Notices by Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: (mehrad@fosstodon.org)

@EUCommission I believe this ☝️☝️ should be something that you have to read and act upon.

@libreoffice

I've seen a slight surge during the past 5 days in number of people who have connected to my #Tor #SnowFlake. Previously in 24 hours my computer was serving 1 to 2 users, but in the past 5 days I don't remember it getting below 15.

I'm happy that my computer's idle time have been put into good use.

@itsfoss
Perhaps time to update your article. Exa (your first pick in the list) is no longer maintained and it is suggested by Exa devs to use Eza:

https://github.com/eza-community/eza

@itsfoss
Have you heard of Alt+backspace ? Basically by hitting Esc you are triggering Alt (or Emacs lingo "meta"):

> You can also type Meta characters using two-character sequences starting with ESC. Thus, you can enter M-a by typing ESC a.[1]

So you Esc and then backspace is a workaround for Alt+backspace, plus Alt is much more reachable.

[1]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/User-Input.html

@aral @adirtyhippie

Yes, it is nonfactual because in both The Drive and the Yale blog post they are referring to a single study (N=1) from 3 years back, but The Drive is portraying these as in 2020 there was one research and now there is a new one. This is non-factual.

if you want to share, be realistic and post the pubmed/journal link(s). No clickbaity nonsense that is getting a free ride in the name of science!

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@aral @adirtyhippie

Any type of pollution is bad obviously, but why abusing the name science for some nonsense clickbait? Why not be honest? Why not respecting science?

P.s: I could also say that that picture is also BS because it is showing ice particles and not microplastics, but by agenda is not smash the post, but rather asking to be honest and vigilant.

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@aral @adirtyhippie
These said, your pubmed link has nothing to do with that The Drive thing:
1. it is about metal particles, not plastic (zero mention of plastic in the full text)
2. it is about breaks, and not tiers (e.g regenerative EV break would mitigate that)
3. it is about road-side pollution and not oceans

So, yeah, let's be honest and vigilat about what we share and what we call science.

@aral
Nope, defending science from nonsense.

Science means peer reviewed research mostly with statistics. If we want to believe every blog post, then we should confidently accept that earth is flat, vaccines cause autism, 2pac is alive, and etc.

Let's be honest and vigilant about what we share.

@adirtyhippie

@adirtyhippie
@aral
Indeed it is a good thing to reduce such microplastics, but did you even consider clicking on the links in this "The Drive" website? Especially the link in "new research shared by Yale Environment 360 indicates that ..."???? There is no "new study"!! That yale is just a blog post, not a research.

As much as like to reduce such pollution, I hate it when fake news and misinformation is passed around in the name of science!

Please next time validate before sharing.

@aral @JoshStrobl @fosstodon @kev yes, I see his post and I don't see what he sees. That simple. There is something wrong, sure, but it is not what you claimed it to be because I'm from the same instance and I saw your posts in my wall (that's how I found out and replied)

@aral @JoshStrobl @fosstodon @kev i also posted under another such claim which obviously is not true (because I can see both your posts and interact)

https://fosstodon.org/@Mehrad/110689098017424216

@aral @JoshStrobl @fosstodon @kev no it is not. I don't understand why you and others are saying this.