Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Musk Threatens to Sue Researchers Who Documented the Rise in Hateful Tweets https://time.com/6299666/musk-hate-speech-researchers-legal-action/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Mini-mystery for you:

• I’ve married 7 people.
• One of them is my wife.
• I’ve never divorced or lost a spouse.

How?

1/2

Another huge #HPV vaccination study from Scandinavia, this time with > 2 million subjects in Norway. The HPV #vaccine was most effective against anogenital warts when given during teen years. #IDMastodon & #ObGynodon

#wolf #GreyWolf

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We never use self-checkout. Pretty much avoid it like a plague, and we probably would not shop a store without human cashiers.

#BadEconomy #shopping #retail #legal

A criminal defense lawyer explains why you should never use self-checkout https://boingboing.net/2023/07/31/a-criminal-defense-lawyer-explains-why-you-should-never-use-self-checkout.html

The OG mail order complete version of DOOM (1993) on diskettes.

#Retrocomputing #retrogaming #90s #nostalgia #DOSgaming #Doom

My first and second attempts at a Milky Way photo while camping last week in a Bortle Class 3 area.

The first one is OK-ish, 2nd is the same as the first with extra processing. The third definitely is overprocessed. I didn't expose to the right.

I have some tips to try for my next attempt, including using a higher ISO and shorter exposure, turning on Long Exposure Noise Reduction, and using a light pollution cut filter if I need it.

EOS R6, Sigma EF 24 mm f/1.4 DG lens

#Astrophotography is HARD!!!!

🚀NASA is going to launch a new streaming service later this year called NASA+. It will be an ad-free, no-cost streaming service. It will include live coverage of future launches, documentaries and new original series.
#Science #Technology #Space
https://t.co/PeskIlyvRN?ssr=true

Renewables are better: A common confusion is that to decarbonize, the world will need to produce the equivalent of coal, oil & gas in the form of low-carbon energy.

That's not true.

Most fossil energy gets wasted. In the US, just one-third gets turned into useful services. The rest is wasted as heat.

#CleanEnergy #ClimateCrisis

The BBC is experimenting with being on Mastodon!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub

Free speech Elon is at it again - X threatens to sue non-profit The Center for Countering Digital Hate, in a blatant attempt to shut them up. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/technology/twitter-x-center-for-countering-digital-hate.html

@flexghost TBH in modern year groups we now call this year 12/13 (so its very similar to USA, with a slight offset by a year) but those who don't have kids and/or are older often get confused with the year groups (they changed in the 1990s).

This trend is less prevalent in Britain, there has been a rightward shift amongst young lads and its worse than the early 90s but not as bad as it was in the mid-late 80s when I was in high school (lads were either hard left or hard right)

@zleap @primonatura

Within the context of the oil and gas companies' disinformation campaigns (forms of greenwashing, gaslighting, etc), we should try to educate the public that the oil and gas companies can't be trusted (at all).

George Takei being on mastodon while Mark Hamill sticks with Twitter is just further proof that Star Trek > Star Wars in every conceivable way.
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Not paying enough to provide the essentials to live is slavery. Period.

Opt-in search of the Fediverse was just rolled out. Here it is:

http://tootfinder.ch/

Search has traditionally been very controversial on the Fediverse, but let's see how opt-in works.

Right now, this is a proof-of-concept and very bare bones -- but we'll see if it's embraced by everyone.

See screenshot.

@fediversenews