Bibliolater 📚📜🖋 @bibliolater@qoto.org
Not a bot, just a rather corpulent male fifty years of age; a very, very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph related. Some toots containing #videos may also find their way into the timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
Expect numerous typing errors and copious amounts of nonsensical commentary from my personal formulations.
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King Arthur left an ancient trail across Britain. Experts say it offers clues about the truth behind the myth
https://www.cnn.com/travel/king-arthur-tintagel-wales-cornwall-celtic-britain?cid=ios_app
@flawed @driesverlinden @jorgecandeias
Thank you to all who provided suggestions.
🔴 🗺️ Franco-American Maps of the Revolution
Posted by: Carissa Pastuch
"This remarkable collection eponymously named the “Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, papers, 1777–94,” is comprised of correspondence, histories, papers, and maps that belonged to the commander-in-chief of the French expeditionary army (1780–82) during the American Revolution—French General Rochambeau (1725–1807)."
🔗 https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/11/franco-american-maps/
#Map #Maps #Cartography #C18th #18thCentury #History #Histodon #Histodons #USA #US #UnitedStates #America @histodon @histodons
@tkinias “England and America are two countries separated by the same language!”
I cannot say that any words come to mind that I prefer with American spelling.
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As a tiny action to encourage the spread of evidence-based thinking, I'm providing free access to the Science Communication Fundamentals chapter of my book Building Science Graphics. It includes links to the work of lots of thoughtful people. Please share. https://www.buildingsciencegraphics.com/science-communication-fundamentals
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My calendar tells me that on this day in 1763, Charles Mason & Jeremiah Dixon began to survey their famous line. I am directing you to this #Commonplace piece on the line and more by Ed Gray. Ed tragically passed away last year just after completing this piece. #history #histodons https://commonplace.online/article/mason-dixon-lines/
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I’m curious… which feed do you spend most of your Mastodon time in?
I’m curious how these choices (maybe connected to the size of your instance?) influence Masto experience and attitudes/approaches to moderation.
Your comments very welcome (as are boosts for a wider sample)
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Mastodon is benefitting from the #X exodus (eXodus?) too: The official app downloads are up 47% on iOS and 17% on Android. Sign-ups are up approx. 27% compared to previous month with about 90K new accounts, while the MAU has jumped to 894K (across all Mastodon servers).
@undefined @badbede I cannot say that I disagree with your analysis.
Since the fifth century of the common era every imperial hegemon has tried to avoid the fate that befell the Roman Empire.
#History #Imperialism #Imperium #Colonisation #Colony #Empire
I enjoy looking at city skylines at night whether that be #video or still #photography.
#Image attribution: Canary_Wharf_at_night,_from_Shadwell.jpg: Dave Papederivative work: Pointillist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Canary_Wharf_at_night%2C_from_Shadwell_cropped.jpg.
@Ciantic Will that be a good or bad for Mastodon?
Will we ever witness a #Bluesky #migration wave to #Mastodon?
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Companies building AI-powered tech are using your posts. Here’s how to opt out https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/15/x-ai-gmail-meta-privacy-settings #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Socialmedia #Technology #Snapchat #LinkedIn #Internet #Privacy #Google #Gmail #Meta #X
@jtheibault This toot may be of interest:
@jtheibault I do not use Bluesky but was wondering the same thing.
🔴 AIs show a CV racial bias and absolutely no one is surprised
Mihai Andrei
"Across three million resume-job comparisons, resumes with white-associated names were favored by the AI models in 85% of cases. In contrast, resumes with black-associated names were selected only 8.6% of the time."
🔗 https://www.zmescience.com/other/economics/ai-racial-bias-cv/
#LLMS #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Bias #Ethics #CV #Jobs #Race #Discrimination #Racism @ai
🔴 🎥 Did the Phoenicians Reach America Before Columbus?
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
“…Philip Beale examines the remarkable proposition that ancient Phoenicians might have travelled to the Americas more than a thousand years before Christopher Columbus.”
#Video length: one hour and twenty minutes.
🔴 📖 🎥 Scared to write in books? Watch this.
Odysseas
#Video length: eleven minutes and forty-three seconds
🔗 https://youtu.be/TYA5EmY72zY
#Write #Writing #Read #Reading #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
Not a bot, just a rather corpulent male fifty years of age; a very, very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph related. Some toots containing #videos may also find their way into the timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
Expect numerous typing errors and copious amounts of nonsensical commentary from my personal formulations.
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Joined Nov 2022
