Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Have you seen this video tutorial on how to extract plots, curves and data points from images using #LabPlot's Data Picker tool ?

@labplot@lemmy.kde.social

Data Picker has been available in LabPlot since the version 2.2, but recently we renamed it to Data Extractor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Pz5aA-4Xg

#LabPlot #DataVisualization #PlotDigitizer #DataExtraction #DataExtractor #Plots #Graphs #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

Check out our latest #preprint list! This week we're focussing on research using #microscopy to answer questions in #biology.
https://focalplane.biologists.com/2024/08/23/microscopy-preprints-applications-in-biology-9/

Climate model simulates unusually high heat over the Southern Ocean https://phys.org/news/2024-08-climate-simulates-unusually-high-southern.html #science

@ChrisMayLA6
As somebody who used to work in probation (until I was made redundant in 2016 as part of the fallout from the tragic part-privatisation of the sector in 2014), I can say that there was a great culture of rehabilitation of offenders in England & Wales until the Tories tore it all up.

Our probation system was seen by the rest of the world as a model to be emulated and our overseas counterparts were just as upset and confused as we were when Chris “Failing” Grayling wielded the knife.

At the time, there wasn’t a single poor Probation Trust operating in England & Wales (all either rated good or outstanding), but apparently, the private sector would rush in and save us from ourselves. What a joke!

Things that should go without saying: Boys are allowed to show emotion regardless of their disability status or neurotype, FFS

Myanmar rebels turn their guns on the Rohingya

#Burma #Myanmar #Rohingya #Rakhine

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/aug/22/myanmar-rohingya-muslim-minority-flee-bangladesh-massacres-arakan-army-rebels

Things don't look to be getting any better at the Met (London's police force), if anything they look to be getting worse.

Having been branded institutionally racist, the Metropolitan Police don't seem to have got a real handle on how to change the character of the force.

If you're thinking 'its just these ten officers, perhaps they've just been unlucky', see it as part of a pattern of racism not a set of isolated incidents.... 'institutional' racism!

#racism #police

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crger07nx4lo

My current mood: Can I please not look at anything more AI related and have some valid excuse to just write some BASIC stuff on an Atari or Commore64 today instead? Maybe do some PETSCII style "GPU" compute?

Microplastics Are Infiltrating Brain Tissue, Studies Show - A growing body of scientific evidence shows that microplastics are accumulating in... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/21/1810207/microplastics-are-infiltrating-brain-tissue-studies-show?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #science

How does organic farming benefit honey bees? https://phys.org/news/2024-08-farming-benefit-honey-bees.html #science

https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2024/08/08/capitalism-is-killing-the-planet-but-curtailing-it-is-the-discussion-nobody-wants-to-have/

“Curtailing consumption is the conversation nobody wants to have. Talk of how we can transition to a post-capitalist society has not yet made it into mainstream debate. Yet, there is no escaping these issues if there is to be a safe and equitable future for everyone on this planet”

Spot on from the Irish Times.

#capitalismkills #degrowth

“Several posts on Facebook claim that mpox (the disease caused by the monkeypox virus) is actually a side effect of the Covid-19 vaccines. This is not true.”

Can’t believe we even need these fact checking articles. It’s a sad reflection of where we are.

https://fullfact.org/health/mpox-covid-vaccines/?utm_content=buffer5bc9d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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.

✡️ 🇵🇸 ☮️

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/