In order to compensate for the missed couple of days of cycling during the week, owing to snow, I went on a #Night #Ride today. This enabled me to get used to #riding in the #dark. On my usual route, there are some fairly quiet and hence secluded and #unlit stretches, where #BikeLights are essential although it's still very difficult to spot pedestrians in dark clothing (and also their dogs). Still, no close encounters today. Because of the recently passed #Storm #Bert, a lot of #trees and #hedges have shed #branches and #twigs, which can be more than just a mere nuisance. In the past, they have caused #punctures and have even jammed in the #spikes causing #skidding #hazards. Luckily, no problems today.

#Bike #Biking #Cycle #Cycling #Bicycle

Following the #snow on Thursday, there is now #Storm #Bert, which has brought heavy rain and #SoutherlyWinds. The snow has all gone and temperatures are in the teens and so I got back on my #bike today, despite the #wind.

#Biking #Cycling #Cycle #Bicycle

#Storm #Bert to give the #Southwest and #West #coasts a whack
Amateur meteorologist Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather said this morning that we can expect up to 100mm of rain to fall in parts over the coming 36 hours, bringing a serious risk of flooding.

In Cork, Met Eireann have warned of 'treacherous, dangerous' conditions and say there is a potential for serious damage to properties.

Status #Red #warnings are rare, only issued when there is dangerous and destructive impacts expected. The national forecast has urged people in affected areas to "take action to protect themselves and/or their properties.”

The impact of such huge amounts of rain can be worsened by soil moisture causing serious flooding. The main impacts of Storm Bert are expected in Cork on Saturday morning and into Sunday, but there is a potential for lasting impacts into early next week.

Two counties - #Cork and #Galway - are on a rare Status Red #weather alert from Met Eireann tonight as Storm Bert is set to make landfall bringing serious impacts including serious flooding and dangerous travel conditions.

The two Status Red alerts come into effect alongside Status Orange and Status Yellow alerts nationwide from midnight tonight until 10am Saturday morning.

West Cork is expected to get some of the worst of the weather from after midnight.

Meteorologists are warning of some severe impacts as the second named storm of the season barrels into Ireland, with live weather radars showing Storm Bert swirling over the Atlantic ahead of hitting the western coast overnight.

https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/live-weather-maps-track-hour-30428624

#bert #muppets #sesamestreet
#bert

Researchers test #AI models according to their political views

source (PDF): https://aclanthology.org/2023.acl-long.656.pdf

A team of researchers from various universities has looked at AI and classified them according to their political #orientation. Different disciplines are supposed to find out. The result: #OpenAI programs such as #ChatGPT and GPT-3 tend to respond in a more liberal and left-leaning way, while #Meta's #LLama and #Bert appear more right-leaning authoritarian.

#politics #technology #science #news #liberal

Helden der Kindheit

#helden # #kkndheit #heldenderkindheit #ernie #bert #sesamstrasse