Eric Lawton
Eric Lawton
ericlawton_at_kolektiva.social@momostr.pink
Natural philosopher (STEM background), retired IT Architect. Supporting public policy based on... show more
Thousands of Palestinians flee amid heavy Israeli attack on Gaza City www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/08/t... > Civil emergency service says dozens killed in strikes launched after Israeli military issued evacuation orders
They won't even publish a detailed practical plan for bootstrapping wealth. Why not? (Rhetorical question) Happy Nightingale
Ghost pipe. A parasitic member of the heather family. It feeds via a fungal partner from the roots of trees. It doesn't photosynthesise for itself. It pushes up these white flowers, which are pollinated by bees.
About 90% of people in Gaza displaced since war began, says UN agency www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/03/a... > Many have moved more than once, with estimated 1.9m Palestinians relocating since Israel’s invasion, says OCHA
The West is warming and drying so fast that a crucial drought-monitoring tool can't keep up, study says phys.org/news/2024-06-west-drying-fast-crucial-... > Drought in the American West is becoming a persistent reality instead of a periodic emergency due to climate change, and a recent study found that an essential tool used to measure... show more
I saw Hendrix at Isle of Wight in 1970, 18 days before he died. ❤️😥
I wasted over an hour last year, making sure nothing went to OneDrive after MS made it the default. Especially bad at my rural home because of bandwidth limitations I really, really wasted it because I forget what the last straw was, in December, but it was enough for me to switch to Linux.
Uber, Skip the Dishes and other gig workers in B.C. to make at least $20.88 an hour under new rules | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/uber-ly... > British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to provide a minimum wage and other protections for people who work through gig-based apps like Uber, DoorDash, Skip... show more
I asked Google Assistant on my phone how to remove it, because it kept popping up when I accidentally pressed too long on the home button. It said that I couldn't, but I could disable it. I did, but now it also pops up every time I connect Bluetooth, asking me to enable it. How exactly is it... show more
The current protests in support of Palestine reminded me of the anti-apartheid protests of the 1970s, the only time I have been arrested. So I wrote a note about it. ericlawton.org/about-me/the-edmonton-61-anti-ap...