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33 views If you use #LinkedIn you need to #optout to prevent #Microsoft from training #AI on your Profile Here is a link to Data #privacy https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/categories/privacy Then set ‘data for generative AI improvement’ to off “If you wish to object to our processing of your data or

The stunning success of #vaccines in #America, in one chart
Vaccines, alongside sanitized water and #antibiotics, have marked the epoch of modern #medicine. The #US was at the cutting edge of eliminating these #diseases, which helped propel #lifeexpectancy and economic growth in the postwar era.
The

17 views The stunning success of #vaccines in #America, in one chart Vaccines, alongside sanitized water and #antibiotics, have marked the epoch of modern #medicine. The #US was at the cutting edge of eliminating these #diseases, which helped propel #lifeexpectancy and economic growth in the postwar era. The

#Carbondioxide levels in atmosphere break new records in human history
We know #netzero #emission will help us limit global temperature increases. Why are they not priority for #politicians?
"Current atmospheric concentrations of #CO2 are higher than at any time in at least two million years. Concen

5 views #Carbondioxide levels in atmosphere break new records in human history We know #netzero #emission will help us limit global temperature increases. Why are they not priority for #politicians? "Current atmospheric concentrations of #CO2 are higher than at any time in at least two million years. Concen

#EinsteinProbe finds twin cannibal #stars that have spent 40 million years taking turns eating each other
Larger of two stars started to expand, as stars do late in life, and became white dwarf with same mass as sun. Second sun – which started life as smaller one - pulled in gas from its dying comp

5 views #EinsteinProbe finds twin cannibal #stars that have spent 40 million years taking turns eating each other Larger of two stars started to expand, as stars do late in life, and became white dwarf with same mass as sun. Second sun – which started life as smaller one - pulled in gas from its dying comp

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Nov 2022

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🔥 Top post: If you use #LinkedIn you need to #optout to prevent #Microsoft f · 33 likes + reposts

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🔥 Top post If you use #LinkedIn you need to #optout to prevent #Microsoft from training #AI on your Profile Here is a link to Data #privacy https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/categories/privacy Then set ‘data for generative AI improvement’ to off “If you wish to object to our proces… ★ 33

Soaring #solar and a surge in #hydro push more #coal off the #US #electricity grid As has been the case for a while now, the biggest trend on the US grid was the growth of solar. Compared to the same quarter the year earlier, solar was up … ★ 4

#Americans Overwhelmingly Support #Science, but Some Think the #US Is Lagging Behind A new report finds that a majority of Americans think the U.S. should be a world leader in science, but #Democrats increasingly believe other countries ar… ★ 2

#GeForce #GTX1080Ti (Saying goodbye to Nvidia's retired GeForce #GTX1080 Ti — we #benchmark 2017's hottest graphics card against some modern #GPU as it rides into the sunset) Spend the same $700-ish that the GTX 1080 Ti went for on a new … ★ 1

Commonly used #chatbots show #gender #bias when users ask for #salary negotiation advice Surface Fairness, Deep Bias: A Comparative Study of Bias in Language Models In the era of memory-based #AI assistants, the risk of persona-based #LLM … ★ 1

#Carbondioxide levels in atmosphere break new records in human history We know #netzero #emission will help us limit global temperature increases. Why are they not priority for #politicians? "Current atmospheric concentrations of #CO2 are … ★ 5

Drivers of the extreme #NorthAtlantic marine #heatwave during #2023 During 2023, an extreme and near-basin-scale marine heatwave developed during Northern Hemisphere summer, peaking in July. The warming spread across virtually all regions … ★ 2

Second time I've been #Nicole'd this week

#EinsteinProbe finds twin cannibal #stars that have spent 40 million years taking turns eating each other Larger of two stars started to expand, as stars do late in life, and became white dwarf with same mass as sun. Second sun – which st… ★ 5

#2024 #US #government revenue and spending #USAFacts has a Sankey diagram that shows the money that came in during 2024 and how the revenue was distributed. According to data from U.S. Treasury Department, $4.9 trillion came in mostly thr… ★ 4

World's hottest year: #2024 first to pass 1.5C warming limit The European Copernicus climate service, one of the main global data providers, said on Friday that 2024 was the first calendar year to pass the symbolic threshold, as well as th…

The stunning success of #vaccines in #America, in one chart Vaccines, alongside sanitized water and #antibiotics, have marked the epoch of modern #medicine. The #US was at the cutting edge of eliminating these #diseases, which helped prope… ★ 17

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hachyderm.io

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On Mastodon since

Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

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🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

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🛡️ Audience credibility

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Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~0.3% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Verified account.
Established account (3+ years old).

Est. authentic audience

92%

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#Ecology & #Ocean #Scientist now doing Scientific #HPC, #SRE, #DevOps, #PlatformEngineering, and #Supercomputing I also talk about #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #Linux #PhDLife Born below 340ppm