Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org
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My book is available now on Amazon and elsewhere for pre-ordering.
Date it will come out is May 2024.
Um... reposts really appreciated.
Sorry to do 'advertising' though (ahh I don't enjoy this part lol)
Over and out. Thank you 😊
@reallyamerican1 I'm from a state that effectively did this. Let me tell you those issues which they would put down to "inadequate border control" do not go away. You just get another crop of economy-disruptive issues that "nobody could have foreseen".
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In the UK, it's possible to apply for up to 7 years of full time funding to do fundamental research without any academic affiliation, via the future leader fellowships scheme. Most with recent experience of UK academia will see the advantages of doing research hosted by a small non-profit rather than a massive, deeply hierarchical institution.
I'm lucky to have one of these fellowships with @thentrythis , and will be talking about it as part of this 'webinar' https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/events/future-leaders-fellowships-round-9-business-competition-support-webinar/
TBH it'd be really hard to navigate the application process without academic experience, but it's possible, and I have the feeling that success rates are higher than academic applicants.
Also @amberfirefly wrote about the experience from an organisational perspective here: https://thentrythis.org/notes/2022/08/25/research-funding-for-small-organisations-our-future-leaders-fellowship-experiences/
#ukriflf
@bloor I think I have yet to meet a person who admits they drive or park like a twunt.
I *believe* there was once a study that showed a correlation between numbers of stickers on a car and propensity for road rage.
@bloor Pecuniary emulation only, i.e. just a fashion accessory and social signal, which is now passé. There was never any real safety function, bad drivers weren't going to suddenly back off, rescue services gained no useful information from it.
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Please choose from the two contemporary design styles for your wifi hardware: “rounded soft box with white light” and “satanic death cult blood sacrifice altar”
@Free_Press Reminder: The Finnish border has been "flooded with refugees", the Russians have increased troops there, including AA missile systems. They've "warned" that Finland would be first if things escalated with NATO. Classic Russian bullying tactics.
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In case you're not aware, one of the primary issues with what3words is addresses containing words that are indistinguishable from others when spoken: https://w3w.me.ss
Ffs. Some fella thinks that despite:
* all the crap going on with our cesspit of a government
* the developmental phase of Starship
* the general uselessness of a Starship launch pad sited somewhere in the UK
...this merits a petition.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/653636
@rebeccawatson I stopped making resolutions to do better. It's the years that need to get better, not me.
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@bloor Took me a minute. Chapeau.
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Me: I need new shoelaces.
Wife: There’s a shoe store on 68th where a cranky-ass old man has hundreds of different shoelaces…
Me: Do I want to go to a shop run by a cranky-ass old man?
Wife: He might be a cranky-ass old man because online retailers have destroyed the local business he’s been running for 40 years…
Me: I’ll go there this week.
@oldrawgabbit Tough choice. It is important to make a stand, but it does feel risky as such situations are unpredictable. Hard to know how to make them consider the consequences.
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On a regular basis, someone (usually a straight, cis, white man) says that we can solve the problem of people being nasty online by using real names. It doesn't work, and it hurts people who can't risk using their real name..
"Results show that in the context of online firestorms, non-anonymous individuals are more aggressive compared to anonymous individuals. This effect is reinforced if selective incentives are present and if aggressors are intrinsically motivated."
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0155923
Timothy Snyder: "The idea of constitutional self-defense is normal in major democracies, and for excellent historical reasons... In the histories of both Germany and the United States, there came a moment when a minority, willing to use violence, sought to break the constitutional order."
If Molesworth took Computing at St Custards - modern take on a classic British public school parody.
"wizz for coading!" by marnanel
https://archiveofourown.org/works/45787648?view_full_work=true
@chrisgerhard I am pretty sure I have seen a van from this company driving like a knob. They really need to stop doubling down on this. The guy was prosecuted by the police FFS.
Spontaneous #baroque concert this evening as my dad was in town. Vespers in a beautiful Christopher Wren church next to Monumen in #London
Arranged in the context of the Lutheran church's evening service with organ, string quartet and a choir. But you don't have to be religious to enjoy this gorgeous sacred #music by Bach and others.
https://www.stanneslutheranchurch.org.uk/about-us/bach-vespers/
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