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Richard de Zoysa was abducted and murdered by agents of the state on 18 February 1990. The SSA's first issue of #Pravada (Nov 1991) reprinted his last story in outrage and protest against enforced disappearances and killings in #SriLanka polity.lk/wp-content/u... Image: Minal Wickrematunge

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A #superbowl and a robin.

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🧪 If I were Canadian PM I would immediately: 1. Create a new $15B science fund 2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada 3. Immediate permanent residency 4. Citizenship after 2 years Overnight a science superpower

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Yes, yes, yes, and yes.

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Hey, I know there are lots of things to be angry, activated, and/or scared about right now. But I am noticing that coverage of the executive orders that are specifically harmful to trans children and adults are barely being discussed by anyone except trans journalists. Stop this shit.

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It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.

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Today marks twelve years since we lost Aaron Swartz. 😢💔 Thinking about him, Suchir Balaji, and Alexandra Elbakyan today. You can read about him here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_... If you have time for a movie, watch the full documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vz0... #OpenAccess

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A little holiday card I got to draw for a public library last year that I’m still proud of; happy almost-new-year ✨

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From Opinion to Evidence: An Empirical Approach to Software Engineering. The recording of my inaugural lecture at Uni Bayreuth is now available online: youtu.be/58OvavOQO0w

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#steamdeck helping me clear the backlog

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Growing up in a country where a suicide bomb can go off at any time was a traumatic experience. It still haunts me to this day when there's a large public gathering. I'm glad my kid doesn't have to experience that growing up. But the way the world is going, I don't know until when.

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"When the alarm goes off we go outside and wait for the firefighters. But when the blue lights go off we go hide in the bathroom because that is where we are safe." -- my three year old, after a shooter drill at his preschool housed in a Pittsburgh synagogue

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Solid thread 👇🏼 Thanks, Dan!

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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

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#TIL

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Yes, two of my students have attended and found it really helpful towards deciding to do a PhD in Computer Science!

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Birds in our backyard! A Barred Owl and a Robin. #KingstonON #YGK #Canada🍁 #birds 🐦

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We've collaborated with @hf.co to integrate Hugging Face tooling into PyCharm Professional! 🤗 You can search for models, view model and dataset cards, and see your cached models right within the IDE. Check out the blog post for more details: blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2024...

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Whether it's the distant past or the super future, sometimes you just need to call your mom. Steam bundle featuring 1000xRESIST, Venba, Thirsty Suitors, and Goodbye Volcano High. store.steampowered.com/bundle/47045...

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Time to show off your laptop stickers!

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Looking forward to the replies

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Never underestimate the power of creating a good user experience over an existing workflow.

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Hi Bluesky! My social-media home is going to remain the Fediverse, for these reasons: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When.... But, I like Bluesky’s technology and team, and am getting followers, presumably due to being in someone’s starter pack. For which, thanks! So…

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The FATE group at @msftresearch.bsky.social NYC is accepting applications for 2025 interns. 🥳🎉 For full consideration, apply by 12/18. jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo... Interested in AI evaluation? Apply for the STAC internship too! jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...

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First snowfall of the season: Up to 5 cm of snow in Montreal on Tuesday, risk of freezing rain

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YouTuber Manitha Abeysiriwardena aka ManiYa set a $1,000 goal for his charity stream. He ended up raising over $4,000 for the National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka (Apeksha Hospital). Not bad for a country that's yet to foster a vibrant streaming culture. readme.lk/youtuber-man...

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"Students of color have reported having difficulties getting remote camera proctoring software such as Proctorio to “see” them regardless of how well-lit their room is. Black women, in particular, are at greater risk of being falsely accused of cheating by these automated tools."

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Our World in Data now provides APIs to access their datasets programmatically. Here's a quick example that shows how to use them: www.allendowney.com/blog/2024/11... Thanks, @ourworldindata.org

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Thanks! I'll be playing Coral Island this weekend 😊

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This is my house. It's optimized for LAN parties. What do you think? lanparty.house

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🚨 The Carceral AI report is out! 🚫 Read the recommendations of global activists and researchers to resist technologies designed to police, incarcerate, surveil, and control human beings. carceral-ai.com Download the pdf on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Courtesy of @triketora.com, a starter pack for/of Berkman Klein Center folks go.bsky.app/nNdiLJ

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This was great. Thanks Paige!

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Nice collection of companies hiring for functional programming gigs, for anyone jobhunting. https://github.com/ad-si/awesome-fp-jobs

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