RT @Coffee17663726
He should be fired not re-assigned. #firemichaelmelling
After independent review in wake of Lisa LaFlamme’s ouster, CTV’s Michael Melling is out of news operations https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/12/19/after-independent-review-in-wake-of-lisa-laflammes-ouster-ctvs-michael-melling-is-out-of-news-operations.html?source=newsletter via @TorontoStar
RT @mike_bechthold
It’s a slap on the wrist for Melling, does nothing for the reputation of @CTVNews, and it does not provide justice for Lisa LaFlamme.
Michael Melling out as head of CTV News following Lisa LaFlamme furor but will continue on as a Bell executive. https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/michael-melling-out-ctv-news-laflamme-1.6691180
The Argentines were out in force tonight in Queenstown. Messi may have heard them. #DunedinSabbatical
Richard, with the increasing migration of science Twitter to sites like Mastodon, what are the prospects for adding a Mastodon sharing option, and more importantly, adding Mastodon to Altmetric article metrics in bioRxiv and medrXiv? For obvious reasons, supporting science dissemination by sustainable, non-commercial social media sources seems more important than ever.
TIP OF THE DAY
Use and Follow #hashtags !!!
Mastodon has no ads, 500 chars, 5 pins, and edits, but the best thing is NO ALGORITHM. On the birdsite you are force-fed by an algorithm. A mishmash of your history, likes, follows and whatever Twitter wants to cram into you. With NO ALGORITHM, you are in control. Your feeds are just who and what you follow, and you can follow #hashtags .
Include #hashtags liberally so others can follow your ideas.
@foaylward Time, Love and Memory (Weiner) and What is Life (Schrödinger)
@akundaje CONGRATULATIONS! While the processes can be horrendous, at least the outcome in your case landed correctly. I look forward to seeing you in the tenured lounge with the cushy chairs at future conferences.
Computer science pioneer and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper was born #OTD in 1906.
As far as I’m aware, she is the only person who has both a supercomputer and a US Navy destroyer named after her.
Image: Computer History Museum
RT @sezzy_boy
Gauntlet thrown down. Is this the best snowman (snow person?) in Britain? Show me a better one!
RT @QasimRashid@twitter.com
Forbes is really bad at this.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/1602496154335416322
RT @GBruhaug
Super quick thread on the NIF results since these got leaked early. I was under the impression the official announcement was on Tuesday, but I guess someone talked to the press early!🧵 1/17 https://www.ft.com/content/4b6f0fab-66ef-4e33-adec-cfc345589dc7
I learned a new verb used here in New Zealand that comes from the name of a company or product. Like xeroxing or googling. The newtome verb is luxing (from ElectroLux) for vacuuming. #DunedinSabbatical
RT @OilSheppard
FUSION ENERGY BREAKTHROUGH: US scientists have made one of the most significant leaps in decades in the search for the Holy Grail of energy - limitless, carbon free power - by achieving net energy gain in a fusion reaction
https://www.ft.com/content/4b6f0fab-66ef-4e33-adec-cfc345589dc7
Huge scoop by @thomas_m_wilson
RT @jburnmurdoch
In light of the exciting new nuclear fusion news, it's worth revisiting @thomas_m_wilson & @ian_bott_artist's excellent long-read on how the race to viability has really accelerated.
There are now 35 private fusion companies, using a range of techniques https://enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/0dfca2b4-0cd3-4a77-8140-0fc45232c932
I remember the debunked claim of cold #fusion in the 1980s. Hopefully today's story turns out better. Independent replication will be key.
Breaking: First-ever successful demonstration of #fusion power? “The US breakthrough comes as the world wrestles with high energy prices and the need to rapidly move away from burning fossil fuels… The fusion reaction at the US government facility produced about 2.5 megajoules of energy, which was about 120 per cent of the 2.1 megajoules of energy in the lasers, the people with knowledge of the results said.”
https://www.ft.com/content/4b6f0fab-66ef-4e33-adec-cfc345589dc7 #energytransition #energymastodon #fusionpower #physics
More about the report that the National Ignition Facility has achieved net energy gain with a nuclear fusion reaction: https://www.sciencealert.com/for-the-first-time-a-fusion-reaction-has-generated-more-energy-than-absorbed-by-the-fuel #Fusion #NIF
RT @StanKutcher
Canadian scientists, researchers and students have made essential contributions to scientific discoveries that improve our health and drive our economy. But Canada is falling behind other countries. We must do better. We #CANFundScience and we must do it now.
Bioinformatics enthusiast, UBC professor, BC Children's Hospital scientist, He/Him