nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqy6pgnlhaglqcf7ljw9l2dx86wxwzpg54e9egxzt84fr73usm7djqsvc2zv (the author of The Fault in Our Stars) recently wrote a non-fiction book about #tuberculosis and he is alarmed at the attack of the U.S. government against #USAID because USAID is possibly the largest sponsor of the distribution of TB meds throughout the world.

https://youtu.be/PBjQgizWRBA

This is a really clever animated illustration of the position of the sun in the sky during the December solstice on a flat Earth vs. a globe Earth. It shows how a 24-hour sun in the Antarctic works as well.

https://youtu.be/HcctCQzTNow

The channel has other really nice videos as well if you’re curious to see more.

#FlatEarth

#30DayMapChallenge 🗺️ Day 1️⃣: Points

I had fun doing last year’s challenge so here we go again!

For Day 1, I wanted to replicate the style from last year first day,¹ so here’s a map with the 4271 *points* of the #Philippines 🇵🇭, aka capes, promontories, or headlands, as recorded by #Wikidata.

This data actually originally came from the U.S. GEOnet Names Server, then infamously imported as bot-created Cebuano #Wikipedia articles, then became Wikidata items.

¹ https://en.osm.town/@seav/111335116974296246

I've played 1000 games of #Wordle nearly everyday since January 2022. I've missed playing a few times and didn't get the word within 6 guesses for 17 games.

#TIL that Denis Villeneuve’s and Isaac Newton’s surnames have the same etymological meaning.

#etymology

OK. So we already know that the ruby-hilted dagger is not what it is in the books. And Min’s vision of Mat and Rand might still come to fruition, but will we get the un-Healable wound(s) from the books this episode? 🤔

Nynaeve torturing Seta is so good, but I think non-book readers will be confused. The books had tons of pages to expound on how the a’dam work as the characters are studying it but the show is trying to cram everything into the precious few screen minutes.

I just finished rereading The Gathering Storm, or Book 12 of The Wheel of Time, and after watching Episode 7 of the TV show and seeing the visceral interactions between Egwene and Renna, I’m reminded of this line from the book during the Seanchan raid at the White Tower:

“Each faceless Seanchan that Egwene struck down seemed to be Renna in her mind’s eye. [...]

This raid had to *cost* them.”

Hopefully the TV series will realize this long-term payoff seeded in Ep7.

Rediscovering this gem from #Kygo and I'm struck at how I only really appreciate this song now as opposed to a few years ago when I first heard it.

https://youtu.be/zaIsVnmwdqg

I think Kygo produces the most similar music to the late #Avicii and this song in particular was sung by the same singer (Sandro Cavazza) as "Without You", one of my favorite Avicii songs.

I also like how "Happy Now" is thematically similar to Marshmello/Bastille's "Happier" which I also really love.

#EDM #music

nostr:npub1kv8dhe7f0hsrjve8jj78qdl7sa8m0fgztwygaram08azqa2k4ltq92fnd5 I enjoyed that movie too. But I do like dystopian sci-fi movies in general. 🙂

I finished mapping all 10 barangays of the municipality of Panglao, Bohol, #Philippines 🇵🇭 in #OpenStreetMap, improving their #Wikidata items, and linking the two datasets with each other.

Wanna play around? Here is the Overpass Turbo query: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1ywY

And here is the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) query: https://w.wiki/7CBC

#OpenData #LinkedOpenData #Panglao #Bohol #barangays

Previously: https://en.osm.town/@seav/110712695608480737

I’m kinda amazed that one of the first websites that I ever visited (ca. 1996/1997), and one that gave me a glimpse at the power of having practically any information at my fingertips is still online.

https://fourmilab.ch/

#nostalgia

Wow! The #BBC has just launched several new Mastodon accounts on their social.bbc instance! 🤩

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub

nostr:npub1e6x6gcyqucldkrevaa7lx3uvgxlzxuwmxhw2t47g4trwlm5lx0kqzszd8d "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway." —Andrew S. Tanenbaum

nostr:npub1hwrfggy2z54hl448fxmh63t4k66d4ledmslz63f72e3kagktsajsfehyzz Ay ang tanga. LOL. Akala ko semi-automated yung pagkopya nila na pinipili kung ano yung kokopyahin. Lahat pala kinokopya.