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@hex@kolektiva.social
2026-02-17 19:26:48

So the collective trauma reaction against the Church, so deep for those of us coming from the tradition of the European Left, alienates us from those indigenous comrades of ours who refused to let their identities be erased. It alienates us from Black and Latin American comrades who, in some cases, have subverted that same religion from a tool of oppression to a tool of resistance.
It also alienates us from our pagan, Jewish, and even Christian ancestors. Rather than a rejection of the genocides, crusades, and pogroms carried out to solidify the hegemony of the Church, a chauvinistic atheism affirms it under another name. Likewise it affirms the patriarchs who burned witches and destroyed midwifery to shift power over to male doctors.
The "Enlightenment" paradigm of "Reason," that led through secularism to the anti-religious antagonism of Bill Maher and the New Atheists, is laced with an Islamophobia and anti-Semitism rooted in the same church they claim to reject. And anyone who has been paying attention can see that it opens the door to the far right anti-Semitism and Islamophobia that also grows from that same root...

@scott@carfree.city
2026-02-16 03:38:15

Today in the drizzle I stopped by the Living Library, a beautiful native plant garden near SF's Balboa Park at the San Jose/Seneca intersection. Highly recommend a visit to see some #ceanothus in bloom and California poppies and island mallows beginning to, and much more.

A lush green garden with various shrubs and forbs, a curving stone path to the left, a couple of trees, and there's a two-story school building with sand-colored walls off to the side. There's an information panel that's too distant to make out the text in this photo.
A shrub with large leaves and a few small pink flowers. Seems to be Malva assurgentiflora, or island mallow.
A row of two or three shrubs that look like one shrub at first glance, but there are two distinct types of flowers: one variety is more blue-indigo and larger, the other is smaller and purple. They have dark green leaves and are something in the Ceanothus genus, or mountain lilac.
Information panel titled: "California Native Plants: The ecological benefits of planting Native San Francisco. Life frames a living library." A bunch of text I can't fit here about the benefits of planting native, restoring nature, one plant at a time. A colorful drawing shows some California native plants and their associated pollinators: California poppy and native bees, milkweed and monarch butterfly, yarrow and hummingbird, buckwheat and native bee, toyon and cedar waxwing.
@lysander07@sigmoid.social
2025-12-17 19:49:01

Today at VU Amsterdam for the PhD defense of Shuai Wang. I really liked the traditional and formal procedure in the Netherlands how they conduct a PhD defense and the subsequent investiture of the new PhD.
#PhD #academiclife

PhD defense of Shuai Wang at VU Amsterdam. They really have a rather "traditional" procedure :wink: The picture was taken after the investiture of the newly promoted PhD in front of the bust of the founder of VU. FYI: the head of the committee is the professor with the chain around his neck. Only full professors are allowed to wear gown and hat. The candidate chose to wear traditional formal Mongolian clothing (traditional local clothing from your home country - besides wearing a black formal a…
@yaya@jorts.horse
2025-12-16 07:01:38

Chicago is getting a place for sickos
#fedifc

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS What is Soccer House? Soccer House is a soccer-only clubhouse designed exclusively for soccer fans in Chicago's West Town neighborhood. It will be where you'll want to be to watch early-morning kickoffs, derby days, cup finals, and that midweek Conference League match in Portugal you absolutely need to see with other sickos.
What games will you show? As many as we possibly can! We'll obviously show the biggest and best matchups from across the world each weekend. Beyond that, our screens are soccer-only so the Copa Libertadores never has to compete with the Cubs. We'll also feature our local Fire and Stars prominently. With multiple rooms, screens, and audio zones, different games can run at the same time so we can pack the house with as much soccer as possible.
Are you really only showing soccer? Yes. Soccer House is a soccer-exclusive venue. It will be only soccer (but we're happy for anyone to call it football). If there isn't a game on, we'll have something else soccer- related. There will be no exceptions and no just put the basketball game on for a second." This ain't the place where the TVs switch to whatever sport is trending that night.
@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-16 06:45:23

Gavin Newsom, the California governor,
announced the appointment of two prominent scientists
who left the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in recent months over conflicts with the Trump administration to state positions.
Dr Susan Monarez, the former director of the CDC, will lead California’s new public health initiative, the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX).
In August, Monarez was fired by the Trump administration less than a month in…

Newsom appoints ex-CDC officials to lead California’s new public health network
Dr Susan Monarez to head PHNIX, a response to Trump administration’s dismantling of public health safeguards

@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-12-16 06:55:33

Wow, loving our greenhouse - already have the first tomatoes turning red! Only a couple weeks into summer (not even proper summer, 22 Dec in Aotearoa, yet) Crazy! This is months before we've ever had ripening fruit pre-greenhouse.

Photo from near the ground in a garden patch inside a greenhouse, looking at a small group of tomatoes on a tomato bush, two of which are turning red. A number of other tomato plants are nearby, some with many still green tomatoes. In the foreground is a timber upright with wires going through it which run the length of the garden and are used to tie up the tomatoes in a row. The plants are tied to the steel wires with strips of old bicycle inner tubes. They work great!
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2025-12-16 09:54:11

Recursive polygon subdivision inspired by thin-section mineralogy...
(The area of each polygon is mapped to a color from a gradient. Made with thi.ng/geom, see next message for example & source code...)
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Stop frame animation of a randomized abstract composition of initially thousands of small polygons, slowly converging into only a handful of larger cells/shards. The animation shows the recursive subdivision process in reverse order, i.e. the larger cells at the end are actually some of the first polygons created by randomly slicing the seed polygon (a circular 40-gon). The area/size of each individual poly is mapped to a color from a gradient, with small polys in orange/yellow/pink and large o…
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-02-16 07:39:30

Rare Colours Red II 🟥🟥
稀有的色彩红 II 🟥🟥
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Cinestill 800T (FF)
#filmphotography #Photography #Art

CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text A dark wall illuminated by a vertical neon sign listing three words: “BREAKFAST” in green, “LUNCH” in yellow, and “DINNER” in pink. The colored lights cast a soft glow on the wall. A small green emergency exit sign appears in the lower left corner. Chinese Alt Text 一面黑暗的墙上挂着竖直的霓虹灯牌，上面写着三行字：“BREAKFAST”是绿色，“LUNCH”是黄色，“DINNER”是粉色。霓虹灯在墙面投射出柔和的彩色光。左下角有一个绿色的紧急出口标志。
CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text A modern staircase lit by bright red horizontal light strips. At the top, a neon sign reads “MALL” along with Chinese characters. One person sits on the steps while another walks past in the foreground, slightly blurred from motion. The scene appears to be taken at night, emphasizing the vivid lighting. Chinese Alt Text 现代楼梯上嵌有明亮的红色灯带。楼梯顶端有霓虹灯牌，写着“MALL”和中文字符。一人坐在台阶上，另一人从前景走过，因移动而略微模糊。夜间环境使灯光更加醒目。
CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text A brightly lit food stall with red and yellow signage advertising Cantonese-style beef brisket rice. Illuminated menu boards show photos of dishes and promotional items. Two people walk past the stall, while the interior reveals kitchen equipment and stacked containers. The atmosphere is lively and colorful. Chinese Alt Text 一个灯光明亮的餐饮摊位，红黄招牌宣传粤式牛腩饭。发光的菜单板展示多种菜品和促销信息。两个人从摊位前走过，内部可见厨房设备和堆放的容器。整体氛围热闹而多彩。
CineStill 800T (FF) English Alt Text A nighttime street-level view of the entrance to Chungking Mansions. A tall vertical sign glows with red Chinese characters above the English name “CHUNGKING MANSIONS.” The glass doors below display several prohibition icons, such as no smoking, no pets, and no skateboarding. The lighting is dim except for the bright signage, giving the scene a moody, urban atmosphere. Chinese Alt Text 夜间的重庆大厦入口。高高的竖直招牌以红色中文字符发光，上方有英文“CHUNGKING MANSIONS”。下方的玻璃门贴有多个禁止标志，如禁止吸…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2026-02-16 10:00:05

sp_high_school_new: High school dynamic contacts (2011-2012)
These datasets contain the temporal network of contacts between students in a high school in Marseilles, France. The first dataset gives the contacts of the students of three classes during 4 days in Dec. 2011, and the second corresponds to the contacts of the students of 5 classes during 7 days (from a Monday to the Tuesday of the following week) in Nov. 2012.
This network has 180 nodes and 45047 edges.
Tags: Soc…

sp_high_school_new: High school dynamic contacts (2011-2012). 180 nodes, 45047 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/sp_high_school_new#2012

sp_high_school_new — High school dynamic contacts (2011-2012)
These datasets contain the temporal network of contacts between students in a high school in Marseilles, France. The first dataset gives the contacts of the students of three classes during 4 days in Dec. 2011, and the second corresponds to the contacts of the students of 5 classes during 7 days (from a Monday to the Tuesday of the following week) in Nov. 2012.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-01-18 02:23:23

Trump has sent letters of invitation to various heads of government to join a new "Board of Peace",
which he will chair.
The organization was envisioned as part of the United Nations–backed effort for the reconstruction and transitional governance of Gaza.
But the new board’s charter, details of which have not been previously reported, appears to give the board a global remit, according to a copy we reviewed.
And the price of a permanent position on the…

Trump’s Billion-Dollar Board of Peace
The new entity has a global remit and a steep price for a permanent seat.