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Here's an interesting article about how someone did not find solace in Buddhism. Feel free to express your opinion in a reply. slate.com/culture/2003/02/why-…

I personally think that there are some common misconceptions that might have influenced the author's views, e.g. the way he understands the definition of attachment, enlightenment, views on reality, but it's always so interesting to see differing opinions.


 Why I ditched Buddhism.

For a 2,500-year-old religion, Buddhism seems remarkably compatible with our scientifically oriented culture, which may explain its surging popularity...
John Horgan (Slate)

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Matching dinosaur footprints in Cameroon and Brazil record a time when Africa and South America were still connected & herds could wander between them.

I'm not saying the very same dinosaur was stomping around in both Cameroon and Brazil...but it's possible.

nytimes.com/2024/08/28/science…

#science #history #nature #dinosaurs

Researchers discovered theropod footprints in the Sousa Basin of northeastern Brazil.
Theropod track from the Koum Basin in Cameroon.

Scientists Discover Similar Dinosaur Footprints on Opposite Sides of the Atlantic

More than 260 similar footprints found in Brazil and Cameroon help us understand a region that broke apart millions of years ago.
Alexandra E. Petri (The New York Times)
#history #science #nature #dinosaurs

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What are the different types of disability? Do you know the difference between a situational and a temporary disability?

Most people recognise certain disabilities but don't realise that not all disabilities are constant or permanent.

Accessibility Specialist Demelza Feltham explores different types, how they might affect people, and gives a huge range of examples that almost everyone can relate to.

tetralogical.com/blog/2024/11/…


Foundations: types of disability - TetraLogical

This post offers an overview of various disability types across four groups: seeing, hearing, moving, and thinking, and provides a brief exploration of what disability is, highlighting how permanent, temporary, or situational disabilities can affect …
TetraLogical

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BREAKING NEWS 🚨

The underwater fiber-optic communication cable C-Lion-1, the only one connecting Finland with Central Europe, has been cut!

It is 1,200 kilometers long and runs close to the Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream.

The cable is torn. The cause is unknown. An investigation is currently underway.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews

#Putin #News #Russia #EU #Ukraine #NATO #war #breaking #breakingnews #press #zelensky #aurefreepress #headline

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Huge congratulations to @hartgenconsult for a decade of creating amazing products & tutorials. My favorite thing I've purchased from you is #Leasey, which I use many times daily & have 0 idea what I would do without it. Keep up your incredible work! :) tweesecake.social/@DavidGoldfi…

David Goldfield

2024-11-18 16:12:35


Celebrating 10 Years of Hartgen Consultancy with Holiday Offers! groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/81…


Celebrating 10 Years of Hartgen Consultancy with Holiday Offers!

groups.io
#Leasey @Hartgen Consultancy

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Este é o tipo de coisa em que eu penso quando se fala em distopia.
A IA é cada vez mais uma ferramenta de usurpação, contrafação, fraude, mentira e manipulação.
E poluição ambiental também. Quase me esquecia.

independent.co.uk/arts-enterta…


David Attenborough says he is ‘profoundly disturbed’ his voice is being cloned with AI

‘My identity is being stolen by others,’ said 98-year-old naturalist
Ellie Harrison (The Independent)

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Whoops! school accidentally leaked names of kids who opted out of sex education

Names had been redacted from a PDF, but included in HTML version. 🤦‍♂️ This kind of screw-up happens far too often.

nj.com/education/2024/11/nj-sc…


N.J. school accidentally released names of kids who opted out of sex education

Parents say the move violated students' privacy. The school says it was an accident.
Tina Kelley | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com (nj)

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A collaborator found out that the US State Dept is seeking public input on whether "satellite signature reduction" should be subject to ITAR regs.

Translation: should satellite operators who make their satellites fainter (in order to not destroy the night sky quite as much) be allowed to talk about how they did it?

So some of my collaborators and I put together a quick and easy template for you to email the US State Dept and tell them this shouldn't be secret info:

kesslerrebellion.com/take-acti…

Technology to make satellites fainter should not be secret information — Kessler Rebellion

Kessler Rebellion
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New review feat. THE Sapna Cheryan (essentially if you want to understand STEM gender equity gaps this is the scientist to read) free to access until Dec 2

"Global patterns of gender disparities in STEM and explanations for their persistence"

nature.com/articles/s44159-024…


Global patterns of gender disparities in STEM and explanations for their persistence - Nature Reviews Psychology

Women remain underrepresented in some STEM fields throughout much of the world. In this Review, Cheryan and colleagues discuss four factors that might explain this underrepresentation — access to education and employment, masculine cultures, insuffic…
Nature

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New app added to the Accessible Android apps directory: MyTherapy Pill Reminder accessible with minor issues accessibleandroid.com/app/myth… #Android #App

MyTherapy Pill Reminder - Accessible Android

This pill reminder app reliably reminds you to take your tablets, pills, and other medication, vitamins, or supplements at the scheduled time. With the
Accessible Android
#android #app
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Inklusives Ruhrbistum

@fexplorer @cantences Ja, das stimmt gewissermaßen. Wenn ich etwas mit der APP bewirken will, muss ich einen Account haben. Aber ich kann sie öffnen und die Aufgaben eingeben, ohne dass sie hochgeladen werden. Für mich war diese Möglichkeit eine Phase des Lernens. Bei OSM an sich muss ich angemeldet sein, wenn ich die Funktionen ausprobieren will.
Ist das richtig?
@Thomas @FediVerseExplorer

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If you harbored any doubts regarding #Bluesky and their claims of decentralization, you HAVE TO read this brilliant, insightful toot by @jonny about the impossibility of multiple relays and what would happen if one tried to split off from #Bsky the corporation: neuromatch.social/@jonny/11336…

I actually recommend you read the whole thread - and follow Jonny! (Thank you for the recommendation @oblomov!)

#socialmedia #ATProto

jonny (good kind) (@jonny@neuromatch.social)

Content warning: long, bsky, atproto, on the impossibility of multiple relays
Neuromatch Social
#socialmedia #bluesky #atproto #BSKY @Oblomov @jonny (good kind)
in reply to Archos

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Jiří Eischmann

"Premiér Petr Fiala uvedl, že považuje svoji vládu za nejúspěšnější v české historii."

Byl jeden světový politik, jmenoval se Biden a ten taky tvrdil, že jeho vláda je velmi úspěšná. A ona objektivně v mnoha ohledech úspěšná je, ale když se tváříš, že je vše "nadmíru výtečné", a nepřiznáš, že i tak můžou mít lidi problémy, i když za ně tvoje vláda ani přímo nemůže, prohraješ volby.

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This one’s quite important, thespinoff.co.nz/atea/25-10-20….

While Māordom has been in an uproar about the Treaty Principles Bill, which New Zealand First MP Shane Jones says is “dead in the water”, the coalition government has quietly set the wheels in motion for at least 28 pieces of legislation to have their Treaty clauses reviewed and potentially removed.

Key terminology here is “investors.” This seems like just the right sort of trickery perfected by conservatives in America.

thx @ClareBear


The under-the-radar Treaty clause review that could have far-reaching consequences

Shane Jones has the Treaty clause in the Conservation Act in his crosshairs – and it's just one of an estimated 28 laws set for review.
Liam Rātana (The Spinoff)
@ClareBear 💚🖤❤️
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