I thought I’d kick my feed off with an #introduction 😊
Hi! I’m Isabel, a next-gen #scicommer, #cyberneticist and #podcaster based at the #AustralianNationalUniversity ☀️
My research interests include #science in #popculture (particularly #solarpunk), the #cultural meanings of science, and the relationships between people, the natural #environment, and #technology 👩🔬🤖
I also co-host #Sci_Burst, a science in pop culture podcast, which you can learn more about here: linktr.ee/sci_burst
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ENERGY PARASITES
PIKSEL (NO) FESTIVAL 2023
Parasitic approaches to energy and energy distribution
November 23rd-25th 2023
Full program now online:
no.piksel.no/
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@tegabrain
@lowtechmagazine
@bgola
@bengrosser
@jmoll
@damjanski
@mediengruppe_bitnik
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
Is AI replacing us or joining the workforce?
Gen Z thinks AI needs ethical fine-tuning. Find out how Nextcloud's ethical AI helps to balance data privacy and progress concerns of the young work generation!
#FutureOfWork #Nextcloud #EthicalAI
nextcloud.com/blog/ai-in-nextc…
AI in Nextcloud: what, why and how - Nextcloud
Over the last year, AI has become a popular topic. Some is hype, some is substance. Some is good, some is bad. We want to give you the good, not the bad, and ignore the hype! AI has a ton of opportunity – but also risk.Mikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)
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Of late the "in" colour to paint houses is: grey. Boring grey. "Boring" green at least blends into the lovely countryside. "Boring" white at least reflects a lot of heat radiation during summer. It's also very in to wear black all day at work, then go out and party in black.
Ah, nothing like safe choices!
How about more FUN choices? How about choices that are creative? How about choices where people aren't terrified of being seen to be like "lower" status people like women or people of colour.
The Horsehead Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson & Martin Pugh, SSRO, PROMPT, CTIO, NSF
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231120.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2023 November 20 – The Horsehead Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
#Socialcoop Loomio / recent discussions:
Explicit rules should be added to server "Rules": loomio.com/d/NVQsFHkU/explicit…
Changes to the fiscal hosting arrangements for social.coop: loomio.com/d/bHO9Nizd/changes-…
On-boarding Q&A for New Members!: loomio.com/d/weg1CJB5/on-board…
More: loomio.org/socialcoop
Explicit rules should be added to server "Rules"
Right now, Social.coop only has two "Rules" in the admin settings:Loomio
As a cooperative, social.coop is based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity.
See the Social.
Miss Universe (or any beauty pageant regardless of gender) makes me wince. But I have to admit that my guilty pleasure is the "national costumes".
This is "Great Britain's" entry. BWAHAHAHA!
We own you all, because we own the English language!
This is Ireland's entry. Good on you for emphasizing that you are a multicultural country!
Canada trying for the same emphasis. screeeeeeeam!!!
Back side of dress: double scream!
South Africa: can we all appreciate a moment of taste and restraint!
You can see them all on Buzzfeed.
The US looks like Las Vegas meets a grade school theatre production!
What Each Of The 2023 Miss Universe National Costumes Were
I also love how Miss Netherlands was literally a tulip.Matt Stopera (BuzzFeed)
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Biologist J. B. S. Haldane once quipped that if there's a God, the Creator seems to have “an inordinate fondness for beetles.”
Why? Well, 1/2 of species described in #science are insects (among eukaryotes). Of those, >1/3 are beetles, at ~400,000 known species.
I’m fond of these critters bc I began my career working with Plagiodera versicolora, a particularly cute beetle.
Now some entomologists suspect there may be just as many parasitic wasps but that’s a tale for another day.
Toward an annual budget
Please see below for a proposed post to the full membership—please share comments here before I circulate it there next week:Toward an annual budgetWe in the Finance Working Group have determined that the co-op should develop a cohesive annual budget…Loomio
You Should Write More Useless Open Source Software
When you first started programming you probably were doing it for fun but over time you might have got too stuck into writing important but in many cases bor...YouTube
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Passes Away at Age 96
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, a passionate champion of mental health, caregiving, and women’s rights, passed away Sunday, Nov. 19, at 2:10 p.m. at her home in Plains, Georgia, at the age of 96. She died peacefully, with family by her side.The Carter Center
Portrait of Woman with Cat
Model: Collibrina (and Jackson as the cat)
From a great session this spring. There's a little Vermeer inspiration in this.
#Photography #ModelPhotography #Collibrina #LawrencesView #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday
Day 4: 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: NO SPOILERS! 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!
@Katherine Bond
#TenDaysTenFilmsTenFriends or #TenDaysTenFilmsNoFriends
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“It is just over,” journalist @caseynewton told The Post.
“If you wouldn’t join Gab, or Parler, or Truth Social, there’s no reason you should be on X. I think it’s time for journalists and publishers, in particular, to acknowledge the new reality and to get the heck off that website.”
washingtonpost.com/technology/…
Antisemitism was rising online. Then Elon Musk’s X supercharged it.
Antisemitism has long festered on the internet, but the Israel-Gaza war and the loosening of content moderation on X have propelled it to unprecedented levels.Elizabeth Dwoskin (The Washington Post)
The toast sandwich article was created on English Wikipedia twelve years ago today!
(photo: Qwantz, CC BY-SA 3.0)
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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
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231119.ht… #APOD
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
netzpolitik.org/2023/a-call-to…
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
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