Academics is hampered (deliberately or accidentally) by institutional features like not sharing data and having findings in the form of static documents, but there are alternative approaches that can expedite this process and make the integrity higher: https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-speed-of-science/ #academics #openknowledge #fraud #science #gatekeeping

P5 nations release a statement affirming that they will not pursue nuclear war (tho this is not definitive) and continue on the track of disarmament: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/01/03/p5-statement-on-preventing-nuclear-war-and-avoiding-arms-races/ This reminds me of the only Yo La Tengo EP that I own: bonus points to anyone who can identify it. #peoplesrepublicofchina #china #france #russia #unitedkingdom #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #nuclearwar #goodnews #disarmament #sanity

Syllart Records is archiving African rhythm and blues and hip hop: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-59814182 #africa #africanmusic #r&b #rhythmandblues #hiphop

@ContentWarningVirusB42 Nothing but love back to you, friend but 1.) I am loathe to be more invested in _any_ social media, even one that I find acceptable and 2.) every time someone recommends that I de-egg, it makes me want to egg even harder. Much love to you and I appreciate the suggestion.

In typical good news/bad news fashion, the first woman to get a PhD. has been proposed for a statue in Italy, but this is somehow controversial: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/03/italy-proposal-statue-elena-cornaro-piscopia-first-woman-phd-debate #misogyny #academics #italy

Dozens of United States governments raise their minimum wage with 2022: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/56-counties-cities-and-states-just-raised-their-minimum-wage/ #fightfor15 #minimumwage #hope #labor

@CherNohio Silly old New Year's always reminds me to come back.

All of you Fediverse friends, please consider signing the Web0 Manifesto: https://web0.small-web.org/ #smallweb #web0 #weirdweb #decentralization

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is polling well ahead of his challengers in Brazil: https://theintercept.com/2022/01/02/lula-brazil-2022-election-sergio-moro/ #hope #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #lula #jairbolsonaro #democracy

Female conductor takes the helm in first for Italian opera: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/02/female-conductor-oksana-lyniv-takes-helm-italian-opera If a world as conservative as opera can change to be less misogynistic, then hope springs eternal. #opera #feminism #hope

Following my last post, the leading cause of death for young and middle aged Americans is fentanyl: https://www.abc12.com/news/fentanyl-number-one-cause-of-death-for-adults-18-45-recent-government-data-says/article_ed0bfe28-5f79-11ec-8aa0-af3f6cbff03c.html #death #fentanyl

Deaths among young adults and the middle aged have skyrocketed in the United States: https://www.thecentersquare.com/indiana/indiana-life-insurance-ceo-says-deaths-are-up-40-among-people-ages-18-64/article_71473b12-6b1e-11ec-8641-5b2c06725e2c.html #covid #death

There is a mainstream right-wing challenge to Orbán Viktor, making him look vulnerable for the first time in over a decade: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/02/outsider-peter-marki-zay-from-the-right-backed-by-hungarys-left-to-beat-orban #hungary #democracy #fascism

Happy Public Domain Day! https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2022/ #freeculture #publicdomain #2022

@Mauve_matelot Hi, Eleanor. Sorry that I'm just now seeing this: I've had a busy summer, as my dad died and my company has been super-busy. :/ Yourself?

Tentative data show that tress improve mental health: https://www.sciencealert.com/street-trees-not-only-help-mitigate-climate-change-but-might-reduce-depression-too (popular) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-79924-5 (academic)

#mentalhealth #depression #trees #ecosocialism #green

Rolling Stone stopped being a relevant counter-cultural publication before I was even born but I do fondly remember getting issues (with a free subscription) around when Matt Taibbi started his excellent long-form journalism that excoriated the Bush II administration. He has since moved onto Substack and Rolling Stone is now a vanity press: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/23/rolling-stone-magazine-culture-council-publication

#latestagecapitalism #scams #rollingstone #shame

@vb25 Also, liberty. So.

@bl4ckat If killing grandma is insufficient motivation to wear a mask, maybe increasing the GDP will work?

Today marks the 365th day of verified coronavirus infections in the United States. Somehow, this study was still needed. UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Researchers say Mask Mandates Could add $1 Trillion to the U.S. GDP (popular: https://ph.ucla.edu/news/press-release/2021/jan/ucla-fielding-school-public-health-researchers-say-mask-mandates-could, academic: https://ph.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/PNAS_Mask_Study_e2014564118.full_.pdf)

Masks save lives *and* they save money. Now are conservatives on board?

#coronavirus #covid #publichealth #economics #commonsense