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elfoz.bsky.social
Software developer, dad, bike rides and pub walks, weather watcher // Hampshire UK
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In a year that (for me) has so far been very dull for music, along comes James And The Cold Gun and they've smashed it open.spotify.com/album/1pDsRi...

each line of this is worse than the next, but, goddamn, "start cheating" is such an unbelievably fucking corrosive message, this attitude is just absolutely tearing through the hull of society

Today’s #Muppet GIF of the Day is…

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This week's newsletter is out! I take a big picture look at volcanic activity on Earth right now, dig into volcanic glass and get especially grumpy about headlines related to unrest at Mount Spurr. And there is Lava Chicken. eruptions.beehiiv.com/p/eruptions-...

lol :(

This isn’t new but it’s worse now than ever

A fine rant. Macs are getting in on the act too now. Do I want to allow Chrome to access devices on my network? How should I know? There is no additional information or context provided. Clicks <no> and hopes for the best, eagerly awaits the exact same question to be posed a few weeks from now.

🧵 On Monday, the South Downs National Park turns the big 1-5!

I mean… Yeah. Yeah they do. For entirely known and warned-about reasons. Yes. www.science.org/content/arti...

Two $62 billion companies find way to generate 0.08% of combined valuation, but it’ll take five years to realize it.

See also: adults

A fresh slice of quality rock for your Friday open.spotify.com/track/1pLIbM...

Good morning @southdownsnp.bsky.social

Highly recommended if you’re interested in volcanoes (who isn’t?!), facts over hyperbole, and indie music recommendations

In Icelandic, a word for the haziness of pre-dawn is sauðljóst. It means “the time of day when there is just enough light to see your sheep”

Surprise! A second newsletter for this week, mostly to get onto the what will be typical Friday schedule. News about Kīlauea, Mount Adams, a deep dive into the Volcanic Explosivity Index and drums. So many drums. eruptions.beehiiv.com/p/eruptions-...

And so it will go on unless we wise up. We know what needs to be done but it is now very unlikely that we do it. www.newscientist.com/article/2464...

The UK Government has a choice. Tell them: Nature can’t afford a pay cut. ❌ Add your voice, sign the petition: action.rspb.org.uk/page/156168/...

I just cancelled my Google Workspace because I didn’t want to pay extra for the mandatory AI additions

how do i ban this godforsaken popup to the 9th circle of hell so that i never need to see it again

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Run report: 13C, windy with rain incoming, 9km, a bit slow with a gunky cold on the wane.

If you missed it earlier, I decided to launch the rebooted Eruptions a little early thanks to all the unrest near Santorini. Check out the preview newsletter (for free) and if you like it, subscribe! eruptions.beehiiv.com/p/eruptions-...

What is this bright shiny thing in the sky and why are some of the clouds blue today? 🇬🇧

Incoming Asteroid xkcd.com/3049

It’s Leslie Nielsen’s birthday & this is still the greatest gag in the history of comedy.

🧪⚒️ Use of machine learning algorithms to reliably detect smaller magnitude earthquakes around Santorini: - Detected swarm about 5 days earlier; - Located 10 times more earthquakes, which gives us more insight into what is going on.

Another day another completely wrong AI overview from the search engine formerly known as Google. What is the point if you always have to read the source articles yourself anyway.

I trust X for payments about as far as I can comfortably spit a rat.

Anti environment rhetoric from the Labour government this week is deeply worrying on every level. 🔻Nature protection is not to blame for a low growth economy or housing delays. 🤨 Sweeping away nature protections or doing away with net zero plans won’t lead to growth.

Why is Big Tech hellbent on making AI opt out?

No top story mention of #StormÉowyn on @BBCNews website - no mention in the Guardian, Telegraph, Times - even though arrives in 24 hours and peoples' lives are in danger if they are unaware it's on the way! Madness the priorities of stories in the news. Is it because it's not affecting SE England?

Run report: 2C, drizzle, 9.3km. Some days are glorious, some are not.

We live in the ✨ world of tomorrow ✨

Great unsolved questions of our time #57 Should it be Song / Artist or Artist / Song?

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Who made "paste with styles" the default, and in the history of computing has anyone ever found this useful? 🤯

Apple Intelligence attempting to summarise my emails is (1) an unwanted distraction and (2) often wrong in its summary (which only adds more of 1). Apple Intelligence <disabled>

Lee on Solent offering a distant glimpse of the shiny thing in the sky #ukweather

Well, it’s the day after Wallace and Gromit rode again – and it’s the 31st anniversary of the first appearance of the greatest sound effect in the history of the motion picture, so here’s the story of how (I found out how) they made it...

Happy Christmas Eve. Every year I inflict this upon you, one of my least popular comics ever. Enjoy!

The UK doing the kind of Christmas weather it does best