James Smith 💾 @Floppy@mastodon.me.uk

Is there any research yet that shows the impact of the 2020 pandemic on weather because of changes in human activity? Because it's GODDAMN HOT OUT THERE.

I mention this because after 9/11 there was an inconclusive theory that a warm spell was caused by lack of contrails: https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/climatechange/2009/05/911_contrails_study_challenged.html

In an *extremely* rare parenting win, I have engineered a Ferris wheel for Hatchimals out of a Lego mindstorms set.

If you like playing around with robots, I *highly* recommend Smartibot, and now it expands to Smartipresence, a cardboard telepresence robot
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rossatkin/smartipresence-cardboard-telepresence-robot

My calendar has reminded that it was going to be #EMFCamp time *sob*

O hai insomnia

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If anyone who sees this has a Skywatcher telescope on an EQ2 mount, can you ping me a DM? I need a replacement knob to hold the mount still on the tripod but I can't find what it should look like.

Up on top of Bignor Hill waiting for enough darkness to spot the NEOWISE comet...

We need a collaborative project to stock up giphy with stuff from the 80s and 90s (and earlier), because I can never find the thing I want. Also, someone get these kids off my lawn.

May you work on Interesting Code.

Any Rand institute gets government loan: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp-ayn-rand/in-sign-of-the-times-ayn-rand-institute-approved-for-ppp-loan-idUSKBN248026

In other news, the concept of Irony has been retired through overuse. It will move into a retirement home along with Satire, who found it increasingly hard to keep up with the actual real world.

Seriously wondering how I could turn #Townscaper into a piece of evolving art that I could hang on the wall. It's just gorgeous.

“You’re not alone” is the “thoughts and prayers” of mental health.

And, of course, thank you Why, wherever you are.

Best. Delivery. Ever. Thank you Alt::BrightonRuby!

PSA: it’s OK to make tiny positive changes that don’t solve huge problems in one go.

Lockdown is really helping me work on my Londo Mollari eyebrows. Just got to stop before I go full Thufir Hawat.

Damn right, Apple. Proud of you.