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@michael_w_busch In my opinion that finding is not a reason for a school to change its policy. If there were a study that there was no difference in health problems between students going to schools that allow vaping and those who don't nobody would propose to drop the ban on vaping.
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🧵 The world is on fire. Chaos reigns.
Why is this happening?
Primarily because fundamentalist Christianity has become an intellectual zombie, a desiccated corpse much more of Friedrich Nietzsche than Jesus Christ. https://plus.flux.community/p/the-apocalypse-of-don-trump-nietzsche
@loshmi in their words they are "trading" human beings.
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Samples from asteroid Bennu contain A, G, C, T & U nucleotide bases, and 14 of 20 amino acids used by life — but while we use only left-handed versions of these molecules, Bennu has a roughly equal L/R mixture, puncturing theories that the bias on Earth came from an initial cosmic seeding.
@wav3ydave let me rephrase- a 400% price hike shouldn't be unusuall in a world with 20 000 € bicycles. Nothing makes sense anymore is my point.
@wav3ydave i understand that 30 pounds is a lot. But to see cycling journalists that routinely present 5000 pounds bikes as cheap moan about 30 pounds is ironic. If you have that much money for a bike, clothing, power meters, shoes, spare parts, aero gadgets and whatnot you I don't feel sorry for TNT asking for 30 pounds.
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My wife and many of her friends are sociologists. She forwarded me this text that one of her friends found. Apparently it was also written by a sociologist. I found it helpful. Maybe you will too.
"As a sociologist, I need to tell you that your being overwhelmed is the goal.
1/ The flood of 200+ executive orders in Trump's first days exemplifies Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine" - using chaos and crisis to push through radical changes while people are too disoriented to effectively resist. This isn't just politics as usual - it's a strategic exploitation of cognitive limits.
2/ Media theorist McLuhan predicted this: When humans face information overload, they become passive and disengaged. The rapid-fire executive orders create a cognitive bottleneck, making it nearly impossible for citizens and media to thoroughly analyze any single policy.
3/ Agenda-setting theory explains the strategy: When multiple major policies compete for attention simultaneously, it fragments public discourse. Traditional media can't keep up with the pace, leading to superficial coverage.
The result? Weakened democratic oversight and reduced public engagement.
What now?
1/ Set boundaries: Pick 2-3 key issues you deeply care about and focus your attention there. You can't track everything - that's by design. Impact comes from sustained focus, not scattered awareness.
2/ Use aggregators & experts: Find trusted analysts who do the heavy lifting of synthesis. Look for those explaining patterns, not just events.
3/ Remember: Feeling overwhelmed is the point. When you recognize this, you regain some power. Take breaks. Process. This is a marathon.
4/ Practice going slow: Wait 48hrs before reacting to new policies. The urgent clouds the important. Initial reporting often misses context
5/ Build community: Share the cognitive load. Different people track different issues. Network intelligence beats individual overload.
Remember: They want you scattered. Your focus is resistance.”
UPDATE: it seems that this Threads post is the origin of the above sentiment: https://www.threads.net/@itsjenniferwalter/post/DFIu3Q2q-5P
While I don't love linking to Threads, I think it's important to give credit where credit is due.
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Dear Everybody,
PLEASE for the love of god stop posting your events only on Facebook.
Thanks,
Me
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Astronomer Georg Busch on the great comet of 1577:
“…the comet was composed of a sort of obnoxious gas generated by human sin, which floated heavenward until ignited by the wrath of God. As it burned the comet became a prolific celestial polluter, showering its effluence widely over Earth and thereby causing pestilence, Frenchmen, sudden death, bad weather…”
I got this from an interesting blog article by @rmathematicus:
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2019/02/27/the-emergence-of-modern-astronomy-a-complex-mosaic-part-v/
@petergleick sorry that you have to live through this. Awful.
@petergleick sorry that you have to live through this. Awful.
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map of the winds looks terrifying right now
https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=357.19,57.29,1870/loc=-29.759,56.569 #StormEowyn #IrishSea #atlantic #eowyn
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@Bundesregierung
@bundestag @ulrichkelber
@bfdi
mit dringender Bitte um Weiterleitung an entsprechende Dienste
https://theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks-and-xs-role-in-2024-election
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Here’s a list of ActivityPub services that are not Twitter-like, along with a description of what each service does:
Pixelfed - image sharing
Peertube - video sharing
NodeBB - forums
Lemmy - forums
WriteFreely - blog
Friendica - Facebook-like macroblog
Hubzilla - macroblog / CMS
Funkwhale - audio
ActivityPub for WordPress (Plugin) - CMS
ActivityPub for Drupal (Plugin) - CMS
ActivityPub for xwiki (Plugin) - wiki
ActivityPub for Discourse (Plugin) - forums
Kbin - forums
Mbin - forums
Bookwyrm - book reviews
Owncast - video streaming
Pinetta - pins
Nextcloud - data storage
Plume - blog
Castopod - podcasts
Mobilizion - events
Flohmarkt - classifieds
Loops - video sharing
Gancio - events
Piefed - forums
wafrn - Tumblr-like blog
Lotide - forum / link aggregator
Postmarks - social bookmarking
Manyfold - 3D print sharing
Ghost - CMS
Brutalinks - link aggregator
There’s a lot more stuff, so let me know what I may have missed.
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@jon so it'll be faster to go from Ljubljana to Milano than to Zagreb🤣
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CONFIRMED: Facebook has *banned* anyone from linking to Pixelfed. #MetaBlockingPixelfed I just tried posting a message on Facebook that reads: "Anyone here using Pixelfed?" with a link to Pixelfed.Social Within *seconds* I got a post saying my post was banned. Screenshots below.
