Tootfinder

Hui, ich habe einen Admin einer DE-Mastodon Instanz, der offenbar ganz, ganz doll mit den Chinesen und deren Politik ist, zu offen herausgefordert.
Henu, wenn ihm die Argumente ausgehen, dann blockt er halt.🤷🏼‍♂️
Ein Schneeflöckli ist geschmolzen… 🤦‍♂️
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"#Arsen in #Bangladesch: Schleichende Vergiftung
Bangladeschs #Trinkwasser ist stark mit #Arsen

Arsen in Bangladesch: Schleichende Vergiftung
In Bangladesch sind Millionen von Menschen auf arsenbelasteten Trinkwassers aus Brunnen angewiesen. Ein stärkerer und längerer Monsun führt zu chemischen Prozessen, die die Arsenkonzentration weiter erhöhen.

El desprecio por el conocimiento, el pensamiento crítico y la ciencia por parte de los libertarios es realmente aterrador. Esto es, literalmente, terraplanismo político 😬
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Lilia Lemoine, la terraplanista que asumió en la Comisión de Ciencia de Argentina | Noticias de hoy | EL ESPECTADOR

This ridiculous argument is very common.
The age of consent is not 18.
and in the few places where it is, there is literally no reason for setting that age.
and we are not talking about the legal age of motherhood
calling it "the horrors of motherhood" is fear-mongering bullshit
suppressing young adult sexuality doesn't benefit anyone.
Abstinence Only failed miserably

"Since the 17th century,a rationalist world view prompted by philosophers such as #Descartes increasingly saw things from a mechanical perspective, comparing the workings of the universe to a great machine. Rather than any kind of divine spirit inhabiting the natural world, this perspective emphasised the split between the human mind & physical matter."

A new campaign wants to redefine the word ‘nature’ to include humans – here’s why this linguistic argument matters
The meaning of nature has shifted since the word was first used in the 15th century. But is changing the dictionary definition a good idea?

Estimate of force noise from electrostatic patch potentials in LISA Pathfinder
Stefano Vitale, Lorenzo Sala, Valerio Ferroni, William Joseph Weber
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08340

Estimate of force noise from electrostatic patch potentials in LISA Pathfinder
This paper discusses force noise in LISA and LISA Pathfinder arising from the interaction of patch potentials on the test mass and surrounding electrode housing surfaces with their own temporal fluctuations. We aim to estimate the contribution of this phenomenon to the force noise detected in LISA Pathfinder in excess of the background from Brownian motion. We introduce a model of that approximates the interacting test mass and housing surfaces as concentric spheres, treating patch potentials a…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.00117 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Two-Point Concentration of the Independence Number of the Random Graph
We show that the independence number of $ G_{n,p}$ is concentrated on two values if $ n^{-2/3+ ε} < p \le 1$. This result is roughly best possible as an argument of Sah and Sawhney shows that the independence number is not, in general, concentrated on 2 values for $ p = o \left( (\log(n)/n)^{2/3} \right)$. The extent of concentration of the independence number of $ G_{n,p}$ for $ ω(1/n)

FDA might update its pulse oximeter guidelines for manufacturers
https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2024/04/01/fda-considers-updating-pulse-oximeter-guidelines-arizona-attorney-general/

FDA considers updating pulse oximeter guidelines to make readings on dark skin more accurate
The FDA is considering changing pulse oximeter clinical testing regulations after a series of events exposed inaccuracies for patients with dark skin.

As I work today I'm listening to the soundtrack from the 1982 Conan the Barbarian film that was composed by Basil Poledouris. Things are feeling fairly barbaric at the moment here in the Arizona desert
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-

Geochemical and Photochemical Constraints on S[IV] Concentrations in Natural Waters on #Prebiotic Earth: #sulfur and the #OriginOfLife: https://news.arizona.edu/story/loathed-scientists-loved-nature-sulfur-and-origin-life (a University of Arizona-led study shines a spotlight on sulfur, a chemical element that, while all familiar, has proved surprisingly resistant to scientific efforts in probing its role in the origin of life).