@LucasWerkmeister I'm more likely to say "Why a day".

@Npars01 @eff

communism for the rich: their welfare is guaranteed, and property is abolished for the rest of us

Who has a good up-to-date list of active accounts of universities and science institutes here on Mastodon?

#FediScience #ScienceFedi

@GreenRoc Shivering with anticip........

@fluffykittycat @catzilla It's called "authoritarianism" (among other things) and it's a Big Problem, perhaps the Big Problem causing most or all of the others.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/117441004441152253

Oh hey, it's a video about my life...

:ablobcatfloofpat:

#archeology #GiniCoefficient

"Study reveals declining inequality in Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro

A new study suggests that economic inequality declined as the Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro developed, challenging the assumption that urbanisation inevitably led to greater social inequality.

Located in present-day Pakistan, Mohenjo-daro was a major urban centre of the Indus Civilisation (c. 2600–1900 BC), renowned for its planned streets, sophisticated drainage systems and public infrastructure.

In a study published in the journal Antiquity, researchers analysed residential architecture to investigate how wealth disparities changed during the city’s development.

Using archaeological records from early twentieth-century excavations, the team reconstructed 309 residences and applied statistical methods to measure differences in residential floor area.

In a study published in the journal Antiquity, archaeologists Adam S. Green, Iqtedar Alam and Cameron Petrie examined residential architecture to investigate patterns of economic inequality at Mohenjo-daro.

The researchers analysed archaeological records from early twentieth-century excavations, using geographical information systems (GIS) to reconstruct the layouts of 309 residences.

They then calculated Gini coefficients, a statistical measure commonly used to assess inequality, based on differences in residential floor area.

The analysis produced an overall Gini coefficient of 0.44 for Mohenjo-daro, significantly lower than those recorded at several other ancient urban centres.

For comparison, the ancient Greek site of Knossos has a Gini coefficient of 0.86, while the Maya city of Palenque has a coefficient of 0.75. The Mesopotamian city of Ur and the ancient city of Ugarit both recorded values exceeding 0.6.

The researchers also identified a decline in residential inequality over time in the DK-G South district, where the archaeological sequence provides a clearer chronology of urban development.

During the earlier occupation phases, around 2500 BC, the district had a Gini coefficient of approximately 0.39. By around 2100 BC, this had declined to 0.23, approaching levels associated with more egalitarian societies.

This reduction coincided with changes to the city’s architecture, including the increasing alignment of residential buildings with its planned street network.

According to the study, these developments suggest that collective governance and investment in public infrastructure may have contributed to a more equitable distribution of residential space.

The city contained numerous shared amenities, including public buildings, drainage systems and standardised systems of weights and measures.

The widespread distribution of Indus seals, which were commonly recovered from residential buildings rather than palaces or temples, also suggests that economic activities may not have been controlled by a single ruling authority.

The researchers propose that the same systems of governance responsible for maintaining public infrastructure may have helped constrain economic inequality.

The study also identified a possible relationship between declining residential inequality and increasing prosperity."

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/10/study-reveals-declining-inequality-in-bronze-age-city-of-mohenjo-daro/159546

@servelan ...and actually, that's unfair to vultures too. They're brain-eating viruses cosplaying as vampires.

@zeldman I want to know:

• who the individuals were who turned them away
• whether those individuals were aware of the court order when first approached
• whether the journalists showed them a copy of it if they were not
• whether the individuals can be detained for failure to obey the order
  • ...and if not, then how is the order supposed to be enforceable? if so, why weren't they?

@servelan Also, they are the wolves. ...or, rather, they are vultures cosplaying as wolves.

@JoBlakely Ranting is healthy -- especially in these infuriating times :blobcatupsidedown:

@nev (Born in Toronto but barely remember it; moved to US when I was 2.) I heard about that (Climate Towns? Not Just Bikes?) and it kinda fills me with rage.

What I think I understand is that people are so steeped in Car Culture that they can't think of any other vehicle as a form of transportation -- the mindset is, like...

• Bikes, buses, and trolleys only ever add congestion; nobody who owns a car would ever walk, bike, or take a bus or trolley if they didn't have to -- much less willingly give up car-ownership and have to do that all the time.
• Trolley tracks and bike and bus lanes cost taxpayers money which would be better spent making more roads.
• The costs of maintaining and policing car infra -- roads, bridges, traffic lights -- and of cleaning up after accidents, of medical care for the injured, of the lost lives... and of car ownership itself -- is just "how things have always been and must ever be".

...and "conservative" politicians love to play on that kind of ignorance in order to "fix" problems in ways that appeal to the ignorant while actually making it worse.

...and I think that's what is happeneng here. A few people know better, but enough people take the con at face value that they support it and will vote for the jerk who made it happen.

Hopefully education is happening now, and will accelerate locally after this incident, and "removing non-car infra" will stop being a viable campaign platform pillar.

@plexus With the right prescription pharmaceuticals, I could maybe even cope with all that social interaction now ^.^ (instead of being totally overloaded and collapsing into a heap in the corner).

One day, perhaps. :rainbow_left:

@eniko Is it better to do multi-post threads or to have a length-limit which allows you to post the whole thing at once? (Or is it preferable to have both options?)

(Asking seriously, for future UI agitation and/or tweakage, when I can.)

@QasimRashid The cons should start an Imaginary Threat of the Week Club or something.

@gildilinie you kids and your mass-culture references @tranquillity

Yesterday I responded to Indigenous Peoples Day by sharing some of my family's history.
I have one more story for you.
My mother was born Wailaki and lived on the Round Valley Reservation.
At least seven families lived on the ranch. Three generations of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
My mother always said that while the country was starving during the depression they had ample game to hunt, fish in the Eel River and a massive garden. But when she was sent to Indian Boarding School she starved.
I tell you this because her later health issues were likely the result of malnutrition as an adolescent.
I was her end of life caregiver.
The doctors were convinced that the atrophy of her brain was from alcohol. She was Indian but never a drinker. They wouldn't believe us and didn't help.
Prejudice can manifest in so many different ways.
She deserved better.
This is why I seek out care for myself at my Indian Health clinic. They believe me when I tell them the truth

@tranquillity

Okay, 'fess up: what Schrödinger-core thing did you do? Inquiring transistor radios* want to know. 📻️

(* This is what "trannies" would have been short for in the UK in the 1970s.)

@gildilinie