It is good to see the move on Bluesky because, X was starting to be boring. Nice to e-meet so many new followers here. Here is a 🧶 that is introduces most of my research interests. It is about #metaresearch#openscience and #medicine.
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The Greeks and Romans, at least from the Hellenistic period onward, used Neolithic stone axeheads to protect buildings from lightning. They thought that the stone hand axes were formed when lightning struck a rock, so tucking one in the rafters of your abode could protect it?
This is neat... but... some of those Greeks must have thought "a person made this thing" right?
What do you think?
@futurebird@sauropods.win
The logic was that via sympathetic magic an item or thing would pass on its special ability.
The Romans for example used bull’s blood in cement mixes believing this would add strength.
At the time the Greeks were looking at flint arrowheads, Brithonics were looking at barrows and megalithic structures and concluding the people who lived underground in the barrows had strong magic powers. Most faerie lore comes from this.
From minus 4°C to plus 14°C ... holdrio! Have a cozy Sunday!
@NatureMC@mastodon.online
Migräne incoming 😫
@davetroy
Folks, please read this article. It goes into great detail about how the current CEO may be pure of heart and sincere about the lofty goals she espouses, but that this won't matter a bit to the crypto bro owners and potential acquirers who could, at the drop of a hat, restrict and manipulate user's access to their audiences.
If we are not smart about who owns the social media networks we embrace, we are destined to repeat the cycle of corporate capture and marginalization.
@mastodonmigration@davetroy But if this did happen... couldn't users just vote with their feet a 2nd time?
Published in an Elsevier journal.
@ascentale My worst bicycle issues...I ran over a metal plate weird and the bike almost swept out from underneath me. Then my wheel wouldn't spin because it was bent. The mechanic called it "potato chipped"
Another time a strap hanging from my panier got caught in my chain and this somehow resulted in my derailleur looking like...well this.
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For 40 years I'm a journalist, and I trained professional distance to the news. Lately, I've only been reading the news at fixed times.
Today, I endured exactly 30 minutes. Never in these 40 years, has the world felt so close to going mad, even in the threat of a world war. Caused by a few monster types.
I still believe in frogs. And wished for world domination by the Muppets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8enlTBXR5Y
@NatureMC A much-needed happy-cry. Thank you.
@thisismissem@aral
I feel that participation in a public forum such as this is basically acknowledging that this data will be collected by someone, somewhere.
If your safety depends on you controlling how far your posts on a public forum go, I'm not sure you should be on a public forum at all without utilizing a pseudonym.
This isn't a value judgement. Just a reality of posting in public.
^ All said in polite discussion - not meant as confrontation. And I don't feel I'm owed a response.
🤝 C’était son amie de 30 ans. Mais Carla Bruni, en grande difficulté lors de son audition devant les juges de l’opération « Sauver Sarko », a fini par lâcher violemment Mimi Marchand.
« Quelqu’un qui est allé en prison, ce n’est jamais par hasard », a notamment attaqué l’épouse de l’ancien président, qui a été contrainte de reconnaître l’existence d’un téléphone secret au cœur de l’affaire. 👇
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/221124/carla-bruni-lache-mimi-marchand-quelqu-un-qui-est-alle-en-prison-ce-n-est-jamais-par-hasard?utm_source=global&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SharingApp&xtor=CS3-5 @mediapart
The only way to stop the rise of fascism in the United States, the document said, “is by making our democracy work and by actively cooperating to preserve world peace and security.”
@brembs ah, the cherished liberal fable that there was a democracy here in the first place
@pluralistic Your long threads overdominate my feed, but you post a lot of other good stuff too. Wish there was a way to follow everything but the long threads. Just posting a link to your long form feed seems like a lot less work to read what's in the long threads now.
Servicepost für deutschsprachige JournalistInnen - Stichwort "Änderungen der russischen Nukleardoktrin". Da ich das heute eh schon mehrfach verschickt habe, kann ich es auch hier einfach mal posten: 1/10
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:otqxvkccrtrrapsa5up5jpf5/post/3lbcbgk27ls2x
But I am still upset about mutuals who left Twitter for Bsky and going to miss them. Which was why I created a Masto account in the first place
#Aktionsbündnis: „Die #Wissenschaftsorganisationen sollten X in einer konzertierten Aktion verlassen“
#Wissenschaftlerinnen und #Wissenschaftler fordern, das in Deutschland gegründete #Social-Media-Netzwerk #Mastodon zur Basis der deutschen #Wissenschaft zu machen und Elon Musks „X“ aufzugeben. Die Rückkehr von Wirtschaftsminister Habeck zu X sehen sie skeptisch. ...
Help me find a lost earring?
This is a long shot, but I bought these earrings over 25 years ago on holiday somewhere in Cornwall.
I managed to keep the pair whole until earlier this year, when I'm pretty sure one was lost in the wash.
I'm gutted. I loved these! They look handmade, but I doubt they were a one off. Is there any way to track down the design and find a replacement? Searching '90s cornwall silver snake earrings' didn't help.
@Rhube I used to have the same. Bought in Germany. This was common fashion jewelry from India. I am sure they still do them in this or nearly a similar design.
We've also made the move to the Fediverse (as an experiment, for now)! We are the Faculty of #Philosophy at the University of #Groningen - widely regarded as one of the best places to study philosophy in Europe! We are looking forward to making new connections! #introduction
While I'm glad that TXitter alternatives are growing in popularity, I wish... there's a truly universal (and open) protocol that I can just use to sync across platforms.
Just once and for all, not having to hop across different sites and having to keep track of privacy settings and periodically block ads/scripts all over again.
(Cue XKCD standards joke: https://xkcd.com/927)
I'm struggling with the feeling that there must be something useful to be gained from this recent AI activity. But when I really dig in, all I find are LLMs with their obvious limitations, serious moral and ethical problems, and no use cases I can identify that justify the costs. @emilymbender and @timnitGebru have helped me cut through the noise.
Serious question, friends: in the absence of moral and ethical showstoppers, what are some compelling use cases?
Le Guin’s advice—read when you cannot write, sleep when you cannot read—has been top of mind all week and I am intensely grateful.
@aworkinglibrary She was a nifty woman. Smart as a whip. Never let her fame go to her head. Incredibly nice & gracious, even to the superfans that really boundry stomped when she did her rare public book signings. I really liked her. She had a poise & grace that was all her own. Never seen it's like before or since.
What better way to celebrate than to make... a game? So we made GameMaker Maker!
play it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3219220/GameMaker_25th_Anniversary/
or on GXgames: https://gx.games/games/6huaaq/gamemaker-25th-anniversary/
