Do you remember the surprise announcement of a new social network in Davos this past January? Something that promised to be the "first" European social network?

Its name is #WSocial and it's a fork of #Bluesky. Its founders have ties with European politicians - but there is no official involvement by the EU.

You wouldn't know any of this from media reports because they all rehashed their talking points. So I wrote a post about it, dispelling some myths:

https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-uncovered-the-reality-behind-the-hype/

#OpenWashing

Il est possible que l'actualité vous amène à vous poser plein de questions sur les hantavirus...

Si c'est le cas, sachez qu'il y a une fiche détaillée sur le site de l'@institutpasteur : https://www.pasteur.fr/fr/sante-publique/CNR/les-cnr/hantavirus/la-maladie-recommandations

En résumé : ce sont des virus de rongeurs, connus depuis une trentaine d'années.

Quelques espèces sont capables de passer chez l'humain, de la transmission entre humains n'ayant été observée que pour une seule espèce, la Andes (qui n'est pas présente en Europe).

Il y a des cas d'hantavirus assez régulièrement : une centaine d'hospitalisations par an en France, plusieurs milliers dans certains pays.

Les symptômes et la létalité dépendent du type d'hantavirus, mais quand ça part en syndrome pulmonaire, la létalité peut atteindre les 60 %.

Bref : c'est rare, ce n'est pas nouveau, mais c'est grave quand ça arrive.

I've spent yesterday and today talking to researchers across the globe trying to understand the hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius.

My story is here (and some threaded thoughts coming):
https://www.science.org/content/article/cruise-ship-s-hantavirus-outbreak-puts-researchers-uncharted-territory

#hantavirus #cruise #science

Days Without GitHub Incidents https://www.dayswithoutgithubincident.com/

I didn't realize how bad GitHub has become. The future of AI driven software development and bots is here and we can see how reliable is everything from this site. 😂

I appreciate that everyone is different but, for me, one of the best facets of the Internet is that it lets me meet and talk with people.

IRC, forums, chat rooms, XMPP and other instant messaging, email, social media, voice/video chatting, and more.

I've had the pleasure - genuinely so - of chatting with goodness knows how many people, over many years now.

"Conversing" with a chatbot doesn't hold any attraction to me.

#Superfluidity is the characteristic property of a fluid with zero viscosity which therefore flows without any loss of kinetic energy. When stirred, a superfluid forms vortices that continue to rotate indefinitely. Superfluidity occurs in two isotopes of helium (helium-3 and helium-4) when they are liquefied by cooling to cryogenic temperatures. It is also a property of various other exotic states of matter theorized to exist in astrophysics, high-energy physics, and theories of quantum gravity.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfluidity

#physics #caturday #caturdayeveryday