Mastodawn

Viviane Ito Dec 15, 2023

I had tried the Pomodoro technique many times (and failed miserably), until I found the YouTube channels with cat animations and timers. It is so cozy <3
https://youtube.com/@PomodoroCat?si=rmFhu_hIOpV3XTTU

Pomodoro Cat

Welcome💜 You've found the channel with pixel animations x Pomodoro timers:) - In this channel, each session (per video) features full-length non-looping animations, so you can actually see time passing visually! - All videos in this channel feature 100% original, self-created animations♡ Hope you enjoy them as your study/work buddies🍅🐱

YouTube

Viviane Ito Nov 30, 2023

Harris Lapiroff Nov 30, 2023

Amidst a sea of mediocre equivocating headlines, Rolling Stone nailed it.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/

Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies

Henry Kissinger has died at age 100, his consulting firm said in a statement on Wednesday.

Rolling Stone

Viviane Ito Jul 25, 2023

Dan Gillmor Jul 25, 2023

Great Wired read about a Wikipedia editor who's making sure that no one gets away with Nazi reputation-laundering. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/one-woman-s-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-on-wikipedia?utm_source=pocket-newtab

"...history is an edit war. Truth, factual and moral, hangs in the balance."

One Woman’s Mission to Rewrite Nazi History on Wikipedia

Ksenia Coffman’s fellow editors have called her a vandal and a McCarthyist. She just wants them to stop glorifying fascists—and start citing better sources.

Pocket

Viviane Ito Jul 19, 2023

Watching 2001 from Kubrick before going to bed: not a good idea. I had insomnia thinking about the movie, now I have to work, and I'm still thinking about it. The computers, the humanity, the space, the classical music. So difficult to let it go

Viviane Ito Jul 19, 2023

Serhii Nazarovets Jul 19, 2023

Tatsuya Amano and colleagues surveyed nearly a thousand environmental researchers from different countries and compared the amount of effort they put into conducting their research in English:

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002184

As expected, it turned out that non-native English speakers, especially at the beginning of their careers, spend significantly more effort than native English speakers.

#science #nonnative #English #speakers #survey

The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science

This study reveals that non-native English speakers, especially early in their careers, spend more effort than native English speakers in conducting scientific activities, from reading and writing papers and preparing presentations in English, to disseminating research in multiple languages.

Viviane Ito Jul 9, 2023

Lauren Weinstein Jul 9, 2023

Social media timeline feed:
- Someone you follow and are interested in
- Someone you follow and are interested in
- Someone you follow and are interested in

Social media algorithmic feed:
- Celebrity post from someone you've never even heard of and don't care about
- BRAND POST
- Post from random idiot you've never even heard of
- BRAND POST
- Post from celebrity you despise
- BRAND POST

Viviane Ito Mar 22, 2023

Matthue Roth Mar 21, 2023

The City of Brooklyn wants to cut $36m from the library budget. Please, please save my budget and my kids' tsunami-like reading habits.
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/standup/contact

Your local library needs you

Support BPL today

Viviane Ito Jan 29, 2023

RAHstory Dec 15, 2022

In the south of Burkina Faso lies a small village called Tiébélé. It's home to the Kassena people; one of the oldest ethnic groups that settled in the region in the 15th century.

Tiébélé is known for their amazing traditional Gurunsi architecture and elaborately decorated walls of their homes.

Dating back to the 16th century, wall decorating has always been a community project done by the women.

#Africa #African #WestAfrica #WestAfrican #BurkinaFaso #Architecture #Houses #Homes

Viviane Ito Jan 28, 2023

My favorite place of NY, the New York Public Library, for sure.

Viviane Ito Jan 27, 2023

I usually prefer to share uplifting content, but today, I woke up and read this headline "Yanomami people receive canned sardines from planes." Reading it, I discovered that they can't fish anymore (the river is polluted due to illegal mining, and all the fish died). They are abandoned, facing famine and diseases back in Brazil. I cannot be sadder for my country again (in less than one month). Couldn't find a decent link in English to share, but it's all over the news.