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Month: April 2022

There’s a scientistic eclipse

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There is a solar eclipse today and news websites are as usual participating in amplifying nonsense. It’s prima […]

April 30, 2022 Science

Why there’s no guarantee that Musk’s Twitter will resemble Dorsey’s

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Many folks are saying they’re not going to leave Twitter in the wake of Elon Musk’s acquisition because Musk and Jack Dorsey aren’t different.

April 26, 2022 Culture, Op-eds, Tech

2.5 weeks since WP.com’s price revision

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WordPress.com squandered the trust of bloggers it had accrued for almost a decade (approx. since the advent of […]

April 21, 2022 Life notes

To be better at being anti-crypto

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Molly White has a difficult read, one that I’m forced to agree with in spite of my vehemently anti-cryptocurrency […]

April 20, 2022 Op-eds, Tech

Renewable energy and technological debt

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Renewable energy is a bit like oil.

April 20, 2022 Op-eds

Sci-Hub isn’t just for scientists

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Quite a few reporters from other countries have reached out to me, directly or indirectly, to ask about […]

April 19, 2022 Scicomm

Middle fingers to the NYT and NYer

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American outlets will steal our journalists’ ideas and obfuscate memories of their initiative and the Indian government will treat them like they don’t exist.

April 19, 2022 Scicomm

Re: Musk v. Twitter

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A collection of some comments on and reactions to Elon Musk’s attempts to buy Twitter, and related issues.

April 17, 2022 Tech

Free-speech as an instrument of repression

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One of the more eye-opening discussions on Elon Musk’s attempt to take control of Twitter, and the Twitter […]

April 16, 2022 Op-eds, Tech

MIT develops thermo-PV cell with 40% efficiency

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Researchers at MIT have developed a heat engine that can convert heat to electricity with 40% efficiency. Unlike […]

April 14, 2022 Scicomm

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