Fardels Bear

@riggbeck
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Ceci n'est pas un ours.

Jusqu'ici tout va bien.

Dost thou think because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?

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Very nice!

Nearly half of US data centers planned for 2026 canceled or delayed and it's expected to get worse
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/economy/nearly-half-of-us-data-centers-planned-for-2026-canceled-or-delayed-and-it-s-expected-to-get-worse/ar-AA20sl2J

MSN

mills saddle n' togs sign, 4th & main street, ellensburg, washington, 1987

Timeline cleanse!

An adorable #Roman bronze figurine of a dormouse holding a nut (height 2.7 cm).
The edible dormouse was a delicacy in Roman times. It was considered a dish of the rich and a symbol of prosperity.

From Oberstimm, Bavaria, ca. 100 AD.

On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung München.

📷 me

#archaeology #RomanArchaeology

@FSonder

I didn't get a whiff of #AIBinJuice from this, just a well-written story. I'm not on FB so I don't know what the quality of their stories is like. It does link back to an earlier event that has worrying implications for censorship and free speech in India.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg4g8q51xdo

India's Got Latent: Ranveer Allahbadia's 'dirty' comments spark massive row in India

Remarks made by popular YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia on a talent show have led to a huge controversy.

BBC News

I keep hearing "mastodon isn't good for [type of celebrity], they have to go to [other platform] for engagement"

It's not the celebrity type [scicom personality, journalist, author] it's the attempt to run a celebrity account at all that doesn't work on the fedi.

There are heaps of well known people on the fedi. Either it's not obvious that's their day job or they're just quietly being that in among posts about walking their dog. Coming to the fedi trying to sell your day job and hoping people will 'engage' is odd. Like going to the playground or the museum and being mad that bystanders didn't engage your about your day job despite the sandwich board you're wearing and your refusal to talk about any other topic.

Going into a social environment broadcasting [📢this is my content, engage with it📢] is an obvious recipe for disappointment. No one cares about the things you're broadcasting. Show us your dog. Did they have a nice walk?

Who could possibly have forseen that bigger, heavier vehicles would cause more potholes? It validates the argument for taxing vehicles in proportion to their size and weight.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/11/suv-britain-potholes-worse-scientists-heavier-cars

SUVs are making Britain’s potholes worse, say scientists

Engineers link reduced lifespan of roads to shift to heavier cars, some bought to navigate damaged surfaces

The Guardian
"Genocide has become the ultimate form of torture" Francesca Albanese

YouTube

The next big challenge for the mission is how to avoid going to the Whitehouse in the coming days.

#ArtemisII #Artemis

Reddit has been ordered to appear before a grand jury as the Trump administration tries to unmask anonymous online critics. “We should be very, very, very concerned that they’ve now taken one of these to a grand jury,” EFF’s @davidgreene told @theintercept. https://theintercept.com/2026/04/10/reddit-ice-protest-grand-jury/
A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.

An ICE summons to get the user’s identity failed. Advocates worry the move to a grand jury signals an escalation of the war on dissent.

The Intercept