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Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth’s surface in a new animation

theconversation.com · Dec 21

The first time Earth’s geologic record – information found inside rocks – has been used to create an animation of this kind.

Shared by @topstories and 38 others.
Laura (@laescude) · Dec 21
🔁 @coreyspowell:

For your weekend relaxation: 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics in 72 seconds.

Fun to locate your hometown (or ancestral town) and track where it's been over the years...or how long it's even existed as a physical location.

theconversation.com/witness-1- #science #earth #nature #history

Marc Robinson-Rechavi (@marcrr) · Dec 21
🔁 @coreyspowell:

For your weekend relaxation: 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics in 72 seconds.

Fun to locate your hometown (or ancestral town) and track where it's been over the years...or how long it's even existed as a physical location.

theconversation.com/witness-1- #science #earth #nature #history

Martijn Tonies ✅ 🧷 (@mt) · Dec 21
🔁 @coreyspowell:

For your weekend relaxation: 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics in 72 seconds.

Fun to locate your hometown (or ancestral town) and track where it's been over the years...or how long it's even existed as a physical location.

theconversation.com/witness-1- #science #earth #nature #history

blabaere (@blabaere) · Dec 21
🔁 @coreyspowell:

For your weekend relaxation: 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics in 72 seconds.

Fun to locate your hometown (or ancestral town) and track where it's been over the years...or how long it's even existed as a physical location.

theconversation.com/witness-1- #science #earth #nature #history

MOULE (8000 BPM MUSIC OUT NOW) (@MOULE) · Dec 21
🔁 @coreyspowell:

For your weekend relaxation: 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics in 72 seconds.

Fun to locate your hometown (or ancestral town) and track where it's been over the years...or how long it's even existed as a physical location.

theconversation.com/witness-1- #science #earth #nature #history

Court Cantrell will not comply (@courtcan) · Dec 21
🔁 @coreyspowell:

For your weekend relaxation: 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics in 72 seconds.

Fun to locate your hometown (or ancestral town) and track where it's been over the years...or how long it's even existed as a physical location.

theconversation.com/witness-1- #science #earth #nature #history

Tomas Ekeli (@tomasekeli) · Dec 21
🔁 @coreyspowell:

For your weekend relaxation: 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics in 72 seconds.

Fun to locate your hometown (or ancestral town) and track where it's been over the years...or how long it's even existed as a physical location.

theconversation.com/witness-1- #science #earth #nature #history

Prof Heino Falcke (@hfalcke) · Dec 21
🔁 @coreyspowell:

For your weekend relaxation: 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics in 72 seconds.

Fun to locate your hometown (or ancestral town) and track where it's been over the years...or how long it's even existed as a physical location.

theconversation.com/witness-1- #science #earth #nature #history

Marv Clowder (@MarvClowder) · Dec 21
🔁 @coreyspowell:

For your weekend relaxation: 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics in 72 seconds.

Fun to locate your hometown (or ancestral town) and track where it's been over the years...or how long it's even existed as a physical location.

theconversation.com/witness-1- #science #earth #nature #history

Roknrol (@roknrol) · Dec 21
🔁 @coreyspowell:

For your weekend relaxation: 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics in 72 seconds.

Fun to locate your hometown (or ancestral town) and track where it's been over the years...or how long it's even existed as a physical location.

theconversation.com/witness-1- #science #earth #nature #history

Shared by @topstories and 20 others.
Charlie O’Hara (@awfulwoman) · Dec 20
🔁 @realms:

I wonder how these kinds of tooth-regrowing drugs will impact those of us who had massive corrective dental work and removals as teenagers? Can they target specific teeth or just generally regrow? popularmechanics.com/science/h

mhoye (@mhoye) · Dec 20
🔁 @bruces:

"Japanese researchers are moving forward with an experimental drug that promises to regrow human teeth"

popularmechanics.com/science/h

Kristoffer Lawson (@Setok) · Dec 20
🔁 @bruces:

"Japanese researchers are moving forward with an experimental drug that promises to regrow human teeth"

popularmechanics.com/science/h

EverMama8_ (@EverMama8_) · Dec 20
🔁 @bruces:

"Japanese researchers are moving forward with an experimental drug that promises to regrow human teeth"

popularmechanics.com/science/h

Worth reading

Project Code Named: VirtuScope

thedigitalocean.wordpress.com · Dec 20

This was a fun, challenging and at times very slightly frustrating build. Come check out our new website dedicated to all things Cyberdeck at the cyberdeck.cafe Is it The Future Yet? Cyberpunk isn&…

Shared by @topstories and 14 others.
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The facts about a planet facing climate disaster are clear. Why won’t this Labour government face them? | Jeremy Corbyn

theguardian.com · Dec 20

Labour seems gripped by a form of denialism. The danger is real and incremental change won’t avert it, says Jeremy Corbyn, independent MP for Islington North

Shared by @gombang and 18 others.
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 (@Lazarou) · Dec 21
🔁 @tobeB:

There is no need to overcomplicate things: a rise in global temperatures of 3.1C is not compatible with human survival. That is where we are heading, unless we act now. On our current path, the world will exceed 1.5C of warming, and could reach a rise of 2.6-3.1C by the end of the century.

#climateChange #climateCatastrophe #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Richard Michael Blaber (@rmblaber1956) · Dec 20

theguardian.com/commentisfree/. The reality is even worse than Jeremy Corbyn states here - which makes his question even more pertinent.

Nicole Parsons (@Npars01) · Dec 21
🔁 @tobeB:

There is no need to overcomplicate things: a rise in global temperatures of 3.1C is not compatible with human survival. That is where we are heading, unless we act now. On our current path, the world will exceed 1.5C of warming, and could reach a rise of 2.6-3.1C by the end of the century.

#climateChange #climateCatastrophe #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

hypebot (@hypebot) · Dec 21
🔁 @tobeB:

There is no need to overcomplicate things: a rise in global temperatures of 3.1C is not compatible with human survival. That is where we are heading, unless we act now. On our current path, the world will exceed 1.5C of warming, and could reach a rise of 2.6-3.1C by the end of the century.

#climateChange #climateCatastrophe #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Simon Brooke (@simon_brooke) · Dec 20
🔁 @therightarticle:

The facts about a planet facing climate disaster are clear. Why won’t this Labour government face them? | Jeremy Corbyn theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Gombang (@gombang) · Dec 21
🔁 @tobeB:

There is no need to overcomplicate things: a rise in global temperatures of 3.1C is not compatible with human survival. That is where we are heading, unless we act now. On our current path, the world will exceed 1.5C of warming, and could reach a rise of 2.6-3.1C by the end of the century.

#climateChange #climateCatastrophe #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

medio pocillo ☕ (@mediopocillo) · Dec 21
🔁 @tobeB:

There is no need to overcomplicate things: a rise in global temperatures of 3.1C is not compatible with human survival. That is where we are heading, unless we act now. On our current path, the world will exceed 1.5C of warming, and could reach a rise of 2.6-3.1C by the end of the century.

#climateChange #climateCatastrophe #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

SydneyJim (@SydneyJim) · Dec 21
🔁 @tobeB:

There is no need to overcomplicate things: a rise in global temperatures of 3.1C is not compatible with human survival. That is where we are heading, unless we act now. On our current path, the world will exceed 1.5C of warming, and could reach a rise of 2.6-3.1C by the end of the century.

#climateChange #climateCatastrophe #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Bargearse (@largess) · Dec 21
🔁 @tobeB:

There is no need to overcomplicate things: a rise in global temperatures of 3.1C is not compatible with human survival. That is where we are heading, unless we act now. On our current path, the world will exceed 1.5C of warming, and could reach a rise of 2.6-3.1C by the end of the century.

#climateChange #climateCatastrophe #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Ugly Truth About Spotify is Finally Revealed

honest-broker.com · Dec 19

A year-long investigation by an independent journalist is very alarming

Shared by @cwicseolfor and 75 others.
Glyn Moody (@glynmoody) · Dec 20
🔁 @brianvastag:

Thank goodness for Ted Goia, who suspected Spotify was spiking playlists with musak, essentially, and now an investigation has proven him correct. Fake artists who produce cheap tracks and give up all rights to it are now proliferating. He calls it war on the music biz.

#music

honest-broker.com/p/the-ugly-t

jbz (@jbz) · Dec 21
🔁 @mandugar:

Spotify se monta una payola inversa: usa música genérica -probablemente hecha con Inteligencia Artificial- para retener los beneficios y joder a artistas y discográficas.

The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed

honest-broker.com/p/the-ugly-t

Mensch, Marina (@energisch_) · Dec 21
🔁 @x_tof:

"Spotify has gone to war against musicians and record labels."
Ich bin ganz froh, an diesem ganzen Shit-Buisness nicht teilzunehmen. Hab aber auch noch keinen guten Weg gefunden, wie ich sonst Musik hören und bezahlen könnte. Das meiste höre ich tatsächlich live, mein Bandcamp-Account schlummert vor sich hin (weil es keine vernünftige App dafür gibt) und ab und zu läuft halt mal youtube (natürlich nur mit Werbeblocker).
honest-broker.com/p/the-ugly-t
@stuttgigs @gigblog

Shared by @RealGene and 64 others.
JonChevreau (@JonChevreau) · Dec 20
🔁 @Techmeme:

How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with "ghost artists" to cut its royalty payouts (Liz Pelly/Harper's)

harpers.org/archive/2025/01/th
techmeme.com/241220/p21#a24122

Casey Newton (@crumbler) · Dec 20

Outstanding investigation from @lizpelly into how Spotify is relentlessly replacing artist-driven music on its most popular playlists with anonymous Muzak https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson (@SrRochardBunson) · Dec 20
🔁 @lardmotel:

Spotify. If you rely on it for audience then you’re trying to engage through something we used to know as MUZAK. That was a piped music service with calculated playlists for worker efficiency. Listeners of Spotify do not notice ‘ghost music’ because they are not actually listening.

The article is interesting but contingent on Spotify being a music service. Look at categories where the ghosts are. #music

harpers.org/archive/2025/01/th

Baldur Bjarnason (@baldur) · Dec 21

“The Ghosts in the Machine, by Liz Pelly”

harpers.org/archive/2025/01/th

> Spotify, I discovered, not only has partnerships with a web of production companies, which, as one former employee put it, provide Spotify with “music we benefited from financially,” but also a team of employees working to seed these tracks on playlists across the platform.

Ben Curthoys (@bencurthoys) · Dec 20
🔁 @carnage4life:

Spotify pays out 70% of its revenue to record labels and is barely profitable.

For playlists that are ambient background music like “jazz” or “peaceful piano”, it prefers mass produced stock music instead of music from major labels. This saves them money and users don’t mind.

This sounds quite smart to me but reporters keep treating it as a scandal. I don’t get it.
harpers.org/archive/2025/01/th

18-Year Study Of 82,297 Adults Finds Cycle Commuting Halves Chance Of Early Death

forbes.com · Dec 20

Billionaires famously want to live longer. They should jump on bicycles, not spacecraft.

Shared by @Npars01 and 22 others.
Nicole Parsons (@Npars01) · Dec 21
🔁 @cdarwin:

One of the best ways of extending life is available to almost all and it’s cheap:
cycle commuting.

The latest research to confirm this is an 18-year-long study of 82,297 Scottish adults.
This found that compared with sedentary commuting,
commuting to work or study by bike was associated with lower all-cause mortality risk,
lower risk of any hospitalization,
lower risk of cardiovascular disease,
lower risk of cancer mortality
and better mental health.

Those who walked to work also extended their lives, although not by as much.

The study
—in BMJ Public Health
—says that cycling to work is the “most practical and sustainable way [for many people] to increase daily physical activity.”

The findings join others from previous longitudinal studies.
A five-year study of 263,450 U.K. commuters, published in the British Medical Journal in 2017,
found regular cycling cut the risk of death from any cause by 41%,
and the incidence of cancer and heart disease by 45% and 46% respectively.

Other large-scale studies have found similar.
A similar longitudinal study on the health benefits of cycling was carried out by the Copenhagen Center for Prospective Population Studies.
Over some years, researchers studied 13,375 women and 17,265 men.
Many died during the study period, and their ages were logged.
Those who regularly cycled—say, to work—were found to live longer.
Report author Lars Bo Andersen said:
“The major findings of this large-scale study were that in both sexes and in all age groups ... those who used the bicycle as transportation to work experienced a lower mortality rate even after adjustment for leisure time physical activity ...
Those who did not cycle to work experienced a 39% higher mortality rate than those who did.”
forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2

Chuck Darwin (@cdarwin) · Dec 21

One of the best ways of extending life is available to almost all and it’s cheap:
cycle commuting.

The latest research to confirm this is an 18-year-long study of 82,297 Scottish adults.
This found that compared with sedentary commuting,
commuting to work or study by bike was associated with lower all-cause mortality risk,
lower risk of any hospitalization,
lower risk of cardiovascular disease,
lower risk of cancer mortality
and better mental health.

Those who walked to work also extended their lives, although not by as much.

The study
—in BMJ Public Health
—says that cycling to work is the “most practical and sustainable way [for many people] to increase daily physical activity.”

The findings join others from previous longitudinal studies.
A five-year study of 263,450 U.K. commuters, published in the British Medical Journal in 2017,
found regular cycling cut the risk of death from any cause by 41%,
and the incidence of cancer and heart disease by 45% and 46% respectively.

Other large-scale studies have found similar.
A similar longitudinal study on the health benefits of cycling was carried out by the Copenhagen Center for Prospective Population Studies.
Over some years, researchers studied 13,375 women and 17,265 men.
Many died during the study period, and their ages were logged.
Those who regularly cycled—say, to work—were found to live longer.
Report author Lars Bo Andersen said:
“The major findings of this large-scale study were that in both sexes and in all age groups ... those who used the bicycle as transportation to work experienced a lower mortality rate even after adjustment for leisure time physical activity ...
Those who did not cycle to work experienced a 39% higher mortality rate than those who did.”
forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2

Cory Doctorow’s prescient novella about health insurance and murder: ‘They’re going to be afraid’

theguardian.com · Dec 20

The parallels between the science fiction writer’s five-year-old story and present-day events are startling

Shared by @dgoldsmith and 22 others.
Lorraine C. (@dancingdogs) · Dec 21
🔁 @PeachMcD:

"Anyone who hurt their precious children, they’d hunt that person down like a dog. The only amazing thing about any of this is that no one has done it yet."
#CoryDoctorow 's prescience made the @TheGuardian

For important reasons 🤨😒😕
#LuigiMangione #MedicareForAll
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d

Linda Woodrow (@lindawoodrow) · Dec 20
🔁 @joecardillo:

“We have historically done things about oppressive corporate systems that are destroying people’s lives, and we’ve done them, if not in living memory, at least not that long ago,” @pluralistic says, speaking of the trust-busting movement to break up Standard Oil and other monopolies in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

“Corporate power was significantly more dystopian than it is today, and we figured out how to deal with it..."

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d

ItsDoctorNotMrs (@northernlights) · Dec 21
🔁 @knittingknots2:

Cory Doctorow’s prescient novella about health insurance and murder: ‘They’re going to be afraid’ | Brian Thompson shooting | The Guardian

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d

Sensible Crone (@susiemagoo) · Dec 20
🔁 @joecardillo:

“We have historically done things about oppressive corporate systems that are destroying people’s lives, and we’ve done them, if not in living memory, at least not that long ago,” @pluralistic says, speaking of the trust-busting movement to break up Standard Oil and other monopolies in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

“Corporate power was significantly more dystopian than it is today, and we figured out how to deal with it..."

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d

Christoph Becker (@cbecker) · Dec 20
🔁 @joecardillo:

“We have historically done things about oppressive corporate systems that are destroying people’s lives, and we’ve done them, if not in living memory, at least not that long ago,” @pluralistic says, speaking of the trust-busting movement to break up Standard Oil and other monopolies in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

“Corporate power was significantly more dystopian than it is today, and we figured out how to deal with it..."

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d

Coherence (@Coherence) · Dec 20
🔁 @joecardillo:

“We have historically done things about oppressive corporate systems that are destroying people’s lives, and we’ve done them, if not in living memory, at least not that long ago,” @pluralistic says, speaking of the trust-busting movement to break up Standard Oil and other monopolies in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

“Corporate power was significantly more dystopian than it is today, and we figured out how to deal with it..."

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d

Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) · Dec 20
🔁 @joecardillo:

“We have historically done things about oppressive corporate systems that are destroying people’s lives, and we’ve done them, if not in living memory, at least not that long ago,” @pluralistic says, speaking of the trust-busting movement to break up Standard Oil and other monopolies in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

“Corporate power was significantly more dystopian than it is today, and we figured out how to deal with it..."

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d

Hit TV show, tick. Millions for lawyers, tick. Now could we manage some actual justice for the subpostmasters? | Marina Hyde

theguardian.com · Dec 20

The ‘big people’ implicated in this disgraceful run of events need to pay their dues. Britain needs it – and demands it, says Marina Hyde

Shared by @otfrom and 15 others.
MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸 (@fkamiah17) · Dec 21
🔁 @wood5y:

"Alan Bates is still waiting to be paid full and proper compensation by the British state. So are the vast majority of other victims, who remain trapped in bureaucracy that doesn’t feel a million miles from the corporate psychopathy that drove them into ruin and/or imprisonment in the first place."

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan) · Dec 21
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Marina Hyde points out: 'the absolutely crucial thing to grasp about the Post Office scandal is that there are two classes of people in this story – the sort of little people who go to prison & the sort of big people who wrongly send them there, yet fail upwards thereafter'!

As compensation is still delayed & prosecutions for their actions seem unlikely for PO managers, the Post Office scandal has become exemplary of the cancer eating away at British society!

#politics
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Glyn Moody (@glynmoody) · Dec 21
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Marina Hyde points out: 'the absolutely crucial thing to grasp about the Post Office scandal is that there are two classes of people in this story – the sort of little people who go to prison & the sort of big people who wrongly send them there, yet fail upwards thereafter'!

As compensation is still delayed & prosecutions for their actions seem unlikely for PO managers, the Post Office scandal has become exemplary of the cancer eating away at British society!

#politics
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

hypebot (@hypebot) · Dec 21
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Marian Hyde points out: 'the absolutely crucial thing to grasp about the Post Office scandal is that there are two classes of people in this story – the sort of little people who go to prison & the sort of big people who wrongly send them there, yet fail upwards thereafter'!

As compensation is still delayed & prosecutions for their actions seem unlikely for PO managers, the Post Office scandal has become exemplary of the cancer eating away at British society!

#politics
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Nicole Parsons (@Npars01) · Dec 21
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Marina Hyde points out: 'the absolutely crucial thing to grasp about the Post Office scandal is that there are two classes of people in this story – the sort of little people who go to prison & the sort of big people who wrongly send them there, yet fail upwards thereafter'!

As compensation is still delayed & prosecutions for their actions seem unlikely for PO managers, the Post Office scandal has become exemplary of the cancer eating away at British society!

#politics
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Chip Butty (@otfrom) · Dec 21
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Marina Hyde points out: 'the absolutely crucial thing to grasp about the Post Office scandal is that there are two classes of people in this story – the sort of little people who go to prison & the sort of big people who wrongly send them there, yet fail upwards thereafter'!

As compensation is still delayed & prosecutions for their actions seem unlikely for PO managers, the Post Office scandal has become exemplary of the cancer eating away at British society!

#politics
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Wen (@Wen) · Dec 21
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Marina Hyde points out: 'the absolutely crucial thing to grasp about the Post Office scandal is that there are two classes of people in this story – the sort of little people who go to prison & the sort of big people who wrongly send them there, yet fail upwards thereafter'!

As compensation is still delayed & prosecutions for their actions seem unlikely for PO managers, the Post Office scandal has become exemplary of the cancer eating away at British society!

#politics
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Fight the Right (@Nigel_Purchase) · Dec 21
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Marina Hyde points out: 'the absolutely crucial thing to grasp about the Post Office scandal is that there are two classes of people in this story – the sort of little people who go to prison & the sort of big people who wrongly send them there, yet fail upwards thereafter'!

As compensation is still delayed & prosecutions for their actions seem unlikely for PO managers, the Post Office scandal has become exemplary of the cancer eating away at British society!

#politics
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

pettter (@pettter) · Dec 21
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

Marian Hyde points out: 'the absolutely crucial thing to grasp about the Post Office scandal is that there are two classes of people in this story – the sort of little people who go to prison & the sort of big people who wrongly send them there, yet fail upwards thereafter'!

As compensation is still delayed & prosecutions for their actions seem unlikely for PO managers, the Post Office scandal has become exemplary of the cancer eating away at British society!

#politics
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

OpenAI o3 Breakthrough High Score on ARC-AGI-Pub

arcprize.org · Dec 20

OpenAI o3 scores 75.7% on ARC-AGI public leaderboard.

Shared by @remixtures and 13 others.
Erik Jonker (@ErikJonker) · Dec 21
🔁 @simon:

By far the best coverage of o3 is this essay by François Chollet, it's crammed with interesting insights beyond just reporting on the benchmark score: arcprize.org/blog/oai-o3-pub-b

Published my own notes on that here: simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/20/

Pratik Patel (@ppatel) · Dec 20
🔁 @simon:

By far the best coverage of o3 is this essay by François Chollet, it's crammed with interesting insights beyond just reporting on the benchmark score: arcprize.org/blog/oai-o3-pub-b

Published my own notes on that here: simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/20/

mthpvg (@mthpvg) · Dec 21

arcprize.org/blog/oai-o3-pub-b

“You'll know AGI is here when the exercise of creating tasks that are easy for regular humans but hard for AI becomes simply impossible.”

#ai #arcprize #arcagi #agi #openai #o3

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