Rooney’s old account @girls_can@social.cleverlibre.org

I am annoyed at how much coverage of these recurring "Big Gorilla lays off around 10.000 people" is basically just a rehash of the company press release, with not a single journalist asking how it's possible that all of these big tech companies made the same exact mistake of hiring too many people, while simultaneously showing record profits.

Like, if a 'rigorous review' finds 12.000 redundancies, why does nobody question leadership about how this was allowed to happen?

Not one critical note.

Recovery of the conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) system viewed from the Winch Control Room on RV Polarstern yesterday after a cast in Ronne Entrance, Bellingshausen Sea, #Antarctica during expedition #PS134

A candy floss #sunset at Wells-next-the-sea this evening #winter #coastal #photography

Ottawa Citizen👀​
"A military team monitored & collected information from people’s social media accounts in #Ontario, claiming such data-mining was needed to help troops who were to work in long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic."
"That initiative involved collecting negative comments Ontarians made about Premier Doug #Ford & the failure of his government to take care of the elderly and then forwarded those on to the Ontario government."
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadian-military-finances-technology-to-collect-social-media-data-despite-claims-it-was-shutting-down-such-efforts
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadian-military-finances-technology-to-collect-social-media-data-despite-claims-it-was-shutting-down-such-efforts

What a fantastic defence at @UniBremen@twitter.com on #plastic pollution in the #Arctic, Dr. @CleDiver@twitter.com, well done ✨!
Super-proud #PhD mom 🤗

By the way, a tax of up to 5% on the world’s multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise $1.7 trillion/year.

That would be enough to lift 2 billion people out of poverty and fund a global plan to end hunger.

We can't afford NOT to tax the rich.

Zotero just informed me that a paper in my database has been retracted. What an excellent feature for a reference management system to have! As if I needed additional reasons to love Zotero even more than I already did 🤩

Lions have an excellent vision and can see clearly up to eight times as far as humans can with details. They can easily spot and focus their prey at a distance of more than two miles.
That’s the King of Manyara | Tanzania
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#bownaankamal #discoverearth #thelionking #wildlifeadventures #explore_wildlife #natgeoindia #naturephotography #natgeoru #natgeophotography #africawildlife #tanzaniasafari #manyara #bigcatlover #wildlifeseekers #kingofjungle #felinesrealm #bhfyp #savannah #big5

Three “super-tipping points” for climate action could trigger a cascade of decarbonisation across the global economy, according to a report.

Relatively small policy interventions on electric cars, plant-based alternatives to meat and green fertilisers would lead to unstoppable growth in those sectors, the experts said.

#climate #climatechange
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/20/super-tipping-points-climate-electric-cars-meat-emissions

Also, that a lot of people who CAN risk arrest are not yet doing so - and if they did I think it would be huge. In general, we need a lot more climate activism of all kinds, but too much climate activism (like petitions) is too polite and as a result probably not very effective

When billions of lives are at stake, including the lives of people we love or even our own lives, then yes, risking arrest to try to stop that through nonviolent civil disobedience is probably "worth it" for a lot of us.

Just had my first ever first-author paper accepted by Analytical Chemistry! Only 6 days before my PhD viva but it should stand me in good stead for the defence 😃 #NMRchat #metabolomics #chemiverse #chemtoots

It has been repeated many times, but the idea that cis het men would go to any bother whatsoever pretending to be trans women in order to sexually assault someone when they do so all the time already and are rarely and barely punished for it is patently absurd, and yet we are constantly forced to address this nonexistent, made-up problem by people who just want trans people to disappear and die.

If you're concerned about cis teens transitioning by mistake, well, don't, it's vanishingly rare, and the solution isn't loading teens up with even more hang-ups and anxieties about their appearance, behavior, interests, and sexuality by straightjacketing them with "traditional" gender norms or hiding information from them or refusing them access to care, putting them through an ordeal just to obtain advice and answers to very basic questions.

Good decisions don't happen under duress.

Let’s be REALLY clear: I’m not a “bike advocate.” I’m an experienced, knowledgeable, evidence-driven city-building practicianer, and a relentless champion of smart urban public policy, and better, more successful cities. Over 30+ years I have worked with some of the most innovative cities in the world. THAT’s why I support doing everything we can to make bikes as attractive an option as possible for ordinary transportation in cities.

It’s smart city-building.

#bikes #cars #cities #BikeLanes

Ontario looking to poach healthcare workers from other provinces to fill shortages

🔼​🔼​ This is how it should be framed. Not a coincidence this announcement happened same week as expansion of for-profit surgery centres & fears abt poaching of hospital staff for new for-profit centres.

"..Doug Ford is set to introduce changes that would let Canadian health-care workers registered or licensed in other provinces start immediately practicing in Ontario."

#OnPoli #OnHealth

https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-looking-to-poach-health-care-workers-from-other-provinces-to-fill-shortages-1.6237423

I do not like that this needs to exist, but I'mma boost it until it's not. Do likewise, as you will.

Getty Images is suing the creators of AI art tool Stable Diffusion for scraping its content https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23558516/ai-art-copyright-stable-diffusion-getty-images-lawsuit

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.

Dorothy Parker

#Humour #Politics