Dean Jenkins
@deanjenkins.bsky.social
Physician, coder, runner, brewer. Founder OutcomesEngine.com
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Dean Jenkins
@deanjenkins.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Sharing my favourite tech hacks / software / resources ... mainly so I can rediscover them again in the future when I forget what I used to do. A thread. 🧵
#technology #cheatsheet
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A new high resolution digital dataset and map — named Itiner-e — of roads throughout the Roman Empire around the year 150 CE is presented in research published in Scientific Data. The findings increase the known length of the Empire’s road system by over 100,000 kilometres. 🏺 🧪
Itiner-e: A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire - Scientific Data
The Roman Empire’s road system was critical for structuring the movement of people, goods and ideas, and sustaining imperial control. Yet, it remains incompletely mapped and poorly integrated across sources despite centuries of research. We present Itiner-e, the most detailed and comprehensive open digital dataset of roads in the entire Roman Empire. It was created by identifying roads from archaeological and historical sources, locating them using modern and historical topographic maps and remote sensing, and digitising them with road segment-level metadata and certainty categories. The dataset nearly doubles the known length of Roman roads through increased coverage and spatial precision, and reveals that the location of only 2.737% are known with certainty. This resource is transformative for understanding how mobility shaped connectivity, administration, and even disease transmission in the ancient world, and for studies of the millennia-long development of terrestrial mobility in the region.
go.nature.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A new high resolution digital dataset and map — named Itiner-e — of roads throughout the Roman Empire around the year 150 CE is presented in research published in Scientific Data. The findings increase the known length of the Empire’s road system by over 100,000 kilometres. 🏺 🧪
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We often forget how far we have come: Today almost 3/4 of EU electricity generation is from non-fossil energy sources.
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We often forget how far we have come: Today almost 3/4 of EU electricity generation is from non-fossil energy sources.
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
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I am always fashionably late when I time travel
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I am always fashionably late when I time travel
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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There is a lady on TikTok who is doing a social experiment: she is calling houses of worship and asking if they could help her get formula for her baby (telling them food bank is out). So far, 3/22 have offered help. One was a Black church and the other was a mosque.
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
There is a lady on TikTok who is doing a social experiment: she is calling houses of worship and asking if they could help her get formula for her baby (telling them food bank is out). So far, 3/22 have offered help. One was a Black church and the other was a mosque.
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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New England Journal of Medicine & Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) to begin publishing “public health alerts”
“...will basically serve to be a way to convey the info. that once was shared in the MMWR,” to be published in new section of NEJM Evidence as needed w/ free access🛟
“...will basically serve to be a way to convey the info. that once was shared in the MMWR,” to be published in new section of NEJM Evidence as needed w/ free access🛟
NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication
Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
www.statnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
New England Journal of Medicine & Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) to begin publishing “public health alerts”
“...will basically serve to be a way to convey the info. that once was shared in the MMWR,” to be published in new section of NEJM Evidence as needed w/ free access🛟
“...will basically serve to be a way to convey the info. that once was shared in the MMWR,” to be published in new section of NEJM Evidence as needed w/ free access🛟
Anyone familiar with using Briar?
Thinking of testing it here for emergency planning.
briarproject.org
Thinking of testing it here for emergency planning.
briarproject.org
Secure messaging, anywhere - Briar
Secure messaging, anywhere
briarproject.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Anyone familiar with using Briar?
Thinking of testing it here for emergency planning.
briarproject.org
Thinking of testing it here for emergency planning.
briarproject.org
Does anyone have experience of using Bridgefy? Thinking of testing it here for emergency planning.
bridgefy.me
bridgefy.me
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Does anyone have experience of using Bridgefy? Thinking of testing it here for emergency planning.
bridgefy.me
bridgefy.me
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"...the proposed program could save many patients between $2k & $4k a yr... lower costs could result in substantial savings bc the state buys the product every year for the millions of people on its publicly funded health plans." 🛟 medsky health policy sociology
California to begin selling affordable, state-branded insulin beginning next year
Insulin pens will be available at a recommended price of $11 per pen, or a maximum of $55 for a five-pack.
www.nbcnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
"...the proposed program could save many patients between $2k & $4k a yr... lower costs could result in substantial savings bc the state buys the product every year for the millions of people on its publicly funded health plans." 🛟 medsky health policy sociology
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Another bit of good news -- clean energy stocks are significantly outperforming the S&P500, and outperforming oil stocks by even more
October 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Another bit of good news -- clean energy stocks are significantly outperforming the S&P500, and outperforming oil stocks by even more
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Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
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Mark your calendars for November 7 & 8 for @seagl.org! A free conference dedicated to spreading awareness and knowledge about free and open source sofrware and hardware. www.eff.org/event/seagl
SeaGL
EFF is excited to support SeaGL (the Seattle GNU/Linux Conference)! Taking place at the University of Washington, SeaGL is your one-stop-shop to learn about free and open source software and
www.eff.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mark your calendars for November 7 & 8 for @seagl.org! A free conference dedicated to spreading awareness and knowledge about free and open source sofrware and hardware. www.eff.org/event/seagl
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Antoni Gaudi's Episcopal Palace in Astorga in Leon on the Camino di Santiago: one of the very few buildings he did outside Catalonia #windowsonwednesday
October 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Antoni Gaudi's Episcopal Palace in Astorga in Leon on the Camino di Santiago: one of the very few buildings he did outside Catalonia #windowsonwednesday
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"Salinity levels in the Shatt al-Arab have reached alarming concentrations, exceeding 30,000 total dissolved solids (TDS), which is approximately half the saltiness of seawater. This severe saltwater intrusion from the Persian Gulf is intensified by #climate change ..."
#Iraq 🇮🇶
#ClimateEmergency
#Iraq 🇮🇶
#ClimateEmergency
Iraq’s Basra could become unlivable as climate crisis deepens, experts warn - Türkiye Today
Basra is facing increasingly severe heat waves, with extreme temperatures, especially near oil fields, which act as local heat centers and intensify the effects of climate change
www.turkiyetoday.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
"Salinity levels in the Shatt al-Arab have reached alarming concentrations, exceeding 30,000 total dissolved solids (TDS), which is approximately half the saltiness of seawater. This severe saltwater intrusion from the Persian Gulf is intensified by #climate change ..."
#Iraq 🇮🇶
#ClimateEmergency
#Iraq 🇮🇶
#ClimateEmergency
"Agrivoltaics, whether grid-tied or off-grid, could address multiple Sustainable Development Goals in East Africa simultaneously by contributing to energy security, climate change-resilient food production, and water conservation in the region."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Harvesting the sun twice: Energy, food and water benefits from agrivoltaics in East Africa
Food, energy and water insecurity are concomitant challenges facing many communities in East Africa. Agrivoltaic systems – agriculture integrated with…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"Agrivoltaics, whether grid-tied or off-grid, could address multiple Sustainable Development Goals in East Africa simultaneously by contributing to energy security, climate change-resilient food production, and water conservation in the region."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Great river flow data at nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/data/search for working out what the current flow level might mean.
#riverFal #grampound #cornwall
#riverFal #grampound #cornwall
October 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Great river flow data at nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/data/search for working out what the current flow level might mean.
#riverFal #grampound #cornwall
#riverFal #grampound #cornwall
When disaster strikes it is encouraging that humans behave well towards each other - as though they are made in the image of someone loving and altruistic. In an emergency, we act with creativity and compassion.
Reading Rebecca Solnit's, A Paradise Built in Hell.
Reading Rebecca Solnit's, A Paradise Built in Hell.
September 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
When disaster strikes it is encouraging that humans behave well towards each other - as though they are made in the image of someone loving and altruistic. In an emergency, we act with creativity and compassion.
Reading Rebecca Solnit's, A Paradise Built in Hell.
Reading Rebecca Solnit's, A Paradise Built in Hell.
September 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Entrance to the harbour at Rhodes.
September 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Entrance to the harbour at Rhodes.
Greek pottery - 3rd to 4th Century BC. Archaeological Museum of Rhodes.
September 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Greek pottery - 3rd to 4th Century BC. Archaeological Museum of Rhodes.
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NEW @bmj.com research: Time restricted eating and exercise training before and during pregnancy for people with increased risk of gestational diabetes
Read more: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Read more: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
September 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
NEW @bmj.com research: Time restricted eating and exercise training before and during pregnancy for people with increased risk of gestational diabetes
Read more: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Read more: www.bmj.com/content/390/...