Bibliolater πππ @bibliolater@qoto.org
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Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph related. Some toots containg #videos may also find their way into the #timeline.
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π΄ Microplastics and nanoplastics have been found throughout the human body β how worried should we be?
“In recent years, microplastics and nanoplastics have been found in the brains, hearts and lungs of humans. They have been discovered in the arteries of people with arterial disease, suggesting they may be a potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease. And they have been detected in breast milk, the placenta and, most recently, penises.”
#Humans #Health #Plastics #Miccroplastics #Environment #Pollution #Nanoplastics #Science #Biology @science @biology
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AI has a climate problem β but so does all of tech https://www.theverge.com/24211177/ai-climate-crisis-energy-use-microsoft-openai-chatgpt-google-gemini-decoder-podcast #artificialintelligence #climatechange
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Data centers now consume 21% of all the electricity in Ireland, more than all its urban homes. Cloud providers still want more.
This drive for ever-increasing computation serves no one but the bottom lines of major tech companies. It must be stopped.
π΄ Nationalism as collective narcissism
“We demonstrate that collective narcissism is associated with support for national populist parties and policies. We also review the empirical evidence for the intergroup and intragroup concomitants of collective narcissism.”
Cichocka, A. and Cislak, A. (2020) ‘Nationalism as collective narcissism,’ Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 34, pp. 69β74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2019.12.013.
#Research #DOI #Psychology #Politics #Nationalism #Narcissism #Academia #Academic #Academics @psychology
π΄ π¬ π₯ Hollywood’s “Fake” Mid-Atlantic Myth DEBUNKED!
“Want to know why actors in Golden Age Hollywood movies sound different from people today? A legend has grown up that it was all because an Australian and a Canadian invented a fake accent that studios forced their stars to use. Here I’ll try to show why that’s a load of you know what, and get closer to the fascinating reality.”
#Video length: twenty six minutes and one second.
π https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xoDsZFwF-c
#Hollywood #Myth #MidAtlantic #Accents #Film #Cinema #English #Language #Linguistics @linguistics
π΄ Narcissism and Affective Polarization
“Our findings reveal that narcissism, and particularly the βrivalryβ aspect of narcissism, is associated with both positive and negative partisanship. This potentially not only explains why some people are more susceptible to affective polarization, but also has implications for elite polarization given that narcissism is an important predictor of elite entry.”
Tilley, J., Hobolt, S. Narcissism and Affective Polarization. Polit Behav (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-024-09963-5
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #DOI #Polarization #Polarisation #Politics #PoliticalScience #Identity #Narcissism #Academia #Academic #Academics @politicalscience
π΄ π¦π· Is this a good idea?
#Argentina will use #AI to βpredict future crimesβ but experts worry for citizensβ rights https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/arg...
π΄ π π₯ Twelve Harder Classics To Test You.
“Welcome to our deep dive into some of the most challenging yet rewarding classic books! In this video, we explore 12 literary masterpieces that delve into the complexities of the human condition. From existential struggles and moral dilemmas to the harsh realities of life, these books are a must-read for any avid reader.”
#Video length: fifty two minutes and fifty four seconds.
π https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6chCi1twtKo
#Read #Reader #Reading #Book #Books #Bookstodon
#Classic #Literature @literature @bookstodon
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Best YouTube channel and timeline cleanser: Live! Brown bears catching salmon at Brooks Falls - Katmai National Park, Alaska. I just saw one standing on top of the falls catch a salmon in mid-flight as it was trying to jump to the top of the short waterfall! https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=d1YoGAxmZtE
π΄ πΊοΈ The Many Lives of Null Island
“At risk of ruining the secret for you, Null Island is a long-running inside joke among cartographers. It is an imaginary island located at a real place: the coordinates of 0ΒΊ latitude and 0ΒΊ longitude, a location in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa where the Prime Meridian meets the Equator, hundreds of miles from any real dry land.”
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Very bad? Terrible? Or perfect? American superlatives graded. Make American 8.8 again?
https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/21717-how-good-good-1
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Literally setting billions of cash on fire in the hopes of printing money through some βAI magicβ while laying people off.
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How did the rose get its thorns? For starters, they're prickles, not thorns. And it turns out that roses and lots of other plants have harnessed the same gene to grow them. Here's my evo-devo story https://nyti.ms/3yjFPr7
π΄ π Chapter 7 Constructing Early Anglo-Saxon Identity in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
“The combination of mythological arrival and conquest annals with the strategic inclusion of genealogies allow the annals as a whole to present all the kingdoms and sub-kingdoms of Britannia as important members of a larger family. They show the supremacy of the Germanic incomers over the native Britons, and they focus on the House of Wessex almost from the outset, showing the West Saxons to be the natural leaders of this group.”
Konshuh, C. (2020). Chapter 7 Constructing Early Anglo-Saxon Identity in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. In The Land of the English Kin, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004421899_009 [Accessed 01 August 2024]
#OpenAccess #OA #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #England #English #AngloSaxon #Identity #Read #Reading #Nonfiction #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @histodon @histodons @bookstodon
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#Antarctic #temperatures rise 10C above average in near record #heatwave | #Antarctica | The Guardian
π΄ πΊοΈ Germanic Tribes in the Roman Imperial Period
“Germanic Tribal World of the Provinical Roman Period between 50 BC to 300 AD”
#Europe #History #Germanic #Tribes #Map
#Image attribution: Arch.-Stud. A.P., CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Germanic_Tribes_in_the_Roman_Imperial_Period.png
π΄ πΊπΈ How the origins of Americaβs immigrants have changed since 1850
“Mirroring the national trend, the origins of immigrants living in each state have changed dramatically in the past century. In 1920, the largest immigrant groups in 29 states were born in Germany, Italy or Canada. And only six states had the same largest origin group in 2022 that they did in 1920: Arizona, New Mexico and Texas (all from Mexico) and Maine, Montana and Vermont (from Canada).”
#PewResearch #Reserch #Immigration #Migration #Migrants #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #Map #Maps #Data #DataViz
π΄ π π Podcast with Roger Crowley, author of βSpice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern Worldβ
“Roger Crowley, in his new book Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World, covers six decades of exploration, conflict and conquest, starting from the Portuguese capture of Malacca in 1511 to the Spanish founding of Manila and the start of the galleon trade in 1571.”
#Audio #Podcast #History #Histodon #Histodons #Imperialism #Indonesia #Philippines #Asia #EarlyModern #Read #Reading #Nonfiction #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @histodon @histodons @earlymodern @bookstodon
π΄ πΊπΈ “Asylum”
“I have no idea whether Trump is confused about the difference between “political asylum” and “insane asylum”, or just expects or hopes that his audience will be. But since this is Language Log and not Political Psychiatry Log, let’s look into the usage history and the deeper etymology.”
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 containg #videos may also find their way into the #timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions β endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
Expect many typing errors and copious amounts of nonsensical commentary from my personal formulations.
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