Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

On this day in 1985, a US Senate hearing began on the topic of obscene music. The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) were front and centre of this hearing, and we're going to briefly explore their "Filthy Fifteen" - the songs they found most morally objectionable.

Songs on the Filthy Fifteen list contained lyrics which were violent, sexual, referencing drug or alcohol use, or the occult.

And some of them were certified bops.

The first result in the iPhone App when you search for “mastodon” is the Threads app

If you're here on Mastodon you're probably not on Twitter (X).

So we'll fill you in on the platform's latest: It's making users wait 60x longer for major competitors' pages to load than the average wait for other sites.

NEW:
https://themarkup.org/investigations/2023/09/15/twitter-is-still-throttling-competitors-links-check-for-yourself

NEW: @matthewstoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project, lays out the case for the new draft Merger Guidelines, arguing that they incorporate new lessons regarding technology and business practices while also learning from past mistakes.

https://www.promarket.org/2023/09/12/merger-guidelines-taking-on-a-monopoly-crisis/

Alex Trebek hosted his first episode of JEOPARDY on this day in 1984.

#academia #professorlife #academicchatter #academicmastodon

My department is hiring and it’s a great opportunity for economic historians!

The ideal candidate will do research and teach in the following fields:
- Economic History
- Macroeconomics
- and/or International Trade
Link to the job and more details: https://jobs.weber.edu/postings/20786

JOE posting coming soon.

Do not hesitate to ask any questions you night have. It’s a great department to work at.

The latest monthly updates post is here! Read ahead to find out which bugs were squashed, which new features landed, and what’s just around the corner 👀 https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-august-2023/

econtwitter.net is winding down. 😢 Thanks for everything @paulgp

What instance should I migrate to? Hit me with your best highly charged internet opinions about a matter of fundamentally low stakes!

Astronaut Jack Fischer's amazing view of the Earth during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Video credit: NASA Johnson

Techbros: self driving cars are inevitable!

Also techbros: prove you are human by performing a task that computers can’t do, like identifying traffic lights.

The Italian Jesuit mathematician, Giovanno Girolamo Saccheri, who discovered non-Euclidian geometry and didn't realise it, was born was 5 September 1667
#HistoryOfMathematics #histSTM
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/the-problem-with-parallels/

Voyager 1 discovered three new moons (Prometheus, Pandora, and Atlas) shepherding Saturn's A- and F-rings.

It also uncovered a wealth of new information about basic properties of Saturn's moon Titan, from size to atmospheric composition.

Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The issue with cyber trucks as I see it is, who the fuck would want to be seen in this?

The competition is very high, but I think there’s a good chance this will be the ugliest product to ever come out of the auto industry.

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