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boud

@boud@framapiaf.org

cosmologiste; en faveur de l'accès ouvert au savoir et des prises de décisions publiques structurées, libres et informées

#LogicielLibre #FreeSoftware #Debian #Mobian #cosmology #OpenScience #HumanRights (#fedi22)

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baldur, to random
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One of the things that the Stack Overflow brouhaha demonstrates is that it doesn’t matter if a service was founded by people trusted by the community (Atwood and Spolsky) and was broadly community-led. If it’s a VC-funded startup, they will sell out their users at some point.

boud,
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@JasonPunyon @baldur

Looks like 16.9 GiB for stackoverflow.com.sqlite.br (16.9GiB) and roughly 6 GiB for the rest. Maybe people running instances could add searches on data dumps like these?

thomasfuchs, (edited ) to random
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Germany is banning the rector of the University of Glasgow from entering the EU. Because he’s a witness to genocide (as a surgeon who among other things repairs blown off faces of children) who was to speak at the French senate.

Germany has completely lost it.

boud,
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@thomasfuchs

ZekuZelalem, to random
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Utterly ridiculous from the Pulitzer Prize committee today.

This Pulitzer citation supposedly honoring 🇵🇸 journos doesn't actually do so.

"Journalists & media workers covering the war in Gaza" includes everyone, Palestinian or otherwise.

The citation fails to mention the nationality of the journalists who "died" (euphemism which downplays the worst recorded journo slaughter), or the identity of their killers, the Israeli army.

Please compare with the 2022 citation for 🇺🇦 journalists.

The 2024 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Special Citations and Awards Journalists and Media Workers Covering the War in Gaza In recent years the Pulitzer Board has issued citations honoring journalists covering wars in Ukraine and Afghanistan. This year, the Board recognizes the courageous work of journalists and media workers covering the war in Gaza. Under horrific conditions, an extraordinary number of journalists have died in the effort to tell the stories of Palestinians and others in Gaza. This war has also claimed the lives of poets and writers among the casualties. As the Pulitzer Prizes honor categories of journalism, arts, and letters, we mark the loss of invaluable records of the human experience.

boud,
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@ZekuZelalem

You're absolutely right. This is pure racism. Per the Pulitzer Prize committee, Ukrainian journalists exist, but Palestinian journalists don't. Palestinians are an object, not a subject.

"The Journalists of Ukraine" ... "deaths in their ranks"

versus

"Journalists ... Covering the War in Gaza" ... "died in the effort to tell the stories of Palestinians"

So how is the US going to save the Filipinos?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Man%27s_Burden

Philsturgeon, to random
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The people of England have spoken, and with a powerful and undeniable voice we have said:

Fuck off Tories.

boud,
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@nf3xn @kgoetz @paulcox @Philsturgeon

I don't think I heard about that. The Polling section shows that over 12 months, opinion changed from a big majority in favour to a big majority against:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum#Polling

That was a decade ago.

I really can't understand how anyone can think an election in which someone getting, say, 25% of the vote is a fair representative of the whole population (because the others got 24%, 22%, 15%, 10%, 4%).

Up to UK people to decide whether to try again.

boud,
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@paulcox @Philsturgeon

Will these local election results the UK parliamentary election give any chance for setting in a long-term shift to democracy by replacing (FPTP) by either a two-round [1] (like in e.g. France, Poland), ranked method [2] (like in e.g. Australia) or rated method [3]?

The Labor and LibDem parties would have to accept a shift to coalitions instead of winner-take-all.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-round_system

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_voting

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rated_voting

LaQuadrature, to random French
@LaQuadrature@mamot.fr avatar

Hier, le règlement IA (ou ) a été adopté par l'Union européenne. À l'arrivée, loin des promesses initiales et des commentaires emphatiques, ce texte est taillé sur mesure pour l'industrie de la tech et les polices européennes. Notre analyse :
https://www.laquadrature.net/2024/05/22/le-reglement-ia-adopte-la-fuite-en-avant-techno-solutionniste-peut-se-poursuivre/

boud,
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@LaQuadrature @messaroundmarx

Glad to see the last few lines:

"Since it is now clear that the AI Act will be of no use in curbing the current drift, we will have to collectively consider other means of struggle."

glynmoody, to random
@glynmoody@mastodon.social avatar

LA Times bans 38 of its journalists from reporting on after they sign open letter critical of coverage - https://boingboing.net/2024/01/06/la-times-bans-38-of-its-journalists-from-reporting-on-gaza-after-they-sign-open-letter-critical-of-coverage.html "partiality in recent coverage has not allowed them to do their jobs."

boud,
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@richard_merren

You are correct that "'genocide' and 'apartheid'" "have actual meanings and definitions in the real world". That's what the journalists are calling for.

Let's check the open letter:
"We are renewing the call for journalists to ... use precise terms that are well-defined by international human rights organizations, including 'apartheid,' ... and 'genocide.'

"U.N. experts have warned ... yet Western outlets remain hesitant to quote genocide experts ..."

@glynmoody

spaduf, to academicchatter
@spaduf@hachyderm.io avatar

Do you post your full lectures online? Please consider sharing them to @opencourselectures. A community dedicated to collecting and discussing freely available full length lecture series for autodidacts and personal development!

I believe the distribution of knowledge is by far the most important function of the internet and I need your help to bring some of that functionality to the fediverse.

Please boost for visibility!

@academicchatter

boud,
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@spaduf @opencourselectures

Full course: Special relativity and steps towards general relativity:

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special_relativity_and_steps_towards_general_relativity

I'm willing (if someone expresses a serious interest) to do videos, though I would record them independently of the live lectures with students, to avoid having to edit out discussions with students or keep them in and handle privacy issues. There are also context-dependent explanations that are OK locally but don't make sense planetwide.

razem, to random Polish
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⚛️TAK dla elektrowni atomowej w Polsce!
🚆TAK dla rozwoju kolei!
🏗️TAK dla budowy mieszkań na tani wynajem!

! Tak dla odważnych, państwowych inwestycji! Bez przeciągania terminów! Bez rozmydlania!

boud,
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@razem

TAK dla Doramadu!

TAK dla DDT!


https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doramad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_fad

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichlorodifenylotrichloroetan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_trap

brume, to random French
@brume@piaille.fr avatar

Leçon de journalisme pour les médias français.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx82s-yWkPE

Le porte-parole d'Israël piégé par Piers Morgan.

Cela fait vraiment bizarre, vu de France, de voir un journaliste de télévision faire son travail, c'est-à-dire ne pas accepter les digressions de son invité et le mettre face à ses contradictions et ses mensonges.

"Comment pouvez- vous n'avoir aucune idée du nombre de civils tués par l'armée israelienne, vous qui êtes le porte-parole du gouvernement ? Alors que vous êtes certain du nombre de combattants du Hamas tués."


boud,
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@christophe_guinet @brume

https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=dx82s-yWkPE

m0bi13, to random Polish
@m0bi13@pol.social avatar

📰 Za TechCrunch:

"Długie dochodzenie w sprawie korzystania z platformy Microsoft 365 w Unii Europejskiej wykazało, że Komisja naruszyła obowiązujące w Unii przepisy dotyczące ochrony danych poprzez korzystanie z tego oprogramowania biurowego opartego na chmurze.

Ogłaszając swoją decyzję w dzisiejszym komunikacie prasowym, Europejski Inspektor Ochrony Danych (EIOD) stwierdził, że Komisja naruszyła „kilka kluczowych zasad ochrony danych podczas korzystania z Microsoft 365”.

„Komisja nie określiła w wystarczający sposób, jakie dane osobowe mają być zbierane i w jakich jednoznacznych i określonych celach przy korzystaniu z Microsoft 365” – napisał administrator danych Wojciech Wiewiórowski, dodając: „Naruszenia Komisji jako administratora danych dotyczą także przetwarzanie danych, w tym przekazywanie danych osobowych, dokonywane na jego zlecenie.”"

Źródło [EN]:
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/11/edps-microsoft-365/

boud,
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@m0bi13

In English:

The @EDPS has formally found that the @EU_Commission has violated data protection rules by its use of .

To avoid disrupting the work of the Commission, the Commission has been given 9 months to fix things up.

To the @EU_Commission press service that manages the Fediverse account: please tell decision-makers that plenty of recommendations for ethical software can be found at

https://switching.software

based on public discussion.

https://www.edps.europa.eu/system/files/2024-03/EDPS-2024-05-European-Commission_s-use-of-M365-infringes-data-protection-rules-for-EU-institutions-and-bodies_EN.pdf

boud, to random
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@tao @11011110 @enzuber Do you agree that the participant's proof here is correct? https://codeberg.org/boud/MathsOlympiad/src/branch/main/Olimpiada_Matematyczna_Zadanie_6.pdf

The Polish Maths Olympiad committee gave this proof a grade of 0. The possible grades range from 0 (completely wrong) to 6 (completely correct). To me the solution is correct and elegant and the grade should be revised to 6.

An appeal to the committee will be lodged, but having independent opinions might help.

rysiek, to random
@rysiek@mstdn.social avatar

in Baku, Azerbaijan
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Yeah, all of this is perfectly fine. Totally legit, no problems with this what-so-ever.

boud,
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@rysiek
Why the sarcasm? The consensus declaration of the Conference Of the Parties Of Unelected Tyrants (COPOUT) was that there will be a from censorship, arbitrary arrest, torture and forced disappearances of dissidents by 2050.

boud, to random
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@nemobis @OliverEscobar @kamil_bernaerts @OtwartaNauka @civodul

1/4
Could Polish universities implement authentic ?

'Innovation and Conservatism 2.0' [1] collects in-depth analyses of Polish universities' implementations of the 2018 Ustawa 2.0 [2] that radically restructured the system, increasing per-university centralisation via the Rector. Chapter 4 (Democratic aspects): how unis reorganised to conserve or recreate some aspects of democracy.

boud, to random
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@dasaptaerwin

is not going to get many reviewers for its system if after two and a half months, a review of version 2 of a paper is still not published:

https://f1000research.com/articles/11-344/v2

Receipt of my second review was confirmed by email on 6 Feb 2023 ...

had a nice idea, but currently it doesn't seem to be working.

https://framapiaf.org/@boud/108669474100439567

boud, to linuxphones
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Did your screen sometimes go and stay dark while you tried to make/receive your first few calls? and you thought it had turned off?

If you want to help collect value data so that the @mobian / PP (and beyond) community can choose a default NEARLEVEL setting based on evidence, please browse the 'proximity_raw_collect_data' script and if it looks OK, run it to collect data and provide your data file as a CC0 merge request [1]. Thanks! :)

[1] https://codeberg.org/boud/pinephone_hacks/src/branch/main/proximity_data

boud, to Astronomy
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@academicchatter

Two junior faculty positions are available at the Institute of Astronomy, NCU [1]: deadline 11 Feb 2024 [2][3].

These are teaching positions, with a fairly strict requirement to be able to teach in Polish. Teaching should start almost immediately, from 1 March 2024.

[1] https://astro.umk.pl/en

[2] https://www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?task=offer&action=one&id=4451

[3] https://www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?task=offer&action=one&id=4452

boud, to random
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Twelve US Senators, including , , risk having arrest warrants issued against them under Article 70 of the [1], since they have made threats against the [2]. The Senators risk (in principle) prison terms in The Hague of up to five years [1].

Time to fund the ICC properly - it needs much more than 150 MEUR/year.

[1] https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rome_Statute_of_the_International_Criminal_Court#Article_70:_Offences_against_the_administration_of_justice

[2] https://zeteo.com/p/exclusive-you-have-been-warned-republican

andrewstroehlein, to random
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Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine

https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state

boud,
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@andrewstroehlein

[1]

Arrest warrants requested against five people:

It's up to the three (+ 1 alternate) judges of Pre-Trial Chamber I [2] to decide on the application.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court_investigation_in_Palestine

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judges_of_the_International_Criminal_Court#Chambers

OliverEscobar, to random
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There's a new political economy turn in participatory-deliberative #democracy & democratic innovation, re-centring dimensions crucial to the transformative potential of these fields.

We're having a wee chat about this online tomorrow, join us if you can 👉🏽 https://deldem.ticketleap.com/does-deliberative-democracy-stand-a-chance-in-neoliberal-times/details

boud,
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@OliverEscobar

It would be good if that could be switched to participatory software + servers rather than using authoritarian software on a corporate server (Zoom), at least for followup talks:

https://switching.software/replace/zoom

Maybe you could introduce Dryzek and Curato to the role of software and servers in the political economy and in democratic innovation. I guess Dryzek and Curato are not yet on Fedi?

@Robbins

Francois, to random

In the context of explaining my transition into ecological research, I am regularly facing questions / comments from both scientists and non-scientists, as to whether engaging in scientific research aiming at understanding the ecological or climate crises we are facing is (still) an effective and timely thing to do to address these crises. This post attempts to […]

https://lookingup.francois-rincon.org/can-more-research-make-a-difference/

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boud,
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@Francois It seems to me that the research questions that would be the most effective against the would be empirical models of the decision-making of corporations, governments, banks, international institutions especially at concrete events such as , and modelling of how the decisions could in reality be rational, transparent, evidence-based, participatory. Not just hypothetical "if we had a revolution" models.

People like @OliverEscobar do research in that direction.

Bandersnatch, to random
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This is absolute bullshit @potus .

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4674900-biden-icc-prosecutor-israeli-leaders-arrest-warrants-request-outrageous/

Arrest warrants are the bare minimum.

boud,
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@rameshgupta @Misterhighwasted @Bandersnatch

Not just France. The Australian government has also declared its support for the prosecution of suspected war criminals [1].

> 'Australia respects the ICC and the important role it has in upholding international law,' the spokesperson said. 'The decision on whether to issue arrest warrants is a matter for the Court in the independent exercise of its functions.'

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/21/australia-respects-iccs-independence-following-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-request-government-says

amnogues, to Palestine Spanish
@amnogues@sciences.social avatar

Question for law scholars:

The can issue for signatories countries an arrest warrant on because it has jurisdiction over international crimes committed in since 2012

BUT

If doesn't recognise the , its territory isn't included in the jurisdiction, and the crimes of Hamas where carried out there, then how can the issue a legally binding arrest warrant on Hamas leaders?

Thanks😀

@academicchatter
@politicalscience
@geopolitics
@sociology
@anthropology

boud, (edited )
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@amnogues

I'm not a law scholar, but the time constraint of the ICC jurisdiction for its investigation in Palestine starts from 13 June 2014, not 2012 [1][2].

@Lassielmr
@academicchatter @politicalscience @geopolitics @sociology @anthropology

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court_investigation_in_Palestine

[2] https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-fatou-bensouda-respecting-investigation-situation-palestine

boud,
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@amnogues @Lassielmr

A related effect:

If the 5 warrants are accepted, then states party to the will have to arrest any of the five who are on the states' territory.

So the security services [3] will be obliged to arrest , or if they are on Palestinian territory; and transfer them to the ICC's custody in The Hague.

@academicchatter @politicalscience @geopolitics @sociology @anthropology

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine#Law_and_security

ant, to random
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My dream job is to build software for the federal government that is used by regular Americans to completely dispel a mythology in place long before I was born that government is inoperably incompetent and nothing can ever work. I just want to solve the boring problems that everyone else has deemed not worth their time. Vote online. Free file taxes.

Route mail efficiently and securely. More thoughts below.
https://symkowick.org/posts/career-update-mid2024/

boud,
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@ant

Just to throw ideas around: on Fedi you might be able to find enough people in a small town in the US like Échirolles in France where you could have a job helping the town council convert to FOSS. Probably more software education, teaching about posting bug reports/issues, and some software adaptation, than writing code. Depends if such a town exists in the US. Later try for county, state, federal govt agencies?

https://colter.social/@nicolasvivant/112441463127567342

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89chirolles

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