Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Self-driving labs are the new AI asset https://t.co/1TLtuoG30b

Exeter Together Against Racism Rally – Saturday 10th August 2024, 12.00 noon, Bedford Square

This is not a counter protest to any anticipated planned far right activity, rather a peaceful way Exeter can show its commitment to unity, anti-racism and diversity.

We are seeking to provide an opportunity for all those who wish to celebrate our city’s diversity, to stand together, peacefully as one – to say no to racism and division.

#ExeterTogether, #ExeterRespect & #StandUptoRacism #Exeter

ICYMI: quarterly drought summaries for April through June are now available.

Read more about the flash drought that developed in the Southeast, its effects on agriculture and more: https://drought.unl.edu/Publications/DroughtSummaries.aspx

#droughtmonitor #drought #drought2024 #climate #science #data #maps #UnitedStates #USA #US

@loops tl;dr

- loops is the fediverse TikTok
- you can run your own loops server
- you can allow pixelfed/mastodon users to login to Loops using existing local account
- the API is pretty extensive, allowing 3rd party clients to have same access as official
- video storage can be handled by separate hot/cold bucket/caches and more
- the loops mobile app/backend will be open source before release
- the "algo" will be very basic
- open to working with others, come join @loops

My entire collection is on eBay now, although still an opportunity to buy straight from me. Collection from Basingstoke, UK though because delivery would be pretty much impossible

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204929655066

#RetroGaming #RetroComputing

"The world is currently seeing the fastest-spreading, largest-ever outbreak of #H5N1, a highly contagious, deadly strain of avian influenza. This virus now presents an existential threat to the world’s biodiversity, with risk to humans rising as it continues to leap species barriers, & new host species.
H5N1 has already impacted at least 485 bird species & 48 mammal species, killing seals, sea otters, dolphins, foxes, California condors, albatrosses, bald eagles, cougars, polar bears & a zoo tiger. Since it broke out in Europe in 2020, this #virus has spread globally. Carried by birds along migratory pathways, it has invaded six continents, including Antarctica.
This current H5N1 animal #pandemic (or panzootic) was caused by humans: A mild form carried by wild birds turned deadly when it infected domestic poultry farms near wetlands where migrating birds congregate.
The toll on some bird & mammal populations has been devastating." https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/animal-apocalypse-deadly-bird-flu-infects-hundreds-of-species-pole-to-pole/?

laid off, need a job. I'm UK based looking for C#/TS positions, preferably fully remote. Boosts super appreciated.

A readable summary of the latest findings on #CoralBleaching in the #GreatBarrierReef is also in the latest issue of @Nature

Worth a read through - if you can bear it.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02329-1?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20240808&sap-outbound-id=B88306D76D18FBB17887652E05D02D0FF0487041

'But now that a coalition of major advertisers has organized such a boycott, Musk is suing them under antitrust law. “We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war,” he wrote on X earlier this week, referring to advertisers who criticize him and X.

What’s the next step? Regulators around the world must stand up to the rise in hate speech and disinformation on X, and put Musk out of business.'

The second worst person in American public life is … https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-second-worst-person-in-american?publication_id=365422&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=diqr

‘Refugees welcome here’: Counter protesters gather in Sheffield as far-right demonstration falters

Get the language right. The far right are not 'demonstrating'. They are committing acts of looting, violence and mindless racism and thuggery. Call it for what it is.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/uk-riots-sheffield-counter-protest-b2593107.html

If Vance refuses to debate Walz then Tim should appear on stage anyway with an empty couch.

And just to let others outside the UK know what actually happened yesterday - at least 25k people according to the Daily Mail (aka the Daily Heil) but probably a lot more, came out onto the streets in many cities to protest against the far right racist thugs and rioters.

#uk #refugees #civilwar #antifascist

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13720171/Britain-fights-Counter-protesters-outnumber-rioting-thugs-towns-country-UK-braces-night-100-far-right-demos-biggest-police-mobilisation-2011.html

The Rubin Observatory will scan the universe from night to night, searching for astronomical changes -- everything from supernova explosions to interstellar objects flying through our solar system.

https://rubinobservatory.org/about
#astronomy #astrodon

https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/tax-the-rich-musk-billionaires/?t=1002
https://stallman.orgtel:+12022243121

US citizens: call on Congress to raise taxes on the ultra-wealthy and corporations. If you phone, please spread the word! Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121

The farce in "international law" seeing the US vetoes of any UN resolutions, rejections of any international rulings whether it is ICJ, ICC or whatever.

The things we're seeing with our own eyes, the blown up children, torture camps, Palestinians
-raped in detention
-cages
-tied in diapers
-electrocutions on genitals,
-loud music played until ears bleed,
-waterboarding,
-suspension from ceilings?

This is a US genocide. It occurs because of the free reign money and support given by the US.