Wendy W @WendyW@qoto.org

I don’t quite understand how Meta can see Twitter being slowly dismantled, have years of understanding of what users actually want from Twitter, and then build something that’s worse than Twitter.

#yeg #COVID19AB wastewater counts are at nearly the lowest it's been since the beginning of monitoring... and I REALLY hope it stays that way...

https://covid-tracker.chi-csm.ca/

A great (and heartbreaking) article about the Cosmologist Catherine Heymans, the Astronomer Royal of Scotland. It was supposed to be about the amazing science she does - it still is, but it is also about long covid and the incredible resilience in the face of a life coming apart:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/02/catherine-heymans-dark-universe-the-cosmologist-battling-long-covid

#astrodon #astronomy #LongCovid #cosmology #WomenInSTEM

#dogsofmastodon

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid slammed into what is today the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. The impact was so forceful that it kicked a tremendous amount of debris out of the atmosphere, which then rained back down, blanketing the Earth's surface with a layer of dust.

All that debris re-entering the atmosphere created a pulse of heat so strong that it set the world on fire.

Wishing everyone a great day, except those who start their DMs with "I hope this message finds you well." For them, I hope they accidentally step on a LEGO, reminding them that there are better ways to start a (sales) conversation.

#EstablishTrustFirstSellLater #sales #coldoutreach #LEGO ;-)

"Burn Fat, Not Oil," is my new favourite punchline.

#Violet knows what the sounds of the linen closet opening and the bathtub faucet turning mean...

#DogsOfMastodon

Suella Braverman is listed as a speaker at the upcoming "National Conservatism" event.

Natcon is a radical Christian nationalist movement which demands immigration moratoriums and opposes the “grave threat” of “ever more radical forms of sexual license and experimentation".

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/04/05/suella-braverman-to-address-radical-national-conservatism-event-with-ties-to-us-right/

🔴 'VOTER SUPPRESSION': Huge Numbers Set to Lose Vote as Only 2.5% Of 'Missing Millions' Apply for Voter ID

With weeks until the local elections, just 50,000 out of an estimated two million voters without photo ID have applied.

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/04/05/voter-suppression-huge-numbers-set-to-lose-vote-as-only-2-5-of-missing-millions-apply-for-voter-id/

“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars…Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.”

#cities #urbanism #cars #VisionZero #streets
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/how-helsinki-and-oslo-cut-pedestrian-deaths-to-zero

Happy Easter from Streatham #london

Britons have more confidence in EU than Westminster, poll finds:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/30/britons-more-confidence-in-eu-than-westminster-poll-brexit

Climate change is accelerating – and the UK government is ‘strikingly unprepared’
https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-accelerating-and-the-uk-government-is-strikingly-unprepared-202863

@vicgrinberg fascinating. One thing I don’t understand is how a transient ‘flash’ exciting dust clouds thousands of light years from us is observable in the same time frame as the flash hitting earth’s atmosphere? Sorry to be dim.

Got these two lucky shots whilst on my walk this evening

This #NationalPuppyDay, we salute all the dog stars out there. Exploring is more fun with your best friend at your side. 🐾
#NASA