iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Johannes Enevoldsen @johsenevoldsen.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I wrote a short interactive article👆 It uses simulations to demonstrate how different cardiac arrhythmias can develop. Try it out! (It has defibrillators ⚡️) jenevoldsen.com/posts/excitable-cells #medsky #cardiosky #cccsky #emimcc

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AJ Lauer @ayjaylauer.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Nice job, ACM! It's so great to see organizations voicing that diversity, equity, and inclusion are still core values. #WomenInSTEM #Computing #WomenInTech #Diversity

A photo shows the banner saying "ACM Bulletin" across the top, adn then text that reads, "ACM Reaffirms Its Commitment to Our Mission and Core Values in All Our Scientific and Educational Activities
ACM is aware that many in our community are concerned about potential negative effects of recent Executive Orders by the new US Administration on our work in both the US and globally. This includes concerns about possible consequences for ACM publishing, conferences, education, and practitioner efforts, as well as concerns about possible harms to our work on inclusion for a strong and diverse technology workforce.

ACM reaffirms its commitment to our mission and core values in all our scientific and educational activities. This includes global scientific and educational efforts dedicated to advancing the art, science, engineering, and application of computing. We will continue to serve both professional and public interests by fostering the open exchange of information and by promoting the highest professional and ethical standards.

ACM’s commitment to its mission, guided by its core values, is unchanged. We will work with members of the community to understand how new Executive Orders may affect their work as it relates to scientific, educational, and community development efforts."

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🐈‍⬛ 👻 Kat-erwaulin' Hyssssslop 🐍🎃 @kehyslop.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

'“She’s a quack,” says Joe Schwarcz, director of the McGill University Office for Science and Society and professor of chemistry, who works to address medical misinformation.' via @michellegamage.bsky.social & @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/01...

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A Conservative MLA Represented Herself as a Medical Doctor. She Isn’t | The Tyee

Medical misinformation experts say Jody Toor’s credentials don’t stand up.

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 17/01/2025

The three main strategies for securing email are TLS (which is opportunistic, and not end-to-end); PGP (impractical for institutional deployment; ask me how I know!) and S/MIME (which I'm guessing doesn't federate well).

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 17/01/2025

The funny thing is: I suspect the policies are all based on the (no longer correct) notion that fax goes over the public telephone system, and not the Internet.

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 17/01/2025

Utterly bizarre — a legacy technology, long outdated, but remaining in use because of policies (mostly around security) and lack of a viable alternative (email with end-to-end encryption).

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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

If there is a way to communicate with me that isn't calling me on the phone, please use that.

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 15/01/2025

4% of dog owners _admit_ their pooch is not vaccinated against RABIES?! Any dog out in public but unvaccinated against rabies should be (a) vaccinated or (b) put down.

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elcanaco.bsky.social @elcanaco.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The word "fraud" is not used even once in this CBC article about grocery corporations committing fraud. It's been said many times, but many Canadians aren't getting it, so I'll say it again: it's not the carbon tax that is making food expensive, it's price gouging. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #onpoli

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

PierrePoilievre says the high cost of food is caused by the carbon tax. How many Canadians know Poilievre’s Chief Advisor is a lobbyist for Loblaws? CBC investigation uncovers grocers overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat. #cdnpoli #peipoli www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

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CBC investigation uncovers grocers overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat | CBC News

The problem of grocers selling underweighted meat and overcharging customers is prevalent and ongoing, a CBC News investigation has found.

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Louise Matsakis @lmatsakis.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

NEW: Meta changed its Community Guidelines today to permit "allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality" @knibbs.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/meta-i...

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Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness'

Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation.

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 28/12/2024

I came here to say it. It had to be said.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 28/12/2024

It’s time for THE charger. Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU. It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need! #DigitalEU

A minimalist illustration showing a packaged charger box labeled "one Union one Charger." The box features an image of a blue charger with the European Union flag symbol and a USB-C cable. The scene is set within a holiday theme, with decorative Christmas trees, ornaments, and gift boxes surrounding the charger box. In the top right corner, there is a small EU flag symbol.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 27/12/2024

We need more research on autistic burnout, as "Although autistic adults often discuss experiencing 'autistic burnout' and attribute serious negative outcomes to it, the concept is almost completely absent from the academic and clinical literature." www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10....

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“Having All of Your Internal Resources Exhausted Beyond Measure and Being Left with No Clean-Up Crew”: Defining Autistic Burnout | Autism in Adulthood

Background: Although autistic adults often discuss experiencing “autistic burnout” and attribute serious negative outcomes to it, the concept is almost completely absent from the academic and clinical...

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SteveIsDamaged @steveisdamages.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

One difference between this and shooting a CEO on a NYC sidewalk is that the former is murder on a mass scale. A second difference is that we chose as a society to prosecute one while excusing the other as an acceptable human sacrifice to capitalism, which is horrific. WTF is wrong with us?

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 27/12/2024

In US poll, 69% think insurance industry bears some blame for CEO killing www.axios.com/2024/12/27/b... Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

Chart showing "Share of adults who say they believe select factors are responsible for Brian Thompson's death" with accompanying data: NORC at the University of Chicago; Chart: Axios Visuals

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 27/12/2024

Even setting all the other excellent arguments against cryptocurrency aside: Why would you choose a payment method that takes 10 minutes to clear when purchasing a hot sandwich? 🙄

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 27/12/2024

Speaking of shut the fuck up Friday, I’ve been seeing some people say that the FBI has contacted them for questioning after seeing social media posts, and my extremely urgent advice is that you should under NO CIRCUMSTANCES talk to the Feds without a lawyer.

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 27/12/2024

No, we are working exactly as designed and intended.

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NateintheWild @nateinthewild.com · 23/12/2024

On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image. All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.

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Making a free cycling game @dfeldman.org · 25/12/2024

You’re still arguing about tabs vs. spaces? May I present…

Code written with box characters used on old old software to make fake UIs

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 26/12/2024

Be careful on the roads! From what I've seen this evening, I'm guessing a good chunk of drivers are impaired to a greater or lesser degree.

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

We're being cooked in our own juices so that a bunch of trust fund babies could sip champagne on a super yacht while we choke on the ashes

Picture of the study "Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality and climate finance"

Link in thread

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 25/12/2024

Here's another: bsky.app/profile/gays...

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Doctorb Nick @nichsmith.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Quark, on the other hand, would hold out surprisingly long

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MD or Bust aka Applejuice @appyjumpindaze.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Coming out of christian nationalism is something else Right before the pandemic I took my 1st college level bio course. I was raised & TRAINED that college professors would lie to make christian college kids renounce their faith. There was programs to teach teens how to argue against evolution 1/5

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

This is what segregationists said about media depicting blacks as normal or interracial relationships as ok

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 24/12/2024

Given the artist posted this less than an hour before this crummy threw it up as a brand new image, it's pretty clear he went out of his way to avoid giving credit.

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 24/12/2024

Are you aware there's an account re-using your content without credit? bsky.app/profile/call...

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

here’s an Elon Musk Christmas Tale. Merry Xmas everyone ❤️

7 panel comic

Panel 1: Elon Musk and Santa.
Elon: I’ve bought you’re entire operation.
Santa: What

Panel 2:
Musk: I fired the elves. And the reindeer.

Panel 3: Musk, gesturing at a modified cybertruck. Christmas sacks are inside and a huge rocket is strapped to the side.
Elon: this is your new sleigh

Panel 4: Musk watches as the cyber sleigh ascends into the night sky

Panel 5: The cyber sleigh immediately implodes
Musk: shit

Panel 6: As the wreckage falls to earth Musk frantically types on his phone

Panel 7: Musk tweets: The Jews just killed Sant

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 24/12/2024

Anecdotes are not data, and this doesn't change the lack of validity, or void the many other criticisms. That said, given the 'p' value was so tiny we had to use scientific notation, the test was obviously measuring *something*!

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 24/12/2024

I was once with a group of software security researchers who got dragged to a team-building exercise which involved MB types. They spent the whole time scoffing at the lack of validity etc. Every. Single. One. was assigned INTP, which is supposed to be a rare type. (The manager was ENTP.) 😂

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I think I forgot to tell you guys, someone won Fox News

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curb @curb.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

🤔

Article 1:
Ex-mortgage CEO sentenced to prison for $3B fraud

The CEO of what had been one of the nations largest privately held mortgage lenders was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in prison for his role in a $3 billion scheme that officials called one of the biggest corruption fraud in U.S. history.

The 40 month sentence for Paul R Allen, 56 of Oakland, VA is slightly less than the six year term sought be federal prosecutors.

Article 2:
Homeless man gets 15 years for stalking $100

A homeless man robbed a Louisiana bank and took a $100 bill. After feeling remorseful, he surrendered to police the next day. The judge sentenced him to 15 years in prison.

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 23/12/2024

You might want to lay off the red Kool-aid for a while. I think you've had enough.

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 23/12/2024

Sounds like a great way to destroy your child's liver! You can't cure Autism anymore than you can cure gay. You shouldn't try, for mostly the same reasons.

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 22/12/2024

What's your take on BBC News in particular?

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David Suffling @suffling.ca · 22/12/2024

😂 Well said. Someone was suggesting I read a DM article and judge it critically on its own merits just the other day. bsky.app/profile/suff...

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I'd love to get them a gift, but Amazon doesn't sell guillotines

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