I am afraid that, whatever one may be voting against, a vote for Harris is a vote for supporting Israeli war crimes.

If you want to vote Blue, you may not like this; but it is inescapable, however one may try to rationalize.

As such, I am muting every single supporter of Harris that appears on my feed. I don’t care how few folk I follow, or follow me, but I really don’t want to see posts from people who are OK with the slaughter of innocents.

Portrait of a Well-Slept Cat | Портрет выспавшейся кошки

straycatsobserver.ru/cats/2023…

#tabbycat #トラ猫 #полосатаякошка #stretchingcat #猫写真 #cat #кошка #猫 #ねこ #catsofpixelfed #pixelfedcats #fedicats

Landing in the rain.

#scifi #scifiart #spaceship

It's strange to think that there is going to be any sort of rough consensus in the fediverse about federating or not federating with any particular instance large or small.

We've put a ton of effort into making sure the Web doesn't fragment at the protocol/interop level, but the most important part of the entire Fediverse exercise is how that interop level empowers people and communities to make their own choices.

I think that a Balkanized fedi is the best, healthiest possible outcome.

'Latin America is taking on a pioneering role in this. In Latin America, scientific outputs are considered a public good. Free-to-publish and free-to-read cooperative publishing is supported by non-commercial and publicly funded infrastructure. Ninety-five per cent of Latin American journals are diamond open access: community-driven and collaborative platforms with no article processing charges. Their example shows us that research is a more global and diverse enterprise than is typically acknowledged. By including diverse voices, they contribute substantially to the academic landscape and the accessibility and dissemination of research3. Unfortunately, these journals tend to be excluded by indexing systems, which causes science published outside of the Global North to not receive the attention that it deserves.'

nature.com/articles/s41562-023…

The future of academic publishing - Nature Human Behaviour

Academic publishing is the backbone of science dissemination –– but is the current system fit for purpose? We asked a diverse group of scientists to comment on the future of publishing.

^Nature