ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

"Only 1,280 Reproductive Human Ancestors Once Roamed Earth, Gene Study Suggests
An ancestral human species faced a startling population bottleneck and teetered on the brink of extinction around 800,000 years ago, according to new research."

https://gizmodo.com/genetic-population-bottleneck-1850792411

I never used Winamp, but you post about it a lot.

so I tried a web version of it: https://webamp.org/

Let's take a moment to appreciate the fantastic art from "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot", which was 1st published by John Muir Productions in 1969.

Idk man instead of constantly changing the rules in hospitals about whether or not masking is required and confusing the shit out of people why not just do the easy thing that protects patients and require them forever. Then nobody ever has to wonder or get confused. They can just be like "oh, going to the hospital, better bring a mask"

When I look at the video of a clearly struggling Mitch McConnell, I think about how scary and difficult that must be, and how hard McConnell has worked throughout his life to ensure that the end of people's lives are as difficult and scary a struggle as they can possibly be made.

if there were a website called "we will pay anyone 3 million untraceable dollars to murder a specific member of the EFF" i wonder if the EFF would change its tune on whether it's sometimes justifiable for tier 1 ISPs to take something off the internet. or if that specific member would just be expected to take one for Team The Abstract Principle Of Free Speech.
that's basically what everyone who understands that k*wif*rms has a literal body count has been telling them.

Tardigrades have survived every mass extinction on Earth since they evolved about a 1/2 billion years ago.There are ~1,300 known species.

And millions of years from now, they won’t even notice we’re gone.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tardigrades-turn-out-not-be-dna-thieves-180964236/ #nature Image: Eye of Science/Science Photo Library

EARLY CAT: What that?
HUMAN: A fish. You can eat them.
EARLY CAT: Mine now. I need it. I need the fish. Without fish I die.
HUMAN: But you're from the desert. How can you possibly-
EARLY CAT: WOE. WOE FOR KITTY. HUMAN INFLICTS A THOUSAND WOES ON-
HUMAN: God. Fine. Have it. #cats

This article is genuinely interesting (cats are BIG on umami, apparently).

But I love that for all the science, the reason WHY a desert animal love fish still seems to come back to them just deciding they did one day. And then demanding it off our ancestors, who duly obliged. #cats https://www.science.org/content/article/why-do-cats-love-tuna-so-much-scientists-may-finally-know?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=ownedSocial&fbclid=IwAR3dgpvT7dJfn_hEcBI-vQpemCRFv3IgSnzX6TuCkULmYzviwgGPtMrKXmg

Hi there!

I am a biologist working in the University of Antioquia, in Medellín, Colombia. I am mostly involved in #ComputationalBiology and #Bioinformatics, but I enjoy and work in other subjects too:

- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Dynamical systems (ODEs)
- Systems Biology
- Microbiology

I believe in #OpenScience and I could say that #Linux and free software changed my life.

Currently I am promoting the field of Computational Biology in Colombia: https://biologia-computacional.github.io/

#introduction

"[Q]uite a few of these people know that the Big Lie is a lie. They just don’t care. They love Trump and as far as they’re concerned he can lie all he wants."
https://digbysblog.net/2023/08/30/they-believe-what-they-want-to-believe/

The average US president has been charged with 2 felonies.

"the genuine human experience is to be both animal and owner"

god DAMN if that isn't some deep shit

Protip: browsing and borrowing from your local library can satisfy the shop therapy part of your brain without costing you money

New study gave $7,500 to 50 unhoused people.

Guess what?

"They did not spend more money on alcohol or drugs, contrary to what people believe, and instead they spent the money on rent, food, housing, transit, furniture, a used car, clothes. It's entirely the opposite of what people think they're going to do with the money."

Congrats to my UBC colleague Jiaying Zhao on this study.

#Unhoused #CashTransfers #UBC #IRES

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/a-b-c-study-gave-50-homeless-people-7-500-each-here-s-what-they-spent-it-on-1.6540030

This is the room you pull together when your staffers want pictures with tech industry AI celebrities.

It's not the room you assemble when you want to better understand what AI is, how (and for whom) it functions, and what to do about it.

Australia's top journalism awards were founded and are sponsored by a huge oil & gas company. Today a bunch of cartoonists all took a stand and withdrew their entries as a result, rather than be complicit in this greenwashing. Congratulations to them for taking a stand. Greg Jericho has also noped out as well. https://www.kudelka.com.au/2023/08/why-im-not-entering-the-walkleys-this-year/

Today's musing. #Midjourney Peace of Mind in #popart

I'm now on Mastodon so time for an introduction post. Hi! I'm an archaeologist and I research our relationship with animals through time. I examine animal remains 🦴, do biochemical analyses 🔬, and study iconography 🎨 I work(ed) on 🐄🐖🐪🦌🦦 and plan to study many more!

https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-conservatives-trump-heritage-857eb794e505f1c6710eb03fd5b58981

Conservatives are on a mission to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump's vision

#USPol #politics #trump