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If you're an independent academic (there are dozens of us, dozens!) or a student, or just believe that research and knowledge shouldn't be behind paywalls, Sci-Hub has updated their domains. #academicchatter
A 1723 nautical chart of the ‘Islands of Orkney’, by Capt Greenville Collins, a Royal Navy officer and prominent hydrographer, who was commissioned by King Charles II in 1676 and appointed by Samuel Pepys (then Secretary to the Admiralty) to chart the coasts of Great Britain. The resulting atlas — Great Britain's Coasting Pilot — was the first original sea atlas to be produced by an Englishman.
House cleaned up, swimming pool twinkly and two weeks of dog food in the freezer. I think we're more or less ready to go.
#trip
House cleaned up, swimming pool twinkly and two weeks of dog food in the freezer. I think we're more or less ready to go.
#trip
This is *not* the way scientific papers typically begin:
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We are running out of time. Ecosystems across the planet are being destroyed at an accelerating rate. The life sciences – once a field dedicated to the study of living systems and our interactions with them – are increasingly becoming sciences of the dead. Up to one million species are currently threatened with extinction, many of them within decades.
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It's a very good sign, however, an indication that at least some scientists are now ready to speak boldly and unequivocally about the greatest emergency our species has ever faced.
SEE THE FULL PAPER -- https://elifesciences.org/articles/83292
#ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityLoss #Extinction
Something to keep in mind always, but especially in the coming days:
Grief, loneliness, family estrangement, depression, addiction all seem to hurt more this time of year. Just about everyone I’ve met with this week is struggling extra
… I guess what im saying is, please be good to each other. Life is hard right now for a lot of people, and the holiday season can put every kind of hardship into laser focus. Mind how you go.
The Senedd member for Pontypridd has recently returned from taking supplies to the Ukrainian army fighting on the front-line, and is sure victory is within sight https://nation.cymru/news/mick-antoniw-ukraine-is-now-winning-the-war-but-at-a-terrible-price/
There were three men came out of the West
Three kings both great and high
And they have sworn a solemn oath
John Mastodon must die.
They took a tank and ran him down
With bullets in his head
And they have sworn a solemn oath
John Mastodon was dead
But when the Spring came kindly on
And showers began to fall
John Mastodon got up again
And did surprise them all...
Studio Ghibli Makes 1,178 Images Free to Download from My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away & Other Beloved Animated Films
https://www.openculture.com/2020/12/studio-ghibli-makes-1178-images-free-to-download.html
Some #fintwit and #econtwit people who are already on #Mastodon:
@pkrugman
@rbreich
@nntaleb
@jburnmurdoch
@TimHarford
@drodrik
@adamtooze
@adamdavidson
@jasonfurman
@moorehn
@anthony
@katie_martin_fx
@ObsoleteDogma
@molly0xfff
@scottjshapiro
@Frances_Coppola
@jdportes
@delong
@bennpeifert
@DavidHenig
#finance
#markets
#economics
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Excellent piece by Sarah Curnow (who I don't think is on Mastodon), quoting Vanessa Teague from ANU's College of Computing, Engineering and Cybernetics, and Thinking Security, that explores the gaping holes in #MyGovAU and how identities can be forged across interconnected systems without validation.
Data breaches compound each other ...
#infosec #privacy
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-18/ato-tax-hacked-via-mygov-services-australia-exploit/101781656
