🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

what sort of naut are you?

astronaut - A traveler through space

Aeronaut - A traveler through the air

Aquanaut - A traveler through the water

Gianaut - A traveler along the land

:) Ok I dont know if these are actual words, but I like them :) All adapted from greek prefixes to keep the pattern.

Sometimes oversimplifications have some value :)

"When I was a child I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man" ... I tried to be a child again

My own take on a classic quote.

Few people know this but the presidential elections int he USA are themed every four years.

2012: Who can kill the most people while wearing a suit

2016: Who can tell the most lies in 60 seconds

2020: Who can violate the most women on stage.

Also 2020 goes by the alternate title "Dementia Wars"!

#uspol #election #election2020

So i ordered some extra lab supplies.. should be able to start filming the THC semisynthesis lab experiment in the next few days.

I'm thinking of started a peertube/youtube channel to teach people fun and useful science ...

I'm not a Trump fan by any means. But when it comes to combating reckless censorship and fighting for free speech, especially in social media, I approve of what he is doing.

all too often social media sites exercise political favoritism by censoring outspoken members of one side or the other. In my mind social media should be seen as a public utility and as such its users should have protections to freedom of speech that you arent usually guaranteed in a private space.

This also may mean that a lot of fediverse instances that have servers in America might need to start second guessing their draconian censorship policies, and that would be a happy change.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/us/politics/trump-executive-order-social-media.html

For those of you that are curious this is what 10 carbs per serving of chicken mac and cheese looks like. I was really hungry and thia hit the spot.

#cooking #keto

if anyone wants me I'll be in the kitchen eating from a random block of cheese ...

time to make some no-carb mac & cheese...

Gravitational forces dominate the physics of the universe at large scales and EM forces have negligible effect on the course of planets and stars.

How is this possible considering EM forces are 10^36 times stronger than gravity!

It all comes down to one simple fact, EM forces are balanced with counter forces (+ vs -, N vs S) while gravity is a monopolar force. So while EM has a tendency to cancel itself out by attracting its opposite no such effect limits gravity.

My take away: nuance is everything to the big picture in any problem

@penny

the point is "first past the post" voting has been the only form of voting we have had since the begining of america. despite this we have had 8 different parties win presidential election and even in recent history just a few decades ago we have a thid party come **very** close to winning.

I'm not claiming a third party vote is likely by any means. but it is certainly possible with the current system of voting, should the proper mentality arise in the people.

@vnarek

For the sake of clarity I want to make a few corrections...

I compiled the list rather hastily and made a few mistakes

1) there are a few non-US cases in here, most are US though

2) some of these cases arent the result of police killings directly but also include police injustice such as murders that were not investigated by police.

I will have to do a revised list that is a bit more accurate when i have time to fact check this one by one.

Most of them are fairly accurate though.

Is a dogmatologist a person who studies dogma, or someone who studies diseases that effect the skin of dogs?

hmmmmmm.....

In wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of police, an unjust murder by people hungry with power I just want to remind everyone this isnt the exception in the USA, it is the norm.

Each year we have dozens of innocent or non-violent criminals murdered by police with plenty of evidence and the police almost always get off with little or no punishment, certainly arent treated as the murderers they are. Here is an incomplete list of many of the people unjustly murdered by police in the USA with evidence to back it up and with no or little justice ever served:

2009–2013
Oscar Grant
Aiyana Jones
Mark Duggan
Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.
Anthony Lamar Smith
Ramarley Graham
Trayvon Martin
Rekia Boyd
Jordan Davis
Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams
Larry Jackson Jr.
Jonathan Ferrell
Renisha McBride

2014
Dontre Hamilton
Eric Garner
John Crawford III
Michael Brown
Ezell Ford
Laquan McDonald
Akai Gurley
Tamir Rice
Antonio Martin
Jerame Reid

2015
Natasha McKenna
Charley Leundeu Keunang
Tony Robinson
Anthony Hill
Meagan Hockaday
Eric Harris
Walter Scott
Freddie Gray
William Chapman
Jonathan Sanders
Sandra Bland
Samuel DuBose
Jeremy McDole
Corey Jones
Jamar Clark

2016
Alton Sterling
Philando Castile
Joseph Mann
Abdirahman Abdi
Paul O'Neal
Korryn Gaines
Sylville Smith
Elijah Doughty
Terence Crutcher
Keith Lamont Scott
Alfred Olango
Deborah Danner

2017
Jocques Clemmons
Jordan Edwards
Edson Da Costa
Rashan Charles
Patrick Harmon

2018
Anthony Weber
Stephon Clark
Antwon Rose Jr.
Markeis McGlockton
Botham Jean
Jemel Roberson
EJ Bradford Jr.

2019
Willie McCoy
Atatiana Jefferson

2020
Ahmaud Arbery
Breonna Taylor
George Floyd

#GeorgeFloyd #uspol #FuckThePolice #justice #civilRights #CivilLiberties

Clarke's Three laws (#2 is my favorite):

1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

#science #scifi