Tootfinder

Guardian article today about crappy jobs. I haven't read it and this post isn't commentary on it, but to lighten the atmosphere, which is sombre in our house following another bereavement, it might be fun to share our first jobs - Saturday jobs, holiday jobs etc, not careers.
Mine, dahlings, was in an art gallery in Guildford in the mid 80s when I was 15. £10 a day, thought I was paid handsomely, and netted a boyfriend with a car who was one of the framers 👍🚗🖼️ Got pissed at a …

Three Andean condor chicks hatch in Colombia as species nears local extinction https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/three-andean-condor-chicks-hatch-in-colombia-as-species-nears-local-extinction/<…

Three Andean condor chicks hatch in Colombia as species nears local extinction
Since July 2024, three Andean condor chicks have hatched at an artificial incubation program located near Bogotá, Colombia’s capital city, contributor Christina Noriega reported for Mongabay. The artificial incubation program is run by the Jaime Duque Park Foundation, a Colombian conservation nonprofit that has worked since 2015 to counter the birds’ population decline. Globally, the […]

Time to investigate my dad's turntable; a Pioneer PL-15R; so at 33.33RPM, and with a disk with 64 edges, that should be 33.33/60*64=35.6Hz - so seeing 35.7Hz off my hacky photodiode sensor makes me very happy; although it's varying a little, but my scopes frequency counter is based off it's display, so hmm. And it's FFT won't go down that low really.

Bucky Brooks' top five 2026 NFL Draft prospects by position 2.0: Garrett Nussmeier rises up QB rankings https://www.nfl.com/news/bucky-brooks-top-five-2026-nfl-draft-prospects-by-position-2-0-garrett-nussmeier-rises…

A look at the meteorologists leaving broadcast news to become independent streamers; 19 meteorologists have joined the Digital Weather Network, founded in 2022 (Elizabeth Hewitt/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/feature/meteorologists

Meet the meteorologists leaving broadcast behind.
In an era of extreme weather, indie weathermen are streaming coverage 24-7—and banding together.

La gira latinoamericana de Pulp pasarš también por México, Colombia y Argentina, ademšs de Chile.
En la imagen, la publicación de la cuenta oficial de Pulp en tuisters.
http://www.welovepulp.info
🐦🔗

50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in columbus. spring ’76, show #6.
audience tape: https://archive.org/details/jg76-03-14.141590.jgb.aud.docwest.andrewf.t-flac16
recently surfaced soundboard of the late show:

This week, ProPublica published a story I wrote
based in part on interviews with parents and children being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
I had asked some of the parents to see if their children would be willing to write to me about their experiences inside.
-- More than three dozen did.
One of those letters came from 9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra Montoya from Colombia.
Her letter was written on…

How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.

"Colombia deploys 333 MW of PV in 2025"
#Colombia #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Colombia deploys 333 MW of PV in 2025
The country's cumulative installed PV capacity reached 1.59 GW at the end of December, according to new figures released by the Colombian administrator of the wholesale energy market.

Three right-wing media figures, who were denied press credentials in WA because of political affiliation, sue to get permanent press passes to the statehouse (John Stang/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.

Right-wing media figures file suit for press credentials at the statehouse in Olympia, Washington.
In Olympia, Washington, a few right-wing media figures have been trying to get credentialed to cover the statehouse. Their efforts—which now include a lawsuit—have shaken up the entire press corps.