Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

UN calls on governments to reduce, reuse, recycle — for real this time https://grist.org/accountability/un-report-plastic-pollution-80-percent-2040-reduce-reuse-recycle/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Great news! #SeaGL has now published their Health Policy[1] and applied to @phpledge which means I can finally start shouting about this great conference!

The CfP is still open for another couple of weeks:

https://seagl.org/news/2023/03/08/CFP-Open.html

Thanks to @salt @FLOX_advocate @josh and the team at @SeaGL for following through with this.

Volunteer-run conferences like SeaGL are a lot of work, but a robust Health policy is now essential before deciding to run an in-person event.

[1] https://seagl.org/health_and_safety_policy

Are you familiar with the term #FreeSoftware (aka #OpenSource)?
We explain it in less than 3️⃣minutes!
https://media.fsfe.org/w/p/9gYSyoEYggsqBExLWjRejL

#SoftwareFreedom #Freedom

#LibreOffice 7.6 is coming up! Our community is beavering away on the new features – and you can help to test the first Alpha release: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2023/05/17/libreoffice-7-6-alpha1-is-available-for-testing/ #opensource #office

How do we measure the age of the universe? Would you like to measure it yourself?

The Dunlap Institute is holding a one-day workshop for grade 11-12 students from the Greater Toronto Area on July 26th, which aims to provide a hands-on introduction to coding & cutting-edge astrophysics. Register by Jun 15!

https://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/age-of-the-universe/

On this note, is there a tl;dr technical overview of #ActivityPub to start with, before diving into the nitty-gritty details of the protocol?

RE: https://calckey.social/notes/9euaioheuj

Today in 1943, 80 years ago: the British RAF bombed German dams on the Ruhr River.

#OnThisDay

Europe vows it won't let US and Asia treat it as a source of museum-grade chip tech - With €43 billion at stake, Thierry Breton says that Europe should get advanced fabs Europ... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/05/17/eu_advanced_chips/

🇪🇺 + 🏳️‍🌈 = ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 because love is never a mistake.

As we mark the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to building a Union of Equality - an inclusive place where love is celebrated in all its forms.

Today and every day, let's celebrate the power of love and renew our commitment to ending discrimination and promoting equality for all.

#EU4Diversity #LGBTIQ+ #UnionOfEquality #EU4LGBTIQ #IDAHOT2023

Today is the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia #IDAHOBIT2023

Today we draw attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex people, and all of those with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, and sex characteristics.

The theme for this year is “Together always: united in diversity”

If you like 🦋, you'll love this.

Quote: "We #sequenced 391 #genes from nearly 2,300 #butterfly species, sampled from 90 countries and 28 specimen collections, to reconstruct a new #phylogenomic tree of #butterflies representing 92% of all #genera."

OA 🔗: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02041-9

In order to #conserve #nature, we need to know what's out there and how #species are related to each other.

And have a look at one of the most (fittingly) #beautiful #phylogenetic trees you'll ever see👇🏼

#biodiversity

Are you on a tiny or single-person server and want more content to browse through?

1. Join Groups, these actively push all their content to all followers no matter which server they are on. More info: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/

2. Ask your admin to subscribe to relays. If they say these take up too many resources, ask them to look at new topic-specific feed services. More info: https://fedi.tips/using-relays-to-quickly-expand-a-servers-view-of-the-fediverse/

3. Follow people via directories, they are server-neutral. More info: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends/

Has the World Health Organization declared the #COVID19 pandemic over?

"It has not. The pandemic has been downgraded from the highest alert level and is no longer considered a public health emergency of international concern. But the WHO says the pandemic is ongoing and remains a global health risk."

https://fullfact.org/health/who-covid-pandemic-over

If I were rich, I would simply start a class-action lawsuit against corporations and the uberwealthy for not paying their fair share of taxes. Why should MY measly millions support THEM?

Presidential pardons as a $2 million side-hustle, it seems Giuliani and Trump were apparently running the Oval Office like it was a fire sale at a shady pawn shop, allegations of sexual assault the grim cherry atop this dystopian sundae.

Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani plotted to sell presidential pardons for $2 million a piece, former staffer says in lawsuit https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-and-rudy-giuliani-plotted-to-sell-presidential-pardons-for-2-million-a-piece-former-staffer-says-in-lawsuit/ar-AA1bey8a?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=94eeef8d8e48431b9e868b10cc166290&ei=56

A doorbell video filmed a man allegedly chasing a woman with a baseball bat before he attacked two staffers from the office of Virginia Congressman Gerry Connolly on Monday. @MrScarce

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/05/video-baseball-bat-attack-released?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=74661

Everyone got the memo that we're supposed to reduce our emissions by half in 7 years, right?

@zleap It's great advice, and something I have failed to do historically. I have tended to update my resume only in between jobs and when you do that you tend to forget a lot of things.

I haven’t used #Windows as a daily driver in more than 5 years, so when I look at it, it’s with the eyes of someone who is not used to its weird, or, frankly, bad, design. I’ve worked in UX for 10 years, and some decisions Windows made are really sub-par.

And still, the bad user experience of Windows has a negative impact on #Linux desktops. Here is why!

https://youtu.be/GkxAp2Gh7-E

Well this resonates...
- a #DoomLoop on #climatechange (see article in the Guardian)

This feeling of hopelessness and that we have left it too late on the #climatecrisis has been a repeating theme I've been seeing here on #Mastodon and elsewhere with every piece of bad news in climate science predictions and current real-life impacts.

Whilst it is all hugely confronting, we must fight on - every single step we take to reduce emissions, every fraction of a degree of temperature increase we can prevent and every single habitat and environment we can protect is worth fighting for.

There I go again with hope and optimism and my ongoing call for action. The alternative though of giving in and letting it happen is far too painful to submit to and would mean that the #fossilfuel industry's campaign will have been successful.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/16/world-risks-descending-into-a-climate-doom-loop-warn-thinktanks