All votes have now been counted in the Reykjavik constituencies (city), only votes from the rural constituencies remain to be counted.
The rural constutuencies lean towards No.
Congratulations to the Curiosity rover -- a.k.a. MSL, or Mars Science Laboratory -- which begins sol 5000 on Mars approximately when this posts. The lack of celebration, or even appropriate acknowledgement, from NASA is practically criminal, but it takes nothing away from the talent and dedication of my good friends who have brought us to this kilometerstone and beyond. Ad astra, y'all. Keep on rovin'. #space
Now this isn't a bad idea!
“DOGE famously used keyword searches for terms like ‘climate’ to terminate federal grants,” Konyndyk wrote, referring to the DOGE-led blitz to gut funding for USAID.
“Among the victims: a collab between USAID and NASA for flood prediction, early warning, disaster readiness, glacier inventories, and mapping dangerous glacial lakes… in Nepal.”
Unsettling question raised over Trump admin's role in devastating Nepal floods - Raw Story
Just so we’re clear on who is in charge …
I jest.
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3muavgcmpoc2c
As for the new restrictions, anyone who has seen a teenager on a computer or phone will have little confidence that they won’t find a way around them. If they do, then, according to this week’s deal, Meta will not be accountable. And crucially, says Béjar, it is Meta itself that still gets to define what constitutes harm.
No less frustrating, these new terms apply inside the US only,
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/meta-18bn-settlement-mark-zuckerberg-tech-titans-power-harm?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
last #giftArticle of the month -- please hold off on any wars until Tuesday, preferably Wednesday (I teach the same class twice M & Tu this semester, hope nothing too much changes between sessions.)
https://wapo.st/4wYq557
1/4 the value of the ticket invalidated (though anyway I’m behind on course prep so.)
My ticket invalidated itself at midnight,then disappeared entirely. WtaF? It’s supposed to last until 2am!
Look on me you mighty #langenachtdermuseen #berlin
Don’t usually see Jesus’ pa grieving #langenachtdermuseen #berlin
Hertie School 2019: wanted: prof of ethics & technology
Me to philosophers 2023: most profs of ethics & tech know little about tech. I know little about ethics
HS 2024: start teaching ethics
me (Fall 2024): <get great diversity of of real philosophers of tech ethics to speak>
students: meh
me (Fall 2025): I get it now! Here's science & ethics
very small number of students: YAY!
me: hey, this is really all about moral agency, let's call the course "agency"
students: <break down doors>
me: oops.
One of the most game-changing sentences language gives us must be "why do you want that." What a thing to be able to ask each other! #cognition #consciousness #language
@jbenjamint @j2bryson Our local undertaker brings one out for use as a soda & bottled cooler for the annual town festival.
He also has a grill going right next to it.
... 😃.
#bannanaRepublic stuff 'In an interview, Loomer took credit for Yiannopoulos’s detention, saying it was “100 percent” because she raised attention to his immigration status. “Who else reported that Milo was an illegal alien?” she said.'