Nick @internic@social.cleverlibre.org

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

Ahem. #opensource

@_thegeoff

I'm reminded a bit of a 2011 paper from CERN regarding the potential detection of superluminal neutrinos. However, they did take a more cautious approach:

"Despite the large significance of the measurement reported here and the stability of the analysis, the potentially great impact of the result motivates the continuation of our studies in order to investigate possible still unknown systematic effects that could explain the observed anomaly."

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An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban

Official: "It is simply not feasible to read every book" for depictions of sex.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/an-iowa-school-district-is-using-chatgpt-to-decide-which-books-to-ban/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Marion County, #Kansas Attorney Joel Ensey says his review of police seizures from the offices of the local newspaper, the Marion County Record, found “insufficient evidence exists to establish a legally sufficient nexus between this alleged crime and the places searched and the items seized. As a result, I have submitted a proposed order asking the court to release the evidence seized. I have asked local law enforcement to return the material seized to the owners of the property."

Mary Edwards Walker worked as a surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was captured by Confederates after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians & arrested as a spy. She's the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor - pictured here, wearing it.

#DYK #histodon #histodons #civilwar #americanhistory #history #histmed #histsci #womensrights #womenshistory

This isn’t just happening in LA.

In lots of places cases are rising as college students move into their dorms. Granted, seeing as many colleges have stopped tracking cases, it’ll be hard to tell how bad it is.

https://deadline.com/2023/08/covid-los-angeles-increasing-cases-1235520334/