CJ @flsounds@qoto.org

@flsounds @danielhep “and why aren’t the tires deflated yet”

So, if Twitter goes to hell and just becomes defunct, we’re going to lose entire chapters of recent history — including evidence of war crimes, human rights violations, and more. I hope we’re all paying attention to this and considering what we need to do to ensure that a billionaire can’t decide which parts of history to retain — and which parts to erase forever.

First up was an important talk by Susan Miller at the #HarvardMedicalSchool Center for #Bioethics on how #HoustonMethodist developed their mandatory #vaccination policy. There is so much packed into discussion: organizational #ethics, algorithmic ethics, #management, #transparency... Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRKF1GULkAg (2/9)

This is insane, who thinks this is okay?

#NASA has sonified a number of space features for #DeafPersons. These sounds can be found at https://www.nasa.gov/content/explore-from-space-to-sound

I admit I don't understand social media. I never have. I feel I'm a participant in an ongoing experiment along with everyone else who partakes, no matter the platform.

For those who've been on #mastodon for years, I want to acknowledge that I, along with many others in the Twitter exodus, have abruptly entered your digital world. I am sure that brings forth many feelings and concerns.

While I would like to call Mastodon my new social home, I know I'm still a guest in a digital world forged by those who invested in it long before my arrival. I appreciate any suggestions or advice from the community on how I can better fit in to the customs and expectations that have made Mastodon a welcoming "federation".

I don't know how long I'll be here, but I'm excited to interact with the Mastodon community during my stay. It is my hope we can find a collective balance that allows for wide reach, small community feel, and personal control/choice.

#mastodon
#newbie
#TwitterMigration

Last four watched

"89 years have passed since Thomas Parnell (...) wanted to demonstrate to the students the liquid nature of pitch. When it is cold, this material is so hard it could be hammered; nonetheless it is still a liquid. Now, to show that a material is liquid, there is nothing better to pour it into a funnel to see it drip. In fact, the pitch really does that: however, a little slower than the liquids we are used to. Today those students (who in the meantime we presume graduated, besides those as dense as the pitch) have seen just 8 drops falling, with the patient yet incessant rate of a drop every six-twelve years.
Mainstone took charge of the experiment on his 2nd day of work, in 1961, and today still waits to see his first drop fall: the poor man was never present when it happened.
Unfortunately, even if a drop takes a few lustra to form, it only takes 1/10 of a second to fall - 3 billions times less than what it takes to become a drop. The probability of catching the moment in which the drop falls are quite low, especially if you think that people have other things to do - sleeping, taking a shower, combing their hair and go out to dinner with their friends, presumably laughing if some of them complains of how boring their job is.
Thinking he was clever, in the '90s Mainstone installed a webcam in front of the funnel, to record all day and night and finally assist to the moment a drop falls, if not live, at least on streaming.
But destiny had been twice as cruel with this man.
First, causing a malfunction to the camera exactly that night in 2000 in which the drop number 8 met its fate and fell from the exit of the funnel. Then, allowing a camera, at last, to record the moment a drop succumbed to the law of gravity, and eventually fell.
But not in Brisbane.
Instead, exactly on the other side of the globe: in Oxford, where in 1944 an analogous experiment to the Australian one was set up.
The 70-years-old Mainstone, however, does not surrender; he has already found among his colleagues of Queensland someone who, after his death, will keep following the experiment."

- Marco Malvaldi, "L'infinito tra parentesi"

Translation by me, because apparently this book has not been translated in English so I apologize for any eventual mistake. It's 1:23AM, I'm tired but I truly wanted to share this piece from a book I'm loving. I can't wait to finish it so I can write a decent review. It's truly a pity that we don't seem to have an English version of this book.

#sciencecommunication #scicom #marcomalvaldi #malvaldi #book #bookclub #chemistry #physics #reading

mastodon vs twitter (updated)

Now that the dust is settling, here's an #introduction. I'm a filmmaker, actor, and staunch New-Twitter rejecter.

I love the gentler, non-algorithmic nature of this community, and in keeping with that, I don't plan to use this account for self-promo. You can find my projects on other platforms (which I seldom use) or my own site: https://linktr.ee/alxwinter.

The #fediverse is an opportunity to build a community as robust as Twitter without the histrionics and clickbait toxicity. Let's do that!

First tentative foray into Mastodon. Hello hello is anyone there?

Shamelessly hopping on the #introduction bandwagon: Hi, I'm Ian. I'm a science communicator and space writer working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California as a media relations specialist. Space robot PR, basically. In a past life, I was a solar physicist. I love science fiction in all its forms and have a passion for #astrophysics, #astronomy and all things #space. When not typing, you'll likely find me at the #gym, #running in the hills, or at the pub with a G&T.

Russia leaves Ukraine. Then negotiations

Mathematician who solved prime-number riddle claims new breakthrough https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03689-2

#math #maths #mathematics #news

#ReviewLog >= 10 hours for a robotics conf. paper. I was late, and knew I would be late even after I had read over the paper and made notes before the deadline. Did I contact the AE? Yes, yes I did. #xp

Hello Everyone,
Due to some rumors about problems with the instance I had previously chosen, I have decided to relocate here. More science, more learning and much more meaningful social interaction - that is what I am here for. I tried to follow the steps of account migration but I must be doing something wrong since it isn’t working. So, for the time being I’ll be practicing bilocation. If I have followed you twice from two separate accounts, I apologize for the confusion.
My best to y’all🙋‍♀️

Internet Archive launches Mastodon server (hacker news led me to this)

https://mastodon.archive.org/about/more

In a Thomas Bernhard mood.

Great summary 😁
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RT @atypical_me
Honestly, @joinmastodon is not that complicated. Just set up an account and start following the same ppl you follow on Twitter. Put your handle in your Twitter bio so others can follow you. Done.

#moa
https://twitter.com/atypical_me/status/1589203236040286208