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airavata May 25, 2023

Alex Barredo 📉May 24, 2023

This impressive medical advance has barely made the news.

Nothing on Reuters, Bloomberg, etc. even when backed by Nature. I got it from the BBC, by the way.

Now imagine for a second the media reaction if Elon Musk's Neuralink was able o achieve 10% of what this team has done.

All the links and info:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01728-0

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65689580

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06094-5

Brain–spine interface allows paralysed man to walk using his thoughts

The device provides a connection between the brain and spinal cord, allowing thought to control movement.

airavata Dec 27, 2022

I don’t exactly remember why chose the name Airavata for Mastodon. Now that I think about it, it makes sense that Airavata is the white elephant that carries Indra, the Vedic God of heavens and thunder; and this is an elephantimorphic platform.

airavata Dec 27, 2022

Mark Riedl Dec 17, 2022

OMG WTAF, Microsoft Outlook now allows reactions (thumbs up, hearts, etc.) to emails. Except I don't use the Outlook client. So once a day I get an automated email with all the reactions others gave to my emails. And now I have even more email.

airavata Dec 27, 2022

Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers Dec 22, 2022

Well, that was fun!

Just discovered my Microsoft password was leaked somewhere.

It's one thing when you see unsuccessful attempts at logging in.

It's another when your phone chimes and its a Microsoft Authenticator request you DID NOT ask for.

Again, I say to everyone who can read this:

TURN ON TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION ON EVERYTHING THAT SUPPORTS IT NOW!

airavata Dec 19, 2022

Ste Cook Dec 18, 2022

Thinking back to the summer heatwave in the UK when everyone was “Our houses aren’t built for the heat, they’re designed to keep warm in winter”, and now everyone is “Our houses aren’t built for this cold”. Maybe time to admit that the UK has just been building homes for 100 years that are shit at *everything* aside from extracting rent from the poor.

airavata Dec 19, 2022

Media and journalists like to write about @Mastodon and #fediverse but how many have actually included a link or button to share their content to the #fediverse ?

airavata Dec 19, 2022

TIL: Sri Lanka’s first satellite was named Raavana 1.

airavata Dec 17, 2022

Alan Martello Dec 14, 2022

Mastodon News Sources

General News - US and World

BBC News (World) Bot - @BBCWorld
BBC News Bot - @BBC
CNN Bot - @CNN
CNN Breaking News - @cnnbrk
DW (Deutsche Welle) News Bot - @dwnews_bot
NPR US News Bot - @NPR_USNews
NYTimes Bot - @NYTimes
Reuters Bot - @reuters
Rolling Stone - @RollingStone
The Guardian US Bot - @TheGuardian_us
Wall Street Journal Bot - @wsj
Washington Post Bot - @WashingtonPost

Tech News

Ars Technica - @arstechnica
MacRumors.com - @macrumors

airavata Nov 30, 2022

Maritza Campos ☑Nov 29, 2022

I love it in here. There's currently a hashtag named #thicktrunktuesday that is basically pics of massive, beautiful trees.
I humbly submit El Tule, an incredible ahuehuete from the state I was born, Oaxaca. It's over 2000 years old. "Tule" means "Tree of Enlightment" #Oaxaca #Mexico #ElTule It has the thickest trunk in the world.

airavata Nov 27, 2022

Jeff Jarvis Nov 27, 2022

Folks on Mastodon looking down their noses at people who choose to be on Twitter still, scolding them for it, is not a very neighborly way to invite them to come here. There are many people still there I value greatly.