Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

@tutam @eikofried Forever amused that this isn’t a call to action:

“Academics write articles for Elsevier journals for free and hand over copyright; other academics review and edit these papers for free; and Elsevier then sells these papers back to academics.”

Particularly because most academics and their libraries are funded by the taxpayer. Ludicrous. https://albert.rierol.net/tell/20210306_be_paid_for_publishing_scientific_papers.html

#academia #science

BofA is now on my boycott list ➡️
“A collection of several banks — including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Barclays — have lent Musk more than a quarter of the funding, or $13 billion.”
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Here’s who helped Elon Musk buy Twitter: Who pulls the financial strings at Twitter?
#Twitter #Musk

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/24/elon-musk-twitter-funders/

ByteDance used TikTok to track my location — and the locations of two of my colleagues — to try to find our sources. We reported on this back in October, but kept things vague to protect sources. Today ByteDance admitted it, so we can say much more:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/12/22/tiktok-tracks-forbes-journalists-bytedance/

🇬🇧 The draft EU #CSA scanner #ChatControl regulation threatens free software, warns @khaleesicodes . App stores such as F-Droid and repositories of open source software such as the Arch Linux distribution could be required to verify the age of all users, which is hardly feasibly. https://netzpolitik.org/2022/chatkontrolle-akute-gefahr-fuer-offene-software/

Reminder that if you're feeling lonely today, see this hashtag:

➡️ #JoinIn

There are lots of people (myself included) keeping each other company on there, with all kinds of posts from hot chocolate recipes to historical photos to horses covered in tinsel to just general thoughts and chatter.

You can use the hashtag however you want, serious or fun, and anyone using the tag is welcoming of replies and discussion so it's a great way of striking up a conversation.

See you there! ☃️

My first guide for the non-Linux-techie people.

How to get OpenRazer working easily on @SteamDeck@twitter.com #steamdeck #razer

https://daniele.tech/2022/12/how-to-get-openrazer-working-easily-on-steam-deck/

@zleap

I just learned a quick way I thought of share with you.

Thanks for your quick reply.

I don't think this is getting the coverage it needs. Scottish government to require passivhaus standard for all new build homes. This is big. Really big. Growing out of lessons from the 70's oil crisis. Passivhaus buildings use very little energy to heat, or to cool. We've known how to do this for decades. It's gross negligence from all western governments that the same is not true of all new builds in the developed world.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23197204.government-announces-passivhaus-standards-adopted-scotland/

We're hosting a free education & outreach training day on 25 January at Glasgow Science Centre.

Anyone involved in astronomy or geophysics is welcome to attend! Whether you're a Fellow interested in doing more outreach, a teacher who would like more space resources, or an industry expert looking to improve their demonstration skills, RASreach2023 has something for everyone.

The event will be live-streamed, so you can attend in person or online!

Learn more & sign up ⬇️

https://ras.ac.uk/events-and-meetings/ras-meetings/rasreach2023

I'm hiring!

At Cryspen we are looking for a Cryptography Engineer and a Software Verification Engineer to build high assurance cryptography (tools, protocols, and applications).

https://join.com/companies/cryspen

#cryptography #hiring

So many of you cared enough to migrate from Twitter to Mastodon.

Now I'm going to encourage you to go further:

1. Migrate from Instagram to Pixelfed
2. Migrate from WhatsApp to The Matrix.
3. Migrate from Facebook to Friendica

Do to Mark Zuckerberg what you already did to Elon Musk.

I took this picture 14 years ago - and now, thanks to the hashtag #Mosstodon, it will hopefully get the recognition it truly deserves!

#moss #shoe #nature #fashion

#fediblock
Moderation notice:

We decided to silence the mastodon.se instance.

Their admin is as per the receipts adamant that sweden democrats should be able to use his instance.

The issue which he is skirting around is this.

The sweden democrats were formed by none other Gustaf Ekström, a former member of the nazi Schutzstaffeln.

This isnt your ordinary alt-right, these are their role-models and ideologues.

For my fellow rock pickers:
#geology #geologyrocks #cheatsheet #coolguides

“It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.”
—Nelson Mandela

How did we get here? How do stars and planets come into being? What happens during a star's life, and what fate will its planets meet when it dies? Come along on this interstellar journey through time. https://go.nasa.gov/3hOO9qw
#MondayMotivation: Settle in for a #longread
#NASAExoplanets

Mathematician John Conway was born #OTD in 1937. He made broad and profound contributions across all of mathematics, but he is maybe best known by the general public for his "game of life" cellular automaton. Conway passed away in 2020, from COVID-19.

Dear MAGA,

The elections aren't rigged. The courts aren't rigged.

Your leaders and 'influencers' are lying to you. Over and over again.

Yet, you insist on giving them your hard-earned money as you attack the people trying to tell you the truth.

You are being played.