Does being a gifted kid make for a burned-out adulthood?
How the โgiftedโ label rearranges your life.Constance Grady (Vox)
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Apache Stronghold/Save Oak Flat
The Apache Stronghold traveled to Los Angeles on August 10 for the fourth stop of our journey of prayer to the Supreme Court to stop the shattering of the human existence and protect Mother Earth....www.facebook.com
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I've been enjoying Mastadon but have missed the academic side of things--I used to find so many resources for students and faculty on Twitter. I realized that I need to start doing them myself and maybe we'll build a community. So, here I go:
New book for grad students found on JSTOR: Grad School Life: Surviving and Thriving Beyond Coursework and Research, Kory-Westlund, Columbia University Press, www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.vt.eโฆ
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Israel cautiously optimistic about ceasefire negotiations, as thousands demand Netanyahu accept a deal
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has revealed the country's negotiators are optimistic about the prospect of a ceasefire deal with Hamas, halting conflict in Gaza...
"Crowds at the protest in Tel Aviv, which takes place every Saturday, swelled with the prospect of a deal looming."
Thousands protest in Israel amid anger at Netanyahu over hostages held in Gaza
"Thousands of Israelis joined protests over the weekend calling for a deal to bring home hostages still held in Gaza by Hamas, early elections and the immediate resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister...
"Elsewhere in Tel Aviv, police dispersed anti-government protesters โ some waving Israeli flags โ with water cannon and arrested several people. The major highway from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was blocked for about an hour. Other protests took place across Israel."
Thousands protest in Israel amid anger at Netanyahu over hostages held in Gaza
Demonstrators call for deal to bring hostages home as well as elections and PMโs resignation as Israeli troops advance on RafahJason Burke (The Guardian)
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Netanbombyou will find an excuse (as will Hamas), just as they always do.
It has nothing to do with a cease-fire or working towards peace. They're committed to their grudges against each other, no matter what the people say.
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The Columbus Clippers Made Public Sports Ownership Work. Can Anyone Else? | Defector
The case for public ownership centers on a total reimagining of what sports teams are and who they are for.defector.com
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Nextcloud Hub 9 launch event
Nextcloud Hub 9 will be launched on September 14th in an online event. Register now to participate in the live presentation!Nextcloud
Check out the fancy new trailer for Beyond All Reason a really great free and open source RTS gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/checโฆ
#RTS #PCGaming #Linux #FreeGame
Check out the fancy new trailer for Beyond All Reason a really great free and open source RTS
Beyond All Reason is quietly building up to be one of the best real-time strategy (RTS) games around. It's free, open source and it has a fancy new trailer.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
FINAL FANTASY XVI comes to PC on September 17 - demo available gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/finaโฆ
#FINALFANTASYXVI #FINALFANTASY
FINAL FANTASY XVI comes to PC on September 17 - demo available
Finally. After over a year of waiting, FINAL FANTASY XVI is now confirmed to be releasing on PC on September 17.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
ยฟEscuchas #podcast?
ยฟte interesan las transformaciones digitales?
Mira/Escucha:
Las tecnologรญas que soรฑamos son feministas ๐
๐ข Podcast ยซTejiendo significados comunes. Tejiendo acompaรฑadas desde la escucha profundaยป
+ Fanzine + Metodologรญas
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Las tecnologรญas que soรฑamos son feministas | Sursiendo
Podcast ยซTejiendo significados comunes. Tejiendo acompaรฑadas desde la escucha profundaยป. ยฟQuรฉ son las infraestructuras feministas? ยฟCรณmo las imaginamos, soรฑamosโฆsursiendo (Sursiendo)
Portable Linux distro winesapOS v4.1.0 out now with dual-boot support - good for handhelds gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/portโฆ
#HandheldGaming #Linux #OpenSource
Portable Linux distro winesapOS v4.1.0 out now with dual-boot support - good for handhelds
While most people generally talk about ChimeraOS, Bazzite and at times HoloISO, another choice for your handheld Linux gaming is winesapOS that just had a huge new release.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Linux system performance optimizer GameMode v1.8.2 out now fixing hybrid CPU core pinning gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/linuโฆ
Linux system performance optimizer GameMode v1.8.2 out now fixing hybrid CPU core pinning
Started off by porting studio Feral Interactive, the Linux system performance optimization tool GameMode v1.8.2 is out now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Get ready to collect some Rabbits in Usagi Shima: Bunny Island gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/get-โฆ
#Godot #IndieGames #Linux
Get ready to collect some Rabbits in Usagi Shima: Bunny Island
Usagi Shima: Bunny Island is a game I've been following for quite some time, as it looks adorable (and as a Rabbit owner I couldn't resist) and it finally has a Steam page.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Colony building sim Odd Realm is officially out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/coloโฆ
Colony building sim Odd Realm is officially out now
After being in Early Access for a few years, Unknown Origin Games have now fully launched their mystical colony sim Odd Realm.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
GOG confirm Resident Evil 2 re-release date for August gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/gog-โฆ
GOG confirm Resident Evil 2 re-release date for August
Good news retro game lovers, as GOG have now confirmed that Resident Evil 2 is due to get its re-release on August 27th.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
A 13,600-year-old mastodon skull is unearthed in an Iowa creek
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/18/nx-s1-5080562/13600-year-old-mastodon-skull-iowa?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Maxine Singer obituary: biologist who shaped genetic engineering and fought discrimination
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Maxine Singer obituary: biologist who shaped genetic engineering and fought discrimination
Biochemist who helped to draw up guidelines for recombinant-DNA technology and championed women in science.Ferry, Georgina
Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American. Hereโs how to protect yourself
Someone Has Stolen 2.9 Billion Social Security Records
#IdTheft #USA #SocialSecurity #HackersBrokeTheSystem
2.9 billion records possibly leaked in data breach: Protect yourself
In an epic data breach, hackers claim to have taken 2.9 billion personal records from National Public Data. Most of the data are leaked online.Jon Healey (Los Angeles Times)
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meme restoration post!
it's 2008. yes i love other catgirls, get over it!!
this stamp has been making it's way through the trans part of the internet for awhile. it's obviously old, but i couldn't find the original website. yet i was able to find the original artist and some other things!
original artwork on safebooru. akira (ku0427)
the pixv account seems to be a dead link
original artist artwork! (thanks ajt@mas.to!)
old dump for website stamps templates
and also if theres anyone who knows/wants a project. a website stamp maker site could be awesome to have! theres some blinkies maker sites but no stamp makers
feel free to use the restored website stamp! credit me if you want :3
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How 12,000 Tonnes of Dumped Orange Peel Grew Into a Landscape Nobody Expected to Find
โ"This is one of the only instances I've ever heard of where you can have cost-negative carbon sequestration," says ecologist Timothy Treuer from Princeton University.โ
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How 12,000 Tonnes of Dumped Orange Peel Grew Into a Landscape Nobody Expected to Find : ScienceAlert
An experimental conservation project that was abandoned and almost forgotten about, has ended up producing an amazing ecological win nearly two decades after it was dreamt up.Peter Dockrill (ScienceAlert)
Compound Interest: Dahlia colour chemistry: Why donโt we see blue dahlias?
Click to enlarge Dahlias: the jewels of the late summer garden. Shades of red, yellow, orange, pink, with their petals forming intricate geometric structures. But, like roses and many other flowersโฆCompound Interest
I'm a fan of Molleindustria's cynical and tongue-in-cheek art games, but missed this gem from a few years ago:
'TweeVee is an engine for interactive videos built in javascript. You can create a branching movie in the style of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch starting from Twee files exported from the popular hypertext editor Twine.'
Those folks in the Middle Ages may have been onto something ๐
(Source unknown, will update if found ๐ฆ)
Another Republican plan to โsave moneyโ that blew up in their faces. Most of these plans are designed to help the already well off.
Imagine if they had spent just a fifth of that on public schools instead of vouchers. Smaller debt and better schools.
Arizonans have elections coming up. Theyโre always better off when they vote for Democrats.
Arizona School Voucher Program Causes Budget Meltdown โ ProPublica
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Arizona School Voucher Program Causes Budget Meltdown
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolersโ tuition that itโs now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects.ProPublica
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ICYMI: Save a town from paranormal infestation in the point and click adventure The founders of [redacted] gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/saveโฆ
Save a town from paranormal infestation in the point and click adventure The founders of [redacted]
Love your point and click adventures? Here's a fresh one for you! The founders of [redacted] from Relatively Painless Games looks like a great addition to your gaming library.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
"Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks 2024-06-09."
Ma Ma Creek Astro, CC BY 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/2q2xegS
Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks 2024-06-09
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks 2024-06-09 LRGB 3 x 120" per channel FSQ106N + STXL-16200 Heaven's Mirror Observatory Yass, Australia.Flickr
"IC405 IC410 - Tadpoles and Flaming Star."
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IC405 IC410 - Tadpoles and Flaming Star
First light with my new Starizona 0.65x reducer on my trusted Esprit 100 15 * 180s per filter (SHO)Flickr
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in reply to Muse • • •I wasn't called 'gifted,' but was in the advanced group for reading and mathematics in grammar school, then honors algebra and geometry in high school ... and then 'crashed' - getting a C in third-year French, having to transition from Pre-Calc to third-year algebra, and getting a D in chemistry.
Thing was, Dad's alcoholism had become a problem, so there were a lot of things going on at home.
Senior year, Dad got sober. I took AP History, aced it. Took an elective from my Chemistry professor on Bronowski's The Ascent of Man, and we had some interesting discussions.
Adulthood, I learned Chyron by reading the manual. I learned about the newsroom computer by following the installers (because all of the 'superusers' were 10-7 middle managers, and there was no one on the night shift, so I asked basic things like, 'How do I fix a frozen terminal?'). And, as I've noted before. did so many things that it sometimes took 2-3 people to replace me when I went on vacation (editing, video producer, show playback, microwave/satellite transmission).
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Kenny Chaffin
in reply to Muse • • •"I did work hard to get into university, mainly because I saw it as a way to escape."
Oh man can I identify with that!!
There was no 'honors program' but there were 'advanced' classes in math and science which some 5 or so students were enrolled.
I was so excited to go to college and study physics!!!! It all fell apart in my second year due to drugs and partying etc. Sure wish I'd held it together but it is all good. Learning! Learning! Learning!... from physics I went into psychology and came within a semester of getting a BA in psychology (the interest of which had started in high school with a great teacher Mr. Lively) but then became discouraged when I realized that a BA in psychology was virtually useless and I dropped out....came back a few years later in new place, new state, new school and went into Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ...and after many years of part time while working got my EE degree. ๐
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in reply to Muse • • •I used to hang out with people a lot smarter and gifted than me. They got AP classes started in my high school, Junior Academy of Science, stuff like that.
At least one of the kids, younger than the rest, super accomplished and accepted into Ivy League killed himself. I never got a vibe from him that he was troubled, but he was pretty relentless to be good at everything he tried.
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in reply to Muse • • •You stop being a person and become a commodity. I was well aware that I'd been assigned to weekends because of my skillset, while colleagues who 'didn't get' ENG remained on weekdays.
One Operations Manager (a former Marine) took a look at what I could do and asked, "What the hell are you doing on weekends?" (He was later canned for 'spending too much money' and 'poor decisions,' because he upset the status quo.)
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in reply to Muse • • •"I never got a vibe from him that he was troubled, but he was pretty relentless to be good at everything he tried."
That WAS the relentless part. I have an uncle who is a respected scientist. I remember when my cousin came home to him with his report card, proud of his accomplishments: he had all A's except one B in math. My uncle punished him for that B. As I said, we were treated like dancing monkeys.
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