Mike Agg @countingquoll@social.cleverlibre.org

Troll/reply guy tried to get me to back down from my unequivocal statement that there's no evidence the 2020 election was stolen, claiming it's better to "meet people halfway" if I want to convince them.

No. As a researcher and educator, I believe in providing clear, accurate information.

The "evidence" that the election was stolen is made up bullshit. To call it anything else is a disservice.

If someone claims that 2+2=5, I'm not going to try to get them to compromise that it's 4.5.

Thousands of Jews are currently occupying NYC's Grand Central Station to demand a ceasefire. We need this in every city!!!

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza

The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore.

It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that mostly isn't relevant...

My whole political position right now is, don't kill innocents. Don't kill children.

Don't kill them!! not with assault rifles, not in retaliation, not with bombs, not with lousy public health policy.

Do not kill them, just do not do it! Can we all just get behind this one thing.

Bumblebees learn by observing other bees. Bumblebees, like ants, may even teach each other. In a University of London experiment a bee watched a "fake bee" (a fuzzy yellow & black orb on a stick) pushing a yellow ball into a circle for a sugar water reward. The bee copied this action.

When a nest mate was introduced, they learned by watching the bee trained in the previous experiment. I find the idea of a "fake bee" adorable.
https://www.popsci.com/brainy-bumblebees-can-push-balls-into-goal/

The House has a new Speaker, and he is truly awful. He represents the worst of MAGA extremism, and there’s turbulence ahead on the budget and Ukraine aid. But zooming out, his election could also be a HUGE problem for the GOP. How so, in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/so-the-dog-caught-the-car-again?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

The future is here in Europe

#RenewableEnergy

These can be really hard ... this took some time and effort:

#CellTower 538

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https://www.andrewt.net/puzzles/cell-tower/?p=538

Icelandic women strike against gender injustice https://www.euractiv.com/section/non-discrimination/news/icelandic-women-strike-against-gender-injustice/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

There is a new feature of Mastodon that I wanted to highlight for you all.

I had no use for the Lists feature before- but as of the recent 4.2 update, you can put some people you follow into a list- and then you can check a box in that list's details to NOT SHOW their posts in your main feed.

This could totally change Mastodon for me, in the best way.

I follow some newsy-political accounts, and often rush by them in the feed if I'm not in the mood to hear (more) bad news. Now I can put them in a list and not see them at all in and among the feed of real thoughts, pictures, artwork and jokes you amazing people share.

And when I actually feel like engaging with the news/politics of the world, I can pop over to that list and see only that stuff in there.

This way you can have customized feeds of different kinds of accounts, and just see your tried and true favorite people in the main feed.

It's a multi-Mastodon-feed experience, separated by mood and preference.
Which for me is brilliant!

Technically

This is not mine, it's from a colleague who posted it to our work Slack. But it's far too good to be left languishing there, so here's my (stolen, but I'm sure they'll understand) contribution to #Caturday.

Ad blockers getting more and more effective 💪💪

The older I get the more to the left i get pushed and I was told that the opposite would happen lol.

A jury has awarded a female executive Google executive $1.1 million and found the company guilty of gender discrimination.

They gave higher pay to less-experienced male cohorts & denied her promotions in retaliation for her complaints.

This happens all over big tech but people rarely file complaints because of fear of permanent harm to their careers. Kudos to Ulku Rowe for taking on Google and winning.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/21/23926501/google-cloud-lawsuit-ulku-rowe-verdict

I want a racing jacket, and instead of sponsor patches, I want mini covers of my favorite books.

"Authoritarian societies are inherently corrupt, and corrupt societies are inherently unstable. Rule of thieves brings collapse, eventually, because they can't stop stealing."

@GreatDismal describes a perfectly plausible scenario for our future in 'Agency'.