herid @herid@qoto.org
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Refugee from twitter. I am into math, tech, clean energy, EVs, COVID info, books, movies, music.
Based in Toronto. Support Ukraine.
Boosts=endorsements twitter:https://twitter.com/heridfan
Joined Nov 2022
@irgarner he will not be missed
@irgarner Republicans are still going to win both the House and the Senate. even if by smaller than expected margins This is very bad news and is particularly bad news for Ukraine given their stated intentions to stop Ukraine aid.
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@Billius27@mstdn.ca @Billius27@mstdn.ca I had the same idea and did this yesterday. still waiting for the archive to arrive.
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A great twitter thread on Russia using ethnic minorities as cannon fodder in #Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1590040733502709760?s=20&t=a8YumV5RkvY8dmbCuYQrBw
among other things:
"According to one of the surviving Baskhirs, they were at the front line for two and a half weeks. They were not even given ammunition, but had to scavenge it from supplies left behind in the forest by other Russian troops. Their weapons were old and unusable."
One of my favorite #mathematics papers is a paper by Milnor "On manifolds homeomorphic to the 7-sphere" from 1956.
https://www.scribd.com/document/75338163/John-Milnor-On-Manifolds-Homeomorphic-to-the-7-Sphere
It's only 7 pages long (8 with bibliography). Milnor showed that there exists a smooth 7-manifold homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to the 7-sphere. The proof is absolutely beautiful and has influenced much of the development of high dimensional topology to this day.
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By way of #introduction, (or #introductions), I'm a writer. I write a column on science for the New York Times, and I also write books. ( https://carlzimmer.com/books/ ) The pandemic has taken up a lot of my working attention since early 2020, but other aspects of biology have obsessed me in previous years, & I now have some time for them again. Neanderthals, aliens, CRISPR, ecological collapse, etc.
Still pondering how best to use Mastodon. (I haven't deleted my Twitter account, at least not yet.)
One of the *many* reasons to vote today if you an American.
Five States Have Abortion Referendums on the Ballot. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/us/politics/abortion-ballot-state-referendums.html?partner...
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
Isaac Asimov
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Hi Mastodon world! I write about really grim Russian topics. My next book is about how Russia’s regime is sucking kids into the fascist vortex and turning them into little social media warriors with guns and a lot of resentment.
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Is this bad, cause it seems bad
RT @CaseyNewton@twitter.com
More news: Twitter Blue only had around 100K active subscribers, and if the company goes forward with its plan to reduce ads by half the new Blue could actually LOSE Twitter money, at least in the US
https://www.platformer.news/p/musk-discusses-putting-all-of-twitter https://t.co/zRG3lYmiIV
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1589797015780982786
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Worth reading if only to get a feeling for how many companies track precisely where you are at every moment of the day.
RT @stevekrenzel@twitter.com
With Twitter's change in ownership last week, I'm probably in the clear to talk about the most unethical thing I was asked to build while working at Twitter.
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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/stevekrenzel/status/1589700721121058817
Musk is damaging his other brands by being the chief twat.
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Reminder that there is no credible substantive case against voting by mail. Republicans are trying to fuck it up because it makes voting easier & lots of Dem constituencies use it. Nothing is hidden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/11/07/gop-sues-reject-mail-ballots/
@jmendelsohn glad to see you on mastodon. You are one of my favorite follows on twitter.
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Former #TweetDeck fans, do yourself a favour and turn on Advanced mode! #MastodonTips #TwitterRefugee
@kemuri thanks. didn't know about this. it's something but not a substitute for a true verification system. I do realize the latter would require a lot of resources but it seems to me Mastodon will have to deal with it sooner or later just as twitter had to.
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Refugee from twitter. I am into math, tech, clean energy, EVs, COVID info, books, movies, music.
Based in Toronto. Support Ukraine.
Boosts=endorsements twitter:https://twitter.com/heridfan
Joined Nov 2022
