Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@social.cleverlibre.org

Physicist Polykarp Kusch was born #OTD in 1911.

Kusch measured the magnetic moment of the electron and found that its value disagrees with naive predictions by a tiny amount — about 1 part in a thousand, or 0.1%.

Quantum Electrodynamics offers a marvelous explanation of this discrepancy.

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DeSantis calls to end jury unanimity for Florida death penalty cases | Ron DeSantis | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/24/ron-desantis-florida-death-penalty-unanimous-jury

So #zuckerberg is allowing the man who sowed violence & sedition , regularly harassed people, posted disinformation & conspiracy back on Facebook & #instagram. I’m thoroughly disgusted. I guess $ is more important than democracy or decency.

I must say I find the general journalist reaction (especially in Europe) to Musk banning a bunch of journalists to be a bit disappointing

It's sort of "oooh look there's an attack on journalism, that's wrong, but we'll keep using Twitter because we think there's no other option"

No. A social network that can ban or censor at a whim *is a central challenge to fair reporting*

Help build up alternatives *without* that central flaw!

Ultimately, it will prove impossible to beat Elon Musk by remaining on the platform he controls.

He and his goons control the most powerful aspects of the site. They can, and will, use it to empower authoritarianism, hate, misinformation and white supremacy.

They are just getting started. By continuing to operate within the framework they control, you will be at a disadvantage. More at FrameLab:

https://framelab.substack.com/p/with-trump-returing-to-musks-twitter

TOP TEN MOST CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS ON FLORIDA’S AP AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES EXAM

10. Martin Luther King sought to achieve equality between the races by:

🔵: proactively working to eliminate injustice and inequality

🔴: never mentioning race ever again

Let's help all the new folks, always!

Stop anthropomorphizing billionaires.

How is it that a Kremlin propagandist like Caitlin Johnstone still has an account on mastodon.social?

I reported her so my server has blocked her but why is she still active @moderation ?

I know that you banned her and then changed your mind. What was the rationale?

#Ukraine
#Russia
#Syria
#propaganda

@GovTrack if we tried to ban asbestos today, these clowns would be huffing it for sport

Now that I've spent some time on Mastodon, already made some fun friends, and decided to switch servers, I guess it's time for an #Introduction toot!

I'm a husband to my wonderful wife and dad of two crazy boys. I like gaming, tech, and gadgets. Most of my gaming is done on #PC/#PCGaming and iOS, but occasionally #Xbox. I love #SciFi, #Fantasy, #TopGear, #TheGrandTour.

I suffer from #Migraines and have recently been diagnosed with #ADHD #Anxiety and #Depression.

I really hope that progressives turn off the lizard brain response of "TikTok is good because Republicans say it's bad."

No, TikTok is bad.

The enemy of your enemy isn't necessarily your friend.

Is their opposition based on nationalism, racism, and yellow peril? Probably.

Is TikTok still monitoring and tracking teenagers, feeding them unhealthy content based on "relevancy" algorithms, screwing with their mental health? Yes.

All surveillance capitalism should be banned.

Just remember, if you think having an #AI whispering #lawfedi niceties into your ear during a hearing might not be so bad, this is going to be your lawyer. https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/PF58wEdztZFX2dSue/how-truthful-is-gpt-3-a-benchmark-for-language-models