Favorites January 15th 2022

Cats negotiating obstacle courses. It's impressive that they can place their front paws so precisely; what really amazes me, though, is that they can do it with their back paws, when the obstacles are no longer in sight. bit.ly/3pWmUsy
Huh, I wonder what the evolutionary source of this capability is.
Big eruption in the Pacific, this was the most interesting satellite view that I saw. Here's a closeup if you prefer that.

Ford went from <100 electric vehicle ads in 2019 to 1500 in 2021. And Audi now spends more on EV ads than on internal combustion engine car ads. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Hey, this time it's not a chart of car sales, I'm changing things up!

Preventing these kinds of attacks is a practical application of small Faraday containers. See mattblaze.org/blog/faraday

WMP Traffic @Trafficwmp
Ugh, I guess I've gotta buy a little faraday cage box now.

Super annoying that we decided to slow-play boosters and wound up unprepared for this latest wave



zeynep tufekci @zeynep
Get your booster, mkay? Just because the fda slow walked it early doesn't mean you should slow walk it yourself as well.

Yes, But “green” nimbys will still find a way to object.
“Judge halts construction of geothermal project near Nevada hot springs —
Environmental groups and Native American tribes argued…”
courthousenews.com/judge-halts-co…

Eli Dourado @elidourado
Like stopping infill housing over burrowing owls.