Matthew @mattasdata@qoto.org

I can't believe. The bird site is about to die. The final hours of Twitter before Elon is moving to X. It is already https://x.com/nixcraft (redirecting to https://twitter.com/nixcraft) So much history is about to go to the /dev/null. So many links are going to break forever. 🤡 #twitter #birdsite

Secret Panel HERE 🦋 https://tapas.io/episode/35309

This diagram by Anna-lena at #EuroPython is beautifully done 🤩

Twenty-Five Years and Counting: https://third-bit.com/2023/07/19/twenty-five-years-and-counting/

@viq @cwebber @mhoye @downey @DreamsAndLogic @alm

Congratulations Firefox team on finally matching Chrome's JavaScript performance levels after many years of hard work! (left is Firefox, right is Chrome) 🦊 https://browserbench.org/Speedometer2.1/

It's normal to have a favorite index entry, right? #index

Project Management 101.

The challenge faced by science in the United States isn’t that scientists are awkward and bad at communication. It’s that we’re beset by propaganda and mass media channels funded by corrupt billionaires to sow confusion.

We need big, generously funded communications channels dedicated to verifiable reality. Scientists who are slightly better at talking isn’t going to cut it.

Just posted this on the bird site - what is the last straw people need to leave twitter completely? I found my limit. I'm leaving.

For me, paying nazi, misogynistic 'influencers' is too far. I've long been passive on Twitter, but used it to distribute content. I can't do it anymore. The values conflict is too much.

I'd love it if some academics took a stand with me. I'm going to delete my (50K+) follower account on the 13th of August. I'm staying for a month to do a count down and encourage others to #DeleteTwitter.

I don't have a recommendation of where is best to go. Anywhere is better than Twitter and its ocean of hate. Appreciate a boost to build a bit of momentum for this protest attempt

Metronomes started randomly synchronize after a short period of time as they influence each other through the side-to-side motion of their shared base.

Source: UCLA Physics & Astronomy
https://demoweb.physics.ucla.edu/content/160-spontaneous-synchronization

New phone. Looking forward to all the time I’ll save dialing by storing my contacts… on punch cards!

"so ahh- ha ha-- yeah. I know I have a bit of a bad reputation among you insect-folk but um... I kinda need a little help with pollination now? A listen-- this new me has nothing to do with that old me. Promise! So. If some of you bees, or flies... or even ants could just stop by and help out..."

Next week, CERN and NASA will be hosting an open science summit on ‘Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science.’ The overall goal of the event is to engage a range of relevant stakeholders in the physical sciences to actively exchange experiences, ideas, and expertise toward promoting open science policies and practices.

#OpenScience

Full details of the meeting at:
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1254282/

The Carpentries turns 25 years old on July 24th 2023! 🎉🎈

We have curated a series of #Carpentries25 activities over the coming months to celebrate this milestone, starting with a Launch Event on July 24. Read on these plans and on how you can get involved in celebrating with us: https://carpentries.org/blog/2023/07/carpentries25-campaign-announcement/

i love how when it comes 2 computery things there are all these complicated algorithms & methods to get the computer 2 come up w a (pseudo)random number & it’s all just bc a computer doesnt have even a single dumb hand 2 roll some dice with

Here’s a story we all can rally behind. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a method to trick cancer cells into self-destructing. Zenger tells us how.
https://www.zenger.news/2023/07/03/tel-aviv-university-researchers-develop-method-to-trick-cancer-cells-into-self-destruction/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Flifesciences
#Health #Cancer #Research #Medicine

Greetings.