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"on today's podcast we'll be asking 'is it dinner time yet?' and discussing why the answer is 'yes"

I started playing D&D because of @drskyskull, who is one of the best DMs you'll ever see. In an ironic twist, he's also an expert on the science of how not to be seen, which he explains in his new book!

If you're a physics or science history nerd, or if you just want to know how invisibility REALLY works, you may want to check it out.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/books/review/invisibility-gregory-gbur.html

#invisibility #optics #physics #books #bookstodon #science #SciComm

I realize now that giving my dog a chew toy that looks like a human hand was probably a mistake, Your Honor

Once again, I'm reminded of how much the billionaire space race has absolutely destroyed my love of rockets.

10 years ago, I definitely would have been paying close attention to the current giant SpaceX launch. But because I know it's going to be used to launch hundreds of unregulated, unsafe, polluting, for-profit Starlink satellites at once, I just can't look.

Instead of being excited and awestruck by a new gigantic rocket launch, it just makes me want to puke.

Amidst the drumbeat of bad news, this is great news. Malaria is one of the world’s leading killers. A successful vaccine would save many, many lives.

Ghana first to approve 'world-changer' malaria vaccine - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-65252511

I wish Google had a “Just Admit You Don’t Know” mode instead of 10,000 results with the most tenuous connection to one word within everything I typed.

Pamiętacie jeszcze wybory „bez żadnego trybu”? W 2020 r. w ręce Poczty Polskiej trafiły dane wyborców i wyborczyń.

To premier podjął decyzję, że to właśnie spółka skarbu państwa zorganizuje wybory w pandemii.

Jutro spotkamy się z PP w sądzie. Stawka jest naprawdę wysoka:

1. Czy Poczta przeprosi za bezprawne przetwarzanie danych 30 milionów osób?

2. Czy najwyżsi urzędnicy w państwie są ponad prawem o ochronie danych i mogą bezkarnie decydować o naszych danymi?

https://panoptykon.org/poczta-polska-pierwsza-rozprawa

Paywall-free link to the NY Times review of @drskyskull new book on invisibility! #physics #science #books https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/books/review/invisibility-gregory-gbur.html?unlocked_article_code=428PCq_iihDZu_xT3Gx6g_WgySnMn03MHUMu6317gbns75I1nIygVvChrmNhTH3-u0gg9RanLmmnZha9rj9g7rhttlMV-5qiCoYGFeqaqgr1XfwIYjsqO8iO7wLjCMQNo3rutMr_aA-Dj9nRG9acMWOaLz6nf6G3Omh0-_ShA1vjqMVoXiV7qYLMGy0uqr0aT1RCj9aAdEZ4V_FjCV70A1tsHYTIb_2ms2ET0hvOTdy5KHzce9RP2Mb3JWlMkz8ahRCTDN0jZODBRbM5cIyBqQWH_X5mE7KihOaAV-Bz0XO2XkjQDsx74hH3rv3XILKaomi3LkHy10VO7fbHAREh2Tk9YxE4wSxs_w&giftCopy=1_CurrentCopy&smid=url-share

A Nigerian living in the UK has "discovered" a new lake and named it Iyi Ojemba.

Mazi Uba Acho, a native of Igbo Naton in W Africa, highlighted the absurdity of the colonialist mindset that sought to claim discovery of places already known to locals. He cited Mungo Park's claim to the River Niger in Nigeria and David Livingstone's claim to the Zambezi River, Zambia, and Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

#colonialism #africa #UnitedStatesOfAfrica

Rekrutacja „bez presji” – szkoły nie mogą pytać o udział w lekcjach religii w kwestionariuszu składanym w procesie rekrutacyjnym
wolnoscodreligii.pl/2023/04/13…

Found a beaver pond. Saw the beaver. Going to be spending my whole summer trying to get decent photos of the beaver. No other plans.
#BeaverPond #Beaver #Photography #Wildlife #Wyoming