Notices by Bill (bmacdonald94@hostux.social), page 5

“What goes too long unchanged destroys itself.”

– Ursula K Le Guin

“No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.”

– Ursula K Le Guin

Every single day these days, a friend in science has despair over their funding, my friends in fed agencies doing vital work monitoring things like our ocean health are making plans to be laid off, fear for the people I love most on this earth becoming targets because they are marginalized people who publish constantly on diversity and equity in science, it is simply overwhelming.

A preprint about a more inclusive model of developer ability may only be a tiny push against this but still --

That said, let's get to the summary: Bluesky / ATProto are not decentralized or federated, according to my analysis.

However, the "credible exit" goal is worth perusing, and does use decentralization techniques! But it is not decentralization/federation without moving the goalposts on those terms.

@Awesome40 ~ The week is finishing well. Hope you have warmed up some. Enjoy your weekend my friend. ❤️

He's pretty much telling us so

@BrianJopek Would it be unnecessarily cruel and mean to call these people stupid?!?!

The Commander-In-Chief & Craig Ogden
Caprice 24
(Paganini)

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=SspDaEfU6DA

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In 2017, Adam Shapiro noted [1] that "the ability to discover [...] is inseparable from the social, economic, and political circumstances within which scientists work. [...]
If scientists see themselves as fighting a battle against ignorance and #denial, they should know that those movements also have a history. [...] #science and objectivity can have a complex political #history, and [...] the discovery of facts can have a cultural and social basis—and “alternative facts” can still be lies"

BREAKING: The U.S. House just passed a bill that could devastate nonprofits, chill free speech, and hand Trump unchecked power.

Why H.R. 9495 is a disaster waiting to happen and why the U.S. Senate must reject it. ⬇️

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/hr-9495-vote-summary-house-representa

Omfg.

Via Rupar:

Nancy Mace: "It is offensive that a man in a skirt thinks that he's my equal. He's forcing his genitals into women's restrooms."

Orquestra Sinfonia Brasil, Daniel Guedes e Norton Morozowicz
Por una Cabeza
(C.Gardel)

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=H_XPYX1X-6w

The Commander In Chief & Craig Ogden
Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
(C. Saint-Saens)

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=RQP4S01_Xck

Stephanie Jones
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
(Harold Arlen)

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=inc7THXyJ1o

Lucas Imbiriba
Malagueña
(Ernesto Lecuona)

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=xpRgR-tZEpk

Ana Vidovic
Capricho Árabe
(Francisco Tárrega)

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=UMwwsUsuqOo

@whatzaname ~ A beautiful way to put it. As a sailor; I always respected the Sea and the face it was so much more powerful than I. But you put a face on her and her smiles at mankind for our foibles. Thank you so very much my friend. That put a smile on this old face . . . and heart. ❤️

Ana Vidovic
Asturias
(Isaac Albéniz)

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=inBKFMB-yPg

"Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances by which nature holds the species within bounds."

Rachel Carson

"t is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist; the threat is rather to life itself."

Rachel Carson