Gaythia Weis @Gaythia@qoto.org

#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

#ScienceSunday

Calling all Mastodonians!

Let's make #ScienceSunday a trending hashtag every weekend. Post anything related to science: a cool image, research article, or scientific observation. Look to the stars and skies, to nature, or even the food you cook for inspiration.

Tag your post and boost other tagged posts generously.

Here's a prize-winning image by Dr. Caleb Dawson from 2022 Nikon Small World competition. Can you guess what it is?

Answer in the image description.

@stevenjgibbons @SteamHeaterson Yes! The rocks on the west coast are broken and fractured and don’t transmit seismic waves as efficiently as the old, cold, dense rocks of the East Coast and Midwest. Therefore, shaking in the east coast is usually felt more strongly over greater distances (generally speaking). http://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/east-vs-west-coast-earthquakes

I'd like to welcome Black users to #Mastodon
Many are leaving #Twitter although they were one of its most engaged demographics, steering online culture & driving real-world social change. For more than a decade #BlackTwitter shared cultural experiences that often led to significant viral discussions. Any decline among highly engaged user segments would add pressure on Twitter business as 90% of the revenue last yr came from advertising
#BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk-black-twitter-influencers-hate-speech-rcna59474

The reason capital-aligned right wing groups are spreading disinformation about the efficacy of things like masks, vaccines, and air filtration/ventilation in combatting COVID is that they don’t want demand for new workplace protections/regulations imposed on businesses.

“Everyone is going to get COVID and you can’t stop it” is a lie meant to absolve business of any responsibility or liability to workers.

Every elected official raises their hand and swears to “support & defend the Constitution.”

The Constitution has been threatened by one noteworthy individual.

Will his followers support him or will they adhere to their oath & defend the document that represents the ideas which makes our country unique ?

Color Me Katydid! 🧵 1/

A picture of a katydid (Amblycorypha oblongifolia) crossed my time line the other day.

Katydids, named after the sound of their chirp, can be distinguished from grasshoppers and crickets by their long back legs, very long antennae and rhomboid shaped body that is tented like the roof of a house.

A katydid looks like a walking leaf. Nearly all of them are green, but a few are bright pink or even orange and yellow. How come? Read on!

#ScienceMastodon #ScienceSunday

A Fox News Alert from my two year old.

Memo to the Fed: The underlying problem is not wage-price inflation.

It’s profit-price inflation.

Your rate hikes have resulted in needless pain for people who are already struggling to keep up with rising prices: lower-wage workers and the poor.

“.. the omission of Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved chef, James Hemings, who was the mastermind behind many of America’s favorite dishes including macaroni and cheese. His erasure is part of a theme that’s permeated written history itself.”

📝 by Joseph Lamour

#food #history #slavery
https://www.today.com/food/people/james-hemings-mac-and-cheese-enslaved-chef-thomas-jefferson-rcna58226

A paper just released by the @AtlanticCouncil and the @USIP. Proud to be a contributor.

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/atlantic-council-strategy-paper-series/preparing-for-victory-a-long-haul-strategy-to-help-ukraine-win-the-war-against-russia-and-secure-the-peace/

Yoel Roth, the former Head of Trust and Safety for Twitter, [shared his thoughts](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/tech/yoel-roth-twitter-elon-musk) on Musk's handling of Twitter and the reasons for his departure while speaking at a Knight Foundation conference. He largely just confirms what we all know from following the debacle, though he does demonstrate a good practice for personal and professional life-- defining clear boundaries:

"Before Musk took over Twitter, Roth wrote down several commitments to himself that would trigger the decision to quit. One limit, he said — one that was never reached — was that Roth would refuse to lie for Musk. Another limit, one that was ultimately reached and drove his decision to resign, was 'if Twitter starts being ruled by dictatorial edict rather than by a policy.'"

#Boundaries, #Safety, #SocialMedia, #Technology, #Trust, #Twitter

🆕: On Dec. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Moore v. Harper. How the Court rules in this case could shape state legislatures’ power in regulating federal elections — and the checks and balances on this power — for years to come.
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/moore-v-harper-a-dangerous-theory-has-its-day-in-court/

"In our society, there seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it.”
- David Graeber

My latest: C diff is unrecognized and can be deadly: Learn To “See” C. Difficile To Protect Yourself From This Serious Infection via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2022/11/28/learn-to-see-c-difficile-to-protect-yourself-from-this-serious-infection/ #Cdff #PeggyLillisFund #PeggyFund xpost from Twitter