Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

A widely popular course at Yale University about the psychology of happiness has been retooled for teens. It teaches them how to better manage stress and feel happier as they navigate their high school years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/01/23/yale-happiness-course-teens/

Better air quality would reduce transmission of airborne pathogens and help save lives.

This much is undeniable.

So why are we doing so little at a systematic level to achieve it.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/homemade-air-purifier-thats-been-saving-lives-during-covid-19-pandemic-180979681/

@zleap You'd need to make or find a bot which converts RSS feeds into Fediverse-sized bites that you can sub to.

For example, you could try checking out https://mastofeed.org/ , I have no clue if it'll work but if it does it'd save you the hassle of having to create one yourself.

@marypcbuk @slothrop

#Privacy isn't extremism, it's one of our #humanRights.

"No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks." -- UDHR Article 12

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

@zleap @mauiluvr @Magdeleen I have kids, that shit don't work on them either way. They just do whatever dafuq they want to do.

It's really refreshing how much more critical of disinformation the younger generations are. Right now there's a bunch of videos going viral where people fake muscle spasms and claim the vaccine caused it. If you go to Twitter, it's mostly the original videos going viral. If you go to TikTok, it's mostly people parodying those videos by turning them into dance routines.

Lucy Team Announces New Asteroid Target

https://www.swri.org/press-release/swri-led-lucy-team-announces-new-asteroid-target

Search over 1,500 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories

#astronomy #space #science #news #stargazing

Image: Courtesy of NASA/Goddard

Like many noted American scientists of his generation, Kusch was an immigrant. His parents left Germany when he was one; he became a US citizen at eleven. He worked at a public library to save money for college, and contributed research during WWII. He won the Nobel in 1955.

That’s a path that has seemed harder to imagine in recent years. The idea of an immigrant who works at a library and does federally funded curiosity-driven research reads like a script for a GOP attack ad.

You might have seen the news that #Meta is going to let #Trump back on Facebook and Instagram:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/facebook-instagram-end-trumps-suspension-platforms-rcna67524

The timing is anything but accidental. Trump had agreed to exclusively post on Truth Social. That agreement is soon expiring.

And just a few days ago news broke that Trump does not going to renew it:
https://gizmodo.com/donald-trump-truth-social-twitter-facebook-tmtg-1850017818

In other words, Meta is actively inviting Trump back in the moment they got wind of him being back "on the market" so to speak.

Absolute fuckers.

We're hiring a Security Developer in Residence! This a contract role so we can consider remote candidates from anywhere the US can do business with. https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-psf-is-hiring-security-developer-in.html

We work to never repeat mistakes from our past. On our Day of Remembrance, we honor all of our fallen heroes, including the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger STS-51L, and Columbia STS-107: https://go.nasa.gov/3Y1j7uS

Feb. 1 marks 20 years since the Columbia tragedy. #NASARemembers
#NASA

Watching a whole set of First Aid, CPR, and AED for our workplace's class and assessment tomorrow morning.
Just watched my favourite cringeworthy video where a guy gets a nail impaled in his eye.
Don't worry.... not sharing!
#FirstAid #CPR #AED #FoodBank

Anti-vaccine misinformation spreaders on the bird network and Instagram are sharing a faked screenshot of The Conversation.

There is no link to an article with the image, because the article does not exist.

We publish science-based articles, written by experts, edited by experienced journalists.

More in these factchecks from Reuters and The Associated Press:
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-the-conversation-vaccine-idUSL1N3491WD https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-vaccine-TheConversation-553749242821
#misinformation #factcheck

About Academic publishing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukAkG6c_N4M

@academicchatter
#academia #AcademicMastodon #AcademicLife

Many thanks to David Singer (Apple), Eric Siow (Intel), Léonie Watson (TetraLogical), and Hongru Zhu (Alibaba) who stepped down from the AB to focus on being members of the new W3C Board of Directors.

@hu_logic @Magdeleen @zleap Research funded by Otis Corp found that taking an elevator in lieu of running up those stairs would have been healthier.