TwoDogs @TwoDogs@qoto.org
Spends most days teaching Biology related units (environmental science, aquatic ecology, cell biology, human biology, anatomy & physiology etc etc). Love reading and learning about physics to relax.
Joined Nov 2022
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Musk has at this point shown that he has zero interest in preventing real harm coming to real people and zero hesitation to cause it himself to anyone who doesn't speak or act in a way that serves his interests.
Whether he's doing it to "rile up the left", or for engagement, or out of vindictiveness isn't as relevant as the damage he's in a position to cause, which is especially concerning given how he continues to target marginalised people.
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How to leave #twitter. Honest reflections and practical advice by @caseynewton:
"I’m not burning all the boats just yet. I view the next few months as a transitional period in which we will work to find new alternatives for gathering news and promoting our work. But it feels worth trying."
https://www.platformer.news/p/how-elon-botched-his-war-on-bots
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Why 21 cm is the magic length for the Universe
Photons of a very specific wavelength, 21 centimeters, could shed light on the entire Universe like never before.
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/21cm-magic-length/
Reading @profbriancox and Jeff Forshaw's book on back holes - super interesting + helpful explanations and easy to read. Of course that doesn't mean quick to read... lots of breaks required to think and ponder.
Still haven't got an intuitive feel for why light travels at the same speed, no matter how fast/slow the observer is travelling. Counter-intuitive for sure. Surely this suggests that we are missing an understanding of a key fundamental aspect of the way our universe operates? Or is it just not the case that all phenomena are intuitive (obvious) once we gain an understanding? Am I expecting too much? I should just keep reading...
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Just going to leave this here for folks who are interested in physics and quantum gravity and like watching videos about science. (Worth streaming on your TV). https://youtu.be/uOJCS1W1uzg
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In two weeks you helped us build here a community of over 42,000 people. Thank you for remembering with us.
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Ambulance Victoria calls code red as COVID surges. (1/2)
“We are back to 600 COVID cases in hospital, over 1400 health workers furloughed including over 100 paramedics,” - Ambulance Union boss Danny Hill
@level98 missing you on Twitter, but I can see you're going super well here.
Haven't got the brain space at the moment to get the gist of this site, on the to-do-list, lots of interesting posts to explore.
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Roger Penrose: "Consciousness must be beyond computable physics." https://youtu.be/TfouEFuB-co via @YouTube@twitter.com
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You might have seen somebody using the proverb Vox Populi, Vox Dei. What was missing was the context in which it was used:
Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit.
In case you do not speak Latin, it means in English:
And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.
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Thanks to the support of our readers, universities and foundations, we're not for sale.
That billionaire can't buy us. But he would appreciate that our talented staff is already committed and extremely hardcore about getting experts to share their knowledge with the public.
Support our independence from the whims of billionaires: https://donate.theconversation.com/us?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=EOY+2022 #IndependentJournalism #NewsMatch
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Hello new people! 👋
If you need help getting started on here, have a look at:
It's written in non-technical language, it's a beginner's guide.
If you can't find the answers you want on the site, @ me or message me.
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LA Times - Thinking of quitting Twitter? Here’s everything you should know
Amid Twitter layoffs and uncertainty about toxic content, privacy and security, some users are concerned and looking for alternatives
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“#TheVerge reached out to #Musk for comment. #Twitter no longer has a communications department.”
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23451198/twitter-ftc-elon-musk-lawyer-changes-fine-warning
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The crackling sound you hear when you pull a piece of adhesive tape might be tiny plasma discharges caused by electrical buildup on the tape surfaces.
Even the most ordinary everyday processes are full of surprising physics. https://news.unist.ac.kr/80-year-old-mystery-in-static-electricity-finally-solved/ #physics #stem #mystery
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A fascinating new result - neutrinos from a supermassive black hole in a galaxy far away, have been detected.
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Which is more likely?
a) America’s largest corporations are now aligned with the “radical left.”
b) Republicans in Trump’s thrall have moved so far right that they’ve lost all sense of reality.
Spends most days teaching Biology related units (environmental science, aquatic ecology, cell biology, human biology, anatomy & physiology etc etc). Love reading and learning about physics to relax.
Joined Nov 2022
