So, the storm alerts seem to have come at the perfect time in my sleep cycle for my system to be like, yep, 3 hours of sleep was all we need! It's time to start the day! And so, 2 hours later, I'm still wide awake and I know I will be very unhappy about that over the next 18 hours.
Anyway, the change in how we get news has really impacted people getting weather alerts. I think a lot of people depended on local reporters to parse alerts into action, so even when people get alerts, they don't know what to do with that info. It's tough. That communication/knowledge gap is huge.
Whereas my good ol' weather radio alerted (as did one of our cell phones), and because weather radio tells you what the alert is, I knew right away. We actually weren't in the polygon, but did basement anyway based on what I saw on radar.
It makes me really sad to see people on local social media so confused by weather alerts. It makes sense, since phone-based stuff can be so random. But some people who got alerted didn't know what it meant, and some people didn't get alerted.
U.S. Southern Command: Applying total systemic friction on the cartels. On April 13, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear UNCLASSIFIED
We murdered two more people in boats today
New research again shows that stricter work requirements for SNAP don't boost employment, they just reduce participation in the program. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/13/r...
I hate video calls and appointments so very, very much. I don't want to see myself. But my new prescriber only does telehealth, so do it I must. T-T
Trump is not capable of making sound decisions on behalf of the United States. The media should cover his unfitness for office nonstop, while Congress must move swiftly to relieve him of his responsibilities.
Anything less demonstrates a fundamental unserious attitude toward governing a superpower.
I'm old-fashioned. I want your business to have a website. Don't gimme an Instagram page and a phone number. I wanna see what services you offer and then make an appointment on a regular degular website!
Having the plot hinge on whether a chatbot responds the same way to an identical prompt is kind of way beyond suspension of disbelief for me. Curious to see if they do any more with the discussion of complete predictability vs free will in humans, though.
The most recent episode of Matlock was pretty poopy. I want the show to do well since the first season was so solid and there's been some great writing, but the past few episodes have dragged a bit, and this one felt like straight-up AI apologia, while containing essential misunderstanding of LLMs.
Sandhill cranes are some of the most dinosaur birds, IMO. Even this adorably fluffy colt still says "dinosaur" to my brain.
Grey bird with white belly and pink beak is standing hip-deep in a snow melt puddle looking to the right. The birds is SO WET and is looking quite pleased with itself.
Sometimes a puddle seems like an annoying obstacle and then you remember that not everybirdy feels that way. Junco bath! #birds 🌿
Again, tech companies open embrace of authoritarianism and the fact that every new product is a more invasive spy device than the last one are not coincidences.
“As of March 2025, victims from 66 countries were trafficked into online scam centres, with no continent left untouched.”
Again: when you donate to shady accounts online, that money very well could actually be going to fuel slavery. I do not believe it’s worth the risk.
I've reposted an article about this in the past, and heard some stories on NPR, but the more attention this issue gets, the better. It's absolutely awful.
zevran just invite your friends to brunch or smt you need a new excuse to visit
#dragonage #fanart #art #comic #dragonageorigins
isn't it wild that the 90s were just ten years ago?
haha. haha. hah—*turns to dust*
Uruguay runs on 98% renewable energy. Their government stopped subsidizing fossil fuels, and now the country has cheaper electricity than it did previously, and they no longer have to worry so much about what is happening in other countries affecting their power production.
Those smiles are just like EVERYONE THIS IS MY DAD, MY DAD WENT TO SPACE
Except the dog. The dog is like "why is the photographer waving a squeaky toy? Maybe she will throw it."
An illustration of a can of Heinz Baked Beans, except the words "Baked" is replaced with "Eldritch". The tin is open and several bean-coloured tentacles dripping with bean juice are flailing about Yes it is as disturbing as it sounds.
This might be the most cursed image I've ever created, but I was playing dnd and the DM mentioned how their might be some eldritch BEINGS coming up and I misheard them and so, I present to you:
Eldritch Beans.
I'm not sorry.
#art #dnd #eldritch
I’m so mad, he didn’t deserve a space mission OR an Olympics
LET ALONE the America250 event
A sleeping black and white dog curled up on a beige bed. She is hugging her own rear paws with her front paws and has a little smile on her face.
Apparently it's exhausting being so cute
Well this is Very very interesting
Mentioning this as a reminder that these missions aren't just about space flight (which is fascinating in and of itself). They also create opportunities for other sciences to learn things we wouldn't be able to otherwise. We've learned a lot about the human body from studying astronauts' experiences
Science is good. We should fund it.
We needed this moment of collective joy.
NASA has switched from the general mission broadcast to the descent broadcast for Artemis II:
