earthman
@robotbrain
Taiwan based Canadian. Sometimes techie, sometimes educator, always animal lover. Often news addict.
I was today years old when I found out the German for 'typhoon' is 'Taifun' I'm pretty sure I'm being pranked.
Nice. "Alysa Liu became the first American woman to win an individual Olympic figure skating gold medal in nearly a quarter of a century." Her father left China as a political refugee following Tiananmen. They were targeted by spies later and she's a protester herself. youtu.be/uR3QcMTwNmg?...
"People should be able to write software for Android, and distribute it without having to: *pay Google *give government ID *agree to Google terms We've got until September this year to stop Google squeezing the open Android ecosystem." https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/116087210269757672
Medieval York City "Alexey Mashkov (@_mashkow_) https://www.instagram.com/p/DUyaR--CSmf/?hl=en
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." — Voltaire
The court was, in effect, “bricked”. Microsoft denies this, but between the justices of the international criminal court and the US tech monopolist, I know who I trust. theguardian.com/commentisfree/… (3/3)
Relevant in the current Greenland insanity. "The world map you know is totally wrong. Mercator Misconceptions: Clever Map Shows the True Size of Countries" visualcapitalist.com/mercator-…
"Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, suggesting scientists have underestimated cow cognition." "Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow" arstechnica.com/science/2026/0…
This Goldman Sachs graph is ... concerning. www.goldmansachs.com/pdfs/insight...