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The need for science to be ethically pure is simply ahistorical. That may be neither here nor there from a present-day science comms perspective, but it can hardly be required of those of us trying to understanding the past. Though I think it stifles critical engagement with science in the present.
December 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The need for science to be ethically pure is simply ahistorical. That may be neither here nor there from a present-day science comms perspective, but it can hardly be required of those of us trying to understanding the past. Though I think it stifles critical engagement with science in the present.
Just finished 'The Young Karl Marx' (2017), and my take away from it is how much worse living conditions were for the working class then than they are now. You can easily imagine feeling the misery, whereas the present polycrisis is still very much an abstraction for the same group of communities.
December 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Just finished 'The Young Karl Marx' (2017), and my take away from it is how much worse living conditions were for the working class then than they are now. You can easily imagine feeling the misery, whereas the present polycrisis is still very much an abstraction for the same group of communities.
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'Double strikes' allegedly used on Venezuelan boats accused of trafficking drugs were used extensively under Obama.
Trump’s boat bombings: How the US has long used ‘double-tap’ strikes
'Double strikes' allegedly used on Venezuelan boats accused of trafficking drugs were used extensively under Obama.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
'Double strikes' allegedly used on Venezuelan boats accused of trafficking drugs were used extensively under Obama.
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Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.
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Just a reminder that Aaron Swartz was threatened with 50 years of jail time for downloading public domain documents and meanwhile AI companies bulk download copyrighted works
December 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Just a reminder that Aaron Swartz was threatened with 50 years of jail time for downloading public domain documents and meanwhile AI companies bulk download copyrighted works
Loading up the last of the olives.
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Loading up the last of the olives.
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A horrifying CNN investigation reveals how Israel buried hundreds of starving Palestinians some of them alive using bulldozers and unmarked graves.
Missing in Gaza: CNN investigation points to the Israeli military bulldozing the dead bodies of Palestinians seeking aid | CNN
A CNN investigation into Palestinians who went missing near the Zikim crossing in Gaza this year points to aid seekers being killed and, in some cases, bulldozed into unmarked graves by Israeli forces...
edition.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A horrifying CNN investigation reveals how Israel buried hundreds of starving Palestinians some of them alive using bulldozers and unmarked graves.
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It's a great word fact that English 'lord' comes from a compound meaning 'bread guard', which fused into one word: Old English hlāford.
There's evidence from Norway that the concept was an old one, as the Tune runestone (c. 400 AD) mentions the role of "witadahalaiban" – 'the one watching bread'.
There's evidence from Norway that the concept was an old one, as the Tune runestone (c. 400 AD) mentions the role of "witadahalaiban" – 'the one watching bread'.
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It's a great word fact that English 'lord' comes from a compound meaning 'bread guard', which fused into one word: Old English hlāford.
There's evidence from Norway that the concept was an old one, as the Tune runestone (c. 400 AD) mentions the role of "witadahalaiban" – 'the one watching bread'.
There's evidence from Norway that the concept was an old one, as the Tune runestone (c. 400 AD) mentions the role of "witadahalaiban" – 'the one watching bread'.
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On this day in 1997 the Anti-Landmine Treaty was signed in Ottawa. Ukraine has in recent years been violating the Treaty, having being supplied by non-member the US, and withdrew from the Treaty this year. Several Baltic NATO states have withdrawn recently, in blatant disregard for harm to civilians
Five European States Withdraw from Mine Ban Treaty
The withdrawal of five European countries from a longstanding and effective international treaty prohibiting antipersonnel landmines unnecessarily puts civilians at risk.
www.hrw.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
On this day in 1997 the Anti-Landmine Treaty was signed in Ottawa. Ukraine has in recent years been violating the Treaty, having being supplied by non-member the US, and withdrew from the Treaty this year. Several Baltic NATO states have withdrawn recently, in blatant disregard for harm to civilians
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This article provides more data showing how easy it is to manipulate humans on social media.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization
Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used thi...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This article provides more data showing how easy it is to manipulate humans on social media.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
These researchers rerouted the algorithm on Twitter to push some users toward “antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity”.
It only took 1 week to elicit changes that used to take 3 years.
Nice, just discovered Google's Linux VM on Android 15. Fun, fun.
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Nice, just discovered Google's Linux VM on Android 15. Fun, fun.
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'Poe's law and the satire of centrist politics'.
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
'Poe's law and the satire of centrist politics'.
I'm not sure if I will read this book, because I hate horror movies, even so reading this review was well worth my time. I've long wondered what the appeal of horror is, and this text puts the finger on what I see as a foundational point.
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/04/28/h...
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/04/28/h...
How Pure Is Your Hate? Review of Joshua Gooch’s Capitalism Hates You
Jon Greenaway Under Review:Capitalism Hates You: Marxism and The New Horror Film. Joshua Gooch. University of Minnesota Press, March 2025. The academic study of horror has waxed and waned, with its…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I'm not sure if I will read this book, because I hate horror movies, even so reading this review was well worth my time. I've long wondered what the appeal of horror is, and this text puts the finger on what I see as a foundational point.
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/04/28/h...
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/04/28/h...
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humans can’t even shoot their organs at predators
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
humans can’t even shoot their organs at predators
All the animals I've ever seen have been in the wild. The others were cattle.
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
All the animals I've ever seen have been in the wild. The others were cattle.
-5.1°C/22.8°F on the morning walk with Gínjol, my four-legged friend. Really feels like winter now.
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
-5.1°C/22.8°F on the morning walk with Gínjol, my four-legged friend. Really feels like winter now.
Happy day English-speaking people over there!
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Happy day English-speaking people over there!
'Life as the ground of judgment means that intelligibility as such is possible and actual only for living activity, and from the perspective of that activity.' ~ Ng
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
'Life as the ground of judgment means that intelligibility as such is possible and actual only for living activity, and from the perspective of that activity.' ~ Ng
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A false narrative is being pushed about GrapheneOS claiming we're ending operations in France due to the actions of 2 newspapers. That's completely wrong. If both newspapers and the overall French media had taken our side instead of extreme bias against us, we'd still be leaving.
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A false narrative is being pushed about GrapheneOS claiming we're ending operations in France due to the actions of 2 newspapers. That's completely wrong. If both newspapers and the overall French media had taken our side instead of extreme bias against us, we'd still be leaving.