Mossy

In China & India, the growth in electricity demand has "decoupled" from the growth in fossil fuels. The next step is for fossil fuel demand to plateau & head down, even as economic growth continues. Should happen in the next few years. Believe me, when it happens you'll hear some cheering.

The image shows the cover of the Internet Archive's Vanishing Culture report. On the left, the words "Vanishing Culture" are prominently displayed in bold, dark font against a neutral background. To the right, a set of cultural artifacts including a VHS tape, an open book, a film reel, a vinyl record, and a web link icon appear to disintegrate into pixels, symbolizing the disappearance of analog and digital media. Below these icons is a pixelated computer hand cursor pointing to the word "SAVE," emphasizing the need for preservation. The Internet Archive's logo is placed in the bottom-right corner.

From “Preserving the Library System,” by Brewster Kahle, part of the Vanishing Culture report.

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Line graph time series of reconstruction Arctic sea ice extent over the last 1,450 years. There is some multi-decadal variability, but a sharp decreasing trend in the last part of the time series due to human-caused climate change. This reconstruction is from Kinnard et al. 2011.

I swear it's not a graph of the stock market... 📉

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+ Figure reproduced from doi.org/10.1038/natu...
+ Overview: climate.gov/news-feature...

The handshake meme with one arm reading "GEOLOGISTS," and the other arm reading "STEVEN UNIVERSE." What do they agree on? The hand says, "We can date those rocks."

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Orange Monday

A friendly reminder to take some time sitting outside in nature. Next to a body of water, in a forest, or a grassy field. If you can't be there for yourself in your time of need, it will be harder to help others. Best to not let the world burn you up too quickly.
Life is a marathon not a sprint. 💚

a man is sitting at a desk in an office holding a hammer . Alt: The character Ron Swanson from the show Parks and Recreation is sitting at a desk in an office holding a hammer and is using it to smash a cellphone sitting on the desk with a serious facial expression.

What do you do when you go to bed with a full battery and wake up without an alarm only to find that the YouTube app decided to kill your phone at 4am by inexplicably running in the background despite it not playing or being connected to anything?

I used to regularly access this NOAA page on atmospheric GHG concentrations, so glad to know it’s still available from UCSD ⚒️🌏🧪

Cumulate #ultramafic #xenoliths ( #dunites & #spinel ± #plagioclase #peridotites) of the #Hualālai Volcanics with @volcanoesinthesea.bsky.social

#Geoscience #volcanology #geology

When plans for xml metadata schema usage start to look like they're calling for a "Terducken approach" I'm reminded of how much I love my job.
Which one to use? Yes.

WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.

Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉

Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.

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'Increased seismicity' likely at Newberry volcano as geothermal exploration work resumes, USGS advises public VANCOUVER, Wash. (KTVZ) -- "Increased rates of seismicity" are likely at the Newberry volcano south of Bend as a private exploration company conducts geothermal work in coming weeks, the U.S. Geologic...

Geothermal exploration using variable pressures to create the optimal fracture network in rock (fracking)- at Newberry volcano, Oregon, likely to generate some small tremors, per USGS 👇⚒️ reporting by KTVZ-TV
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Now to answer the age-old question of:

How many Christmas gifts can I make in one weekend?

Passage from Carl Sagan’s A demon-haunted world book.

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

Saw a bumper sticker tonight that said "Deny Negativity", and my immediate thought was "Damn you, Dipoles!!!"
This received what I consider a well-earned "sigh" from my beloved partner. I guess I can say it was my magnetism that attracted such a positive match.

Do you use an embroidery loop for this? I'm interested in getting into sashiko embroidery, but I want to make sure I have the right supplies for the effort.

The suspect involved in killing of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024. ‘This was preventable’: Corporate world shudders at new risks after slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Snoop Dogg’s savings tip for his daughter’s $1 million wedding gift is ‘solid advice,’ says CFP Isaac French and his family renovated a train car from the 1900s. Now it's a successful Airbnb in Idaho. Family bought an abandoned train car for $3,000, turned it into an Airbnb that brings in over $90,000/year Amy Henion, a graphic designer, said living at a mall is both unique and convenient More Americans are living in malls, as developers get creative to help ease the housing crisis

Just make sure that they get this Top Trending list from 12/6/2024 into the history books.

It does a better job at showing the current situation than I can in any amount of words.

I have discovered that mtg cards have pretty art... Oh no...

The ability and willingness to cook is one of the hottest things. Yes, tonight my partner made me homemade sushi I could cry over. Absolutely divine human being.

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inside me there are two wolves

There are Democrats who hold strong values and fight for causes they believe in - but so often I see their contributions minimized or dismissed as being too much. Coming to terms with this being the main cause of losing the election is rough.

If Biden can pardon a turkey, why not his son? It's only a problem for some Democrats because of their weakly held positions preventing them from tangibly helping people.
Without their dedication to maintaining the status-quo they're basically Centrist Republicans - both bow to corporate interests.

Pat yourself on the back more often. You deserve it. And your work is awesome.

A chart plotting temperature against elevation in the Portland area. The valley floor is warmer than around 500 m asl but colder than around 1100 m asl.

I have successfully made a "virtual sounding" in #Python showing temperature and dew point plotted against elevation for the Portland area. The inversion is clearly evident, and it's easy to infer the top of the cloud deck.

#weather #ORwx #pdxtst

I find Bluesky has a really interesting dynamic. Like sure, there's so many twitter refugees... But others just wandered in out of curiosity

I find that I tend to just cry quietly and do my best. Catalogs upon catalogs...

It's not often one gets to see something as fantastic as Arcane. The way season one was so much more meaningful the second watch makes me think there will be many more rewatches in my future. I can safely award this show as my #2 favorite ever. Second only to the original three LOTR movies. Amazing!

Scraps of blue fabric piled in a little heap.

Scraps of blue fabric layered on top of each other and attached using a running stitch. Someone has their hands on the fabric, seemingly smoothing it out.

A close up of kantha fabric. Shows the stitching.

Japanese boro. Shows layers of blue scrap fabric attached using running stitches.

kantha is a south asian technique for recycling scrap fabric. it was originally used at a time when fabric was very precious. the technique involves attaching layers of scrap material using a running stitch (pics 1, 2 and 3). it's similar to japanese boro (pic 4).