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Mastodon actually has 407K+ more monthly users than it thought (techcrunch.com)

Open source and decentralized social network Mastodon has more users than it thought. The service, which competes with X (formerly Twitter) and other

Degraded Fedia performance? (fedia.io)

On a couple of different devices -- each using an independent internet connection -- I've been having unusually poor performance on Fedia for at least the past several hours, with very long load times (sometimes timing out individual assets), and poor responsiveness on actions like submit/reply etc, ironically including when...

Fear of the human “super predator” pervades the South African savanna (www.cell.com)

Lions have long been perceived as Africa’s, if not the world’s, most fearsome terrestrial predator,the “king of beasts”. Wildlife’s fear of humans may, however, be far more powerful and all-prevailing, as recent global surveys show that humans kill prey at much higher rates than other predators, due partly to...

Zapping Away Cigarette Cravings: A Novel Approach to Tackling Nicotine Dependence (www.theinnovativehorizon.com)

Smoking, which impacts millions of people worldwide, is one of the pervasive habits that call for effective interventions aimed at cutting down cigarette consumption. The University of Missouri School of Medicine recently discovered a breakthrough solution to help smokers control their cravings in a unique way. Effects of...

New Study: How Often Should You Exercise for Optimal Benefits? (www.theinnovativehorizon.com)

Edith Cowan University research revealed that muscle strength benefits are seen with consistent, short exercise sessions. Participants performing a three-second eccentric bicep contraction thrice weekly saw strength improvements. Daily 20-minute exercises might be more beneficial than a single 2-hour weekly session. Regularity,...

Your Chance to get an offer to win $25000 Cash (sites.google.com)

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Nothing to see here, just join lemmy promoting a pedophile instance. Not a good look for the fediverse (sh.itjust.works)

cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/6400367...

Why don't favorites & boosts federate from Mastodon on microblogs? (kbin.social)

I've noticed that when I'm browsing microblogs on Kbin, I see very few favorites (upvotes) on posts even when there are tons when you look at them from Mastodon. For example, this post doesn't seem to have any favorites, but look at it from Mastodon, and you see over 120. In general, federation with Mastodon is really...

How Insect Brains Melt and Rewire During Metamorphosis (www.wired.com)

Do fruit flies remember their larval lives? To find out, scientists made the neurons inside larvae glow, then tracked how they reshuffled as they formed adult brains.

Scientists investigate mysterious case of orca that swallowed 7 sea otters whole (www.livescience.com)

The female orca was found far from her normal hunting ground with six whole sea otters in its stomach and one lodged between its oral cavity and the esophagus.

Antimatter falls down, not up: CERN experiment confirms theory (www.nature.com)

Observing this simple phenomenon had eluded physicists for decades.

The Writers Strike Is Over: WGA Votes to Lift Strike Order After 148 Days (variety.com)

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike will end at 12:01 a.m. PT on Wednesday.

Association of Internet Researchers Moving to Mastodon (aoir.org)

In October 2022, Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter. Almost a year later and we have witnessed the gutting of the content moderation department, a huge increase in hate speech, and in real terms the end to API-based researcher access to data. Twitter (or ‘X’) isn’t just unfriendly but actually unsafe for many...

Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers while building real estate empire (apnews.com)

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House.

Biden joins striking auto workers on picket line (www.politico.com)

Biden’s choice to show solidarity with striking auto workers at a time of great promise and peril for the labor movement.

Newsom and DeSantis to debate in November (www.politico.com)

Fox News anchor Sean Hannity will moderate.

Thousands of federal firefighters face a looming pay cut. How much is up to Congress (www.npr.org)

The bipartisan infrastructure law granted federal firefighters a big pay bump. Amid a looming government shutdown, that wage increase will expire, leaving first responders unsure about their income.

South China Sea: Philippines removes Chinese barrier in contested area (www.bbc.com)

The Philippines says it has removed a floating barrier installed by Beijing in the South China Sea.

Sources (likely AMPTP) say ‘final deal’ sent to WGA for consideration (amp.cnn.com)

Amid some speculation about the questionable neutrality of major Hollywood media sources, owned by AMPTP members, CNN reports from “a source familiar” that WGA has been sent a ‘best & final’ offer....

Open letter asking to reinstate a censored book chapter and problematizing the fact that commercial publishers are in a position to directly censor academic publications (www.buala.org)

To whom it may concern.

Medical ethics organization lodges complaint over monkey deaths in Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip trials as company is looking for human volunteers to test its implants (english.elpais.com)

Neuralink was founded in 2017 and began animal experiments 12 months later. Last year, a Reuters investigation indicated that the company had slaughtered around 1,500 animals, including more than 280 sheep, pigs, and monkeys, which suffered from serious disorders before dying. But it wasn’t until September 10 that Musk...