Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

I am really glad that we can finally confirm that the Joint ALMA Observatory successfully returned to science observations after the infamous cyber-attack of October 29th, 48 days ago!

You can read more about it here: http://www.almaobservatory.org/alma-successfully-restarted-observations/

#ALMA #AtacamaLargeMillimeterSubmillimeterArray #CyberAttack #Resiliency

Should all computer include a native BASIC capability with instructions? Yes argues David Brin in "Why Johnny can’t code"

Fragment of Ancient Egyptian goddess found in 2,700-year-old settlement in Spain https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/11/fragment-of-ancient-egyptian-goddess-found-in-2700-year-old-settlement-in-spain/145362 #Archaeology #Ancient #Antiquity #Spain

Source: https://twitter.com/AntiquityJ/status/1604948443402850318?s=20&t=cvwqceG9vt71nhIvjqJs_A

What they are building with #elk reminds me a lot of the early days of Twitter before they killed off third party apps.

If you don't remember or weren't around, for the first 5 years or so of Twitter, 3rd party apps flourished and was a big part of the appeal of using Twitter. People did all sorts of things from regular clients to unique views of the data (StockTwits was originally built on top of Twitter).

Eventually they decided that 3rd party clients got in the way of their advertising plans and they essentially killed off the entire ecosystem. They played it down like they were only limiting certain types of apps, but what happened is that no one wanted to build on top of an unstable platform anymore, and didn't.

If I have to think back to where Twitter started changing for the worse, it was that moment. All downhill from there.

But here on Mastodon there's a chance to revive the creativity and competitiveness that was lost at that time. I'm excited for what #elk is building and look forward to seeing how it inspires others to build unique experiences on top of the fediverse.

Three day summer school in gravitational waves -- Auckland, New Zealand. Aimed at senior undergrads/postgrads...

Travel / accommodation support available

https://www.gravity.ac.nz/2022/12/19/nzgw23/

@zleap unfortunately, in my opinion, the dominant capitalist practices, systemic corruption, and momentum in the wrong directions, combined with the crushing lack of useful education in the US means it's not going to be remediated without massive civil unrest.

@Jaden2 the history of gun control is borne out of racism. The realities affecting the black community on either side of the reality of gun violence is often ignored.

The hard truth is we need America to repair the damage it continues to inflict on black people. The poverty caused by that reality makes us dependent on a system we have little representation in. Keeping us as an afterthought.

#BlackMastadon

Small #introduction:
I'm a #PhD Candidate based in LISER (LU) and VUB (BE), working on #PublicTransport (PT), namely fare-free policies, PT #policing, and #labour in PT. Generally interested in #qualitative #SocialSciences, #geography, #sociology, #anthropology, #UrbanStudies... And a lot of politics.

Currently, I'm a part of a team working on fare-free public transport: you can check out our website to follow our work, esp. our world #map of fare-free agencies! https://freepublictransport.net

Tim Berners Lee Wants Users To Take Back Control Of Their Data (privacy) From Big Tech

#News #BigTech #privacy #web3 #tech #internet #www
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/16/tech/tim-berners-lee-inrupt-spc-intl/index.html

"The June paper said cloud technologies mitigated many of the risks, but exponentially increased the number of software applications schools were using and created other problems.

'The increasing use of data-driven learning insights and adaptive learning applications is vastly increasing the amount of student data being held in such systems, and many hold data offshore, not necessarily subject to NZ jurisdictional protections'."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/481106/new-zealand-made-software-putting-schools-at-risk-of-cyber-attack

#Aotearoa #NZ #schools #SMS #security

Yes, this is totally unacceptable: https://masto.ai/@rbreich/109541948219045987 The US federal gov't rules a failed empire and is a moral vacuum.

Who knows what will happen with Twitter and Mastodon, but the fact that *so* many people, including influential journalists, have had a peek into what decentralized social media can look like & do is huge and has transformative potential, especially in terms of countering Nazis.

“A far-right troll best known by his online persona Baked Alaska, who is facing prison time over his role in the January 6 riots, was aghast by his former hero’s new venture. ‘I can’t believe I’m going to jail for an NFT salesman,’ he tweeted. When a guy called Baked Alaska thinks you’re embarrassing, you’ve officially hit rock bottom.” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/17/us-president-nft-salesman-trump-finally-hit-rock-bottom

Nos Fory! Tomorrow night!

20:00 GMT - 8 yr hwyr

Hwyl yr ŵyl dan ofal tîm Noson Lawen ar Zoom a'r CaffiBar Cymraeg.

An evening of Christmas Cheer with the Nosol Lawen ar Zoom team and the CaffiBar Cymraeg.

Water-based circuit concept switches much faster than semiconductors.

Short laser pulse is fired into the water jet with iodide ions dissolved into it bumps electrons out of the dissolved salts, essentially boosting the conductivity of the water.

A second laser can read back what state the water is in, providing the “on” and “off” options of an existing transistor.

Because the laser pulse is so fast, the water can switch states in a matter of picoseconds.

https://newatlas.com/electronics/water-circuit-switches-thz-faster-semiconductors/

LibreOffice tops the list, which is all you need, IMO: Best 5 Alternatives to Microsoft Office in 2022 [Compared] https://www.debugpoint.com/best-alternatives-microsoft-office-2022/

So I understand that the bird site has started blocking links to common/known Mastodon instances, and that doesn't seem like free speech to me. So... I did a thing.

If you go to https://spacekaren.sucks it is now a URL shortener that blocks the twitter user agent. That means you can share that link that will redirect to your Mastodon account without the pouty baby stopping you. If you find this helpful can you boost so others can find it? #TwitterMigration #Mastodon #Musk #introduction

Olbermann is also still suspended

UPDATE: Linette Lopez, a journalist who has produced important reporting on @Tesla@twitter.com for years is still suspended

Journalists reinstated should take a stand and not return to Twitter. Returning only serves to feed his purpose.