Mastodawn

lazystreet779 Jul 17, 2023

Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺Jul 16, 2023

“Market forces create incentives for the press, which is a business, to produce articles that sell and – especially for the right-wing tabloids – what sells is content that confirms their readers’ prejudices and fears. Politicians feed such coverage as #populist narratives leveraging such fears to help score votes.” READ more of my comments on #disinformation and the #media here: https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/cambridge-disinformation-summit-speaker-says-lying-has-beco-9321228/

Cambridge Disinformation Summit speaker says ‘lying has become more profitable and easier’ in internet age

Dr Emma Briant of Cambridge Judge Business School says ‘market forces’ marginalise truth.

Cambridge Independent

lazystreet779 Jul 17, 2023

Popular Science Jul 16, 2023

Quantum computers can simulate the properties of new materials that might make batteries safer, more energy-dense, and easier to recycle. https://t.co/3mGhkQbSds

lazystreet779 Jul 17, 2023

Charlie (Deanna) Hooper Jul 16, 2023

I figured it was finally time for a new #introduction post, so here goes.

Hi, I’m Deanna (they/them) . I’m nonbinary and genderfluid. I’ve moved around Europe a lot, before finding my home in #Finland. I have #misophonia and I’ve been dealing with #LongCovid since mid 2020.

I really enjoy #travelling, although with the #ClimateCrisis I try to minimise my carbon emissions when travelling. I love #music and #musicals, and I’m always happy to get recommendations. I also really like #baking and #cooking (mostly #vegan). Other interests include #DoctorWho and #origami.

I work as a physicist studying some of the cool stuff that happened in the early universe. I’m very passionate about science #outreach and I’ve been doing #cosmology livestreams - called #CupOfCosmology - since late 2015 (link in bio). I'm also open about my struggles with #MentalHealth in academia, and my experience as #LGBTQInSTEM and as a (perceived) #WomanInSTEM.

I love meeting new people, so feel free to follow and interact!

lazystreet779 Jul 17, 2023

emptywheel Jul 16, 2023

Hunter Biden's Uber Connection and the K Street Collision

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/07/16/hunter-bidens-uber-connection-and-the-k-street-collision/

Hunter Biden's Uber Connection and the K Street Collision - emptywheel

Hunter Biden's Uber account was arranged from December 2018 through February 2019 in a way that may have made it possible for "Hunter Biden" to be in two places at once, even in DC, having a car accident, while his assistant believed he was in Massachusetts.

emptywheel

lazystreet779 Jul 17, 2023

Miles Offit... 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Jul 16, 2023

The modern authoritarian playbook is almost the same everywhere - convince the religious right that undermining democracy is the only way to preserve their power - when they are in fact permanently handing *all* of their power over to the authoritarians in exchange for the ability to attack, vilify and exploit others without consequence. #democracy #politics https://www.cbsnews.com/news/historian-yuval-noah-harari-warns-of-dictatorship-in-israel/

Historian Yuval Noah Harari warns of dictatorship in Israel

The author says that in Israel, which has no constitution, the only check on governmental abuses of power is the Supreme Court, which is now under attack by forces that wish to rule with impunity.

CBS News

lazystreet779 Jul 17, 2023

Karen Strickholm Jul 16, 2023

Greetings Knitterati ~ I want to share with all y'all the gorgeous dye work of @mothyandthesquid. Absolutely mesmerizing interpretations drawn from nature. There is a newsletter sign up on her site too. I recommend a follow and to share - support woman-owned small business in the arts!

#Knitting
@Knitting
#Knitstodon
#Crochet
#Weaving
#Embroidery

https://mothyandthesquid.com/

Mothy and the Squid

Scottish micro-business creating hand dyed luxury indie yarn for knitting and crochet.

Mothy and the Squid

lazystreet779 Jul 17, 2023

DJ Beach Baby Jul 16, 2023

#Introduction Hi, I'm Beach Baby, program and station manager on Ocean Waves Radio, an Internet station that offers many great genres for you to enjoy. I'm married, a mom and a beach and music lover. Let's share ideas and learn from each other.

lazystreet779 Apr 30, 2023

Poetry News Apr 30, 2023

Flippin' N. Carolina
Supreme Court against democracy
Justice denied, dismay

#supremecourt #gerrymandering #northcarolina #democracy #haiku #poetry

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/north-carolina-republicans-flipped-supreme-court-overruled-democracy-rcna81995

North Carolina Republicans flipped their Supreme Court and overruled democracy

When the North Carolina Supreme Court reheard a gerrymandering case, the U.S. Supreme Court raised the prospect of dismissing the related appeal.

MSNBC

lazystreet779 Apr 30, 2023

Dylan Bragg Apr 30, 2023

I have no mother, it is said,
For from my father’s all-wise head
I burst forth fully armed and grown.
The city that I call my own,
The birthplace of democracy,
In dedicated shrines to me,
Reveres my art and wisdom, true…
But calls my name in wartime too.

#poetry #smallpoems #riddlepoems #ancientgreece #mythology #history #art #philosophy #democracy #poetrycommunity