jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
New gas projects linked to a mere eleven data center campuses around the US have the potential to create more greenhouse gases than the country of Morocco emitted in 2024.
Emissions estimates from air permit documents examined by WIRED show that these natural gas projects —which are being built to power data centers to serve some of the US’s most powerful LLM companies, including OpenAI, Meta {Facebook}, Microslop, and xAI —have the potential to
emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year!
I've deliberately translated what is written to what it actually means for us proprietors of Terra.
Exact text is in link below
sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model
#LLM #AI #slop #hallucinated #environment #weather #destruction #of #Terra #microslop #meta #facebook #alphabet #google #programming #enshittification #bullshit #WTF #How #The #Hell #STOP
Good read on the ABC today about Australia's declining weather observation stations - and the important work that historical climatologists like Linden Ashcroft do, unearthing old records of weather obs.
As a kid, my family kept daily rainfall observations - it was always fascinating looking at the old records.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-19/australias-shrinking-rainfall-observation-network/106502184
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"In 1976, in the UK, it was sunny! This was quite a shock to the locals."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB94zxxAtuE
The tornado warning is in my area now.
https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=LOT&wwa=tornado%20warning
Anyone who was following the weather bots (not mine) at masto.globaleas.org, it appears they have taken down their Mastodon instance (completely!!). With no warning...
I have a complete set of substitute bots (put up by myself on @lckrohjr) on a server at bots.krohsnest.com -- but not all are active. If you are looking for US National Weather Service (NWS) messaging/warnings/etc. from any of those areas and aren't finding them, please ping me and I will make sure things are running for you.
LA Times: Newsletter Newsletter
Dust storms have overtaken Coachella. Researchers say it’s a sign of what’s to come
"...A powerful dust storm disrupted the first weekend of the Coachella music festival as blustery winds swept over the sprawling grounds and enveloped concertgoers in a whirlwind of desert sand.
Several social media videos from last Friday night showed attendees navigating the festival grounds amid wind-tossed tents and wearing face masks to guard against the airborne dust...."
(subscription only)
https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2026-04-16/coachella-dust-storms-economic-impact