Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

‘People aren’t taking this seriously’: experts say US Covid surge is big risk

Fewer precautions, recent holidays and subvariants have driven rise but boosters, masks and other precautions are still effective

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/15/covid-19-coronavirus-us-surge-complacency

#OmniumGatherum #pandemic

Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2

"More than 200 symptoms have been identified with impacts on multiple organ systems. At least 65 million individuals worldwide are estimated to have long COVID, with cases increasing daily."

"current diagnostic and treatment options are insufficient, and clinical trials must be prioritized that address leading hypotheses."

"must … be inclusive of marginalized populations"

#OmniumGatherum #pandemic #science

Freshwater fish caught in the USA more contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ than in oceans.

Study also says eating one serving of fish with PFAS could be equivalent to drinking contaminated water every day for a month.

#climate #climatechange #PFAS #pollution
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/freshwater-fish-contaminated-forever-chemicals

Hi people, I'm a slow mover and adopter. Here for lurking mainly. Might upload a picture at some point. Follow me so I can follow you back friends!

‘Advanced’ Recycling of Plastic Using High Heat and Chemicals Is Costly and Environmentally Problematic, A New Government Study Finds.

Industry is pursuing various technologies to help solve the global plastic waste problem, but environmentalists say new recycling techniques only make environmental problems worse.

#plastic #climate #climatechange
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19012023/plastic-advanced-recycling-cost-environmental-impact/

Excited to announce that I'll be starting as an Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science at Northeastern University School of Law and at Khoury College in July. Thrilled to be welcome as part of such incredible communities and grateful to my mentors and friends for all their support over the last several months.

@zleap These are the infographics for #ArtemisI to #ArtemisIV.

Visit the official #NASA #Artemis pages for the latest updates on the program:
• https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/
• https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/

New preprint 🎉

Enhancing Precision in Human Neuroscience https://psyarxiv.com/m8c4k/

In this article we introduce measurement precision and its importance for well-powered studies in human neuroscience. We cover determinants for precision in a range of neuroscientific methods (MRI, M/EEG, EMG, ECG, EDA, Eye-Tracking, Endocrinology, and Genetics).

Was really fun being a part of this project, fantastic team effort.

🎥♟️We've just updated the films page for our upcoming 4-part docuseries about the remarkable history & cultural impact of #chess on culture, art, science, and sport.

Check out the different experts & top chess players who have participated and download the new Ideas Roadshow app now!

#history #histodons #culture #art #science #education #games #learning #innovation #film #India #Africa #news #media @academicchatter
@phdstudents #Archaeology

Our next speaker is Katja Poppenhäger, who is talking about

The Young Planets in the V1298 Tau System and their Atmospheres

#BadHonnef23 #Astrodon #astronomy #exoplanet #Habitability

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/technology/dutch-school-privacy-google-microsoft-zoom.html

Nice that #privacy in #schools is being fixed. #BigTech just has to wait until the school goes out before the great data robbery can continue. Now even more effective, because every pupil and student was taught these services are OK, ignorant of any true privacy and #sovereignty respecting service.

If we really want to fix this problem, we should build our school IT based on decentralised #FOSS solutions.

For a real solution, checkout: https://eerlijkdigitaalonderwijs.petities.nl/?locale=en

Playboy: How do you feel about those who are making attempts at alternate social structures – such as communes?

Vonnegut: They want to go back to the way human beings have lived for 1,000,000 years, which is intelligent. Unfortunately, these communities usually don’t hold together very long, and finally they fail because their members aren’t really relatives, don’t have enough in common. For a community really to work, you shouldn’t have to wonder what the person next to you is thinking. That is a primitive society. In the communities of strangers that are being hammered together now, as young people take over farms and try to live communally, the founders are sure to have hellish differences. But their children, if the communes hold together long enough to raise children, will be more comfortable together, will have more attitudes and experiences in common, will be more like genuine relatives.

Playboy: Have you done any research on this?

Vonnegut: No. I’m afraid to. I might find out it wasn’t true. It’s a sunny little dream I have of a happier mankind. I couldn’t survive my own pessimism if I didn’t have some kind of sunny little dream. That’s mine, and don’ t tell me I’m wrong: Human beings will be happier – not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities. That’s my utopia. That’s what I want for me.

– excerpt from an interview in Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut, published July 1973 (borrow at the @internetarchive here).

Trans People Say They’re Leaving England Because of Non-Stop Transphobia

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjkqn7/trans-people-leaving-england

Monthly active users on pixelfed.social are down from peak levels so I'm gradually allowing more users to join!

➡️ 250 invites to join, expires in 48 hours!

https://pixelfed.social/auth/invite/a/18185b03-df46-47c9-9726-9b7e657d5b75j

Because @buffer has made the awesome decision to add #Mastodon to their services, I'm strongly considering switching @thunderbird over from Hootsuite.

I'll be A/B testing them for a few weeks before deciding, but I'm elated to see this!