#radiolab — Public Fediverse posts
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OK, this is a chapter of gay history that I was completely unaware of. Which is surprising because I’m not unread, and this was a pretty major part.
This guy‘s life was destroyed by his saving the president and homophobia towards him.#LQBT #History #OliverSipple #Podcast #RadioLab #Homophobia #1Amendment #HarveyMilk
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OK, this is a chapter of gay history that I was completely unaware of. Which is surprising because I’m not unread, and this was a pretty major part.
This guy‘s life was destroyed by his saving the president and homophobia towards him.#LQBT #History #OliverSipple #Podcast #RadioLab #Homophobia #1Amendment #HarveyMilk
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That "The Resistance of a Cow" #RadioLab episode is pretty disappointing. They didn't even bring up that Denmark uses a TT grounding scheme (totally different from North America), and the nutrient deficiency hypothesis *from a vet* is given about 10 secs.
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That "The Resistance of a Cow" #RadioLab episode is pretty disappointing. They didn't even bring up that Denmark uses a TT grounding scheme (totally different from North America), and the nutrient deficiency hypothesis *from a vet* is given about 10 secs.
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I am sometimes a harsh critic of Wayne Hsiung, but anybody who enjoys podcasts should give a listen to the current episode of #Radiolab
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Interesting #Radiolab on #electricity + cattle, a follow up on a #Zetland piece.
I remain a bit sceptical about the idea of stray voltage affecting cows. It seems very implausible and there are surely other factors to consider. But a quick web search gives lots of hits.
It may be a thing and it may also be a case of mass hysteria among farmers (the mobile phone towers and cancer scare also sprang to mind). And it might be a third effect. Or all three?
But I think it's going to be something we hear more of as the #GreenTransition gets going...
Radiolab: The Resistance of a Cow
Episode webpage: https://radiolab.org/podcast/the-resistance-of-a-cow
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Interesting #Radiolab on #electricity + cattle, a follow up on a #Zetland piece.
I remain a bit sceptical about the idea of stray voltage affecting cows. It seems very implausible and there are surely other factors to consider. But a quick web search gives lots of hits.
It may be a thing and it may also be a case of mass hysteria among farmers (the mobile phone towers and cancer scare also sprang to mind). And it might be a third effect. Or all three?
But I think it's going to be something we hear more of as the #GreenTransition gets going...
Radiolab: The Resistance of a Cow
Episode webpage: https://radiolab.org/podcast/the-resistance-of-a-cow
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The Nizhny Novgorod Radio Laboratory (NNRL).
Imagine it is June 1918. The young Soviet Republic, surrounded by enemies on all sides and struggling to find food for its cities, establishes a radio laboratory at the Tver radio station. The development of technology was necessary from both an economic and a political point of view.
But a small workshop with outdated equipment did not allow them to work at the required level. Therefore, it was decided to move the laboratory to Nizhny Novgorod.
The scientists at the radio laboratory worked on establishing vacuum tube production and developing radiotelephony.
Today, a museum dedicated to the history of the NNRL operates here. The museum’s exhibition contains many original devices and samples of radio equipment.
For me, this museum is a place where I feel inspired by human genius. I look at these tube assemblies, at the microchips, and remember the saying: “If aviation had developed at the same pace, today an airplane would be the size of a matchbox and could fly around the globe in one hour.”
#radiolab #NizhnyNovgorod #retrocomputing #microelectronics #radioelectronics #vacuumtubes -
The Nizhny Novgorod Radio Laboratory (NNRL).
Imagine it is June 1918. The young Soviet Republic, surrounded by enemies on all sides and struggling to find food for its cities, establishes a radio laboratory at the Tver radio station. The development of technology was necessary from both an economic and a political point of view.
But a small workshop with outdated equipment did not allow them to work at the required level. Therefore, it was decided to move the laboratory to Nizhny Novgorod.
The scientists at the radio laboratory worked on establishing vacuum tube production and developing radiotelephony.
Today, a museum dedicated to the history of the NNRL operates here. The museum’s exhibition contains many original devices and samples of radio equipment.
For me, this museum is a place where I feel inspired by human genius. I look at these tube assemblies, at the microchips, and remember the saying: “If aviation had developed at the same pace, today an airplane would be the size of a matchbox and could fly around the globe in one hour.”
#radiolab #NizhnyNovgorod #retrocomputing #microelectronics #radioelectronics #vacuumtubes -
What do we risk when we undervalue the weather forecast? The dismantling of NCAR brought to mind this old #Radiolab piece on the Weather Report
Radiolab: The Weather Report
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I leaned a lot about the sex lives of snails
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Time is Honey - how an algorithm developed by observing honey bees led to a breakthrough in routing Internet traffic.
#Bees #Biology #entomology #Internet #InternetHistory #LoadBalancing #RadioLab
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Recent newsletter from @gordon mentioned the famous generative music thing 'In C', which in turn reminded me about one of my favourite #Radiolab episodes: https://radiolab.org/podcast/91934-in-c
(Includes the host Jad's delightful interpretation, and the intimidatingly talented Zoe Keating's version too.)
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Dallas Taylor: How Jad Abumrad Crafts Stories with Sound
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Radiolab’s Moon Trees episode is a fascinating look at a little‑known chapter of Apollo history. Hundreds of seeds went to the moon and later grew into trees across the US, many forgotten until recently. A reminder of how easily pieces of space history slip into obscurity. #MoonTrees #Space #NASA #Radiolab #ScienceHistory #PodcastRecommendation
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Radiolab’s Moon Trees episode is a fascinating look at a little‑known chapter of Apollo history. Hundreds of seeds went to the moon and later grew into trees across the US, many forgotten until recently. A reminder of how easily pieces of space history slip into obscurity. #MoonTrees #Space #NASA #Radiolab #ScienceHistory #PodcastRecommendation
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Radiolab’s Moon Trees episode is a fascinating look at a little‑known chapter of Apollo history. Hundreds of seeds went to the moon and later grew into trees across the US, many forgotten until recently. A reminder of how easily pieces of space history slip into obscurity. #MoonTrees #Space #NASA #Radiolab #ScienceHistory #PodcastRecommendation
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Radiolab’s Moon Trees episode is a fascinating look at a little‑known chapter of Apollo history. Hundreds of seeds went to the moon and later grew into trees across the US, many forgotten until recently. A reminder of how easily pieces of space history slip into obscurity. #MoonTrees #Space #NASA #Radiolab #ScienceHistory #PodcastRecommendation
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Radiolab’s Moon Trees episode is a fascinating look at a little‑known chapter of Apollo history. Hundreds of seeds went to the moon and later grew into trees across the US, many forgotten until recently. A reminder of how easily pieces of space history slip into obscurity. #MoonTrees #Space #NASA #Radiolab #ScienceHistory #PodcastRecommendation
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TikTok’s rise reshaped content moderation: not “take down harm” but “push up bland.” Facebook & X followed, trading free speech for algorithmic control. Moderation is now a power tool—not a safety net. Feeds aren’t public squares—they’re curated broadcasts. #ContentWarning #SocialMedia #FreeSpeech #TikTok #Radiolab #KateKlonick
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Minner meg om den _fantastiske_ #Radiolab-episoden «Dakou», som omhandlar dei kasserte og dels øydelagde kassettane som blei sendt frå Europa og Kina som råmateriale til gjenvinning, men i staden solgt på svart og gråmarknaden som ufullstendige musikkalbum: https://radiolab.org/podcast/mixtape-dakou #PodcastTips
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Today I learned that people with uteruses are not the only people capable of growing a placenta. Everyone can do it!
More specifically, everyone has *already* done it. The placenta, as it turns out, is grown by the fetus, not the mother, starting just a few days into pregnancy. (Source: RadioLab). I think that’s a fun fact.
Now that I know this fun fact, I find myself wondering if I could perform this feat again. Spending the next few years in a comfortable hugging sack that provides all the support, warmth, and nutrition I need sounds like a really good option nowadays.
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Wonderful podcast to accompany an evening walk in the snowy park under clear starry skies.
#Radiolab on the wonders of birds. And #QuantumEntanglement
Radiolab: Quantum Birds
Episode webpage: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/projects/podcasts
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Radiolab’s Latif Nasser got a quasi-moon officially named ‘Zoozve’ following a typo mistake on his child’s solar system poster. An epic story. #Zoozve #2002Ve #Venus #SolarSystem #Space #Radiolab #LatifNasser #Mastodaoine
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Radiolab’s Latif Nasser got a quasi-moon officially named ‘Zoozve’ following a typo mistake on his child’s solar system poster. An epic story. #Zoozve #2002Ve #Venus #SolarSystem #Space #Radiolab #LatifNasser #Mastodaoine
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#RadioLab’s recent podcast episode has me tripping on this Life Calendar image from Tim Urban’s https://waitbutwhy.com
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#RadioLab’s recent podcast episode has me tripping on this Life Calendar image from Tim Urban’s https://waitbutwhy.com
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#RadioLab’s recent podcast episode has me tripping on this Life Calendar image from Tim Urban’s https://waitbutwhy.com
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#RadioLab’s recent podcast episode has me tripping on this Life Calendar image from Tim Urban’s https://waitbutwhy.com
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https://lateboomersden.blog/2023/08/05/what-makes-us-humans-so-loopy/
Anyone else get stuck in a loop? Groundhog Day but only like 15 minutes? I've been thinking. What makes that even possible? Does it tell us anything about the human brain?
#Existentialism, #KristenSchaal, #Linguistics, #Psychology, #RadioLab, #Science -
https://lateboomersden.blog/2023/08/05/what-makes-us-humans-so-loopy/
Anyone else get stuck in a loop? Groundhog Day but only like 15 minutes? I've been thinking. What makes that even possible? Does it tell us anything about the human brain?
#Existentialism, #KristenSchaal, #Linguistics, #Psychology, #RadioLab, #Science
