herid @herid@social.cleverlibre.org

Climate change can often feel overwhelming and hopeless, but there is still reason for hope. Here are a few reasons to be optimistic about the future: 1/

Every one of us should be angry that one of Ontario’s largest children’s hospitals has had to call in the Red Cross to help with staffing.

Every one of us should be demanding that our government immediately invest more resources into our healthcare system.

Every one of us.

@herid This one is nice, too:
https://youtu.be/_eLU5W1vc8Y

Perhaps Mathstodon can be a place to note some folklore #MathTricks that are useful but too trifling to devote an entire paper to. Here's one (that I recalled on browsing MathOverflow https://mathoverflow.net/questions/435728): If one is trying to prove a Hilbert space identity or inequality which is invariant under a unitary group action, one can often reduce "for free" to the irreducible components of that group action. (1/2)

My team at work just launched new research on the #TwitterMigration: We analyze which platforms are growing - especially #Mastodon, #Tumblr & #Post.

We look at which sites users are adding to their Twitter bios, posting to their friends about & downloading apps for.

Please do boost this, and love to hear any comments or feedback on it!

Download it here:
https://is.gd/lqGw9q

I wish the default iOS Mastodon client let me save draft posts.

Any of the other clients do that? 🤔

Matty Taibbi's Dick Pics

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/12/03/matty-taibbis-dick-pics/

https://t.me/washingtonpost/1722 ⚡️🇺🇸 Pentagon eyes major expansion of Ukraine military training.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other top Pentagon officials are weighing a major expansion in training for the Ukrainian military, a move that could significantly enhance its ability to evict Russian forces from occupied areas even as it deepens U.S. involvement in the war.
The plan, under discussion for weeks, according to (more) #Ukraine #News #War #Russia

March 24: a deluge of “one month of war” coverage
August 24: a handful of “six months in” features
November 24: 9 months and nary a whisper
Feb 24 2023: a trickle of “one year since the invasion”

Then deafening silence, disturbed by the odd cry of an event.

Joan Jett - I Love Rock 'n' Roll

https://youtu.be/iC8oP4Z_xPw

#FavoriteMusic 21/

Every time it snows where I live

Question of the Day: what's a common misconception about a relatively trivial topic that every time you hear it repeated bothers you a lot?

Masking for personal protection is good. Universal masking is far better.

#COVID #BringBackMasks

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2213556

Closing arguments were made yesterday in the Trump Organization tax fraud trial. The defense tried to pin all of the blame on CFO Allen Weisselberg. The Manhattan district attorney prosecutor highlighted the culture of fraud and deception at Trump Org.

Trump Org could face up to $1.6 million in fines if found guilty. Trump is not charged in this case.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-organizations-criminal-tax-fraud-trial-heads-closing-arguments-2022-12-01/