Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org
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Just another worried little citizen of this modern-day Pompeii. Techie at UCL
Joined Oct 2022
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Number 1: the book that changed my life.
We had a preview of this #German book in the summer at the Goethe Institute. Great little story with acommpanying activities. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/nov/15/the-gruffalo-illustrator-launches-book-to-help-uk-pupils-learn-german
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1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). ⬇️
@decodingtrolls Sadly, like ultra processed food, memes are easy to obtain and consume. Proper nutritious knowledge needs deeper reading. Whilst we can't know all the things across recorded history, it's always worth digging a little deeper and finding some reliable sources.
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⚡️1/ Naming Ruschian disinfo - what mythology teaches us - a quick 🧵Countering Ruschist disinfo requires that we discern the meanings in disinfo vectors, like Tweets, and in memes, like the unknowingly repeated Ruschist disinfo meanings.
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Siri, show me physical technical debt
(We’re clearing out at least 30 years’ worth of accumulated cabling under a datacentre raised floor. Lots of voice copper, co-ax (voice and Ethernet), serial cables and even some AppleTalk!)
@WiteWulf Very similar to machine rooms here, especially where they are shared between several Departments, central services.
Caution: It's also alarming when you consider the poles that hold the floor up, and that they were rated for 1994 computing infrastructure. Take too many squares out at once and the sheer strength could be compromised by a room full of 42U racks.
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Top Ten Sickest Moments With the Fox News Host Trump Wants for Our Next Secretary of Defense
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #Trump
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“Honest journalism makes our societies work. This is why attempts to suppress or even kill journalists is the universal mark of tyrants."
https://www.nctj.com/news/journalism-matters-week-2024-martin-wolf/
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"Trump owes his victory in great part to low-propensity voters of all races, including young men, and those voters don’t necessarily form their views based on mainstream media reporting. Rather, far too many are stuck in an online social media bubble where they are delivered a steady diet of rightwing propaganda."
~ Stephen Robinson
#Trump #fascism #disinformation #YoungVoters #SocialMedia #YoungMen #gender #MaleEntitlement
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/how-tiktok-x-helped-trump-beat-harris-2024
@kevinrothrock Taken them long enough.
TIL: Douglas Hurd suggested reforming the Anglican Church so that the Archbishop of Canterbury looked after the global church, whilst ABof York led the UK.
https://www.thetablet.co.uk/features/canterbury-who-next/
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6/10 We’re in this bizarre situation where the people actually challenging norms—trans people, queer folks, anyone even slightly outside the “normal” box—are the ones facing down all the backlash.
@simonzerafa @bloor Vicars are ordained priests assigned to a church or a group of churches. Bishops govern a Diocese. He'll remain an ordained priest, able to officiate as honorary or assistant bishop.. They also tend to be elevated to the Lords as Life Peers.
+1 for very few spam posts. Maybe by instance is subscribed to some good lists of feds that clamp down on spam?
Loved this piece by Cherrell Avery, engraving poem by Tim Rich.
"There will never be another you, me: a supernova of mental electricity and soft senses that somehow turn the world outside in
Then, at that time we all come to meet, we'll slip this line of life, back into entropy
gently, letting I and the become indefinitely cosmic as we rejoin our family of dust. So every ambition is settled perfectly"
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Just another worried little citizen of this modern-day Pompeii. Techie at UCL
Joined Oct 2022
