Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
As for the captain of the Prince of Wales.
Mannering would of course say,
"Stupid boy"
I would have more faith in Cpt Mannering running the army than the current lot.
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“The Sanremo Italian song festival – Italy’s biggest showbiz event – has been criticised by Israel after a rapper competing in the contest’s final appealed to “stop genocide” during his appearance on stage.”
https://www.inkl.com/a/WdJBLnuygzy
I’m sorry but since when do we care about what genocide perpetrators think?
Israel needs to shut the fuck up and stop committing genocide and the folks at The Guardian need to get their bloody priorities straight.
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Interesting funding opportunities from @openwebsearcheu. The project has launched two new open calls for grant applications. Researchers and innovators are invited to submit their ideas and can request funding between 50.000 and 150.000 Euro.
The Open Web Search project aims to develop an open European infrastructure for web search. Part of the project's budget is reserved for third-party funding.
The calls are open until April 4, 2024.
https://openwebsearch.eu/third-party-calls-2024-media-release/
There was talk about reducing security checks for overseas applicants. This cannot be allowed to happen it create two tier system, you have a policy of checks that applies to everyone.
There are also armoued vehicles that can't fire while moving, billions wasted on non delivery even of badly working kit, perhaps this is why people don't[ want to join, they don't want to join a dysfunctional, badly equipped army people want to join a well equipped, well trained and properly looked after armed forces.
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Thank you Kansas City for sparing the entire Bay Area of an evening of fireworks. (Signed) Cats, dogs, and a bunch of people.
I use graphics magick to resize images e.g
gm mogrify -resize 800x600 *.jpg
also use ffmpeg to remove audo from video (esp video taken out side where the wind hits the mic and causes a lot of background noise).
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Anti-colonial tech: a conversation
Date: Friday 16 February 2024
Time: 18:30 - 20:00 CET
Location: Varia, Rotterdam (NL)
Deeply implicated in military and carceral operations, the infrastructures of The Cloud regime reinforce historical racist structures and support new forms of colonisation through digitised oppression. This public conversation brings together a network of networks that has been organising collectively towards systemic techno-political change for many years. The common desire across this constellation explores modes of resisting the financialised, extractive modes of Big Tech, who profit heavily from online activities on the platforms they provide, turning all content into commodity.
During the event, participants will share modest proposals for moving networks and political engagement away from toxic cloud environments. From Counter Cloud Action to Digital Discomfort and trans★feminist servers, the techno-disobedient practices they share will unsettle computationally mediated depletion, activating paths towards anti-colonial tech.
With @titipi, @constant, Varia and Digital Discomfort Working Group
Illustration by Susanna Ingignoli
https://varia.zone/en/infraresistance.html
We need to improve education so people are given a wider picture of all this, of course doing so would .probably prevent people like trump getting anywhere near office.
So those in power won't let that happen as they want those values for some people in office to get in without being noticed.
Thanks, I kinda thought of Stalin and Mao as communist.
I caught the 4th qtr and overtime period, great game, and I think SF are an emerging threat to the dominance of the KC Chiefs.
Meanwhile sex offenders who are denined access to the UK, cnvert to chrisianity and gain entry visas, despite being dangerous to society.
The Home office is totally useless.
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@zleap @ChrisMayLA6 agree. I guess my point is the system doesn't per se restrict them (as long as salary high enough, which it may not always be for lower science jobs) but it disincentivises people to apply. Basically, why bother with the admin, cost & uncertainty of applying to work in the UK?
Nazi germany is usually the only example people have. If we are to teach what it is, we need to give a wider explanation and other examples.
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The fact that far too many people cannot recognize fascism unless it looks exactly like Nazi Germany is very dangerous.
Why restrict entry for high skilled individuals who have jobs to go to?
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I’ve a stupidly busy week coming up, so I’m starting it with a calming Daily #Wales in winter. Some mornings betoken spring - but though they look warm, they’re not.
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The invention of the blue LED, one of the most difficult and important inventions ever – which allowed the white LED – is some of the craziest Chad shit I have ever heard about anything. This guy is pinnacle determination holy crap.
Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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