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Software developer + postdoc geologist tweeting GIS, open source science software, volcanoes & Iceland. Into climbing, mountain-biking, exploring. Husband, dad.

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virtuous_sloth , to random
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I'm impressed that Cory Doctorow's (@pluralistic) critiques of late-stage capitalism have made their way in the minds of so many disparate people.

Here is a YouTuber noticing the shift in value delivery from customers to shareholders & calling it enshittification. Might not be an exact match for the platform/intermediary model of Cory's that specifically calls out middlemen who deliver almost no inherent value, but still it is a significant spread of the concepts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCh31fDxtQw

volcan01010 ,
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@virtuous_sloth @pluralistic

"The bicycle is a solved problem". Totally agree.

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In Summer And In Winter

Whatever the weather or season, this beautiful waterfall is simply breath-taking.

Gullfoss, the "Golden Falls," in Bláskógabyggð, south-western Highlands of .

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March: The same river and waterfall but, in this photo, the scene is covered in ice and snow. The upper platform is still visible but now nobody is standing there, as the path is actually closed. Areas of the riverbank and canyon where the spray from the drops was most dense are now choked with ice in beautiful formations. At the top falls, icicles like organ pipes have formed, almost filling the space between the falls and the riverbank. Opposite the lower drop, a huge block of snow-covered ice cornice has formed, jutting over the lip of the canyon.

August: A wide river flowing towards the viewer and through pasture land drops dramatically over a jumble of rocks and into the top of a canyon. A natural platform of solid rock is jutting into the side of the falls, and people can be seen standing on it. The swift waters then turn through 90° before dropping into the lower part of the canyon which is hidden from sight at this viewing angle. A stub of dark rock is almost central at the crest of the lower falls. On the left is a path leading to the platform and people are walking up or down.
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    • volcan01010 ,
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    @SilverRainbow @photography Great photos.

    Scroll down this page to see a spectacular shot of aurora over Gulfoss from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. My favourite thing about it is that you can see Kerlingarfjöll in the background. I did my PhD research there.

    https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronomy-photographer-year/galleries/aurorae-2023

    volcan01010 , to random
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    Current space weather measurements from the British Geological Survey. Into G4 severe storm category.

    https://geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service/space_weather/Global_activity_now.html

    Only just dark in Edinburgh, so haven't seen #Aurora yet. #AuroraBorealis

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