szescstopni @szescstopni@social.cleverlibre.org

Hello Fediverse! #introduction

We're a charity that helps people learn how to repair their broken things, and challenges the pattern of consumption of electronics and electricals in the first place.

We support community #repair and #reuse and repair businesses in London and beyond, and are active in pushing for the #RightToRepair in the UK and in Europe.

#RestartParties #RepairCafes #FixingFactories

The really scary thing about the raid on the #farright in Germany is that the network consists of ex-soldiers and policemen, members of the special forces KSK and the elite Fallschirmjäger platoon.

They might be nutters, but also highly organised, armed, and have far reaching networks into German police and military forces.

Glad that this group is gone, but there will be future coup attempts if the far right inside police and military aren't destroyed.

#Germany #police #military #coup

"The most common comment—even from MAGA folks—has been 'This is a joke, right? Is this real?'"

https://www.theborderchronicle.com/p/gov-duceys-illegal-shipping-container

Terrible piece in Science, "Visa bureaucracy makes scientific conferences inaccessible for too many researchers"
Read:
https://www.science.org/content/article/visa-bureaucracy-makes-scientific-conferences-inaccessible-many-researchers

Two excerpts:

"I [a Norwegian researcher born in Iran] had been hoping to present my work at an upcoming international conference, in the country that hosts nearly all major global scientific meetings [ 🤔 ]. I had spent the past year working feverishly to obtain a visa. The process had been so drawn out that I had already missed two other conferences there."

"Many scholars born in ostracized countries face these drawn-out, oftentimes years-spanning processes when we need to travel. The obstacles take a toll on our professional development, our future opportunities, and our mental health. Conference organizers have a responsibility to address this. To truly foster inclusivity, meetings must be hosted in more open countries."

#openscience #bureaucracy #discrimination

Ice Cream to Prevent Chemo Damage: Ig Informal Lecture by the 2022 Ig Nobel Medicine Prize winners. https://improbable.com/2022/12/05/ice-cream-to-prevent-chemo-damage-2022-ig-informal-lecture/

When we examine the Lunar Rover expeditions upon the Moon during the @NASA Apollo missions, the underlying maths behind the safety planning is fascinating to reflect upon. #spacescience

https://www.quora.com/Was-it-ever-a-concern-that-the-lunar-rover-might-break-down-many-kilometers-away-from-the-module-and-leave-the-astronauts-without-enough-oxygen-to-walk-back-I-read-that-the-astronauts-drove-it-pretty-far-away/answer/Andy-Burns-22

7 December 1943 | The number of male and female prisoners at the Auschwitz camp complex (main camps & subcamps) was 56,082.

See our online lesson to learn about the most important aspects of the history of Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_1/

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #history #Holocaust #Shoah #lesson #elearning #education #NeverForget #photography #people #number #OTD #Nazis #Germany @histodons

Me, 20 years ago: "I don't need tabbed browsing. One window per site is fine and dandy."

Me, 10 years ago: "I can run 40 tabs at once, look at how productive I am!"

Me, at present: "I don't need tabbed browsing. One window per site is fine and dandy."

To jest tornado na biegunie północnym Jowisza sfotografowane przez kamerę podczerwoną sondy Juno. Otoczone ośmioma mniejszymi ma średnicę, bagatela, 4000 km. Przykryłoby całe Stany Zjednoczone i spory kawałek Kanady. Źródło: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM #PieknoNauki

Weird, but true: a lot of images of space are amazing without stars in them.

Here's the Soul Nebula without stars. 57.3h from my driveway.

#astrophotography

I hope they released this in China

Last rays of the day!

I'm constantly surprised at the number of people who are looking for lists of people to follow. There's no shortage of fascinating breadcrumb trails here.
Pick a toot that resonates with you and open it up. See who commented, or retooted it. Look at those people's profiles. Follow them.
Look at their older toots and follow the people whose comments on those toots pique your interest.
I've been here a month & have a global circle, not one of whom I knew before coming here. #IFollowTheCrumbs

Price of #design...

"It's your kids, Marty. They're fascists."

For this week's #ThickTrunkTuesday, I've got a special guest...

Allow me to introduce you to... Groot.

An ancient oak tree that can be found in some of the oldest parts of ancient woodland in Cannock Chase AONB, the UK's smallest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

#Trees #Woodland #Forest #Fog #Winter #landscapephotography

World on a fencepost.

#nature #naturephotography #moss #wood #landscape #landscapephotograpy

Branch of lichen

#LichenSubscribe #Lichens #lichen