Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Oxford scientists' new light-absorbing material can turn everyday objects into solar panels
https://www.engadget.com/science/oxford-scientists-new-light-absorbing-material-can-turn-everyday-objects-into-solar-panels-200410760.html
#Solarpunk #science #technology

"Generative #AI does not have the wide array of use cases the industry tried to convince us it did, and it’s far too computationally intensive to be used for mundane tasks. But once the hype fades, there will surely be a greater push to make certain implementations more efficient so they can stick around, and there will undoubtedly be countless efforts to keep them running regardless of the social and environmental impacts they might have..."

https://legal.social/@malteengeler/112975920906680196 #tech #business

Should we all hold hands and jump? Alan Rusbridger suggests a scenario in which "everyone" agrees to leave X on the same day. The date for this magnificent X-odus is November 5. Not for the fireworks but because it's the US election and we'll know whether the US has gone fascist.
He seems to have no conception that leaving X might actually be a step towards opposing fascism.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/elon-musk-twitter-x-alternatives-social-media-b2597339.html
#journalists #fascism #twitter #politics #rusbridger

New illegal Israeli settlement approved: UNESCO world heritage site under threat - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM_hPlyr2SI

#Palestine #WestBank #Israel
@palestine

Israeli settlers rampage through Palestinian village | Al Jazeera Newsfeed - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFcwualsAJw

#Palestine #WestBank #Israel
@palestine

ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite has been launched, paving the way for a potential constellation of satellites that would provide more frequent data not only to enhance short-term weather forecasts for Arctic nations, but for the world as a whole.
Arctic Weather Satellite lifts off to set the stage for better forecasts

#Gaza #Palestine
#IsraelWarCrimes

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society asked for protection for medical teams and civilians Friday in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, emphasizing the need for freedom of movement across all Palestinian territories.

Dr. Younis Al-Khatib, the group’s president, made the appeal during a meeting with a joint British-French delegation led by the foreign ministers of both countries, David Lammy and Stéphane Séjourné.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/palestinian-red-crescent-asks-for-protection-of-teams-in-gaza-west-bank/3306117

✡️ 🇵🇸 ☮️

British diplomat Mark Smith resigns over UK arms sales to Israel - what a principled, brave decision.

“It is with sadness that I resign after a long career in the diplomatic service, however, I can no longer carry out my duties in the knowledge that this Department may be complicit in war crimes”

#Gaza #StopArmingIsrael #UK

https://aoav.org.uk/2024/senior-british-diplomat-mark-smith-resigns-over-uks-arms-sales-to-israel/

Please understand
the only way
for us to make it through
the coming pandemics
is for us to take care
to take care of each other.

Please understand
the reason why
we have not yet made it through
the current pandemic
is we still refuse to take care
to take care of each other.

I've been working on a few tools to improve the Moderation UI in Mastodon:

- Allow searching for reports from a given instance/user: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/31449

- Attempting to address the information flow on Report Details page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/31444

For the second one, I'd really love to have a sit down with a UI/UX designer to see what we could do better in this page (there is a lot of data)

The space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was a rare strike from an asteroid beyond Jupiter, a new study details. The finding pins down the nature of the fateful space rock and its origin within our solar system, and may benefit technology that forecasts asteroid strikes on our planet, Live Science reports:
https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-rare-rock-beyond-jupiter

Dear parent… you didn’t just stumble into my studio. You sent your child to me and pay my not insignificant fee because you know I am one of the absolute best violin teachers in the area. Some students just show up, because look! Violin teacher! You researched and knew my track record with previous students.

Now why the HECK are you giving me push back when I tell you your child needs XYZ equipment?!?!?!? Who has the doctorate in violin pedagogy and decades of teaching experience? You or me???

Israel war on Gaza live: New Israeli evacuation orders as ‘safe zone’ hit https://aje.io/68lhi9

The full course "Introduction to QGIS" by @spatialthoughts is now available on YouTube

HT Ujaval on #QGIS Telegram: "This is a beginner-friendly course that is designed to help you learn how to use QGIS for creating maps, visualizing spatial data, georeferencing, data editing and spatial analysis. This video and course materials are ad-free and released under open license.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGm7w-LywO0

#gischat

I see a lot of virologists and other researchers very skeptical of some of the long COVID prevalence numbers.

But if someone can now handle 10-20% less brain work than they used to, that's a huge impact even if it's not being fully disabled. And it can be very tricky to capture with standard cognitive testing unless that person for some reason completed such testing pre-covid.

BREAKING: VP Harris reveals her new package of economic proposals aimed to help ALL Americans save money 💵💵💵‼️

Key features:
1. Healthcare:
⭐️Proposes to forgive medical debt for millions of Amer. by using fed funds to buy the debt.
⭐️cap insulin prices at $35 & out-of-pocket prescription drug expenses at $2K for ALL Americans.
⭐️Attempt to lower health insurance costs thru the ACA
⭐️Plans to "crack down on pharmaceutical companies who block competition and abusive practices