Seth Lloyd describes to Robert Lawrence Huhn some of the puzzling aspects of a #Quantum #Observer. [4th in a #series]
❛❛ Does the #concept of #observation have deep relevance in fundamental physics? What about in #QuantumPhysics where some kind of observation seems to be needed to transform #WaveFunction probabilities into actual events? ❜❜ 12-min.
#Who or #What is a #Quantum #Observer? [2nd in a #series]
#Philosopher of #physics David Z. Alpert describes in 4 mins how #QuantumMechanics has altered our #ideas of #passive #observation. And, how these findings are often misread and #extrapolated unjustifiably. #video
#Who or #What is a #Quantum #Observer? [1st in a #series]
The #KrononautMoon Project promotes #experimentations, #observations & #celebrations of #TimeTravel. #Observing one's #world or #cosmos is just part of #CommonSense — right? Maybe not at the #QuantumLevel. 3-min. #video
“Can you imagine the number of #Guardian or #Observer journalists over the years who’ve been ringing #ScotlandYard about a story that isn’t really in their [the #police’s favour]? What I suspect is that that the same thing has happened to them in order to find the sources.
This forgotten #homoerotic #thriller from 1988 deserves a #secondlook
To be #queer, is in many ways, to be an #observer.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Movies #Representation #Culture
https://www.queerty.com/this-forgotten-homoerotic-thriller-from-1988-deserves-a-second-look-20241207
The stench of undue haste.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/observer-sold-tortoise-media/
Nearly 500 journalists are on strike at the #Guardian and its sister paper, the Sunday-only #Observer, to protest the planned sale of the Observer to a small digital startup.
"We believe it's a total betrayal of the Guardian's values and promises that it's made," says #Carole #Cadwalladr, an investigative reporter and feature writer for the Observer.
"The sale of the Observer to a loss-making startup is potentially the death of this historic brand."
The strike, which started Wednesday, is expected to last for two days this week and restart for a couple more days next week.
Cadwalldr says the strike is intended to convince the Observer's owner to slow down a process that the paper's union says is sprinting to a preordained conclusion.
She says colleagues believe other suitors could emerge if further review shows the Guardian should divest itself of the Sunday paper.
The Observer is a storied liberal title whose first issue came out on this date in 1791.
It is believed to be the world's oldest Sunday paper.
Its famous journalists include George Orwell. And it was central to the launch of the human rights group Amnesty International.
The buyer is #Tortoise #Media, a well-regarded but small news outlet founded in 2019
and led by #James #Harding, the former director of BBC News and editor of The Times of London.
Its tagline is "slow down, wise up."
It promises to delve into what's driving the news rather than simply post the latest headlines.
It has not yet turned a profit but has deep-pocketed backers,
including the investment arm of the Thomson family that controls Reuters and owns the Globe and Mail newspaper in Canada.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/04/nx-s1-5213914/guardian-strike-observer-sale
strike, UK journalism, TERFs
Heads up: the #Guardian and the #Observer are both full of TERFs and have played, and continue to play, key roles in stoking the UK's transphobic panic. So do whatever the fuck you want on December 5 and 6 because UK journalism does not deserve to survive.
(I'm seeing unsourced and usually no-alt-texted screenshots asking people not to share stories from those outlets. I am not going to do people's work for them.)
Context: https://www.npr.org/2024/12/04/nx-s1-5213914/guardian-strike-observer-sale
#Guardian-#Observer journos' strike reported in international press.
Reminder, they've asked us all to boycott their papers and websites, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat.
#Solidarity
#press
Grève historique au « Guardian » et à « The Observer »
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2024/12/04/greve-historique-au-guardian-et-a-the-observer_6430171_3234.html