Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Today in 1534, 489 years ago: English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

#OnThisDay

#ElonMusk on #artificialintelligence:

There 'will come a time where no job is needed'; #AI is the 'most disruptive force in history" In th future, 'you can have a job if you want a job . . . but AI will be able to do everything'.

As with so many #techbros Musk has a hard time imagining jobs that are not #digital or mechanical... here is a man who must be sociopathic in his absence of any consideration of the value & necessity of human contact in so many socio-economic activities.

A sad man!

Testing extends range of US chocolate foods containing lead and cadmium
Testing by a US consumer group has found widely variable amounts of cadmium and lead in a variety of chocolate products, including chocolate bars, brownie mixes and chocolate chips.
Consumer Reports calls on brands to do more to lower levels of metals in their products
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/testing-extends-range-of-us-chocolate-foods-containing-lead-and-cadmium/4018332.article
#testing #food #chocolate #cadmium #lead #cacao #soil #contamination

@zleap that’s a good idea.

Video: Mars Is Not As Dead As It Seems: The Phenomenon That Covers an Entire Planet [13:58]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH4MChywx4o&utm_source=DamnInteresting

Iedere keer als ik deze tv-reclame van de Holland America Line zie is het enige dat ik kan denken:

"Je zal goddomme maar naar Noorwegen zijn gegaan om van die prachtige fjorden te genieten en dan ligt die afzichtelijke schuit daar je uitzicht te verpesten".

UN human rights experts:
“We remain convinced that the Palestinian people are at grave risk of genocide. The time for action is now. Israel’s allies also bear responsibility and must act now to prevent its disastrous course of action.”

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/11/gaza-running-out-time-un-experts-w

A Photo Preservationist Saved a Trove of 4,000 Glass Plate Negatives That Nearly Went Into the Trash
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/11/terri-cappucci-glass-plates/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

Modern medicine has its scientific roots in the Middle Ages − how the logic of vulture brain remedies and bloodletting lives on today
https://theconversation.com/modern-medicine-has-its-scientific-roots-in-the-middle-ages-how-the-logic-of-vulture-brain-remedies-and-bloodletting-lives-on-today-213702?utm_source=DamnInteresting

This Is How Time Began
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a45697854/the-beginning-of-time/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

Chimps use military-style tactics to gain advantage on rivals, study reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/02/chimps-use-military-style-tactics-to-gain-advantage-on-rivals-study-reveals?utm_source=DamnInteresting

Goodnight Mastodon. ♥️
#Fall #Denmark

Curious how to get started contributing to Emacs? Colin Woodbury has written a helpful blog post on just that topic, including instructions for copyright assignment: https://u.fsf.org/3fr #emacs #CopyrightAssignment

@doktorzjivago bienvenue aux scientifiques. Cela fait 8 mois que je suis sur Mastodon, je n'ai encore croisé aucun complotiste. Les platistes et autres reptiliens me manquent parfois un peu pour rigoler 🤫

#complotisme #faistespropresrecherches

“We are Jewish writers, artists, and activists who wish to disavow the widespread narrative that any criticism of Israel is inherently antisemitic.”

A Dangerous Conflation
An open letter
https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/a-dangerous-conflation/

#Palestine #Israel #IsraelPalestine

The Lucy mission discovers a new asteroid: a companion of the asteroid Dinkinesh appropriately dubbed Dinky. Public moments of discovery like this are quite rare so savour the moment. This is what it feels like to be a pioneer. #Lucy #space

2 November 1879 | Czech Jewish woman, Františka Nadelfestová, was born in Liberec.

She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Liberec #Theresienstadt

I've been told that I'll be required to return to the office several days a week starting this month.

I have a vulnerable partner who would likely not survive covid. I am fighting this but it would be irresponsible of me to not start interviewing.

If you have a remote data engineering or architect opportunity, preferably Senior to Principal level, I can provide my resume. I have a ton of Snowflake and SQL Server experience as well as over a decade building in AWS.

#fedihire #fedihired #getfedihired

There is a family of barred owls that live near a wooded path at a local park.

Most of the time they are hidden pretty good in the trees. Once in a while they will appear out in the open like this.

https://pixels.com/featured/barred-owl-in-tree-chad-meyer.html

#owl #nature #wildlife #birds #fedigiftshop

We, the people of Iran, demand democracy, freedom, human rights, and equality, and the Islamic Republic is the main obstacle in the way of realizing these national demands.

We are struggling to transition away from this religious authoritarian regime through solidarity and drawing on the power of a non-violent and unstoppable process in order to revive the honor and pride of Iran and human dignity and prestige for its people.

Victory is not easy, but it is certain."

https://iranwire.com/en/women/122115-victory-is-certain-jailed-iranian-nobel-peace-prize-winner-says/