herid @herid@social.cleverlibre.org

My main gripe with Mastodon is that, besides usernames, you can only #search for hashtags cross-server. No #plaintext cross-server search.

Meh.

29 December 1923 | Hungarian Jewish woman Lily Ebert was born in Bonyhád.

In July 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz. She was then transferred to an ammunition factory near Leipzig where she was liberated.

Today she turns 99.

“I never thought I would survive Auschwitz and have another birthday. At 99, I celebrate to show that the Nazis did not win!”
(Lily Ebert)

Photo: courtesy of Dov Ebert

#Auschwitz #birthday #survivor #otd #people #woman #Hungary #Jews #99 #Remember #memory

Putin’s desire to finally save Ukrainians from other Ukrainians so strong he’s just had another 120 big missiles fired at Ukrainians.

Well done, ⁦‪@washingtonpost‬⁩. A definitive description of just some of the action contributing to UKR success in Donbas & Kherson. Rehearsals, intel-driven operations, precise targeting, good leadership, soldier courage all needed for this success. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/29/ukraine-offensive-kharkiv-kherson-donetsk/

This is a color-enhanced photo of the plains near the south pole of Mars, in spring. Water ice and carbon dioxide ice - 'dry ice' - are both active in this landscape.

Water ice frozen in the soil splits the ground into polygons. In the spring, frozen carbon dioxide below the surface turns into gas and shoots out through vents here and there. The gas carries along fine particles that drop to the surface in dark fan-shaped deposits.

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Street artist Jim Bachor fills potholes with incredible #mosaics of famous #art.

https://mymodernmet.com/jim-bachor-pothole-mosaic-art/

Is there anyone in pharma working on mRNA VHH (nanobodies) against #covid-19 #SARS2?

This one is the first I've seen show promise in mice (there may be others! It's just the first I have seen):

3-2A2-4, which protection against infection from either Omicron or Delta. This nanobody targets to a unique and highly conserved epitope between the cryptic and outer face of RBD, preventing the transition from "down" to "up" conformation. #scicomm

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35642-2

Original concept arts from Howl's Moving Castle (2004) by Hayao Miyazaki.

The journey about battle, love, and curse.

🏰

#ghibli #studioghibli #スタジオジブリ #anime #howlsmovingcastle #howl #calcifer #markl #sopphie #sketch #design #mastoart #painting #conceptart #artbook

#PolarBear populations in #Canada's #HudsonBay region due to a warming #arctic as a result of #ClimateChange.

The #bear population has dropped by 27% in the past 5 years according to a #Nunavut government report released this week.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-hudson-bay-polar-bear-population-plummets-climate-change-warms-arctic-2022-12-23/

What #Wikipedia doing?

#AndrewTate #GretaThunberg

Gheorghe Zamfir - The Lonely Shepherd

https://youtu.be/0rA_sTYUL6w

#FavoriteMusic 43/

Yes, It's Time to Ditch LastPass #LastPass
https://www.wired.com/story/lastpass-breach-vaults-password-managers/

Happy 100th Birthday to Stan Lee. You are missed, my friend. #StanLee100

$TSLA crashing because the company is on autopilot is the most fitting end to 2022 possible

Something is happening to Norway.

A fascinating, perhaps terrifying, scrolling multimedia walk through an undeniable fact. Climate change is bringing great change to Norway.

https://www.nrk.no/chasing-climate-change-1.14859595

Judy Garland - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

From "Meet Me In St. Louis" which is a lovely movie btw.

https://youtu.be/CreWsnhQwzY

#SongOfTheDay #Christmassong
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We're badly in need of better decentralized moderation tools.

Individuals blocking individuals is not an effective way to handle abuse.

I want the ability to have an automated way to block instances if they do not handle abuse reports. If I see an abusive user from an unfamiliar instance, it's not easy for me to know whether their behavior is the norm or will go unpunished. It would be nice to have a one-click:

1. Block this user for me from an abusive post
2. Report to *their* instance admin "If the linked behavior is acceptable on your instance, I will block your instance."
3. Autoblock the instance if no response in, say, 3 days
4. If the admin responds, give the option to block the instance.

#fediverse #mastodon #moderation