There's something that nearly everyone gets wrong about the Ashley Madison data dump from 2015. And I should know, because I was one of the reporters who broke the story. It's my latest for @newscientist (sign up for a free account to read).
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234952-100-what-everyone-gets-wrong-about-the-2015-ashley-madison-scandal/
So I have this right:
Synagogue: We will host a real estate event literally in the synagogue and sell property to Jews on illegally occupied land in Palestine.
Antizionists: Colonialists! We will protest!
Israeli flag bearers: Fight us!
<fisticuffs>
Politicians: You're protesting a synagogue?! Terrorists! Antizionism is antisemitism!
Great news about HIV protection: “Results from a large clinical trial in Africa showed that a twice-yearly injection of a new antiviral drug gave young women total protection from the virus.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/health/lenacapavir-hiv-prevention-africa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1k0.48pH.ML6CbYVKmd5v
"Kravet om att redogöra för och avbryta samarbeten med israeliska lärosäten bottnar i mångt och mycket i en vilja att vara med och påverka vad de anställdas arbete bidrar till. I nuläget är det svårt att få reda på vilka samarbeten som Uppsala universitet har med israeliska lärosäten, säger Milan Vukašinović.
– Det här ska vara offentlig information, men det har varit oerhört svårt att få klara svar, vi blir hänvisade i cirklar. Samma typ av information var i jämförelse lätt att ta fram när man bröt samarbeten med ryska lärosäten."
https://universitetslararen.se/2024/06/13/universitetspersonal-stottar-propalestinska-protester/
The geo-politics of climate geo-engineering is set to become a thing. A good example is the recent finding that tweaking the Californian climate to lower temperatures would likely result in heatwaves in the EU.
It's as though we're running out of different ways to find out we all share the same atmosphere.
"In a meta-analysis of nutritional impacts of deworming, we find that in areas where the WHO recommends mass drug administration (>20% prevalence), multiple-dose deworming leads to statistically significant, positive increases in child weight, mid-upper arm circumference, and height. We then conduct a cost effectiveness analysis and find that MDA is many times more cost-effective than widely implemented school-feeding programs."
The cryptocurrency industry Super PAC Fairshake is now #1 out of all Super PACs by total funds raised.
They've raised more than $175 million to influence upcoming elections in the US, and have more than $100 million of it still waiting to deploy.
Thirteen children and teens in Hawaii took the state government to court over the threat posed by climate change. Now they're celebrating a settlement that emphasizes a plan to decarbonize Hawaii's transportation system in the next 20 years.
It's the latest example of frustrated youth in the United States taking their climate concerns into the courtroom. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
One question at the heart of the #h5n1 outbreak in US cows has been: Is there something special about this virus? Or is H5N1 generally able to do this and this particular version was just "in the right place at the right time"?
Quick thread, because it seems we have an answer
The Netherlands already warmed by 2°C, we recently had our first 40°C, and rainfall patterns are changing. More of this is coming until we reduce global emissions to zero.
Today is #showyourstripesday!
https://showyourstripes.info/c/europe/netherlands/all
Därför är det kanske inte konstigt att utbildningsministern och politiken framstår som det största hotet mot den akademiska friheten just nu på Sveriges lärosäten.
https://universitetslararen.se/2024/05/23/kritik-mot-regeringen-vid-debatt-om-akademisk-frihet/
This post from @MissingThePt brought me back to my 9th grade Civics class:
https://mastodon.social/@MissingThePt/112649562587904467
Our teacher decided that we needed to learn about the virtues of the Free Market, so he devised a special plan: students would own resources in the classroom, and rent them out to other students. Educational!
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I can't believe I'm explaining this but here we are. It is a racist trope that Palestinians are the real "semites" and European Jews are not so that Israeli oppression of Palestinians is the real antisemitism. "Antisemitic," because of old racist European theories, means anti-Jew. It shouldn't, but it does. Obviously, this semantic distraction does not affect who is right and wrong in the Middle East and if you think it does you're thinking like a racist.
@Anders_S Håller helt med om att Karlsten drar väldigt stora växlar på det här. Spontant så skulle jag tro att en enormt stor del av det här är regeringens fel genom sin överstressade behandling, och det är "intressant" att Karlsten väljer att göra en stor grej av V/MPs vändning snarare än de faktiska regeringspartiernas svek.
Bra artikel om den långdragna konflikten som ledde till att hela Astronomiska institutionen i Lund lades ner. Har själv skrivit ett tiotal artiklar om detta.
Astronomisk kollaps i Lund | Forskning & Framsteg
https://fof.se/artikel/2024/6/astronomisk-kollaps-i-lund/
More than 550 hajj pilgrims die in Mecca as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F).
Temperatures hit 51.8°C (125°F) at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on Monday, the Saudi national meteorology centre said.
Saudi officials report treating more than 2,000 people for heat stress
HISTORY OF PHYSICS
During the post-war years, the US quickly became embroiled both in the cold war and in an internal anti- communist frenzy. Driven by Senator McCarthy, stigmas then became into vogue.
Unfortunately, acceptance of stigmas by the populace appears to foster the malignant creation of additional stigmas, specially in an environment that is dominated by religious fanaticism. Thus, in keeping with the times, a very powerful secondary stigma began to develop within the physics community towards anyone who sacrilegiously was critical of quantum theory’s fundamentals.
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As Russia’s war drags on and the number of Russians charged with treason rises, phone scams aiming to cash in on citizens’ fear of prosecution continue to run rampant. A new report from BBC Russian tells the stories of two people targeted by these scams.
https://t.co/EPkdwrVN5G
Not sure what this account will be about, mostly boosting things I find interesting.