How to slowly tarnish the reputation of a respected science journal...how about making sure you have a secure website.../s #security #hack https://retractionwatch.com/2024/07/08/the-wolf-in-scopus-clothing-another-hijacked-journal-has-indexed-nearly-900-articles/
@PoliticalEd Twitter welcomed everyone and anyone and made itself vulnerable to fake accounts and diminished its surveillance of bots to the point that Justice Department made it aware of it...in this case. "In addition, X Corp. (formerly, Twitter) voluntarily suspended the remaining bot accounts identified in the court documents for terms of service violations..."
@PoliticalEd What was what?
The Justice Department today announced the seizure of two domain names and the search of 968 social media accounts used by Russian actors to create an AI-enhanced social media bot farm that spread disinformation in the United States and abroad. #Russia #disinformation #AI #JusticeDepartment https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-leads-efforts-among-federal-international-and-private-sector-partners
@butch Life imitating art or art imitating life?
@holon42 Well, there have been efforts to counter the climate effects from hot summer asphalt...like painting it white. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-is-painting-some-of-its-streets-white-and-the-reasons-why-are-pretty-cool/
@PurpleDragon Beautiful craftsmanship...
How "Taco Tuesday" became "Taco Friday" and the cultural appropriation of a food by a country: “Tacos have become known as something classically Swedish.” Pictured: Mexican Taco Pie #CoSofood #foodpron #FoodPorn #history https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-taco-friday
@LowEndMuse Then there's the mandatory newscast where they try to fry an egg on a car or sidewalk to prove the point...In other news...
People...stay off the hot asphalt during this heat wave! NASA map shows temperatures up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets, sidewalks. #ClimateChange #Arizona #NASA https://www.kjzz.org/news/2024-07-05/nasa-map-shows-temperatures-up-to-160-degrees-on-phoenix-streets-sidewalks
Depending on your state of fragility, you might want to sit this one out.
#InNewsoftheAbsurd Pastor lovingly taps back of wife's head with fist to get her attention and then gets arrested for assault. #religion #sarcasm https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alaska-airlines-assault-attack-pastor-wife-b2575972.html
@TheNewsOwl #InNewsoftheAbsurd South Korea realized that shooting one's foot w/o having sufficient medical personnel to care for injuries was stupid...
South Korea's government has announced it will abandon its plan to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors to resolve the country’s long medical impasse
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/south-korea-withdraw-plan-suspend-licenses-striking-doctors-111736822
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Motorcyclist dies from suspected heat exposure in California's Death Valley. #heat #ClimateChange #California https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/07/07/motorcyclist-dies-Death-Valley/1981720407950/
@Treebugz The reason why early European thought the tomato was deadly...nightshade: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-the-tomato-was-feared-in-europe-for-more-than-200-years-863735/
After a decade that saw two major #droughts, and with more dry times inevitable, #California is imposing permanent #water #restrictions on cities and towns for the first time in state history. https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/california-impose-first-ever-permanent-water-19551999.php
Water, Wastewater, microbiology, chemistry, Twain sarcasm, and common sense CoSo #4980