Nick @internic@social.cleverlibre.org

Hey @neilhimself , thank you for the repost on BSky, can I get the same here for Rainbow Passage? For those who don't know, they're a charity that are helping at-risk LGBTQ+ folks relocate from states that are actively attacking them. rainbowpassage.org

A locked account, “
@yuki2501 “ replied this to me:

“ CW us politics, please. “

No. I don’t CW actual news unless it’s gory or otherwise extremely disturbing.

This is why people leave Mastodon, (not me) folks.

I replied back that I don’t CW news and that they should mute me.

If I get kicked off my server for that, so be it. I’ll go to Threads or Bsky.

Just so you know, I also see the crazy smart stuff other people post and feel like an idiot fraud all the time.

Hey everyone, if you haven’t gotten your updated COVID-19 vaccine yet, right now is the perfect time!

It takes a couple of weeks to get full protection after being vaccinated, so it's advisable to get it a while before Thanksgiving. Also, the winter surge usually starts at Thanksgiving.

The vaccines are covered by insurance, or the CDC's bridge access program if you are uninsured.

You can find a place to get vaccinated near you here: https://www.vaccines.gov

The counter girl hopped right up when I walked in and was clocking in to help me.

Me: were you on break? I can wait until it's over I'm not in a hurry.

Her: no, we're supposed to clock out when there aren't customers

Me: oh no, honey, no. That's illegal.

Her: 😳

Me: not for you, for your manager or whoever told you to do that.

Her: it is?

Me: it's called wage theft when your boss doesn't pay you what you earned. when your boss requires you to stay here, he needs you pay you for your time.

Her: oh.

Me: here, this is the office number to an employment lawyer, call her and tell her you need to come in to talk about this

Her: I don't have any money

Me: we're gonna get your money, you already earned it sweetie.

Just 600 years ago, nine species of enormous, flightless birds called moas wandered around New Zealand. Some of these magnificent big birds grew up to 12 feet tall, which would tower over Sesame Street’s most famous resident.

Moas had thrived for millions of years. And suddenly - shortly after humans arrived on the islands - they went extinct.

Coincidence? #Science says no. https://www.science.org/content/article/why-did-new-zealands-moas-go-extinct #history

In favor of a ceasefire:

Democratic voters 80%
House Democrats 8%

Republican voters 56%
House Republicans 0%

All voters 66%
All House members 4%

Want to watch the magma crawling around under southwest Iceland? Check out https://vafri.is/quake/ - fool around with magnitude and time window. Looks like the earthquakes are easing off (which may not actually be good news) and that the magma may have bypassed Grindavik (would be good news).

In case anyone is interested this is what my emacs looks like with Monaspace Neon Var...

Former Amazon VP Ben Smith on admitting he was wrong to push for workers to return to the office several days a week: “As someone once asked me, ‘Have you ever noticed the only people in favor of RTO are people with large admin staffs and grown children?’ I had not, because that was me. Touche.”

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7127027218362335232/

If you don't love birds then I don't know what to tell you.

We haven’t had a COVID inquiry yet in the US, but take note, we would reach a similar conclusion.

Cover story for this week's Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02504-7/fulltext

A bot that automatically does stock trades …

… by identifying trades being done by US politicians …

… who probably have inside (I.e. and thus basically illegal-to-act-upon) knowledge of market-moving government info …

… and doing the same trades

He’s up 20% since May 2022

https://www.threads.net/@quiverquantitative/post/CzcB-Gsgqow/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

New and big: There has been a quiet, major shift since 2020. Federal agencies, spooked by the GOP, have completely stopped their election information outreach to tech companies. CISA doesn't talk to Silicon Valley anymore. The FBI no longer briefs social media companies about foreign propaganda
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/gop-muzzled-quiet-coalition-fought-foreign-propaganda-rcna103373

It's weird when additional specifiers have the opposite effect on a term than it sounds like they should.

Like, 'mincemeat' usually refers to the kind of minced stuff that is not meat at all, while actual minced meat is usually just called 'mince'.

A 'facemask' is specifically the kind of mask that doesn't cover your whole face.

I bet there are more examples.

#linguistics #language

I submit that no concept more accurately captures the zeitgeist of 2023 regarding corporations, governments, climate, and life in general than @pluralistic 's *Enshittification*. It should be the Word of the Year for 2023!

https://pluralistic.net/tag/enshittification/

#enshittification #corydoctorow

Klára Dán von Neumann died #OTD in 1961.

Hungarian mathematician, self-taught engineer and computer scientist, noted as one of the first computer programmers. She was the first woman to execute modern-style code on a computer. Klára made significant contributions to the world of programming, including work on the Monte Carlo method, ENIAC, and MANIAC I. She was introduced to a lot of her work through her husband, John von Neumann. via @wikipedia

#science #mathematics

I keep seeing calls to "Increase public trust in #science."

Intentions are good, but this takes time.

Sometimes we're working against decades of negative experiences & misinformation. Or we choose scientists to deliver a message w strong academic credentials but no connection to a specific community. 1/

So, my first impressions after owning an EV for two weeks can sort of be boiled down to "this is the closest a car owner can get to owning a bicycle". There are some other nice things about it that are more car-centric, but this thing where you can just get up and go, you've always got a full tank? That's very nice.