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<p>Here&#x27;s a curriculum developed around the TV series &quot;Halt and Catch Fire&quot; for discussion groups for talking about working in tech during the 1980s-1990s when the industry was not destroying the world</p><p><a href="https://bits.ashleyblewer.com/halt-and-catch-fire-syllabus/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bits.ashleyblewer.com/halt-and-catch-fire-syllabus/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bits.ashleyblewer.com/halt-and</span><span class="invisible">-catch-fire-syllabus/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#stem</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/cool/" rel="tag">#cool</a></p>

<p>My MIL passed away in August. She was about to turn 105 and participated in many of the No Kings events in Mt. Kisco, NY. She was a plasma physicist, grew up with Einstein as a family friend and is the reason why NY water is clean and frakking is banned. Her obituary is frankly, amazing. <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://www.therecorder.org/post/marian-rose-104-bedford-resident-scientist-and-longtime-activist" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.therecorder.org/post/marian-rose-104-bedford-resident-scientist-and-longtime-activist"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.therecorder.org/post/maria</span><span class="invisible">n-rose-104-bedford-resident-scientist-and-longtime-activist</span></a></p>

<p>If you&#x27;re in STEM, at what level did you first get taught ethics (in general, and as specifically relevant in your field)?</p><p>Mastodon only allows 4 poll choices so please write in the comments if these choices don&#x27;t cover you.</p><p><a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/academicchatter/" rel="tag">#AcademicChatter</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a></p> <div class="poll"> <h3 style="display: none;">Options: <small>(choose one)</small></h3> <ul> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="38 votes">27%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">high school/gymnasium</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="75 votes">53%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Bachelors</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="18 votes">13%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Masters</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="11 votes">8%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">PhD</span> </label> </li> </ul> <div class="poll-footer"> <span class="vote-total">142 votes</span> &mdash; <span class="vote-end">Ended 210d ago</span> <span class="todo">Polls are currently display only</span> </div> </div>

<p>Not sure anyone is still watching the <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a> feed, but the interview with the head of the Landing &amp; Recovery team recounting how a visit to Kennedy Space Center when she was seven years old sparked her desire to work in space exploration and spurred her to study <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> when her family immigrated here is inspiring. Immigrants get it done. </p><p><a href="/tags/artemisii/" rel="tag">#ArtemisII</a></p>

<p>🚀 The new GurgleApps Shop is live!<br>Hands-on STEM kits for makers, tinkerers &amp; curious learners.<br>Build &amp; learn by doing 👉 <a href="https://gurgleapps.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gurgleapps.com/</a><br><a href="/tags/makers/" rel="tag">#Makers</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> <a href="/tags/diy/" rel="tag">#DIY</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a></p>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_West" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_West"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_W</span><span class="invisible">est</span></a><br>&quot;Before GPS became an everyday utility, it was a hard mathematical problem.<br>In 1950s–70s, Gladys West - mathematician @ U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, VA - worked on one of the most difficult challenges in satellite navigation: accurately modeling the Earth itself.<br>Modern GPS accuracy depends on:<br> • Precise satellite ephemerides<br> • Accurate gravitational field modeling<br> • Correct Earth reference frames<br>West’s work directly advanced all three<br>Her contributions weren’t widely recognized; it wasn’t until 2018 that she was inducted into the USAF Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame - decades after GPS reshaped global navigation, logistics, finance, defense &amp; mobile computing...<br>Before GPS could tell us where we are, someone had to define what the Earth actually looks like mathematically…”<br><a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#Engineering</a> <a href="/tags/gps/" rel="tag">#GPS</a> <a href="/tags/geodesy/" rel="tag">#Geodesy</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> <a href="/tags/techhistory/" rel="tag">#TechHistory</a> <a href="/tags/womenintech/" rel="tag">#WomenInTech</a> <a href="/tags/datascience/" rel="tag">#DataScience</a> <a href="/tags/infrastructure/" rel="tag">#Infrastructure</a> <a href="/tags/womeningeospatial/" rel="tag">#WomenInGeoSpatial</a><br>H/T Evan Kirstel [despite their puerile AI-generated image of Ms. West]</p>

<p>🖥️ **Why the Computer Scientist Behind the World’s First Chatbot Dedicated His Life to Publicizing the Threat Posed by A.I.**</p><p>_Joseph Weizenbaum realized that programs like his Eliza chatbot could “induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people”_</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-the-computer-scientist-behind-the-worlds-first-chatbot-dedicated-his-life-to-publicizing-the-threat-posed-by-ai-180987971/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-the-computer-scientist-behind-the-worlds-first-chatbot-dedicated-his-life-to-publicizing-the-threat-posed-by-ai-180987971/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/history</span><span class="invisible">/why-the-computer-scientist-behind-the-worlds-first-chatbot-dedicated-his-life-to-publicizing-the-threat-posed-by-ai-180987971/</span></a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="/tags/computerscience/" rel="tag">#ComputerScience</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#Psychology</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a></p>

<p>Remodel Small-town Historic Building &amp; Support Kids in STEM</p><p><a href="https://gofund.me/27da96ef" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gofund.me/27da96ef</a></p><p>A nearly 100-year-old building in Darrouzett is being restored by Rachel and Ryan Jett into a community space for kids and families.</p><p>Help them finish this amazing project by donating or sharing their story! Together, we can inspire the next generation. 💡</p><p><a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a><br><a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a><br><a href="/tags/techforkids/" rel="tag">#TechForKids</a><br><a href="/tags/smalltown/" rel="tag">#SmallTown</a><br><a href="/tags/historicbuilding/" rel="tag">#HistoricBuilding</a></p>

<p>For a <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> person to finish <a href="/tags/undergrad/" rel="tag">#undergrad</a>, we have to earn our <a href="/tags/phd/" rel="tag">#PhD</a> several times over. And even then the department won&#x27;t give us the time of fucking day.</p><p><a href="/tags/transinacademia/" rel="tag">#TransInAcademia</a> <a href="/tags/academia/" rel="tag">#Academia</a> <a href="/tags/astrophysics/" rel="tag">#Astrophysics</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#Physics</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a></p>

<p>Free training course! 📣 </p><p>Learn about the 3 STEP approach - developed by experts at UCL&#x27;s Making Spaces project -for <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> educators working to promote social justice and equity, </p><p>Join Django Girls&#x27; first cohort! We&#x27;ll show you tools to challenge systemic barriers, so you can help more underrepresented communities engage with STEM 🥳 </p><p>✉️ To apply, please email claire@djangogirls.org with a couple of lines about you and your programme</p><p>*<br>*<br>*<br><a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/training/" rel="tag">#training</a> <a href="/tags/socialjustice/" rel="tag">#socialjustice</a> <a href="/tags/equality/" rel="tag">#equality</a></p>

<p>Today, *every* living prior leader of NASA&#x27;s science directorate have released a joint letter condemning the proposed cuts to NASA science. These individuals every administration from Reagan to Biden, and all believe these cuts are insanely destructive.</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.planetary.org/press-releases/nasa-science-chiefs-letter-press-release" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.planetary.org/press-releases/nasa-science-chiefs-letter-press-release"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.planetary.org/press-releas</span><span class="invisible">es/nasa-science-chiefs-letter-press-release</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a> <a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#Idiocracy</a></p>

<p>Every issue of Byte magazine is now online. Old code. Old dreams. Still useful. The archive is a time machine. <a href="https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1975-09" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1975-09"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/byte-magaz</span><span class="invisible">ine-1975-09</span></a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a></p>

<p>We’re going live in 1 hour.</p><p>Join Lauren Sgro and Franck Marchis for a live demonstration of SkyMapper, a newly launched global network connecting telescopes, observatories, and citizen scientists.</p><p>This session will explore how decentralized, real-time access to astronomical data is opening new pathways for research, education, and public engagement.</p><p>🔴 5pm PDT</p><p>WATCH LIVE: <a href="https://youtube.com/live/czTy4wDGpFg" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtube.com/live/czTy4wDGpFg</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/setilive/" rel="tag">#SETILive</a> <a href="/tags/spacetech/" rel="tag">#SpaceTech</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/citizenscience/" rel="tag">#CitizenScience</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a></p>

<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@FluentInFinance/116575326620964772" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@FluentInFinance/116575326620964772"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@FluentInFinan</span><span class="invisible">ce/116575326620964772</span></a></p><p>but <a href="/tags/liberalarts/" rel="tag">#LiberalArts</a> degrees are a waste of time!!! <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> is the future of job security, and you won&#x27;t even need <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</a> <a href="/tags/unions/" rel="tag">#unions</a> because you’ll have real good jobs. </p><p>―every asshole <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/republican/" rel="tag">#Republican</a> <a href="/tags/neoliberal/" rel="tag">#neoliberal</a> looking to close universities all across the land since the 1980s because they were graduating people with “useless” diplomas</p>

<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@climatenewsnow/116688186377550000" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@climatenewsnow/116688186377550000"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@climatenewsno</span><span class="invisible">w/116688186377550000</span></a></p><p>i need y’all to take a bat at every <a href="/tags/techbro/" rel="tag">#techbro</a> and anybody who said there should be no funding for <a href="/tags/liberalarts/" rel="tag">#liberalArts</a> degrees, that the future of college education is <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#STEM</a> as in SCIENCE, technology, ENGINEERING and maths. </p><p>the biggest con was that T: there is no <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> without <a href="/tags/arts/" rel="tag">#arts</a>, <a href="/tags/crafts/" rel="tag">#crafts</a> and <a href="/tags/maths/" rel="tag">#maths</a> first. science and engineering are more specialized aspects of the other three. computers are a technology, not <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/siliconvalley/" rel="tag">#SiliconValley</a> is a wasteland that should be nuked into oblivion.</p>

<p>It sounds like the plot of the Duffer Brothers&#x27; next series. After 139 years, scientists have finally discovered why wounds of Civil War soldiers at the Battle of Shiloh began to glow, Angel&#x27;s Glow. Sorry, not scientists, two high school students</p><p><a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a71471328/civil-war-wounds-glowed/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=fark&amp;ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.popularmechanics.com/science/a71471328/civil-war-wounds-glowed/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=fark&amp;ICID=ref_fark"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.popularmechanics.com/scien</span><span class="invisible">ce/a71471328/civil-war-wounds-glowed/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=fark&amp;ICID=ref_fark</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#stem</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/microbiology/" rel="tag">#microbiology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/cool/" rel="tag">#cool</a></p>