Anyone else thinks "transformative agreements" by big publishers aren't really that transformative? Seems like another way we 'bend' to their will and guarantee their comfortable oligopoly and survival.
#openaccess #oa #oer
Are more sports coming to Prime Video?
Sources tell the New York Post that Amazon is in talks with Bally Sports for a deal that would simultaneously air MLB, NBA, and NHL games on Prime Video and cable.
The rumored sports package would reportedly let users watch local games for around $20 per month. Amazon already has an agreement with the NBA that will put dozens of games on Prime Video next season.
@timbray Regarding tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20…
> It’s hard to write an app with 0 dependencies.
There are segments, platforms and eco-systems that focus on this. Uxn, PICO-8, etc. Lua and LÖVE in particular have subcultures that attend to dependencies as a first-class design constraint. (Not all Lua programs use LuaRocks.)
Now some shameless plugs of my own projects over 10+ years:
* github.com/akkartik/mu
* akkartik.name/freewheeling
* akkartik.itch.io/carousel
Anyways. There are dozens of us! 😂
Brand-new pics of planet Mercury, just in from the European Space Agency's BepiColombo spacecraft!
esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp… #space #science #astronomy #ESA
This close-up of Mercury's north pole was taken by BepiColombo's monitoring camera, so you see parts of the spacecraft framed against the planet.
esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/… #space #science (3/4)
Last one, for now.
Seconds after closest approach to Mercury, BepiColombo got this view of sunrise over the planet's rugged landscape.
These shots are just from the probe's monitoring cameras; the full science images will be amazing.
esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/… #space #science #tech (4/4)
On Monday, my dishwasher was being repaired. I wondered if the friendly repairman might be one of those who voted for the far-right in #EastGermany. We stayed silent. Just before he left, he opened up.
He's a native of #Saxony and generally feels comfortable here. But things cannot continue like this. Yesterday, he and his wife discussed at what far-right #Election result they would leave the country. A sigh followed, what came next felt like a self-help conversation.
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Fox host says Tim Walz isn't masculine because he had a milkshake with a straw - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/09/fox-host-says-tim-walz-isnt-masculine-because-he-had-a-milkshake-with-a-straw/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Next #SETILive: Finally! An Intermediate-Mass Black Hole
TODAY, 5 September, 10:00 AM PDT
A new paper identifies the first-ever mid-size sedan in a universe of compact cars and SUVs. This black hole resides in the center of the Omega Centauri star cluster, which is thought to be the core of a galaxy that merged with the Milky Way billions of years ago. Deputy Director of the Carl Sagan Center Simon Steel chats with lead author Maximilian Häberle.
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"Boebert defends vote against veterans’ health benefits, saying she didn’t want to spend ‘$600 billion forever’"
Ref: thehill.com/homenews/house/486…
#healthcare #veterans #VA #politics #USPol
It would be lovely if her Democratic opponent - Trisha Calvarese - would talk about Boebert wanting veterans to "just die already, I'm tired of paying for you freeloaders."
I doubt that will happen, because, jesusfuckingchrist, Democrats leave low-hanging fruit way too often.
First doses of mpox vaccines arrive at the heart of Africa's outbreak. What took so long?
Congo has over 20,000 cases of mpox and hundreds of deaths mostly in children but until now, zero vaccines. A plane load of doses donated from the EU landed in Kinshasa Thursday.
#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Anarchists, anti-war activists, and antifascists are being tortured and murdered by the Russian state.
Meanwhile, far-Right trolls are raking in the big bucks.
"A media start-up from reactionary luminaries such as Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, Dave Rubin, Lauren Southern, and others secretly received funding from Russia, a new federal indictment alleges."
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in reply to Tel Amiel • • •Absolutely. That's why the Budapest Open Access Initiative 20th anniversary statement doesn't call them "transformative". For its full argument against them, see Recommendation 4. (Disclosure: I was a co-author.)
budapestopenaccessinitiative.o…
#BOAI #BOAI20