Ben Taylor @VoxDei@social.cleverlibre.org

Good morning! A post just rolled across my fedi-timeline saying not to post about politics on Mastodon, so I'm here to remind you that:

1 "politics" refers to decision-making about how to live together in groups
2 choosing to not participate in political discussion is saying you support the status quo, and is a political stance
3 abstaining from politics because you feel safe from its impacts is a privilege and a choice to abandon your more vulnerable neighbours

In case you don’t believe the same equations govern #motion in the #atmosphere and the #ocean.

Video by Tristan Heth in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

Arp273 lnteracting of two Spiral galaxies (UGC1810 & UGC1813)in the Andrómeda constellation by Hubble telescope #NASA #ESA Hubble Herritage Team ,AURA.

After yesterday yo mama has nothing on me...

#DFIR #DigitalForensics

Free game on GOG: Terroir. Manage your own vineyard and create the finest wines.

https://www.gog.com/en/game/terroir
#Games #GOG

The entirety of us history occurred within a single orbit of Pluto.

CT scanning tech could put an end to 100ml liquid limit on flights by 2024 https://reg.cx/46yn?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=auto&utm_content=article

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheRegister/status/1595774664294338561

I'm sorry, WTF #Python ??

>>> [round(x) for x in (0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5)]
[0, 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 6]

Why would you round toward the even choice? That makes no sense to me.

For reference, round() in #C chooses the away-from-zero rounding, so you get [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] with the same input.

This is an old project, but by some miracle it's still working and I woke up this morning wanting to celebrate the things I love more.

This Inkplate e-ink screen shows Conway's Game of Life, seeded from tarpits I have on the Internet. The tarpits are programs on my computer that superficially look like insecure Telnet and Remote Desktop services, but actually exist to respond super slowly and make bots scanning the Internet 'get stuck'.

When a bot connects to the tarpit, the data it sends gets squished into a 5x5 grid and 'stamped' onto a Game of Life board. Data from a bot at the IP address 1.1.x.x will get stamped on the top left corner, data from a bot at 254.254.x.x will get stamped on the bottom right corner.

Conway's Game of Life, a set of simple rules that govern whether cells should turn on or off, updates the display once per second. The result is that bot attacks end up appearing as distinct 'creatures', that get bigger and more angry looking over time (as their centre is updated with new data). After the attack finishes, the 'creature' eventually burns itself out.

Despite that description, it's a really chill piece of art that doesn't draw too much attention but I can happily watch for a long time.

Credit for the idea goes to @_mattata, I had been wanting to make a real-life version of XKCD #350 for years before seeing his Botnet Fishbowl project.

#projects #inkplate #esp32 #eink #infosec #tarpit

After its release in Japan three days prior, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was released worldwide on November 24, 1992.
Happy 30th birthday, Sonic. It's Sonic 2sday!

In a sane world, being pro-life would mean being pro-Medicare for All, pro-gender-affirming care, pro-Green New Deal, and pro-gun safety.

So I guess I'll introduce myself...

I'm a Lecturer and Doctoral Researcher at The Open University UK. I'm an #academic researching anti-racist assessment and the use of innovative technology for student engagement.

My doctoral research is in #highered and explores the intersections of personal and professional identities of OU practitioners and their effects on #onlineteaching practices.

Looking to build the same community of like-minded academics and educators that I had over on Twitter.

Hello Mastodon.

I am looking for new PhD students to come work with me at the Oxford Internet Institute in 22/23 (@oiioxford) to study the future of data privacy and digital rights, the impact of AI and algorithms on digital platforms, and help co-create better digital futures.

Boosts very much appreciated! 🐘

Meta faces lawsuit to stop 'surveillance advertising' https://reg.cx/46xK?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=auto&utm_content=article

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheRegister/status/1595445285630738433

If you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏

POLL: What areas of money-in-politics are you most curious about as we head into the 118th Congress and the 2024 election cycle?

Please boost this #poll for participation... #money #politics #campaignfinance #usa #lobbying #darkmoney #billionaire #megadonor #election #state #federal