Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

@zleap Good point. Though also keep in mind we are more of a "place for stem people to hang out" rather than a "place for us to have curated stem content"

The idea being that the vast majority of users want one instance as their home and only that one instance. As such if you are simply personally interested in engaging with adult content for your own enjoyment that is a perfectly acceptable reason on its own.

New battery chemistry results in first rechargeable zinc-air battery - Enlarge (credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Most of the disposable batteries you'll come across are techn... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1732468 #materialsscience #batteries #chemistry #science #zinc

A look at the Oxford University & AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (just approved for use in the UK) and how it differs from the Pfizer & BioNTech RNA vaccine.

https://www.compoundchem.com/2020/12/30/viral-vector-vaccines/

#COVID19 #Vaccines #Chemistry #Biology #Viruses #RNA

Thirty-six teachers have died of Covid-19 since the pandemic hit Kenya in March last year, Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has said.

Kenya’s Teachers Service Commission (TSC) data shows that 209 teachers have recovered from the virus, 92 teachers are on home-based care and nine are hospitalised.

“All efforts are being made to ensure that all teachers under medical attention receive the best care so they get well and resume work,” said TSC Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia.

Of the 345 teachers affected by the virus, 159 were male and 186 females. Teachers above 58 years and those with pre-existing conditions will work from home.

Original article on Standard Digital

#africa #education #kenya

https://schoolforafrica.org/uncategorized/covid-19-has-killed-36-teachers-in-kenya/

Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/technology/tim-berners-lee-privacy-internet.html

(submitted by IvanSologub)

Stealing Your Private YouTube Videos, One Frame at a Time
https://bugs.xdavidhu.me/google/2021/01/11/stealing-your-private-videos-one-frame-at-a-time/

(submitted by gbrown_)

The Twitter purge is continuing. Even left wing media is being purged now. We all knew this day would come.
It's time we spread the word and make the fediverse rise up.
https://snoozey.io/welcome-to-the-fediverse/

Another idea for a federated service. Shopping network. Each account is a possible seller and/or buyer. Each instance is a shop. Anybody can search for goods on any instance. Buyers can follow sellers for goods updates. Buyers could follow other buyers for goods reviews.

#fediverse #shopping

Everything pundits are getting wrong about this current moment in content moderation: An ongoing list https://jilliancyork.com/2021/01/10/everything-pundits-are-getting-wrong-about-this-moment-in-platform-regulation-an-ongoing-list/

Open Street Map Contributions https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/open-street-map-contributions

Family out in Nairobi national park

📸 Hitesh Photography

#Kenya

The Internet was built as a kind of decentralized democracy. Change is slow and messy but it protects us from a single entity forcing their will on us.

When you move your data and social graph to a closed platform you vote for authoritarian rule.

Such choices never end well.