Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

A broke guy came into the bike co-op tonight to get some help. He had been given a bike with no seat clamp, a chain that wasn’t on, and a slightly bent rear wheel. We showed him how to put on the chain, helped him get the wheel to a point where it worked well enough for the moment, and I found him a $2.50 seat clamp. He heard the price and said, “I’ll have to get that next time,” so we put the clamp on and told him to pay us next time instead.

Support your local bike co-op. #BikeTooter

Study that found suspiciously low incidence of Long #COVID19 in kids is retracted after multiple methodology errors.

"We apologize to the readers and editors of JAMA Pediatrics for these errors."

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2822489

#Gaza #Palestine
#IsraelWarCrimes

Israel has released 33 Palestinian detainees taken from Gaza. Before they reunited with their families, they described severe abuse at the hands of Israeli guards.

Tens of thousands of Palestinian detainees are enduring a relentless campaign of cruelty. Reports detail harrowing accounts of beatings, gang rape, and psychological torture, compounded by the denial of essential needs such as food, water, and medical care.

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Another day, another positive policy rolled back because they compromised on its launch and didn't push it through to success.

The marginal saving grace is that they're keeping ScotRail in public ownership, at least for now.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvge98qj0e5o

Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

And fewer competitors means higher prices for you.

We continue to see misinformation about heat pumps being spread by parts of the media and on social media.

I debunked 18 common & largely misleading heat pump myths for Carbon Brief.

Don’t believe poorly informed commentators - listen to the evidence.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18-misleading-myths-about-heat-pumps/

#Gaza #Palestine
#IsraelWarCrimes

The Scottish government said on Monday that it is suspending meetings with the Israeli government until "real progress" is made in Gaza ceasefire talks.

The move comes amid calls for the suspension of Scotland's external affairs secretary, Angus Robertson, following his decision to hold a secret meeting with Daniela Grudsky Ekstein, Israel's deputy ambassador to the UK.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/scottish-government-suspends-meetings-israeli-ministers-gaza

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The White House plan to stop companies from wasting our time https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2024/08/19/g-s1-17604/the-white-house-plan-to-stop-companies-from-wasting-our-time?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

For less than the price of a 🍕pizza🍕 , you can get my book—paperback or e-book—about REMOTE WORK!

I highly highly encourage anyone in management or anyone who hopes to one day manage people to pick it up.

It is filled with specific, actionable tips, not wishy-washy stuff!

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Everything-Guide-to-Remote-Work/Jill-Duffy/Everything/9781507217863

Elon is going all in on supporting violent racist thugs https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydddy3qzgo

One of the people jailed in the UK who posted material on Twitter to stir up racial hatred during recent unrest across the UK is being paid £1700 a month by X.

X - who can’t pay their office rent and other bills - led by Musk, who said there would be civil war in the UK, is literally paying the people who are trying to start civil war.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y3gre3y9yo

Kemi Badenoch Accepts £10,000 From Chair of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/19/kemi-badenoch-campaign-accepts-donation-chair-tufton-street-climate-denial-group-net-zero-watch-neil-record/

Calling for a ceasefire while supplying arms.
Naming climate goals while extracting oil.
Declaring war on cancer while allowing novel chemicals & plastics in food, water and air.
Spending billions on vaccine against a global infectious disease but not sharing it.

https://www.europesays.com/1416181/ I’ve always assumed you needed a valid room key for that… #London #UnitedKingdom

Israel’s war on Gaza live: Hamas says US ‘buying time for Israeli genocide’ | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/8/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-kills-35-in-gaza-as-us-buying-time

- Hamas’s Yahya Sinwar involved in Gaza talks, official says
- UN says rare fuel delivery to Gaza City ‘far from enough’
- More on the Palestinian killed in Dura
- Israel carries out more attacks on Lebanon
- Palestinian advocacy group slams Israeli attacks on human rights workers in Gaza
- Israeli forces blow up buildings near Rafah

#Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #Israel
@palestine

New Alien movie is worth watching imo.

The Fediverse is often referred to as a decentralized "social network", but I think that misses some of the bigger ways that ActivityPub can make the web more open and user friendly.

Today I talked to @pfefferle about his ActivityPub For WordPress plugin and the advantages of connecting your site to the #fediverse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DhK8uSKIdE&list=PL6nDc7ACvovJMt8MEiebpsXnlBuKp158j&index=1 #ActivityPub #WordPress

I was on the Scientific American Science Quickly podcast, complaining (again) about SpaceX dropping space junk on my part of the world. If you're not tired of hearing this story over and over, here's another version: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/science-quickly/

"A Close Encounter with SpaceX Debris Teaches an Astronomer about Space Junk"