Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted

Carnegie Mellon University Libraries @library.cmu.edu · 1d

It's #NationalCookbookMonth! 👨‍🍳 📖

Did you know "The Open Science Cookbook" (co-edited by our amazing team of librarian-chefs) is available free and open to all?

🥗 View our recipes for #OpenScience success: www.ala.org/sites/defaul...

The Open Science Cookbook: Edited by Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie Gainey, Chasz Griego, and Lencia McKee

1

Reposted

CMU School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 2h

Climate TRACE, a first-of-its-kind tool that better tracks pollution worldwide, has research from the Robotics Institute's CREATE Lab at its core.

Tracking Pollution Globally

Climate TRACE, a first-of-its-kind tool that better tracks pollution worldwide, has research from the Robotics Institute's CREATE Lab at its core.

www.cs.cmu.edu

1 1

Reposted

The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 2h

Chemist and food scientist Mary Pennington was born 153 years ago today. Her research into food spoilage led to her design of refrigeration cars for trains, and to her key role in WWII as an advisor in food transport methods for the army.

#WomenInSTEM #ChemSky #FoodScience

tinyurl.com/6nk6a2wd

1 6 16

Reposted

Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 3h

I could make a whole sub-bot based just on programming books with dragons on the cover. (Source.)

1 6 47

Reposted

Nash @radiodeadair.com · 3h

One of my favorite true stories in music history is how when he was a kid Queen's Brian May decided he wanted an electric guitar, but since he couldn't afford to buy a good one he and his father built one against all established principles and out of random junk.

And nothing else sounds like it.

Brian May's Red Special: A Short History

YouTube video by five watt world

www.youtube.com

3 21 84

taonf.bsky.social @taonf.bsky.social · 4h

To everyone who keeps responding

I called my legislators, but they don’t do anything, so I stopped

Or

My legislators are Democrats, so I don’t call
☎️
CALL EVERY SENATOR NOW. ON REDIAL. DO NOT STOP. PICK UP THE PHONE NOW
📱

U.S. Capitol Switchboard
202 224 3121
One number to call your US Senators and Representatives

Reposted

Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 4h

Walt Disney's First Silly Symphony - "The Skeleton Dance" (Public Domain) youtu.be/61t22VGByok?... via @YouTube

Walt Disney's First Silly Symphony - "The Skeleton Dance" (Public Domain)

YouTube video by Laughing Place

youtu.be

2 7

taonf.bsky.social @taonf.bsky.social · 5h

Historemix:
How Greensleeves works in Six:
youtu.be/xU0pqKi8O8c

Reposted

Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 7h

Here's Craig Ferguson's DOCTOR WHO cold open from waaaaaaay back in 2011, which feels like several lifetimes (and regenerations) ago...

8 27

Reposted

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 8h

doomscroll break

14 490 1.2K

Reposted

Logan Grendel @focusedoninfinity.bsky.social · 8h

Shoutout to the Cassandras
by Logan Grendel
youtube.com/shorts/oDvaQ...

Shoutout to the Cassandras by Logan Grendel

YouTube video by Focused on Infinity with Logan Grendel

youtube.com

2 6

Reposted

Farrell Destination: Bloodlines @jfsculpts.bsky.social · 9d

I love TRON. It's a weird movie. It's not just slow-paced, the pacing is odd: walks down corridors take a long time, but dramatic reveals zip by. It's SLEEPY. Wendy Carlos' score is great, but very sparse, and a lot of scenes move almost silently. I think like its oddness as much as its innovation.

📼 V I D E O 📼 @video199x.bsky.social · Jun 21

Now watching

3 15 51

Reposted

Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 1d

With TRON ARES about to hit, here’s a bit I wrote for @crooked-marquee.bsky.social on the original TRON and it’s fabulous composer, the amazing Wendy Carlos

Pixel Perfect: How Wendy Carlos Gave an Extra Dimension to Tron

How synthesizer innovator Wendy Carlos created a combination orchestral/synth score for Disney’s big-budget adventure ‘Tron.’

crookedmarquee.com

3 79 220

Reposted

realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org · 10h

Tron was about a guy who had his livelihood and life’s work stolen from him by an evil corporation run by a man who is under the influence of a malicious artificial intelligence. No awkward parallels here at all.

Comrade Bullski @comradebullski.bsky.social · 17h

TRON: ARES having an official collaboration with Grok and having AI slop on display at he events is making me never want to watch that movie. Ugh

1 12 31

Reposted

videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 10h

maxell floppy disk, print ad (1984) archive.org/details/popc...

a man kneeling in dark robes, looking very calm. below, a maxell floppy disk.

23 120

taonf.bsky.social @taonf.bsky.social · 9h

“We could hear them laughing”

(RNS) - Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

"I invited them to repentance," Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. "I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming."

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

"We could hear them laughing," Black said.

Reposted

Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 15h

Ohhhhh, I know what I'm giving to my fire marshals tomorrow to make them sad and delve into The Code. futurism.com/future-socie...

First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires

First responders in a small Ohio town have answered 84 emergencies between two Amazon data centers, all on the taxpayer's dime.

futurism.com

5 43 120

Reposted

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

130 5.2K 15K

Reposted

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

580 5.7K 23K

Reposted

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 15h

Folks who have gone the fabric poster route and LIKED the quality of their poster, which company did you use?

13 8 38

Reposted

Tim Watson @timwatson.bsky.social · 15h

Today I'm thinking about the fact that the first Black person elected to Congress, John Willis Menard in 1868, was never sworn in and seated.

He won a special election for the US House in Louisiana after the previous rep died, but his white opponent (a Democrat, of course) contested the election.

1 18 34

Reposted

Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 15h

My number one tip for researchers that do a significant amount of non peer reviewed paper publication/outreach:

Create an excel table, every time you give an interview, talk, write an oped or white paper, etc. take 5 seconds to immediately note it in the excel.

9 34 140

Reposted

taonf.bsky.social @taonf.bsky.social · 13d

US Capitol Switchboard
(202) 224 3121
One number to call your US Senators and Representatives. Save to your phone contact list.

5 8

Reposted

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 18h

I've written my analysis of today's grim Supreme Court oral argument in the conversion therapy case:

As far as the Court's concerned, imaginary medical uncertainty gives states the authority to hurt queer kids, and takes away states' authority to protect them

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/chile...

The Conservative Justices Don't Trust Any Science That Supports LGBTQ Kids

States that want to facilitate discrimination against LGBTQ people have the Court's blessing. States that want to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination do not.

ballsandstrikes.org

9 150 340

Reposted

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 13h

Please read and share this. It is as clear and coherent and evidence-based about what we are seeing from the federal government as anything I have read.

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 13h

NEW: "I don’t like sending out 'emergency' newsletters, but I’ve had my eye on the situation in Chicago all day....This moment has elevated the crisis so that it is no longer just a conflict between the federal government and a state, but between two states."
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

10 18