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Ooze

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Virtually Real

"We each live in our own perceptual universe, no two sensoria are exactly alike, but, because we all live in the same physical universe, we imagine it is a shared whole, its entirety common to us all. But our perceptual worlds are as unique as we each are, each unique perceptual world adding to the creation of the whole of reality."

Theologian. Historian. Polytheist Animist. Regenerative Farmer. Refugee From Academia. Open Data Advocate. Photographer.

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Ooze, to australia
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As many as half a million households in Victoria have lost power after a major transmission line was brought down by a storm, tripping a power station and sending spot electricity prices soaring.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/13/victorias-electricity-spot-prices-soar-as-states-largest-coal-generator-suffers-outage

kris_inwood, to history
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Expressions of interest are invited to publish in the 50th anniversary issue of Social Science History on the theme of ‘past and present’. 200-word abstracts are due Apr 2nd 2024; complete papers are due Jan 15 2023.
More info at
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ag7s084dk5xfko68y1pq4/50th_anniversary_issue_SSHA_CFP.docx?rlkey=mgxjxijplzrd4m0a7ksbaxcle&dl=0

@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon
@archaeodons

Ooze,
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@kris_inwood @economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @anthropology @econhist @devecon @archaeodons Is this open access?

TiciaVerveer, to random Dutch
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A team of scholars spent five years studying magical texts from Egypt that were written written in Coptic script and language on papyrus, parchment, paper and shards of clay and date from the period between the 4th and 12th centuries AD.
They have now been collected and scientifically annotated for the first time in a 600-page book.
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-ancient-anthology-magical-texts-published.html

Ooze,
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@TiciaVerveer I wonder why the scare quotes are necessary...

Ooze, to random
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Home.

The Muscovy ducklings are predictably huge already.

devindra, to random
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Guess I found the Vision Pro’s kryptonite: Petting cats makes the finger gesture system FLIP OUT

Petting a cat while using the Apple Vision Pro, which makes everything go haywire.

Ooze,
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@dadifroggie @devindra Even if you don't have a cat, reconsider the deal.

Ooze, to Tasmania
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Top wind speed yesterday 75.6kph! Totally not coincidentally this poor darling got blown over at the time that peak happened.

Ooze, to random
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Yes! My child has quit the corporate job and is coming to stay on our farm. There were two last straws. One was the CEO having a big whinge because corporate climate policies mean he and his mates can't get sponsors for their annual sports car charity event. But the main one was the glowing performance review that was accompanied by a pay cut. They only have themselves to blame. What did they think would happen?

jaztrophysicist, to random
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    Ooze,
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    @jaztrophysicist Just leave academia.

    Ooze,
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    @RichardShaw @jaztrophysicist Yes, so we have to take totally different jobs to what we are trained for. I became a farmer. So much happier.

    Ooze, to Tasmania
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    Home

    I made a wombat gate because the fence was in their way.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    If it was possible to live forever, would you want to?

    Ooze,
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    @RickiTarr I'd like the option to do so but not the inability to die.

    Hey_Beth, (edited ) to random
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    Reposting after hearing about The Messenger:

    Please follow the journalists and news organizations that regularly post here.

    Also, click on notifications or set up a list, so that you do not miss any of their posts.

    There really are some great accounts in the fediverse.

    Steve Herman @w7voa and Kristza Satori @fulelo post a wide-range of articles throughout the day.

    These news organizations and journalists post frequently:

    Philip Bump Washington Post @pbump

    Utah Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib

    Colorado Colorado Sun @coloradosun

    Nebraska Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreepress

    Texas @TexasObserver

    Boston @gbhnews

    General

    Alaska James Brooks @AK_OK

    Bay Area CA @thevallejosun

    Gil Duran @gilduran

    Baltimore @BaltimoreBanner

    General:

    @Semafor

    The Markup @themarkup

    Bolts Magazine @bolts

    @TheConversationUS

    @damemagazine

    Russ Contreras of Axios @russcontreras

    @dangillmor

    @ProPublica

    @JamesGleick

    @drewharwell

    Art @hyperallergic

    Ooze,
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    @Hey_Beth Please recommend some.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Is Julian Assange a hero, villain, or something in between?

    Ooze,
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    @RickiTarr It is impossible to comment on the true nature of someone one only knows via the media.

    jimbob, to random
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    Neighbours are burning something new. Not a plastic smell, more like ammonia. Cool.

    Ooze,
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    @jimbob I have those neighbours too.

    kcarruthers, to random
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    Charlie Carp doesn’t smell as bad as it sounds

    Ooze,
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    @kcarruthers That stuff is gold!

    Ooze,
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    @kcarruthers What kind of plants?

    KathyReid, to random
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    My reflection from yesterday's @linuxaustralia - you can't make things a priority for an organisation unless prioritisation involves dedicating resources to that priority.

    If there are no additional resources, and other things are not de-prioritised, then you cannot logically make something else a priority.

    There is a "red line" on organisational capacity - if things get added to the list of priorities / tasks, then either something else drops below the line, or more resources are required to deliver those priorities.

    It's that simple.

    Ooze, (edited )
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    @KathyReid @jpm @linuxaustralia You are 100% mistaken. It was actually a case of a person trying to offer to do a thing for an organisation, but first asking to see if the organisation thought it would be a priority they wanted to pursue. However because a lot of the people in that organisation are really burnt out, and because they made the assumption that it was a person trying to get them to do another thing when they have no more spoons, they voted down the motion designed to find out if the association thought it was a priority worth pursuing because no one asked the person proposing the thing if they would do the thing before they voted against it.

    Ooze,
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    @KathyReid @jpm It is also worth noting that the thing the person was proposing to make a priority was the very thing that the organisation was set up to advocate that others should do, but that the organisation is not presently doing itself.

    Ooze, (edited )
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    @KathyReid @linuxaustralia Your comment about my "making a big deal" about not being able to increase text size in Zoom is an excellent exemplar of how Linux Australia is doing at accommodating disability. I needed to increase the text size because I had great difficulty reading the chat despite employing accessibility options on my own computer. I should have expected nothing better after my advocating for better support of disabled people to help them participate at Everything Open was met with "we don't have the resources for that".

    As I said before, I was going to offer to investigate exactly what needed to be done to get Linux Australia to be using 100% open source, but the motion was voted down without anyone even asking me if I would do anything. At the very least this is a procedural failure. The chairman put the motion to a vote without the discussion being complete. A point which another attendee made at the time.

    I can understand how people in an organisation set up to promote open source might feel attacked when a member of the organisation asks them why they aren't in fact using open source software for the activities of that organisation. However I did not say "You're a bunch of hypocrites" which your toot portrays as a direct quote but is in fact a misrepresentation. I did say it was hypocritical of the organisation to advocate for open source but to not use open source itself.

    The fact remains that they voted down a motion asking them to make it a priority to do the core thing the organisation purports to support. If they are angry about that then that is way more about them than about my approach. I was offering to help the organisation live up to its principles and, not only was my help not accepted, but now you are patronising me in public. This is a strange approach for an organisation that says it will support people to do things if they step up.

    The fact that Linux Australia even considered using Zoom, a known data security risk and a complete trash fire of a company, for their AGM is a massive prioritization of convenience over principle, and a really bad look. And I do not apologize for calling them out on that.

    I 100% don't care about political capital. I care about doing things for the community. That is why I gave my time and organised OSDC. That is why I presented at LCA. That is why I have gone on the session selection committee whenever I was asked. That is why I was offering to edit an open journal at the AGM, an offer which was also not taken up. If multiple people are offside because I offered to help the organisation not be hypocritical and to be more accessible to disabled people then this is clearly not an organisation I want to be a part of.

    Ooze,
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    @KathyReid @jpm @linuxaustralia This is what you should have said to me at the AGM instead of just saying that LA had no resources to do anything and voting the motion down.

    I know a lot of open source software is used by LA. But, as an organisation whose whole purpose is to advocate for open source, LA should be leading the way and using 100% open software, not playing catchup.

    RonaldVisser, to science
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    Interesting read on and a criminal world that pays editors to accept papers, people paying for papers and even downright bribing!
    Worrying trends!

    https://www.science.org/content/article/paper-mills-bribing-editors-scholarly-journals-science-investigation-finds

    @academicchatter

    Ooze,
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    @furqanshah @RonaldVisser @academicchatter So much this.

    wikipedia, to random
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    It's Wikipedia's birthday! Here's our baby picture from January 15, 2001

    Ooze,
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    @compthink @wikipedia Oh my sweet summer child.

    Ooze, to Tasmania
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    Home.

    Evening light.

    hacks4pancakes, to random

    None of us actually enjoy having to call out tech conferences for still in our year 2024 having zero speakers who aren’t white men. Getting lots of comment abuse, legal threats, guilt trips, and being known for that instead of our jobs isn’t like great or fun, actually.

    Ooze,
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    @hacks4pancakes
    The conference is not in the US.

    kcarruthers, to random
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    “Your periodic reminder that less ice at the Arctic is consistent with a weaker jet stream that allows cold air to drift down into the Great Plains.

    The frigid temps you're experiencing happen BECAUSE of a warming planet, not in spite of it.” Via Dr Steve Campbell from the other place

    He later references https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/understanding-arctic-polar-vortex

    https://twitter.com/historian_steve/status/1745920780624711886?s=46&t=4TnCHrl_NkgPDLmdROH8hA

    Ooze,
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    @kcarruthers This is your friendly reminder that there is more than one jet stream. At each pole there is a polar and a subtropical jet. Normally when people say jet stream they are referring to the northern polar jet stream because polar jets are stronger than subtropical jets and because the northern hemisphere is the only hemisphere that exists.

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