Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Steve Wright, BBC Radio presenter, dies aged 69 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/13/steve-wright-bbc-radio-presenter-dies-aged-69?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #guardian

Encrypted email service Skiff gets acquired, will shut down in six months

Skiff users will lose their @skiff.com email addresses, need to export data ASAP.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/encrypted-email-service-skiff-gets-acquired-will-shut-down-in-six-months/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Thanks to a poorly chosen font and some good natured fun, the The International Astronomical Union has officially named Venus' quasi-moon 2002VE as 'Zoozve'.

Thanks to Kovi at @funfactscience for sharing!

#science #sciencefacts #venus #moon #quasimoon #zoozve

The biggest challenge in 2024 is to get enough people to actually listen to what Trump and those around him are openly, consistently, and explicitly promising to do once they get back to power.

It is utterly deranged, and discounting it as just rhetoric would be a disaster.

I agree

‘There will be massacres’: Palestinians in Rafah speak of their fears

The Israeli army has pushed them from one spot in Gaza to another. Now these exhausted people say they're done moving. #press

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/2/13/there-will-be-massacres-palestinians-in-rafah-speak-of-their-fears?traffic_source=rss&utm_source=press.coop

Dear @mozilla
Please, please, please put the RSS indicator back in Firefox.

People need to know about this technology which empowers users over greedy, controlling corporations.

The world is letting the Nakba reach its inevitable conclusion https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/the-world-is-letting-the-nakba-reach

Israel's demolition of every university, along with hundreds of schools and cultural centers, in Gaza. https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-chris-hedges-report-with-dr-ahmed

huh, google is straight up refusing port 443 connections from me while i'm on my VPN. that's uh stronghanded

Enzyme in Detergents Recycles Single-Use Plastics
Complete degradation of the bioplastic polylactic acid (PLA) within 24 hours

https://www.chemistryviews.org/enzyme-in-detergents-recycles-single-use-plastics/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #PlasticPollution #recycling

#FakeScience #AcademicPublishing #ScientificPublishing #Science: "Tens of thousands of bogus research papers are being published in journals in an international scandal that is worsening every year, scientists have warned. Medical research is being compromised, drug development hindered and promising academic research jeopardised thanks to a global wave of sham science that is sweeping laboratories and universities.

Last year the annual number of papers retracted by research journals topped 10,000 for the first time. Most analysts believe the figure is only the tip of an iceberg of scientific fraud.

“The situation has become appalling,” said Professor Dorothy Bishop of Oxford University. “The level of publishing of fraudulent papers is creating serious problems for science. In many fields it is becoming difficult to build up a cumulative approach to a subject, because we lack a solid foundation of trustworthy findings. And it’s getting worse and worse.”

The startling rise in the publication of sham science papers has its roots in China, where young doctors and scientists seeking promotion were required to have published scientific papers. Shadow organisations – known as “paper mills” – began to supply fabricated work for publication in journals there."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/03/the-situation-has-become-appalling-fake-scientific-papers-push-research-credibility-to-crisis-point?utm_source=pocket_saves

In search for life elsewhere in universe, researchers create new way to look for signals https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2024/02/12/Berkeley-extaterrestrial-life/3141707760850/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

@Roadwarrior29
Boaty McBoatface update 🙄 🤣
This is the one that was supposed to replace the one that had the rusty shaft 😳
https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/24112306.hms-prince-wales-sailing-near-isle-wight-postponed/

“The Sanremo Italian song festival – Italy’s biggest showbiz event – has been criticised by Israel after a rapper competing in the contest’s final appealed to “stop genocide” during his appearance on stage.”

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

I’m sorry but since when do we care about what genocide perpetrators think?

Israel needs to shut the fuck up and stop committing genocide and the folks at The Guardian need to get their bloody priorities straight.

#israel #palestine #gaza #genocide

Interesting funding opportunities from @openwebsearcheu. The project has launched two new open calls for grant applications. Researchers and innovators are invited to submit their ideas and can request funding between 50.000 and 150.000 Euro.

The Open Web Search project aims to develop an open European infrastructure for web search. Part of the project's budget is reserved for third-party funding.

The calls are open until April 4, 2024.
https://openwebsearch.eu/third-party-calls-2024-media-release/

#web #search #funding