@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org2025-12-15 10:07:27
With news that another railway bridge in Scotland has fallen into the river below, I feel compelled to share @…'s # CautionaryTales episode on that famous Dundonian poet McGonagall..
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford: "Genius Still Unrecognised" - The Worst Poet in the World
Episode webpage: https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/genius-still-unrecognised-the-worst-poet-in-the-world
Media file: https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdrl.fm/18db03/tracking.swap.fm/track/SxlTEPDY7xDg35RXkASs/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/c0ae8c6e-22f0-4e9b-ac1c-ae390037ac53/fd2acf28-383a-4874-b266-b33900f48f7c/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=7f5a4714-6b10-4ccf-a424-ae390037ac70
@PaulWermer@sfba.social2026-01-13 15:28:01
Worth noting - and a cautionary tale (for me, at least) about relying on press reports about complex problems.
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20
@paulwermer@sfba.social2026-01-13 15:28:01
Worth noting - and a cautionary tale (for me, at least) about relying on press reports about complex problems.
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20
@cheryanne@aus.social2025-12-09 18:08:18
The James Donald Forbes McCann Catamaran Plan
Writer/comedian/low-income husband and father James Donald Forbes McCann does not own a boat—yet...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/catamaran-plan/
@newstik@social.heise.de2026-01-06 01:25:55
Before publishing an #obituary , make sure to get a statement from the deceased.
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2003/if…
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2025-11-15 21:14:29
GUYS I just saw my fist full size battery electric bus!
I really wish we had catenary 🚎 instead but this will do for now.
it is essentially silent amongst the cacophony around it.
#bctransit #bus #electric #bev
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-10-27 17:01:31
The current AI investment boom will spark a "wildfire" that wipes out some companies, yet bolsters and enables others by unlocking GPUs, energy, and talent (Dion Lim/CEO Dinner Insights)
https://ceodinner.substack.com/p/the-ai-wildfire-is-coming-its-going
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-10-30 08:41:01
Q&A with Isaac Chotiner, who has been called the "interview assassin", on why he likes Q&A's, how he structures them, why he points out contradictions, and more (Liam Scott/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/the-interview/the-interview-assassin…
@chriscz@social.linux.pizza2025-10-31 00:04:20
New Zealand owner's (Transfer)Wise business and personal accounts closed after a change in business address. No worthy explanation given, no paths for remedy.
https://shaun.nz/why-were-never-using-wise-again-a-cautionary-tale-from-a-business-bur…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2025-11-06 21:00:53
Seems worth posting this again:
#tech #ethics #DataEthics
