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The Swartz Prize in Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience goes to one of my very favorite researchers: Eero Simoncelli!!!

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Apologies no spoons to fit in a full report of the recent distributed #Fediwave Artists series of live events.

Thanks to the artists for presenting, a few who explored streaming for the first time!

Thanks to everyone who showed up to what are consistently such friendly and supportive hangouts!

Shout out to the #owncast newsletter by @roadriverrail for the recap.

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Here was the programme:
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Not that there was any doubt about it, but yes, Trump is LYING when he claims he has no idea what Project 2025 is... bluevirginia.us/2024/09/monday…



Adding more clumsy animal metaphors to the donkeys and elephants in election coverage. gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/20…


Calls for unilateral rhetorical disarmament by Trump and his allies aren't made in good faith. They're strategic moves to silence opposition while continuing unchecked. It's a demand that opponents play by rules they have no intention of following. readtpa.com/p/unilateral-rheto…



“You have a problem that is really not an engineering problem, but people were insisting on using an engineering mindset to solve it." -
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“In 1975, two people tried to kill Gerald Ford in less than three weeks.
Amazingly, Ford didn't try to rile up the country, inflame America's anger - or try to fundraise off it.
But that's back when we expected more of our national leaders.”
Free article

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I miss when UIs looked like this. everything you can interact with immediately jumps out at you because they're prioritizing visual clarity over aesthetics - and yet it is still strangely beautiful in its own way
in reply to kasdeya

There's always Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) for a modern KDE 3.x fork.

I've been meaning to try it out.

KDE 2.x *was* pretty sweet, though. ☺️




This tells us how National Review editors talk about Black people among themselves.

RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sefgp…



"The study revealed that the light reflected from the mirrors was more than 70% of incoming ambient light at midday in some cases. This boost in available light energy led to profound plant responses, as seedling survival increased more than 160% and growth in plant height increased more than 170% in one of the experiments"

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Beeindruckende Grafik in @derStandard

Die Regenmengen der letzten Tage in #Wien im Vergleich zum "Jahrhunderthochwasser" 2002.

#WienerFlut #Hochwasser #Klimakatastrophe



‘I deeply lost myself’: Women raped during Newcastle bucks party describe trauma byteseu.com/425079/ #Australia #Sydney