Notices by Bill, organizer of stuff (wcbdata@vis.social)

@munin @ra6bit malicious compliance is incredibly effective

@jasonkoebler This and the Google product manager for the Pixel image manipulation tools saying you have to "clean up" your photos (remove people, erase incidental objects, change lighting) so that the image records the "true memory" of the moment (meaning, of course, the false memory of it).

(Source: On Point interview today)

@Mer__edith It's like saying photocopiers in libraries are threats to national security. 🙄

@pluralistic horror, though?

@rwklose @TheGuardian Plz don't use link shorteners on Masto. The tracking is a bit invasive, and Masto shortens links internally already.

Three Sisters plantings in the ground and rain on the way this AM. Good timing! Think we'll make it to "knee high by the fourth of July?"

#gardening

@futurebird Those are some messed UP fingers.

Fascinating statistical analysis of United States demography in the WaPo's Department of Data column, with some super-clear (and sometimes surprising) #DataViz.

Gift link:
https://wapo.st/3QJBdAC

Finally got corn started using the @richrollgardener method!

I've deployed the ST beetles to our huge eastern hemlocks!

This is the second season we've put them out to devour the hemlock woolly adelgid pest that has been destroying native hemlocks all over New England (and other places, too.) 100 of these little (smaller than a pinhead) buggers will clear two or three 80-foot hemlocks of adelgid, and with luck, we'll develop a resident colony!

#gardening #trees
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemlock_woolly_adelgid

If it looks like I've repeated someone else's reply or ignored a discussion already going on in your replies, please accept my apologies. The instance I'm on (vis.social) is _extremely_ carefully moderated, and we're defederated from a number of instances with known bad actors or poor moderation/administration - it's likely I couldn't see the activity. If you're inundated with crap replies, consider looking at a smaller instance that keeps the nazis & trollls out!

@christophertrottier Since about half my feed is already recycled Tumblr posts from a decade ago, I think it'll be alright. 🤪

@florin @kristinHenry I absolutely love these! I have a framed copy of the scotch pine one at my desk...

The research project that generated them ran for decades, and was run by a couple of interesting folks:
https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13

Pretty clear dip in #solar generation yesterday! Simple #DataViz, but it's really satisfying...

@siege But there's a laughing batman robot face thing in the negative space, so it's all cool, right?

@emilygorcenski If you can make those turns with 45° fittings rather than 90s, it will be less likely to clog and easier to snake out if it does. If that doesn't work, definitely opt for "long " 90s, which have a gentler slope than standard elbows!

@emilygorcenski May I offer a suggestion from personal experience?

@guysoft Excellent #DataViz

@ryanc Missing a zero?

@rysiek One does not simply _walk_ into Grindavik