TIL that in 2018 scientists discovered a new way to cause depression in rats: Put them with other depressed rats. By housing a healthy rat with two depressed rats for five weeks, the healthy rat will reliably become depressed.
Contagious depression is a phenomenon that is yet to be fully recognized and this stems from insufficient material on the subject. At the moment, there is no existing format for studying the mechanism of action, prevention, containment, and ...
TIL about Malik Ambar, an Ethiopian slave brought to medieval India at the age of 12, who then freed himself, formed a mercenary army of over 50,000 men, pioneered guerrilla warfare, and became leader of a kingdom/sultanate for 26 years
#TIL Arvo Pärt, one of the greatest composers of our times, a big name in minimalist, sacred and classical music, celebrated his 90th birthday on September 11. Estonia can be proud of him, definitely. #Music
TIL that as a child, musician Frank Zappa was often sick with asthma, ear aches, and sinus problems, and was treated with radium pellets inserted into each nostril. His father also regularly brought mercury-filled lab equipment home, letting Zappa play with the mercury
This is what RocketChat were doing since about 2022. Although their documentation suggests they are working on full Matrix support inside the RC server itself, due sometime this month;
#TIL iD - the #OpenStreetMap-editor on the main website - has a "tag this photo id onto the current object" for street level imagery such as @panoramax or #Mapillary
No sé si conocíais esto, pero yo hoy he descubierto que existe una fundación, llamada Anisfield-Wolf, que desde 1935 concede un premio anual en Estados Unidos a libros de ficción, poesía y no ficción que contribuyan a la comprensión del racismo y a la defensa de la diversidad humana.
Su lista de premiados es una buena lista de recomendaciones de lectura, os la dejo por aquí 🥰
Some caveats: - set `batch_size` for better performance - doesn't work with many-to-many relationships - no `pre_save` and `post_save` signals sent (it' doesn't call `model.save()`)
#TIL that #Thunderbird lets me set #filters to move an #email to a particular place *when* I archive it, rather than immediately! So I can still read the emails as they come in, and then hit "archive" to have them automagically filed away 📁️
There are other triggers too, besides "as soon as the email comes in" and "when I archive" that I haven't explored yet. Thunderbird rocks! ✨️
#TIL There is a solution called @yunohost. It's kind of an environment that allows you to install lots of apps. And my main insight was: there are LOTS of open-source web apps for everything. If I have enough time, I will definitely test many of them and document their #accessibility. I do remember struggling with some of them definitely, but some (like #NextCloud and #Miniflux) are decent. Here is their catalog: apps.yunohost.org/catalog
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