@rae@bne.social2026-07-24 05:14:25
After working in the NT in the lat 80s, early 90s, I thought I'd covered every crazy story about the local politicians. ( My favourites were the MP who punched another fan while at the footy, and the Mines and Energy minister drinking water from the Ranger tailings dam to prove uranium was safe.)
I didn't expect them to keep electing crazy people in the 21st century.
"NT minister claims Earth’s magnetic poles could flip if territory doesn’t use more groundwater"…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social2026-10-23 06:15:11
"Bullshit universities: the future of automated education"
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-025-02340-8
"[…] The dream that AI could teach students effectively neglects the importance of ‘learning how’ in order to ‘learn that’, that teachers are also role models, and t…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-10-23 12:55:29
Giants DC Dennard Wilson rips 'traitors to the defense' for poor effort in Week 6 loss https://www.nfl.com/news/giants-dc-dennard-wilson-rips-traitors-to-the-defense
@carl@heath.social2026-09-21 18:53:20
Den andra texten i min serie om kulturens plats i krigets Ukraina handlar om RussT - rostande figurer formade efter vittnesmål från människor som återvänt ur rysk fångenskap. Om konst, tortyr och att minnas.
https://carlheath.se/russt-figurerna-som-grater-till-minne-…
@brian_gettler@mas.to2026-10-19 22:46:18
Professional societies, I beg you, please shorten the name of the Super-Long-Dude's-Name Memorial Prize in Whatever Studies. It's torture trying to include it in my tightly limited cover letter nominating a colleague for another prize with a name that's way too long. Like, if you just called it the Best Prize or something, I'd save two full lines.
@villavelius@mastodon.online2026-10-23 09:59:12
RE: https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/117486411242814596
The test is whether the voters prefer an unapologetic traitorous pretend-christian to a progressive candidate
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-10-14 05:12:51
No, the drought isn't over yet. Despite some rain here in the Netherlands in recent weeks, the water flow in the Rhine is still in record low territory: around 600 m³/s, less than half of the normal flow in autumn. This keeps drawing groundwater away too.
https://waterberichtgeving.rws.nl/owb/
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.social2026-10-11 16:05:57
@bobmueller@mastodon.world2026-10-11 05:54:18
Is The Death Penalty About Vengeance Or Justice?
From botched executions to the troubling questions of fairness, wrongful convictions, and my own conflicted feelings about executing a traitor, I explain why I believe capital punishment must end.
http://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/is-the…
@carl@heath.social2026-09-25 06:58:15
Fem texter om kulturens roll i krigets Ukraina. Om vad som händer när kriget riktas mot människor, territorium, språk, minne och berättelser – och hur kulturen hjälper ett samhälle att uthärda och fortsätta vara sig självt.
https://carlheath.se/tag/cultural-forces/
