Tootfinder

'Home-bias', 'authorship inflation', and how science in the West might keep up with China.
https://open.substack.com/pub/noahpinion/p/is-the-west-falling-behind-in-science?r=8k45f&utm_medium=ios

Is the West falling behind in science?
China is now the leader in applied physical sciences. How can the U.S. and its allies catch up?

🔊 Auf #radioeins läuft...
Nina Simone:
🎵 Feeling Good
#NowPlaying #NinaSimone
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Rqn2GFlmvmV4w9Ala0I1e
https://juniorsenna.bandcamp.com/track/nina-simone-feeling-good-junior-senna-pool-remix

I have been involved with @… for some years, and fortunately they've been delivering some #CovidSafe activities, for free, for members of the #LGBTQ community in England - but they r…

M-hm. Swiss Air Force Super Puma chopper is on a sightseeing tour around Üetliberg
#swissairforce

Most migrants likely wouldn’t say they’re fleeing climate change.
They’re escaping war, economic uncertainty, social instability and the like.
But climate change multiplies those threats.
It’s not a coincidence that 95% of conflict refugees in 2020 came from global-warming hot spots.
A 2021 study by researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico found the movement of low-income farmers from Mexico to the U.S. not only tripled during times of drought but …

It’s far cheaper to help migrants before they leave home
As global temperatures rise, so will the frequency of heat waves, droughts, floods, pandemics, natural disasters, food and water shortages and conflicts over resources.

good thread on Biden's failings w.r.t covid
See e.g. this story of the flipflop from $2000 promised to $1400 delivered:
#Biden #covid

Does the #Mastodon or #activitypub API have the (beginnings of) the ability to integrate with these platforms so people can share game content onto the #fediverse ?
Seems …

🔊 Auf #radioeins läuft...
Nina Simone:
🎵 Feeling Good
#NowPlaying #NinaSimone
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Rqn2GFlmvmV4w9Ala0I1e
https://juniorsenna.bandcamp.com/track/nina-simone-feeling-good-junior-senna-pool-remix

Most migrants likely wouldn’t say they’re fleeing climate change.
They’re escaping war, economic uncertainty, social instability and the like.
But climate change multiplies those threats.
It’s not a coincidence that 95% of conflict refugees in 2020 came from global-warming hot spots.
A 2021 study by researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico found the movement of low-income farmers from Mexico to the U.S. not only tripled during times of drought but …

It’s far cheaper to help migrants before they leave home
As global temperatures rise, so will the frequency of heat waves, droughts, floods, pandemics, natural disasters, food and water shortages and conflicts over resources.

Does the #Mastodon or #activitypub API have the (beginnings of) the ability to integrate with these platforms so people can share game content onto the #fediverse ?
Seems …