Notices by Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social), page 10

Mathematicians Just Debunked the ‘Bunkbed Conjecture’ - https://www.wired.com/story/maths-bunkbed-conjecture-has-been-debunked/ "This famous probability theory was intuitive, even obvious. It was also wrong." isn't maths fun...? (a mathematician writes...)

#Biden must #Trump-proof US democracy, activists say: ‘There is a sense of urgency’ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/24/biden-actions-before-white-house-exit "President can secure civil liberties, accelerate spending on #climate and healthcare, and spare #deathrow prisoners" just do it, and quickly...

wiring porn

#OldDelhi

Homeless people to be given cash in first major UK trial to reduce poverty - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/24/homeless-people-to-be-given-cash-in-first-major-uk-trial-to-reduce-poverty#UBI is the way forward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_basic_income

World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/24/world-unable-cope-10-years-talks-un-global-treaty-to-end-plastic-waste "Countries must curb production now and tackle plastic’s full life cycle, says Norwegian minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim ahead of key UN talks this week" a word in your ear... #plastics

@FediThing yes, definitely, to reduce them to things with no agency or rights

@RunRichRun yes, better than extinction

@RunRichRun indeed

Путин подписал закон о запрете "пропаганды чайлдфри" - https://www.severreal.org/a/putin-podpisal-zakon-o-zaprete-propagandy-chayldfri-/33213865.html absurd; huge admission of his continuing failure to give russians a reason to have children... #putin

@jamesravey yes, I agree

@RunRichRun must be a good story here - trump dies and is replaced by an AI avatar...

@RunRichRun I did, thanks. Alongquian too... so sad to read sentences like this: "Unfortunately, our last fluent speaker died in about 2005"

#AI increasingly used for #sextortion, #scams and child abuse, says senior UK police chief - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/24/ai-increasingly-used-for-sextortion-scams-and-child-abuse-says-senior-uk-police-chief "The fast-developing technology is providing opportunities in ‘any crime type’ – and police must ‘move fast’ to catch up" sadly no surprise

‘It’s been a lot of detective work’: Madame de #Pompadour’s £1m wall lights discovered in #Yorkshire hotel - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/24/its-been-a-lot-of-detective-work-madame-de-pompadours-1m-wall-lights-discovered-in-yorkshire-hotel "Four gilt-bronze sconces that lit up home of Louis XV’s mistress are set to go on sale at Sotheby’s in December"

#Cop29 agrees $1.3tn climate finance deal but campaigners brand it a ‘betrayal’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/23/cop29-agrees-13tn-climate-finance-deal-but-campaigners-brand-it-a-betrayal "Deep divisions remain after high-stakes talks end with agreement to help developing world shift to low-carbon economy"

How a digital “you” can sit through your agonizing web conference calls - https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/23/how-a-digital-you-can-sit-through-your-agonizing-web-conference-calls/ "submit a five-minute-long training video of yourself to create an avatar, and 24 hours later, ostensibly, you’re ready to go"

"Late last year, the magnum opus of the late David Pentland was published: an incredible, wonderful, massive, four-volume etymological dictionary of Proto-Algonquian" - https://miidashgeget.wordpress.com/2024/11/24/initial-responses-pentland-dictionary/ I love these insanely deep dives into insanely specialist linguistic topics...

Supervolcano shows signs of waking up, which would plunge the world into chaos - https://www.earth.com/news/supervolcano-italy-solfatara-crater-phlegraean-fields-shows-signs-of-waking-up/ not now, supervolcano....

Lindsey Graham, ladies and gentlemen. This, not "arsenal of democracy" lore, is what motivates Ukraine support for many of America's bloodthirstiest hawks. Kremlin propaganda couldn't script a more evil-sounding speech.

@midgephoto could be...