Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

The Big Lie in Florida

Amid an epidemic of book banning, DeSantis pretends it's all a "nasty hoax." https://thedailyedge.substack.com/p/the-big-lie-in-florida #bannedbooks #florida #thebiglie

We Must Abolish Nuclear Weapons Before They Abolish Us https://truthout.org/articles/we-must-abolish-nuclear-weapons-before-they-abolish-us/

@Bernard Thanks for your comment. The working class cannot end the war in Ukraine, or any war, without opposing its root cause, which is capitalism. Appeals to any capitalist party will be useless. A movement against the war in Ukraine must consciously reject such an orientation. There is an urgent need to clarify these political issues for the working class.

@zleap @sortius @passthejoe common misconception, a thing at some point we wanted to believe, but no, Bill Gates never said "640K of memory should be enough for anybody.", nor their variations:

https://www.wired.com/1997/01/did-gates-really-say-640k-is-enough-for-anyone/

Gates has said and done very bad things but that one by is not one of those.

OTD in 2003 the World Health Organization officially released a global warning of outbreaks of SARS https://toilet-guru.com/blog/45.html?s=mb #COVID19 #PublicHealth

Today in 1993, 30 years ago: Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds more.

#OnThisDay

Quality popular science. A delightful book about biochemistry (narrowly focused on poisons) wrapped in true crime stories of their use. Despite the popular branding, the author doesn't oversimplify the chemistry. A reminder of how fascinating a machine the body is.
#BookReview

Apparently someone gave Ron DeSantis a hand-made snowflake at a Republican political rally in Davenport, Iowa last week. Look carefully: you'll see the word "Fascist" secretly embedded in it.

Remember back when search engines were somewhat usable? That was nice. #comics

In July of 1945, Vannevar Bush wrote to President Truman, responding to a request made by Roosevelt in 1944.

He submitted a report titled "Science the Endless Frontier." It outlined a plan for federal support of the sciences and the establishment of what would become the National Science Foundation.

The many branches of the #fediverse (#Mastodon instances are but one) ~ via https://axbom.com/fediverse/ ~ #SocialMedia #community

Paignton Library STEM Group – April 2023 https://personaljournal.ca/paigntonlibrarystemgroup/paignton-library-stem-group-april-2023

STEM Group Write up https://personaljournal.ca/paigntonlibrarystemgroup/stem-group-write-up

In five years most of us won't be using Google or Google-like search engines.

What’s for dinner?

The #Landsat mission observes crops from space, helping farmers make decisions about how to better grow food. In this data sonification, see and hear how crops in the U.S. have changed over 20 years.

How #Landsat data is used: https://go.nasa.gov/3T5z6GZ
#NASAEarth

RT @TheGreenParty: 💚 The Green Party is standing firmly with @GaryLineker over his suspension from Match of the Day.

#IStandWithGaryLineker #BBCBias #GaryGate

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1634630331327295488

What nonsense! I find the students sleep perfectly well during my early-morning lectures.

A lot of people seem to think that any comparison between Nazi Germany in the 1930's and a "democratically elected government" is illegitimate.

I suggest they brush up on their history.

The Nazis came to power precisely because German people voted for them. They then removed legal rights, censored the media and disenfranchised or killed their enemies.

Sound familiar?

The Universe May Have Started with a Dark #BigBang, The Big Bang may have not been alone. Another Big Bang that flooded our universe with dark matter particles. And we may be able to detect it. #cosmology #astronomy

https://www.universetoday.com/160285/the-universe-may-have-started-with-a-dark-big-bang/