Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
We are sensible here and try and see posts, see context then make judgements. Unlike those who control Twitter moderation, it would be funny if it wasn't for the fact that Nazis etc are welcome on twitter (or it seems that way)
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@zleap How many woods would a woodcock cock if a woodcock could cock woods? ... Hope I'm not banned here...
@dsfgs or https://fediverse.to/
It is Safer internet day on the 7th Feb, I am just in touch with the people who run this now to suggest they join fedi.
https://saferinternet.org.uk/contact-us
I will mention the irony of promoting e safety on a social media site where the owner has allowed nazis and holocaust deniers (hence twitter getting sued) free reign while banning journalists and people for just posting links to Mastodon.
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Tiny Meteorite Collected in 2021 Contains the Building Blocks of Life
https://mymodernmet.com/winchcombe-meteorite-life/?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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Is It Forensics or Is It Junk Science?
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The public’s growing awareness of forensic techniques obscures a far more complex field that’s chock full of bogus science — and the people who champion it, often for profit.
For years, ProPublica has reported on these dubious techniques as they’ve wormed their way into every corner of our real-life criminal justice system.
So, what’s legitimate forensic science and what’s junk?
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Incredible Footage Shows Planets Circling a Star Light-Years Away
https://www.sciencealert.com/incredible-footage-shows-planets-circling-a-star-light-years-away?utm_source=DamnInteresting
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Apollo 14 lifted off from Pad 39A at @NASAKennedy at 4:03 pm ET #OTD in 1971. Commander Alan Shepard returned to space with Command Module Pilot Stu Roosa and Lunar Module Pilot Ed Mitchell.
Read more about the launch: https://go.nasa.gov/3WOFR0c
#NASAhistory
Indeed, it just seems worse in the US some states probably have a good education others less so.
You need a good 20 years of solid consistent good education, the odd tweak to keep up with things (e.g adding in computing to the curriculum) but colleges / employers need to know where they stand.
The Taliban have so far, but perhaps the idea is to slowly regain their iron grip. They rule through fear, so public executions were common place in the 90s as a way to 'set an example' to others.
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Folks who vote for Republicans don't think harm will come back onto themselves.
In Florida, firearm deaths went up 18.8% from 2015 to 2020 - the 32nd largest increase among states, per the CDC.
And states that have weakened their firearm permitting system have experienced a 13-15 percent increase in violent crime rates. - https://www.everytown.org/solutions/strong-standards-for-carrying-concealed-guns-in-public/
As for Republicans, they’re not pro-life.
Nor fiscally conservative.
Nor small government. (Control freaks.)
Nor concerned about their constituents.
Everything centers on making people die faster and in worse ways.
Florida leaders push to allow concealed guns without permits, training-
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-florida-guns-without-permits-bill-20230130-dz4medr675hrvngya6ukvac7wy-story.html
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⚠️🇷🇺‘Putin Demonizing LGBT+ Community to Distract From Failures in Ukraine’ Says Gay Rights Advocate Peter Tatchell | (more) https://www.kyivpost.com/post/11703 #Ukraine #News #War #Russia
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@vivienhessel@toot.io @theweaselking @SamuelBepis
I think there are clearly numerous ideas, all of which have merit as our climate, even in 2023, can display all sorts of weird and wonderful phenomenon which to these civilisations would be difficult to understand.
Again why I like it here, we can discuss, throw ideas around and ask questions in a civilised manner. How social networking should be.
@wdlindsy
American kids deserve so much better, I would guess the issue is, the size of the country and who controls the curriculum, what is taught at school. Schools are accountable to government. Surely US schools are at state level at least, what about employers surely they demand high standards of people leaving so those students have the skills needed, surely colleges also demand high standards.
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My question: why are we expected suddenly to educate Americans about this basic presuppostion of all scientific research only as a pandemic breaks out?
How is it that American schools are not inculcating this kind of critical thinking and awareness of what science is all about, throughout students' educational process?
How can so many Americans be so lamentably uneducated?
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I often get the sense that quite a few people do not actually know what I write about and instead make assumptions about what I must write about based on another set of assumptions about who I must be.
But, if you ask me, I write about democracy, and this column — about the near-total absence of accountability for American police departments — is very much about democracy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/opinion/tyre-nichols-police-accountability-democracy.html
Bird charity locked out of Twitter after woodcock tweets
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-64451977
Still waiting for a comment from twitter but Musk apparently said this is ironic.
Hmm, so twitter allows racist and anti Semites on but post about a bird and you get this..
Someone needs to explain that to our home secretary in the UK, we have left all those Afghans who helped us to the mercy of the taliban, despite endless statements this wouold not happen.
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❗ Europe is sleepwalking into next migration crisis!
Existing European migration policies have failed.
We urgently need a new Migration Policy that is:
✅ fair with those in need
✅ firm with those who are not eligible
✅ harsh with the cynical human smugglers
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EPPGroup/status/1620361440879157248
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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