Jim Parkin @ParkinJim@social.cleverlibre.org

Won. Yes, every life saved is a victory and achievement. But let us remind ourselves too of the fact that the pandemic isn't over. We still have a long way to go. Giving false assurances gives an escape from reality that will only slow down the momentum needed to gain bigger

This silver watch case is shaped like a skull - the jaw hinges down to reveal the dial. The skull is decorated with a floral pattern and a scene on the forehead featuring Adam and Eve with the snake. 17th cent. (Louvre, Paris) #MementoMori #skull #MementoMoriMonday #histodons #horology #time #history

The UK is doing...badly. Really badly.

Wonder what could've possibly contributed to this. Perhaps it starts with 'B'...

Hi All,

🧀Version 5.4 of my adaptation of a Swiss cheese risk reduction graphic (not really a 'model'), applied to any respiratory virus but drawn and evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic.

🧀Story of the image up to ver4.2 is on my blog:
https://virologydownunder.com/the-swiss-cheese-infographic-that-went-viral/

🧀Editable files for making translations are (check if one made already though!):
https://figshare.com/articles/figure/The_Swiss_Cheese_Respiratory_Virus_Defence/13082618

🧀Thread:
https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1319901144836026368?s=20

@mattgemmell fortunately for spammers and bots, they don't have to worry about that because they use stolen credit card info...

For those wondering about the availability (now and in the future) of archived Twitter data: The Library of Congress has the full record of the first 12 years of Twitter data, but they stopped full collection in 2017. Since then, they have only archived tweets deemed to be of historical significance. Here’s a white paper from them describing why they stopped full archival collection, and what they still collect.

https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/files/2017/12/2017dec_twitter_white-paper.pdf

Superb potted economic history of our era. Marred only by the faulty (conventional wisdom) election prediction at the end. Cory! @pluralistic https://doctorow.medium.com/the-end-of-the-road-to-serfdom-bfad6f3b35a9

Another design consideration re: Mastodon is that it works well for ephemeral asynchronous communications, but for many reasons should not be counted on as an archival resource. Media attachments are periodically purged and may not be available after a week, or a month, etc. While some servers may try to preserve content forever, this may be costly and unsustainable. Creators, researchers should treat this as an ephemeral resource and make provisions for self-archiving anything important.

To this extent I'm really interested to know how the age breakdown of people on the #Fediverse. On one hand it would seem to make sense to me that most people here remember the "old internet" before the centralization and they're here to rekindle that flame of independence. On the other hand the youths are generally pretty up on this whole technology thing. I grew up on the internet and since then smartphones have become even more ubiquitous.

(Please boost for reach)

Breaking: rumours that Channel 4 have approached Nadine Dorries to appear in new reality series "I'm a catastrophe, get me out of here" have been vehemently denied by a spokesperson for Ms Dorries.

Hello to former twitter pals.
Thought I’d give this tooting a go.
Still figuring it out. Hopefully I’ll manage to avoid the pitfalls which beset my Twitter existence 😂

When I was a boy I spent entire afternoons imagining what it would be like to walk around inside the Great Pyramid at Giza.

Now there is an online virtual walk-through, *inside* the pyramid, from the Giza Project at Harvard. Astonishing.

https://giza.mused.org/en/guided/266/inside-the-great-pyramid

HT @stux @knuppelbeer