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I've said it before, but it's really disappointing that you basically have to neglect your research and get a minor degree in computer science if you're a #humanities academic who wants to showcase their work on an ethical platform.

I don't expect to be able to do all the things that #tech folks do, but it seems like it shouldn't be as hard as it is just to get some text on a page.

#foss #academia @academicchatter





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September 5th marks Amazon Rainforest Day.

To learn more about the Amazon rainforest, the challenges it faces and the reasons for hope, browse Mongabay's Amazon Rainforest stories here:

news.mongabay.com/list/amazon-…

#Amazon #AmazonRainforest #Rainforests #Conservation #News #Environment #AmazonRainforestDay



Police officer walks free + claims disability pension FROM shooting dead a citizen himself (and being fired later for lesser charges)

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Great appearance on Hoops for Harris by my candidate in the NJ7 critical swing district: Sue Altman. We need her energy--and ethics and intelligence--in Congress to replace nepo-pol Tom Kean Jr.
youtube.com/live/HNOaRCZYEzQ?s…


Canadian consumer debt topped $2.5 trillion in the last quarter, per Equifax:

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options



Ancient asteroid 20 times larger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs likely hit Jupiter’s moon Ganymede.

CNN reports that Japanese researchers are studying the possible impact of the collision some 4 billion years ago: flip.it/KnQk9p

#Space #Jupiter #Asteroid #Astronomy #Moon #Science



This EU #openscience policy announcement, despite the somewhat underwhelming EU lingo in some places, is a bombshell, if/when properly implemented:

op.europa.eu/en/publication-de…

IMHO, many places around the world, especially the rich ones not running something like SciELO/Redalyc etc. (looking at you, USA!), should closely study this document and what it actually means and entails.

#openaccess

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Björn Brembs

@mostlyphysics

That could be more accurate, yes, but it'd cost me a ton of characters 🤣



Today in Labor History September 5, 1917: Federal agents attacked Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) halls and offices in 48 cities across the nation as part of the Palmer raids against the left.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #police #policebrutality #union #repression

in reply to MikeDunnAuthor

Moneyed interests, and all-too-eager stooges to do the dirty work because they get to play shoot 'em up... And oligarchs wonder why they are so despised by working people



Room With Cat.
Where is the cat?

🔸 Please don't give your result away, no spoilers 🔸

#Cats #CatsOfMastodon

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Today at 10:15 a.m. Eastern, astronaut Matt Dominick, who recently captured an amazing video of auroras on Earth from the International Space Station, will be talking with Scientific American--the first ISS interview from the cupola, the beautiful room of windows plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/…


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#FotoVorschlag 'In den Bergen' - Triglav National Park bei #KranjskaGora in #Slowenien

#Berge #Mountains #Alps #Slovenia



Next step of the solar image processing. Still can't see the prominences but they'll appear. Thinking about putting my h-alpha scope back outside during lunch and live streaming it. *note* It will not look this sharp but it will be monochrome.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #sun #solar



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"Since the start of the year, Oregon has tallied 31 cases of measles, all in unvaccinated people. The cases have been accumulating in sustained waves of transmission since mid-June."

~ Beth Mole

#Oregon #measles #vaccination #antivaxxers #epidemic
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arstechnica.com/science/2024/0…

in reply to Damkina

@damkina Yes, a good point. Parents should also know that, even when measles doesn't kill children (and it does so sometimes), it can cause blindness. One of my cases of childhood measles was a serious case with high fever, and I remember my parents' strong concern that I might lose my sight. The photophobia was so intense that they had to find ways to block out any light coming into my bedroom, and for days, they worked hard to get the fever down.
in reply to Damkina

@damkina Yes. I'm grateful for whatever and whoever helped me survive — notably, a grandmother and aunt who made clear to me from early childhood forward that they loved me unconditionally and that I always had a safe place with her. My aunt was unmarried, a teacher, and kept house for her mother, my grandmother.
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William Lindsey
@LaNaehForaday Yes, they count on a herd effect that they themselves are, selfishly and dangerously, refusing to assist. And then the numbers of vaccinated children fall dangerously low, and all unvaxxinated children are at serious risk — and diseases we once considered "conquered" roar back. The stupidity of this is mind-boggling.