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Star formation : HST vs JWST
This was posted to Mastodon (where all the really cool people are btw). A short video by Swapna Krishna Author of A POCKET GUIDE TO STARGAZING.
This video compares images of a star forming region taking using both the HST and JWST, great illustration on how the image data differs when the same area is viewed using the JWST Infra red capabilities.
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#Galaxy,#Stars,#Formation,#SpaceTelescope,#HST,#JWST
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EmacsConf 2022
EmacsConf 2022
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#Conference,#Emacs,#Software,#Online,#EmacsConf
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End Violence against Men and Boys
Just been discussing something similar to this on Mastodon and this lead to the following being sent as part of the conversation.
Interesting proposal from the The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Men and Boys is pushing the government to put in place a parallel VAMB to cover the same types of intimate violence covered in VAWG, because the current system is ridiculous as presented below.
Proposal can be found here
This sounds very sensible to me as there seems no logic or common sense in suggesting a man or boy who is subjected to violence is classified as violence against a Woman.
Some stats
• 97% of workplace fatalities are men • 90% of rough sleepers are men • 88% of homeless deaths occur in men • 75% of suicides are male • 73% of homicide victims are male • 73% of adults who ‘go missing’ are men • 72% of male prisoners suffer from two or more mental disorders • 68% of drugs misuse deaths occur in men • Men are more disadvantaged in 68% of countries • Men get 63% harsher sentences than women for the same crimes • 62% of men have a chance of being bailed, while for women that figure is 80% • 60% of victims of violence are men • Men serve 53% of their sentence but women serve 48% • 50% of all rape victims are men • 12.5% of men are suffering from one of the common mental health disorders • 8.7% of men are alcohol dependent (nearly three times more likely than women) • Only 36% of referrals to IAPT (Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies) are men
All data for the UK or England & Wales from:
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#Men,#Boys,#Violence,#Gender,#Equality
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Code Club 3/12/2022
The next Code Club session is on Saturday 3rd December. We will have the usual mix of stuff, and hopefully welcome some new attendees.
Code Club Links
Coming up
Please contact Paignton Library for details.
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Deleting DMs from Twitter using the GDPR
With every one moving off Twitter, this is a really good article about how to use the GDPR to get your data removed from twitter
Michael Veale can be followed on Mastodon via @mikarv@someone.elses.computer with the profile at
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#Mastodon,#Twitter,#Data,#Deletion,#GDPR,UserRights
Please note that as of 18/11/2022, the Twitter situation is very fast moving. People are moving to Mastodon in large numbers, so by the time this is published, who knows what the situation will be.
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New SI prefixes go large and small
Just sharing this from Physics world magazine as It seems relevant to anyone interested in large and small numerical values.
So basically we are looking at :
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#Physics,#Maths,#New,#SI,#Units,#PhysicsWorld
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How to contribute to Nextcloud
This was posted to Mastodon by the Nextcloud team.
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#Nextcloud,#Development,#Contrubution,#Software,#Programming,
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World Cup 2022 – 2
Soccer World Cup Qatar 2022
Friday 25th November
Group A
Qatar vs Senegal 13:00
Tuesday 29th Nov
Group A
Ecuador vs Senegal 15:00 Netherlands vs Qatar 15:00
Group B
Iran vs USA 19:00 Wales vs England 19:00
Wednesday 30th Nov
Group C
Poland vs Argentina 19:00 Saudi Arabia vs Mexico 19:00
Group D
Australia vs Denmark 15:00 Tunisia vs France 15:00
Thursday 1st Dec
Group E
Costa Rica vs Germany 19:00 Japan vs Spain 19:00
Group F
Canada vs Morocco 15:00 Croatia vs Belgium 15:00
Friday 2nd Dec
Group G
Cameroon vs Brazil 19:00 Serbia vs Switzerland 19:00
Group H
Ghana vs Uruguay 15:00 South Korea vs Portugal 15:00
#Soccer,#Football,#WorldCup,#Qatar2022
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Abandoned America
This is a real gem of a website, photos of all manner of Abandoned buildings across the United states of America.
Everything from Healthcare, hotels, prisons, government building all abandoned and slowly being taken over by nature.
A photographic glimpse into a long forgotten history.
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Possible Wormhole detection method
Another article posted to Mastodon, this time on the detection of wormholes. I think the idea they could be masquerading as black holes actually makes some sense. I seem to remember one theory that a worm hole was two black holes connected together.
Scientists in Bulgaria may have figured out how to detect wormholes
Turns out they might be masquerading as black holes
A team of researchers at the University of Sofia in Bulgaria may have figured out a novel method for detecting wormholes — assuming, of course, they exist at all.
I have also included a link to science forums to start a conversation on there too.
There isn't any maths in the article, which is just as well as some of the maths for this stuff looks mindbogglingly complicated.
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#Space,#Physics,#Wormhole,#Blackhole,#Astronomy
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