Mastodawn

As someone who protested over and over against the war on Iraq, (and we were right!), the war on Iran gives me a heavy heart. Today's UK newspapers full of "Iran's missiles could reach London" is such a direct flashback to 25 years ago, that it feels like satire. Yeah sure they can, just like Saddam's did. #war #propaganda

Dan Stowell 19h ago

Joy 1d ago

✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨

Damn, so smart!

Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

#happy #bird #corvid #crow #raven #cute #joyousjoyness #repost

Dan Stowell 1d ago

George Monbiot 1d ago

Just remember: the hateful claims made against Muslims today were previously made against Jews (and often still are). Sometimes word-for-word. Same hate, different targets. We all stand together against hatred, or we will be picked off one by one.

Dan Stowell 1d ago

chaotic enby 2d ago

My #Wikipedia request for comment just closed, finally banning #AI content in articles! "The use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited"

Kudos to all who participated in writing the guideline (especially Kowal2701) and the whole WikiProject AI Cleanup team, this was very much a group effort!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_articles_with_large_language_models/RfC

Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models/RfC - Wikipedia

Dan Stowell 2d ago

nescivi 2d ago

Thus far I managed to avoid the Google Play Store on my phone... it seems that now Google wants to close Android, like Apple does iOS... take action! https://keepandroidopen.org/
#keepandroidopen !

Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

Dan Stowell 3d ago

NomNomDan 3d ago

Drank some lovely herbal teas from Iran with a colleague today. A black tea flavoured with fragrant orange(?) blossom. And new to me is this "mallow" flower which brews to a radioactive blue colour. #tea #iran #mallow

Dan Stowell 5d ago

Alex McLean 5d ago

Ecclesall road co-op freezers

A story about how some nice sounding freezers in Sheffield hit international news.

https://slab.org/2026/03/17/ecclesall-road-co-op-freezers/

Show thread

Dan Stowell 5d ago

We have words like "bold/meek" but they seem mostly to connote bravery, dominance, etc. Even "thrill-seeker" seems to me slightly missing the point.

Dan Stowell 6d ago

"Tiny recording backpacks reveal bats’ surprising hunting strategy" - nice description and videos by Leonie Baier https://theconversation.com/tiny-recording-backpacks-reveal-bats-surprising-hunting-strategy-271996 #bioacoustics

Tiny recording backpacks reveal bats’ surprising hunting strategy

By listening in on their nightly hunts, scientists discovered that small, fringe-lipped bats are unexpectedly able to efficiently take down prey nearly their own size.

The Conversation

Dan Stowell 6d ago

Sensation-seeking / sensation-avoidant
Neophilic / neophobic
Emotion-seeking / -avoidant
...These aren't the classic ways we talk about personality. But why not? They seem to represent so much of the variety in people.