"The change in the length of the day is on the scale of milliseconds but this is enough to potentially disrupt internet traffic, financial transactions and GPS navigation, all of which rely on precise timekeeping."

#climate #crisis

🍜 Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds / Climate crisis / The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/15/climate-crisis-making-days-longer-study

"In Paris cries of joy rang out as the projections sparked spontaneous hugs among strangers and several minutes of applause."

#france #elections

🍜 ‘We were so scared’: France’s centrist and leftwing voters breathe sigh of relief https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/07/we-were-so-scared-frances-centre-and-leftwing-voters-breathe-sigh-of-relief?CMP=Share\_iOSApp\_Other

"It is deeply rooted in the history of the French far right, shaped by xenophobic and racist nationalism, antisemitism, violence and contempt for parliamentary democracy."

#france #elections

🍜 The French republic is under threat. We are 1,000 historians and we cannot remain silent / Patrick Boucheron, Antoine Lilti and others / The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/06/french-republic-voters-election-far-right

"Once seen as a tech powerhouse, Japan has in recent years lagged in the global wave of digital transformation because of a deep resistance to change.

For instance, workplaces have continued to favour fax machines over emails - earlier plans to remove these machines from government offices were scrapped because of pushback."

#japan #technology

🍜 Japan's government finally says goodbye to floppy disks https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx82407j1v3o

"This is all very fascinating, because in most of the world, it really is the height of rudeness to wear your shoes inside someone’s home."

#shoes #home

🍜 Shoes Off: An American Horror Story https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/28/Shoes-Off-American-Horror-Story/

"Currently, the authorship feature requires you to use the web version of Mastodon or its official app and have a mastodon.social account or be on a server running recent nightly releases. However, the new feature is part of the Mastodon API, so it shouldn’t be long before third-party apps begin supporting it, too."

#mastodon

🍜 Highlighting Journalism on Mastodon - MacStories https://www.macstories.net/linked/highlighting-journalism-on-mastodon/

"When you want to create something, you need to get bored. You need to let your thoughts mingle with each other and discover a new perspective on the problem. Creation requires empty space and time."

#creativity #boredom

🍜 Get Bored! https://nikhil.bearblog.dev/get-bored/

"despite my complete lack of shame, I can not, will not, have not, shan't, and also REFUSE TO be manipulated into talking about Pile-Up Poker"

#zachGage #keenan #puzzmo #games

🍜 Zach Gage thinks he can bribe me into talking about Pile-Up Poker, the new game on Puzzmo https://gkeenan.co/avgb/zach-gage-thinks-he-can-bribe-me-into-talking-about-pile-up-poker-the-new-game-on-puzzmo/

"Although Japan has become more LGBTQ-friendly in the last decade, it remains the only G7 country not to give legal recognition to same-sex marriages or offer legal protection against discrimination."

#japan #sports #lgbtq

🍜 Tokyo Marathon 2025 To Include Nonbinary and Disabled People - Unseen Japan https://unseen-japan.com/tokyo-marathon-2025-nonbinary/

"Richard “Kinky” Friedman, a Texas icon who infused his songs, fiction, and campaign speeches with a unique and crass humor, died early Thursday, June 27. He was 79."

#kinkyFriedman #RIP

🍜 Kinky Friedman’s Wit Turned the Jewish Cowboy Into a Texas Icon https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/kinky-friedman-jewish-cowboy-texas-icon-dead/

"It's one of those tools that might not look like much from screenshots or a quick "dip" into it but it is actually quite flexible and powerful if you take the time to play a little. I'm loving that aspect of it."

#bearBlog 

| 🍜 Crafting My BearBlog | NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST https://wand3r.net/crafting-my-bearblog/ |

"he’s told average citizens they can post whatever they want in the party’s spaces in exchange for a “donation.” In effect. he’s selling the spaces, treating the election poster space as a giant advertising billboard."

#japan #election

🍜 Tokyo's Election Poster Boards are Out of Control - Unseen Japan https://unseen-japan.com/tokyo-governor-election-poster-boards/

"Maybe it is futile but I'm not going to stop trying just because it's hard. I have every right to try and block them or send them to a 10GB bin file."

#robbKnight #perplexity #ai 

🍜 Perplexity AI, Robots.txt, and Other Questions • Robb Knight https://rknight.me/blog/perplexity-ai-robotstxt-and-other-questions/

"The human, after drinking liquids, must pee. So if you're about to go somewhere where peeing is impossible, maybe don't drink a lot of liquids."

#travel #advice

🍜 Obvious travel advice https://dynomight.net/travel/

"No prime minister has ever lost their seat at a general election, according to the Institute for Government."

#uk #politics

🍜 Latest election poll: Rishi Sunak set to lose his seat https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/19/rishi-sunak-to-lose-seat-tory-wipeout-major-poll-predicts/