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RE: https://fediscience.org/@ZLabe/116312563964875907

Places other than the US absolutely have to take over basic observational Earth science. The amount of money involved is minuscule but other countries have gotten using to the US doing it and they have to accept the new reality which is that the US is not going to be trustworthy for a long time.

Mike Prior-Jones 1d ago

Just received an information flyer about the new electoral process for the Senedd elections in May. Turns out it’s a single (‘X’) vote for a closed party list rather than ranked preference, which is frustrating, so I still have to think tactically rather than just thinking about policies.

Mike Prior-Jones 3d ago

Russell Davis 3d ago

FlipOff is a free, open-source web app that emulates a classic mechanical split-flap (flip-board) airport terminal display — the kind you'd see at train stations and airports. It runs full-screen in any browser, turning a TV or large monitor into a beautiful retro display.

No accounts. No subscriptions. No $199 fee. Just open index.html and go.

https://github.com/magnum6actual/flipoff

GitHub - magnum6actual/flipoff: Free split-flap display emulator for any TV. The classic flip-board look, without the $3,500 hardware.

Free split-flap display emulator for any TV. The classic flip-board look, without the $3,500 hardware. - magnum6actual/flipoff

GitHub

Mike Prior-Jones Mar 23

Stéphanie Mar 23

Fun random fact of the day: Spar (the supermarket chain) is Dutch. Its name means "spruce", a coniferous tree. This also i spired the logo.
However, its name comes from much earlier, when it was called "de spar" ("de" being Dutch for "the"). Besides meqning "the spruce", it also was an acronym for "Door Eendrachtig Samenwerken Profiteren Allen Regelmatig" : "through united collaboration everybody profits regularly". Yes, it is as clunky in Dutch as it is in English, but what do you expect from a name from 1932.

Mike Prior-Jones Mar 19

Today I had a genuine Dad Joke setup in real life: My partner and I went to a local restaurant for dinner and the waiter who served me had an embroidered bat on the front of his teeshirt. And he brought us our dinner dinner dinner dinner!

Mike Prior-Jones Mar 19

Will Harcourt Mar 19

New review of surging glaciers in Svalbard!

I am pleased to share our new paper in which we review the current distribution of surging glaciers in Svalbard! Published in Earth Science Reviews, you can find the full paper here: The surging Borebreen in 2024. In this review, we analyse the methods use to detect glacier surges in the past and present using remote sensing techniques, geophysical methods, and palaeo-glaciological analysis such as landforms, historical…

http://williamharcourt.co.uk/2026/03/19/new-review-of-surging-glaciers-in-svalbard/

New review of surging glaciers in Svalbard!

Research Page: William D. Harcourt

Mike Prior-Jones Mar 15

I highly recommend this book, which is a collection of vignettes of the suburban life of LGBTQ people in the UK. The author is from Croydon, so that part of outer London features strongly. Made me laugh and cry.

Mike Prior-Jones Mar 14

Enfys J. Book [they/them]Mar 14

I'm pleased to share with you the greatest advancement in bottom-sheet technology since the invention of elastic.

Mike Prior-Jones Mar 12

I love this, so I Mar 11

RE: https://chaos.social/@gigabecquerel/116210611432201720

“Courier transform” ahahahahahahaha!

Mike Prior-Jones Mar 12

Nanoraptor Feb 3

Some terrifically titled papers from a discovered collection of NASA research documents found in a skip

(with thanks to @JuliaRez for the original pic)

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