Memes are propaganda. Without authorship attribution or further context there is no accountability for passing on half truths or outright disinformation. MIT Technology Review has an interesting discussion about memes as misinformation. Think about whose interests you’re serving when you reshare a meme. The quicker you are to reshare without evaluating something the more likely …

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“it would be an escalation of his government’s longstanding attempts to seal the border against what he considers to be threats, using the existence of the coronavirus pandemic as a justification for taking actions that would have been seen as draconian in other contexts.”Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Could Temporarily Block Americans Who Might Be Infected …

Just met folks from TSS and already quite excited for the change. I think it will be good for QPS and for our customers. “Total Specific Solutions (‘TSS’) B.V. has acquired Quality Positioning B.V. (‘QPS’), the global niche leader in maritime geomatics software and services from Saab AB, the Swedish defense-, aerospace- and maritime conglomerate. …

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The Hydrographic Service of the Royal Netherlands Navy chooses Qimera – QPS The Hydrographic Service of the Royal Netherlands Navy have chosen Qimera, replacing Qloud, as their multibeam data processing package after an extensive trial period. cross-posted on Facebook

Your ‘Doomscrolling’ Breeds Anxiety. Here’s How To Stop The Cycle So many of us do it: the long scroll through grim news on social media before bed. A cognitive behavioral specialist offers advice on how to stop “doomscrolling” for the sake of your mental health. cross-posted on Facebook

They discovered very small flares, unseen before now. They have dubbed them “camp fires.” “The smallest ones are a couple of our pixels. A pixel corresponds to 400km – that’s the spatial resolution. So they’re about the size of some European countries,”Closest ever pictures taken of the Sun The European Solar Orbiter probe captures images …

Is the US a monoculture? I Asked 64,182 People About “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells”. Here’s What I Found Out. Thanks to Jack from Jacksfilms on piano: https://youtube.com/jacksfilms • And thanks to everyone who answered! Sources and a data download are in the descrip… cross-posted on Facebook

QPS maritime geomatics software solutions Ever wondered how an SVP Crossfade can be applied – this can be extremely useful to resolve SVP Steps in the data. Click here https://bit.ly/2BsBPGV to view more tutorial videos. #qpssoftware #freetutorials cross-posted on Facebook

I had never heard of the song dubbed the “Black National Anthem” by the NAACP, the poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson, written in 1900 and set to music by his brother J. Rosamond Johnson in 1905. I only heard about it because the NFL is discussing it being performed before …

VIDEO: Frederick Douglass’ Descendants Deliver His ‘Fourth Of July’ Speech The U.S. celebrates this Independence Day amid calls for systemic reform. In this film, five descendants of Frederick Douglass read excerpts of his speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” cross-posted on Facebook

(facepalm)E.U. May Bar American Travelers as It Reopens Borders, Citing Failures on Virus European Union officials are racing to agree on who can visit the bloc as of July 1 based on how countries of origin are faring with new coronavirus cases. Americans, so far, are excluded, according to draft lists seen by The New …

It’s not a colander…The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks Head to https://bit.ly/2Ve2M8q to sign up for free and get 20% off a Premium subscription to Brilliant! This video was written in collaboration … cross-posted on Facebook

Here is a conservative leaning resource to explain “Defund the police” to friends and family that might be looking for it. CATO is aligned more libertarian, so this take is more about fiscal conservatism. ‘Defund the Police’ Is a Bad Slogan, but Some Aspects Are Worth Considering When people talk about defunding the police, they …

Very relatable profile of black-hat teenager turned white-hat twenty-something. Plenty of stories like this, but also interesting that even he argues his criminal path into cyber security is unneeded. The Confessions of the Hacker Who Saved the Internet At 22, Marcus Hutchins put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then …

I just had to laugh. “They’ve been searching for alternative approaches to pollination, because of the decline in the number of bees worldwide.” “When fired from a bubble gun, the delicate soapy spheres achieved a success rate of 95%.” “The researchers are now testing drones that fire bubbles for pollination.” https://bbc.in/3fLDVAKSoap bubbles succeed in fruit …

From a former cop. “There are many models for community safety that can be explored if we get away from the idea that the only way to be safe is to have a man with a M4 rifle prowling your neighborhood ready at a moment’s notice to write down your name and birthday after you’ve …

The Daily Show Weird how no way of protesting is the “right way” of protesting… cross-posted on Facebook

Supreme Court Weighs Qualified Immunity For Police Accused Of Misconduct The court-made doctrine that makes it very difficult to sue over excessive force by police is under the microscope. cross-posted on Facebook