Only 20 years ago, scientists discovered we have a 3rd type of non-vision-related light receptors in our eyes: Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (what a mouthful... err... eyeful?) We also have a "chemical clock" in every cell nucleus that controls our circadian rhythm (2017 Nobel prize for this discovery!)

Robust circadian rhythms are important for good health. Exposure to blue light at night disrupts our circadian rhythms.

@ai6yr and pay wildlands firefighters, literally one of the most dangerous jobs in existence, a living wage as they make much less than city firefighters

not this $35k a year to risk brutal immediate death or painful slow cancer related death

I might be able to organize one for Canada for our lemmy.ca, piefed.ca and sh.itjust.works peeps…

I’m not sure who would be comfortable with sharing the address attached to their real name or username on here? I move around too much to be able to organize collecting everything in a PO box and sending it to people, it would rely more on giving random people another user’s address and people directly shipping to each other…

There is a German one on feddit.org every year. It’s a small community though. !wichtel_unter@feddit.org

(b) this is totally anecdotal, but as someone who has been teaching computer programming to adults for ~20yrs or so, the biggest obstacle that students face is not that the material is difficult (even when it *is* difficult), but that students are *culturally predisposed to a belief that they're not smart enough to program*, which acts as a permission structure for giving up. (this is peculiar, because no one having trouble in a knitting class thinks "i guess i'm not smart enough to knit")

@georgetakei It did? Shit, I should check my account....because last I checked there wasn't a single comma in my bank balance...

Remember to thank all the community moderators and admins that tirelessly take the spammy, horrible and bot posts out to the trash for us, so we can have this nice space without being overrun by the trash!

It reminds me a little of the old internet. I like how relatively small it feels, and that people post content for the sake of the content, not to promote themselves. I haven’t found my usual corners yet, the ones I used to hang out in on older platforms, but I figure that’s just a matter of time. I’m not super nostalgic for the old internet or anything, but it’s nice to find at least a hint of something human-centered somewhere.

I hope it doesn’t fall apart and that it keeps growing.

I was skeptical when I switched to Linux, but then I ditched Windows on my dual boot for good. It was a hugely positive experience, and it really felt like freedom. I’m hoping this will be the same.

And don’t be mad at me if I act totally clueless here sometimes 'cause all that is new to me.

@Vivaldi @jon go #Vivaldi! 🙌✊
#noGenAI

I had the honor of meeting Bunker twice, both times in Barefoot College. https://thewire.in/rights/activist-bunker-roy-founder-of-the-barefoot-college-dies-at-81 A life well lived.

Random link from the archives: "Halcyon Dreams: The Legacy of Dragon's Lair - YouTube" https://web.archive.org/web/20171126140728/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnPOQr1pxY8 originally retrieved Sun Nov 26 14:07:28 EST 2017

BREAKING: Wacko Jim Jordan wins race for next house GOP leader, dooming Republicans further

@Lazarou Suspect the millennials will get grouped into 'boomers' too once they're over 50.

total domination...

#dominated #child #butterfly