Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

University staff across the UK will strike for 18 days between February and March in disputes over pay, conditions and pensions. https://nation.cymru/news/university-staff-warned-of-damaging-impact-strikes-could-have-on-students/ https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1613855312058159108

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Submissions are open for the art prize I work for. $50,000 in awards including a residency on beautiful Salt Spring Island, BC.

- Visual arts
- No theme
- Nominations not required
- All career stages
- $30 entry fee
- Finalists receive financial support for artwork shipping

saltspringartprize.ca to learn more

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Gaia helps discover directly imaged exo planet undergoing nuclear fusion.

#fediscience #astronomy #exoplanets

https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_955572_en.html

Academics [trying to sound smart in a publication]: “the ways in which”

Academics [trying to cut down a talk’s length]: “how”

🌟The Wagon Wheel Galaxy 🌟
About 500 million light years away
#astronomy

The PinePower devices from @PINE64 look really great. I’m considering buying one of each, the portable one for traveling and the desktop one for when I’m at home.

The portable one would actually be a great gift for my dad, who’s frequently traveling for work. Half the weight of his regular MacBook charging brick but has international adapters, can charge both his Mac and his phone, and even my mom’s Mac too if they’re both traveling.

@zleap Some people want to be indexed. So you can't exactly stop it from happening.

We might want to build better search services that are specifically opt-in and honours consent.

Here's your regular reminder that pre-ordering books (and requesting them in advance from your library) is The single best way to support authors. These days, if a book doesn't get a lot of pre-orders, it's already at a huge disadvantage before it even comes out. #xp

Dear latest dumpster fire immigrants.

First, you will find PLENTY of people who will be more then happy to tell you how to use Mastodon. So don't worry if you don't understand something. No one's going to give you shit. Just ask.

Also, this isn't the place you came from and it's not trying to be. The vibe is different here. No algorithm telling us what's important. There's no clout chasing. It's all USER driven here.

That means you are no longer the product.

Welcome to a real social network.

Medium embraces Twitter alternative Mastodon with launch of its own community.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/12/medium-embraces-twitter-alternative-mastodon-with-launch-of-its-own-community/?guccounter=1

My greatest aspiration is to one day solve a murder on a train.

So very sad to hear of the passing of #ChristopherTWalsh of #Harvard. Whilst I was a grad student in the #chemistry dept at #MIT his lab was next to ours. He taught the course on #enzymes, one of my favorite. What a kind and brilliant person; he will be deeply missed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_T._Walsh

You know who's already indexing Mastodon posts?

Google.

You know who I wouldn't like to see gain a foothold into the Fediverse?

Google.

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, January 12, 2023 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced Erin Rose Glass as its first keynote speaker for LibrePlanet 2023. Read the full announcement: https://u.fsf.org/3w5

Network effect can't be reduced to "how many people use a service". What should also be considered is *who* is using a service.

For the past 5 years, there's been a mass movement of devs to the Fediverse.

At first, it was just FOSS devs.

But then retro computing enthusiasts popped in. Then CTOs.

It's got to the point where, if you're a respectable dev, I'm going to ask to connect with you on the Fediverse.

A newly published study in Nature suggests that the constitution of you gut biome could have an impact on your neurological performance and susceptibility to degenerative diseases like #Alzheimers.

Take it with a grain of salt as it's an #InMice, but the results could eventually lead to methods of affecting brain chemistry without having to hurdle the BBB.

https://neurosciencenews.com/gut-bacteria-brain-health-22237/

#science #health #neurology
#brain

Neutron imaging revealed the secrets of this gold-plated medieval pendant

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/neutron-imaging-revealed-the-secrets-of-this-gold-plated-medieval-pendant/

"In 2008, archaeologists excavating a medieval refuse pit in Mainz, Germany, discovered a heavily corroded pendant likely made in the late 12th century. But they were loath to open the pendant to find out what might be inside, lest they damage an already fragile artifact. Now technology has come to the rescue."

#OmniumGatherum #science

THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
1. Private School
2. Legacy Ivy admission
3. Nepotism hire
4. Seed capital from family money
5. Club memberships
6. Personal assistant, nanny, ghostwriter
7. Journalists who ask “what’s your secret?” and uncritically publish the lame answer