John Mifsud @imabuddha@qoto.org

Just published
@ScienceMagazine

A universal influenza mRNA vaccine effective against all 20 lineages of influenza A and B, protective in experimental models
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm0271

for the local feed: remember mastodon isn't magic and the rules of crime remain the same.
1. don't do crime
2. don't do crime with two people that can be done with one.
3. don't do crime with three people that can be done with two.
4. don't do crime that requires three or more people because one of them is going to be a cop.
5. bonus rule don't write about the crimes you aren't doing anywhere (signal, mastodon, twitter, livejournal, facebook, telegram, whatsapp, your journal)

Jumping off what @blaine is saying here:

https://mastodon.social/@blaine/109400462722746600

I work in professional fact-checking and content moderation for my day job at https://meedan.com and I have begun conversations about ways to do content moderation as a federated service that admins can pay to subscribe to (where moderators are paid a living wage, maybe in worker owned coops even, as opposed to big social media companies using basically sweatshop moderation labor)

#StarTrek

#StarTrek

This comment on reddit meant so much to hear!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z3dr87/comment/ixlo7wk/?context=3

#reddit #mastoadmin #fediblock #gargron #joinmastodon #twitter #lgbtq #a11y

Population density in Africa
Source: https://www.pythonmaps.com/

Is this the best pie chart ever?
#Thanksgiving

I'm no Stephen Hawking, but I think what happens is that they cancel each other out.

Some quick notes on how we might build some of the essential infrastructure and governance processes that will be needed if #Mastodon is really going to be sustainable and viable as a mass-adoption social network (1/n):

If you want to support the cause please leave a comment at my reddit post, good or bad, we need to discuss this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z3dr87/jeffrey_phillips_freeman_eugen_rochko_ceo_of/
QT: https://qoto.org/@freemo/109397696916355837

Sunrise on fire from Cheltenham

New Web Project Immortalizes the Overlooked Women Who Helped Create Rock and Roll in the 1950s

https://www.openculture.com/2019/05/new-web-project-immortalizes-the-forgotten-women-who-gave-birth-to-rock-n-roll-in-the-1950s.html

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在和qoto的管理员沟通后，对方表示已经在处理实例内针对性多元群体的不友善发言。
我相信祂们并非有意疏忽和放纵恶意内容，而是作为i18运营的实例的确难以高效处理像中文这样的小语种内容，特别是当恶意账号使用替换字符等手段来规避机器翻译功能的正常运作，使得管理员们难以理解受举报内容的实际含义。

如果有象友因为该实例上的不友善内容而对其进行了实例级屏蔽，请考虑解除。祂们自己的页面
https://qoto.org/about/more
介绍说这是一个学术主题的i18实例，并且还提供了诸如内文latex数学公式支持等相应功能。STEM领域一直非常缺乏女性、性多元群体及其他少数族裔的声音，因此保持对话非常重要。

并且为了让不友善内容更快得到处理，请尝试使用英语报告相应嘟文，或者至少在报告中以正确用字替换别字，以便管理员使用翻译工具来理解报告内容。

#mastodon #默嘟象 #feditips #联邦宇宙

@freemo
Honestly, I probably would have disengaged from the Fediverse/Mastoverse a long time ago - or at best had a mostly dormant account (like I do on the birdsite) - because of stuff like this, if not for #QOTO.

To my knowledge, this is the instance that comes closest to having the culture that Hacker News wants to have:

Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents.

Be kind. Don’t be snarky. Have curious conversation; don’t cross-examine. Please don’t fulminate. Please don’t sneer, including at the rest of the community.

(from https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)

So, thank you, for creating an environment for those of us that want to have genuine and curious conversations.

In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people.

The boy, Ronald McNair, went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him

Hi, friends! If you listen to podcasts, I would appreciate it if you would subscribe to mine! Guests include Kiko from Megadeth, Ian Hill from Judas Priest and more. Thank you! 🎙️
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3UaFU5Z
YouTube: https://youtube.com/audioinkradio
Apple: https://apple.co/3A6Wfkn

#Food Wastage Due to #Premature Discarding: A Low-cost #Sensor to Test #Freshness | Scientists have developed an inexpensive sensor using PEGS #technology which can test #food #freshness and can help reduce wastage due to discarding food prematurely (throwing away of food solely because it is close to (or passed) the use-by date, regardless of its actual freshness). The sensors can be integrated into food packaging or tags.

https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/sciences/agriculture-food/food-wastage-due-to-premature-discarding-a-low-cost-sensor-test-freshness/