Nick @internic@social.cleverlibre.org

There is no website in the world which needs ONE THOUSAND cookies!
How did we get into this mess?

I had a great conversation with @ethanz which you can read/listen to here.

https://publicinfrastructure.org/podcast/85-timnit-gebru/

What I don’t understand about Mastodon and similar sites is: why is there a “Posts and replies” tab but not a “Only posts (without reposts)” one on people’s profiles?
Personally, I would make much more use of the latter.

NASA’s buildings are even older than its graying workforce

The space agency says its facilities are in an "increasing state of decline."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/nasas-buildings-are-even-older-than-its-graying-workforce/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Impressive that Darij Grinberg posted the whole textbook made for the course “Introduction to graph theory” at Drexel Univ on arXiv.

Moreover, the textbook itself is under CC0 1.0 Universal license.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.04512

Because you all seem interested in this I wrote a longer blogpost for you with a few of the papers that have been impacting me. I hope it's helpful. There is a lot I think we can learn from sense of belonging on software teams.

https://www.drcathicks.com/post/sense-of-belonging-and-software-teams

LK-99 isn’t a superconductor — how science sleuths solved the mystery
#LK99 #Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02585-7

A very useful and previously unknown Windows tip was revealed this week, where you can halt process jumping in Task Manager by holding down the Ctrl key on your keyboard, allowing easier access to a listed process.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-task-manager-refresh-can-be-paused-using-ctrl-key/

She Helped Build the Atomic Bomb to Stop the Nazis, But Was Haunted by What It Did to Japan. Here’s the story of the Lilli Hornig, the only female scientist named in the film Oppenheimer. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/she-helped-build-the-atomic-bomb-to-stop-the-nazis-but-was-haunted-by-what-it-did-to-japan/

BAHfest.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium have announced their departure from Twitter with this.

CNN is reporting that someone has doxed at least half of the members of the Fulton grand jury that just returned the criminal indictment against Trump, w/ anonymous users calling for violence against them. I guess this is the new normal. SMH.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/17/politics/fulton-county-grand-jurors-far-right-internet/index.html

Is there a big definitive book on what went wrong with Russia trying to become a liberal democracy in the 90s?

Feeling like a newborn here, trying to locate fellow scientists interested in #octopus #killifish #developmentalBiology #evodevo #neuroscience #sciencefunding

#MauiFires death toll rises to 111. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/16/live-governor-mauis-mayor-hold-news-conference-discuss-latest-wildfire-response/ #Hawaii

These two plots tell a sad story about where we are in #Eastern #Washington with the #Covid #pandemic. From what limited information is still available nowadays, it seems like the whole country is experiencing yet another wave of #SARSCov2 circulation, but my local region is all I really try to keep up with anymore.

I will try to explain in a 🧵 why this is all so crazy and awful. Read on if you care about your ability to engage in mental, physical, and even sexual activity.

#CovidIsNotOver

It occurred to me today that the social value of the open-source work I do in my free time has probably been an order of magnitude more useful to the world than everything I've ever done as a paid employee. Needing to seek a wage almost certainly makes me a less productive member of society than I would otherwise be.

These days, I have more faith that Germany will keep Holocaust deniers and fascists at bay than my fellow Americans.

While the vandalism and book burning is disturbing, the planned demonstration, already in the works, offers a chance for good people there to feel solidarity.

Windows shattered at headquarters of Holocaust memorial site foundation in Germany

https://www.jta.org/2023/08/16/global/windows-shattered-at-headquarters-of-holocaust-memorial-site-foundation-in-germany via @JTAnews #antisemitism #islamophobia #racism #hate #AfD #Nazis #incels #violence #history #politics

The University of Chicago is the first of 16 schools to settle claims it participated in a price fixing cartel with Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, MIT, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Penn, Rice, Vanderbilt, and Yale.

These schools limited availability of financial aid to students. U of Chicago will pay $13.5M to settle the suit.

It’s incredible how greedy these schools are despite their massive endowments. Many, if not all, worth billions.

https://www.businessinsider.com/do-i-qualify-for-university-of-chicago-settlement-financial-aid-2023-8

On that story about scientists leaving X and coming here. Please, please lean into the feature of hashtag following and tag your stuff. A lot of us would love to find you and hashtag discovery is the easiest way here.

#scientists #scientist #mastodon #followers #discovery #news