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APOD: 2023 November 19 – Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
#235: Machine killer
GenML's latest trick: an existential threat to online games media.Nathan Brown (Hit Points by Nathan Brown)
I am a known google hater in my circles but I truuuuuuly believe the number one threat to folks making a living on the internet is googles stranglehold on search and ads.
Bust em up. Bust em up. BUST EM UP.
On walled gardens and social media traps..
It turns out we fear missing out more than we actually enjoy interacting on social media.
A very elegant blog post explaining a new paper which looked at college students use of Instagram + TikTok but that is probably also a nice explanation of why so many people are still on X/twitter..
#SoMe #SocialMediaTrap
bfi.uchicago.edu/insight/resea…
When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media | BFI
Large shares of consumers use Instagram and TikTok out of a fear of missing out rather than genuine interest and, as a result, are worse off than if...BFI
Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun
Image Credit & Copyright: Mehmet Ergün
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APOD: 2023 November 19 – Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Linux Torvalds Didn't Plan To Make Git
Nowadays Git by Linus Torvalds is the most important version control or source control management system but the way it in which it originally came about was...YouTube
Day 3: Ten Days, Ten Films.
This is a lot of fun!
Over ten days you pick an image from a film without any title to give away where it is from, so that people can guess. You can also nominate others to do the same. That way more people are in on the game! (or not–your choice 😀 )
But remember: If you recognise a film, don't say what it is! Say something that indicates you know, but allows others to guess as well. Your messages then become helpful hints!
@Bob Lai
#TenDaysTenFilmsTenFriends or #TenDaysTenFilmsNoFriends
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✨ amazing event coming up! ✨
Sometimes Not Available feat. The Transfeminist Digital Care Network
Date: Thursday, 30 November 2023
Time: 18:30 - 20:30 CET
Location: in person (Varia, Gouwstraat 3) and online
"Especially now our dependency on Big Tech Cloud seems intractable, it is time to reclaim space for renegotiating what might be possible. We want to imagine different infrastructures for collective life with and without computation." International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike
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varia.zone/en/tag/sometimes-no…
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You don’t often see outward facing seats on transit vehicles, but being able to gaze out the window rather than at an ad across the aisle makes for a pretty enjoyable ride! (This is the Kuala Lumpur Monorail).
#transit #malaysia #kualalumpur #transportation
“Man the Hunter has dominated the study of human evolution for nearly half a century & pervaded popular culture. [But] it was the arrival of agriculture that led to rigid gendered roles & economic inequality. Hunting belonged to everyone.”
The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt & Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong scientificamerican.com/article… #science #history
The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong
The influential idea that in the past men were hunters and women were not isn’t supported by the available evidenceSarah Lacy (Scientific American)
**Wo bleiben die Universitäten im Fediverse?**
Warum betreiben Universitäten nicht schon längst eigene Mastodon-Instanzen?
Warum bekommen Studierende nicht mit der Immatrikulation auch einen Mastodon-Handle?
Warum hosten Universitäten Vorlesungsvideos nicht über PeerTube im Fediverse?
Es gibt einiges, das für ein stärkeres Engagement von Universitäten im Fediverse spricht.
Ein Aufruf den man nur unterstützen kann! #boost
#fediverse #university @leonido
netzpolitik.org/2023/aufruf-ho…
Aufruf: Hochschulen aller Länder ins Fediverse! – netzpolitik.org
Während viel über ein mögliches Engagement öffentlich-rechtlicher Medien im Fediverse diskutiert wird, sind die Potenziale von Fediverse-Instanzen von Hochschulen bislang kaum Thema.netzpolitik.org
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**Where are the universities in the Fediverse?**
Why don't universities have their own Mastodon instances yet?
Why don't students get a Mastodon handle when they enrol?
Why don't universities host lecture videos on PeerTube in the Fediverse?
There is a lot to be said for universities getting more involved in the Fediverse.
A call that can only be supported! #boost
#fediverse #university @leonido
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A Call to Action: Universities of the World, Join the Fediverse! – netzpolitik.org
While there is a lot of discussion about new Twitter alternatives and the relevance of journalists and other critical groups of users, the potential of university-based Fediverse instances has hardly been addressed.netzpolitik.org
It is out—my attack on a ruinous Catholic concept wielded by both Pope Francis and Ron DeSantis.
"The Trouble with Gender Ideology" americamagazine.org/faith/2023…
And see this snap of the great Quince, included in the print version!
The trouble with ‘gender ideology’
Can we learn to see gender in its real complexity?America Magazine
Humans can learn to develop a 'slow memory' to understand the slow-moving but real threat of #animal #extinction. Also it helps to go #Vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife in the supermarket
palmoildetectives.com/2023/11/…
Climate and extinction crises move too slowly for us to pay attention – here’s the answer
It seems we are having a hard time paying sufficient attention to the climate and extinction crises. This is because the causes for the most part move slowly, without the flashy drama that can focu…Palm Oil Detectives
Exciting news! 🌟 MultiWords has been featured on the App Store! 📱✨ Challenge your word skills with 8 letters and discover a world of words. 🏆 How many can you find? 🔍✨
apps.apple.com/gb/app/multiwor…
#MultiWords #WordGame #AppStoreFeature
MultiWords
Welcome to MultiWords. Your new favourite word game! Your task is simple - You have 8 letters, how many unique words can you find? The longer the word, the more points you get! Challenge the world everyday with everyone getting the same letters! …App Store
Very happy to share our new publication in PLOS ONE:
KIPEs3: Automatic annotation of biosynthesis pathways
doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0…
Excellent work by Andreas Rempel (Bielefeld University) and Nancy Choudhary (@PuckerLab @tubraunschweig #Bioinformatics #OpenAccess
KIPEs3: Automatic annotation of biosynthesis pathways
Flavonoids and carotenoids are pigments involved in stress mitigation and numerous other processes. Both pigment classes can contribute to flower and fruit coloration.doi.org
Planet Earth from Orion
Image Credit: NASA, Artemis I
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APOD: 2023 November 18 - Planet Earth from Orion
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
A bad sign: Flowers spreading in Antarctica 🙀
weatherandradar.com/weather-ne…
A bad sign: Flowers spreading in Antarctica
Flowers blooming are often a welcome sight. But not in Antarctica.Weather & Radar
Park Junction, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.
The southern end of the former Reading Railroad.
All the pixels at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/44…
The Beginning of the Line
28 March 2010. Philadelphia, PA. At Milepost 0 (QA-0, technically) of the CSX Railroad's Trenton Line, near Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The location is known by the railroad as "Park Junction". I really like this location.Flickr
Powerful reportage by Brandi Collins-Dexter on cryptocurrency and Black Americans in @WIRED: wired.com/story/what-can-crypt…
> Families with generational wealth never need to resort to get-rich-quick schemes, ... while “we’re told to go back and invest our savings in Bitcoin.”
What Crash? Black People Are Still Crypto’s Biggest Believers
For some people of color, crypto isn’t in crisis. In the midst of the FTX trial, I went to the Black Blockchain Summit to talk to the movement’s die-hard optimists.Brandi Collins-Dexter (WIRED)
@palmoildetectives #PalmOil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #PalmOilKILLS #Conflictpalmoil
youtube.com/watch?v=21spH_-q4t…
Mainland serow Asia
The Mainland Serow is a forest dwelling mammal, and inhabits mountain slopes with rugged steep hills and rocky places from 100 m to 4,000 m They also inhabit...YouTube
SaSa Class of 2022 - NASA
What is your current major and university? My name is Annalyse Belton and I am a 2nd-year Biology major at Coppin State University.Milan Loiacono (NASA)
Minority Serving Institution Partners - NASA
Coppin State University (CSU) is a public, historically black university located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is part of the University System of Maryland. CSUMilan Loiacono (NASA)
I just signed this petition.
Reaffirming Academic Freedom at CU Boulder in a Time of War
change.org/p/reaffirming-acade…
2022 SaSa Graduate Student Mentors - NASA
Emily is an Atmospheric Physics Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is finishing her 3rd year and works in the Laboratory forMilan Loiacono (NASA)
More-than-human democracy: Remembering that we all live in the same garden (Part I)
In a previous post, I shared a little bit about my exchange with former President Obama about Citizens’ Assemblies and accelerating change to a next democratic paradigm. This note is more personal, a…Claudia Chwalisz (Medium)
From time to time in Zebras Unite board meetings, Jenn Brandel drops this insane wisdom on the interstitium, a newly discovered feature of all our bodies.
Now it is for everyone!
On Radiolab: wnycstudios.org/story/intersti…
In Orion: orionmagazine.org/article/inte…
The Interstitium
A human body part hiding in plain sight–and the mysteries it might help us solve.www.wnycstudios.org
Wider panels by default, ability to resize panels horizontally · Issue #9463 · mastodon/mastodon
Mastodon has a modern clean and appealing interface. However there's one nagging problem I keep constantly being annoyed about: The extremely narrow panels! I wanted to ask the team to please consi...GitHub
....and now Lionsgate, one of the world's largest film production and distribution companies.
This is a major coup for Media Matters for America, which has led outreach to this latest list of major brands to pull ads from the deadbird site:
seekingalpha.com/news/4038340-…
Apple, Lions Gate join IBM in nixing ads on X amid antisemitic content concerns (update)
Apple, Lions Gate, and IBM have paused advertising on Elon Musk's X social network due to concerns about their content appearing alongside antisemitic content. Read for more.Chris Ciaccia (Seeking Alpha)
Today we have @mirkobrombin the developer of Bottles back on the show, I may have scheduled the upload for the wrong time... oops
Video: youtube.com/watch?v=26ny4cZQQE…
Audio: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…
#194 Bottles Next A New Era For Wine | Mirko Brombin
Mirko Brombin the developer of Bottles is back on the show this time to talk about the new interface that's in the works with Bottles Next along with a bunch...YouTube
@BrodieOnLinux @mirkobrombin
Is My Toddler a Stochastic Parrot?
Angie Wang illustrates her toddler’s language-acquisition process, and how it compares with the learning process of large language models.Angie Wang (The New Yorker)
Replace Cars….With Bats?
Well, it has been a loooong week and this made me laugh a stupid amount, so now you’re seeing it. ✌️kottke.org
Just me, Vince.
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