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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 16h

Omar won! He won! 🤩 So wonderful!

From Palestinian refugee to Nobel glory: Omar Yaghi’s incredible journey

Born in Amman to refugee parents, Yaghi rose from humble roots to reshape modern chemistry

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Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Vincent Traag @vtraag.bsky.social · 5d

🤩 Fantastic new network plotting package available in Python by Fabio Zanini. The package supports both networkx and igraph networks, and has a wide variety of styling options. iplotx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Gallery of various network visualisations.

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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 10d

The right to seek, receive, and share information is a recognized human right protected under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

This human right is at the heart of Wikipedia's mission to spread free knowledge. Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/F6Rj

Text says: 28 September is the International Day for Universal Access to Information. A United Nations recognized observance established in 2019 to promote the right to seek, receive, and share information. A day aligned to the mission of Wikipedia.

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Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social · 10d

New dataset that describes social media activity of a very large group of US elected officials: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The digitally accountable public representation database: online communication by U.S. officials - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - The digitally accountable public representation database: online communication by U.S. officials

www.nature.com

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 11d

Indeed would be nice!

Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 11d

I'm not sure I get you. AP is used for PeerTube and Lemmy, both of which are not the typical microblogging services and that are in good use.

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 11d

Understandable. Thanks for taking the feedback and for writing such an approachable artice! cheers :D

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 11d

activitypub precedes Mastodon and not controlled by it. 30% of Fediverse users are on platforms other than Mastodon.

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 11d

The fact that you say Bsky and not atproto is telling the atproto is not, as a standard, utilized in any meaningful manner. What's even the point of saying Bsky has atproto as an interface if there's no one interfacing with it? Also I think 15 million users are worth a metion of an article this big.

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 11d

You mean Mastodon, yes. But in regards to utilization of a standard by many entities in an ecosystem, activitypub is definitely more in use, even in absolute numbers.

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 11d

I don't see the need to write something positive about Activity Pub. You can even try to describe atproto as an evolution. But it's hard to take your post about open standards in good faith if you refuse to mention any of the other options. This is not at all in the spirit of the Openness.

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 11d

It's kind of sad that you wrote this big article about what you deem as the Open Social movement and then proceed to talk about a singular protocol. You didn't even mention the more popularly used one with a healthier and more decentralised ecosystem.

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 12d

Well we're already in that state to an extent. Major publishers will still have a role to play though, of course.

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 17d

Much love to the western governments who've finally undid some of the double-standards they've pushed for for far too long.

Self determination is a right second to none. Let it be known that any one hindering such right does not see humans as equals.

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 20d

I knew that place is a fucking blight on humanity but still what the hell??

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Frank Takes @franktakes.bsky.social · 22d

We are hiring a PhD candidate in AI for network analysis. Think of agentic LLMs for network generation, AI algorithms for network analysis, and other interesting recombinations. Interested? It's a 4-year position at LIACS @unileiden.bsky.social Details: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

PhD Candidate in AI for Network Analysis

The Faculty of Science and the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) are looking for a:PhD Candidate in AI for Network Analysis (1.0 FTE, 4 years) About this positionAre you eager to c...

www.universiteitleiden.nl

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22d

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry

Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement * Middle East crisis – live updates A UN commission of inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts. It cited examples of the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding, adding its voice to rights groups and others that have reached the same conclusion. Continue reading...

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25d

no joke I think the single most effective effort-to-result change that The Tech Internet could make for usability is to move the github readme above the github file list

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 26d

Definitely topical. But indeed it takes a lot of effort to find the right people and get traction.

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 26d

I think the ones we end up seeing is the competently-written bad research, especially by authors who know the proper way of doing things but just want to take all possible shortcuts.

Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 26d

Because it has a strong active community?

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 26d

against Microsoft's involvement in genocide.

They record, store, and share every single phone call in Palestine btw

Professor closes down Radboud University email address in protest against Microsoft - Vox magazine

Professor of Data Science Djoerd Hiemstra can no longer be reached through his standard Radboud University email address. Anyone emailing him at this address is referred to a page explaining that he b...

www.voxweb.nl

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Gamal Adel (جمال عادل) @gamal-adel.bsky.social · 26d

Well... Not everyone. But yes the community can do more to practice what they preach. More than anything we need to donate to the OS alternatives.

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