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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

minouette@spore.social ("Ele Willoughby, PhD") wrote:

A 2023 #scientist #linocut for #ArtAdventCalendar of #astronomer Vera Rubin (neé Cooper, ‘28-‘16) & her discovery that angular motion of galaxies deviates from predictions, 1st evidence for dark matter, now known as 5x as common as matter & the stuff which dictates dynamics of galaxies & evolution of our universe! The Nobel committee waited 3 years after she died to reward another for the theory of dark matter.

She found 6 months mat leave post MSc very difficult 🧵1/n

#printmaking #sciart

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• My linocut portrait of astronomer Vera Rubin with short hair, glasses and resting her face in her hand in burgundy on a background of outer space with stars and galaxies in black with blue and pink splotches to mimic how dust bends light in space. At the base of the print is a large spiral galaxy with a plot of orbital velocity versus distance going out from its centre (so the distance axis is indeed distance from centre). There are two lines labelled “observed” which goes up from the origin and then is a pretty flat wavy line all the way across. This line marks the bottom of Rubin. Below it is a wide empty gap of visible white paper down to the second line labelled “predicted”. The Predicted line goes up from the origin to a peak where it diverges from the observed and falls smoothly back down in a gentle curve. (remote)

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ryanc@infosec.exchange ("Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:") wrote:

The UK government is so desperate to shut me down my efforts to be legally recognized as nonbinary that they're going to stop accepting documentation of gender for transgender people from California.

I'm going to make this a diplomatic issue for them.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/04/uk-government-has-blacklist-of-countries-that-let-people-transition-too-easily/

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redfrog@mamot.fr wrote:

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

"Among the most common reasons service members rack up medical debt is when they are sent to specialists or other providers outside the military health system and these private providers incorrectly process their Tricare claims or simply send the bills directly to the service member."

https://mstdn.social/@black_intellect/111523582812175329

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

black_intellect@mstdn.social ("@blk_intellect") wrote:

A wave of tenured professors leaving their highly coveted positions say the DeSantis administration is the reason they're leaving Florida
https://www.businessinsider.com/desantis-florida-public-colleges-tenured-professors-leaving-conservative-reforms-gop-2023-12

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

#HeadDesk

"For more than two decades, Mr. Rocha handled matters related to Latin America in a series of roles at the State Department, including as the ambassador to Bolivia until 2002. More recently, he was an adviser to a U.S. military command that was responsible for Cuba, among other areas."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/us/diplomat-cuba-foreign-agent-rocha.html?hpgrp=ar-abar&smid=url-share

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

jeffowski@mastodon.world ("Church of Jeff") wrote:

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• Alt-text in English: screenshot of a tweet by Joseph Scrimshaw: "Because it keeps needing to be said: Nazis are bad. White Supremacy is bad. We don't need to see their side and have a debate. We had a debate. It was called World War II. Alt-text in italiano: screenshot di un tweet di Joseph Scrimshaw che dice: "Poiché è necessario continuare a dirlo: i nazisti sono il Male. Il suprematismo bianco è male. Non c'è bisogno di considerare le loro posizioni e tenere un dibattito, Abbiamo già avuto un dibattito. È stato chiamato Seconda Guerra Mondiale." (remote)

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

Probably a hot take but I feel like there's something kind of rotten at the core of quantifying music listening. It's an accounting layer on art that we've let permeate our whole sense of engagement with it

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nolan@toot.cafe ("Nolan") wrote:

New blog post: "Let’s learn how modern JavaScript frameworks work by building one" https://nolanlawson.com/2023/12/02/lets-learn-how-modern-javascript-frameworks-work-by-building-one/

Some step-by-step instructions on how to build a new JavaScript framework, if you're so inclined. Or just my way of learning how they all work!

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ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

I'm fired up for tonight's Oxide and Friends! @bcantrill and I will be joined by Nirav Patel, founder/CEO of @frameworkcomputer. How does building a consumer laptop compare with building an @oxidecomputer server? Let's find out! 5pm PT (recorded as always)

https://discord.gg/DKFtMKtA?event=1176625793015746660

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

JenMsft ("Jen Gentleman") wrote:

How QR codes are made:

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• It's a gif with someone generating a qr code by playing tetris with the black parts (so laying down each black tetris piece one by one, badly)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

once again, many automated "HeartBeat" responses & few humanoid responses to CQ calls up & down the bands using #JS8 this morning. I think there may a phenom similar to "mic shyness" at work here #AmateurRadio 📡

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

mcc wrote:

"Distraction-free reading"

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• A medium article titled "How the heck do I use Eleventy? The intro guide I wish I had". Everything but the headline is covered up by multiple large popups. One says "Distraction-free reading".
• The tiny window containing the text is scrolled down. it cannot be read due to the popups blocking it

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thisisjofrank ("Jo Franchetti") wrote:

So, the redundancy train finally came for me. Let me know if you know of any interesting DevRel or DevEx roles out there. 💖

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carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

The 1980s was a different era

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eniko@peoplemaking.games ("Eniko Fox") wrote:

was reminded of this old banger of a tweet so i'm reposting it here on mastodon after *checks watch* 9 years

A visual representation of how high 2:1 isometric blocks should be

#PixelArt #GameDev

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• An image showing a 64 by 32 isometric ground tile. It shows a block with height = 0.5 times width (32 pixels) and one with 0.612 times with (39 pixels) and that the former lines up too perfectly with the ground grid and looks confusing, while the other one doesn't and so aids depth perception (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

Psst: I feel this way too (about trying to write political satire about the post-Brexit UK):

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• the ONION — America's Finest News Source Breaking News: The Onion on the verge of collapse after not being able to make up shit that is more idiotic than current reality. (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

carrideen@c18.masto.host ("Carrie Shanafelt") wrote:

But gosh, Epistemology of the Closet is still fresh. The segregation of "gay studies" out of and away from canonical cultural study is, sadly, still the stage we're in. I cannot stress enough how weird it is that it's 2023 and most of the LGBTQ+ faculty I know (if I know them at all) are closeted at work, at least to students. Many others have simply left the profession. And for primary and secondary teachers? I had like 10 out gay teachers before college; none of my students have had even one.

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

PropCazhPM ("Citizen.Coping") wrote:

Wow!

Joan Donovan, a disinformation researcher at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard, has accused Harvard of shutting down the project that she led in order to protect its relationship with mega-donor and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

#misinformation #disinformation #democracy

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/04/tech/facebook-disinformation-whistleblower/index.html

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

"Donald Trump's co-defendant in the Georgia election fraud case may have violated her bond by threatening a witness in the case.

Trevian Kutti, a former publicist of Kayne West, said on a video post that she will "f**k up" the life of a witness when the case is over.

Kutti made her comments on an Instagram Live video, answering questions from members of the public. The video was recorded on Tuesday, November 28"

may have?

h/t https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/111522660940683048

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

👀 Via Anthony Michael Kreis:

Good morning from #Fulton County: I suspect we’ll see a motion to revoke Trevian Kutti’s consent bond for witness intimidation of #RubyFreeman within the next two hours and would not be shocked if she’s indicted again for an additional racketeering act by the Grand Jury #legal #TrumpIndictment #Georgia

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

most of my"followers" on Bluesky seem to be bots, and the UX still feels like an abandoned & unfinished class project. I am not surprised that the "interesting activity" level there is so subjectively low.

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

tokyo_0@mas.to ("Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)") wrote:

Got this stuck in my head now. Thanks, @jsonstein 😁

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M

(https://masto.deoan.org/@jsonstein/111517744410109735)

#mondayMood

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Happy Anniversary, Chicago

https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/dec/04

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Whoa, a medical device that can kill you if you don't type your numbers the way it wants? Scary.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/04/uis-matter/

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Reblogged by pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑"):

mhoye wrote:

If you use an Insulet Omnipod 5 to manage your insulin dose, there is a _terrible_ bug in the Android client where in some conditions it drops the decimal point in a calculation, which can result in dose 100x what's intended.

https://vxtwitter.com/morganherlocker/status/1730455721815527429

Press release: https://www.omnipod.com/fsn-11-2023

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

The end of the semester hits with a week-long splat.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/04/last-week-of-the-semester/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

What I'm going to think of every time someone invokes "DX":

via: https://botsin.space/@oldroadside/111521941373693580

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Looking forward to watching the @hatfilms live music making stream on the @yogscast #JingleJam later today (5pm GMT). They’re very talented!

https://twitch.tv/yogscast

#JingleJam2023 #HatFilms

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owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

Apple loses appeals court case vs 🇬🇧
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

Law Platform Blog's analysis:
"This opens the door to the CMA reopening the MIR which could lead to significant remedies being imposed against Apple."

https://theplatformlaw.blog/2023/12/01/back-in-the-game-court-of-appeal-sides-with-cma-against-apple-in-mobile-browsers-and-cloud-gaming-market-investigation/