2026 Goldman Prize winner Yuvelis Morales Blanco and Alianza Colombia libre de #Fracking helped elevate frac'ing as national issue in #Colombia, halting pilot projects along the #MagdalenaRiver, preventin…
I'm still sad so many sysadmins told me twitter would go down and never come back up or be down for days when Elon fired everyone and then it had a bump ride but was mostly "fine". fine in that the posting continued mostly uninterrupted.
Amazon MGM Studios drops Luca Guadagnino's mostly finished movie on Sam Altman; Amazon struck a major deal with OpenAI in February, including a $50B investment (Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/global/luca-guadagnino-sam-a…
periodic reminder that Dunning-Kruger effect is mostly statistical error and if you're using it as a part of your worldview, that's maybe a problem.
Doubly so since a naive reflection of it is a belief in a fascist ubermensch who's just smarter than everyone else. You can justify deeply anti-democratic ideals with it. So consider this carefully.
Amazon MGM Studios drops Luca Guadagnino's mostly finished movie on Sam Altman; Amazon struck a major deal with OpenAI in February, including a $50B investment (Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/global/luca-guadagnino-sam-a…
#MapleLeafs
Outside my bedroom window.
It’s been an extremely dry winter, only a few inches of snow since the beginning of Fall. Lawns are mostly brown except where some watering has been done, but grasses are hardy and can withstand the dryness better than trees, especially nonnative varieties that are all over the place. I haven’t paid attention to when leaves have appeared in previo…
Not to denigrate the effort that requires! Peak sports are amazing feats of endurance and determination. That's just the table stakes, and mostly not the determiner of who wins.