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This is kind of scary.
I uploaded my profile pic to
This is a site, setup by a former Google employee to show you, how Google would interpret a picture of you.
The result is not 100 % accurate (e.g. that I could be targeted with alcohol ads, but I hardly ever drink), but found the exact location and enough to be worried if they analysed a set of, say, a dozen photos.
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When biologists say an animal is "basal" does this mean:
* the animal has more traits found in extinct animals than its close relations
* the animal is taxonomically isolated on a branch with few leaves
* because the animal is taxonomically isolated, it may have traits of extinct ancestors of a clade lost in most other clade members
I've seen it used in all of these ways. Is the isolation key? Or is it being similar to the ancestor that matters more?
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1/2 I'm not a biologist, but
when I hear "basal", I imagine a family tree of the group including the basal group, and imagine the "basal" to branch off near the base of the group in which it is contained.
so, for example, if someone says "Eodromaeus was a basal theropod" I imagine a tree something like this:
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and you can see in that tree Eodromaeus branches off near the base. Pigeons, on the other hand, are a highly derived group of theropods.
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@astory evolution occurs in two steps. Genetic drift, and natural selection. When the gen pool contacts it may center on the same position again, assuming a local maximum has been found. The gen pool will only centre around a new position if their exist a better fit for the environment.
Of course the world is more complicated then the models I base the above assertion on.
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Donald Trump is remaking the world. But he really won’t like the result | Nesrine Malik
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As an erratic president imposes his international doctrine, countries are forging more stable alliances. His US will be weaker, not stronger, says Guardian columnist Nesrine MalikNesrine Malik (The Guardian)
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How about "Trump finds new way to do his favorite old thing--stiff creditors."
Trump Says Some Treasury Notes May Not Be Real
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I suspect this will just end up being something Old Man Trump said on a plane and we won’t hear about it again. But after recents, who are we kidding?Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
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I thought Feb 9 was International US Laughingstock Day!
*In his own mind.
Trump recognized Feb. 9 as first ever ‘Gulf of America Day’*
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I’ve been seething and grieving since yesterday’s Friday Night Massacre of NIH overheads, a seeming bit of bureaucratic trivial that will in fact destroy the US university system if unchecked. But I want to get away from budgets and rate breakdowns and F&A percentages for a moment.
Humor me?
From the time I was seven years old, I have wanted to be a scientist. The wonders of the universe, the delights of biodiversity, the cryptic secrets of number theory — I fell in love with these worlds and marveled that there was a role in our society for people who worked to uncover and share them.
Science, I realized, gave us superpowers. We evolved sensory capabilities consistent with our physical scale and temporal experience. But with science, we can understand what happened in the femtoseconds after the Big Bang, the molecular basis of inheritance, time dilation at the edge of a black hole, a 4 billion-year story of life on earth.
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When I was in graduate school, nothing in the world felt more important to me than publishing a paper in the scientific literature. It was not about getting a job or competing with my peers. It was about being part of something vastly larger than myself and profoundly meaningful human history.
I still remember the feeling of peace I felt when I made it happen. Even if I never achieved my dreams of being a research scientist, I had been able to contribute, in however tiny a way, to a community stretching over countless generations and striving toward a common and profoundly meaningful aim.
Thinking back on all this I better understand the pain I feel to see science under devastating attack here. It’s not just about my livelihood or my university. It’s about my identity. And it’s about a pursuit that I see as standing along with art, literature, and music as among our highest callings.
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I think Clarke got it wrong and was being far too pessimistic.
There is no magic; just science we don't know about yet. Even if we're confronted with something totally unexplained in present terms, the idea that it will *eventually* be explainable is an important difference in attitude.
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If that's all he meant then he phrased it quite badly and it's certainly *not* the way most people have interpreted this quote over the years.
Remember, this is coming from the author of _Rendezvous With Rama_, _2001_, and _Childhood's End_, ... stories where god-like intelligence appears out of the blue and produces completely incomprehensible artifacts to which the only proper response is "give up now, you will never understand this in a million years,"
It's a sufficiently consistent theme throughout his work that when he says "magic", I'm pretty sure he *did* mean it in the sense of casting spells + invoking the gods + praying they're in a good mood.
I recognise this feeling, it's like breathing.
Breathe in - read the papers, learn from them;
Breathe out - write one, contribute to the collective oeuvre;
And then someone else will read your paper, for *their* contribution.
The feeling of connection to other scientists, on a timeline that stretches out in both directions, is so powerful.
I personally had similar thoughts few years ago:
1. When I noticed “Defund STEM” protests (following the “Defund Polis” protests) - tolerated and even encourage by Biden’s administration
2. When I noticed that in my classes at the university there are significantly more STEM students from the Global South and almost none from Europe.
3. When the number of admin staff exceeded the number of researchers (in places like MIT, Heidelberg, Cambridge, …)
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“These elements of trust are part of the invisible bedrock of U.S. foreign policy. Allies in particular will be reluctant to share sensitive intelligence information if they fear that individuals with no government experience and who have not been vetted through typical security protocols will gain access to that intelligence. Musk and his team have found their way to the most closely guarded private federal data, and they will make the United States an object of mistrust to those who interact with the invisible machinery of U.S. national security.”
Uncertainty about access and authority will worry allies and tempt adversaries.James Goldgeier and Elizabeth N. Saunders (Foreign Affairs Magazine)
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Así nos llegaban anoche a @CarlosGS y a mi las ondas del terremoto de magnitud 7.6 ocurrido frente a las costas de Honduras.
Apenas necesitaron 11 minutos para llegar desde allí hasta la península ibérica.
As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college scholarships, an end to student loan repayment plans and a big hike in taxes on university endowments.CHEYANNE MUMPHREY (AP News)
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Since I switched from cycling to (trail)running as my main sport, I notice that I am less and less motivated to go cycling outside in winter. I used to cycle outside all winter long, but now I prefer the warmth on the indoor trainer 😆. Running outside in winter is not an issue 🏃♂️✅
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Later this month, I’m going with my parents to Logroño, San Sebastián and Bilbao. I’ve been several times to San Sebastián but only once 15 years ago to the other two.
Recommendations are welcome!
We are going to see Athletic ⚽️ (men) play at La Catedral, San Mamés.
Luego este mes, voy con mis padres a Logroño, San Sebastián y Bilbao. He visitado varias veces San Sebastián pero solo una vez hace 15 años a las otras dos.
Recomendaciones bienvenidos!
#bilbao #sansebastian #donosti #espana #spain
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Sonnet 004 - IV
Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend
Upon thy self thy beauty's legacy?
Nature's bequest gives nothing, but doth lend,
And being frank she lends to those are free:
Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse
The bounteous largess given thee to give?
Profitless usurer, why dost thou use
So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live?
For having traffic with thy self alone,
Thou of thy self thy sweet self dost deceive:
Then how when nature calls thee to be gone,
What acceptable audit canst thou leave?
Thy unused beauty must be tombed with thee,
Which, used, lives th' executor to be.
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I've started posting on LinkedIn all the unconstitutional shit Trump and Musk are doing to undermine the security and integrity of our government. Mainly because that crowd needs to hear it most. It's incredible how many people in the infosec space are still defending the actions of DOGE and its dear leader(s). And they're not all crypto bros and AI peddlers; we're talking about people in some pretty important roles, tech-wise.
But at least when they reply with the inevitable "stay in your lane" or "I used to like you when you stayed out of politics," they are on record as complicit and totally okay with what is going on.
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If you think neoliberalism to the end, it's social darwinism.
Unfortunately, a lot of tech bros were raised under the assumption that their techiness makes them superior beings. So they assume, they'll be on the winning team forever.
@alpradocabrero
Because solidarity didn't work.
At least in theory, there was the consensus after WW2 that a strong state that sets guidelines for the greater good was desirable. That meant taxes, regulation, large public sector (including military) and at least the promise of a better life.
That dream and the consensus were slowly eroded by rich people until we're now in a situation of collapse. Suddenly egoism is en vogue again.
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a legal tracker ....
justsecurity.org/107087/tracke…
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.Just Security
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the descent into full fascism seems to be going a lot smoother than many would have anticipated or hoped.
My main worry is how much damage will be inflicted on the US and the rest of the world in such a short period of time it’s hard to see how it won’t take decades to repair… if ever.
The parallels with 1920/30s Germany are far too real.
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I posted a slightly edited version of this post on LinkedIn, and added this bit in reply to the DOGE supporters in infosec:
For those folks, I would say this: There is zero daylight anymore between the prerogatives of national security and cybersecurity. If you seriously believe otherwise, you should probably go find another profession. As one goes, so goes the other. The systematic efforts by DOGE to dismantle various checks and balances on executive power are very much a threat to both.
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At first "DOGE's" subversive activities are a threat to the rights & liberties of us all.
Despite its lack of congressional confirmation & approval of being established as a government agency.
If you put the LinkedIn link here, it'd be easier for me to repost on there rather than tracking it down under your profile.
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During the lockdown, I posted about a F2F job interview at a company where, after the masked job seeker walks into the interview conference room, several people are unmasked. The seeker asks about moving to a break area outdoors. It's shot down. "Thanks but no thanks. I'll show myself out." and the seeker leaves.
Crickets. No response from anyone. And recruiters stopped reaching out with "great opportunities". I set my profile to private and a couple months later just deleted the account altogether.
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i also find the defunding of OCCRP gets through to them a little:
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The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, one of the world's most important resources when it comes to digging up information about #kleptocrats all over the world, lost 29% of its budget due to #ElonMusk's attacks on #USAID .There are few better causes you could donate to where your money would go anywhere near as far as it would with OCCRP (journalists in Moldova are kinda cheap in the scheme of things).
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#OCCRP #ICIJ #broligarchy #broligarchs #corruption #moneylaundering #kleptocracy #uspol #eupol #putin #russia #uspolitics
also the deletion of the federal investigation of kleptocrats, along with enforcement of things like seizing russian oligarchs yachts (not sure how this story got past #KariLake's VOA...)
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New Attorney General Pam Bondi sharply reorients DOJ's priorities to focus on drug cartels, transnational crimeRob Garver (Voice of America (VOA News))
This is great! Gonna follow you on LinkedIn just so I can repost your stuff there.
And I may need to start posting the same sort of thing there as well.
Remind them at the end of the day, this will impact their business, their customers, and society as a whole.
Perfectly acceptable to post on LinkedIn!
These people need to get their head out of the grind.
They believe him to be a genius and anyone saying anything negative are just jealous of his wealth. So they believe what he is doing now will be for the good of the country just like what it did to his businesses to grow his wealth.
It’s a fantasy they think will benefit them.
They are likely to be exploitative of their subordinates just as Musk is to his. The thing they don’t realize is they are now subordinate to Musk and will be exploited.
There is a movie that depicts one of the types of people you may be encountering. It's an Italian movie called The Conformist from 1970 and it was made after the war. It's set during the fascist government in Italy. The point of the movie is not clear until the final scene as the regime is falling.
To anyone interested, check it out: justwatch.com/us/movie/the-con… It's available on multiple platforms.
The thing about staying in your lane: if some gumball on your five lane freeway suddenly comes swerving across all the lanes and you do _not_ get out of your lane, you are dead.
Don't these people know how to drive?
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I think this should be advertised, as I have Capital One accounts.
I shall now consider removing those accounts.
context for Boosts:
Mr Beamer is director of cyber risk at Capital One
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Here's one of but many examples.
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@vfrmedia Interesting as I had savings in Orange that was then merged into Capital One.
Nothing dramatic, but not safe enough now.
I can still hear those "what's in your wallet" commercials…
Is my Capital One card at risk due to security threats? This guy doesn't give me much confidence.
I'm sure my friends would love to hear about it. I mean we all enjoy the Capital One lounges but I don't know...
“IMO” - it’s all about their “opinions”, particularly when something isn’t a matter of opinion, it’s a matter of FACT.
They simply don’t understand the difference between opinions and facts.
“Typical Wired hyperbole IMO.” – Rich Beamer
@briankrebs so reporting on the simple fact that the InfoSec experts at the US Treasury have deemed DOGE an insider threat is “hyperbole” coming out of Wired, not hyperbole coming from the US Treasury InfoSec, or so says a Trump fanboy who manages InfoSec at the Capital One corporation.
We truly live in a “post-fact” nation: all facts are “opinions,” the opinions with the most money behind them are “The Truth.” Evidence has nothing to do with it.
It started by disregarding basic science on evolutionary theory, then disregarding science on the environment and pollution, then disregarding science about modern medicine of vaccines, then diregarding the phenomenon of transgender people, then regarding even basic germ theory during COVID-19.
Now they have leveled-up to disregarding technical expertise on basic information security.
It so needs to be done. From my feed, other than a few women researchers talking about diversity/equity/inclusion/accessibility being thrown out the window, you'd think nothing even remotely out of the ordinary was happening in the US.
Fucking surreal.
Oops, I did it again. Dustin's resume says he is VP information security manager for Wells Fargo. Are we detecting a theme here?
Shall I go on?
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“Politics don’t belong on a business networking site”
Well call me crazy Bob, but I don’t want to do business with Nazis.
A guy who works for the scummiest US national Bank doesn't understand that everything is political.
Got it.
@Viss starting in 2005 they got a CEO who went an an acquisition spree and bought up every thrift that had a mortgage division in order to sell more mortgage backed securities. Then every other bank saw that, didn't want to be left out, and did the same.
We then saw what happened when they ran out of qualified borrowers.
Good book, I recommend it.
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The essence of LinkedIn is being an advertisement platform for the tech complex and it moves more and more from connecting ideas to advertisement. Quite tell tale for the current state of the tech industry
it's kind of the social network for the office. So like you're not supposed to be controversial at work, you're supposed to stick to safe subjects on LinkedIn - that seems like the tacit agreement that people on LinkedIn buy into. Kind of like Severance where your office life and your outside life are supposed to be completely separate.
Lately though, I've started posting things that are critical of the Musk regime because we can't just act like things are normal.
It depends what you mean by "controversial"
The most promoted are just disgustingly controversial... just in their own way
LinkedIn is just a platform for shameless self promotion, there is no value or information to be gained from it.
I'm only there so recruiters can find me.
So, it‘s not infosec when it’s ‚political‘.
But it‘s not ‚political‘ when it‘s about government contracts. That‘s business!
Except when it‘s about a contract between the people and their government, that is definitely ‚political‘.
As they say: „When everyone cares only about themselves, everyone is cared for!“
you need to be pretty far down a rabbit hole to think ANY remediation project is best performed by expert novices without any planning oversight or coordination.
Frankly this is disqualifying from any form of leadership, but we’ve been recruiting those badly for decades now so I suppose this isn’t surprising.
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Following over there now. Will “repost” and “like” to see how long before the algorithm deletes me…
Make some waves!
After the election, I did a post on Linkedin pointing out that if your job involves data about people, a time may come where you'll be asked to do Something Bad, and you need a plan. Also, take a hard look at what data you're collecting, and see if you can drop some of it.
No Likes. Two comments, both by people that I didn't know, saying something MAGA.
After the DOGE incursion, I posted again, in a similar vein. This time I limited replies to only Followers*. No nasty comments yet. 7 Likes.
I do understand that most of my connections are currently working (I'm recently retired) and don't need to publicly declare that they're going to go all "Simple Sabotage Field Manual".
*Really? 800? Weird.
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For any who are interested, you can download your own copy of the "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" here:
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by US Office of Strategic Services:
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#Resist #Resistance #USA #US
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Just saw this and was reminded of a recent exchange... I recently found out the very first tech ceo guy I interviewed on camera for work some 13 odd years ago doesn't trust media and journalists to be truthful in the Trump era.
It was a really strange thing to see him replying to a journalist on XTwitter in support of Trump/Musk shenanigans.
I'm still utterly aghast that you can work in this field, and look at anything going on an not be having a panic attack.
And being mad that someone else (a journalist no less) pointed at the 4 alarm fire in the room is just *chef's kiss*
When Aaron Swartz does it, it’s prison time.
When Mark Zuckerberg does it, that’s just business.
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Meta’s alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
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We should be considering a NATO without the USA.
And that also means dramatically increasing defence budgets in consideration of Trump pulling off a Putin.
Let’s start with putting non-American military bases in Greenland.
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@Chris Trottier Totally agree, but it's gonna need massive investment in the military and in the defense industry, on behalf of the member nations. It's not so easy as flipping a switch and boom! You're done, NATO without the US.
The thing is that USA has been the centerpiece of NATO ever since its inception - even going so far as being the depositary of the treaty.
There are lots of security contracts within the member states that involve US companies, including in my country, which is already operating US-made Humvee vehicles. In addition to that we've completely switched from the old Soviet MiG 21 LanceR planes which were falling out of the sky like crazy to the F16, right after the invasion of Russia in Ukraine, which we're using as a transition aircraft to F35, which we're planning to get 1st hand from Lockheed Martin by 2030-2035. In addition, we're also buying Abrams tanks, and we're looking for replacement IFVs - which are also likely to be acquired from US companies. We're also using C30 Hercules planes for transport as well as other stuff
These things aren't simple set it and forget it things. They require maintenance, spare parts and all sorts of things that come from the manufacturer. Having the US on the other side would make it a tremendous challenge, just like in any similar case. When we decided to join NATO back in the early 2000s, we had quite an important fleet of MiG 29 aircraft. But we depended on Russia for all those things. Well, Russia decided to just cut out the support for it. We tried a modernization project into MiG 29 Sniper, just like we did with the MiG 21s, but it failed miserably.
What can we replace the F35s with? Pretty much nothing. The only other countries manufacturing 5th gen fighter jets are Russia (which is not even reliable, not only because of sanctions, but because of the particularly low production volume of the said planes) and China - both of which are countries to avoid by any sane democracy.
edit: And not to mention the huge, abysmaly huge, enormous nuclear stockpile that the US has. It's the 2nd in the world, with the US also being one of the few countries having a nuclear triad - with nuclear weapons both on submarines, airplanes and on ICBMs. Should the US ever be attacked with nukes, there's a huge possibility of response. And for every country that is allied to the US, having that on your side in case of a conflict is a huge thing.
Both France and the UK also have a nuclear stockpile of their own, but it's much much lower than that of the US, and if, through absurd circumstances, we would have the US allied with Russia or China, the remaining block would stand no chance in a conflict.
So, whoever pulled the Trump in power did a huge blow to the entire free world!
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No one cares about clear air and water, apparently. Don't worry--it will all be over soon.
Distraught EPA Employees Fear for Their Futures Under Trump
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“I’m going to stand up to them,” one scientist said. “I may lose the battle, but principally I will have won the war.”…Sharon Lerner (Truthout)
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Lost 15th-century Zapotec city unearthed in Mexican jungle
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A recent study using LiDAR technology has uncovered the true magnitude of Guiengola, a 15th-century Zapotec city in southern Oaxaca, Mexico.Dario Radley (Archaeology News Online Magazine)
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The United States used to be a world leader, a beacon of light, in Democracy, Science, Technology. That has all been dismantled in favor of uneducated zealots who are obsessed with transgender people, abortions and "DEI".
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Around the bend.
#hometown #2800love #running #snap #mobilephotography #runningphotographer #energize #revitalize #runningviews #tragewegen #ddon #morningrun #aroundthebend
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Back on the trails
#Cph42 in T minus 92 days.
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Well I'm sure they have a serious concern about the dangers of "fluorosis" -- the slight discoloration of your teeth that can be caused by fluoride.
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I have an acquaintance in my social circles who *smokes* and who also goes to a health food store every week to fill up some huge bottles with "reverse osmosis water".
She does fully acknowledge that on a rational level it makes no sense. She also has a tougher time finding dates because she smokes.
I think for maybe quitting smoking is very hard and she isn't up for it.
OMG!!!
Bird flu found in wet markets in New York City.
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Avian flu has been spreading in animals across the country.The Associated Press (NBC New York)
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Sonnet 020 - XX
A woman's face with nature's own hand painted,
Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion;
A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted
With shifting change, as is false women's fashion:
An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,
Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;
A man in hue all hues in his controlling,
Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.
And for a woman wert thou first created;
Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting,
And by addition me of thee defeated,
By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.
But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure,
Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.
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An exquisite depiction of nature’s rhythm and energy, the Jar (Hu) at #ClevelandMuseumofArt embodies ancient craftsmanship with its swirling patterns and symbolic dragon. How do you interpret the movement and symbolism within this earthenware masterpiece?
#ClevelandArt #ArtHistory #CulturalHeritage
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Instead of depicting a real landscape, the artist focused on the rhythmic forces of nature and the movement of energy, using the scrolling form as a symbol common to all changes in nature: cloud vapors, waves, and mountains alike.clevelandart.org
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Entropy distinguishes future from past. Entropy is defined as decreasing order.
Order is defined in multiple ways, at multiple scales. Matter with more lines of symmetry has greater order; periodic repetition is more orderly.
Consider an ant: The body of the ant consists of repeated patterns. Molecules of DNA & RNA, clusters of similar cells form organs.
Consider a deconstructed ant; a symmetrical array of perfectly sorted plies of elements.
Which one is more ordered?
Martialis heureka is an ant first described in 2000 from Amazon rainforest near Manaus, Brazil. It's name means "from Mars" because it's so different from all other known ants.
This isn't just a new genus (which would be exciting enough) it's a whole new ant family and it's only been recognized in the past 30 years. This means that there are undoubtably more ants out there that define whole new morphologies of ants. #rareAnt
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Biden increased transparency around the risks of chemical disaster — industry lobbyists just asked Trump’s new EPA chief Lee Zeldin to roll that back.The Lever
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Thanks for sharing. Moving story.
Oh, and the countries joke is indeed hilarious
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in reply to Mina • • •myrmepropagandist
in reply to Mina • • •My results were wildly inaccurate. But, that's also annoying in a way. And it decided for two very different photos I was "lonely" and "religious" which I'm not, in fact I'm the opposite of those things.
It also thinks I'm broke but I just think it's racist basically.
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in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •To be fair Facebook is better at serving targeted ads at me. It keeps showing me little gadgets made from titanium and early adopter gadgets of questionable utility. But, that is the kind of junk that I find tempting (last time I was there it was all skin products and makeup) So, somehow they know I like expensive little gadgets. "Better" in the sense that the products are "interesting" Still a waste of time and nothing I need.
And I like to buy gadgets from people I know best.
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in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •I think I will leave Facebook after next weekend's #monsterdon give the few people over there one more chance to jump over here and have some fun. The creepy AI images are starting to look normal to me. I don't want to stay immersed in it anymore even though I'll miss some of the people there.
I will just try texting and emailing them instead. Happily I've discovered that the people I know don't post often there. So I'm not missing much.
Mina
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I recently have rediscovered the joy of handwriting letters.
I even bought a lovely fountain pen for that.
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in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •part of what made me decide to delete Facebook years ago is I realized that I wasn’t actually talking or texting with my friends as much because when we would talk it was a lot of “so this is what I’ve been up to” then “oh yeah I saw you post about that cool”.
I mean obviously with my really close friends there’s lots of laughing and gossiping and deeper discussions about whatever would have been on Facebook, but there’s no point in reaching out to tell someone something if they saw it on Facebook already, so there was less real contact with my friends, which was sad.
The only hard part was that I had to put people’s birthday in my actual calendar again and remember to pay attention to that because I don’t have Facebook reminding me anymore.
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in reply to Mina • • •The image presents a solitary Seagull perched atop a structure, seemingly a rooftop, overlooking a coastal city near Marseille, France. The cityscape fades into the horizon, where the sea meets the sky under a pale, even light. The bird stands in the foreground, its gaze direct and unwavering, drawing the viewer into its silent domain.
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"The subject [...] displays an unsettling calm. Attire is nonexistent. Good hobbies include lurking, trapping, and observing while the bad ones include spinning webs, biting and hiding. The entity seems unburdened by emotion, detached from any conceivable political affiliation."
Ads: "Insect documentaries by National Geographic, advanced web spinning equipment by Acme Corp, extermination services by PestBusters, arachnid fashion by SpideyThreads, poetry about spiders by Poemify..."
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ok targeted advertisements for spiders is hilarious i'm putting a spider pfp everywhere from now on
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in reply to Mina • • •I tried it that way... 😁
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in reply to Mina • • •Tried a picture of an ice-swimning hole in my home town.
It correctly identified the location and the activity, but not the content.
Living behind the wolf-border continues to be advantageous to some degree.. 🙂
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in reply to Mina • • •It thinks my dog makes money #dogsofmastodon
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in reply to Mina • • •Hugz & xXx
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in reply to Mina • • •I have noticed it is laughably bad at deciding location. Only picture it got location right is one I took of stalled traffic with the Arch literally in background.
It kept calling me agnostic, which I am, and I don’t know how it determined that.
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In my case, it recommended targeting me with gender-affirming products and services.
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