Did you know the US government signed a treaty with the Cherokee to give them a representative in Congress? Or that seating that delegate, who has been named, is a live issue and was the subject of a congressional hearing last week?
If you want to see an absolutely fascinating exploration of how to right a wrong, with detours into American history and constitutional law, with brilliant testimony from the Cherokee nation and the foremost experts, watch this hearing.
There are now no less than 56 curated lists of academics on Mastodon, in various subject areas, on this GitHub, as well as links to groups, preprint and bibliography bots, and servers/communities. Check it out, tell others about it, and bookmark it for future reference! https://github.com/nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon
Please note: I am *NOT* the maintainer of this GitHub! Please contact "@ [email protected]" (*without* the space in between!). Here's a direct link to his profile: https://scholar.social/@hendrikerz.
Over at Wired, I wrote about the video game I’m currently obsessed with: PENTIMENT.
You play as a 16th century artist hired by an abbey to illustrate a manuscript — and end up having to solve a murder.
#gaming #videogames https://www.wired.com/story/pertinent-best-game-2022
The CDC is warning people who are pregnant, 65 or older, or have a weak immune system to avoid deli meat due to a listeria outbreak in the US.
“If you are in any of these groups, do not eat meat or cheese from any deli counter, unless it is reheated to an internal temperature of 165°F or until steaming hot,” the CDC said in a notice issued Wednesday.
https://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/deli-11-22/index.html
“With Twitter in chaos, Mastodon is on fire”
By @rachelmetz @CNN
“In the week since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the number of people signing up for a small social network called Mastodon has surged. You may not have heard of Mastodon, which has been around since 2016, but now it’s growing rapidly.”
@Gargron @Mastodon #twitter #twittermigration #mastodonnews #news
Daniel Schuman
Ryan Schultz
Swapna Krishna
Andrew Couts
Austin Kocher, PhD 🌎