Lmst

17-Jun-2025
Speed-snap science: solving for molecular details in a flash

Caltech’s new technique, called Compressed Ultrafast Planar #Polarization #Anisotropy #Imaging (CUP2AI), enables real-time, non-invasive, wide-field fluorescence polarization measurements that can provide unprecedented insights into dynamic events.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1087843
#science #nanoworld #molecules #structure #chemistry

Check out and share my latest blog post, “Hijacked Minds and Broken Trust”
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/06/19/hijacked-minds-and-broken-trust/

(btw I blogged this on my iPad, which I’m trying to use more for media creation and sharing)

#politics #polarization #MediaLit #SocialMedia #DEI #edtech #HealOurCulture

A four-panel illustration depicting themes of social media and community. The first panel shows a person looking concerned while checking their phone during a storm. The second panel features figures walking away from a train labeled "Algorithmic Feed," pointing towards signs for alternative platforms

These shameless far right extremists should face the consequences for what they are initiating, the hate and the polarization…

How much further can this go, when is enough, enough? When will people rise to put an end to this?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/minnesota-lawmaker-killings-misinformation-rightwing?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#uspol #dictatorship #trump #fascism #polarization

The #political conditions surrounding the current deployment are dramatically different from those during that prior wave. #Polarization has spread from society to the political elites, who now, more than ever, seek to use the #military for political gain. On the #Republican side, Donald #Trump appears eager to deploy the #Army against left-wing #protesters.

#law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #NationalGuard #Marines #LosAngeles #autocracy

Mallen Baker showed me something interesting.

Sometimes, reality still manages to place limits on the narrative.

#Trump #populism #politics #polarization

(my instance doesn’t allow full posts, sorry; see my blog or the video by Baker)

https://social.ningen.one/chuui/Mallen-Baker-showed-me-something-interesting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1O2Cj4Y_CU

Next at the #SolarEclipse Conference Nick James talked about new (and finally amateur-affordable) polarization-sensitive cameras in which each pixel comes with a polarizer: since it's a while til the next solar eclipse he demonstrated it with the #Moon where the #polarization of the maria is higher than of the highlands, matching expectations. 2/n

Join #ForwardParty in Pennsylvania for our Statewide Call on Monday: https://www.paforwardparty.com/june_statewide_call_20250616
#PA #Politics #ElectionReform #Pennsylvania #OpenPrimaries #Independents #RCV #MunicipalElections #Giftban #Forward #Polarization

New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:

#Cosmic #Microwave #Background #Polarization

comics.lucentinian.com/8466
#Laughs #DailyLaughs #NewsJokes #AILaughs #AIHumor

The #Pockels effect occurs in specific materials known as electro-optic #crystals. When an electric field is applied to these crystals, their refractive index changes proportionally. This change alters the #polarization state of light passing through the crystal, allowing for precise control over #laser parameters such as intensity and pulse duration. Learn more: https://ilphotonics.com/how-pockels-cells-assist-high-precision-laser-operations/

Democrats Unite Despite Differences - Ritchie Torres on Sam Harris

#polarization #politics #pragmatism

Trading Spaces: #SocialMedia Edition

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/05/republicans-and-democrats-on-x-differ-over-the-sites-politics-and-their-experiences/

#USA #Politics #Elon #POTUS #X #Polarization #GOP #DNC

Steep increase in the share of Republican X users who say the platform is good for American democracy, decrease among Democrats since 2021

Why Alberta politics may be getting more polarized — and why that matters
Data from CBC News’ recent polling suggests an increase in political polarization amongst Albertans, pointing toward possibly more contentious times ahead for the prairie province.
#politics #polarization #Alberta #News #Canada #Calgary
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cbc-calgary-poll-2025-political-polarization-1.7548522?cmp=rss

San Diego neighborhood shame walks ICE back

#SanDiego #ShameWalk #ICE #Enforcers #PoliticalPersecution #Polarization #Billionaires #WealthTransfer #Scapegoats #HumanRights #Assylum

Why Alberta politics may be getting more polarized — and why that matters
Data from CBC News’ recent polling suggests an increase in political polarization amongst Albertans, pointing toward possibly more contentious times ahead for the prairie province.
#politics #polarization #Alberta #News #Canada #Calgary
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cbc-calgary-poll-2025-political-polarization-1.7548522?cmp=rss

> Reuters World News: #Gen_Z #gender #divide and the reshaping of democracy

Via https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/

Fichier de l'épisode: https://pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/D89967/traffic.megaphone.fm/THRH5065821056.mp3?updated=1748628067

#Polarization #misogigny #jobs #leftWing #rightWing #podcast

Image title of the podcast Reuters World News.

#SGU #TheSkepticsGuideToTheUniverse
The Skeptics Guide #1038 - May 31 2025

Quickie with Steve: #GlobalWarming and Ocean #Currents; News Items: #Infrared #ContactLenses, #Trees Respond to Solar #Eclipse, Affective #Polarization, The Brain's #Motor_Switchboard, New Dwarf #Planet Candidate; Discussion: The Effect of #ScienceFiction; Your Questions and E-mails: HHS Cancels Vaccine Contract; #Science or Fiction

Webseite der Episode: https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu

Mediendatei: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/skepticsguide/skepticast2025-05-31.mp3

Us vs Them: How to Address Polarization

At #rp25 Bart Brandsma unpacked how polarization works—not as debate, but as identity conflict. His argument: while pushers dominate the extremes, the key to depolarization lies with the often-overlooked “silent” middle.

My main takeaway: Don’t fight polarization at the fringes. Empower the silent middle by taking their dilemmas seriously.

#Polarization #rp25 #Democracy #Depolarization
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