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@ egrets @lemmy.world

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  • TIL Amtrak will let you attach your own private car to one of their trains and they charge you per a mile

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  • This is also how the Channel Tunnel between Folkestone in the UK and Calais in France works, sans any amenities other than a toilet. Drive on, get taken under the strait, and drive off at the other side.

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    TIL: How the CIA Used Jazz Diplomacy to Cover Cold War Assassinations from Lumumba to Allende

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  • All of the infographics are AI slop, but some are worse than others. The one about Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala is baffling:

    1954 bananas! Tanks up for 10 days! United Fruit had 550,000 land!

  • A Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia

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  • Relevant bits, without corny jokes, from the original Ashcroft Fire Rescue post on Facebook:

    A quick investigation revealed the cause of this fire. It was determined to be a fish. The fish had an incredible journey, considering the river is 3km east from the point of origin. The fish had been dropped by a local osprey onto the hydro line causing embers to drop, along with the fish, to the dry grasses below. We do suspect by the size of the fish and the heat of the day probably caused the rather tired bird to drop its catch. It has been verified that our prime suspect sustained no injuries in the incident.

  • Not my problem

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  • xkcd #3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres

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  • In terms of continental plates, as I understand it, Zealandia straddles the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates, so if this map were split by major continental plates, New Zealand's north and south islands would be split.

    But I'm not a geologist.

  • xkcd #3122: Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres

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  • If it were divided by continental tectonic plates, it would be welcome news for Southern Asia and most of the Middle East, but terrible news for New Zealand, Iceland, and the Caribbean.

  • OpenAI signs deal with United Kingdom to find government uses for its models

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  • A gold hat on a volleyball could replace the royalty at a fraction of the cost.

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    Instagram Suspends Zohran Mamdani’s account, Leaked Memo Cites ‘National Interest’ as Meta Tilts Right

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  • Do we have any evidence or indication of that, other than this one spurious article?

  • Why Is Trump Putting Makeup on His Very Normal Hand Bruise?

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  • The New Yorker has an article limit, but their entire article is just this BlueSky post. Image follows.

  • What could probably happen....

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  • Nah, just read into it a little and then forgot it afterwards! The first link -- the old Reddit thread -- was quite helpful.

  • What could probably happen....

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  • I was interested in whether this was accurate. I got a similar answer, but I know almost nothing about nuclear fission and math is not my strong suit. Here it is anyway:

    The heat capacity of water is fairly linear. At normal atmospheric pressure, it's 4,200J/kg°C, which means a 300ml mug of water would take 1,260 joules to raise by 1°C and thus 75,600 joules to raise by 60°C.

    Fission of a single atomic nucleus of U-235 releases an average of 3.2e-11 joules (0.000000000032). To release 75,600 joules would presumably take fission of 2.3625e+15 atoms (2,362,500,000,000,000 -- two quadrillion three hundred sixty-two trillion five hundred billion).

  • What could probably happen....

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  • I'd probably propose tbf

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  • No, but he thinks another soldier did. It's a bit of a grim tale (though that page doesn't cite its sources, so take this with a grain of salt):

    the kitten was one of two who were orphaned after a soldier shot their mother for “yeowling”. The marine who adopted the other kitten killed it after rolling over on it in his sleep.

    But Praytor’s kitten survived. He fed her on meat from ration cans. After Praytor left her to return home, she became something of a mascot for the company’s public information office. Praytor believed another marine, corporal Conrad Fisher, eventually adopted her and brought her home to the United States.

    Edit: this history enthusiast's page corroborates the story with a citation of Frank D. Praytor, "The Commandant and the Cat," The Greybeards 23, no. 3 (May-June 2009): 30-31, 65

  • Independence Day

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  • Happy Indepedence Day! Because you can write "independence" without three Ns!

  • Proton joins suit against Apple for predatory practices that harm developers and consumers

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  • I've seen people dismiss this as purely praise for Slater (about whom I know nothing), but it's very hard not to read these statements from the tweet:

    Great pick by @realDonaldTrump.

    He likes that Gail Slater was given a prominent role. Fair enough – the ping of Trump's account seems pandering, but it's not exactly a million-dollar donation to his inauguration.

    10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned.

    Implies Republicans look to promote small businesses against tech monopolies. Demonstrably not the case.

    People forget that the current antitrust actions against Big Tech were started under the first Trump admin.

    Suggests the Trump Admin are the bastions against Silicon Valley giants. Completely laughable.

  • Study Finds Water Isn't the Best Drink for Hydration

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  • INTRODUCING THE ALL-NEW SOLID ORAL™ SPORTS HYDRATION SOLUTION DRINK THING!

  • You know that origami flower shop we kept talking about maybe one day wandering through?

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  • Let him out 😢

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  • Honestly, the small angular ones that lay larvae on clothing get swatted or electrocuted without a second thought. They fall into the mosquito category.

    Everything else gets escorted outside or, if not feasible without risking harm, left to their own devices.

  • Tesla In 'Self-Drive Mode' Hit By Train After Turning Onto Train Tracks

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  • They didn't make a turn into a crossing. It turned onto the tracks.

    Just to be clear for others, it did so at a crossing. That's still obviously not what it should have done and it's no defence of the self-driving feature, but I read your comment as suggesting it had found its way onto train tracks by some other route.