2017 Nobel Prize Winner, Rainer Weiss, delivers an illuminating lecture that explores the basic concepts of gravitational waves, the instruments and methods ...
How is this man and his social network, car company, space rocket company, and satellite internet company still considered socially acceptable? How is it that these enterprises aren’t being nationalised as we speak? How have we built a system that franchises a handful of billionaire psychopaths at the expense of everyone else?
@aral Taking you question literally, we have bought into a weird conception of property, such that property rights are fundamental. That distorts everything.
We need to get back to thinking that property ownership is just a permission to use something in certain ways. Limited and dependent.
@aral FWIW one of the best books for showing how weird it is is *The Book of Trespass* by Nick Hayes. Recommended for everyone's awakening and a great read.
@aral I don’t think nationalizing them is the right way to go but we definitely need to break up monopolies. The question is, how? The laws are not working as intended and with our SC it seems hopeless.
At rest, the average body consumes 20% to 25% of the body's energy. That equates to 350 to 450 calories for the average person. The energy comes mainly from glucose.
Same. I go with it now, rather than worrying about standard health advice. I've recognised the typical health advice typically doesn't apply to atypical people.
Definitely. My five a day are nicotine (it's a plant) coffee (it's a bean) sugar (plant) alcohol (plant) and chocolate (plant). So according to most "experts" I'm living the healthy life. Plus because it's mostly plant based it's good for the environment. OK I'm joking. But yes, most of the advice doesn't even come close to reflecting how I actually live in a balanced and quite healthy way. (Ignoring the nicotine, obviously).
@pathfinder In fairness, it barely applies to 'typical' people and there are a LOT of people who THINK they're 'typical' in the diet sense, but definitely aren't.
I have taken so much shit for the amount of carbs, milkfat, and salt that my body needs. But but the magazines in the grocery aisle say you need to stop that!
It's sugar sugar that fucks me up, even fructose I have to be careful with.
Me too. Earlier this year I solved a problem where I'd crash hard every day after I ate my "healthy" breakfast and "healthy" lunch with complex carbs, as per standard advice.
I learned most of us don't have enzymes to break down complex carbs, and have other metabolic difficulties, so I swapped everything for simple carbs. White bread, white potato, white noodles & pasta etc.
Suddenly, no more crashes and more stable energy than I'd had in years. We're different.
Computer Science. The project was to write a compiler for Lambda Calculus.
Actually, I think mere reading, of anything that requires thought, will do it. I notice after some days of reading my guts out, my verbal acuity markedly improves.
The mind (brain?) is very much like a muscle: the more you use it, the stronger it gets.
@mobiuscog I have a bad relationship with food. Partly because body issues, partly because poverty, but big because there’s trauma associated with food prep and, importantly, NO-ONE TAUGHT ME.
You have no idea how many people I’ve had to have actual arguments with for them to stop telling me some variation of “everyone can cook” when I express frustration at how unhelpful their nutritional advice is because I lack cooking skills
ADHD is thinking about all the things you have to do, getting stressed about all the things, worrying about the consequences of not doing the things, but still feeling stuck and unable to do any of the things.
What does disgust for disabled people look like in its purest, most densely crystallized form, like a black diamond of hatred spat out by one of the most twisted, hollowed-out, f*cked-up criminals in US history? Imagine supporting this man and calling yourself a "patriot," a "Christian," or even a "human being"? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/general-mark-milley-trump-coup/675375/
disgusting. And we knew that already from the time he made fun of that disabled reporter while he was campaigning. And people still voted for him. ????
"Trump’s 1st secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, considered #Trump to be a “fucking moron.” John Kelly, the retired Marine general who served as Trump’s chief of staff in 2017 & 2018, said that Trump is the “most flawed person” he’s ever met... Trump’s 2nd secretary of defense, Mark Esper, believed that the president didn’t understand his own duties, much less the oath that officers swear to the Constitution, or military ethics, or the history of America" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/general-mark-milley-trump-coup/675375/
If trump manages to get off without jail time I think it would be most fitting that he be required serve 20 years as an orderly at a VA hospital for community service. As extra icing on the cake, Captain Avila could Sing Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye as trump is ushered out of court.
Reminds me of his "I like people who weren’t captured." comment regarding John McCain being considered a war hero. Man has no respect for veterans and their service to this nation at all and he's shown it in so many ways.
I'm asking people to go and review Cllr Mandy Clare (CWAC) IMDb page.
Someone has already updated the links to this toxic and dangerous public figure's "home page" on there and on Wikipedia, but it would be nice if we can cancel out the hundreds of positive reviews of the hate documentary "Adult Human Female" on IMDB ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23844954/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 )
I hope #transrights is the right tag for this. If not, please advise me on a better tag or tags.
I'm asking people to go and review Cllr Mandy Clare (CWAC) IMDb page.
Someone has already updated the links to this toxic and dangerous public figure's "home page" on there and on Wikipedia, but it would be nice if we can cancel out the hundreds of positive reviews of the hate documentary "Adult Human Female" on IMDB ( https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm1995583/?rf=cons_nm_meter&ref_=cons_nm_meter )
You know you grew up in the 90s when if you have a little headache and your neck feels a bit sore, your first instinct is to look up, look down, look at a light and roll a glass up your arm.
I’d forgotten the drill - until you got to the glass!
But suspect the sight of cotton buds may be just as triggering for Gen Z / Alpha. My 8 yr old son found one on the bed yesterday and just said ‘whose done a test? Have they got Covid?’
Lastec until I had a child, now adult, who sleeps sat up at least half the time. Now, with knowledge that he sleeps with his head lopsided, I know it’s just “Ah, you slept”
New research from the University of East London suggests that text messaging, particularly the use of emojis, provides a potentially more expressive mode of communication for individuals with alexithymia, a trait marked by difficulties in recognizing…
Once libraries are nonexistent any modern fascist movement wouldn't even have to burn books, but flick one switch and they'd be remotely deleted from your Amazon Kindle or similar digital “library”.
Capitalists are already building the infrastructure to do this through DRM, so stop believing tech is apolitical - the defunding of libraries and paywalling of information are all part of this.
Don't worry, my parents who kicked me out for having been outed as a lesbian always remember to tell me they either were forced to do it because 'they love me so much and don't want me to end in hell' or just unwillingly admit their religion is a hive mind that instantly rejects fiercely anything that's out of the norm.
Their take has always been that I hurt THEM and if there's ever going to be any kind of true reconciliation, it's me who has to ask for forgiveness.
It has now been 26 years and I haven't found it in myself to say 'sorry I forced you to kick me out '.
@aamurusko79 🫂You may not need to hear this from an internet stranger, but you didn't deserve that at all. Also, the sheer "no u" of their argument is infuriating. It's such a bullying thing to say to someone
Thanks! It has been a long time so it isn't such a sore spot, but at times I have to give the topic a poke when the topic of 'we love you but we hate the core essence of you' of religion comes up.
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It seems to happen with religious people that even if you aren't directly interacting with them, they're offended by things shared that are about atheism but they'll still try to convert your. 🤦🏻♀️
Yep, I was going to say almost no one said they were gay either though some came out later. Schools encourage conformity, always have, so the fact that young people are being more open about this is quite something.
People said we were being alarmist when we said extremist Christian nationalists would use the abortion laws to target women trying to escape Texas to receive an abortion.
@Blort Or requiring all drivers to stop at checkpoints, present their papers, and reasons for traveling out of state. Reasons which would have to be registered with the state in a beurocracy that would, by comparison, make the DMV seem easy to navigate.
@TechyDad @Blort I can imagine mandatory pregnancy tests at state border checkpoints and just a general prohibition of traveling out of state for pregnant women in the theocratic states
Well, this seems like a pretty clear constitutionally protected freedom of movement violation. For a group of people so hell-bent on complaining about government over-reach, they sure are experts in how to keep over-reaching.
I guess no one there has bothered to read Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
This Supreme Court decision forbade states from enacting any legislation that would interfere with Congress's right to regulate commerce among the separate states.
EnlargeDownload Link Citation: Decree in Gibbons v. Ogden; 3/2/1824; Engrossed Minutes, 2/1790 - 6/7/1954; Records of the Supreme Court of the United States, Record Group 267; National Archives Building, Washington, DC.
I must be really dumb, because I can't tell what I'm looking at here. A lot lined up along 87? I mean, one dark orange zone is way down by the coast... ?
People said we were being alarmist when we said extremist Christian nationalists would use the abortion laws to target women trying to escape Texas to receive an abortion.
Wer Radikaler wählt, bekommt radikale Politik geliefert. Schönreden, verharmlosen und relativieren kann man natürlich machen. Dann aber lügt man sich in die eigene Tasche. Und danach ist es zu spät.
We just moved from Texas to New Mexico 6 weeks ago. I have a 15yo daughter, and I want her to grow up somewhere where women have rights. I'm breathing a sigh of relief right now.
🥥 A reminder that #Canadian author #MargaretAtwood's book The Handmaid's Tale was based on info she had in 1985 when it was published. Even then the outlines of a patriarchal, white supremacist, totalitarian regime were visible to those who were paying attention. In the book it was known as the Republic of #Gilead, today it's the Republic of #Texas. (Now available as a TV show on Hulu.) The #AmericanTaliban is ready today to do whatever they think they can get away with. 🥥
- There is no hell deep enuf for these reptiles. And as long as there’s a radicalized Supreme Court, there may be no legal way to stop em. Other than for Texans to vote em out, of course.
I am observing the slow train crash ending in a civil war apocalypse wirg bemusement, amusement and a sense of regret for the few normal people in the USA. You guys need to act, before you wish you had someone as sane, stable and liberal thinking as Trump. Cos your trajectory is making Hitler look like ein Milchbube...
Idaho had the same problems. OB/GYN's have left Idaho and across the border in Wash. State our clinics are full of Idaho women seeking aide from us and we don't tell anyone in Idaho.
Maybe they should focus on some of the fake news, like the electrical grid, flooding, or mass murder. But that would require them to have actual life skills. Hopefully we at least get some art out of this repression, like Riverdance or most of the genres of music.
You are DANGEROUSLY wrong. (edit - ie. if you believe they will only follow legal channels)
Again, think Nazis.
They will make a big show of trying to pass laws that "those demo-commie-crats" will block, then cry about how oppressed they "feel" about it, and then will use that to rouse their rabble. That's the publicity angle covered.
They have *ZERO* interest in *actually* passing laws about this (except where its easy / they get lucky).
They just want to incite their followers, who do things like:
* Report women leaving their homes (Tracking) * Follow them (Intimidation) * "protest" (read: violently assault women and workers) at clinics. (deny access)
Well, You seemed arguing about "actual legal enforcement", which is something that I don't actually believe does (or even can) exist. At not if one believes in human rights.
I replied to you by saying that there is no such thing as legal enforcement of laws that violate human rights.
Your initial question, however, was "How do they plan to enforce this?" Which I believe I have just answered.
Yesterday the Dutch investigative journalism program "Zembla" went into the Twitter/X violent hate that politicians and journalists (who stubbornly still use it) receive.
Well-known fact that the (now open) algorithms are designed to amplify hate for monetary reasons.
Zembla tried to contact X. Guess what: they have an email auto-responder returning a huge 💩 emoji. They cannot be reached by phone. And they have a 'virtual office' in the Netherlands. A post box, that is 🤯
@EU_Commission Clearly goes to show that being in exile for political views exposes family to significant risks and on that basis the family should be granted asylum. Important to note that just because it may be lawful in Saudi, it doesn't make it morally right, necessarily.
You own a social media network (mastodon.ar.al) that operates in the EU and will therefore become subject to #ChatControl (like Apple, making its withdrawal from scanning devices obsolete). Will you close your network once ChatControl becomes law?
Die EU-Staaten beharren darauf, massenhaft Kommunikation von Unverdächtigen zu überwachen. Ihre eigenen Juristen bezeichnen die Chatkontrolle als illegal. Wir veröffentlichen ein eingestuftes Verhandlungsprotokoll.
@Life_is - That’s not my own social network, that’s my own Mastodon instance of one. It’s non-commercial and thus out of scope even under the current Chat Control draft legislation.
- Chat Control is not a done deal. Folks are fighting it.
- We are building the Small Web and Small Web places should also be out of scope even if Chat Control passes and even if they’re somehow deemed not out of scope, we would not be adding any feature that compromises people’s human rights.
@Life_is We left our homes because of what we believe in, I won’t be compromising our values or the integrity of what we’re building for any unjust laws. Unjust laws are made to be broken. And if we need to break them, we will. Here’s hoping it doesn’t have to come to that.
„Folks are fighting it.“: Folks were fighting Article13/17. There were protests attended by thousands (Youtubers said it were millions). People wrote mails to MEPs.
I have been at a number of protests against ChatControl. There were the organizers of the events and some members of citizen rights groups. But that was it. Folks are not fighting ChatControl.
Small providers may not need to comply as quick with chatcontrol rules, but are not exempt from it.
@mark Your inability to click links and comprehend the contents of the articles they point to doesn’t mean I’m insane.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest investor in Twitter/X after Elon Musk. They own a huge chunk of Twitter/X. They’re sentencing a person to death based on what they wrote on the platform they own.
If you still can’t understand that, please kindly fuck off instead of slinging ad hominem attacks at me.
@mark All that is true, but there's no evidence that they did anything other look at his (public?) posts. The could (and do) that on any social network that they can read.
While I don't like the leaders or the fact that they put so much money in the platform (and the platform can die for all I care), I doubt they needed to do much digging to find out the details of the user, or am I wrong?
There's a bit chance the guy is on a list regarding his brother's activities.
I mean, don't want to defend twitter here but there are a lot of ways to monitor someone's phone or computer in any country when you're on a government list.
"You can say 'all are welcome,' but if wolves and sheep are both welcome then you're only going to get wolves. The the smart sheep will go somewhere else and the naive sheep will be eaten and processed. [...] Refusing to choose is a choice. It's a choice in favor of the people who prey on others and who refuse to acknowledge the humanity of those they hate."
If there's one piece of advice I want to give young geeks, it's not to use your actual name in any user accounts, email addresses, or websites. I mean, when you eventually transition, it's just a lot easier if you don't have to update all that shit.
@miriamrobern I had a lot of crazy names. Kuthu, Crickat… any of them would have been better than my stupid FirstLast "look at me I'm a dude promise I do all the dude stuff and am actually a real dude!" name.
@miriamrobern I really miss Crickat. Fully girl persona online in the 90s. Total skater punk coder chic.
Wrote essays about cooperation instead of competition in print Linux magazines. Always tried to help grow the cooperative, if new, Linux dev community.
Then one day she got her ass handed to her by Linus and his henchmen for the horrible suggestion on the Linux Kernel group that we might consider some better documentation for how people can begin submitting code improvements and becoming part of the team. Just the most horrible things said about her.
I recently found a box of my old business cards and I reacted with an instant disgust I usually reserve for a melon that had been left in the back of the fridge. "Why are these still here? Trash bin!"
@SummerKnight I mean, deadname.com just redirects to miriamrobern.com now.
For better or worse, I've got enough credits in dead tree books that I'll always "need" a pointer for people trying to look me up.
It doesn't upset me very much, but the less I see my deadname the weirder it gets seeing it. I do really need to change my username on my mac, but that's a pain in the ass... :(
I think point her out to LGBTQIA+ magazines that are definitely onside. I would be very careful of where because I think you could actually get her more positive attention like Graham Linehan and Kate Forbes and it could hugely backfire.
"Help! We're in the hands of a gang of ruthless criminals intent on utterly destroying us. They know no mercy and they've been torturing us for a long time now. We can't hold out much longer!"
"Keep calm, Sir. What is your current location and how many of you are involved?"
"We're in the UK and there are over sixty million of us."
If you’re in Los Angeles and you support LGBTQ+ people: put your money where your mouth is. We need serious numbers to oppose a fascist anti-LGBTQ+ rally at Los Angeles city hall from a far-right movement calling for the deaths of LGBTQ+ people.
Tuesday, August 22. Grand Park. 8:30 AM. Be there.
Today, you can choose not to drive a Tesla if you don’t want Elon Musk, Inc. knowing everywhere you go.
Tomorrow, you might have to limit where you live because you won’t live in a Google Home and reconsider having 20/20 vision again in exchange for the artificial lens company seeing everything you see.
Privacy is not something you can “vote with your wallet” on. We either protect it as a human right or we lose it altogether.
This xenophobic incompetent Tory Govt gets nastier by the day. They attempt to stir hatred & divide by questioning UK m'ship of ECHR, by demonising migrants, by using expletives against our friends. They marginalise UK, we are a pariah state. https://tinyurl.com/498k8fs2 #RejoinEU
France is set to dramatically increase taxes on fuel for private jets, as the government rejects a proposal from environmentalist and left-wing senators to ban short flights altogether.
WE HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 11 TO STOP MASSIVE SEISMIC BLASTING
The #SeismicBlasting proposal between Victoria and Tasmania impact #BlueWhale habitat and the #ZeehanMarinePark . A joint venture between seismic survey companies #TGS and #SLB-Schlumberger is trying to get regulatory approval for seismic blasting over 55,000 sq km of our #oceans. Now is our chance to provide public comment that these plans should be refused to protect our oceans and #MarineLife.
💥 Can you imagine an explosion going off every 10 seconds?🐋 This is how seismic blasting disrupts whales, who depend on their sound to hunt for food and na...
Seismic blasting is deadly for marine life and can impact all levels of the food chain from its very foundations, killing #zooplankton more than a kilometre away, to deafening #whales.
Seismic testing is the first step in oil and gas exploration in our oceans. Seismic vessels tow an array of airguns and audio receivers (hydrophones) behind them. These powerful airguns fire loud blasts of compressed air every 10 to 15 seconds.
#Idaho is doubling down on its goal of slaughtering most of the state's #wolves.
This spring, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to approve a plan that calls for reducing the wolf population, from more than 1300 to as few as 500.1
If Idaho succeeds, it'll be a heartbreaking slaughter of #GrayWolves across the state.
🏳️🌈🖖🏽 @georgetakei
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