Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

I work with 23/24-year-old students who worry about screwing up their lives from one wrong choice. And I have to tell them, “Don’t worry, you have lots of time to make many wrong choices that will screw up your lives.”

Incredible WSJ article on Exxon's efforts to prevent action on #climate change.

“If a worldwide consensus emerges that action is needed to mitigate against Greenhouse gas effects, substantial negative impacts on Exxon could occur,” wrote Sprow [Exxon's head of Research]. “Any additional R&D efforts within Corporate Research on Greenhouse should have two primary purposes: 1. Protect the value of our resources (oil, gas, coal). 2. Preserve Exxon’s business options.”

https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/exxon-climate-change-documents-e2e9e6af?st=tja2obal3ktd3wl&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Too much of our fediverse discussions revolve around a single app: Mastodon. It’s just the very beginning. Think of it as the Wright Brother’s first canvas-covered aircraft. It proved we now know how to make messages fly on federated networks. Many are now building new aircraft to fly on them.

“British Petroleum, the second largest non-state owned oil company in the world, with 18,700 gas and service stations worldwide, hired the public relations professionals Ogilvy & Mather to promote the slant that climate change is not the fault of an oil giant, but that of individuals. It’s here that British Petroleum, or BP, first promoted and soon successfully popularized the term “carbon footprint” in the early aughts.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/23/big-oil-coined-carbon-footprints-to-blame-us-for-their-greed-keep-them-on-the-hook

Via @ajsadauskas

#BP #ClimateChange

£1million-Plus Investment in Nottingham-Based Alternative Fuel Hub, by Hydrogen Storage System Pioneers Luxfer Gas Cylinders

An investment of more than £1million in Luxfer Gas Cylinders’ European base in Nottingham has been announced, which will establish a new production facility to support ‘virtual’ gas pipelines that can distribute hydrogen across the UK and Europe. #hydrogen #Hydrogen https://kbin.social/m/Hydrogen/t/455621

tech bro doesn't want to die so let's make him famous for his idiocy is exactly what's wrong with big media

For Tyre Nichols, justice demands
His life they stole with brutal hands
His death brings indictment
For five police men, caught
They'll pay for their cruel commands

#tyrenichols #policebrutality #justice #blacklivesmatter #limerick #poetry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66798626

Created by low-Earth orbit #satellites reflecting sunlight, all of these streaks were captured in less than two hours and digitally combined onto the single featured image.

Understanding and removing the effects of #satellite trails on images from Earth's ground-based cameras and telescopes is now important not only for elegant #astrophotography, but for humanity's scientific understanding of the distant #universe.

#astronomy
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220614.html

Libya floods death toll rises to 5,300; quarter of Derna destroyed - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/13/libya-flooding-death-toll-derna/

#LybiaFloods

Former Twitter executives: Privacy and security practices deteriorated under Musk https://cyberscoop.com/twitter-ftc-privacy-musk/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #cybersecurity #infosec

Today is #WorldSepsisDay

Time to celebrate? …far too many people are still dying from this treatable disease.

The clear link between early detection and improved survival has made #ML models predicting #Sepsis one of the most common use cases in Clinical Decision Support #CDS

Some announcements were overpromising: https://med-mastodon.com/@danielsteinbach@fediscience.org/110422924336325724

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I *fully* appreciate this is an 'early finding', that needs more investigation and corroboration, but I still cannot help to be excited by it!

A molecule that, at least on Earth, is only produced by living organisms has possibly been detected on a distant exoplanet (along with CO2 and methane, pointing at water oceans).

Link here: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66786611

#JWST #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #Astronomy

just heard a lot of crows yelling their little lungs out, looked to see what they were up to because I assumed it was some sort of territorial war.

anyway turns out they were playing a game where they hop up and down the branches of a cedar tree and having fun as a gang.

You need to stop using Chrome NOW. It’s not hyperbole: Google just rolled out a change to Chrome that tracks the sites you visit, builds a profile, and shares that with any page you visit that asks.

This is real. It’s not tech bro conspiracy shit.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome

#privacy #google #chrome

In 1916, 23 yr old chemist Alice Ball discovered a breakthrough in treatment for Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease). She was the 1st woman & 1st Black chemistry professor at UHawaii.

Tragically, Ball passed away months after her discovery due to complications from a lab accident.

What happened next? Arthur Dean, head of her dept, continued the work publishing Ball’s process as “Dean’s method.”

Fortunately, a colleague spoke up & the name was changed to “Ball’s method.” #HistoryRemix #science #history

I have no words! Since I've been on Mastodon, I can see a huge difference between IG, FB, X and Mastodon. Mastodon rules!!! But in my wildest dreams, I would not have expected such a response as I've been receiving to yesterday's post. I wish I could hug all of you! I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for each like and boost. Your help is priceless.

Print: https://bit.ly/3LkGfk9

#photography #mastoart #fediart #help #flower #ArtBooster #MondayMotivation #together #BuyIntoArt