Izayoi 十六夜 🌕 @izayoi@fedibird.com

#a4revolution

Is your timeline feeling a bit empty?

Spice it up by visiting a directory and following people on topics you are interested in:

➡️ https://fedi.directory
➡️ https://communitywiki.org/trunk
➡️ https://fediverse.info/explore/people

More tips on finding people to follow at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-basic-tips/#HowDoIFindPeopleToFollow

#Mastodon #Fediverse

The remarkable concentration of total household wealth held by the wealthiest 10%
🇺🇸 US 79%
🇳🇱 Netherlands 68%
🇩🇰 Denmark 64%
🇩🇪 Germany 60%
🇨🇱 Chile 58%
🇦🇹 Austria 56%
🇬🇧 UK 52%
🇨🇦 Canada 51%
🇫🇷 France 51%
🇳🇴 Norway 51%
🇦🇺 Australia 46%
🇪🇸 Spain 46%
🇫🇮 Finland 45%
🇮🇹 Italy 43%
🇯🇵 Japan 41%
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/e2879a7d-en/1/3/1/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/e2879a7d-en&_csp_=629b9a65616a4d96ca81e8985e607a2f&itemIGO=oecd&itemContentType=book#section-d1e599 @sociology @economics

Friendly reminder

橋の幽霊 Abandoned bridge
#photography #Photomonday #silentsunday
#japan

You might have seen somebody using the proverb Vox Populi, Vox Dei. What was missing was the context in which it was used:

Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit.

In case you do not speak Latin, it means in English:

And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.

“Then the spaceman took over the bird site so we all started tooting at the elephant place.”

“Oh…ok grandpa. Let’s get you back to bed.”

Mastodon in a nutshell

I bet you’ve heard of Galileo & Hubble, but what about Henrietta Swan Leavitt?

Leavitt changed astronomy. She figured out new ways to measure a star’s distance from Earth & her work helped determine the universe is expanding.

Her boss, Edward Pickering, published her findings UNDER HIS NAME. Later, Shapley used her findings to determine distances around the Milky Way w/o credit.

Leavitt’s work is still used today. So next time you hear about famous men in #science share her remarkable story.

Keep the #fediverse weird. I'm fine with assholes as long as they don't harass people. But I also don't want it to be a suburbia where everybody is expected to have an IN THIS HOUSE, WE BELIEVE sign in their yard.