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Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 ☮ Ph.D. • YES! Social justice | human rights | environment | unions | democratic socialism | Trans lives matter #TLM • NO! Capitalism | billionaires | discrimination | misogyny | inequality | oligarchy | authoritarianism | theocracy • https://Persagen.org/wpi/ • Transgenocide: https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/docs/transgenocide.pdf • About: https://persagen.org/html/about.html • Me: https://persagen.org/about/victoria/victoria-bio-mastodon.html #NoBots
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🎵 Morning ☮-in The Fall ~ Two Librans Lyrics:
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The Fall – Two Librans Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
 The Fall:
The Fall (band) - Wikipedia
 * English post-punk group, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester * underwent many line-up changes; vocalist/founder Mark E. Smith (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_E._Smith) the only constant member The Unutterable:
The Unutterable - Wikipedia
 * 21st album by English rock band the Fall, released in 2000 Namaste 🙏 🕊 #MorningPeaceIn #TheFall #Two Librans
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xkcd 2814 Perseids pronunciation
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Perseids Pronunciation
2814: Perseids Pronunciation - explain xkcd
explain xkcd is a wiki dedicated to explaining the webcomic xkcd. Go figure.
 Title text: When speaking out loud, you can can [sic] call it the 'Perseids meatier shower' and no one will ever know. (If you do get caught somehow, just tell them to Google the 'Kentucky meat shower' and that will distract them while you escape.) #xkcd #cartoons #humor #Perseids image
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What Should You Do with an Oil Fortune? Hunt family, private oil companies Discussion:
What should you do with an oil fortune? | Hacker News
 * Leah Hunt-Hendrix funds social movements that want to end use of fossil fuels * elite philanthropy: charity per whims of plutocrats * 2000 American Experience (cash-washing of Rockefeller reputation): https://eztv.re/search/american-experience-the-rockefellers
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 >> search: "elite philanthropy" "Leah Hunt-Hendrix" texas AND billionaire AND hunt #ElitePhilanthropy #DefundBillionaires #capitalism
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Women accuse Montreal billionaire Robert Miller of sexually exploiting them as minors
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28 more women accuse Montreal billionaire Robert Miller of sexually exploiting them as minors
Two new defendants have been added, and 28 more women have come forward with accusations in the class action lawsuit against Future Electronics Inc...
 * 30 women in class action lawsuit against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller * alleged sexual exploitation of underage girls.
Robert Miller - Wikipedia
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Robert Miller
Robert Miller is #2112 on Forbes
 * 1968: founded Future Electronics; built it into world's 3rd-largest electronics distributor #Canada #RobertMiller #DefundBillionaires #SexualAbuse #SexualPredation #pedophilia *
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U.S. House Republicans adding dozens of anti-LGBTQ+ measures to must-pass bills https://19thnews.org/2023/08/house-republicans-anti-lgbtq-measures-federal-spending-bills * 45+ anti-LGBTQ+ provisions * weaken discrimination protections for same-sex couples; restrict gender-affirming care * volume, severity unprecedented * federal GOP lawmakers restricting LGBTQ+ rights
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 >> search: "transphobia AND "republican" #GOP #CultureWars #neofascism #ChristianRight #FarRight #lgbt #transphobia #homophobia #TransLivesMatter
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Nuclear fusion reactors Wendelstein 7-X milestone: Power plasma w. gigajoule energy turnover generated for 8 min
Wendelstein 7-X reaches milestone: Power plasma with gigajoule energy turnover generated for eight minutes
Discussion:
Wendelstein 7-X: Gigajoule energy turnover generated for eight minutes | Hacker News
 * 2023: energy turnover of 1 gigajoule targeted * researchers achieved 1.3 gigajoules, new record for Wendelstein 7-X * hot plasma maintained for 8 minutes * Wendelstein 7-X fusion facility the most modern, largest stellarator in world Wendelstein 7-X:
Wendelstein 7-X - Wikipedia
 #FusionReactor #NuclearFusion #NuclearPower
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Pruning neural networks using Bayesian inference
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Pruning a neural network using Bayesian inference
Neural network pruning is a highly effective technique aimed at reducing the computational and memory demands of large neural networks. In this res...
 * neural network (NN) pruning highly effective at reducing computational & memory demands of large NN * novel approach utilizing Bayesian inference; seamlessly integrates into training procedure * leverages the posterior probabilities of NN prior to/following pruning, enabling calculation of Bayes factors * achieves sparsity maintains accuracy #ML #MachineLearning #parametrization #pruning #BayesianPruning #NeuralNetworks
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3-Year-Old Migrant Dies During Trip to Chicago on Bus Sponsored by Texas Death linked to Gov. Greg Abbott’s program of sending migrants f. border to Democratic cities https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/migrant-child-abbott-bus.html * TX Department of Emergency Management, which runs Abbott’s busing program, confirmed child’s death * Abbott busing migrants f. Texas to NYC, Washington, Philadelphia * 30,000 migrants bused out of Texas since 2022-04 #xenophobia #HumanRightsViolations #Texas #GOP #SanctuaryCities #neofascism #GregAbbott
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Chip Wilson / Pacific Prosperity Network Right-Wing Group Funded By Lululemon Founder Posting Homophobic Memes About Justin Trudeau
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A Right-Wing Group Funded By Lululemon’s Founder is Posting Homophobic Memes About Justin Trudeau
Facebook page run by third-party group Pacific Prosperity Network is mocking Trudeau’s sexuality and the end of his marriage
 #ChipWilson #Lululemon #DefundBillionaires #PacificProsperityNetwork #populism #KenSim #ABCVancouver #propaganda #VancouverIsDying #VPD #FarRight #TakeBackAlberta #neoconservatism #homelessness #JoeLonsdale #CiceroInstitute #PovertyIndustrialComplex #ModernSlaveryAct #Canada #homophobia #lgbt
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Ernest Hemingway Board Game
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Ernest Hemingway Board Game
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 Ernest Hemingway:
Ernest Hemingway - Wikipedia
 * American novelist, short-story writer, journalist * economical, understated style - incl. his iceberg theory (minimalist style: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg_theory) - had strong influence on 20th-century fiction * adventurous lifestyle, public image admired by later generations * many of his works are considered classics of American literature #ErnestHemingway #humor #AmericanLiterature #literature #cartoons image
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