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Brian Shoemaker @shoemaker

Senior Director of Innovation at @LifeTime_Life. Ex-{@DowJones, @Intel} software engineer. Rides bikes. Find me at mastodon.social/@shoemaker

Joined March 2007
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Erik Fossing Nielsen 🇪🇺 🇺🇦@ErikFossing
Apr 7
We probably all knew about China’s advances in this area, but I - for one - had not realised that the share coming from the US is no longer any greater than what’s produced in Europe (even excluding U.K.)
Gonzalo Varela@gonwei
Apr 6
This is really an amazing chart on the geography of #science. Great paper!
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We have a 3-year-old goldendoodle, Murphy, and we absolutely love him. However, there are a lot of people who hate doodles. A group of goldendoodle breeders got together to write a new breed standard under a new moniker—the Bearded Retriever. wsj.com/articles/doodle-dogs…

‘I Hate Doodle Dogs’: Endless Poodle Hybrids Spark Backlash

The ultra-popular pets have driven a wedge between owners, breeders and people who say they’re tired of seeing the pooches everywhere

wsj.com
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Picard Season 3 is fun! But, wow, they have turned the nostalgia up to 11. I expect a future episode will include Riker playing the trombone.
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Russia’s occupation of Ukraine is a mix of incompetence and horrific cruelty. I’m grateful for @anneapplebaum’s reporting to keep the urgency of supporting Ukraine front-of-mind. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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I found dozens of old MiniDV tapes that capture the first few years of our kid’s life that I had completely forgotten about. I’m using a series of decreasingly obsolete cable standards to transfer: Firewire 400 to 800 Firewire 800 to Thunderbolt 2 Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3
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North America’s biggest sources of electricity by state and province. elements.visualcapitalist.co…

Mapped: Biggest Sources of Electricity by State and Province

The U.S. and Canada rely on a different makeup of sources to generate their electricity. How does each state and province make theirs?

elements.visualcapitalist.com
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John B. Holbein
@JohnHolbein1
10 Jan 2023
lol who did this
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If you haven’t caught the excellent stories by @kashhill on the use of facial recognition at Madison Square Garden, you can listen to her on The Daily this morning. overcast.fm/ oIe-KKQh4

The ‘Enemies List’ at Madison Square Garden — The Daily

With little warning or regulation, companies are increasingly using facial recognition technology on their customers — as a security measure, they say. But what happens when the systems are actually...

overcast.fm
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Developers
@XDevelopers
17 Jan 2023
Twitter is enforcing its long-standing API rules. That may result in some apps not working.
Community note
Currently it's all major third party clients not some. Also, it is unknown what long standing rules have been broken as no guidance has been provided to any API partner. And as the tweet notes, these rules have not changed. 9to5mac.com/2023/01/17/twi… developer.twitter.com/en/developer-t…
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Important @nytimes story about the propane industry’s efforts to undermine the push to “electrify everything”. “The movement to electrify everything is rapidly gaining momentum, and poses a substantial threat to the sustainability of our industry.” nytimes.com/2023/01/11/clima…

The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: Television Stars (Published 2023)

An industry group is spending millions of dollars to push back against efforts to move heating away from oil and gas.

nytimes.com
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Brian Shoemaker retweeted
Michael Thomas
@curious_founder
11 Jan 2023
Important story from @HirokoTabuchi in the NY Times this morning. A propane trade group is running a multi-million dollar ad campaign to convince people heat pumps are bad and fossil fuels are good. They are paying HGTV influencers who aren't disclosing their funding.
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Oh, ffs.
Sammy Roth@Sammy_Roth
10 Jan 2023
The nonprofit behind the Burning Man -- which builds a temporary city of 80,000 people in the Nevada desert every year -- is suing the federal government over its approval of a geothermal energy project, citing the potential environmental harm: nevadacurrent.com/2023/01/10…
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Yahia Lababidi@YahiaLababidi
10 Jan 2023
A cycling mantis? (Sitting on 2 fern sprouts) 📸 Eco Suparman
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Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
@OKWildlifeDept
9 Jan 2023
Whoever filled out a cougar sighting report and wrote "your mother" under the description drop your @ we just want to talk
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@u_m_a_m_i
9 Jan 2023
Sony owns a patent that would force viewers to exclaim the brand name during commercials to end them.
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Brian Shoemaker retweeted
PostSecret@postsecret
9 Jan 2023
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Massimo
@Rainmaker1973
8 Jan 2023
A brilliant overview of Boston Dynamics robots by CNET [📹: buff.ly/3aYjTWG]
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Andrew McCarthy
@AJamesMcCarthy
5 Jan 2023
Last night I captured an incredibly difficult shot: ISS transiting the moon, while gently kissing Tycho crater as it flies by at 5 miles per second. That crater is 53 miles wide, so while the station almost looks like it's orbiting the moon it's actually 1000x closer to us.
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My Mom says Mayor Pete is “such a nice young man.” But, he can also pull the knives out when needed.
Acyn
@Acyn
6 Jan 2023
Wow
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A small part of why I use @TrainerRoad is listening to CEO Nate Pearson share what it’s like running the business. I am a legacy user, but will happily pay standard rate for a fantastic platform that is the foundation of my training. trainerroad.com/forum/t/lega…
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