#Bookdstodon Boosting for #diverse #kidlit publisher Levine Querido, which is getting hammered by #bookbans. Just a few days left on their benefit auction! https://www.levinequerido.com/updates/get-ready-to-bid

Ya know, if you tell me, "these three people represent a diverse group because they're #Christian, #Muslim and #Jewish", I don't consider that a #diverse group

I consider that #bias a literal #biodiversity #problem

#Diverse #plant communities with specific #microbial communities
prevent #erosion of #Gepatschferner glacier slopes!  This is concluded by Ohler et al. in their recent study. Read more here: @gfoe https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2023.05.008

Highlighting #Diverse Voices at the #NationalBookFestival: #Black #Writers
https://blogs.loc.gov/bookmarked/2023/07/31/highlighting-diverse-voices-at-the-national-book-festival-black-writers/

DIVERSITY OF TACTICS
when Nazis come to town...

#nazis #fascism #communitydefense #diverse #tactics #PSA

Thoughts on the #grief of other people:

It can be hard to watch from the outside, trying to #understand or #process the grief of someone close to us. Knowing what to say or do to #help them, or at least not make things worse, is tough because not everyone grieves in the same way.

In the last ten years, I’ve experienced quite a bit of grief, both first and second hand, and it hasn’t made understanding grief any easier. In fact, it has made me realise that grief is incredibly #diverse, as diverse as the people experiencing it, and they all need or want different things.

And it doesn’t matter whether their grief is over the #death of a person or an animal, the #breakdown or a #relationship, the loss of a #job or a physical object like a #home or #SentimentalItem. Every episode of grief needs to be #acknowledged and #supported.

(Continued … )

Nice analysis of #Canada's forests using large-scale and long-term #data:

"#Tree diversity increases decadal forest #soil carbon and nitrogen accrual" by Chen et al (2023)

Quote: "...#conserving and promoting functionally #diverse forests could promote soil carbon and #nitrogen storage, enhancing both #carbon sink capacity and soil nitrogen fertility."

This is increasingly important to consider we impose larger and more frequent #disturbances on #forest #ecosystems.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05941-9

#Individual #LifeHistories: neither #slow nor #fast, just #diverse

#OpenAccess
#ProceedingsRoyalSocietyB

"Across species, the slow–fast continuum is the main axis of life-history variation. However, within #populations, the patterns of individual life-history variation did not align with a slow–fast continuum in any species. Thus, individual life-history variation is likely idiosyncratic across species."

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2023.0511

Our latest blog post is an interview with Nitya Raviprakash, Learning Collider's Data Science Manager. She talks through her role, her background, and her hopes for more #inclusive and #diverse perspectives on #AI.

#datascience #datascientist #research #econtwitter

https://blog.learningcollider.org/perspectives-from-the-research-lab-ea2921572606

For fun, I made a list of Pride #flags I spotted in the #Pride march I attended last month:

- #Rainbow flag 🏳️‍🌈
- Philadelphia 8-stripe flag (rainbow + black + brown)
- Progress Pride
- (Custom variants of the rainbow flag)
- #Transgender
- #NonBinary
- #Lesbian
- #Gay/#vincian/man-loving-man
- #Bisexual
- #Omnisexual
- #Pansexual
- #Asexual
- #Aromantic
- #Aro-#ace (asexual and aromantic)
- #Demisexual
- #Agender
- #Genderfluid

Great to see #diverse people unite to fight for #equality. ✊

The Vendi Score: A Diversity Evaluation Metric for Machine Learning

Dan Friedman, Adji Bousso Dieng

Action editor: Antonio Vergari.

https://openreview.net/forum?id=g97OHbQyk1

#diversity #similarity #diverse

Curtailing #AffirmativeAction Is a Blow Against a Rising #Generation. The #gap between a more #diverse America and less diverse #elite #colleges will only grow. By Ronald Brownstein https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/scotus-affirmative-action-students-for-fair-admissions/674555/ #SCOTUS #HigherEducation #equity #education #diversity #affluence #status #legacy

«In #California, where #AffirmativeAction in admissions has been banned in public colleges since 1996, university officials & faculty members said they have found ways 2 ensure their student bodies remain #diverse.

Though the US #SupremeCourt decided Thursday that #race cannot be factor in admissions, sending ripples through the higher #education community across the country, California could provide model for how 2 foster #diversity while not running afoul of the law.»

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-ended-affirmative-action-90s-retains-diverse-student-body-rcna91846

UW Madison response — There can be little doubt that in our complex, multicultural world, the ability for each of us to work effectively and learn from those different from ourselves is a critical skill and strength. A growing body of research shows that diverse teams with different life experiences and identities tend to make stronger decisions. We will be sharing information and providing updates at go.wisc.edu/scotusdiversity. https://scotus-diversity.wisc.edu … #SCOTUS #Diverse #Enrollment

According to astrophysicist Catherine Heymans, role models are essential for attracting #diverse groups of people to #science. She stands up against discrimination & is convinced: Only diverse teams can solve global crises. #AvHWhatsNext
👇
https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/entdecken/magazin-humboldt-kosmos/whats-next/discrimination-damages-progress

🎉 Happy National Day, #Luxembourg! 🇱🇺

Let’s celebrate Luxembourg’s #diverse society, reflecting collective achievements, shared values and a united country!✨

Luxembourg is creating a thriving #datadriven #research & #innovation sector🔎 with one ambition: to provide the best conditions in which talents can grow to shape a #sustainable future

#ResearchLuxembourg
#OurCommonGround #LetsMakeItHappen #Nationalfeierdaag2023

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

More songs on the playlist this time as I’ve missed May completely! (I see you Primavera Sound!).

Last year’s **Arovane & Taylor Deupree** collab starts the show, glitchy and ambient and continues with ambient synths via a recommendation by Ay Palas.

New **Bright & Findlay** album changes direction to a more upbeat tone. We have a new **Baxter Dury** album and for me it’s the first time we’ve clicked.. More indie-ish stuff from **UMO** and** LA Priest**.

Next up, Japanese world fusion band **TEKE::TEKE** and an Undomondo regular **Sven Wunder** with a new cinematic piece.

**Gabriels **who totally stole the show in Primavera follows with cinematic gospel tinged R&B. **Oddisee**’s new album is 2023’s best jazzy & old school hip-hop album. We venture into soulful folk / accoustic guitar territory (hopefully without losing your attention) w/ **Oracle Sisters, Sally Potter** and a special artist personally **Lisa/Liza** from Maine, whom we’ve been in contact since the earliest days of Undomondo.

Midway, solo piano piece by a the singular **Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou **(the Ethiopean classical pianist & nun) whom we’ve lost in March.

Spanish indie pop nuggets from **Jorge Drexler** and **Natalia Lafourcade** whom I nicked from wifey, a little bit of dance with this Chico Mann remix of the debut album of tropical/world nu disco newcomer **Tigerbalm**, an old hit kids song from **Chantal Goya** (nicked from my daughter), Ghanaian gospel singer **Linda Ayupuka** and **Oy** and resetting with a Dungeon Synth piece by Ithildin (whom just released 4 albums on plants in LoTR lore).

The star of the playlist for me though is this forgotten private press from 1981 by **Luellen Reese**, compiled by** Forager Records**.

The last sequence features some ambience and home listening electronics/IDM/ techno. **Martyna Basta**, two new albums on **PAN**, by **Upsammy** and **Tzusing**, **Avalon Emerson**’s new home listening electronic band album, and slowing down with home recording cult artist **R. Stevie Moore**’s long drone and a piano piece by **Shida Shahabi**.

I wrote this in one take!

Maybe I can actually do a live talking radio show one day.. :)

Enjoy and share!

#ambient #electronic #folk #piano #glitch #indie #spanish #pop #diverse #playlist #musodon

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5P8fQM1EgKuuqEuUNsIkSD?si=e0601ac5c1644d7e

The longest word hiding in #fediverse is #diverse. #justsayin

Use the fediverse in YOUR way. You are free to express yourself in whatever way YOU want. There are a lot of folks out there trying to tell us how to use the fediverse. Add search! Use CW! Don't use CW! No search! We now have more than one implementation out there. Some with features you like or features you don't want. You are free to vote with your presence and ignore the stuff you want to ignore! Have fun and do your thing here!

We Live in the Rarest Type of #PlanetarySystem : Sci Am

Study: #Smoke particles from #Wildfires can erode the #Ozone layer : MIT

Why #Diverse Teams Are #Smarter : HBR

Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

#SocialCohesion:

When #politicians honestly frame the challenges #society faces, it promotes understanding & #collaboration among #diverse groups.

#Deceptively passing off false images of support sows #division & erodes social harmony by #ManufacturingConsensus.