ct_bergstrom

ct_bergstrom, 2 months ago to random

Next up: Tesla's Autopilot is actually just some dude in India driving your car with a Playstation controller.

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-just-walk-out-actually-1-000-people-in-india-2024-4?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=topbar

ct_bergstrom, 2 months ago to random

Total solar eclipse, April 8 2024.
Lake Champlain, Vermont.

Photo is the full frame, completely unedited, straight out of the camera. (Except for a modest reduction in image dimensions necessary to post to fediscience.)

ct_bergstrom, 2 months ago to Birding

Ravens, Santa Fe Ski Basin

#birding #birdphotography #corvids

ct_bergstrom, 2 months ago to random

Vaccination saves lives and money in two ways.

1. Directly reducing hospitalization and other health care costs in those vaccinated

2. Reducing transmission and thereby protecting even the unvaccinated.

Free COVID boosters would be an excellent public health investment.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/covid-boosters-are-a-gamechanger-if-they-are-free-for-everyone?CMP=share_btn_url

ct_bergstrom, 2 months ago to Birds

New phylogenetic tree of #birds just dropped.

(paywalled, I think)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07323-1

ct_bergstrom, 2 months ago to random

Curve-billed thrasher
Elephant Butte Lake State Park, New Mexico

#birdwatching #birdphotography #newmexico

pollak, 2 months ago to random

Hi @ct_bergstrom, I'd love to know your thoughts on Jonathan Haidt's new book "The Anxious Generation" (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729231/the-anxious-generation-by-jonathan-haidt/).

It sounds like the "science" behind it is probably bunk (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00902-2) but the actionable suggestions for parent behavior/regulation seem reasonable to me. Maybe a case of being right if for the wrong reason?

ct_bergstrom, 2 months ago to random

Ah yes, the nefarious TikTok stoking fear among the good people of New York City.

Scare headlines from the NY Daily News and NY Post

ct_bergstrom, 2 months ago to random

Fuck you, Panopto. It's not [INAUDIBLE], you're a coward.

Writing [INAUDIBLE] when you know damn well what I'm saying is bull[INAUDIBLE].

In parallel, Wallace kind of wrote up what he found, sent it to Darwin. Darwin was like, oh [INAUDIBLE], | better publish my thing. And then he did. And then Wallace was very generous, and Darwin ended up taking most of the credit, but they really had both had the same idea at the same time.
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ct_bergstrom, 2 months ago to random

Unfortunate headline from my employer.

They mean that signs of life would potentially be detectable, not that signs of life are detected.

ct_bergstrom, 2 months ago to random

Raven antics, Santa Fe NM

#birdwatching #raven #corvids

ct_bergstrom, 2 months ago to random

Gorgeous dark-eyed junco at Santa Fe Ski Basin in New Mexico. So very different than the dark-eyed juncos here in Seattle. #birdphotography #birdwatching

glennf, 2 months ago to random

What’s the best word that you have heard many times and could never remember the definition of—until it finally stuck? For me, it’s diegetic.

ct_bergstrom, 2 months ago to random

Musk's lawsuit against Center for Countering Digital Hate tossed out.

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/technology/x-lawsuit-dismissed.html?ugrp=c&unlocked_article_code=1.fU0.LFMJ.Kt6AhEY7-vtI&smid=url-share

ct_bergstrom, 2 months ago to random

Notice: Someone is sending out fake job offers using my name and a misspelling of my UW email address.

If you think I offered you a job, I'm afraid it's a scam.