Bruno Philipe 🏳️‍🌈 @brunoph@mastodon.technology

“Midgley discovered that the addition of tetraethyllead (TEL) to gasoline prevented "knocking" in internal combustion engines. The company named the substance "Ethyl", avoiding all mention of lead in reports and advertising.”

Fuck all those people.

TIL that the dude who developed leaded gasoline also took part in developing the first CFCs…

Imagine having that as your legacy…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.

@saramg He did one of the last Connan shows and roasted Connan the entire time it’s hilarious

Techmoan and Look Mum No Computer did a collab (sort of) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvzH7DSsD3g

The Moon… beautiful. The Sun, even more beautiful.

Had a nightmare that the world was ending in a very realistic asteroid shower, which even included sonic booms and all the light effects until everything turned into a fiery hell… 😒

@robey they sent a newsletter saying they’d end it, but made very little noise otherwise. I think the reason they did it is because it was an easy way for people to order single units of custom designs, which isn’t very cost-effective

@robey *sigh* now I have to go and watch all the episodes on YouTube…

It’s been a while since a Big Clive video goes wrong. As expected, it’s hilarious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG9S8mb4JNU

Here I am making actual music cassette mixtapes again… 📼

I like how this headline sorta implies he wasn’t aware of it until it happened.

“Ethernet ports”? Do you mean WebSockets?

The best part about receiving the delivery you were expecting for the day is that you can turn the noise-cancelling in your headphones back on. 😌

Bring back harmony singing in pop music other than folksy guitar music

@Archimage Happy Happy Birthday To You Day To You!