Notices by skry (skry@mastodon.social)

"GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of New Mexico have developed a tau-targeting vaccine that could help PREVENT the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. In preclinical trials, the vaccine REDUCED pTau, IMPROVED memory AND motor function, and REDUCED brain atrophy with NO major side effects."

@sailorrooscout@bsky.social Discussion on BlueSky
https://bsky.app/profile/sailorrooscout.bsky.social/post/3logqgstatk2l

Peer-reviewed paper in #Alzheimers & #Dementia journal
https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.70101

Article at UNM
https://hscnews.unm.edu/news/unm-researchers-plan-clinical-trials-to-test-vaccine-against-alzheimers-promoting-tau-protein

#Newark #EWR had an air traffic controller crisis of some kind and as a result more than 20% of controllers walked off the job in #NJ this week.

#UnitedAirlines cut 35 daily flights to Newark as a result.

"Two equipment outages" reportedly sent multiple air traffic controllers on "weeks-long medical leave".

https://abcnews.go.com/world-news-tonight-with-david-muirT/video/airport-scare-travelers-savannah-georgia-121438431 #USA #aviation #travel #AirSafety

[CEO: We want humans to learn how to talk to other humans, but instead of that, humans can talk to machines about talking to humans. Trust me, you'll love it. Remember to email the 5 things that justify your continued employment before each week's deadline.]

Will they ingest everything they hear?
Informed consent?
What about deep fake fraud risk?

Can machines school you on local slurs and slang?

How might machine instruction affect dialects?

#linguistics #duolingo #llm

@feld It's already a sunk cost, right? They propose to convert corn acres.

“Solar energy is often framed as a threat to croplands. However, vast croplands in the Midwestern United States already support corn ethanol biofuel, a form of energy with a greater land-use footprint per unit energy (~30×) and potential environmental impact (e.g., excessive fertilizer application) than solar energy. (1/4)

"391,137 hectares (~1 million acres) of corn-for-ethanol farmland meets this criteria, which is just 3.2 percent of all the land currently devoted to corn ethanol farming. Converting just that tiny amount of land to solar could yield the same amount of energy as all corn ethanol farming does annually in the US. Wait, what? The energy from solar on about 1 million acres of farmland would equal the energy available from the ethanol derived from 30 billion acres of corn? Is this a joke?"

"The motivation here was to understand whether ecovoltaic solar could be a more effective land use strategy than using 12 million hectares to grow corn for fuel"

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/26/there-is-one-clear-winner-in-the-corn-vs-solar-battle/ #solar #agribusiness #farming #biofuel #ethanol (4/4)

"Roughly 12 million hectares (about 30 billion acres) of US farmland — an area the size of New York State — are currently devoted to growing corn that is not used for food but for making ethanol fuel. What if some of that acreage currently used to support ethanol was used instead to generate zero emissions electricity from solar panels instead?"
... (3/4)

"We envisioned sustainable agro-ecosystems that can result from converting a small proportion of corn ethanol croplands into ecologically informed solar facilities (i.e., ecovoltaics). We identified opportunities where the strategic placement of ecovoltaic solar could facilitate enhancement of ecosystem services like water quality, pollination services, and wildlife habitat in crop-dominated ecosystems."
... (2/4)

"But Wait, There’s More!

The researchers then went further to show that if farmers took a bold leap and covered 46% of land currently used to farm ethanol with solar panels, that would then generate enough energy to reach the 2050 decarbonization goal for the US."

"No, it is not. It is a clear indication of how inefficient the whole corn for ethanol process is. Factor in the water, pesticides, and fertilizers needed to grow 30 billion acres of corn and you begin to get an idea about how much of a waste of precious resources the whole corn for ethanol scheme is. If Gruppenfuher Musk really wanted to cut government waste, his would send his DOGE stormtroopers into action to eliminate the giant boondoggle."

How to celebrate May Day, including the pattern for building your own Portland Spiders of Mutual Aid, Solidarity, and Direct Action out of PVC, chicken wire, and shopping carts. https://crimethinc.com/2025/04/08/may-day-means-resistance-a-call-to-take-action-on-may-first

@GreenSkyOverMe It's like a photo feed but for described images rather than visual images.

@GreenSkyOverMe On Mastodon, hashtags are followable, so people with visual impairment follow that one so they can see contributed ALT text.

"sign that the Trump administration will embrace a new cultural agenda pushed by many of its allies on the right to reverse declining birthrates and push conservative family values.

"...reserve 30 percent of scholarships for the Fulbright...for applicants who are married or have children; [$5000] “baby bonus” to every American mother after delivery;...government to fund programs that educate women on their menstrual cycles”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/trump-birthrate-proposals.html
https://archive.is/9MfDh

#uspol

@GreenSkyOverMe I'm very interested to understand your view on that.

@GreenSkyOverMe #alt4you

Pork is in the treetops.

David Brooks has called for a mass uprising. As a model "conservative" republican, his signal is an important one, so it's important to spread this NYT (or archive) link on other platforms:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/trump-harvard-law-firms.html (https://archive.is/dB7mw)

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/conservative-nyt-columnist-david-brooks-calls-for-national-civic-uprising-to-defeat-trumpism-complete-with-mass-rallies-strikes/

#uspol

@Gargron Thank you everyone. Those sound great! They remove a lot of barriers to using hashtags.

"When this is over, U.S. rights abusers must be tried for crimes against humanity

Escalating reports of human rights crimes from Kristi Noem's propaganda to ICE cruelty must be wiped clean with justice." - Will Bunch, Philly Inquirer

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/us-crimes-humanity-ice-kristi-noem-20250413.html

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