Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

If you’re in DC and you see someone unhoused out in the freezing temps, call (202) 399-7093. This # is the DC shelter hotline. Or call 311. #dangerouscold #DoGood

👋 #FridayIceBreaker

It's great to get to know so many people from around the world from so many different cultures and backgrounds, so here's your weekly #IceBreaker - go nuts!

🎁 What is the strangest gift you have ever received?

I'll go first: at my first wedding we received a plank. It's about 4 foot long by 4 inches, and gently scalloped. No explanation given. I used to it to hold small flower pots for years. Now it's just a decorative plank.

What about you?

@godlessmom Sadly, business is addicted to corporate welfare. They have learned that if they starve their workers enough the government will step in to backfill their exploitation.

To add insult to injury, their Republican friends then block any attempt at social investment. It’s calculated and premeditated economic slavery.

Criteria we could use to judge & compare countries instead of GDP & military strength:

- % of population living in poverty
- child mortality
- average women’s educational level
- life expectancy
- standard of living for poorest 10% of population
- median leisure budget remaining after core expenses (rent, food, health, education)
- minimum wage v cost of living
- happiness index
- % population failed by social safety net
- preventable deaths
- environmental impact per population

One statistic in the 2022 Stack Overflow survey that surprised me is that both professional and personal developers responded to preferring #Linux over #macOS as their development machine. The justification seems to be the synergy with working with and developing #OpenSource software.

https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2022/#section-most-popular-technologies-operating-system

https://t.me/United24media/2150 ⚠️🇭🇺 The European Commission freezes the payment of 22 billion euros to Hungary from European funds until a number of conditions are met. The main reason is the policy of Budapest, which runs counter to EU norms. Among them: the independence of the judiciary, academic freedoms, LGBT rights and the asylum system for refugees. Earlier, European structures have already frozen (more) #Ukraine #News #War #Russia

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lmKgDGl5xxw&feature=share ⚡️🇫🇷France: 'Emotions running high ' near Kurdish centre after deadly Paris shooting (FRANCE 24 English News VIDEO) #Ukraine #News #War #Russia

In this #COOLdays talk, see @PedroPS@twitter.com explain how to get involved in the #cool_dev community and help improving #CollaboraOnline. 🤝 Happy Holidays! 🎄

Watch the talk! 📹 https://youtu.be/lsdvYTqJ8C8

#Collabora #LOtech #OpenSource

Do you know what research won the Ig Nobel prizes this year🤔?

In this episode we go over them. Includes
- constipated scorpions
- ritual enemas on Mayan pottery
- and much more!

#academia #PhD #phdlife #science #xp @OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5A4IBztuq9E5LIbuZh9X7k?si=15a4da3f328040e9

Last week to register for the new edition of Youth Hacking 4 Freedom!

Do you know any European teenagers who like to tinker and want to have fun programming? Share with them the news of this #coding competition!

💻http://yh4f.org

#YH4F #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom

A teenager in the Bronx was accused of stealing a backpack. The police arrested him.

Couldn't make bail. Would spend 2 years on Riker's island awaiting a trial.

--only for the charges to be dropped. Many were appalled, they set it up for him to go to community college. That's where I met him once-- Came to electronics club. He made an LED Christmas tree-- he seemed... so so so sad.

He took his own life later that year.

Anyways. Uh, Sam Bankman-Fried to be released on $250 million bail.

We are thankful to
@internetfreedom for providing us the legal assistance and Adv. Santosh Mathew for representing us and arguing the matter before the Kerala High Court.

I have just learned that I have been laid off, three days before Christmas.

I have a lot of emotions right now, but instead of airing those out I'm focusing in a more positive direction. I am looking for a full-stack engineer or back-end/front-end developer position in the information security space. I am proficient in Python, JavaScript (React, Node, Express mainly) and am getting proficient in Rust. I have my GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM) certification and am comfortable in a systems engineering role with Rust or C/C++ as well.

Contract work welcome, full-time employment preferred. Appreciate the support and hope your holidays are off to a better start than mine!

300th Birthday: Axel Fredrik Cronstedt: Swedish researcher discovered nickel and is considered a founder of modern mineralogy

https://bit.ly/3WDT1gZ

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #scicomm #chemistryhistory

🧭🌍🧪 We have arrived at the penultimate stop of our chemistry Europe tour - today we are in Estonia

https://www.chemistryviews.org/24-must-see-destinations-in-europe-for-chemists/

#chemistrytraveltips #visiteurope #mustsee #europe #chemistry #adventcalendar2022
#chemistryviews #chemviews #Adventskalender #traveltips #traveltheworld #seeeurope #chemiverse

Here are a few Max Planck Institutes on #Mastodon :

@MPI_Meteo - Meteorology
@mpi_nl - Psycholinguistics
@mpimsp - Microstructure Physics
@mpifkf - Solid State Research
@MPI_ScienceOfLight - Science of Light
@MPIforBI - Biological Intelligence
@mpicbg - Cell Biology and Genetics
@mpi_grav - Gravitational Physics
@mpi_astro - Astronomy
@MPIAGE - Biology of Ageing
@MPI_BGC - Biogeochemistry
@mpi_inno_comp - Innovation and Competition

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@maxplanckgesellschaft

@zleap
The only computer that is "younger" than a decade at my place is the phone I'm typing this on. Which is a cheap phone, but I still consider it too powerful. Do I have to be ashamed of my dual Xeon Mac Pro or my even more dated dual G5 Power Mac? These machines are legends!
To be honest, I thought this was a joke first, but maybe I just don't get most of Gen Z 🤷
@djlink