Information Is BeautifulThe distribution of all the water in the world…
data: https://geni.us/KIB-WaterWorld
from the book Knowledge is Beautiful https://geni.us/KIB24
Gruff Owen
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Full time coast wanderer | Incident coordinator + Chair of Llanberis MRT CIO; the UKs busiest voluntary mountain rescue team.
David HoPsst…You want to know about the NASA website that spells out your name in Landsat imagery.
RichFantastic results from #Wales #20mph speed limit - it's making a big difference.
"The total number of casualties on 20mph and 30mph roads...was the lowest quarterly figure on record outside the Covid pandemic"
https://nation.cymru/news/casualties-reduce-on-roads-since-20mph-introduction/
Casualties reduce on roads since 20mph introduction
New road collision data published today shows that casualties have reduced on roads since the introduction of the new 20mph speed limits in September last year. The data, which provides the total number of casualties in police recorded collisions, shows that in the last quarter of 2023 (October – December) road casualties on 20mph and […]
The Slatemakers. A moving episode of Horizon here from 1980 depicting the decline of the Slate industry in Gwynedd.
Prescient scene at the end describing the issue of second homes and the 'little trains' of tourists:
"I'd rather see it (Welsh) die I think than just survive as a little puppet to please the English or any other nation... At least we'd have our self respect then, you know."
THE SLATEMAKERS (1980)
Dan GillmorIf you're using Glassdoor, stop right now and delete your account. This company just made it completely clear it can't be trusted. Read this from @arstechnica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/glassdoor-adding-users-real-names-job-info-to-profiles-without-consent/
Aral BalkanFreedom in technology must include freedom from technology.
We must not create societies where the price of admission is owning a device controlled by one of two trillion-dollar US corporations.
We must safeguard people’s access to public services and the everyday necessities of life via alternate methods.
Technology should always be a progressive enhancement.
Do not let Silicon Valley privatise your access to modern life.
https://mastodon.ar.al/@lrvick@mastodon.social/112079059430275102
Lance R. Vick (@[email protected])
It's official. After 3 months of back and forth, a major medical provider has elected to drop me as a patient for not having a Google or Apple device. It is unclear if this is legal, but it is very clearly discriminatory and unethical. Any tech journalists or lawyers interested in this? I would like to do anything I can to ensure this never happens to anyone else.
Sarah DalDutch scientist & TV presenter Freek Vronk and his team discover a new 7m long species of Anaconda in the Amazon
https://nltimes.nl/2024/02/19/discovery-new-7-meter-250kg-anaconda-made-team-dutch-presenter-freek-vonk
The video of him swimming next to it definitely worth a look
https://www.instagram.com/p/C3hFd1sNlGU/
Discovery of new 7 meter, 250kg anaconda made by team with Dutch presenter Freek Vonk
Dutch biologist and presenter Freek Vonk helped discover a new anaconda species. A group of international biologists and scientists found the animal in the north of the Amazon region. It looks very much like the other anaconda, but its DNA is different, Vonk reported on Instagram.
Global MuseumPine martens caught on camera playing on children's swingset in Ardnamurchan, Scotland. The owner of the video, Les Humphreys, tells us this is a nightly occurence in his garden.
Credit: Les Humphreys, Ardnamurchan Wildlife Watch Facebook Group
#pinemarten #wildlifephotography #animals #playing
@Mammal_Society
Louise Locock@ChrisMayLA6 Oxford graffiti artists have gifted us this on the Thames. A rich executive, naked but for his #ThamesWater underpants, lies smoking a cigar on a lilo, floating on sewage with a dead kingfisher.
