Martin Ruskov @mapto@qoto.org

Google no longer intends to drop support for third-party cookies in Chrome. "This is an extremely disappointing decision that really just highlights Google's commitment to their own profits over users' privacy," EFF’s Lena Cohen told @theregister. https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/23/google_cookies_third_party_continue/

If you haven't seen the Mastodon-specific way to donate to the #Harris campaign, I suggest you check it out!

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris

Pleasantly surprised to see the lack of information they request - no address nor email is required to donate - so you don't even need to worry about being placed on a donor list to receive endless requests in the future.

#USPolitics #VoteBlue

President Biden's lingering regret and anger from when Democrats pushed him not to run in 2016 is fueling his determination to stay in the race in 2024, current and former Biden aides told Axios. https://t.co/8E6QUzHjEM

I can't believe that in 2024 we still have to explain so bluntly that "Academic journals are a lucrative scam". Yet here we are ...
Kudos to the Editorial Board of Philosophy & Public Affairs for resigning en masse and thank you to Arash Abizadeh for explaining why and what's next in the Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/16/academic-journal-publishers-universities-price-subscriptions

PhD advising is mostly helping other deal with problems you dealt yourself in the past (and hopefully teach them to document their solutions better) ...

#astrodon #AcademicChatter #SciArt #Cartoon #PhD

I mean, those were the words written by someone who served in WWI and then experienced WWII as a parent. He knew of what he drew from.

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

#MAGA #Trump are giving #EasternEurope to #Putin #Russia

"‘I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine’: what a JD Vance vice presidency could mean for the world "

#Biden #USA #Politics #News #Democrats #Election2024 #GOP #Republicans #MAGA #EU #NATO #Ukraine #Alliance #War #Security

https://theconversation.com/i-dont-really-care-what-happens-to-ukraine-what-a-jd-vance-vice-presidency-could-mean-for-the-world-234815

This research has come up several times at a big climate conference: A huge majority of people are worried about climate change and want governments to do more to control the crisis. BUT they think they are in a tiny minority and nobody else cares. Everybody (almost) cares! You are not alone https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-actions-are-far-more-popular-than-people-in-u-s-realize/

If, for whatever reason, you want to *really* support the Yarn Spinner team, then have I got news for you! We hgamedev #tools #narrativedev #indiedev//yarnspinner.itch.io/big-support (normal prices at the normal URL)! 💜 #gamedev #tools #narrativedev #indiedev

The crazy thing is there are so many of these quotes from so many republicans it would take hours to watch them all.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GE8k9uzyhCM

> For a vibrant consumer navigational ecosystem to emerge, society needs to invest in OpenStreetMap as a public good. … City planners should dedicate staffers to updating their roads and bridges on OpenStreetMap. Communities should submit updates with roads and hazards in their local areas

We quite agree! 😍

From @Julia's recent Op. Ed. in the #NewYorkTimes, “Your Driving App Is Leading You Astray”

📰 read here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/opinion/google-maps-driving-apps-flaws.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6E0.yGok.7gErcSBb7E43&smid=url-share
#OpenStreetMap #OSM #gischat #FreeMaps

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79 years ago today the United States detonated the first nuclear weapon on Earth. The Trinity Test exploded in a desert valley in New Mexico. It was a test of the weapon design used in the Nagasaki bombing, and almost all subsequent fission weapons developed by nuclear weapon states.

Trinity spread fallout across the country, contaminating many people in the immediate vicinity. Here is a map of the initial fallout cloud path.

#Trinity #MED #NuclearWeapons #fallout

@histodons @sts

#TimothySnyder : Political Violence: Reflections from the 1920s and 1930s

"Nothing in recent American political life resembles Trump’s call for “Second-Amendment people” to kill Hillary Clinton, his mockery of Paul Pelosi after an attempted murder, his belittling of Gretchen Whitmer after a kidnapping attempt, the stochastic violence he directs against critics to intimidate them and against his fellow Republicans to keep them in line..."

https://snyder.substack.com/p/political-violence

TIL Leo Szilard, when he was a grad student in Berlin, went to Einstein and said “hey I was out walking and thought of a solution to a problem you gave up on a couple of decades ago” and Einstein said “looks good, have you shown your thesis advisor” and Leo was like “no way he’ll kick my ass for working on this instead of the boring old thesis problem he gave me” and Al says no really show him, so Leo drops it off at his advisor’s office and the next morning the phone rings during breakfast and it’s his thesis advisor who says “Hey that thing you wrote? We’re giving you a PhD for it”.

TAKE BREAKS.

Build it and people will ride: “The Amtrak Borealis, a new rail line connecting Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul, has only been operating for about a month, but already thousands of passengers have taken the trip. That ridership has exceeded Amtrak’s expectations—and hints at the growing desire among Americans to travel by train.”

#Transportation #Mobility #Transit #Trains #Railways #ShortHaulTravel #UrbanPlanning #RegionalPlanning #TrainTravel #Amtrak #AmtrakBorealis

https://www.fastcompany.com/91153405/even-amtrak-was-surprised-by-the-instant-popularity-of-its-new-chicago-twin-cities-route