Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

There are so many stories and so many dreams. But with this recent ban on university education, the dreams will shatter and the stories will remain untold.
It’s such a shame that the clear saying of Propnet Muhammad (pbuh) about seeking knowledge being obligatory for every Muslim male and Muslim female, has clearly no effect on the Taliban.
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And then Afghanistan’s very own Rabia Balkhi (9th century), who is considered the first woman to write poems in modern Persian and was well known for her beautiful verses.

Several Afghan elementary, and high schools are named after Mehri Herawi, a female poet of the 14th century. Similarly queen and political figure Gawharshad Begum of the same era who was instrumental in recognizing women for their scholarship.

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Maryam Al-Ijliya (d.967) an astrolabe (an ancient device to measure time and the position of sun) maker in Northern Syria whose innovative designs were recognized by the city’s ruler.

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Moreover, Fatimah al-Fihri, an African Muslim woman queen, established the world’s oldest & longest running university?

Centuries before Harvard or Oxford, she established Al-Quariune in Morocco.

Taliban meanwhile tried to kill young @Malala for her ‘crime’ of education.
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AlQuariune is the university where Muslim and non-Muslim scholars such as Ibn Rushd, Jewish philosopher Maimonides, and Pope Sylvester II, studied.

As a Muslim woman, I am appalled at these atrocities against women and that too in the name of Islam. Let me tell you about the guarantees Islam makes for women, and you’ll see how Taliban the so called defenders of Islam have no idea what Islam actually teaches.

Chemist and educator St. Elmo Brady was born #OTD in 1884. He was the first Black American to receive a PhD in Chemistry (University of Illinois, 1916).

Brady worked on organic acids, IR spectroscopy, and halogen compounds, and significantly expanded chem programs at four HBCUs.

I am loving the fact that there are enough people on Mastodon these days that I feel like I can scan my Home feed and get enough news and other info… that I don’t feel the NEED to go over to birdsite and check there.

That’s a change!

In a VERY good way! 🎉

FOSS teams keep on giving! darktable 4.2 is out, here is my quick review of the most interesting changes:

https://youtu.be/KPire8T90Kc

The text version (+ screenshots) is here: https://librearts.org/2022/12/darktable-4-2/

Hey there neighborhood! I'm a geochemist looking to escape the Twitter hellscape. Happy to be here.

Aside from geology, I have a general interest in science and technology. I'm also big into heavy metal music, playing bass guitar, and brewing/drinking beer.

Have a follow if any of those things interest you!

#geology #geochemistry #science #technology #heavymetal #beer

@vicgrinberg

For freely available online textbooks on a variety of courses, LibreTexts is a great resource, especially to begin exploring a subject.

https://libretexts.org/

They're mostly accessible to non-specialists and have many advanced features: https://libretexts.org/advanced.html

Examples:

Astronomy and Cosmology: https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Astronomy__Cosmology

Physics: https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves

Math: https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves

Biology: https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves

Humanities: https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves

#Science #Textbooks

I am #LookingForWork. Unfortunately, I joined the ranks of those affected by #TechLayoffs last week, very suddenly and unexpectedly.

I'm a #SoftwareEngineer with over 20 years experience in the industry. I've worked primarily with #PHP, #JavaScript, and #TypeScript, but can also handle #Python and #Java in a pinch. I also have some experience with #AWS, #Docker, and #Terraform.

My resume is here: https://github.com/elazar/resume

Boosts and leads are much appreciated.

#JobHunting #SoftwareEngineering

The Guardian is mentioning a podcasting service on the Fediverse… Hmm, who could that be…? 🤔
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/21/firefox-and-tumblr-join-rush-to-support-mastodon-social-network

Interested in being part of a community of library digital, technology, and data practitioners?

Libraries Hacked has put together this short survey to get input from across the libraries sector.

Please share your views. All experience levels welcome!

https://tally.so/r/w5XlAN

Washington Post will be creating their own instance. They will add #mastodon accounts to journalist profiles.

Institutional #journalism embracing the #fediverse is important.

#commodon #journodon @communicationscholars

I’m seeing some about the fediverse along the lines of “we welcome our new venture capitalist and Big Tech overlords… what could possibly go wrong?”

What could possibly go wrong? Oh, I don’t know… take a look at the whole damn web. Take a look at email. Take a look at any resource that was part of the commons but was enclosed/captured by corporate interests. Read up on embrace, extend, and extinguish.

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#fediverse #mastodon #corporateCapture #slowlyBoilingFrogs