Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

China launches world’s fastest internet with 1.2 terabit per second link, years ahead of forecasts

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3241453/china-launches-worlds-fastest-internet-12-terabit-second-link-years-ahead-forecasts

Hello science friends! Can anyone point me towards some resources that I could use learn how to do a de novo genome assembly from long reads (@nanopore)? Mammalian species, no reference genome exists. An equally exciting and daunting task.... Please share #neuroscience #genomics

#UKSupremeCourt is unanimous that the #Rwanda scheme is unlawful because Rwanda cannot currently be trusted not to return asylum seekers to a country where their life or freedom will be threatened (non-refoulement).

It is also clear that this is based on international treaties including the 1967 Refugee Convention, the 1984 Torture Convention, the ICCPR, the ECHR , as well as several pieces of domestic law including but not limited to the HRA.

#LawFedi #UKPolitics

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2023-0093-etc-judgment.pdf

Deepfake fraud attempts are up 3000% in 2023 — here’s why - Deepfake fraud attempts have increased by a whopping 31 times in 2023 — a  3,000% ... - https://thenextweb.com/news/deepfake-fraud-rise-amid-cheap-generative-ai-boom #startupsandtechnology #dataandsecurity #deeptech #insider

It was a little foggy, so I went out to take some photos. This, the Steel Bridge in Portland, OR.

#photography #pdx #bridges #blackandwhite

Your Daily Cheese Update: still yummy

Rust in Linux: Where we are and where we're going next https://www.zdnet.com/article/rust-in-linux-where-we-are-and-where-were-going-next/ by @sjvn

Live from Linux Plumbers, the latest on #Rust in #Linux.

Oh dear, I’ve done it again… Bookshop UK have gone out of stock on Trans Britain so here’s a most excellent alternative. Queer Lit are a fast growing LGBT+ specialist bookseller, based in Manchester and with an excellent mail order service. Their current stock of Trans Britain is individually signed by me. So if you want to read almost two dozen people’s account of modern trans history edited by me this is where to go. https://www.queerlit.co.uk/collections/non-fiction/products/trans-britain-our-journey-from-the-shadows?_pos=2&_sid=be10dc27a&_ss=r

Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany with only 43.9% of the vote.

But because the anti-Hitler forces were divided, Hitler won.

Hitler then made himself dictator and abolished free elections.