Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

@damonoutlaw Thank you, I really appreciate that!

@supernovae @damonoutlaw @mekkaokereke @atomicpoet Here's a list I put together of things I read and heard in case it's helpful. Haven't shared publicly til now, but feel free to share if helpful.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ihmQgucBmEdEEuPPrbUiI4GBBDCCqucXniXdqTaaLkc/edit?usp=sharing

@davidslifka wow this is fantastic. Thank you for taking the time to put this together

Do you want to get a copy(s) of our guide "Personal Data: Political Persuasion" on how political groups use personal data to influence voters' opinions? Email us to ttc@tacticaltech.org & we will send you a copy free of charge! More info: https://ourdataourselves.tacticaltech.org/posts/inside-the-influence-industry/

It was nice stumbling upon this #reddit thread about #QOTO some time back and seei g the overwhelming support for this instance from the wider community:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z09ioa/qotoorg_an_inclusive_stemfocued_instance/

Sexual predator or US President? Why choose when you can have both?

https://www.inkl.com/a/YlMoaphnxmn

#trump #uspol

My bachelor student wants to interview researchers who joined an interdisciplinary research project but felt the project did not succeed in accomplishing its aim. If this is you, we would love to interview you about what happened and what you learned. Send me a message if you'd like to help her by participating in a short interview. Her goal is to learn about how to improve interdisciplinary collaborations, and which positive outcomes a 'failed' project can have.

"Longer lorries to be allowed on Britain's roads"

What if we could allow *really* long lorries, each trailer attached to the one in front of it? And we could create a separate network infrastructure for them. And we could pull these long lorries with just one tractor!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65533993

728 billionaires now hold more wealth than half of American households. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.

The House of Commons has released a thoughtful, critical report on UK research quality

The recommendations to government are excellent, both practical and progressive

Highlights:

Make all research open access

Require data and code accompany all publications

Move peer-review and publication acceptance before of data collection

Specifically fund replications

Remove “originality” from REF, instead require transparency

Impose a 3-year minimum term for all postdocs

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmsctech/101/summary.html

We are a lethally stupid species 🙄

To avoid being castigated for visibly burning off methane from fossil fuel production, Turkmenistan is simply invisibly venting it, creating far more damage: CH4 has 80 x the greenhouse impact of CO2 🤦

They thought no-one would notice. They were wrong 🛰️

#ClimateCrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/09/mind-boggling-methane-emissions-from-turkmenistan-revealed

James @Beantin and I have been going to UXLx somewhat regularly since 2011. First time in a long time this year we'll be heading over to Lisbon to record some @uxpodcast interviews.

I remember early days when the Twitter backchannel was very lively. And then that died out. It would be really fun to see if there are enough people in attendance to warrant a Fediverse backchannel.

https://www.ux-lx.com/speakers.html

I'll be keeping an eye on the #UXLX hashtag 😊

I admit - once upon a time I enjoyed goofy TikTok videos. I finally deleted the app due to concerns I started having about the Chinese company. If you didn't have reason enough to delete it before, read this:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/tiktok-spied-on-me-why/

“THIS VERDICT IS A DISGRACE – A CONTINUATION OF THE GREATEST WITCH HUNT OF ALL TIME!”

The Libera.Chat bridge is going down for maintenance now, up until 09:00 UTC.

The messages won't be relayed between Matrix and IRC during the maintenance window.

Follow progress on status.matrix.org

Accessibility Checklist: https://build.washingtonpost.com/resources/accessibility/accessibility-checklist
The Washington Post has a small checklist to help you cover the most prominent types of usability issues you can catch with manual testing on a site. Very useful.
And more resources here: https://build.washingtonpost.com/resources/accessibility
#Accessibility

BREAKING: Trump hit with court order in Manhattan hush money criminal case, FORBIDDING him from posting evidence from the case on social media without court’s permission.

This is more like it. No special treatment. ANY defendant doing what Trump did would be treated this way.

Finally, a solution to the unfairness of authorship ordering in scientific papers! 😂

"Every Author as First Author"

https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.01393

Everyone knew about Donald Trump. Everyone knew about R. Kelly, Bill Cosby, and Harvey Weinstein. Everyone knew about the Catholic priests. Everyone knew about Jeffrey Epstein. I’m so tired of people protecting rich perverts, keeping their dark secrets for decades. So damn tired.

Pentagon officially renames Fort Hood to honor first 4-star Hispanic general https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3995832-pentagon-officially-renames-fort-hood-to-honor-first-4-star-hispanic-general/