Brent Williams @hbw@social.cleverlibre.org

Ever wondered what the #Idaho side of the Grand Tetons look like from over 100 miles away looking across the vast Idaho desert? Well, now you know.
#Tetons #Idaho #mountains #GrandTetonNP

Brilliant new paper by Naomi #Oreskes, concluding that "our overall situation suggests that it does not suffice for scientists simply to supply #factual #information, and leave it at that. Scientists need as well to engage actively with the recipients of that information." https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43538-022-00121-1

Now seems like a good time to talk about how far-right extremists are using the Overton Window theory to force their ideas into the mainstream. The premise here is that today’s fringe ideas/beliefs can become tomorrow’s normal by shifting the boundaries of acceptable discourse. You do that by introducing people to more & more extreme ideas, so everything else seems reasonable in comparison.

eg, when “praising Hitler” becomes the comparison point, low-key bigotry suddenly doesn’t seem so bad. 1/

Yayoi Kusama, Festival of Stars, 1988

Study into gut damage -- leading to inflammatory diseases -- caused by detergent and rinse aid residues in both professional-grade and household
dishwashers https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(22)01477-4/fulltext via @hn100 #health

Not one of the 33 companies participating in a big trial of a 4-day workweek (with no loss in pay) is returning to a standard 5-day schedule. Productivity went up. Revenue went up. Absenteeism and turnover both went down.

"The benefits are significant."
https://www.livemint.com/companies/people/want-a-four-day-work-week-show-the-results-of-research-to-your-boss-11669783677563.html

EV Charging Station in Paris in 1898

In Europe & the US there were many competing electric, gas, and steam vehicle companies in 1890s to 1910s. This a woodcut work of art of a Paris electric vehicle charging station in 1898.

It is a photo of a wood engraving. It is by Gravure van Poyet & public domain.

#ev #battery #cars #electricvehicles #climate #science #environoment #Paris #France #Europe #1890s #History #Histodons #technology #tech @histodons

Biden would make a good first Mastadon president. I hope there's an Oval Office instance in the works.

why call it bird site when ‘the fowl place’ is right there and a much better pun

Tell the truth — wouldn’t you like your city better if it had more streets like this one in Amsterdam?
#cities #Dutch #Amsterdam #streets

Here's some new photons I rescued before they crashed into my driveway

This is about 60h of total exposure time, shot over a bout a week, and shows LDN 1355 and the surrounding areas. Some people call this target the "Helping Hand".

#astrophotography

So I not-so-low-key hate how the protests in China are being framed as protests against Covid-related policies in Western media.

They're protests against an authoritarian state's control of people's lives that happen to use Covid as an excuse!

Most people today have heard of Pauli Murray and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Have you heard of Blanche Crozier? https://www.bu.edu/law/record/articles/2022/blanche-crozier-ahead-of-her-time/

#art #streetart #mastodon #winter

That article gave me a chance to revisit my graph looking at Fox News's amplification of crime prior to the election — and then afterward.

And, lo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/28/another-fox-news-driven-target-likely-gop-probes-looting/

@KevinTMorris @marcelias It's amazing how much fight has to be made in order to guarantee that people are able to vote. I am thankful that people like @marcelias are out there doing the hard work for all of us.

The laws of motion

"Major motorcycle rallies are associated with increases in organ donors involved in motor vehicle crashes, according to a study published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine."

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/health/organ-donations-motorcycle-rallies.html