Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

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.

A LA MODE

SCOOP: In July 2022, #Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Senator Angela Paxton, took a mysterious multi-country trip with a protective detail from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Now, in this exclusive story, #Politics Reporter @justinmiller reveals the Paxtons' ties to an obscure shell-company run by their friend James Frinzi, a lobbyist-turned-businessman: https://www.texasobserver.org/angela-ken-paxton-frinzi-multiband/

#impeachment #news #politics #Kenpaxton #USpol #corruption #TXlege #Republicans

Vivek Ramaswamy acquired the rights to a failed Alzheimer's drug very cheaply, reworked the failed trials to show improvement, and hyped the potential on Jim Cramer's investment show.

The IPO raised the most ever for a biotech company, and the stock skyrocketed, allowing Ramaswamy and his inner circle to cash out their shares. But when phase 3 trials were conducted, the drug flopped again, causing the stock to plummet 99% in one day.

https://boingboing.net/2023/08/31/vivek-ramaswamy-enriched-himself-while-costing-small-investors-their-life-savings-must-watch-5-min-video.html

New #Twitter privacy policy will allow it to "collect and use your personal information (such as your employment history, educational history, employment preferences, skills and abilities, job search activity and engagement..." https://twitter.com/en/privacy#x-privacy-1

Tell me I should delete the Twitter app from my phone and never upload anything to it ever again without telling me that.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4181120-x-formerly-known-as-twitter-will-collect-user-biometric-data-job-and-education-history/amp/

Just realized that the new, 2nd edition of the "R Packages" book by @hadleywickham and @jennybryan is already on sale!! 😀

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/r-packages-2nd/9781098134938/

The free online version is located at
https://r-pkgs.org/

#rstats

"Over and over again, Wright seems to think that his clearly admitted to pattern of behavior to seek out his female students and start sexual relationships with them was solely the result of consensual adults agreeing to have a relationship, with no recognition of the power indifference, and the influence both of them knew he had over their future careers.

- @mmasnick
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/30/if-your-108-million-defamation-lawsuit-basically-admits-to-everything-people-are-horrified-by-you-might-have-just-filed-a-slapp-suit/