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They fund a lot of interesting stuff on youtube etc. I'd be sad to see that dry up.

I had similar feelings about the recent wordpress shake ups. They fund some interesting projects. So far I not aware of that affecting funding but changes like that make me nervous.

In case anyone isn't familiar with that type of steel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel

The fact that we even need to have this conversation is messed up...

Thanks everyone for more practical comments, definitively bookmaking this post.

One thing that is a bit more generalist that I enjoy is good natured investments in people.

Stuff like helping people I care about grow or handle challenges, connecting people who would likely get along well, creating or growing communities, being active and doing good stuff in my area, helping people do things like fixing their deck or whatever, a dab of local politics when it's worth it, just plain old keeping in touch etc.

It can be really rewarding and has some great long term benefits for everyone involved. It's not really seen as a hobby but it's certainly a "hobby" I'd love to see more people consciously participate in.

Did you end up hearing back on that? Though I'm not super invested in this article specifically I'm a bit curious.

I regularly see interesting stuff that sits well within the tech sphere get flagged off of hn especially during heated times and it can be a bit sad seeing that. I'd love for hn and its community to be better at handling challenging discussions but I know that's a complex thing to try and fix.

Been here for something like 15 years now and it's often a toss up whether we handle sensitive subjects / posts with grace or not. Sometimes we get some great discussions going and sometimes the comment sections are trashfires or it's just flagged to death.

That was a wild ride! It went up so fast in the first hour then stalled out completely once the flagging started.

No problem! I'm happy it got some attention since it a neat mix of tech stuff and other scientific disciplines. Thank dang too since the second chance pool saved it from discoverability limbo.

Ah thanks for the correction! And yes I'm on that list. I just heard that and was coming back to make a correction so I'm happy to hear someone got to it before me.

I'm always so conflicted about editing article titles like this for posts. I stick to original titles since that's the rules but it's tempting not to every time I see a post hit front page with good hooks edited in. These edits clearly work and rarely seem to be punished.

You can opt out at an account level. I just checked and I'm already opted out so it seems like it might be using your previous data opt out settings.

A lot comes up when you search for the BluMorpho tags. Some random links:

https://celltracktech.com/pages/blumorpho

https://monarchresearch.org/news-and-events/monarch-research...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/track-monarch-b...

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/21/pacific-northwest-mon...

A little pdf guide: https://westernmonarchcount.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/M...

Looks like there is an app you can download too that can do stuff like scanning for tags nearby.

Looks like it's not just idols and models and includes a lot of online sex workers.

Ah shoot, thanks!