TIL that the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime concluded that billions in drug money kept the global financial system afloat during the 2008 crisis [source, comments]

Good Idea: Do not trust carbon offsets

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe

TIL there are 57 universities around the world with no tuition for all international students, providing free education regardless of a student's country of origin. [source, comments]

#freePuber https://youtu.be/crfnnQcCgRk?feature=shared

Song of the day 🧙🏼‍♀️🧟‍♀️: https://youtu.be/R_d8da-_K-o?feature=shared

TIL “Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” was originally meant sarcastically, or to suggest an impossible accomplishment, because it is impossible for someone to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. [source, comments]

Song of the day 😔💔: https://open.spotify.com/track/1maIZ0gsjVbdANLvl4v0ao?si=fq7ceYUCTkuF5bKzNA4FhQ

TIL “Vincent” by Don McLean was Tupac’s favorite song, and his girlfriend played it as he was dying so it would be the last thing he heard [source, comments]

TIL a corporation can "own" a color. It's been reported that T-Mobile has filed the most law suits for using a trademarked color. [source, comments]

Good Idea: Embrace the Fediverse!
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2023/11/30/the-fediverse-is-an-opportunity-learned-societies-cant-ignore/

Scholarly societies seem more into making money off publishing than actually socializing or fostering connections among scholars. They've been slow to embrace social media, sticking to old corporate platforms instead of jumping into tech like Mastodon. It's time for a change – a chance for these societies to show they're about scholarship, not just the bottom line.

Song of the day 👘🗡: https://open.spotify.com/track/6npcJbgDhtWeNT5iOGsjZI?si=a-pCUuwyQvmHkFHq4KG-4g