https://t.me/liveukraine_eng/2286 ⚠️🇺🇦 Ukrainian military accused Russians of using chemical weapons - K-51 aerosol grenades. "The occupants are dropping chloropicrin grenades from drones on our defenders in the East. In order to protect themselves from the strong irritating effect of prohibited ammunition, the marines kept their positions in chemical protection means," the 36th separate marine brigade stated. (VIDEO of Evidence) #Ukraine #News #War #Russia
Politico put it this way:
"The former president and the person that polls show is still the most likely GOP presidential nominee in 2024, today on Truth Social called for the suspension of the Constitution."
This poses a problem for journalists who would cover the 2024 election. By what logic can that coverage proceed?
Neutrality makes sense only within a constitutional order that his candidacy is trying to upend. "Just report the news" pretends this will be a normal campaign.
@herid This one is nice, too:
https://youtu.be/_eLU5W1vc8Y
Perhaps Mathstodon can be a place to note some folklore #MathTricks that are useful but too trifling to devote an entire paper to. Here's one (that I recalled on browsing MathOverflow https://mathoverflow.net/questions/435728): If one is trying to prove a Hilbert space identity or inequality which is invariant under a unitary group action, one can often reduce "for free" to the irreducible components of that group action. (1/2)
@tchambers interesting. that seems to be a much higher rate than among the people I follow. How do you measure retention btw?
@tchambers Interesting data but it doesn't measure some important statistics. Namely, how many of the people trying various new platforms are sticking with them. From my own highly unscientific observations vast majority of people I follow who created #mastodon accounts are not actively using it. many definitely just went back to #twitter as I see them regularly posting there. but not all. Some say they are on Post and a few on Hive. On the other hand Mastodon IS still growing at a steady pace. It remains unclear where it's all heading.
#twittermigration
My team at work just launched new research on the #TwitterMigration: We analyze which platforms are growing - especially #Mastodon, #Tumblr & #Post.
We look at which sites users are adding to their Twitter bios, posting to their friends about & downloading apps for.
Please do boost this, and love to hear any comments or feedback on it!
Download it here:
https://is.gd/lqGw9q
No dick pics ... But birdsite fail
Matty Taibbi's Dick Pics
https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/12/03/matty-taibbis-dick-pics/
https://t.me/washingtonpost/1722 ⚡️🇺🇸 Pentagon eyes major expansion of Ukraine military training.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other top Pentagon officials are weighing a major expansion in training for the Ukrainian military, a move that could significantly enhance its ability to evict Russian forces from occupied areas even as it deepens U.S. involvement in the war.
The plan, under discussion for weeks, according to (more) #Ukraine #News #War #Russia
@Hortense yes, very. Thank you for sharing!
I am listening to Collected Stories of A.C. Clarke on Audible. Fascinating experience. I've read a lot of them many years ago and they read very differently now. The collection spans a wide period. The earliest stories are from 1940s. Some didn't age well but still all are interesting. I particularly enjoy the ones with math twists like the Wall of Darkness which involves non orientable manifolds. Clarke didn't quite get the math right but it's understandable.
@oatmeal I wish this applied to Toronto
Refugee from twitter. I am into math, tech, clean energy, EVs, COVID info, books, movies, music.
Based in Toronto. Support Ukraine.
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