Philip Theus (prev. Mueller)

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Thinks too much. Votes for parties with a convincing climate plan.

Former Staff Eng at Shopify, now on a quest for simplexity.

#sailing
#breadmaking
#computers
#complexity
#simplicity
#ComplexSystems
#SocioTechnicalSystems
#SoftwareArchitecture

Githubhttps://github.com/exterm
Homepagehttps://simplexity.quest
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/philiptheus/

The Ocean is North America's oldest named passenger rail service. Since 1904, it's linked #Halifax to #Montreal, via Sandford Fleming's old Intercolonial Railway line.

It's a sleeper, and the food, service, and scenery are outstanding.

I document our trip in my feature in the Times of #London.

🛤️🧵

@straphanger Update: I enjoyed your article and will look for an opportunity to take the Ocean myself. Thank you Taras!

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@vmbrasseur I love stories like this! Would buy a book about ancient baking techniques

@straphanger Huh! I‘ve mostly heard disappointed accounts of the Ocean. Apparently there is no real kitchen on board anymore and they scrapped the observation cars?

Anyway, will read your article, maybe it is a train I want to take after all!

Einen Tag weniger Pause – dafür aber mehr Einnahmen für den Staat? In Deutschland wird über die Abschaffung eines Feiertags diskutiert, in Dänemark ist das bereits passiert. Der Ökonom Marcel Fratzscher warnte davor, diesem Beispiel zu folgen: https://www.ndr.de/feiertag316.html
Und so oder so Renate Künast einfach top.

💬 Eine WETTE mit @3sat

Wir wetten, dass IHR im #Fediverse mehr Abonnent.innen bekommt, als das ZDF zum gleichen Zeitpunkt hat❗

Falls wir das im FEDIVERSE schaffen, dann wäre Euer Wetteinsatz: 👉 Eine ganze #3sat "KULTURZEIT" über das FEDIVERSE

Nehmt IHR die Wette an❓

#3satWette

some good news - in the centre of London, cyclists are on track to outnumber motor vehicles (cars, buses, lorries) within a couple of years

anecdotally it has got a much more pleasant place to walk around in the last decade

https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/05/22/london-has-become-a-cycling-city (£)

HHS Secretary RFK Jr is proposing banning NIH-funded researchers from publishing in top-tier journals, including JAMA and Lancet.

This is bonkers for all sorts of reasons, but let me just mention one. He points out that Lancet has retracted articles. This is factually correct, but it's a reason these journals are *more* trustworthy, not less.

Journals and peer review don't guarantee that what's published is "correct". It's merely the best process we have to get closer to finding the truth.