Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org
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Just another worried little citizen of this modern-day Pompeii. Techie at UCL, working on Process Automation with MS Power Platform. Scatterbrain, interested in education, languages, Space and lots of disparate things. sorry.
Keeping my space toots at @astrodad as an experiment in self-moderation :)
*Background banner is a photo Yorkshire flag in blue and white, in front of a classic bell tent, in a field of similar tents at a festival.
Joined Oct 2022
@Free_Press That grandmother, can't tell whether she's
1) nervous and forcing the applause whilst thinking about the poor kid being thrown into the meat grinder like her other sons
2) excited about the new Lada she's been promised
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The thing most people don't remember about Prometheus is that humans already had fire, but then Zeus locked it up behind a paywall, because Zeus was a petty little bitch. Prometheus stole it *back*. In this essay about DRM I will
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@ChrisMayLA6 I imagine someone has done a cost benefit analysis on the expense of changing monarch (again) and the cost of keeping him alive and found that it will help the NHS if he queue jumps.
Episode is S3x04 San Junipero. Can't even find a trailer that doesn't spoil it or look like something else.
@lance @SwiftOnSecurity There is one specifically about this, but I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't seen it. One of my favourite episodes of anthology TV.
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“Just as the German army did, Republicans bet on what they thought was a malleable figurehead who would shower money on the plutocracy, shovel resources to the military and bust the unions. In both cases, they mostly got what they wanted. But in both cases, they also failed to foresee that their intended stooge would not only break free of their control but exert such total domination as to reduce them to cringing toadies forever protesting their loyalty.”
How Donald Trump reduced the GOP to groveling sycophants | Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2024/02/04/how-donald-reduced-the-to-groveling-sycophants/
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The idea in this paper is that wings could have evolved to flush camouflaged or otherwise-concealed insects into flying up and revealing their presence. Some modern birds do this.
(Images from Macaulay Library, via Park et al 2024)
Absolutely loved "Leave the world behind". Slow building thriller, lots to absorb and the camera work and framing is incredible. Could almost be a satire like "Don't Look Up" but it's probably just that bit darker, like "Get Out".
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Earlier this week at @cwts we launched the #OpenEdition of our #LeidenRanking https://open.leidenranking.com/.
The Open Edition is the first fully transparent university ranking. All data is openly available. The source code of the software used to process the data and to calculate the indicators is openly available as well.
https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/introducing-the-leiden-ranking-open-edition
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Umberto Eco has a cogent essay about how to spot the signs of what he calls "Ur-Fascism", or the essential components of fascism.
I turned it into an infographic, because, well, you know why...
Original article here in PDF: https://www.pegc.us/archive/Articles/eco_ur-fascism.pdf
#fascism #authoritarianism #elections #infographic #democracy
It's a jolly friday and amazingly there are 8 users on at the moment!
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Absolutely. Do not use, do not support BetterHelp.
They took patients’ intake questionnaires and sold them to Facebook.
BetterHelp itself is not a ‘covered provider’ under HIPAA. But they heavily implied any data you gave them was HIPAA covered, and would not be shared.
They have been slapped with a $8 million fine by the FTC.
(I think they should be a HIPAA-covered provider, and they should be prosecuted.)
BetterHelp *cannot be trusted*. Stay away!
@xanna @davidallengreen There is no comparison. I find that reheated properly in the pan, it tastes even better than when it arrived. Must be something about the toasting of the dough.
@eo @KatyElphinstone That's a shame, seems like an opportunity for them understand how you both read a particular situation.
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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”
- Location
- Mostly London
- Pronouns (plz)
- he/him
Just another worried little citizen of this modern-day Pompeii. Techie at UCL, working on Process Automation with MS Power Platform. Scatterbrain, interested in education, languages, Space and lots of disparate things. sorry.
Keeping my space toots at @astrodad as an experiment in self-moderation :)
*Background banner is a photo Yorkshire flag in blue and white, in front of a classic bell tent, in a field of similar tents at a festival.
Joined Oct 2022
