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Timo Kramer
@Timo_Micro@scicomm.xyz
mastodon 4.7.3Person first, food microbiologist and science geek second. Failed academic working for a Dairy company. Proud to be #BiInSci and promoting #DEI in STEM, particularly as a #InclusiveDiversity ambassador at my employer. I'm very outspoken against unfairness, particularly on #LGBTQ+ rights or Dutch politics.
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Is this an acceptable #FensterFreitag picture or is the lack of glass insurmountable?
I seriously cannot get my thoughts straight about what's apparently happening in 4 hours time. Trump said he will 'end a civilization'. There's plenty of horrible things you can say about the regime in Iran, and their actions in attacking neighbouring countries is reprehensible, but their people didn't vote for this. Millions of innocent people will die if the US and Israel decide to destroy all infrastructure. It will be yet another genocide they are complicit in. And for what? Starting wars to get a peace prize? Interpersonal differences? Boosting the price of US oil and manipulating the stock market? Is that worth the lives of innocents?
And what does it mean to wipe a civilization from the map? Iran is the heart of an ancient empire with such rich history, a centre of science, an important stop on the silk road. Are you trying to get rid of all of that rich history? I'm getting visions of the ruins of Palmyra, in Syria, where ISIS destroyed 2000 year old monuments. Or Aleppo, also in Syria, which in addition to being a vibrant city, was also UNESCO world heritage for the impressive historic architecture. Much of that history is bombed and lost. Is this part of the goal? To take away the culture of these people? Take away what unites them, to make them easier to eradicate?
The world is a horrible place.
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@chartgerink@akademienl.social for news worthy changes perhaps things show up in the recent section of https://law-tracker.europa.eu/ l occasionally search through EU (food) law but I cannot say i navigate the system competently, so I also boosted the question in the hope someone more knowledgeable has resources how to best use the tools available.
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At least they are showing more controversial radio messages, from an upset Leclerc to references of YoYo-ing
Asked to present something, need to show a video in my powerpoint presentation and it doesn't work. Of course on a company laptop, I'm not allowed to install the correct codec and there's no video editing software or way to convert the file type. Feel like bashing my head against the desk in frustration. Anyone got a reliable, free, online tool to convert a 25 second MP4 file to something that powerpoint will accept?
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@david@theblower.au if you use the 'read out loud' option, the first symbol to me is silent, where as the latter is said as 'degrees'. Now I need to check my own writing if I use the correct character (alt + 0176)