Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

good morning. now let's see if we can set up a matrix server to bridge all these private lab slacks so ucla neuroscientists can actually talk to each other and start to address problems that affect all of us together

Y'know how I like nuance and am skeptical of simple narratives?

Well, I have a bugbear regarding the discussion on pedestrian fatalities in the US.

To start this thread, I'd like to think I have an unbiased perspective here. I don't drive a very large vehicle, I loathe the arms race in vehicle size, and I welcome all efforts to reduce car-dependence and make our streets safer for all.

But... every discussion I listen to on this topic is real handwavey on the impacts of distracted driving.

on this topic; because so many queer youth turn to internet communities as their primary social outlet, we random queer adults are more potent role models than we realize. i say that not as "censor yourself omg the children are watching" but breaking the cycle of "queers must be perfect, straights must be endlessly forgiven" can start on an individual level; a random queer internet teen is paying attention to YOU, you have an amazing opportunity to help build a healthier community

Excellent find by @slasherfun

It looks like SNCF together with SNCB are considering organising some new #CrossBorderRail services between Paris Nord and Bruxelles from December 2024

Trip time: just under 3 hours, using no high speed infrastructure. But still quicker than a bus, and hopefully a lot cheaper than Thalys!

And if they use SNCB I11 carriages these will be decent trains as well…

Full document - PDF
https://www.autorite-transports.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-003_paris-bruxelles_vnc.pdf

a rant o mine from 2 years ago that is still true now

Lady complaining to an Albert Heijn employee that the scale near check-out is off by multiple grams. Employee decided to reboot the scale. Four big Linux Pinguins take over the screen while rebooting, taking at least two minutes 😅

Oh you think I still owe you that money? Sorry I spun off the money-owing division of myself into a separate person and they're bankrupt.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/jj-unit-manage-talc-claims-files-bankruptcy-protection-2021-10-14/

People working in tech need to be paying attention to what is happening with unions and strikes across America right now.

Take notes y’all.

Verenigd Links (GroenLinks-PvdA) bij de verkiezingen. Nu maar op naar de grootste partij in november!

https://nos.nl/l/2483155

I feel like a lot of queer people forget that even DIY hrt is not available to everybody. especially to non-white folks since we can get in trouble with the law much frequently or receive harsher punishments

how do you get conservative (most) academics to see the problems with twitter as being related to the problems with our publishing systems? that passivity in the face of the enclosure of the means of organizing information only makes us all weaker, our jobs more tenuous - the very reasons we cling to the old system

so many fucking people were taking pics of the steamship we were on yesterday as it passed lmao

i waved to a buncha em and usually got waved back to 😂

i love that little human moment, like "hey! i don't know you and you don't know me and we have no way of directly communicating, but i'm gonna say hello with my hands because why the fuck not it makes me happy"