Global humidity is rising. Kinda sucks looking for data on it because it just shows an average and because it’s an average it only moves a few points. I’d be really interested in seeing what’s happening in populated areas. It’s completely anecdotal, but I really feel that humidity has shot up a lot when I’m outdoors. Unless you’re in a arid area, it’s feels so much steamier and harder to cool off.
Jaguar attacks on pets and farm animals are a common problem, but after developing a drug-induced stomach ache, the big cats seem to learn not to kill certain animals
As we start to see more users join, it's inevitable to see trolls (especially low-effort trolls) making more of an appearance and trying to be controversial and noticed....
Some people literally would prefer to see the world burn. No idea what’s up with that form of psychological gratification from destruction, but fuck them.
Very much the truth. I cautiously suggested that people leave their content up simply as an archive of useful knowledge, but fbfw was downvoted to oblivion. I understand people wanting to depart and take their ball home with them because fuck you spez, but I still have a hard time with the destruction of the knowledge base.
I wrote a short goodbye post on Reddit as we enter the last hours of Apollo. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the support over the years, it’s truly been the journey and dream of a lifetime building this app and meeting so many people. 🥰💙...
Literally just tried to open it 10 minutes ago. Goodbye, Apollo. Thanks for the great app, Christian, and for dispelling all the BS that /spez tried to spew.
At first it was all about presenting data in an original looking way. In the end it was about pushing political ideas in your throat using a plain bar graph. It was not about sharing something interesting you found but about taking advantage of a captive audience.
Originally it was a sub that had content where something hung in the balance and you weren’t sure what the outcome was going to be, sort of like nononoyes or whatever.
It turned into tiktok/scripted videos with a scripted outcome. Garbage.
/BIFL (buy it for life)
This one struggled for a while. At first it was artisanal created stuff that was low-run, high-cost, “hipster” stuff. Like hand-made boots, hand forged knives, hand-stitched leather goods like satchels. Then it was Darn Tough Socks. Lots of socks. Fjallraven. Jansport backpacks. Then people began to debate what could be BIFL because a lot of people wanted to post long-lasting electronics, but the rebuttal was always that electronics get outdated or unsupported. While these last two things were being debated, old shit that people found in their parent’s or grandma’s attic began to appear. 1970s electric carving knives. 1895 singer sewing machines. 1970s electric drills. Shit nobody had used in decades, used rarely, or couldn’t be bought anymore.
Southern US Reaches Dangerous "Wet Bulb Temperature". Here's What That Means (iflscience.com) en
Multiple southern states and a few midwestern states are at "extreme threat" levels of "wet bulb temperature".
Giving jaguars 'food poisoning' may stop them from killing livestock (newscientist.com) en
Jaguar attacks on pets and farm animals are a common problem, but after developing a drug-induced stomach ache, the big cats seem to learn not to kill certain animals
Reminder: reddit may be dead, but trolls are not. (kbin.social) en
As we start to see more users join, it's inevitable to see trolls (especially low-effort trolls) making more of an appearance and trying to be controversial and noticed....
The Revolution Will Not Be Monetized (kbin.social) en
You are in the wrong place....
Ordinary redditors are feeling the pain as well. (teddit.adminforge.de) en
The protests worked, and so did moving/editing/deleting our old content. As one person complains,...
Christian Selig’s Goodbye to Apollo (mastodon.social) en
I wrote a short goodbye post on Reddit as we enter the last hours of Apollo. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the support over the years, it’s truly been the journey and dream of a lifetime building this app and meeting so many people. 🥰💙...
Kbin.chat - New general purpose instance for spreading the load (kbin.chat) en
Everyone is welcome to join....
What was the subreddit that represented to you the best example of downspiral of quality? To me it was /r/dataisbeautiful (kbin.social) en
At first it was all about presenting data in an original looking way. In the end it was about pushing political ideas in your throat using a plain bar graph. It was not about sharing something interesting you found but about taking advantage of a captive audience.