Christian @christian_zerfass@fediscience.org

Hello friends. If you're interested in the best and worst of science reporting online then I have a shiny new thing for that. The thing is a newsletter and you can read it below.

First thing I wrote about was how a non-story about nitrous oxide became a story that drove a ton of outrage on the web.

https://nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/the-nitrous-oxide-nightmare

Some of the scariest and craziest Matatu graffiti in Nairobi, specifically Thika Super highway.
Nganya Culture Craze! These Are The Top 9 Coolest Matatus On Nairobi Roads Right Now (PHOTOS) - Classic 105
https://classic105.com/nganya-culture-craze-these-are-the-top-9-coolest-matatus-on-nairobi-roads-right-now-photos/

Roan antelopes are critically endangered in #Kenya, there are only 15 of them in Kenya found only in Ruma National park

Falls jemand eine Bürokauffrau mit Erfahrungen im Vertrieb, Social Media Marketing, vorbereitender Buchhaltung, diversen Anwendungen, Projektbetreuung und als Baukauffrau im Großraum Berlin (mit Home Office auch sehr gerne bundesweit) sucht, bin ich eure Frau 😁#Jobsuche

Hallo da draußen, ich bin sowas von #neuhier und Dank @pallenberg überhaupt da. Ich interessiere mich für #nachhaltigkeit privat wie beruflich. Als #Podcaster rede ich auch mit großer Freude darüber. Nichts geht an #digitalisierung vorbei, auch nicht an mir. Gott sei Dank! - Und sonst so?! Habe ich so Lust auf eine Plattform mit gutem Austausch, inspirierenden Beiträgen und volle Pulle Spaß 🤩 Let‘s go!
@schmidt_fu Danke für den Hinweis 🥳

To everyone who is like 35 years old.

https://existentialcomics.com/comic/448

- Enable #JS
- Disable #Ad Blocker

soon:

- Turn on your webcam for facial recognition, holding your social security number
- Speak your full name
- Turn on Location services
- Open this website on #Windows or #Mac, #Linux is not supported
- Use #Chrome only

[ #privacy #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism ]

disabled wifi on the new samsung fridge (just unplugged this guy, lucky guess). can’t figure out the stove cuz there’s no access panel that i can see on the back of the stove. i fucking hate living in the future

@swaggboi I really want a "dumb" appliance store. My fridge should keep things cold, my toaster warm things up, my printer put ink on thin slices of dead tree, and my TV show whatever video stream I send it. None of these need to reach out over the network. Please sell me well made, well functioning, single use devices, that serve their purpose well.

Das kann doch unmöglich ihr Ernst sein!

Telekom und Vodafone wollen in den Datenverkehr eingreifen und den Nutzern eine feste Kennung zuweisen. Diese Kennung könnten dann Website-Betreiber abrufen, um genau zu erfassen, welche Inhalte sich ein Nutzer anguckt.

https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/trustpid-die-rueckkehr-der-super-cookies-a-6ea53d94-5996-4d6b-aed5-dfb5f51ab942?sara_ecid=soci_upd_KsBF0AFjflf0DZCxpPYDCQgO1dEMph

Just released version 0.4 of mpl-chord-diagrams with support for directed chords 🎉

https://codeberg.org/tfardet/mpl_chord_diagram

https://zenodo.org/record/6583471

If you're looking for a simple library in #Python to make #chordDiagrams with #matplotlib, then this is for you!

You can simply install it via pip.

#science #dataViz #plotting

This was a very enjoyable read. ❤️

#QuantumInformation

"Physicists Rewrite the Fundamental Law That Leads to Disorder
By
Philip Ball

May 26, 2022

The second law of thermodynamics is among the most sacred in all of science, but it has always rested on 19th century arguments about probability. New arguments trace its true source to the flows of quantum information."

https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-trace-the-rise-in-entropy-to-quantum-information-20220526/

Jede Messaging-App wird zur Wanze, die schon vor der Verschlüsselung aktiv ist. Für den dringend notwendigen besseren Schutz von Kindern ist mit #Chatkontrolle aber nichts gewonnen https://verfassungsblog.de/vielen-dank-ihre-post-ist-unbedenklich/

Aaaaah!!!!!
My paper about researching the far right online has been ACCEPTED!!!

I have some minor edits to do. Can't wait.
The paper is about how researching the far right and lurking in their spaces impacts me as a researcher - both academically and as an activist.

#introductions
Hi, I am a nearly half a century old Dutch person who is overwhelmed a lot of the time.
I am dedicated to working decades of old trauma out of my rickety body. When I get rid of the all-pervasive fear I'll hopefully start painting again, which made me feel like everything was right with the world. For now I'm creatively constipated and trying to navigate through the fog in my head. (It's hard to find words.)

Would like to follow un-normal people who are as inconsistent as I am. One day post photos of cats, food or moss, next day rage against the government's herd immunity policy, only to be quiet and thoughtful the next. 
Sometimes I actually manage to say something insightful or funny.
Mostly I'm looking for a place where it's safe to be me until the fear which has ruled my life is gone. Then everywhere will be safe.
#tapping #cats #painting #trees #series #CPTSD #survivor #NarcissisticAbuse #Crete #selfreflection 

Climate change made India and Pakistan’s 2022 early heatwave ‘30 times more likely’ https://www.carbonbrief.org/climate-change-made-india-and-pakistans-2022-early-heatwave-30-times-more-likely%ef%bf%bc/