@mike_bowler Since getting a CO2 monitor, I've been much more conscious of the effect of stale air when driving on long trips. Now I know that when I start to feel sleepy, it's invariably a signal to open the windows and let in fresh air.

In hindsight, its kind of astonishing that cars don't include a CO2 monitor for ventilation. Just as you can set the desired temperature in the car, it should also be able to regulate ventilation. I wonder how many car crashes it would prevent.

Which one of you spectacular bastards did this?

EDIT: The author, it seems. https://bsky.app/profile/rockymntnmike.bsky.social/post/3mpiybeiifc26

the #hog issue
#usa #meme #memes #humor

My hobby is making posts with crazy overuse of intensifiers like very/really/extremely and a lot of strange repetitive word choices and typos you only get when you hear the words in your head before typing them (like putting "might" instead of "mite" when you know very well what both those words mean) and of course parentheticals (on each of which I then have to ask my wife for advice, specifically where to put punctuation occuring near the end of the parenthetical) (much to think about) and then never editing a thing. This way you understand that I could never be an LLM. A malfunctioning Markov chain bot from 1999 maybe, but not a modern LLM

tag yourself i’m food burn
#DoYouSeeSomethingElse? seems ominous

there was fred cavestone, wilma, barberino, dino, skippy the friend, martha. mr slately

Intend your puns, coward!

My pet peeve that I’d like to fix about Aotearoa as a proficient #Māori speaker?
Stop using the translated days of the week, and just use the transliterated ones.

The transliterated/traditional days:

Mane – Monday
Tūrei – Tuesday
Wenerei – Wednesday
Tāite – Thursday
Paraire – Friday
Reasons this is better:
-It is historical, from the time of the missionaries
-It is preferred by most Māori speakers, especially in those communities where the language never died out as it has been in use for generations.
-It is accessible for people who know English and haven’t learned Māori, including international visitors to Aotearoa.
The translated set is thus:
Rāhina: Day of the Moon (Māhina)
Rātū: Day of Tūmatauenga (the god of war, aligning with Mars)
Rāapa: Day of Apārangi (aligning with Mercury)
Rāpare: Day of Pareārau (aligning with Jupiter)
Rāmere: Day of Meremere (Venus)
The problems with this are:
-After translating European concepts into Māori, they remain European concepts.
-They are completely indecipherable to anyone who does not speak Māori.
- When using a day of the week, we’re communicating a utilitarian concept so it makes sense to use something universally decipherable.
Note: Regardless of which set is used, the weekend days are the same, they are not translations but their own concepts created by early missionaries to Aotearoa:
Rāhoroi - day of cleaning, (in preparation for)
Rātapu - holy day.
#TeReoMaori #indigenous #Language

@SimonCHulse @mattwillis @donkey The ways of measuring time were different and each iwi had their own. Time was told by the moon and stars, each day of the month had it’s own name. Phases of the moon told them which days to rest and which days to plant, when to forage for each type of kai, when to fish, etc.

this looks interesting, stay tuned or whatever
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ry4xx7rk8o

Happy don't forget to take the kids' lunch boxes out of their school bags day for all those who celebrate.

Within the first few months of life, every bottlenose dolphin invents a unique whistle that becomes its name for the rest of its life — and other dolphins learn that whistle, remember it, and use it to call out to that specific individual, making bottlenose dolphins the first non-human species ever discovered to use personal names

https://spacedaily.com/d-within-the-first-few-months-of-life-every-bottlenose-dolphin-invents-a-unique-whistle-that-becomes-its-name-for-the-rest-of-its-life-and-other-dolphins-learn-that-whistle-remember-it-and/

#nature #wildlife #dolphins

In order for "trickle down" economics to work, the rich need to be treated like piñatas.
#PiñataTheRich

If you want to know how my parents morning is going, the north wester has kicked in, and the next door neighbours roof lifted off and landed in mum and dad's back yard.

divert all funds allocated to AI to more of these

Because of the existence of pregnant people, the average number of skeletons in a human body is more than one.

really putting the mid into mid-life crisis

🎈 #NaData de hoje, mas em 1982, Larry Walters usou 45 balões com hélio para um voo que chegou a atingir 4.900m de altitude e acabou invadindo o espaço aéreo do aeroporto de Long Beach. Ele levou sanduíches, cerveja, câmera e uma espingarda para atirar nos balões para descer.

Não foi o primeiro a conseguir, mas alcançou grande projeção e inspirou imitadores pelo mundo, alguns sem o mesmo final feliz, incluindo um caso brasileiro.

Suppose you *could* through constant labor, strenuous planning, & deprivation manage to feed yourself & your family on a tiny budget, that would still be extreme poverty.

I hate that people who aren't in poverty try to explain to those who are "no, really, you can survive. You just need to find a way to suffer a little more."

The problem is not a lack of ingenuity & creativity. The problem is poverty. No one should have to struggle every moment of every day just to live.