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TIL, On July 26, 1978, the first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, was born in Oldham, England

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worlds-first-test-tube-baby-born
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ecs1lw/til_on_july_26_1978_the_first_testtube_baby/

In a first, EU transfers €1.5 billion to Ukraine using Russia's frozen assets

The transfer is the first of its kind under the novel scheme based on Russia's immobilised assets, estimated to be worth €210 billion across the bloc.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/07/26/in-a-first-eu-transfers-15-billion-to-ukraine-using-russias-frozen-assets

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Kevin Marks ActivityPub
Reporting of the latest UBI test programme is ignoring the key finding, obvious to anyone who knows low income people, that their first impulse was to spread the wealth to others.
This thinking is so alien to economists and financial types that they barely discuss it. https://www.openresearchlab.org/findings/key-findings-spending
“Cash provides increased flexibility to support others.
Recipients of the cash transfers also provided significantly more financial support to others. As a percentage of the average spending for control participants, we find the greatest increase on support to others. Spending on others increased by an average of $22 per month—a 26% increase relative to control participants. This measure captures spending on gifts to friends and family, loans to others, donations to charity, and alimony payments. The visualization below shows the impact of the cash transfers on monthly spending across categories as a percentage of the average spending among control participants.” Bar graph shows help to others is the biggest spending increase
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If they just analyzed money in our economy based upon velocity and taxed heavily the lowest velocity sources of money (hoarded uninvested savings), that alone would probably launch our economy into double digit growth.
GhostOnTheHalfShell mastodon (AP)
@owner
Growth is kinda useless in a world where that dynamic is breaking the world. A tax system of demurrage doesn’t need growth to remain vibrant. Best of all, usury (interest) can be zero or negative because lending takes place in an environment of minimizing tax liability instead of profit. “liquidity preference” is given an expiration date.
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Tariq mastodon (AP)
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @owner
I'm no expert.

Over 25 years I've regularly asked academic economists and other learned people "what is growth?".

I'm never convinced by the answer.

The best definition I can come up with is "the rate of depletion of natural resources".

Given the earth's resources are replenished at a finite rate (the sun), limitless growth cannot be desirable.
@rzeta0 @GhostOnTheHalfShell We're thinking too earthbound. One asteroid has more iron than all of humankind has ever produced. Once we leave this place, scarcity won't even be a concept anymore, at least not in natural resources. The real scarcity we face is interest, information and useful effort.

Even energy has no scarcity. A near solar orbital panel covers its development cost within the first few months. Even without a dyson sphere, we can benefit from this.
@owner becoming space locusts really *really* isn't the answer (and also frames everything *still* in terms of resource extraction and not that we're part of a vibrant biosphere that we are quickly destroying)

@rzeta0 @GhostOnTheHalfShell @KevinMarks

UnclePJ mastodon (AP)
I think this is oddly appropriate for him right now. To afraid to debate!
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UnclePJ mastodon (AP)
@philip_cardella I believe so. It’s way too well acted by the backup singer/dancers to be something that he produced.

The world would be a much better place if we just listened to the staff.

It might be time to step down Trumpy and let a woman handle things.
Well, time for a lunch & a nap. Catch everyone tomorrow

Klowder mastodon (AP)

Content warning: Warning: reality. Also COVID.


me·ta·phil, der mastodon (AP)
Das ist auf so vielen Ebenen eine Meldung aus einem komplett verrückten Paralleluniversum. 🤯 *schreit ins Sitzkissen im Ruheabteil*

„#DeutscheBahn: Stellenstreichungen und Ausgabenkürzungen nach Milliardenverlust“

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/stellenstreichungen-und-ausgabenkuerzungen-nach-milliardenverlust-100.html
Das Wissing dreist genug ist da überhaupt was zu kritisieren seit er die Politik seiner Vorgänger fortführt…
EbruKash mastodon (AP)
Das sind wahrscheinlich die Vorgaben, des Vorstandes, um sich Boni auszahlen zu lassen.

Italian Godfathers of Orchestral Pop

FITNESS FOREVER – L'Anarchica Pugliese (The Apulian Anarchist)


#Indie #Pop #music from #Italy

Derick Rethans mastodon (AP)
📷 Atlantic Puffins

🚩 Sumburgh Head, Shetland, United Kingdom

#Photography #Birds #Aves #Shetland
Two Atlantic Puffins sitting on the grass, with pink flowers around them. The background is a blue body of water.
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The Register mastodon (AP)
Intel nabs Micron exec to oversee foundry business ambitions

Memory veteran to help Gelsinger and co with longstanding internal/external contract manufacturing plans Intel is set to hire an executive from memory chipmaker Micron to head its foundry biz as the company pursues its strategy of turning its former internal manufacturing operations into a money-spinning concern.…
#theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/26/intel_poaches_micron_exec_to/

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SpaceX to bounce back from Falcon 9 failure with Starlink launch early on July 27



SpaceX plans to launch 23 of its Starlink broadband satellites early Saturday morning (July 27), on the company's first mission since a July 11 failure.
A rocket launch carves an orange arc into a dark night sky in this long-exposure photo.

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Astroscale's space debris removal demo mission funded for 2026 launch



Astroscale's ELSA-M demo space junk collector will remove a defunct OneWeb satellite from orbit in 2027.
Two cube-shaped satellites rendezvous is black space. A visualization of the ELSA-M space junk collector and its target%2D a satellite from the OneWeb megaconstellation.


Megawatt charging stations able to re-power electric trucks within regulatory rest breaks
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is working with industry partners and research institutions to develop a megawatt charging system that would enable battery-powered trucks to perform long-distance cargo transport.

The first prototypes of a charging post capable of delivering peak power of 1 megawatt (MW) was presented to the public on 19 July. The new charging posts will make it possible to sufficiently charge electric trucks for 4.5 hours of operation within the regulatory rest period, with no additional waiting time, said the university.

“The necessary infrastructure for the effective use of electric trucks is still lacking along the main transport routes,” Markus Lienkamp, TUM’s chair of automotive technology, said. He is leading the research consortium NEFTON, which is developing the required technical and infrastructure solutions.

“The technology for megawatt charging represents an enormous step forward.” Lienkamp added that battery-powered trucks have an efficiency of around 75 per cent, much higher than alternatives such as trucks powered by fuel cells with a 26 percent efficiency, and eFuels with a 14 per cent efficiency.

Frederik Zohm, executive board member for research and development at Man Truck & Bus, said that the project has demonstrated that electric trucks and megawatt charging are “the perfect combination for comprehensive decarbonisation of road-based freight transport.”




Sam Levine mastodon (AP)
Number of landscaping trucks I had to deal with this morning that decided a bike lane was a perfectly fine place to park as long as they put a cone or sign behind their truck to warn people: 2

#BikeTooter
Sam Levine mastodon (AP)
Number of total fools who did a weird partial stop to make a right on red looked to their left WHERE I WAS COMING FROM and proceeded to almost hit me: 1

I ended up almost on the left center line because I had been picking up speed coming out of a red light and there is a slight downhill at that intersection and I didn't want to slam on the brakes in case someone was closer than I thought behind me.

1/2
Sam Levine mastodon (AP)
The fool then kept trying to pass me on my right (I think?) but got stuck hovering nearly in my blind spot on because see: downhill and I picked up speed. *Finally* takes the first right turn. Because heaven forbid anyone in a car stop and let a bike with right of way actually have that right of way when you can get to the parking lot you are headed into 10 seconds faster.

2/2
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Gondoliere mastodon (AP)
tse, Snoop Dog läuft mit ner Riesen-Fackel durch Paris.
Snoop Dog mit der olympischen Fackel.
Ja! Sollte aber besser ein Riesen Joint sein. Dit wär Stilecht.
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Gondoliere mastodon (AP)
sieht mir eher nach ner Bong aus :blobcatsunglasses:

(btw.: 'Fackel' bedeutet aber auch dasselbe wie Joint)
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Tykayn mastodon (AP)
j'ai pu faire marcher #lynx mais j'arrive pas à voir des pages avec #offpunk.

#smolweb
ploum mastodon (AP)
: n’hésite pas à poster sur la liste utilisateurs en décrivant ton problème

OUR COMMON GROUND mastodon (AP)
Be sure to check who you follow or read.

“I am a Black American female woman who would never vote for Kamala Harris.”

#TrumpCriminalCartel #TrumpCrimeCartelOperations
#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #Yourlyinposts
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Content warning: Lewd, USPol, couch, blasphemy


One political branch in Washington is in awe of a war criminal
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#cartoon by Shahid #Atiqullah (Afghanistan)

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#cartoon by Osama #Hajjaj (Jordan)

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#cartoon by Mohammed #Afefa (Occupied Palestine)
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Paul Hudson mastodon (AP)
Bought myself a new kitchen clock as a treat. Apparently my family are Philistines because they don’t appreciate the importance of this design, so I’m sharing this with you, my fellow geeks 🙂
A Mondaine clock, which is the official Swiss Railways clock design.

The excitement for Kamala Harris is real! Now let's bring that energy to our neighborhoods. Use our All In For Harris toolkit to host events and show your community why the VP is the leader we need. Let's make history together: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16OYJuCJFELRAcqy2M4NM6rPBJ_dtweBEHcI7YMt6lOA/edit

muıııo mastodon (AP)
As my mom would say, I sharpened my face.


NOH8 Campaign mastodon (AP)
#Prop3 gives California voters a chance to repeal the Prop 8 same-sex marriage ban & enshrine marriage equality into the state constitution #LoveWins #NOH8 tinyurl.com/yc2h2us7
#Prop3 gives California voters a chance to repeal the Prop 8 same-sex marriage ban & enshrine marriage equality into the state constitution #LoveWins #NOH8 tinyurl.com/yc2h2us7

Jamie Teh mastodon (AP)
iOS 18 braille screen input command mode is cool and all, but um... how do I do the equivalent of double tap? On a braille display, I'd normally use the routing keys for that. I don't think there's an equivalent chord command unless I'm missing it?
Doug Lawlor hometown (AP)
You can also do a two finger scrub to the right on most controls. If you are focused in an edit box the 3 6 chord must be used.
Kevin R Jones mastodon (AP)
Double tap as a braille command are dots 3 6 chord.

Don't roll your third eye on me
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#cartoon by Maria #Scrivan
Tony diaspora
So funny 😁

Tonight, President Joe Biden said “We are a great nation because we are a good people.”

Earlier today, Donald Trump said: “We are a stupid country that’s led by stupid people.”

Who do you think we are?

And who do you want to be?


#quote by #JoJoFromJerz https://x.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1816309624322015267
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#vote
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Perfect High Winds...
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#cartoon by Christopher #Weyant
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His chickens came home to roost
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#cartoon by John #Deering
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Roel Griffioen mastodon (AP)
Het kabinet dacht: kom we gaan eens het personeelstekort verergeren, de bestaanszekerheid verslechteren en de arbeidsmigratie verder aanjagen, met 1 besluit, knap he?

“Kabinet-Schoof bezuinigt op kinderopvang”

https://www.trouw.nl/cs-bf152971/
Paywalloos: https://archive.vn/2024.07.25-154729/https://www.trouw.nl/politiek/kinderopvang-toch-niet-bijna-gratis-besluit-kabinet~bf152971/?utm_campaign=shared_earned&utm_medium=social&utm_source=copylink
@heuveltop
Dat zal goed zijn voor de personeelstekorten.

En maar mopperen dat zoveel vrouwen part-time werken.


He sure thinks about sex with anything a lot

J.D. Vance ridiculed for accidentally revealing explicit dolphin-based search history

https://www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-dolphin-search-history/


Dhavide Aruliah mastodon (AP)
The pearl-clutching is so hypocritical.

After all, history shows us the RNC would not flinch if she'd said, "You have to grab that door by the p*ssy."
Darwin Woodka mastodon (AP)
I was all thrilled with Elissa Slotkin on the call last night cause she said "shit ton" ;^)


Michael mastodon (AP)
Imagine opening the facebook app and being greeted by #facebook ‘s ‘memory’, only to realise that this post, which clearly no one has looked at for 15 years, has a glaring typo.

I would’ve remained blissfully unaware of this, but now?! What do I do?! What an embarrassing typo to be haunted by 15 full years after the fact! I will never be able to let that go!

Why did you have to show this to me, facebook?! Why?!
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Sander Meijer mastodon (AP)
had a "oh, now I understand moment" when I moved to the German speaking part of Switzerland. Back in the Netherlands you were used to the nice understandable grouping of ctrl-x, ctrl-c and ctrl-v for copy/pasting. Working with SAP there is also ctrl-y as part of copying from SAPGUI. Only in Switzerland it hit me why a Germany company came up with ctrl-y.
Michael mastodon (AP)
@spiezmaestro keyboard layouts are a funny thing, aren’t they?

I’m just glad I don’t have to work with a French keyboard. I had to use one once to type out an email, and boy was it painful…

Cosima Meyer mastodon (AP)
When I heard that there was going to be a book about software engineering and data science by Catherine Nelson, I was excited! I think it's a perfect combination, and as data scientists we can learn so much from software engineers about how to build reliable and good products.

📖https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/software-engineering-for/9781098136192/

#python #datascience #pyladies

Musk risks political fallout by endorsing Trump. Few CEOs are following.
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2024/0726/CEO-Musk-Trump-endorsement-political-risk?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into POLITICS @politics-csmonitor

OpenNet mastodon (AP)
В 806 моделях материнских плат выявлен тестовый ключ, позволяющий обойти UEFI Secure Boot

Исследователи безопасности из компании Binarly выявили возможность обхода режима верифицированной загрузки UEFI Secure Boot на более чем 800 моделях материнских плат, выпущенных компаниями Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, Gigabyte, HP, Intel, Lenovo и Supermicro. Проблема получила кодовое имя PKfail и связана с использованием в прошивках не заслуживающего доверия ключа платформы (PK, Platform Key), сгенерированного компанией AMI (American Megatrends International) и поставляемого в качестве тестового примера. Наиболее старые прошивки, в которых использовался тестовый ключ, выпущены в 2012 году, а самые новые датированы июнем 2024 года. По данным исследователей проблеме подвержены более 10% всех проверенных прошивок.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=61610
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