Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

I wonder how many folks out there know you can take just about any course at MIT for free.

They just post everything online after the in-person course is complete. Lectures, supplements, tests, everything.

"I want to do a dorky thing but I don't want people to think I am a dork": friends, just let that go. Let. It. Go. Do your dorky thing. Or don't! I recommend doing it, but it's up to you.

Anyone who ever went to a junior high dance knows that half-assing your dorky dance moves makes you look RIDICULOUS but flinging yourself into them is GREAT. Art is like that. Do your art.

Folks, we are hiring six (!) postdocs as part of our NSF funded collaborative community engaged STEM research. 70k plus research funding to partner with Indigenous communities.

Review of applications will begin Feb. 1, 2023 and close no later than June 1, 2023.
Positions to begin on or before Aug. 15, 2023. All successful applicants will be funded to attend an orientation session in Summer 2023.

Position Details: MSU Job number 835465. https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/513394/research-associatefixed-term

It's kinda weird when 8 out of 10 people watching the fireworks are using their phones to record it. It feels so surreal seeing them recording the fireworks instead of enjoying the moment.

A NASA science instrument in orbit will form the backbone of a new initiative to survey methane emissions from landfills in a new nonprofit project to track the greenhouse gas.

The new project, led by the nonprofit group Carbon Mapper, will use data collected from the International Space Station by NASA's EMIT to track methane, which according to NASA is the source of around a quarter to a third of human-driven global warming.

#climate #climatechange #pollution
https://www.space.com/nasa-mapping-methane-from-space-climate-change

There's a Mastodon development roadmap out now.

Some highlights for core Mastodon...

In progress:
- groups
- editing media metadata

Planned:
- importing lists
- migrate lists when migrating account

From the exploring list:
- More filtering of notifications
- End-to-end encrypted messages
- Restricting who can reply to a post

https://joinmastodon.org/roadmap

via @andrey

Learn about SS garrison members, the structure of the Auschwitz camp administration and daily life of SS men.

See our online lesson: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2021-zaloga-en/

&

Listen to our podcast: https://anchor.fm/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-20-SS-garrison-in-the-Auschwitz-camp-e1il8bt

#Auschwitz #podcast #elearning #lesson #SS #Nazis #Germany #history #histodons #education #ww2 #ConcentrationCamps

@zleap @TheGuardian_uk peer pressure is especially acute in this age range. I think it starts with better education in both homes & schools, and encouraging diversity in appearance and preferences.