!

arstechnica, to random
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Gun deaths among US children reached new record high in 2021, study finds

Guns remains the leading cause of death among American children and teens.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/gun-deaths-among-us-children-reached-new-record-high-in-2021-study-finds/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Niall,
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@arstechnica that is a truly shocking summary.

arstechnica, to random
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Lotus is the latest to show off a high-powered electric sedan—the Emeya

With up to 905 hp, the Emeya will reach 62 mph in under 2.8 seconds.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/lotus-is-the-latest-to-show-off-a-high-powered-electric-sedan-the-emeya/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Niall,
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@arstechnica as well as the 'why' posted by everyone else, even if you did care Tesla has been selling sedans that are faster than this for years. At least they are useful for more than just taking yourself and your midlife crisis around. Mine works as a tiny house tow truck, construction materials delivery vehicle, camper, ute & occasional transport for 5 plus bikes and dog. Things like this lotus aren't even good as skips.

EU_Commission, to random
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Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft

These are the first 6 companies designated as ‘gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act.

They have 6 months to ensure their core platform services comply with our rules, including:

✔ Allowing users to unsubscribe and remove pre-installed services
✔ Allowing the download of alternative app stores

❌ Banning tracking outside of their services without consent
❌ Stopping ranking their products more favourably

➡ https://europa.eu/!NbfBbn

A plain visual that vaguely resembles the format of a digital letter, with the European Commission logo in the top-left corner and the following text as the body: " 6 September 2023 Re: Digital Markets Act Core platform services: Ads: - Amazon - Google - Meta - Browser: - Chrome - Safari Number-Independent Interpersonal Communications Services: - WhatsApp - Messenger " In the bottom-right corner a stamp-like text that says: “6 months to comply.”
A plain visual that vaguely resembles the format of a digital letter, with the European Commission logo in the top-left corner and the following text as the body: " 6 September 2023 Re: Digital Markets Act Core platform services: Intermediation: - Amazon Marketplace - App Store - Google Maps - Google Play - Google Shopping - Meta Marketplace Search: - Google Search Video Sharing: - YouTube " In the bottom-right corner a stamp-like text that says: “6 months to comply.”
A plain visual that vaguely resembles the format of a digital letter, with the European Commission logo in the top-left corner and the following text as the body: " 6 September 2023 Re: Digital Markets Act Core platform services: Social Network: - Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn - TikTok Operating System: - Google Android - iOS - Windows PC OS " In the bottom-right corner a stamp-like text that says: “6 months to comply.”

Niall,
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@EU_Commission car companies next?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/06/cars-collect-extensive-personal-data-on-drivers-study-warns?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

nurkiewicz, to Podcast
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Fascinating #darknetDiaries #podcast about ruthless criminals trying to steal someone's valuable #Instagram handle: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/97/

And a completely unrelated story: "#Twitter, now X, took over the @x handle without warning or compensating its owner". Or should I say "@x? https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/26/twitter-now-x-took-over-the-x-handle-without-warning-or-compensating-its-owner/

Niall,
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@nurkiewicz nice juxtaposition.

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