@admin
Meta colluded w/Peter Thiel & Cambridge Analytica to misinform voters & tamper w/US elections to get #Trump into power. Blocking that harmful force *is* a protection, not a punishment.
Note as well that the #GDPR is not well enforced. We cannot rely on the GDPR for data protection. Preventing data abusers from getting more data to use for harm is a necessary protection.
@rolle
Iran protests: 'My cousin was executed by the regime. The world must act' – video https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2Fvideo%2F2023%2Fmay%2F26%2Firan-protests-my-cousin-was-executed-by-the-regime-the-world-must-act-video&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGmFiNTY1NDNmYjgzZGRjNmM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw3f0D0kSmlwjMLLnn3s-sX7&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #IranianRevolution #WomenLifeFreedom
Good to see @TidBITS now on Mastodon. A boon for the Apple community.
Welcome to the land where Mastodons roam!
"Green washing" = making your project seem eco friendly
"Rainbow washing" = making your project seem queer friendly
"FLOSS washing" = making your project seem open source
is there a master list of these type of generalizations? @wikipedia help me out here!
25-May-2023
Iron-rich rocks unlock new insights into Earth’s planetary history
Study suggests ancient microorganisms helped cause massive volcanic events
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/990502 #science #geology #Earth #astrobiology
Fungi and plants clean up California pollution | AFP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrQ7L8jPNiQ&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
We have a new #ChemSciVoices to share!
Dr Sheel Dodani discusses her research and also her experience publishing with Chemical Science, including why Open Access is so important.
Read the paper that the interview is based on here:
This evening at Kellogg College 5.30 p.m.
Anne McLaren lecture: Women in Science Research and Policy - panel discussion and Q&A
https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/events/anne-mclaren-lecture/
Free event, in person and online
Climate scientists flee #Twitter as hostility surges:
Scientists suffering insults and mass-spam are abandoning Twitter for alternative social networks as hostile climate-change denialism surges on the platform following Elon Musk's takeover.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230524-climate-scientists-flee-twitter-as-hostility-surges
First public sign of the #UbuntuSummit 2023 in Riga, Latvia, Nov 3-5, I will be in the organization team again, and will also do 1 or 2 sessions about #OpenPrinting: https://events.canonical.com/event/31/
I assume that, as before, #Canonical will carry all expenses for speakers, hosts, and panel guests.
It is Fri, Nov 3, 2PM EET to Sun, Nov 5, 6PM EET, so it is over a weekend.
CfP starts on June 1 and ends July 2.
I hope I will see you all on this great #Ubuntu event!
20 of the world's richest economies, including the U.S., are fueling forced labor https://www.npr.org/2023/05/26/1178331229/world-modern-slavery-report?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Urban trees are at risk from #ClimateChange, with half outside their 'comfort zone' 🌳🌍.
A study suggests prioritising #climate resilience in future plantings ensure the vital benefits of #urban greener creating resilient green spaces. 🌲🌆
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1662009401715064832
School strike week 249. Today the theme for our strike is biodiversity. It is crucial - both for the climate and biodiversity - that we #RestoreNature. This means restoring our greatest ally in tackling the climate and biodiversity crises. We now have an immense opportunity to turn the tide for nature in Europe: the Nature Restoration Law. 1/2
To those here asking about learning basic python. I am sharing my blog post which demonstrates a basic function.
https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/code-club-simple-python-3-functions
I don't think I need to pass the value of y to the function, nevertheless the program still works. If you keep y in place you can add a count to monitor what the loop is doing.
Why we're here and not at the hellsite.
#Twitter is expected to end its participation in the EU's code of practice of disinformation in the coming days.
The code of practice is a voluntary rulebook that contains measures meant to counter online disinformation.
"Fathom is a Google Analytics alternative that doesn’t compromise visitor privacy for data."
Sounds good. Show me source code, so I can audit that for myself.
"Fathom Lite is a previous and open-source version of Fathom Analytics... [a] much more detailed, feature-rich, and even more focused on privacy-law compliance, than Fathom Lite. If you’d like to become a customer of Fathom Analytics, and not have to worry about servers..."
https://github.com/usefathom/fathom
Oh.
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.