Tavo @tavoglc@social.cleverlibre.org

IBM slide, 1979 ... 😅 https://twitter.com/_w0bb1t_/status/1484198603337908226/photo/1

The White House has requested more COVID funding 4 times this year, rejected each time. The latest request is for a mere $10 billion. It's foolish to spend $858 Billion on defense, and nothing on public health, when COVID is one of the biggest global security issues of our time.

#COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth

#cats #catsofmastodon #caturday #pets #followfriday #cute #kitty #cat #pet

Graduate student funding in Canada hasn't increased in nearly 20 years 😩. The next generation of bright minds are living in poverty.

It literally takes 10 seconds to help: https://www.supportourscience.ca/contact-your-mp

All they need is your name, postal code, and email—they will auto-send a letter to your Canadian MP about supporting science funding increases.

Not Canadian? Posting about or amplifying this crisis can help add pressure too.
@academicchatter @academicsunite #canada #science #phdlife

So in the past 12 weeks, there have been…
-multiple attacks via firearms on power substations in NC and SC (just this week).
-6 attacks via firearms, hand tools, arson, & metal chains at power substations in WA and OR.
-6 attacks via firearms on substations in FL in a single 12-day stretch in September.

This style of attack on power substations has been laid out in detail in multiple accelerationist documents, including an “accelerationist handbook” that circulated on Telegram this summer.

Australian weekly covid stats update:

Reported cases per 1M population grew steadily in every state and territory.

TAS continued to the lead, up t0 1014/M, followed by SA at 791/M.
NSW, VIC & WA remain together at 603-709/M.
QLD grew to 373/M.

The biggest weekly change in reported cases this week was from QLD, up 22%.

#COVID19 #Australia @auscovid19
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Aged care COVID report landed - 200 new sites positive, 3500 residents and 1500 staff are +ve right now. One resident dead every 2.6 hours last week. Continued deterioration of situation!!

https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/covid-19-outbreaks-in-australian-residential-aged-care-facilities-9-december-2022?language=en

Hi mastodon! Here's our paper that came out today. We broke the record for the oldest ancient DNA, using sediment from northern greenland, and uncovered an entire boreal/arctic ecosystem! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05453-y

Hi all! I'm an Assistant Professor at Dickinson College in the chemistry department. I make new bioluminescent proteins, probes, and tools. I'm interested in better ways to teach Organic Chemistry. I saw that @bertozzi was here (my academic grandmother via Jenn Prescher, lol) and decided to join! Excited to become a part of science mastodon!

#introductions #chembio #chemicalbiology #bioluminescence #organic #python #glycotime

PLEASE BOOST
Dec. 8, 2022
Members of Twitter’s Trust&Safety Council Resign
in Protest Against Elon Musk's 'Safety' Messages to Date
We are announcing our resignation from Twitter's Trust and Safety Council because it is clear from research evidence that, contrary to claims by Elon Musk, the safety and wellbeing of Twitter's
users are on the decline.The question has been on our minds:Should Musk be allowed to define digital safety as he has freedom of expression?Our answer is a categorical “no.”

My wife (@skaeth here on Mastodon) has been #writing #fantasy books for several years and has three self-published novels out now. They get good reviews, but despite that she hardly ever manages to sell any (we're talking like 2 or 3 copies a month)! So if you're in the market for an indie fantasy book or two (or three), I'd appreciate it if you considered her stuff: https://www.skaeth.com.

#Introduction Hi, I'm a long-time academic library staff/aspiring #librarian in Utah. My expertise is #ResourceSharing and #InterlibraryLoan. I also serve as library liaison and enjoy outreach and instruction activities. I'm here to learn and socialize. I have recently moved from another instance. #Library #LifeLongLearning

#Wastewater #SARSCoV2 content is increasing in every USA region

(includes samples collected during the week of Nov 28, 2022)

Post-Thanksgiving surge!

Source: @BiobotAnalytics@twitter.com

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Does science advance one funeral at a time?

One paper morbidly suggests so: "after the death of a star scientist, the flow of articles by non-collaborators [of the deceased] increases markedly [...] and is disproportionately likely to be highly cited."

The top 1% most-cited scientists account for 21% of citations. So a star's death leads to a citation vacuum, allowing lesser known researchers the chance to advance and reform the field.

@academicchatter #science #academicchatter #openscience

Today is Pearl Harbor Day in the U.S., a “day that will live in infamy” for the unprovoked attack by the Empire of Japan upon U.S. forces stationed in Hawaii. But it also marked a dark turning point for Japanese Americans, who overnight became the “enemy.” (1/4)

#COVID19 Hospitalizations are increasing in #LACounty

Source: @lapublichealth@twitter.com

http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/coronavirus/data/

La devastación causada por el #TrenMaya.
Desarrollo de departamentos y penthouses que se edifica a la altura del kilómetro 4, conformará "una experiencia de biodiversidad, vanguardia y lujo".

Con una inversión de hasta 650 millones de dólares se con(des)truye en la zona costera de Tulum la primera comunidad planeada en esa área, denominada Tulum 101.
https://www.lajornadamaya.mx/quintana-roo/207412/edifican-la-primera-comunidad-planeada-en-la-zona-costera-de-tulum