James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

If you're mad about what a billionaire is doing to destroy Twitter, wait until you hear what billionaires are doing to destroy the planet.

It's #NationalHousingDay.

Just a gentle reminder that the average life expectancy for people experiencing homelessness in Canada is still 34-47 years old.

Housing
literally
saves
lives

Wow, not only have the MTA taken down the problematic "You Do You" anti-mask signs, they have now reinstated signs encouraging New Yorkers to mask up!

Thank you to high risk and disabled New Yorkers and groups like Mandate Masks NY and Brooklyn BCID for testifying at MTA meetings.

#COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth #NewYork #PublicTransport #BringBackMasks

So a new thing happened. A paper we submitted got rejected by a journal after automated plagiarism detection. It turned out two students in India had plagiarised our preprint and then published online reports. So we've been accused of copying them. Fun.

A German law requiring social media platforms to promptly respond to reports of hate speech — and in some cases remove illegal speech within 24 hours of it being brought to their attention — looks like it will provide an early test for whether Elon #Musk-owned #Twitter will face meaningful legal consequences over how recklessly he’s operating the company.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/21/elon-musk-twitter-netzdg-test/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=YW5kcm9pZC1hcHA6Ly9jb20uZ29vZ2xlLmFuZHJvaWQuZ29vZ2xlcXVpY2tzZWFyY2hib3gv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAImg41GA-NJNFwOpfN0edIS2NmiIaUwuMSN5_9nVe1sAee8VJZCtjj1Wcrs45so95uCHLTucnLjCeX_rWEO3BnNiJUONktWt9P1E32m3l_tsFjMxDLJ1WbG12BIitLZ3l8O-EZaz9PuTPKkUNvpGhKGFwoKqsBmJMapjmUQr4Uyg

Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon whether or not it becomes more popular than the birdsite.

NASA’s Orion capsule circles the moon, capturing views that’ll make you feel giddy - A view captured by a camera on one of Orion’s solar array wings shows Earth setti... - https://www.geekwire.com/2022/nasas-orion-capsule-circles-the-moon-capturing-views-thatll-make-you-feel-giddy/ #callisto #artemis #space #orion #moon #nasa

Compare and contrast. Twitter trending. Mastodon trending.

Packing your kid’s lunch is just sending the fruit in your fridge on a field trip for the day.

decades-long manhunt finally ends

#funny #climate #cartoon

The pie chart even pie chart haters love

this anatomical model of a sperm whale has me worried we’ve got dinosaurs all wrong

#SilentSunday with the Calgary Public Library

#Architecture #YYC

Pinnacles National Park, 2 weeks ago

Crazy impossible shot

#photography #bee

they’ll figure it out if they get hungry enough

Come be my colleague in the PSP department at University of Cincinnati!! We have an open tenure-track faculty position in our department. We have an excellent core group of neuroscientists and are looking to hire a #neuroscience researcher with experience in #computational methods. Please RT!

Feel free to reach out with any questions about the department and the position!

https://jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinnati-AssistantAssociate-Professor%2C-Pharmacology-&-Systems-Physiology-OH-45201/953800500/

Some Mastodon tips I've learned:

- You need a fit, young hunting party
- They are not easy to bring down, so make sure your spears have extremely sharp tips
- Ensure you have a supply line and pack animals available to transport the meat and pelt back to the cave