Gaythia Weis @Gaythia@qoto.org

Dear Mastadon hivemind:

The http://www.BiodiversityStripes.info website is highlighting biodiversity loss, globally and regionally using a similar concept to the climate stripes.

We are looking for other sources of biodiversity data which can be turned into stripes to highlight this critical issue.

Any leads for long & coherent time series welcome!

#BiodiversityStripes #COP15

I'm constantly surprised at the number of people who are looking for lists of people to follow. There's no shortage of fascinating breadcrumb trails here.
Pick a toot that resonates with you and open it up. See who commented, or retooted it. Look at those people's profiles. Follow them.
Look at their older toots and follow the people whose comments on those toots pique your interest.
I've been here a month & have a global circle, not one of whom I knew before coming here. #IFollowTheCrumbs

This article makes me ask, "Whose culture are we transmitting? And, should we be? Maybe, it's time to decide (again) what #culture to pass on...a kindler, gentler one, for sure.
Article:

Education as civilization-building - by François Chollet https://fchollet.substack.com/p/education-as-civilization-building

#education is the process through which the body of knowledge and culture that we have been accumulating for thousands of years passes from our generation to the next one.

It is the steel making up an uninterrupted chain of cultural transmission, accretion, and renewal, stretching back to the emergence of language — back when humans first became truly human. The default state of our culture, our technology, our science, our stories, is not eternal progress — it is fast decay.

Without proper education, the next generation forgets, and soon enough, cultures fall into decadence. What took thousands of years to discover may be forgotten in a few generations. #edutooter @edutooters #teaching #learning #language

OTD in 1865, the United States adopted the 13th amendment & nearly abolished slavery. Yes, nearly. The 13th Amendment left open slavery and indentured servitude as punishment for a crime. They don’t teach us this in school, but America never fully abolished slavery. That’s truly horrifying.

Congress must abolish unpaid prison labor & truly abolish slavery and indentured servitude in America. We must uphold justice as the supreme standard in all manners. That is how we form a more perfect Union.

“The bucket is almost empty. We’re heading toward a point of no return.”

From our magazine, an update on the dire state of one of our most vital waterways, and what it means for the future of both #Texas and #Mexico: https://www.texasobserver.org/rio-grande-water-drifting-toward-disaster/

(📸 Words & Photos by Dylan Baddour of Inside #Climate News)
#ClimateChange #Water #News

Vine climbs to the sky
"Behold my works, mine alone!"
The trellis applauds

#haiku #poetry

Murdoch's lobbyists are pushing to attach the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act to must-pass spending and defense bills, hoping to jam this hugely flawed bill through Congress without proper scrutiny.

Here's why you should be concerned: https://freepress.net/blog/jcpa-myths-and-realities-bad-journalism-bill #JCPA

Sell a man a fish, and he pays you for a day. Sell a man a subscription to a proprietary fishing system, and he pays you for the rest of your life.

#time in #japan during the #Edo period was quite different from the 24hrs used today!
In fact, there were only 12 and not divided equally! Mind blowing, uh?
Check out [This video](https://youtu.be/1BJmnEa6YGE) to go deeper!

Accepted version of "Increasing ventilation reduces SARS-CoV-2 airborne transmission in schools: a retrospective cohort study in Italy..." is now at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1087087#.Y44ldlUiSw0.twitter 74+% lower risk of infection in classrooms with mechanical vs. natural ventilation. Seek >10 L/s/person.

Sharing a new publication: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn8762 #atmoschem #climate #sustainability -- we showed that wind power in the US in the 2010s had $2B in health benefits!

“We should take a closer look at the patrician writers who formulated such an untroubled story of the Revolution, because they included the same men who crafted another myth: the existence of Santa Claus.” Some good myth busting here fr @bencarp on Age of Revs. “Mythmaking in Manhattan: Stories of 1776 and Santa Claus  http://ageofrevolutions.com/2022/12/05/mythmaking-in-manhattan-stories-of-1776-and-santa-claus/

Wow! The leading science journal #Nature has published a review of my book The Contagion of Liberty, calling it, “A tale of startling contemporary relevance”

#TheContagionofLiberty

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04334-8

https://hakaimagazine.com/features/earths-beating-heart-12-coastal-themed-books-to-help-kids-grow-their-understanding-and-empathy/
#Climate #LaudatoSi #ChildDevelopment #oceans