Learning to read in Finnish has made my brain rebel against English spelling: I just wrote "fase" in a text. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish...

Old photos of basketball games and boxing matches often have a pleasing hazy blue background that modern photos lack. “The blue haze that adds such a wonderful ambience to the arena is caused by cigarette smoke.” [petapixel.com]

Why Old Sports Photos Often Have a Blue Haze

Rich Clarkson’s photo of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then named Lew Alcindor, in the 1968 NCAA Men’s National Basketball Final Four semifinal game in Los Angeles

The point is that Bluesky R0>1, X/Twitter R0<1, and we know how that ends up.

I am unfollowing people at the other place if they are at all active here. Don’t be offended! It’s to incentivise me to interact with you only here.

A week ago, US election modelers were all over the place: Harris' chances given from a low of 40% (Silver) to a high of 61% (FiveThirtyEight). Today they are within 2 percentage points: 52.9% (DataDiary) to 55.0% (DDHQ). Live updates and reviews here. paulmainwood.substack.com/p/the-us-ele...

Keskikokoinen kahvi kiitos (a medium coffee please) is delightfully alliterative.

Such a good idea! Today, Oxford Street is to be avoided at all costs if you are on foot in that part of London. Heaving crowds on both pavements with poor flow, penned in by the roadway. This could be transformational -- it's quintessentially a pedestrian zone, so send the buses and taxis around.

GWgilesyb.bsky.socialSep 17, 2024 5:58am

London’s mayor announces plan to pedestrianise Oxford Street - on.ft.com/3B44Qrf via @financialtimes.com I say Yay

London’s mayor announces plan to pedestrianise Oxford Street

Sadiq Khan’s proposal argues that famous shopping thoroughfare requires ‘major regeneration’

Ooh, just missed the coveted 1% cutoff.

The European Union's electricity mix in August: Wind + solar 31% Nuclear 25% Hydro 12% Bioenergy 4% Gas and related 19% Coal 9% -> 72% renewables + nuclear -> 28% fossil fuels - Ember data