Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

We’re committed to helping people find their place in the Fediverse and wider Social Web.

We’ve helped hundreds of people, across multiple platforms, understand the idea by stripping down the tech and reimagining it.

We’ve put that learning in a video. It won’t answer all the questions, but it’s a strong starting point to help explain the Fediverse to outsiders.

Please share it to help educate others.

https://youtu.be/upEHFtO9vrI

#Fediverse #FediTips #MastoDev #FediDev #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin

One of the most ominous risks for Europe is that of a major change in Atlantic ocean currents.
Recent science suggests it has been greatly underestimated in the past -including by me, having worked on it for over 30 years.
My half-hour presentation explains the key facts you need to know!

https://youtu.be/ZHNNW8c_FaA?si=3eqXk37Anc81s120

US-Americans, familiarize yourself with the "wet bulb" temperature: a point at which heat and humidity make it impossible for the body to cool down outdoors, even in a pool, in the shade, with a fan blowing, etc. There is a national wet bulb forecast available. On this website, click on the link to the regional tool to view the specific severity forecast for your area, even down to your neighborhood.

My area is forecast to be in the red zone (major) today. 🥵 Good day to keep kids and pets indoors.

https://www.weather.gov/rah/WBGT

The NHS GP system is broken, and it looks like GPs are finally saying they've had enough.

A big test for #WesStreeting is what he's going to do about it.

#NHSCrisis

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72vp774rp3o

Linux Mint 22 is Here!

I have been waiting for this upgrade for at least three months. Don't have the upgrade option in my system app yet.

https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mint-22-release/?ref=itsfoss.com

Today ORCID launched a new homepage! We redesigned it to be more accessible as well as to help our various users navigate our website more efficiently. With numerous stakeholders, we are constantly learning and growing in our understanding of different user journeys. We invite you to visit orcid.org and check it out.

Welsh artists come together for limited vinyl release
#Culture

https://nation.cymru/culture/welsh-artists-come-together-for-limited-vinyl-release/

If you're an EU citizen and you hate DRM and planned obsolescence, here's an easy petition for you to sign:

https://www.stopkillinggames.com/eci

TL;DR: If online-only DRM servers shut down, publishers would be required to keep your game working regardless.

Only targets video games because that is where this practice is by far the most prevalent today, but it would set a precedent that we might soon need for things like phones, cars, and all the other things that are increasingly getting CPUs shoved inside them.

1 year to reach 1 million signatures.

Mining batteries for electric cars.

"This mine in particular will disproportionately affect Indigenous communities in Minnesota. The United States has a history of forcing Native Peoples off land, extracting resources for economic gain, and destroying natural flora and fauna. This interrupts lifeways tied to food, medicine, and spiritual practices that are important for healing and wellbeing in Indigenous communities."

https://www.brainerddispatch.com/opinion/letters/reader-opinion-talon-nickel-mine

For those of you looking for a way to organize for #Kamala2024 here on the Fediverse, this is an account to follow. Technically it is a "group" account - but a well-managed, managed list of Kamala organizers & anyone who follows it can take part in the convo brewing in the Fediverse supporting Harris!

Any boosts of this welcome!

cc: @Teri_Kanefield @GottaLaff @crooksandliars @indivisibleteam @IndivisibleSF @Olyindivisible @bkindivisible @MeidasTouch @rbreich

I come from a business / digital background, so digital accessibility has always been big on my radar. When I started in science a few years back, I was very surprised to see that arXiv - a service that allows scientists to put their pre-prints (papers before peer review) was not accessible.

This meant that all science papers that were open access (away from journal subscriptions) were only available as PDFs - which means people with digital accessibility needs could not access them.

Access to science should be open to everyone (the pandemic showed us how important this is), and whilst there is a need for papers to undergo the formal peer-review process, that does not mean we can't adhere to global digital accessibility standards.

So, I am extremely glad to see that arXiv is now moving toward digital accessibility, with its second accessibility forum in Sept. 2024. They've also been moving to make papers in HTML format (instead of PDFs only) which adheres to these standards.

If you are interested in accessibility and science, you might consider attending this forum. It's free to all and only requires remote participation.

https://lnkd.in/g8WRF_hy

#science #accessibility #digital #astrodon #arxiv

@ai6yr I'm in the computer business. In public I try not to admit I know anything about them. It is just safer 🙂

A black hole is a bottomless pit in the fabric of space-time into which stuff, including light, plummets, never to be seen again.

The term paints so vivid an image that it has entered everyday language, and we commonly talk of losing this or that “down a black hole”.

Ironically, such a metaphorical black hole has swallowed up the name of the woman who co-discovered these celestial objects: Louise Webster.

#astronomy #history
https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6296

What makes high temperature superconductivity possible? Researchers get closer to a unified theory https://phys.org/news/2024-07-high-temperature-superconductivity-closer-theory.html #science

#KamalaHarris is a whole person, who is entitled to, and does, embrace every part of herself, Black, Indian, woman, parent, spouse of a Jewish American, sister, aunt, daughter. Even better, she embraces who every American is. Please give what you can to give her the best shot at beating TFG. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris

@kamalaharrisforpresidentnews