Petra van Cronenburg
Petra van CronenburgBrilliant, I just discovered that Mastodon's #translation feature automatically translates the alt text, too.
This feature opens up a whole new world for me. I can follow people whose language I wouldn't otherwise be able to decipher. A place where machine translations are helpful.
#machineTranslation #languages #connection #Mastodon #altText
Petra van Cronenburg#FollowFriday If you are interested in the current research of #MEcfs #CFS etc. follow @tomkindlon@disabled.social and @IrishMECFSAssociation@mastodon.ie for news and informations.
And please be aware that the gup.pe groups for these topics no longer exist! Someone should open a Fedigroup: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/
#LongCovid #Covid #health #healthResearch
Petra van Cronenburg#GoodNews Moins de #PFAS dans vos placards. A compter de jeudi, les cosmétiques, les farts de ski ainsi que les vêtements, chaussures et leurs imperméabilisants contenant des "polluants éternels" seront interdits à la fabrication, à la vente et à l'importation en #France. https://www.franceinfo.fr/economie/smic-conge-de-naissance-dpe-controle-technique-ce-qui-change-a-partir-du-1er-janvier-2026_7701784.html
A lot of products containing PFAS are now prohibited in France, also their import.
Petra van Cronenburg"Death and taxes are supposed to be the things we can depend on in this life." This article intro is brillant. Because the article shows that all that hype about #ColossalBiosciences and it's "de-extinction" is gambling for money and personal fame, not for nature: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/31/colossal-ben-lamm-deextinction-dire-wolf-dodo-tasmanian-tiger-aoe
"Colossal are preying on people’s desire to undo the sins of the past."
#extinction #conservation #biodiversity #ethics #greed
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Do you know that feeling when you keep making the same mistakes in a foreign #language and you know exactly that they are wrong? But it happens again and again. How do you get the right answer into your head?
For me, it's always “mites” eating my jumpers, even though I know it's “moths”. When I write about the insects, in biology texts, everything is correct. But in connection with jumpers or wool, it's always wrong.
Now it becomes fascinating: I don't use the
#languageLearning #languages
Petra van Cronenburg🧵 English word "mites" but talk about English spoken French "mites" (which is the French word for moths)!
I don't do that mistake in scientific texts because I write science, I don't talk about it in English in everyday life. But I talk a lot about jumpers in French because this is my everyday language.
So ... and now I have to cut this wool thread in my brain! 🤯
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Petra van Cronenburg🧵 Do you know that feeling when you keep making the same mistakes in a foreign #language and you know exactly that they are wrong? But it happens again and again. How do you get the right answer into your head?
For me, it's always “mites” eating my jumpers, even though I know it's “moths”. When I write about the insects, in biology texts, everything is correct. But in connection with jumpers or wool, it's always wrong.
Now it becomes fascinating: I don't use the
#languageLearning #languages
Petra van Cronenburg@EricLawton@kolektiva.social I'm sitting in the picture above (only with central heating), reading the stories about Donald Duck (since my childhood).
In Europe, they are published under licence by different publishers and have changed very much. Donald is still the role model of kindness, love, and curiosity, of course still clumsy.
But the topics have much to do with greed, climate, and environment. Even Scrooge has changed: he has to learn that his behaviour
@clarablackink@writing.exchange @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @Dianora@ottawa.place
Petra van Cronenburg@EricLawton@kolektiva.social would ruin the world and that he has to act differently. Best teachers: his nephews.
In the title story above e.g., Scrooge dreams to change every tree into a dollar-growing tree. Only Donald and the nephews see that would destroy nature. They fight, and when the trees of greed nearly destroy Scrooge, he has to learn ...
I don't like Disney as a company - but that's also a Disney product. Made in Europe.
@clarablackink@writing.exchange @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @Dianora@ottawa.place
Petra van CronenburgAfter discovering that #cocoa that expired a year ago is still good, I can now enjoy the luxury of a large hot #chocolate. 😋
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(At the price it was before the big price increase.)
Petra van Cronenburg🧵 #AISlop via #Blogger com: #fake #blogs!
It's happened twice today: I receive a follower request from a blogger. Everything looks harmless, environmental topics, which suits me. I just notice that the blogger advertises their blog a little too often, always using the same sloppy words. At first glance, this also looks harmless; behind the URL is a blogger.com blog.
But how can a new blog have so many ads?
The blog articles are very long and fishy: written in an eternally cycling style, with
Petra van Cronenburg🧵 lots of links to ads or other long articles. The "texts" don't tell something new, they only want to provoke clicks, they are not really about environment, only clippings stolen from the internet (oh nowadays techbros speak of training). Pure AISlop, LLM crap!
Digging for the blogger, I find a marketing company and a "marketer" trained by "Digital marketing by IAB Europe – Google Digital Workshops."
Any questions?
Blogger com is infected by AI slop and bloggers are not always writing humans.🤮
Petra van Cronenburg🧵 #AISlop via #Blogger com: #fake #blogs!
It's happened twice today: I receive a follower request from a blogger. Everything looks harmless, environmental topics, which suits me. I just notice that the blogger advertises their blog a little too often, always using the same sloppy words. At first glance, this also looks harmless; behind the URL is a blogger.com blog.
But how can a new blog have so many ads?
The blog articles are very long and fishy: written in an eternally cycling style, with