Lapworth
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Geospatial stuff, Sydney Australia
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Aurora borealis over Eagle rock, Santa Cruz Mountains. #AuroraWatch
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Aurora borealis over Eagle rock, Santa Cruz Mountains. #AuroraWatch
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Wild opening paragraph, maybe you shouldn't be the one reviewing a Warriors game then
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Wild opening paragraph, maybe you shouldn't be the one reviewing a Warriors game then
This could also be staging for an attack on the Bermuda Triangle slightly to the north.
How the US is preparing a military staging ground near Venezuela reut.rs/4oNN5jy
How the US is preparing a military staging ground near Venezuela
The US military is upgrading a Cold War base in the Caribbean it abandoned 20 years ago. Experts say it’s a step towards sustained operations in the region.
reut.rs
November 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This could also be staging for an attack on the Bermuda Triangle slightly to the north.
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Really excited to share this new paper on "Data Visualizations as Propaganda", co-led by PhD students Priya Dhawka and Nina Lutz, which just won a Best Paper award at the CSCW conference: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Data Visualizations as Propaganda: Tracing Lineages, Provenance, and Political Framings in Online Anti-Immigrant Discourse | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Along with other visual content, data visualizations are increasingly used within
online discourse, including political communication. Though often considered to be
''objective'', data visualizations ...
dl.acm.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Really excited to share this new paper on "Data Visualizations as Propaganda", co-led by PhD students Priya Dhawka and Nina Lutz, which just won a Best Paper award at the CSCW conference: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
[Short thread]
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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this thing is breaking my brain
October 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
this thing is breaking my brain
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No correct aspect ratio upload to be found on YouTube, and I could be more rigorous about my editing, but I genuinely think this is some of the funniest 106 seconds in comedy history, and definitely in my top five Simpsons jokes.
October 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
No correct aspect ratio upload to be found on YouTube, and I could be more rigorous about my editing, but I genuinely think this is some of the funniest 106 seconds in comedy history, and definitely in my top five Simpsons jokes.
These maps are amazing and terrifying
At night, Russia carried out a massive strike on Ukraine. Zaporizhzhia, Poltava region, and Odesa region came under attack. Residential buildings were hit, and facilities of the oil and gas industry, as well as port and energy infrastructure, were damaged. There are injured and dead.
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
These maps are amazing and terrifying
Crazy that Disney said no to this
So Adam Driver and Steven Sodenbergh pitched a Ben Solo movie to Lucasfilm, they loved it, but Bob Iger said no. 😡🤬
apnews.com/article/adam...
apnews.com/article/adam...
Adam Driver on Jarmusch, 'Star Wars' and putting filmmakers first
In an interview with The Associated Press, Adam Driver says he developed a Kylo Ren “Star Wars” movie that would have been directed by Steven Soderbergh.
apnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Crazy that Disney said no to this
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This and No Mercy are still the best wrestling games ever made. Wish they would've just updated the graphics and kept the control scheme and let AKI develop it but instead now we have to see if 2K sucks each year or not
wwf wrestlemania 2000, official wallpaper, from the official website (1999) web.archive.org/web/19991128...
October 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
This and No Mercy are still the best wrestling games ever made. Wish they would've just updated the graphics and kept the control scheme and let AKI develop it but instead now we have to see if 2K sucks each year or not
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Bluesky right now.
October 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Bluesky right now.
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If anyone is interested in going far away from civilization for whatever reason, here’s a job in Antarctica.
jobs.antarctica.gov.au/jobs-in-anta... 🧪🦑🌎
jobs.antarctica.gov.au/jobs-in-anta... 🧪🦑🌎
Wildlife Biologist (Macquarie Island)
Survey wildlife on Macquarie Island, monitor avian flu, collect samples, manage data, plan field trips, and support reporting in a remote team.
jobs.antarctica.gov.au
October 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If anyone is interested in going far away from civilization for whatever reason, here’s a job in Antarctica.
jobs.antarctica.gov.au/jobs-in-anta... 🧪🦑🌎
jobs.antarctica.gov.au/jobs-in-anta... 🧪🦑🌎
This is forever etched into my memory youtu.be/vTLw9JvhHZU?...
October 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is forever etched into my memory youtu.be/vTLw9JvhHZU?...
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Succession is more and more looking like Eddy vs Craig
NEW: Apple company reorganization — Health and Fitness teams are being combined and moving under Eddy Cue’s Services division. WatchOS is moving to Craig Federighi. Watch HW under Ternus. Changes come with pending departure of ex-COO Jeff Williams. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple to Move Health, Fitness Divisions to Services in Reorganization
Apple Inc. is preparing to expand the roles of some top executives in response to the pending departure of longtime Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams, according to people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Succession is more and more looking like Eddy vs Craig
But what’s up with the radioactive cloves?
after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports
Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.
www.consumerreports.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
But what’s up with the radioactive cloves?
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Anime fuckin whips so much ass man
October 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Anime fuckin whips so much ass man
Impending? This is already happening
"The proliferation of AI is an impending threat to travel."
AI Endangering Tourists by Sending Them to Nonexistent Landmarks in Hazardous Locations
Hallucinating AI platforms are spitting out nonexistent landmarks and it's putting tourists in dangerous situations.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Impending? This is already happening
Apple moving the search bar in every app to the bottom is fine for access but if they don’t also move all the other navigation buttons there too it just becomes a mess of ups and downs. It’s not streamlined.
September 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Apple moving the search bar in every app to the bottom is fine for access but if they don’t also move all the other navigation buttons there too it just becomes a mess of ups and downs. It’s not streamlined.
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Time to break out the chart
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Time to break out the chart
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What struck the Gaza Aid Flotilla? After we published the story, the Tunisian Ministry of Interior issued a statement describing the incident “that took place yesterday” as a “premeditated attack” stating that an investigation had been launched.”
September 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
What struck the Gaza Aid Flotilla? After we published the story, the Tunisian Ministry of Interior issued a statement describing the incident “that took place yesterday” as a “premeditated attack” stating that an investigation had been launched.”
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A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts, authorities said Monday.
New Banksy mural of a judge beating a protester to be removed from outside London court
A new Banksy mural showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from outside a London court.
bit.ly
September 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts, authorities said Monday.
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It’s all a matter of perspective…
September 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It’s all a matter of perspective…
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📊#dataviz #history Minard & Hannibal:
This image helps to understand why CJ Minard juxtaposed his famous flow map of Napoleon's 1815 Moscow campaign w/ a similar map of Hannibal's campaign across France, across the Alps into Italy.
Both the Napoleon & Hannibal graphics were anti-war statements
This image helps to understand why CJ Minard juxtaposed his famous flow map of Napoleon's 1815 Moscow campaign w/ a similar map of Hannibal's campaign across France, across the Alps into Italy.
Both the Napoleon & Hannibal graphics were anti-war statements
September 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
📊#dataviz #history Minard & Hannibal:
This image helps to understand why CJ Minard juxtaposed his famous flow map of Napoleon's 1815 Moscow campaign w/ a similar map of Hannibal's campaign across France, across the Alps into Italy.
Both the Napoleon & Hannibal graphics were anti-war statements
This image helps to understand why CJ Minard juxtaposed his famous flow map of Napoleon's 1815 Moscow campaign w/ a similar map of Hannibal's campaign across France, across the Alps into Italy.
Both the Napoleon & Hannibal graphics were anti-war statements
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It's the first day of Poorneet (tadpole season) where I live on Wurundjeri Country.
#alwayswasalwayswillbe🖤💛❤️ #noroomforracism
#alwayswasalwayswillbe🖤💛❤️ #noroomforracism
September 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
It's the first day of Poorneet (tadpole season) where I live on Wurundjeri Country.
#alwayswasalwayswillbe🖤💛❤️ #noroomforracism
#alwayswasalwayswillbe🖤💛❤️ #noroomforracism