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Kudos to @ricci for doing a deep dive into answering two questions:

How decentralized fediverse really is?

https://discuss.systems/@ricci/114396317436420669

And what would happen if government tried to seize fediverse domains?

https://discuss.systems/@ricci/114412296355937121

Ocean Beach, San Francisco today.

#50501movement #HandsOff

( Stephen Lam, SF Chronicle)

**Could Trump’s tariffs give a green light for corporate profiteering?**

_“My suspicion is, in an environment where there is a broad expectation of higher inflation in the US, where consumers are generally expecting it, companies will feel more able to go for the price increase option.”_

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/19/could-trumps-tariffs-give-a-green-light-for-corporate-profiteering.

#Analysis #Trump #Tariffs #Inflation #Economics #Corporations #PriceGouging #Greedflation @economics

**Material philology and Syriac excerpting practices: A computational-quantitative study of the digitized catalog of the Syriac manuscripts in the British Library**

“_The results reveal that most manuscripts contain fewer than 20 excerpts, but a small number show much higher levels of excerpting, highlighting the immense intellectual and literary activities implicated in their production._”

Maeir N (2025) Material philology and Syriac excerpting practices: A computational-quantitative study of the digitized catalog of the Syriac manuscripts in the British Library. PLOS ONE 20(3): e0320265. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320265.

Congress can end this trade war any time they want.

Every day this economic collapse continues is a choice they made.

Archaeological analytical perspectives. #archaeology #Analysis

Toni Braxton’s “Breathe Again” has been called “delicate,” “yearning,” “melancholy,” “pretty,” and “haunting.” The song does sound like all those things, which I guess could make it hard to pick up on its underlying themes of obsessiveness and emotional blackmail.
#BreatheAgain #ToniBraxton #Pop #Song #Lyrics #Analysis
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/04/03/breathe-again/

**Global warming of more than 3°C this century may wipe 40% off the world’s economy, new analysis reveals**

Timothy Neal

“_We found if the Earth warms by more than 3°C by the end of the century, the estimated harm to the global economy jumped from an average of 11% (under previous modelling assumptions) to 40% (under our modelling assumptions). This level of damage could devastate livelihoods in large parts of the world._”

https://theconversation.com/global-warming-of-more-than-3-c-this-century-may-wipe-40-off-the-worlds-economy-new-analysis-reveals-253032.

#Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #GlobalEconomy #Economy #GlobalWarming #Research #Economics #Analysis @climatechange @economics

All of the classically trained musicians seem to like complex rock music.

Also, protest songs.

And songs with texture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOjD72_CfmU&list=PLN65owwMwAboRkoXnDTS4yzcm_cR1XJke&index=10

"... even, sometimes, the pitches are approximated ..."

I'm singing along with Robert Plant and I'm actually hitting those notes. In his style, even. I will be hoarse tomorrow.

Where's a karaoke when you need one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7woCKotIdFk

“Salvation” is like a very short, though equally shallow, episode of Intervention. In that show, all that a junkie needs to agree to go to rehab is to be given a theoretical ultimatum — never mind that most real-life addicts would put it to the test before they made up their minds. Meanwhile, this Cranberries song thinks you can just tell a junkie to say no to drugs and they will listen and comply.
#Salvation #Cranberries #Rock #Song #Lyrics #Analysis
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/03/25/salvation/

Good morning world! Here's your #GifsArtidote breakfast:

"#Anarchism is the idea that everyone is entitled to complete self-determination. No law, government, or decision-making process is more important than the needs and desires of actual human beings. People should be free to shape their relations to their mutual satisfaction, and to stand up for themselves as they see fit".

#press #educate #organise #resist #analysis #BlackMastodon

https://crimethinc.com/2025/02/21/become-an-anarchist-or-forever-hold-your-peace

Good morning world! Here's your #GifsArtidote breakfast:

"#Anarchism is the idea that everyone is entitled to complete self-determination. No law, government, or decision-making process is more important than the needs and desires of actual human beings. People should be free to shape their relations to their mutual satisfaction, and to stand up for themselves as they see fit".

#press #educate #organise #resist #analysis #BlackMastodon

https://crimethinc.com/2025/02/21/become-an-anarchist-or-forever-hold-your-peace

LOLOL!

Her series is EXCELLENT!

She's getting to know Hendrix. She's often stopping music to describe what's happening.

Not so much with Jimi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hT02U5btg8

The Fourier Transform is a mathematical operation that transforms a function of time (or space) into a function of frequency. It decomposes a complex signal into its constituent sinusoidal components, each with a specific frequency, amplitude, and phase. This is particularly useful in many fields, such as signal processing, physics, and engineering, because it allows for analysing the frequency characteristics of signals. The Fourier Transform provides a bridge between the time and frequency domains, enabling the analysis and manipulation of signals in more intuitive and computationally efficient ways. The result of applying a Fourier Transform is often represented as a spectrum, showing how much of each frequency is present in the original signal.

\[\Large\boxed{\boxed{\widehat{f}(\xi) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(x)\ e^{-i 2\pi \xi x}\,\mathrm dx, \quad \forall\xi \in \mathbb{R}.}}\]

Inverse Fourier Transform:
\[\Large\boxed{\boxed{ f(x) = \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \widehat f(\xi)\ e^{i 2 \pi \xi x}\,\mathrm d\xi,\quad \forall x \in \mathbb R.}}\]

The equation allows us to listen to mp3s today. Digital Music Couldn’t Exist Without the Fourier Transform: http://bit.ly/22kbNfi

“Average Girl” is sung by a girl with above-average looks about a girl with a below-average I.Q. Then again, Emily Osment was born and raised in Los Angeles, where a hot, dumb blonde could conceivably be an average girl.
#AverageGirl #EmilyOsment #Pop #Song #Lyrics #Analysis
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/average-girl/

“Paralyzer” is, either deliberately or serendipitously, a worthy spiritual successor to Genesis’ “I Can’t Dance,” complete with an arguably even more feckless protagonist.
#Paralyzer #FingerEleven #Rock #Song #Lyrics #Analysis
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/paralyzer/