Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

First Results from the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) Place Tighter Constraints on Dark Matter’s Lifetime

https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/phys/202212/t20221229_325930.shtml

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#astronomy #space #science #news #stargazing

Image: Own work, via Night Cafe Studio

@tchambers It's interesting to see lots of bloggers and journalists now want to bring the internet back to its roots and are experimenting with Mastodon and Fediverse. Will 2023 bring back the blogs?

My wife finally got her book published (via Amazon), go check it out: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BR8Z8QLB

This is her life story, though names were changed to protect the innocent (and not so innocent).

This book deals with intense subjects of child abuse, CSA, and medical abuse. Events are described, but there are no graphic or detailed abuse scenes.

This weeks #Lego #Dinosaur of the week will be #Carnotaurus

Each build come with a fact sheet, and parts list.
#Dinosauroftheweek
#Reptileoftheweek
#Qucikbuild
#LegoMOC

Want to build this little guy? Well here's the instructions - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F13VWLrS5-F22zWJ7AGck536CdKYBV2Z?usp=sharing

Bohemian Rhapsody for postdocs

Is this a real job?
Or more like a PhD?
Caught in short contracts
No chance of stability

Open your eyes
Look up to PIs and see
I'm just a postdoc
I get no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Stress is high
Pay is low

#academia #university #postdoc #research #queen #tomwilks

Is scientific peer-review a failed experiment? This essay (from a psychologist) makes the case for ditching pre-publication peer review. There do seem to be a lot of parallels between the arguments for pre-publication peer review and the argument for suppressing online misinformation (and the related issue of censorship). Maybe if we can solve the problem for science, we can solve it more generally.

https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review/comment/11127579

#publishing #science

The bottom figure on https://childrenofwar.gov.ua shows that only 122 children taken into Russia have returned to Ukraine. Out of 721,000. The removal of children from their home country, given to a different population, constitutes a crime of genocide as per Rome Statute.

‘Super variant’: New XBB15 Covid strain ripping through US and UK ‘worst in the world’

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/super-variant-new-xbb15-covid-strain-ripping-through-us-and-uk-worst-in-the-world/news-story/5e8c00c9a800a9fd37e375ef2fd7b2e2

The most disturbing thing I saw at LSU was enslaved workers laboring on campus.

‘You’re a slave’: Inside Louisiana’s forced prison labor and a failed overhaul attempt

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/01/louisiana-prison-labor-ballot-slavery/

Aethon ni am dro heddiw achos roedd o'r unig ddiwrnod braf yr wythnos yma. Roedd hi'n wlyb iawn yn ddiweddar, felly roedden ni'n cerdded ar hyn lonydd nid llwybrau cyhoeddus. Roedd hi'n neis gweld yr haul.

We went for a walk today because it was the only nice day this week. It was very wet recently, so we were walking on lanes not public footpaths. It was nice to see the sun.

Unions expected to take legal action against Rishi Sunak’s anti-strike laws - Proposed law requiring 20% of rail service during strikes could extend across public sector including NHSUnions are expected to take legal action against anti-strike laws being prepared by Rishi Sunak amid reports the curbs will be unveiled when parliament returns this... #theguardian

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/02/unions-expected-to-take-legal-action-against-rishi-sunaks-anti-strike-laws

It is so wild that people here actually read the articles you link to and respond to points 3/4 of the way through it. Years of being on Twitter led me to believe people only ever read and reacted to headlines. You are all great.

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Paid, in-person, full-time, summer internships coordinated by the UC Berkeley Labor Center and sponsored by the San Francisco Labor Council.

"designed to train the next generation of labor and community leaders"

More information here:
https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/labor-summer-internship/

I have no affiliation, but this is a great program. Can you help spread the word?