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A blank page stating it’s a blank page, therefore the page is not actually blank.
and while we’re at it, fuck this idea that ONE ACCOUNT has to belong uniquely to ONE PERSON. This is the same thing these silicon valley fucks want; their vision of the future where everyone has a unique biometric ID code implanted in their body is the ultimate extension of Netflix’s “no password sharing” policy. You want to use your friend’s car? Sorry, you can’t, you need to be an authorized user. Your mother wants to let you look something up on her OED account? Too bad! That’s only for her! The concept of perfectmarket efficiency gives them greedy little money bag eyes.
If I pay money to have a newspaper sent to my house, they don’t charge me extra when I show it to my dad. This password sharing thing isn’t just a Netflix problem; don’t be surprised if it shows up elsewhere in other forms. Stamp this idea out now or we’ll be stuck with it.
Many of us are aware of the stories of harmful working conditions in the games industry (mass layoffs, crunch, harassment, etc) but a better space *is* possible and it starts by us putting in the effort to make that change. This Thursday, we’ll be joined by Emma Kinema and Kristen Perez. We hope to see you there!
#hotline #helpline #goodtipsforhardtimes #game #games #videogames #union #unions #workerrights #workplacesafety #unionizing #unionize #organized #organizing #voltage #voltageentertainment #visualnovel #writing #codecwa #cwa #tech #techwork #techology #techjobs #gamejobs
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Dr Fiona Ingleby, Research Fellow at University of Sussex
Yes this really happened - two accomplished female scientists were told to get a man to co author their paper in order to be published. Dr Fiona Ingleby and Dr Megan Head are evolutionary biologists researching how gender affects PhD students transitioning into post doctoral jobs. In life imitating art their paper was rejected by a reviewer at the journal due to “issues on methodologies and presentation of results”. They were advised to remedy this by finding “one or two male biologists” to assist or be active co-authors in the paper.
The reviewer also critiques their research remarking that men have “marginally better health and stamina” and that may be the reason they publish in better journals than women, rather than any gender bias. It continues “So perhaps it is not so surprising that on average male doctoral students co-author one more paper than female doctoral students, just as, on average, male doctoral students can probably run a mile race a bit faster than female doctoral students”.
The reviewer goes on: “Or perhaps it is the case that only some small portion of men (and only men) have the kind of egomaniac personality disorder that drives them on to try to become the chief of the world at the expense of all else in life.”
The review was also littered with bizarre spelling errors and grammatical mistakes. Dr Ingleby and Dr Head are well established researchers and have published over 40 papers between themselves. Critique is an essential part of the scientific process but these unprofessional, sexist and opinionated critiques only set us backward and hinder scientific development.
Sources: The Independent
I did a BIG Q&A with plotr where I talk about schools, race, science, the future and what it’s really like to be a girl.
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This post is with thanks to Rejected Princesses who did all the hard research and translations to tell us about this remarkable woman.
If you’ve always identified with Ursula over Ariel, thought Maleficent was really not that bad or would actually really like to see Yzma on the throne then Queen Ranavalona is really the woman for you. This woman started life as a peasant and became supreme ruler and Queen. She fought off colonial rule, started one of the first industrial revolutions outside Europe and maintained Madagascar as an independent, self sufficient state making developments in science, engineering and agriculture. She also, errrrrrr, murdered 30%-50% of her own people, outlawed clapping, dancing and mattresses, forced everyone in her kingdom to shave their hair and developed so many methods of killing and torture that it’s really hard to keep up. She was beautiful but also brutal and harnessed the powers of STEM to develop weapons and torture devices to destroy her enemies.
Ranavalona was born into poverty but got a lucky break when her father uncovered a murder plot against the king. As a reward, the King took in Ranavalona as a member of his own family and married her off to his first born son Radma . She was the first of his 12 wives and whilst at the palace made as many friends and allies as possible. Now here’s where things get fishy, we can’t say for sure but it looks like almost certainly, definitely, yes Ranavalona murdered her husband Radma so she could take the throne. She then used her friends and allies to secure the palace and killed off every single member and distant relative of the royal family. Welp! With all her challengers banished or executed she was officially crowned Queen and ultimate ruler of Imerina, modern day Madagascar.
Madagascar was under constant threat from European forces, Ranavalona knew that if they were going to survive as an independent nation they had to be self sufficient and be able to protect themselves. A young French explorer by the name of Jean Laborde became shipwrecked on the island and Ranavalona took him in and got him to teach her and her people everything he knows. It wasn’t long before Madagascar became an engineering and manufacturing powerhouse - they developed factories, mills, plants, mines, roads and weapons and all with no imported machinery.
Ranavalona took lead position in the industrial development of Madagascar, particularly when it came to the manufacture of weapons. One of her craziest ideas was to build a ginormous pair of scissors that she could use on the battlefield to cut her enemies in two - sadly that one never got built.
Most of the writing we have about her comes from the French and they characterise her as being a mad evil villain. I actually think this is totally unfair. Some would call it bizarre that invaders such as the French would classify those they are trying to occupy as the evil ones but hey, I guess that's colonialism for you! Ranavalona destroyed any attempts the Europeans made to take over the kingdom of Imerina, everytime they attacked she fought them back and everytime they tried to overthrow her she foiled their plans. Sadly, after her death, her son undid most of her rulings, in particular he allowed free untaxed trade with the west. It wasn’t long before Madagascar fell into decline and 30 years later the French took over, it remained a colony of France for the next 100 years.
Her son who was very pro-European
“She was undoubtedly a hardline ruler, if not an outright despot, and it’s indisputable that a great many died under her reign. But she saw herself, not unreasonably, as a sovereign at war, and in that context she was an arguably fantastic leader. By associating herself so strongly with the native beliefs, she legitimized her reign. This enabled her to make the country self-reliant, strengthen her own nation’s culture, and repel the team-up invasion efforts of the two most powerful nations in the world — a feat that her successors failed at, to dire consequences." -RejectedPrincesses.com
Sources:Rejected Princesses,Laidler
Me when people ask me WTH I’m doing with my life
Have you ever wondered how you can combine your love of cats with your passion for retail and love of stats? Or maybe you like working with numbers and wonder how you can combine that with your feminist activism and turn it into a career? Well this totally addictive Plotr Careers game is claiming to have all the answers!!!
I have to say I’ve been playing it for the last hour and I think it’s kind of awesome, it’s really pulling crazy careers out the bag and giving me ideas I never considered. I totally see myself as naval architect, science teacher or draughtsman (maybe all 3!?!?!).
You play for a while letting the machine know your random loves, likes and dislikes and it brings up a list of totally out-there careers it thinks your compatible with so hopefully we can all be like yeah! We got this!
TheWhat I See project sat down with the amazing Professor Val Gibson to ask…….
What do you see when you look in the mirror?
“I see a scientist, who has the same passion for discovery…My two daughters and all their friends… they inspire me because they have open minds. You can tell them anything and they will take it towards the future.”
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Women in STEM of WWII - The real “Rosie Riveters”
In most countries women were not permitted to fight on the front lines of the war. Instead, they supported the war effort by learning, training and taking up jobs usually held by men.
These women did a lot more than rivet, they designed, built and tested thousands of aircraft in factories across Canada and the US. Prior to the war, women would have been mostly banned from taking up such jobs.
Sources: Library of Congress
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This article is a collaboration between Women Rock Science and HER, An empowerment organization dedicated to community awareness about women’s health, education, and rights
Meet Dr. Jane Cooke Wright , the pioneering Harlem surgeon who revolutionised medical research and cancer treatment. She developed the first ever chemotherapy drugs to treat solid tumours and spearheaded the use of tissue cultures for medical testing as opposed to live human bodies or mice. Jane’s methodical testing and cataloguing of samples generated the first clear dosing protocol for chemotherapy drugs and she, along with other researchers, took chemotherapy from being a joke in the medical community to a well-respected treatment option for cancer patients.
This article is a collaboration between Women Rock Science and HER, An empowerment organization dedicated to community awareness about women’s health, education, and rights
Meet Dr. Jane Cooke Wright , the pioneering Harlem surgeon who revolutionised medical research and cancer treatment. She developed the first ever chemotherapy drugs to treat solid tumours and spearheaded the use of tissue cultures for medical testing as opposed to live human bodies or mice. Jane’s methodical testing and cataloguing of samples generated the first clear dosing protocol for chemotherapy drugs and she, along with other researchers, took chemotherapy from being a joke in the medical community to a well-respected treatment option for cancer patients.
Jane was born in 1919 and comes from a long line of activists and medical trailblazers with an extensive list of firsts to their names. Her father, grandfather, step-grandfather, uncle and sister were also all doctors, a huge feat considering many universities and hospitals refused to take black students or doctors and that her grandfather was a former slave. Jane attended New York Medical College and worked for several years at Bellevue and then Harlem hospital. In 1949 at the age of 30 she joined the Cancer Research Foundation, a Harlem based organisation founded by her father determined to find effective treatments for cancer. Three years later she became head of the foundation.
Jane and her father were inspired by the amazing work of Dr Sidney Farber and other medical researchers. More and more data was coming out that drugs could kill cancer cells and they quickly redirected the foundation towards researching chemotherapy. At the time, in the 40s and 50s, the idea that chemical drugs could treat cancers seemed outrageous and doctors researching chemotherapy drugs and their effects were met with shunning and ridicule. This was a huge step for the foundation and totally against the grain at the time.
Jane conducted countless human, mice and tissue studies and has published over 70 papers on cancer and chemotherapy. Her tissue culture work led to the development of personalised medical treatments for patients and allowed for a clear and effective dosing strategy. Chemotherapy drugs are harsh on the body and she wanted to ensure maximum treatment benefits whilst minimizing negative impacts to the patients. She went on to develop the first effective chemotherapy drug for solid tumours, specifically treating breast cancers. Without Jane chemotherapy treatment would not be what it is today and researchers have used her work as the foundation for developing modern chemotherapy drugs. In her later years she also invented a catheter system to administer drugs in hard to reach areas.
In a time where women and racial minorities were rarely afforded opportunities Jane broke gender and colour barriers to become one of the highest ranking doctors in the United States. She sees perseverance and collaboration as the key to success in oncology and in 1964 co-founded the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) a group that links together oncologists, helps share research and has swelled to 33, 000 members worldwide.
Legendary NASA astronaut and flight engineer Sunita Williams. She holds the records for the most spacewalks completed by a woman, the longest number of spacewalk hours by a woman and the second longest spacewalk in the history of space travel at 8 hours 17 minutes. As an engineer she had to repair, improve and add installations to the space station. On one of her spacewalks she, along with her collegue Aki Hoshide, famously repaired a failing power unit using a toothbrush. You can watch the spacewalks on youtube here
Source:NASA
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Thank you from dropping in to read my second edition of App & Tech Favourites!
In the first edition, I told you that I would consider myself an app connoisseur. I still justify that with this post — although 2 of the 5 are tech items, I have definitely gone through quite a number of apps since September with 3 making the top list.
My Top 5 app and technology products of the month are:
- Adonit Snap
- Crowdfire
- Fight List
- Farmville: Tropic Escape
- Fitbit Charge 2
A D O N I T J O T P R O / S N A P
The Adonit styluses have been my secret little weapon for creating aesthetic Instagram stories lately. Writing and drawing has never been easier — honestly. It takes awhile to get used to but it’s better than how I was before when I used to have to make my finger into a “pen” just to be able to have full control while writing. The Adonit Jot Pro is instant and is so precise while the Adonit Snap connects through bluetooth and also has a button on it that acts like shutter control if you want to take a selfie without holding your phone! Amazing. (Price: Ranges from $30-35. Get it here)
C R O W D F I R E
I actually found out about this app through another YouTuber. Cannot remember her name to save my life though — sorry! But props to her cause it’s bomb. The app works by scheduling your social posts for your YouTube videos or blog posts. While also providing you content that you’re able to share on your social media channels to keep them active. Win-win! (Free to download)
F I G H T L I S T
I’ll tell you right now, the app interface is ugly. It’s so ugly, I’m sure it would turn a lot of people right off as soon as they download it. But if you’re able to look past that, the game is actually ridiculously fun and time-killing. It’s basically a listing competition between players — they choose the topic, and you create lists! Great for list-lovers like me. (Free to download)
F A R M V I L L E : T R O P I C E S C A P E
I was never into Farmville when it was a thing on Facebook. Actually, I even poked fun at a few people because they would spend so much time on it and sending me those annoying invitations to get the game. But I saw a Farmville Tropic ad while playing another game, decided I’d give it a try, and somehow it made its way one of my most used apps for September. Go figure. It’s a fun time-management, time-killer also. (Free to download, has in-app purchasing)
F I T B I T C H A R G E 2
If you saw my blog post back in August about how I just got the Fitbit Charge 2, you would know how excited I was about it. I’m not disappointed. I’ve been consistently checking my stats with the app and I’ve already made progress towards my goal weight! I love the interface and all the information it tracks for you. I can’t get enough. (Price: $130. Get it here)
Disclaimer: I was sent the Adonit Snap but as you guys know, I always write honest reviews.
After Midnight //
1 of 1 available at https://foundation.app/agk42
The memories are a little fuzzy, packed in tiny bars, with endless Sake, bad Karaoke renditions, and friendly people relaxing after an exhaustingly long day.
siri read a message from my mom (2017)
i think we’ve gotten as close to a real life Howler as we can get
this is literally the funniest thing Ive ever seen in my life
Thank you, God for showing us the true purpose of the Age of Technology.
Feel like your phone is smarter than you are? Unsure how to truly utilize your device? Join us for Tech Tuesday at 2pm! We’ll be learning how to use your smartphone for calendar reminders, games, email, text messages, ebooks, audio books, and more!
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Today at 2pm we’re holding a class on how to access eBooks and audio books with tablets and other devices. Now’s the time to stop in with your holiday gift and learn how to use it! You can download eBooks and digital audio books from the Sunflower eLibrary by logging in with your library card!
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There are several differences between Huion Kamvas 22 and Huion Kamvas 22 Plus. The biggest difference is the price. While the price of Kamvas 22is399USD, the price of Kamvas 22 Plusis499SUD. What makes the price different? Here we will show you the answers.
AG film & Etched AG Glass
Regarding the comparison table above, we could find that one of the differences between Kamvas 22 and Kamvas 22 Plus is that Kamvas 22 features the AG (anti-glare) film, while Kamvas 22 Plusfeaturesetched AG glass. What is AG film? What is anti-glare etched glass? And what’s the difference?
What is the AG film?
AG film is an piece of protective film for screens. Just like an phone screen protector, the AG film of pen display is lightweight and can be replaceable.
Features of AG film:
- Diffuses light and helps reduce glare
- Improved viewing in challenging indoor light conditions
- Lightweight, thin, frameless design
- Gives screens a layer of added protection from dust and scratches.
- Matte surface cleans easily and hides fingerprints
For further information, you can refer to this link.
What is the Etched AG Glass?
The anti-glare etched glass of pen display actually refers to the screen surface which using a special technique called “glass etching”.
Screens are placed into the special acid for etching. The etching process apply special grains and textures on the surface of screen, which increasing wear and corrosion resistance of the screen. Meanwhile, the grains and texture brought by etching process cause diffuse reflection effect and eliminate the harmful glare. The texture of the glass increases the Coefficient of friction, which provide a realistic pen-on-paper experience.
Features of anti-glare (AG) etched glass:
- Reduce glare and reflection
- Paper-like surface texture brought by the frosted surface
- Clear presentation and anti-fatigue
- Anti-friction and anti-fingerprint
Overall, AG glass and AG film both offer the anti-glare by the diffusion effect. AG glass has better wear and corrosion resistance, AG film has advantage of lightweight and replaceable.
Quantum Dots Technology
We could also find that the color gamut of Kamvas 22 and Kamvas 22 Plus is different. The 120% sRGB color gamut enables your Kamvas 22 to better present the colors applied to your works, which responds to your professional artworks. Not only that, a stunning 140% sRGB color gamut on Kamvas 22 Plus, which delivered by the Quantum Dots Technology to reveal a more vibrant color.
Comparing these highlights, now you know how to choose an ideal model of Huion 22″ pen display for your daily creation works!
For more references in our official site.
Check also in our stores: Official Store
Amazon US:Kamvas 22/Kamvas 22 Plus
Amazon Japan:Kamvas 22/Kamvas 22 Plus
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