Steven Saus [he/him] @StevenSaus@faithcollapsing.com

From 14 Jan: GNUplot tips for nice looking charts from a CSV file - Raymii.org - https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/GNUplot_tips_for_nice_looking_charts_from_a_CSV_file.html #linux #gnuplot #csv

"There is no healing until the sickness is removed."

- Stephen Colbert

From 13 Jan: Google and YouTube ban all political advertising for at least one week - Almost everything happens on the go these days. While some wireless headphones are for sinkin... https://boingboing.net/2021/01/13/google-and-youtube-ban-all-political-advertising-for-at-least-one-week.html

From 13 Jan: YouTube suspends Trump’s account, disables comments “indefinitely” - YouTube, following in the path of very nearly every other social media platform, is suspending Pr... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/youtube-suspends-trumps-account-disables-comments-indefinitely/ #alphabet #donald-trump #google #insurrection #policy #sedition #trump #youtube

From 13 Jan: NASA spacecraft discovers the universe is less crowded than we thought - This very wide, multiframe panorama was taken in October 2014 at Canyon de Chelly National Monumen... https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-spacecraft-discovers-the-universe-is-less-crowded-than-we-thought/

From 12 Jan: Astronomers just found the oldest supermassive black hole yet - Just 670 million years after the Big Bang, the quasar J0313-1806 was born. It’s the most distant bl... https://www.cnet.com/news/astronomers-just-found-the-oldest-supermassive-black-hole-yet/

From 12 Jan: Big ISPs pause donations to 147 Republicans who tried to reverse Biden’s win - Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon say they have suspended political donations to the 147 Republican ... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/big-isps-pause-donations-to-147-republicans-who-tried-to-reverse-bidens-win/ #at&t #biden #charter #comcast #policy #republicans #t-mobile #trump #verizon

From 13 Jan: Decoding the Far-Right Symbols at the Capitol Riot - Continue reading the main storyMilitiamen showed up proudly bearing the emblems of their groups ... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/video/extremist-signs-symbols-capitol-riot.html

From 12 Jan: How Lava Lamps Help Secure the Internet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cUUfMeOijg Try not to think too hard about the concept of ... https://www.openculture.com/2021/01/how-lava-lamps-help-secure-the-internet.html #technology

PROTIP: Maybe one shouldn't choose slave owners when choosing whom to quote about politics right now.

From 11 Jan: How to Change Your Political Party Affiliation - Photo: Victor Moussa (Shutterstock)Aside from one Republican Senator who’s currently mul... https://lifehacker.com/how-to-change-your-political-party-affiliation-1846033417 #elections #political-parties

From 06 Jan: The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam Has Digitized 709,000 Works of Art, Including Famous Works by Rembrandt and Vermeer - Art may seem inessential to those who make the big decisions in times of crisis. But it has never ... https://www.openculture.com/2021/01/the-rijksmuseum-has-digitized-709000-works-of-art.html #art

From 31 Dec: The Golden Guide to Hallucinogenic Plants: Discover the 1977 Illustrated Guide Created by Harvard’s Groundbreaking Ethnobotanist Richard Evan Schultes - I mean, the idea that you would give a psychedelic—in this case, magic mushrooms or the chem... https://www.openculture.com/2020/12/the-golden-guide-to-hallucinogenic-plants-discover-the-illustrated-1977-guide-created-by-the-groundbreaking-ethnobotanist-richard-evan-schultes.html #biology #science

From 07 Jan: It’s Time to Find a Therapist - Photo: Photographee.eu (Shutterstock)In a time marked by a 10-month pandemic, a flailing economy, an... https://lifehacker.com/its-time-to-find-a-therapist-1846009669 #anxiety #depression #stress #therapy

From 12 Jan: Sponsors of the Pre-Attack Rally Have Taken Down Their Websites. Don’t Forget Who They Were. - On January 6, thousands of pro-Trump protesters gathered at a rally near the White House to rail ag... https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/01/sponsors-of-the-pre-attack-rally-have-taken-down-their-websites-dont-forget-who-they-were/ #2020-elections #disinformation #donald-trump #politics #the-right

From 12 Jan: Your Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn Data Might Have Leaked Last Month - Photo: Nopparat Khokthong (Shutterstock)I hate saying that “this is kind of the norm” ... https://lifehacker.com/your-facebook-instagram-and-linkedin-data-might-have-1846042752 #data-breach #profile #security #social-media

From 12 Jan: Jordan Klepper Sees It All at The Capitol Insurrection The Daily Social Distancing Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVDJqipoohc