Joel VanderWerf

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Mathematician. Applying semigroup theory to distributed computing, convergent replication.
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Joel VanderWerf1h ago
Natasha Jay9h ago

You needed to see a video of a hare displaying vertical take off and landing (VTOL) capability when scared by a curlew ...

Source -
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-farming/watch-the-moment-curlew-frightens-a-hare-which-wandered-too-close-to-its-nest-5146242

Joel VanderWerf5h ago
MikeDunnAuthor8h ago
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Karen Attiah11h ago
Columbia cancelled my class on race and media. I decided to build my own school instead. 500+ students. And more than 3,100 in the waitlist. Class starts tomorrow. We MOVEโœŠ๐Ÿพ karenattiah.substack.com/p/sunday-not...
Joel VanderWerf5h ago
lisa c5h ago

this is an incredibly well written article.

My Family and the Flood: A Firsthand Account https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/

โ€œThe River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.โ€

The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.

Texas Monthly
Joel VanderWerf3d ago
Sarah Taber3d ago

roses are red
tulips are white

WE FOUND A NEANDERTHAL INDUSTRIAL SITE

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv1257

Joel VanderWerf3d ago
George Kelly3d ago
Good morning #SanFrancisco
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Green Hombre3d ago
#sanfrancisco #publicart
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lisa c3d ago

good morning.

#SanFrancisco

Joel VanderWerf3d ago
McNadoMD3d ago

Another day, another egregious act of evil. IDF struck a line of children waiting for nutritional supplements. The people ordering these attacks are evil bastards.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gd01g1gxro

Children queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, hospital says

Eight children were among 15 people reportedly killed while queuing outside a clinic in the central town of Deir al-Balah.

Joel VanderWerf3d ago
Roni Laukkarinen3d ago

Fediverse is still the most lively social network I have ever used, since MySpace in 2003. It is better than Twitter or any commercial social media platform ever was. Absolutely love being here.

The most profound thing about it is the international coverage. After the first wave of enshittification in 2010, algorithms took over, and suddenly as a polyglot I was labeled as Finnish. No more visible international posts, people only saw the Finnish ones.

I've noticed the same effect in commercial AI. It ignores the fact that I use English online 99% of the time and still replies to me in Finnish despite all instructions. Algorithms and AI label you. They assign you a language, a status, a certain type of person. There's no changing that.

The Fediverse and Mastodon are delightfully mine, yours, and truly open source - respecting privacy. Nobody's machine can tell you, "You are this, and this is why we do that."

Fuck labelers and the fog machines. Let me be me. Here, on my own server, I can embrace my weirdness and post however I want, how often I want, whenever I want, in whatever language I choose - without constantly worrying about how my identity will be perceived by a machine.

#SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

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George Takei  ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ––๐Ÿฝ4d ago
I hoped never to see concentration camps like the ones I grew up in appear again in this country. Reading this breaks my heart.
Show thread(โแดฅโส‹) แšฆแ›Ÿแšฑแšพ4d ago
@georgetakei Can this be a really bad joke, please.
Show threadbposi4d ago
@georgetakei As a German I was grown with the phrase "never again". But I would have never believed that the US really one day would fall to the Nazis.
The "Free world" lost its biggest member.
I really hope you can turn it around - my fear still is very big.
Seen a lot on how it starts 33.
And it is still too silent - too many think still they are not at target. You all will be. Believe me.
Show threadKid Mania4d ago
@bposi @georgetakei
โ˜ ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ โ˜ ๏ธ โฌ†๏ธ โ˜ ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ โ˜ ๏ธ
Show threadelenlaw4d ago
@bposi @georgetakei What about Palestine?
Show threadbposi4d ago
@elenlaw @georgetakei ??? Don't get it. Not the topic of this thread.
Show threadelenlaw4d ago
@bposi @georgetakei Never Again. You were supposed to grow up with this, weren't you? Hypocrite.
Show threadbposi4d ago
@elenlaw @georgetakei I would not discuss this here under this thread. It distracts from the current topic and implies it is not important. I do not follow this path.
If there is a thread on Palestine - I am happy to answer.
I will not weight one bad against the other.
Really. This is the main issue on why all bad is coming together at the same time.
Show thread0x1de3d ago

@bposi @elenlaw @georgetakei

IMHO this is the thing to do. Cancelling your experience because you have not mentionned other atrocities is, at best, awkward.
Don't get distracted by trolls ๐Ÿ‘

Show threadโ  โ ต avuko4d ago
@elenlaw @bposi @georgetakei not being pedantic here: Gaza is no longer a concentration camp. It has become what is called a Vernichtungslager. Thatโ€™s the German word for extermination camp.
Show threadbws4d ago
@elenlaw whataboutismnman to the rescue!
Show threadPablo Martini (Geezer)4d ago

@bposi @georgetakei

I fear it's too deep now, apart from the weakling kid starver & Vietnam all the rest haven't got anywhere near cow towing to the Orangino one!

Show threadMemento Mori ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ3d ago

@bposi

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ German, too!

@georgetakei

Show threadUlrich Popp 4d ago
@georgetakei Wow! There you can see the true face of these "Conservatives" - they are acting like Nazis - as predicted in "Project 2025" - inclusive acting against Christians.
Do all the evangelist Trump-voters know that? I think they don't believe it, it seems to woke for them, right?
90 years ago we had a similar acting in Germany.
Show threadLuna chan4d ago
@HoSnoopy @georgetakei The Heritage Foundation the people behind all this are basically discount SPECTRE.
Show threadLuna chan4d ago
@georgetakei MAGAts are rolling around in their food?
Show threadElon Muksis ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ4d ago
@georgetakei https://mastodon.world/@paninid/114814716435622131
Coach Pฤแน‡ini ยฎ (@paninid@mastodon.world)

They came for them. Itโ€™s happening. https://www.lemkininstitute.com/single-post/mass-grave-complex-mgc-identification-and-analysis-of-grave-site-candidates-gsc-1-2-at-cecot

Mastodon
Show threadElon Muksis ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ2d ago
@georgetakei https://www.lemkininstitute.com/single-post/mass-grave-complex-mgc-identification-and-analysis-of-grave-site-candidates-gsc-1-2-at-cecot
Mass Grave Complex (MGC) identification and analysis of Grave Site Candidates (GSC) #1 & #2 at CECOT.

Textbook case of a very poorly hidden genocide site.I am a former mass grave complex and genocide site investigator with real-world experience. My expertise is in analyzing satellite and spy plane imagery for the identification of very specific features and identifying landmarks to locate sites of genocide.I have worked in multiple undisclosed areas and have experience in not only the identification & reporting, but also the boots-on-the-ground investigations.I unequivocally stand by the analysi

Lemkin Institute
Show threadSteveB4d ago
@georgetakei just so crazy
Show threadAriaflame4d ago
@georgetakei Something that is so bad it is forbidden in warfare should not be used on civilians in peacetime.
Show threadCoolRider4d ago

@georgetakei

Land of the free ! Forget it, it's over. ๐Ÿ˜ž

Show threadMyOpinion4d ago
@georgetakei This is the world that MAGAts wish to create. They are scum.
Show threadSpiritual Annie โ˜ฎ๏ธ4d ago

@georgetakei

๐Ÿซ‚โค๏ธ

Show threadSpoons Forever4d ago
@georgetakei
Why, why are we all letting this shit happen. It all needs to STOP before it is to late.๐Ÿ˜ก ๐Ÿ˜ฉ
Show threadoscarfalcon4d ago

@SpoonsForever @georgetakei

I'm afraid that time has come and gone...

Show threadAaron4d ago

@oscarfalcon @SpoonsForever @georgetakei

Don't throw your hands up. We can't stop it all, but we can still stop some of it. #resist

Show threadKarsten Johansson4d ago

@georgetakei That sucks. I'm not particularly religious since my younger days, but I have a Bible that has been with me since I was in my single-digit ages.

I would hate to have the only thing I have from that far back in my personal history taken from me. It even has all kinds of little skeptic notes I wrote when discovering questionable or contradictory passages.

Show threadDavid4d ago

@georgetakei

You hoped? Was not enough clue that for your whole adult life, Democrats and Republican WERE/ARE the same fascist shit?

Show threadnachtet4d ago
@georgetakei ๐Ÿซ‚
Show threadBlueBeachSongโ„ข4d ago
@georgetakei Thank you for speaking up Mr. Takei, as you always do. It does make a difference.
Show threadDavid Hopeward4d ago
@georgetakei โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน
Show threadShufei ๐Ÿงฎ4d ago
@georgetakei Madness, and indeed sorrowing. Thank you for highlighting these things, Uncle George.
Show threadjustbob4d ago

@georgetakei

The silence about the homeless concentration camps is deafning. California and Oregon has had them for several years but no one even cares that Americans live in the streets, over 600,000-700,000 of us are totally ignored and we are being rounded up too

Show thread๐ŸŒฑ@ambiguous_yelp:ahimsa.chat4d ago
@georgetakei Pls link to original sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/alligator-alcatraz-detainees-allege-inhumane-conditions-at-immigration-detention-center/ at a time when it is easier than ever to spread #misinformation and #disinformation it is more important than ever to know where you information comes from #fascism #AlligatorAuschwitz #maga #trump #desantis #xenophobia #racism #noborders #anarchism
Alligator Alcatraz detainees allege inhumane conditions at immigration detention center

Detainees claim they are enduring inhumane conditions, including lack of access to water, inadequate food and denial of religious rights.

Show threadobscurestar4d ago
@georgetakei But the fascists are so proud of Alligator Auschwitz.
Show threadFionor4d ago

@georgetakei After this (United States) inevitably ends, there will be extended trials, and plenty of people will say they just followed orders and didn't know what'sreally hoing on.
In other words, they will lie and should receive no mercy from their judges.

This cannot be fixed with midterms of impeachment - this is USA rotten to the core & beyond saving.
If US were house, it would be burned down and build from the ground anew.

Show threadDanny Boling โ˜ฎ๏ธ4d ago
It's funny that you mention not seeing something when, at the same time, you continue to ignore and hurt your followers that have low/no eyesight themselves. I'll keep asking you to make sure your social media people understand how important #AltText is to you and your followers, but nothing changes. I've lost (and continue to lose) a lot of respect for you, @georgetakei. It shouldn't take months of begging for you to do the right thing. Surely you're better than this.
Show threadWilliam B Peckham4d ago
@georgetakei I saw it referred to as Alligator Auschwitz. Sounds about right.
Show threadSassinake! - โŠƒโˆชโˆฉโชฝ4d ago

@georgetakei

They're not the wight kind of Christian

That thing is a provocation.

These people are absolutely not afraid of war. They are certain they can win.

It doesn't mean that's true. It just Hubris.

But they will kill you every way they can, slow or fast.

Don't OBEY.

America has to decide now.

Show threadSpaceLifeForm4d ago

@georgetakei

Hyprocisy writ large. They say no right to religion, yet they practice it daily in their cult.

They are insane, that is all.

So many insane people, with no room to store them.

Show threadmossyrua4d ago

@georgetakei

If there is one, there are more.

Find them.

Show threadmonkee 4d ago
@georgetakei do your thing @altbot โ€‹โ€‹
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Show threadKilla Koala4d ago
@georgetakei Looks like Trump Derangement Syndrome isn't so deranged after all. It's the people who *didn't* have TDS that caused this.
Show threadStargeezer Smith4d ago
@georgetakei
I doubt most of us can't entirely imagine how you feel.
Show threadRuth3d ago
@georgetakei there is no good concentration camps, it's a very sad time in our history, when we have strayed so far from what's right.
Show threadMark Kahl ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ3d ago
@georgetakei I'm quite sure the camps you had to grow up in were bad, however these death traps seem to be much worse.
Show threadDuncan Bayne3d ago

@georgetakei And yet people will still take the time to, in this one thread, scold you for not using alt-text, claim that these concentration camps are worse than the ones in which you grew up, and complain that you didn't link to a primary source.

Gotta get those deckchairs arranged neatly, folks.

Show threadJay ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ3d ago

@georgetakei

As a German, observing our own history happen in real time helps me understand how it happened.
I've always been a great fan of Hannah Arendt and her theory of the banality of evil.
But it's just one part of the puzzle that explains the hundreds of thousands of nazis.
Pure monsters do exist after all and they're the ringleaders.

Show threadNemethon3d ago
People need to stand up and stop this shit in the US. Because it's going to get worse, you can count on it.
Show threadPaul-wellrocks3d ago
@georgetakei
Show threadHelga Secures All the Things3d ago
@georgetakei Americans need to go there, en masse, and physically free those detainees. Physically dismantle the camp. They can't arrest all of you. It's a concentration camp. In America.
Show threadElizabeth Eiler3d ago
@georgetakei I think everyone with a soul is heartbroken. The rest gave their souls to Donald Trump in exchange for red hats and front-row seats to the atrocities. #magacult #inhumane #AlligatorAuschwitz #fascism