Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Saturn and some of its moons:

#Astrophotography #Saturn

photo by Andrew McCarthy

Israel has had Palestinians under occupation for decades, and that allows weapons companies to test and develop new technologies on them that can then be sold abroad.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to Antony Loewenstein about how that tech is developed, what it means for Palestinians, and how the Israeli government uses oppressive tech for diplomatic leverage.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/13212302-how-israel-uses-occupation-to-develop-military-tech-w-antony-loewenstein

#tech #israel #weapons #military

#NEWS: A congressional report has confirmed that #Meta and major tax preparation companies inappropriately shared millions of taxpayers’ financial data. https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2023/07/12/congressional-report-finds-meta-and-tax-prep-companies-recklessly-shared-taxpayers-data

me: can we discuss my crippling fear of elephants?

therapist: i'm all ears

me: *screaming*

House Republicans introduced an amendment to a military spending bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs

The bill passed 214 to 213

Rep Steven Horsford called them out—specifically Matt Gaetz

“What are you so afraid of? Why do you keep bringing these divisive issues to the body of this floor? You are exhausting, Mr Gaetz!”

Trans people signed up for military service at a rate more than double that of the cis community

Republicans do not stand with our troops

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸

The "here whenever Twitter breaks" phenomenon is weird.

It's like a school friend who only wants to play with you when their bestie isn't about.

And they expect you to be excited.

And their bestie is a neo-Nazi.

Every bunny was Kung Fu fighting

Same week as the hottest temperatures ever recorded on earth. Flying is a direct cause of the current accelerating collapse of our ecosystems and ability to produce food around the world. We can choose to recognize this and act now. We can choose to divest.

Climate response is up to us. Local response, local mitigation, local adaptation in our own communities.

#stopflying #divest #divestment #fossilfuels #climatechange #climatecrisis #collapse #polycrisis #globalwarming #lifeboatacademy

At 1.4 trillion, more photos were taken in 2019 than in the entire 20th Century

In 2023, it’s estimated we’ll take 1.8 trillion photos

90% of all photos ever taken were taken since 2000

Since 2000, we’ve taken about 2,000 photos for every child, woman and man on planet

We’re storing about 10 trillion photos in the Cloud

Most of them will never be looked at again.

To deal with CO2 caused by photos between 2000 and 2020, you’d need to plant about 675 million trees

https://photutorial.com/photos-statistics/

A ladybird beetle spreading its wings captured with a high-speed camera. In real-time wing deployement from the fully folded state takes less than 0.1 seconds.

Video credit: University of Tokyo / Saito et al. 'Investigation of hindwing folding in ladybird beetles.' DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620612114.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1620612114

Nazis used to have to go to sketchy fundraising websites like Chuck C. Johnson’s now-defunct wesearchr. Now they have the owner of Twitter handing them big piles of cash just for being Nazis.

You're going to read about the climate heat using these "normal" words but the temp above too hot, is death.

It doesn't just feel hot, it kills. Thats how hot climate "warming" gets.

"In Palm Springs — where Friday's high temperature was forecast to hit 116 degrees — many homeless people left to contend with the heat on their own.

"I don't know how anyone can do it," he said. "I feel so bad . . . there's not much I can do."

Build sun, wind. All of it, NOW
#Climate

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heat-wave-temperatures-southwest-fire-risk-to-california/

Putin’s Panicked Purge May Signal a New Mutiny Threat

#Russia #Ukraine #WWIII #news #war #PutinsWar #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #RussiaUkrainewar #SlavaUkraini

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-rounded-up-dozens-of-top-military-officers-after-mutiny

Sr Scientist, Diagnostic Development and Validation
Foundation Medicine, Inc.

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/sr-scientist-diagnostic-development-and-validation/?feed_id=50056

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
Cambridge #UnitedStatesUS #GroupLeader #Manager #Researcher #Scientist
https://jobrxiv.org/job/sr-scientist-diagnostic-development-and-validation/?feed_id=50056

Tens of millions of people under heat warnings as high temperatures illustrate perils of warming climate.
Parts of Europe, China and US sizzle under record-breaking heat

@zleap @feditips

Not sure, outside of linking- id ask @freemo or @trinsec

"You are disruptive by refusing to be exploited" sure is an argument, yep.

A VERY ACTIVE SUNSPOT: A new hyperactive #sunspot is producing M-class #solarflares every few hours. This is causing #shortwave #radio blackouts around all longitudes of our planet. If current trends continue, an X-flare could be in the offing. https://spaceweather.com/ has the latest.

Image: The sun looks like it is on fire around hyperactive sunspot #AR3372. Credit: NASA/SDO