Kent ⚛ @Kent@octodon.social
Live in a small town in the Pacific NW. Work in a big town in the Pacific NW in an academic library.
I just donated to @FreedomofPress to help protect journalists, whistleblowers, and our right to know. You can too: https://freedom.press/
Boosting appreciated
The Democratic party of Minnesota is running a half-day of training tomorrow for pro-choice Democratic women who are interested in running for office.
And if you're a pro-choice woman in Minnesota, I ask that you go. We need more perspectives in politics than a bunch of old, white guys.
https://secure.emilyslist.org/page/s/20170821_email_RunToWinMinneapolis
If you don't live in MN, check here for more training locations and events:
Ex-creationist confesses their dishonest debate strategies.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/09/13/the-creationist-playbook/
So WEIRD! I looked through that emoji list three times to make sure the atom had actually gone, but after I finally gave up and changed it to something else it reappeared in the list!
Hooray?
My little atom emoji disappeared from the emoji list and my profile. I am surprisingly, disproportionately bummed out about it. I guess the radioactive symbol will have to work in its place.
:^\
William Gibson Has a Theory About Our Cultural Obsession With Dystopias:
http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/william-gibson-archangel-apocalypses-dystopias.html
via: vulture.com
Big data + private health insurance = game over
I love my job, but sometimes working in an academic/medical library can provide unfortunate reminders that my fellow human beings have weird, and apparently painful predilections: https://octodon.social/media/dufa8bqM6UkvesuNvCY
Another indictment of the American system of public K-12 education?
Very interesting read:
"Why So Many Top Hackers Hail from Russia"
via:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/06/why-so-many-top-hackers-hail-from-russia/
a great article discussing how we perceive time and how that relates to our experiences interacting with user interfaces
https://paulbakaus.com/tutorials/performance/the-illusion-of-speed/
Interesting read.
"When Neurology Becomes Theology
A neurologist’s perspective on research into consciousness."
via:
http://nautil.us/issue/49/the-absurd/when-neurology-becomes-theology
"Amazon, Mozilla, Kickstarter, and Reddit Are Staging a Net Neutrality Online Protest"
via:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/06/06/163230/amazon-mozilla-kickstarter-and-reddit-are-staging-a-net-neutrality-online-protest
Just reading this made my palms sweat (but then again, I have some problems with heights):
"Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, And The Climbing World Reels"
via:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/05/531584651/alex-honnold-scales-el-capitan-without-ropes-and-the-climbing-world-reels
#effingcrazy
An interesting read:
"What Both the Left and Right Get Wrong About Race"
via:
http://nautil.us/issue/48/chaos/what-both-the-left-and-right-get-wrong-about-race
"Do Stars Fall Quietly into Black Holes?"
via:
http://insider.si.edu/2017/05/stars-fall-quietly-black-holes-crash-something-utterly-unknown/
#astronomy
This is a good read:
"This Native Tribe Is Reintroducing a Disappeared Species on Its Own Land
And the federal government can't do much about it."
via:
https://psmag.com/magazine/native-tribe-reintroducing-disappeared-species-on-own-land
#ecology
"Calling Us 'Customers' Doesn't Solve the Student Debt Crisis"
via: https://psmag.com/education/dear-betsy-devos-pls-stop-calling-students-customers
"Those who are in the flesh cannot please God."
Get blessed by a robot priest!
via: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/germany-robot-priest-blessu2-religion
It will be interesting to see if the JSON Feed is widely adopted:
https://jsonfeed.org/2017/05/17/announcing_json_feed
#JSONfeed
