Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

"The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) is seeking proposals to work on systems for two related climate tipping points. One is the accelerating melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, which could raise sea levels dramatically. The other is the weakening of the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre, a huge current rotating counterclockwise south of Greenland that may have played a role in triggering the Little Ice Age around the 14th century."

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/04/1103555/the-uk-is-building-an-alarm-system-for-climate-tipping-points/

Think about it…if LLMs can easily do homework assigned to elementary school students, why do we even need children?!

I want to try and express a nuance here, and I hope I can get it right.

A friend said, in another place, that she remembers the 90s, and how it was stacked against us. And without letting cis people of the time off the hook - because when provoked, they could be viciously transphobic - I think there are ways in which it is much harder to transition now.

In 1992, almost no one knew anything of trans people. We were an occasional joke on most sitcoms. So the open hostility? It wasn't there right away. It would arrive, if you made a nuisance of yourself (like asking for rights, or recognition of basic human dignity, y'know, high-falutin' stuff like that). You'd get smacked down, hard. But there weren't organizations raising money to power legislation against us. Our governments, for the most part, weren't directly persecuting us. They weren't helping, either, but they weren't generally seeking to deny care to trans people.

Now...now you have billionaires funding legislative pushes against us. You have organized armies of trolls, ready to hound to sh someone who has the notion to be trans in the world. You have governments at every level working against us openly and proudly.

I'm not sure it *was* harder then. The other big difference is the existence of the Internet. In 1992, it was infinitesimal. Academic, largely, and research government types. Thus, I have no Internet presence under my deadname. None. Never have. No photos to live down, either. When I went stealth, it was quite easy to go stealth, in some ways. People didn't know to look for us.

And last, the phones. When I was young enough that bullies were an issue, they stayed at school. They didn't follow me home, sit on my nightstand, and leave me nasty messages for when I woke up. Young folk today can never get away from their tormentors. It's incessant.

So...I'm not sure I deserve a medal for transitioning then rather than now. It's just when I reached my limit, like all of us.

NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative Member Co-Authors Award-Winning Paper in Insects https://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/science-activation/nasa-earth-science-education-collaborative-member-co-authors-award-winning-paper-in-insects/ #NASA #EarthScience #ScienceActivation

Seismic echoes reveal a mysterious 'donut' inside Earth's core https://phys.org/news/2024-09-seismic-echoes-reveal-mysterious-donut.html #science

There is mounting evidence that no Palestinian is safe under Israel’s unfettered control. Apartheid Israel is targeting Gaza and the West Bank simultaneously as part of an overall process of elimination, replacement, and territorial expansion.”

“The long-standing impunity granted to Israel is enabling the de-Palestinisation of the occupied territory, leaving Palestinians at the mercy of the forces pursuing their elimination as a national group.”

Francesca Albanese
@palestine
#Gaza
#WestBank

Britain will immediately suspend 30 of its 350 arms export licenses with Israel because there was a risk such equipment might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law, its foreign minister David Lammy said on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/03/world/politics/uk-arms-export-licenses-israel/ #worldnews #politics #uk #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #davidlammy

Never forget this: Working people outnumber the billionaires and CEOs by a huge margin.

If workers stand together, they will win.

Solidarity.

Putin arrives in Mongolia for a state visit despite ICC warrant for his arrest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Y9i4wT-cE&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#Gaza #Palestine
#IsraelWarCrimes

The Palestine Red Crescent Society has reported that it has retrieved the body of prisoner Ayman Rajih Abed from the Salem military checkpoint.

At the Jenin Government Hospital, doctors noted that his body was still wearing handcuffs and showed clear signs of torture, according to hospital director Wissam Bakr.

Doctors confirmed that there were visible marks of severe beatings, indicating that he had been tortured to death.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240902-palestine-red-crescent-retrieves-body-of-prisoner-tortured-to-death-by-israeli-soldiers/

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#Gaza #Palestine
#IsraelWarCrimes

Israeli army forces raided Tulkarem city on Monday and laid a siege around hospitals there amid a military operation in the northern West Bank, according to witnesses.

Military forces backed by bulldozers moved into the city’s refugee camp and surrounded several hospitals inside amid an exchange of fire with armed Palestinians, the witnesses said.

At least 30 Palestinians have been killed since the offensive began.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-raids-west-bank-city-besieges-hospitals-amid-military-operation/3319435

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I’m a 18‐year‐old transgirl from Eastern Germany. My parents are right‐wing extremists and have a problem with trans people. I am currently staying with my grandma, but she wants me out by 8 September latest.

I am going to stay with a friend from 9 to 10 September, but I still need a place to crash from 8 to 9 September, and also a more permanent solution for the time after. I am not bound to any particular place, but I would like to stay in Germany for now.

I am also looking for a job in IT, preferably in systems operations. I have been working with Linux in my free time for a few years now and I am really into NixOS. CV upon request.

#aid
#MutualAidRequest
#mutualaid
#mutualaidboost

#BBCNews - 'It stains your brain': How social media #algorithms show #violence to boys
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gdqzxypdzo

Ian McKellen Is Open to Returning as Gandalf in New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movies, but Warns Filmmakers: ‘They Better Be Quick!’
#Variety #Global #News #IanMckellen #LordOfTheRings

https://variety.com/2024/film/global/ian-mckellen-gandalf-new-lord-of-the-rings-movies-return-1236127228/

I'm sure our administrative agencies are going to be all over this! I'm just positive that no matter who wins the election, they'll have to put an end to this dystopian practice, right? Right?!?

Haha! We all know that Silicon Valley companies are allowed to do whatever they want with no repercussions. This is the hell world all the "smart people" have created for us, the fucking idiots.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-partner-phones-listening-microphone