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Bei Facebook blockiert?
Es gibt die grossen Gründe, um Facebook abgeneigt zu sein: der miese Datenschutz, die fragwürdigen, undurchschaubaren Algorithmen, das Versagen bei Fakenews, Desinformation und Propaganda – und so weiter.
[caption id=“attachment_22512″ align=“alignright“ width=“139″] Claudio Zanetti hat mich blockiert. Und ich habe es verkraftet.[/caption]
Es existieren auch kleine Gründe, weswegen man über Mark Zuckerbergs Plattform die Nase rümpft. Einer davon ist die Art und Weise, wie die Beziehungen gemanagt – oder nicht gemanagt – werden. Während einem Twitter ins Gesicht sagt, wenn man von einem Nutzer blockiert worden ist, macht Facebook alles, um einem diese Information vorzuenthalten.
Warum? Geht es darum, meine Nerven zu schonen und meine Gefühle nicht zu verletzen? Falls das die Ursache sein sollte, dann wäre das an Scheinheiligkeit nicht zu übertreffen. Denn so lange man nicht blockiert worden ist, darf man sich auch üble Dinge an den Kopf werfen, ohne dass das Konsequenzen hätte. Denn Facebook bekämpft die Hassrede ein wenig, wiegelt aber gleichzeitig ab.
Ich habe neulich an einem konkreten Beispiel durchexerziert, wie aus Corona-Leugnern Putin-Fans werden. Der Facebook-Post, den ich als Grundlage für meine Argumentation genommen habe, stammt von Angela H.B., deren Profil ein paar Tage nach meiner Berichterstattung nicht mehr zugänglich war. Beim Aufruf des fraglichen Beitrags erschien bloss die Meldung: «Dieser Inhalt ist derzeit nicht verfügbar».
[caption id=“attachment_22511″ align=“aligncenter“ width=“616″] «Dieser Inhalt ist derzeit nicht verfügbar» – ein Rumgeeiere sondergleichen.[/caption]
Natürlich lag die Vermutung nahe, dass sie sich von mir nicht länger anhören wollte, sie sei ein willfähriges Sprachrohr für Putins Propaganda. Aber es standen auch zwei andere Möglichkeiten im Raum: Facebook hätte ihr Profil sperren können, weil ich ihren Post als Fehlinformation gemeldet hatte. Oder sie hätte selbst ihrer Karriere in diesem sozialen Netzwerk ein Ende setzen können, zumal sie sich auch von einigen meiner Freunde harte Kritik hat gefallen lassen müssen.
Facebook lässt einen im Unklaren
Aber welche der drei Möglichkeiten ist es denn nun? Die Facebook-Sperrung erschien mir unwahrscheinlich, da man es normalerweise eine Rückmeldung gibt. Doch auch die Blockierung durch Angela H.B. erschien mir nicht plausibel. Denn ihre Kommentare unter meinen Posts waren noch vorhanden – ich war jedoch der Meinung, dass die bei einer Sperre ganz verschwinden.
Wie lässt sich das herausfinden? Es gibt im Netz diverse Anleitungen, die aber oft nichts taugen. Meines Erachtens gibt es nur zwei brauchbare Methoden:
Wenn die fragliche Person ihre Posts mit der Zielgruppe Öffentlich publiziert hat und ein Link zu einem der Posts greifbar ist, dann verwendet man entweder einen Browser, bei dem man bei Facebook nicht eingeloggt ist oder man öffnet ein privates Fenster (auch Inkognito-Fenster genannt) und gibt dort den Link ein. Wenn der Beitrag erscheint, dann ist der Fall klar: Man wurde blockiert.
Sollte der Blogpost nur für ein eingeschränktes Publikum veröffentlicht worden sein, dann bittet man einen Freund, nach dem Namen der fraglichen Person zu suchen. Wenn er fündig wird, dann ist die Sache ebenfalls eindeutig: Man wurde blockiert.
Der Trick mit dem Zweit-Konto
Man kann stattdessen auch ein zweites Facebook-Konto einrichten und das für die Suche verwenden. Ich bin diesen Weg gegangen, und er hat Gewissheit gebracht: Angela H.B. hat mich blockiert. Gleichzeitig konnte ich mich davon überzeugen, dass der ursprüngliche Beitrag weiterhin online ist und sich Facebook offensichtlich nicht daran stört, wenn mutmassliche Kriegsverbrechen geleugnet werden.
Interessantes Detail am Rand: Mein Zweit-Facebook-Account, den ich für kleine Überprüfung eingerichtet habe, hat keine halbe Stunde überlebt. Facebook hat ihn nach einigen wenigen Klicks deaktiviert, weil er «gegen die Gemeinschaftsstandards verstossen» habe.
[caption id=“attachment_22510″ align=“aligncenter“ width=“805″] So sei es.[/caption]
Wenn man sich ansieht, was alles nicht gegen die Gemeinschaftsstandards verstösst, dann ist diese Begründung hanebüchen – ich habe nichts getan, ausser ein paar öffentliche Posts anzusehen. Ich gehe davon aus, dass ein Algorithmus geschnallt hat, dass ich versucht habe, die Sperrung zu umgehen. Das dürfte daran liegen, dass ich mit beiden Konten von der gleichen IP-Adresse aus zugegriffen habe.
Warum nicht mal Tacheles reden?
Doch um es klar zu sagen: Die Sperrung meines Zweit-Kontos ist richtig. Es handelt sich um eine Massnahme gegen Stalking, das, wie man weiss, auch mittels sozialer Medien betrieben wird. Aber warum windet sich Facebook auch hier um Klartext herum und schreibt wolkig vom «Verstoss gegen Gemeinschaftsstandards, statt den Vorwurf – «Wir glauben, dass du Angela H.B. stalken möchtest» – klar zu benennen?
Und damit sind wir wieder beim Anfang: Wenn Facebook keinen Eiertanz aufführen würde, wenn jemand einen blockiert, dann wäre diese Stalking-verdächtige Nummer gar nicht nötig gewesen.
Übrigens: Die Experten raten dazu, bei Stalking klare Grenzen zu setzen: «Machen Sie der Stalkerin/dem Stalker einmal und unmissverständlich klar, dass Sie keinen Kontakt (mehr) wünschen; im Idealfall vor Zeugen und/oder schriftlich festgehalten», heisst es bei der Schweizerischen Kriminalprävention.
Auch darum sollte Facebook nicht diese seltsame Ghosting-Methode anwenden, sondern Sperrungen klar als solche benennen. Denn zum anständigen menschlichen Umgang gehört nun einmal, dass auch Beziehungen ordentlich beendet werden: So geht entfreunden. Konfliktscheue bringt nichts. Und man schleicht nicht einfach davon.
Beitragsbild: Wieder einmal ein Daumen nach unten für Mark Zuckerberg (Markus Spiske, Unsplash-Lizenz).
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MSc Assignment 5 - Professional Practise 1 - Machine Learning in Python
I'm doing an apprenticeship MSc in Digital Technology. In the spirit of openness, I'm blogging my research and my assignments.
This is my paper from the PP1 module - where I take some CPD related to my profession. I picked Machine Learning in Python.
I've blogged about the course itself. The middle two parts of this paper are about that - why I chose it and how I put it into practice. The first and fourth parts are, as far as I can tell, unrelated. We have to write about reflection in the workplace. I am not very introspective, and I don't really enjoy it. So it was somewhat tedious to churn out. The final part was about ethics which at least had the advantage of being interesting.
Nevertheless, I was happy with a mark of 76%. (In the English system 50% is a pass, 60% is a commendation, 70% is distinction.)
I used my algorithm to write an assignment to complete this.
A few disclaimers:
- I don't claim it to be brilliant. I am not very good at academic-style writing.
- It is fairly inaccurate. Many of the concepts on reflection were not relevant to my workplace, so there is a lot of fudging.
- This isn't how I'd write a normal document for work - and the facts have not been independently verified.
- This isn't the policy of my employer, nor does it represent their opinions. It has only been assessed from an academic point of view.
- It has not been peer reviewed, nor are the data guaranteed to be an accurate reflection of reality. Cite at your own peril.
- I've quickly converted this from Google Docs + Zotero into MarkDown. Who knows what weird formatting that'll introduce!
- All references are clickable - going straight to the source. Reference list is at the end, most links converted using DOI2HT.ML.
And, once more, this is not official policy. It was not commissioned by anyone. It is an academic exercise. Adjust your expectations accordingly.
Table of Contents
Abstract
In this paper, the author reviews several models of reflection and determines which is most suitable for their current industry and workflow.
The author then describes the selection process of a Continual Professional Development course. This is done by examining their Personal Development Plan, and in conjunction with the needs of their employer.
After taking a short course on statistics and algorithms, the author discusses their application to a specific cybersecurity issue within Government (the specific details are deliberately kept confidential due to national security concerns - as agreed by lecturers). They investigate how this sort of analysis can be integrated into a modern data process. They also discuss other methods of analysing data and how they compare to the recently acquired knowledge. This section concludes with a reflection on the application of this newly acquired knowledge.
Finally, the author looks at how a culture of reflection can develop within their organisation, and how that integrates with the needs and responsibilities of a modern data analytics professional.
1. A critical review of three reflective models
The author has rarely experienced structured reflection in the workplace. Although the UK Civil Service engages in annual appraisals (Fletcher, 2008), they are often performative rather than substantive. Additionally, there is little evidence that reflection makes a difference in a digital organisation (Dors et al., 2020). This lack of evidence makes it challenging to compare the utility of different reflective models.
The author's review of the assigned reading material suggests that the three most common models across a variety of industries are "DIEP" (Rogers, 2001), "What? So what? Now what?" (Driscoll, 2007), and Moon's levels of learning (Moon, 2013). These are evaluated by the author in Table 1.
Table 1 - Evaluation of three reflective models DIEP What? So what? Now what? Moon's levels of learning Strengths Structured model which is well used in industry.Can be used for individuals or teams.
Brief, and easy to completeOption to drill down into each question for further reflection.
Relies on a "common sense" understanding between users.Well understood for reflections on learning.
Weaknesses Model is rigid and may not apply in every situation.Takes up a lot of time.
Primarily designed for the nursing profession.Limited use / acceptance in digital workplaces.
Several steps - so may be burdensome to complete.Overly focused on emotions, to the exclusion of more practical matters.
1.1 Sources
Reflection generally focuses on the writer's "experiences, thoughts, feelings and assumptions" (Bassot, 2016 (p. 16)). The author recognises there is an urgent need for better reflective models which take into account the different ways that individuals relate to reflection (Roberson et al., 2021). Structured reflective practice also needs to take into account that different people may have different learning styles (Pashler et al., 2008).
1.2 Comparison of practices
The author's organisation relies heavily on "Capability Frameworks" in order to judge the competencies of staff (Uk Government, 2020). The Digital, Data and Technology framework provides a model whereby staff can self-assess against a series of skills and behaviours. The ability for staff and their managers to be able to reflect on performance in a structured way is necessary for the continued professionalisation of technologists working in the Civil Service (Thornton, 2018). However, "soft skills" are considered essential to the modern workplace (Lepeley et al., 2021). In the author's opinion, a purely technical approach to reflection will therefore be limited.
Theoretical frameworks have not been well received in the author's organisation. Instead, there is a strong focus on the “technical‐rational approach” (Chivers, 2003). For organisations which are focused on delivering technical outcomes, the author believes that most reflective models are too focused on an individual's feelings. While workplaces have to take pastoral care of their staff, there is a trend in modern workplaces to become "neo-paternalistic" (Leclercq-Vandelannoitte, 2021) and attempt to cater to the development needs of their staff. Given the range of personality types in the typical workspace (Russo & Stol, 2020) it is not practical for an employer to impose a "one size fits all" reflective model for their employees to follow.
1.3 Conclusion
In the author's opinion, DIEP provides a reasonable model for general reflection without an over-reliance on emotional introspection. This is more suitable for people who are neurodiverse and struggle with articulating and assessing their emotions.
2. A discussion of the selection of CPD in relation to the wider technical area
2.1 Description
I chose a course designed to enhance the skills of people with basic data science skills - the full details of which are in Appendix C. It was based on the Python programming language developed by Guido van Rossum (Pajankar, 2022). It covered the basics of Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) (Theodorou et al., 2017) - whereby data are read, corrected, and manipulated. It also taught relevant Machine Learning (ML) packages such as numpy, pandas, MatPlotLib and SciKitLearn. This was particularly important for me because these Python packages are used extensively in the UK Government (GitHub, 2022). Outside of Government, Python is one of the most widely used programming languages for ML (Stancin & Jovic, 2019).
2.2 Relevance
Data science has proved invaluable to the worldwide response to the COVID‑19 pandemic - with Python and open source workflows proving popular (Malarvizhi et al., 2021). While analytics has a long history - especially in Government responses to medical data (Anderson, 2011) - ML is relatively new and has only become practical thanks to the rapid increases in computer processing speeds (Fradkov, 2020).
I consider ML to be a suitable way to harness advances in stochastic models to investigate complex problems, in a manner similar to humans but at greater speed and accuracy.
2.3 Context
ML - and data science in general - is a priority for the current Government (Cummings, 2020). The ability to quickly and accurately model outcomes using data is a key pillar of the UK's National Data Strategy (Dowden, 2020). Departments across the organisation are already publishing guides on the use of ML (DSTL, 2020). As discussed above, ML is used widely outside of Government, and we wish to bring our organisation closer to industry norms.
2.4 Author's Role
My Personal Development Plan (see Appendix B) requires me to look for interesting opportunities. I felt that this CPD would help me expand my repertoire of skills and make me a more attractive candidate for future roles. It would build on my existing skills with the R statistical language and would enhance my ability to communicate effectively using data. I have recently started a new job which has a focus on protecting and maintaining part of the UK's Critical National Infrastructure (Weiss & Biermann, 2021) - specifically, its domain names. I needed a course which would enable me to quickly and comprehensively analyse large quantities of data and to make my analyses open, reproducible, and engaging.
2.5 Possible Alternatives
I also considered whether there were more suitable courses available. One option was a course in Cloud Operations. Governments across the world are investing heavily in moving computing resources to the Cloud (Busch et al., 2014). In collaboration with my manager, we concluded that our Cloud team was already fully resourced, so that course was rejected.
2.6 Evaluation
As my career progresses, I expect to have to engage more with the analysis and presentation of complex data sets. Given the strong emphasis on using ML within the UK Government, and Python's established use in my department, this is a suitable course for me at this stage of my career. I hope that the skills I gain will enable me to publish open source code and enhance the reputation of my department for publishing cutting-edge analytics.
3. An overview of how the CPD has been applied
3.1 An overview of the CPD
The course was based on the Python programming language (see Appendix C). The course taught the basics of both Pandas and Numpy - which are popular packages for visualising and analysing data. It briefly touched on modern ML techniques.
3.2 Identification of specific projects for which this CPD has had an impact.
Since the start of the COVID‑19 Pandemic, statistics and data investigation has become hugely important to the public. The power of predictive data and analytics is now at the forefront of the political agenda, with data being at the heart of the UK National Action Plan for Open Government (CDDO, 2022). It is believed that opening and analysing government data could generate huge public value (Zhang et al., 2015).
The specific project involves the Government's commitment to securing critical national infrastructure. My team has been given responsibility for analysing certain patterns of behaviour. With a large historic dataset, the team was asked to analyse the data to understand what insights could be gained. The aim was to make predictions about current data based on historic data.
A fundamental part of understanding the insights to be gained from ML is the "Cross-industry standard process for data mining" (CRISP-DM) (Chapman et al., 2000). This cyclic method is illustrated in Figure 1 below.
The use of Python's ML packages was essential to analysing and visualising the data. With a large historic corpus of events, I was able to train up an experimental model to look for patterns in the data which could be considered suspicious. By isolating some of the training data and keeping it as a validation set, I was able to test whether the model's accuracy was sufficient to enhance our team's work. The model was then tested on "live" data to see whether it could detect anomalies faster than our existing processes.
3.3 Detailed discussion and evidence of technical knowledge acquired in relation to the targeted apprenticeship standard
Having a large number of measurable parameters results in an unmanageable number of permutations of variables - this is known as the "curse of dimensionality" (Bellman, 1957). This still causes challenges for modern analytics. A key task for analysts is to remove excess information, and to understand which variables produce statistical noise rather than signal. Modern ML algorithms combined with increased computer speeds, makes it easier to investigate multi-dimensional data and rapidly see which dimensions have a statistically significant effect on the end result.
The data set neatly fits into the "4 Vs" model of "Big Data" (Kepner et al., 2014). Given the velocity of new data, volume of total data, the variety of data sources, and veracity of the data, there are challenges around how to analyse and investigate issues in a coherent way. Before attempting to model the data, it might be necessary to use techniques like MapReduce to make the processing and extraction of raw data easier (Dean & Ghemawat, 2008).
It is insufficient to rely on hypothesis testing as the primary method of investigation. Instead the practitioner should engage in Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) (Tukey, 1977). EDA allowed me to investigate what sort of information the data were likely to yield, rather than starting from a position that there was a predetermined hypothesis which could be validated. By engaging in early visualisation, I got an immediate sense of the "shape" of the data. Relying purely on statistical observations is often insufficient for understanding what the data represents, as is demonstrated in Figure 2 below.
Figure 02: The "Datasaurus Dozen". A synthetically generated dataset which all have identical means, Pearson coefficients, and standard deviations - and yet all look radically different (Matejka & Fitzmaurice, 2017).
There is a crisis of reproducibility in science (Baker, 2016). Even mathematically focussed disciplines like economics have foundational papers which are based on flawed Excel spreadsheets (Herndon et al., 2014). One way this can be countered is by the publication of "reproducible builds" - that is, an information governance pipeline which shows all the steps taken to ingest, manipulate, and analyse the data. Jupyter Notebooks have quickly become one of the most popular tools for publishing information transparently (Perkel, 2018). The CPD gave me a thorough grounding in the basics of Jupyter Notebooks, and I have begun to investigate how they can be used with sensitive Government data, in alignment with the FAIR data principles (Wilkinson et al., 2016).
3.4 CPD application effects
The work on Jupyter notebooks has had a profound effect on how I present data and share it with colleagues. By understanding common models and key algorithms, I was able to create an analytical solution to the specific problem my organisation faced. This has reduced the time and effort spent by the organisation when analysing complex security-related data.
3.5 Prior & current practices
Prior practises were generally not based around a real-time "data-pipeline" (Psaltis, 2017). Data were often relegated to CSV and spreadsheets. Data were occasionally stored on cloud service spreadsheets. This made systematic analysis difficult and led to a lack of data consistency. Without a defined data schema, it was not possible to get data from various sources in the same format - this led to several manual processes for ETL. The result was that data analysis was performed sporadically and there was a lack of homogeneity in presentations to senior stakeholders.
3.6 Alternative approaches
An alternative would have been to open the raw data to allow crowd-sourcing of threat intelligence - the so-called "armchair auditor" model (O’Leary, 2015). While it might be possible that casual observers could find threats in the data, and alert us to them, there are several risks. Opening sensitive log data could inadvertently expose vulnerabilities of which we were not aware, and which may be used against us. A middle-ground might be to publish santised historical data in the open and include Jupyter Notebooks with reproducible results. This would allow other researchers to build ML models based on real data.
3.7 Reflection on the application of the CPD
I will reflect on the application of the CPD using the DIEP model (Rogers, 2001) as discussed in §1.3:
Describe
An advanced course in ML with Python. It covered modern tools and generally accepted statistical techniques. I was able to apply some of these techniques to analyse our data.
Interpret
While my background gives me confidence in statistics, and I was reasonably familiar with R, I wished to gain more modern knowledge of how to apply new tools and techniques. Some of these new tools were useful.
Evaluate effectiveness
I found the use of Jupyter Notebooks to demonstrate the application of knowledge to be an excellent tool. I look forward to bringing that paradigm back into the workplace. Through this experience, I learned new techniques and became aware of how to apply my existing knowledge to a new subset of problems.
Plan for the future
I intend to publish more data analysis as reproducible and interactive notebooks. I will encourage my peers to do the same. I will engage further with the analytics profession in my organisation.
4. How a culture of ethics can be developed in the author's organisation
4.1 Development of ethical culture
The Civil Service relies on ethical behaviour from its employees in order to ensure that there is confidence in the way that the state is operated. Additionally, a culture of ethics is a necessary precondition for both social and economic progress (Murtin et al., 2018). In her 2002 Reith Lecture, the legislator Baroness O'Neil remarked that people's inability to investigate sources of information, and the disparate nature of sources, would lead to a fragmentation of trust (O’Neill, 2010).
It is unethical to have laws which are not open to public scrutiny (Kutz, 2008) - therefore the author considers it similarly unethical to base laws and policies on data which are not publicly available. The author concludes that the open publication of data and analysis is key to developing an ethical culture.
4.2 Practical Concerns
How does the Civil Service develop a culture which is ethical? Mandatory training is common in most organisations, although it is sometimes used to shift the liability for infractions from employer to employee (Allay (UK) Ltd v Gehlen, 2021). Training alone isn't enough to improve employee behaviour when it comes to protecting their own health (Martimo et al., 2008), and there's evidence that compliance training on ethical matters makes no difference to employee's behaviour (Dobbin & Kalev, 2018).
Within the author's organisation, there are informal reflective practices like show and tells. There are also formalised processes which form part of the design process. Finally, experiments with data are subject to ethics board approvals. This mixture of personal training and systemic attitudes to ethical issues should culminate in a culture which values and embodies ethical behaviour.
4.3 Role of professional
In the UK, approximately 72% of roles are unregulated (Tamkin et al., 2013). The information technology industry has resisted the application of ethical practices set by regulatory bodies. The medical profession, for example, has a long history of embracing formal standards - such as the Hippocratic Oath (Hulkower, 2016). Other professions, such as Canadian engineers, hold elaborate "Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer" ceremonies to impress upon graduates the necessity for ethical behaviour (Osman, 1984).
In contrast, information technology practitioners have non-mandatory professional bodies, such as the BCS and ACM. Historically, their codes of ethics (see Appendix D) are rarely enforced (Layton, 1986), and modern institutions are also similarly toothless (Sandy, 2005). The author considers this lack of formal and enforceable ethical conduct to be a deficiency when it comes to developing ethical norms.
In recent years, there has been a growth in the popularity of the "Code of Conduct" (CoC). These are documents which set out acceptable standards of behaviour for those participating in events, or as contributors to open source projects. Despite their overwhelming popularity in recent years (Tourani et al., 2017), there has been some resistance and hostility to CoCs. Some people believe their presence stifles free-speech and creativity (Whittington, 2018). The author believes CoCs set clear templates for behaviour, which removes the ambiguity which some people use as cover for their unethical behaviour. The author also considers CoCs to be an excellent way of tracking the changing nature of ethical norms within our communities - which will increase the industry's diversity and inclusivity.
4.4 Other factors
The author considers that the reputational risk of unethical practices should be foremost in the mind of Data Analysts. The tarnished reputations of organisations which engage in unethical methods, like Facebook (Véliz, 2020), should serve as a warning that ethical behaviour is not seen as optional in the public's consciousness. Regular competitive analysis should be performed, with focus on public perception of competitors' ethics. The author feels that this would help their organisation develop better ethical practices.
Regulations like GDPR & the Equality Act provide rules which an ethical professional cannot transgress. But the author does not consider that the law is the only method by which to determine morals, nor that teleological moral theories are sufficient. Instead, professionals need to have a thorough grounding in the kategorischer Imperativ (Kant, 1785). Data Analysts also need to be aware of modern guidelines which can help them develop a culture of ethics. The author recommends that close cooperation with the UK's Centre for Data Ethics should be a prerequisite of anyone working with sensitive data. Finally, the Civil Service Code sets out clear expectations of ethical behaviour for government employees (Fuertes, 2021).
4.5 Conclusion
There is a complex relationship between ethics and the data professional. It is not sufficient for a modern analyst to divorce their analytical process from the actions taken as a result of the analysis.
For example, it would have been unethical for the author to report a suspicious interaction to the security services based on the data analysis without first ensuring the rigour of the data and understanding the biases present in any training set.
As discussed in §3.2, it is not ethical to draw inferences from apparent patterns in the data without a thorough business understanding - i.e. an expert's view of the data.
Similarly, the open and transparent publication of the ML models and algorithms used by Government departments should be seen as an important step to developing ethical behaviour.
On reflection, there needs to be a greater emphasis in the Civil Service not just of the mechanics and application of modern ML techniques - but also on how to conduct such investigations in an ethical manner. Having a mandatory professional body for practitioners with an enforceable set of ethics would improve trust in both the individual Civil Servant and the state.
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Appendices
Appendix A – Apprenticeship Standard Specialist Pathway Skills
[Redacted]
Appendix B - PDP
This personal development plan follows a generally accepted template (Spruce, 2020)
What are yourlong-term goals?
What are your specific career goals? What are the key skills needed for each one of your goals? What skills do youneed to work on?
What actions are you going to take? When are you going to complete your training by? Do interesting things with technology for social good. Complete MSc Academic writing skills.Critical reflection.
Referencing.
Critical reflection. Attend ACE workshops. 8-12 Months Become an expert in DNS infrastructure Understanding of common DNS tools.Knowledge of DNSSEC.
Knowledge of DNSSEC. Take internal training.Read reference books.
Use O'Rielly video library.
6 Months Open source the code which protects critical national infrastructure. Influencing skills.Knowledge of UK Intellectual Property laws, including Crown Copyright.
Influencing skills Work with colleagues to practise my skills. 12-24 MonthsAppendix C - CPD Description
Available at https://www.qa.com/course-catalogue/courses/practical-machine-learning-qadmspml/
Appendix D - BCS Code of Conduct
(Taken from https://www.bcs.org/media/2211/bcs-code-of-conduct.pdf)
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Guerra in Ucraina: le ragioni e le soluzioni secondo Noam Chomsky
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- Perché l’Ucraina?
- Ruolo dell’Europa e della NATO nella guerra in Ucraina
- Putin nella guerra in Ucraina
- Guerra evitabile e soluzioni per la pace
- La politica di Biden con la Cina ed il rischio di un’altra guerra
- L’Europa è decisiva sia con la Russia che con la Cina
Traduzione a cura di Valentina Nicolì e Vincenzo Ostuni. Premessa di Valentina Nicolì.
La guerra in Ucraina sembra essere nata dal nulla, viene raccontata dai media in tempo reale ma non è permesso spiegarne la complessità delle ragioni storiche. Noam Chomsky lo fa egregiamente in questo libro senza cercare giustificazioni o attenuanti per il crimine di guerra che rappresenta l’invasione intrapresa da Putin.
Perché l’Ucraina?
Perché l’Ucraina è un libro straordinario per diverse ragioni. Innanzitutto il libro è la raccolta di sette interviste a Noam Chomsky, quasi tutte realizzate tra il febbraio e la fine di marzo del 2022. Perché l’Ucraina è il punto di vista di un grande pensatore su temi attualissimi, realizzato in tempo reale. Dall’ultima intervista (24 marzo) alla pubblicazione (21 aprile) è passato meno di un mese.
In secondo luogo Noam Chomsky è uno dei massimi esperti sul ruolo dei media in occidente ed uno dei maggiori critici della politica estera statunitense. Il suo è un pensiero lucidissimo, nonostante i suoi 93 anni, ed utilissimo a comprendere il ruolo degli Stati Uniti nella guerra russo-ucraina. Chomsky si definisce anarchico.
Le interviste che vanno a comporre questo libro, uscito in italiano in anteprima mondiale, sono sette. La prima intervista è di Valentina Nicolì realizzata nel dicembre 2018. Le altre sei interviste sono realizzate da C.J. Plychroniou per la rivista indipendente Truthout, dal 4 di febbraio, periodo precedente all’invasione russa, al 24 marzo 2022 e ci portano gradualmente dentro la guerra in Ucraina.
Ruolo dell’Europa e della NATO nella guerra in Ucraina
L’intervista del 2018 di Valentina Nicolì riguarda il ruolo dell’Europa e della Nato. Chomsky ripercorre la storia dell’Europa dal secondo dopoguerra ad oggi passando per De Gaulle, Willy Brandt e Gorbačëv. L’accordo che si raggiunse per l’unificazione della Germania prevedeva che la NATO non si espandesse verso Est. Era l’unica ragione per cui l’Unione Sovietica potesse fare questa concessione alla Germania divisa.
L’allargamento della NATO fino ai confini russi
Gli accordi furono mantenuti fino al 2008 quando Bill Clinton allargò la Nato fino ai confini con la Russia. Con Bush e Obama ci furono anche degli inviti all’Ucraina ad entrare nella NATO. Secondo Chomsky la NATO è consapevole che l’Ucraina non farà mai parte dell’alleanza militare atlantica. Neanche dopo un’eventuale vittoria nella guerra russo-ucraina. La Russia non lo accetterebbe mai.
Il ruolo della Nato
Secondo Chomsky la NATO non avrebbe più senso di esistere, come alleanza militare, dopo la fine dell’Unione Sovietica. Chomsky riporta il pensiero dello storico inglese Richard Sakwa, professore di Politica europea e russa all’Università del Kent, secondo cui la Nato si giustifica col bisogno di gestire le minacce provocate dal suo allargamento.
In questo modo la NATO si è trasformata in un’alleanza che ha lo scopo di controllare le risorse energetiche mondiali ed è funzionale come supporto agli Stati Uniti nelle diverse operazioni speciali e missioni di pace occidentali.
Europa indipendente dalla NATO
Il più grande regalo che Putin ha fatto agli Stati Uniti con la guerra in Ucraina è stato quello di compattare gli stati europei nella NATO e di rafforzare l’egemonia statunitense nell’alleanza atlantica. Un’Europa indipendente dalla Nato, forza terza rispetto agli altri blocchi era il sogno di De Gaulle. Ma anche l’aspirazione di Michail Gorbačëv (Gorbaciov) che immaginava un sistema di sicurezza europeo che comprendesse la Russia.
Gli Stati Uniti hanno sempre osteggiato un’emancipazione europea dall’egemonia americana che spinge l’Europa verso un’economia caratterizzata da un capitalismo estremo. Chomsky ricorda il caso del Cile del 1973 quando gli Stati Uniti insediarono il dittatore Pinochet e uccisero il presidente Allende. Lo scopo, secondo Kissinger, era quello di eliminare quell’esperienza di riforme sociali che poteva diventare un modello per Italia e Spagna.
Eppure un precedente dell’affrancamento potrebbe essere costituito oggi dall’iniziativa diplomatica di alcuni leader europei, Macron in particolare, per la ricerca di una soluzione che getti le basi per la pace tra Ucraina e Russia.
Putin nella guerra in Ucraina
La posizione della Russia è molto chiara. Putin non può accettare che Georgia e Ucraina entrino nella NATO, che ospitino esercitazioni militari NATO e vengano militarizzate dalla NATO. Se succedesse qualcosa del genere in Messico con forze armate russe o cinesi, sarebbe ugualmente inaccettabile per gli Stati Uniti.
Crimini di guerra e nazisti
Chomsky dichiara, senza nessuna ambiguità, che l’invasione russa dell’Ucraina è un crimine di guerra. Come l’invasione statunitense dell’Iraq e come l’invasione tedesca di Hitler della Polonia. Un crimine per il quale i gerarchi nazisti sono stati condannati all’impiccagione al Processo di Norimberga.
Guerra evitabile e soluzioni per la pace
La guerra, secondo Chomsky, era evitabile. Le condizioni che porteranno alla fine della guerra ed alla pace saranno le stesse che se realizzate prima, la guerra avrebbero potuto evitarla. A Putin non ci si deve arrendere e non bisogna concedere tutto. Ma le condizioni che si devono accettare a guerra in corso sono sicuramente peggiori di quelle che potevano cercarsi prima.
Tra le condizioni di pace ci saranno l’attuazione dei protocolli di Minsk che riconoscano una forma di autonomia per le repubbliche del Donbass all’interno di un’organizzazione federalista dell’Ucraina. Sistema federalista simile a quello statunitense. La smilitarizzazione e la neutralità dell’Ucraina sono parte essenziale delle condizioni.
Escalation: la guerra nucleare e la terza guerra mondiale
Non ci si deve arrendere ma bisogna concedere a Putin una via di fuga che gli permetta di uscire dalla guerra non completamente umiliato. La Russia è il paese con il maggior numero di testate nucleari ed una escalation della guerra sarebbe disastrosa e non avrebbe vincitori. Se vogliamo evitare la terza guerra mondiale o una guerra nucleare una soluzione, un compromesso va cercato. E non va cercato molto lontano da quelli che erano gli accordi di Minsk.
La politica di Biden con la Cina ed il rischio di un’altra guerra
Le sanzioni alla Russia hanno l’effetto di avvicinare la Russia alla Cina e di favorire, invece, gli Stati Uniti come fornitore di petrolio per i paesi europei. Nei confronti della Cina, inoltre, Biden sta portando avanti una politica di accerchiamento militare, simile a quello della Nato nei confronti della Russia.
Le ultime leggi di Biden in materia economica (National Defense Authorization Act del 27 dicembre 2021) hanno riservato, infatti, notevoli finanziamenti per l’acquisto di navi ed aerei e per la Pacific Deterrence Initiative per la difesa di Taiwan.
Chomsky ci invita a chiederci come si sentirebbe la Cina nel momento in cui gli Stati uniti raddoppiano la spesa per l’anno 2022 per l’installazione di missili ad alta precisione lungo la prima catene di isole (Giappone, Taiwan e Filippine).
L’Europa è decisiva sia con la Russia che con la Cina
Il ruolo dell’Europa è fondamentale in questo scenario internazionale. Se i paesi europei smettessero di accettare qualsiasi strategia militare e politica statunitense, avrebbero i requisiti per rappresentare una terza forza, di avere una propria politica internazionale e forse di scoraggiare i presidenti statunitensi da giochi pericolosi, sfruttando supremazia militare americana.
Inoltre, un affrancamento dell’Europa dagli Stati Uniti e dalla Nato libererebbe i paesi europei da quella morsa che li costringe a perseguire politiche economiche ispirate ad un estremo capitalismo neoliberista a favore, invece, di una socialdemocrazia con uno stato sociale che garantisca a lavoratori e fasce più deboli diritti essenziali e assistenza.
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Fehlte noch:
Ich bin #neuhier und möchte mich kurz vorstellen.
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#Introduction #neuHier #altHier
Ich bin Aljoscha, Enterprise #SoftwareArchitect, #Java-Dev, etwas #Python, etwas #Rust, bin in cloudbasierten Lösungen unterwegs (#AWS, #Azure), designe #Microservice Landschaften, Data Flow, Data Mesh, #Spring, #Kubernetes usw. usf.
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President Putin explained the timing of his country’s special operation in Ukraine as being partially driven by the pressing nuclear threat that this neighbouring former Soviet Republic posed to Russia. These allegations have been dismissed by the US-led Western Mainstream Media (MSM) throughout the course of their ongoing information warfare campaign against that Eurasian Great Power but deserve some further elaboration since they’re definitely very credible. In fact, they arguably triggered the operation itself since Moscow was compelled to ensure the integrity of its national security red lines following Ukrainian President Zelensky’s innuendo at last month’s Munich Security Conference that his country was seriously contemplating the production of nuclear weapons.
The Russian leader warned on 24 February while announcing the special military operation in Ukraine that “If we look at the sequence of events and the incoming reports, the showdown between Russia and these forces cannot be avoided. It is only a matter of time. They are getting ready and waiting for the right moment. Moreover, they went as far as aspire to acquire nuclear weapons. We will not let this happen.” Foreign Minister Lavrov and other Russian officials like his spokeswoman Maria Zakharova have subsequently reminded the world of the threat that Ukraine’s nuclear intentions posed to their country. President Putin himself even brought the issue up again on Saturday while meeting with female aircrew members of Russian airlines. Here’s what he said:
“Now they are talking about gaining a nuclear status, that is, acquiring nuclear weapons. We cannot ignore such things either, especially because we know how the so-called West acts with regard to Russia. First, Ukraine has had nuclear competencies since the Soviet times. As far as enrichment and nuclear materials are concerned, they are capable of launching such projects. They have missile competencies. Suffice it to mention Yuzhmash – it created intercontinental ballistic missile equipment for the Soviet Union.
They can boost it and do it. And they will also receive help with that from across the ocean. And then they will say that we do not recognise their nuclear status, that they did it themselves, and they will put these systems under control, and from that moment, from that very second, Russia’s future will change dramatically. From then on, our strategic adversaries would not even need to have intercontinental ballistic missiles. They would be able to keep us at the nuclear gunpoint, and that would be it. But how can we let this go unnoticed? These are absolutely real threats, not some far-fetched nonsense.”
As the author explained in his piece about “Why It’s So Important For Russia To Denazify & Demilitarize The ‘Anti-Russia’”, a US-backed fascist Ukraine whose permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies (“deep state”) are influenced by an ideology that literally preaches the need to exterminate their fraternal Russian neighbours would certainly launch a nuclear attack against that Eurasian Great Power upon obtaining such capabilities. An unnamed but presumably very high-profile and credible source that spoke to publicly funded TASS the day after President Putin’s earlier reported meeting revealed that “Ukrainian specialists could have made such a device within several months” and that they “initiated dialogue with foreign companies” to help create uranium enrichment facilities.
Another source contacted publicly funded RIA and informed them of more details about Ukraine’s secret US-backed nuclear weapons plans. According to them, they were experimenting with dirty bombs in Chernobyl, exploiting the preexisting radiation there as cover for their tests. Some also suspect that documents related to this program were previously stored at the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant that Kiev’s fascist-nationalist forces recently tried provoking Russia to fire upon, after which they set part of it ablaze in their retreat, perhaps also to destroy evidence of their country’s illegal plans. More and more, the information that’s increasingly becoming available adds credence to President Putin’s concerns that Ukraine was on the cusp of becoming a US-backed nuclear weapons power.
Had Russia’s special operation not commenced when it did, it’s very possible that Kiev would have further intensified the third round of civil war hostilities in Donbass that it started the week prior and might have used that as the pretext for requesting direct US and NATO assistance, including that which would involve clandestinely protecting its nuclear weapons research facilities. Moscow essentially preempted this plot at the absolute very last minute through its decisive intervention in that neighbouring fascist-hijacked state, thus enabling the Russian Armed Forces (RAF) to destroy the West’s secret military infrastructure there that could have facilitated their landings in Ukraine as well as be put to use to conventionally attack Russia upon the neutralization of its nuclear second-strike capabilities.
President Putin remained tight-lipped about these impending threats to his country’s national security red lines in the two months since he shared his security guarantee proposals with the US and NATO. This veteran statesman knows how international diplomacy works and didn’t want to publicly raise the alarm about this Cuban Missile-like Crisis in the heart of Europe while still sincerely pursuing a peaceful political resolution to it. Openly talking about these very serious threats might have been spun by the MSM as the “unsubstantiated fearmongering of a deranged leader” and consequently torpedoed his high-level diplomacy with the West. Regrettably, his interlocutors didn’t take his warning seriously when he said that Russia would resort to military-technical means to ensure its national security if needed.
That’s why the whole world was shocked when he finally spilled the beans about this crisis on the morning of 24 February while detailing the exact nature of these threats in his address to the Russian people. Folks were shocked since they hadn’t realized just how close the world had come to a third global war that might very well have resulted in the extermination of all humanity. The MSM predictably spun everything exactly like they would have had he earlier revealed such details while the majority of his people rallied behind their patriotic leadership after understanding the existential nature of the threat from US-led NATO in Ukraine. It wasn’t just about neutralizing their country’s nuclear second-strike capabilities nor conventionally attacking it after, but also arming fascist Ukraine with nukes.
There should be no doubt among objective observers that Russia’s special mission in Ukraine is essentially a preemptive one aimed at averting World War III by ensuring that the US’ devious strategic security plans there connected to the three threats listed in the preceding sentence of the prior paragraph will never materialize. Knowing now that all of this was going on behind the scenes in the run-up to President Putin’s fateful 24 February announcement, the public should hopefully have a better idea of how international diplomacy really works. The world isn’t always privy to what’s secretly happening at the highest levels of interstate relations, which is why some developments come off as shocking but make perfect sense in hindsight.
Russia’s special operation in Ukraine is one such example and arguably the most significant one in several generations. Had Moscow not militarily acted in preemptive self-defence when it did, then that country would be likely already be well on the way to being nuclear blackmailed by Kiev and its Western patrons, especially if NATO dispatched forces to protect Ukraine’s secret nuclear weapons facilities under the pretext of “defending” it upon its proxy’s intensification of a third round of civil war hostilities in Donbass like Russian intelligence suspected was about to happen. Everything seems very tense and dangerous right now, but it would have been much worse had the special operation not been commenced. Russia literally just saved the world from an impending nuclear war in the near future.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Voice of East.
7 Courses in 1 – Diploma in Business Management
#EU #Geopolitics #NATO #NuclearWar #Russia #Ukraine #USA #WW3
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2022 (@2022@streetartutopia.com)
TROMBONE PLAYER by Tom Bob in New York, USA
Street Artist Tom Bob TROMBONE PLAYER by Tom Bob at P.S. 020 Anna Silver School in New York, USA. More by Tom Bob: Street Art by creative genius Tom Bob (33 Photos) Video TROMBONE PLAYER by Tom Bob at P.S. 020 Anna Silver School in New York, USA. Photos: https://t.co/pIHznWk5sn pic.twitter.com/y3rK25NbCH— STREET ART UTOPIA: New Street Art and Graffiti (@traintoutopia) March 1, 2022 Comments: pic.twitter.com/VeTtTuRkud— STREET ART UTOPIA 🖼️ (@StreetArtUtopia) March 1, 2022https://streetartutopia.com/2022/03/01/trombone-player-by-tom-bob-in-new-york-usa/
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2022 (@2022@streetartutopia.com)
STOP WAR by Jef in Austin on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Graffiti Artist Sef "STOP WAR" by Sef on the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022. Mural made in Austin, Texas, USA. Comments: https://twitter.com/StreetArtUtopia/status/1497940372730699787https://streetartutopia.com/2022/02/27/stop-war-by-jef-in-austin-on-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/
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2022 (@2022@streetartutopia.com)
STOP WARS by Michael Murphy in in Worcester, Massachusetts
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY4isUkyG04?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&w=640&h=360]Artist Michael Murphy
By Michael Murphy in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
Comments:
STOP WARS by Michael Murphy in in Worcester, Massachusetts 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/5JmmZvUyoR
— STREET ART UTOPIA 🖼️ (@StreetArtUtopia) February 26, 2022
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w (@w@tilvids.com)
CutiePi Review - The Raspberry Pi Powered iPad Mini
https://tilvids.com/w/omajusQXdqpfxMFCtSw2qF
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2022 (@2022@lanzatu.blog)
Manual de WordPress para principiantes (89 vídeos)
Un manual de Wordpress repleto de vídeos (89) de corta duración para que aprendas todas las posibilidades del Administrador de la manera más fácil.https://lanzatu.blog/2022/02/21/manual-de-wordpress/
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block-themes-generate-child-theme-plugin (@block-themes-generate-child-theme-plugin@haurand.com)
Block Themes: Generate Child Theme – ein WordPress-Plugin
Die Erstellung eines Child Themes bei Block Themes oder klassischen Themes ist nicht ganz einfach. Wie man mit dem Plugin Generate Child Theme für WordPress relativ schnell und einfach Child Themes für Block Themes wie z. B. Twenty Twenty-Two erstellen kann, erläutere ich in diesem Beitrag. Lediglich die theme.json muss zusätzlich erstellt bzw. in den Ordner kopiert werden. Aber auch für klassische Themes wie z. B. GeneratePress ist das Plugin eine zeitsparende Lösung.
https://haurand.com/block-themes-generate-child-theme-plugin/
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2022 (@2022@streetartutopia.com)
Emile’s current mood: unflinching anticipation
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C8HJvN0bkY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&w=640&h=360]Chalk Art by David Zinn
By David Zinn in Old West Side Historic District, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Comments:
Cute chalk art by @davidzinn_art pic.twitter.com/nCy6Z4SiW2
— STREET ART UTOPIA 🖼️ (@StreetArtUtopia) February 10, 2022
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2022 (@2022@lanzatu.blog)
Cómo tener una página web en poco tiempo y hecha por ti mism@
Con este curso podrás tener una página web hecha por ti mism@. Crea tú mismo tu web de WordPress, profesional y optimizada es un curso para que tengas un sitio web listo para funcionar.https://lanzatu.blog/2022/01/31/como-tener-una-pagina-web-en-poco-tiempo-y-hecha-por-ti-mismo/
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Blort (@Blort@social.tchncs.de)
If you believe in #privacy and understand the dangers of #Google / #Facebook / #Amazon and #GAFAM #surveillance, then you'll understand the importance of #selfhosting. Currently, #Yunohost is one of - if not THE - best option for new hosters, but they need your help. We all need to help them get easier, faster and even better for everyone. They're doing it with no commercial sponsors, so throw them a sheckle or two if you're able:
https://donate.yunohost.org/
It helps us all.
Please #boost. Thanks.
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2022 (@2022@blog.clickomania.ch)
Wie man die miserable Wordpress-Suche verbessert
WordPress ist nicht nur ein Content Management System, sondern auch ein Tummelplatz für Nerd-mässig veranlagte Spielkinder. Und es ist eine Software, die man auf vielfältige Weise zweckentfremden kann.
Eine solche Zweckentfremdung beschreibe ich im Beitrag Trick 77 für historische Datensammlungen: Es geht darin um mein Projekt, meine seit 1981 in Microsoft Access geführte Artikeldatenbank ins Netz zu verfrachten. Das Resultat der Bemühungen ist unter archiv.matthiasschuessler.ch zu finden.
Diese Lösung erfüllt ihren Zweck gut: Ich kann meinen gesamten Artikelbestand via Browser durchsuchen, und zwar auf unkomplizierte Weise: Ich habe in Firefox ein Schlüsselwort für die Suche eingerichtet. Das lautet a, sodass ich mit a firefox alle meine Artikel finde, die jemals über Firefox geschrieben habe.
Mit Google das Gesamtwerk durchforsten
Um auch meine Blogs und den Nerdfunk miteinzubeziehen, starte ich eine Google-Suche und füge via Phraseexpress den Stehsatz ein, der via Site-Parameter eine Einschränkung auf meine Sites vornimmt. Also zum Beispiel so:
firefox site:clickomania.ch OR site:mrclicko.de OR site:archiv.matthiasschuessler.ch OR site:nerdfunk.ch
Das ist schon sehr schick.
Zurück zu WordPress und der Verwendung des CMS als Nachschlagewerk: Gegenüber einer klassischen Datenbank gibt es natürlich Nachteile. Die grösste ist die Suchfunktion: In einer Datenbank kann man gezielt suchen; die WordPress-Suche ihrerseits ist nicht das Gelbe vom Ei.
Der grösste Nachteil besteht darin, dass man die Suche nicht vernünftig einschränken kann. Ich habe das Medium, in dem ein Artikel erschienen ist, als Kategorie zugewiesen. Da wäre es wünschenswert, wenn ich die Suche nach Kategorie, d.h. nach Medium limitieren könnte. Nett wäre auch eine zeitliche Vorgabe und die Möglichkeit, nur im Titel zu suchen.
Aber WordPress wäre nicht WordPress, wenn sich dieses Problem nicht über ein Plugin beseitigen liesse. Und wie gewohnt, ist das Aufgebot so gross, dass man einige Kandidaten durchprobiert, um denjenigen zu finden, der die Aufgabe am besten erfüllt.
Das Plugin der Stunde heisst Search & Filter
Nach einigem Suchen bin ich bei Search & Filter gelandet: Dieses Plugin erfüllt meinen Hauptzweck. Es schränkt die Resultate nach Kategorie, d.h. nach Medium ein. Als Bonus ist auch eine Filterung nach Datum möglich.
Voilà: Die Artikel zu Firefox, die 2005 bis 2007 im «Tagesanzeiger» erschienen sind.Die Installation ist keine Hexerei: Man installiert das Plugin und aktiviert es, wie man es sich gewohnt ist. Dann begibt man sich im Backend zu Design > Widgets und platziert ein Feld Individuelles HTML an der Stelle, an der man das Suchfeld haben möchte.
In dem Feld trägt man nun einen Code ein, der angibt, mit welchen Eigenschaften das Suchfeld ausgestattet sein soll. Die Dokumentation der Codes findet sich hier.
Suche nach Kategorie und Datum
Die simpelste Variante zeigt ein Suchfeld und eine Auswahlliste für die Kategorie:
[searchandfilter fields="search,category"]
Um auch eine Einschränkung nach Datum vornehmen zu können, verwendet man diesen Code:
[searchandfilter fields="search,category,post_date"]
Nachteil: Es berücksichtigt nur ein exaktes Datum, was für meine Zwecke nichts bringt – denn wenn ich mich noch genau erinnern würde, wann ein Artikel erschienen ist, wüsste ich wohl auch noch, was darin geschrieben steht. Darum möchte ich natürlich einen Datumsbereich angeben können. Aber auch das lässt sich lösen, und zwar mit diesem Code:
[searchandfilter fields="search,category,post_date" types=",,daterange" headings="Suche,Medium,Datum"]
Dieses Beispiel zeigt im Wesentlichen auch, wie die Syntax funktioniert: Über fields gibt man an, welche Felder vorhanden sein müssen. Bei types spezifiziert man die Art des Feldes. Da ich nur beim Datumsfeld definieren muss, dass ein Bereich angezeigt wird, braucht es zwei Kommas vor dem Parameter daterange, damit der sich auf das dritte Feld bezieht. Mit headings definiere ich die Beschriftungen der drei Felder.
Das wars – für meine Zwecke. Mit diesen Feldern komme ich fürs Erste gut über die Runden.
Auch individuelle Datenbankfelder sind erschliessbar
Trotzdem der Hinweis, dass das Plugin noch viel mehr Möglichkeiten bereithält: Man kann auch die Tags miteinbeziehen, wobei man eine Vorgabe machen kann, welche Tags in der Suche zur Verfügung stehen.
Es gibt auch eine Pro-Variante – und die erlaubt es, auch die Custom Fields für die Suche zu verwenden. WordPress ermöglicht es, eigene Datenfelder anzulegen, in denen man zusätzliche Informationen ablegt. Wenn man beispielsweise eine Website mit Filmkritiken führt, dann wäre ein individuelles Datenbankfeld für die Bewertung sinnvoll.
Dieses Bewertungsfeld müsste natürlich unbedingt auch in der Suchfunktion zur Verfügung stehen. Das ist mit dieser Pro-Variante möglich. Sie kostet zwanzig US-Dollar für eine Site; die Developer-Variante schlägt mit 75 US-Dollar zu Buch.
Wie im Eingangs-Beitrag erwähnt, habe ich einige Felder aus der Access-Datenbank als custom fields importiert. Mit Search & Filter wäre es möglich, diese in der Suche zu berücksichtigen. Falls sich abzeichnet, dass das für mich sinnvoll sein könnte, werde ich mir gern die Pro-Variante leisten.
Beitragsbild: Wenn schon suchen, dann am richtigen Ort (Evgeni Tcherkasski, Unsplash-Lizenz).
#Projekt2020 #Wordpress
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2022 (@2022@streetartutopia.com)
10 photos: “The Majestic” mural by Yanoe and Zoueh in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Street Artists Yanoe and Zoueh “The Majestic” mural by Yanoe and Zoueh in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Photos by Chop ‘em Down Films. Comments: (1/2) 10 photos: https://t.co/hEsgpeXcWI “The Majestic” mural by Yanoe and Zoueh in Tulsa, Oklahoma pic.twitter.com/LKvVqObYGn— STREET ART UTOPIA: New Street Art and Graffiti (@traintoutopia) January 19, 2022https://streetartutopia.com/2022/01/19/the-majestic-mural-by-yanoe-and-zoueh-in-tulsa-oklahoma/
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2022 (@2022@www.kernel-error.de)
Kodi auf dem Raspberry Pi 4: Ruckelfreie Wiedergabe einrichten
Kodi auf dem Raspberry Pi 4: Cache-Tuning fuer ruckelfreie Wiedergabe von NFS-Streams. Update fuer Kodi 21 (Omega) und LibreELEC 12: advancedsettings.xml wird ignoriert, Cache-Werte muessen jetzt in guisettings.xml gesetzt werden.https://www.kernel-error.de/2022/01/18/kodi-auf-dem-raspberry-pi-4-wiedergabe-stockt/
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senfcall (@senfcall@chaos.social)
Ab sofort können gemeinnützige Organisationen bei Senfcall API-Zugänge für #BigBlueButton bekommen. Wenn ihr ein eigenes #BBB Frontend betreibt, könnt ihr über das #AVV Portal einen #Auftragsdatenverarbeitungsvertrag beantragen und bekommt nach Genehmigung einen Zugang, mit dem ihr eure #Videokonferenzen direkt aus eurem internen @nextcloud, #Wordpress oder #Greenlight starten könnt.
Mehr lest ihr auf unserer Website: https://www.senfcall.de/help#senfcall-for-organisations
#DSGVO #Datenschutz #Verein #Videokonferenz
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2022 (@2022@streetartutopia.com)
Happy Birthday to David Bowie
Street Artist Eduardo Kobra By Eduardo Kobra in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Comments: ★ Happy Birthday to David Bowie.★ pic.twitter.com/4rgSKjN4pj— STREET ART UTOPIA 🖼️ (@StreetArtUtopia) January 8, 2022https://streetartutopia.com/2022/01/09/happy-birthday-to-david-bowie/
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w (@w@peertube.uno)
HACKLOG 2x21 - Attacchi Blind SQL Injection & SQLmap
https://peertube.uno/w/wZMe6PrruQ5g6516PLAXQ3
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blog (@blog@interlan.ec)
El articulo a continuación es una bitácora del desarrollo de un bot o plataforma de bots que actualmente tengo funcionando. Para poder acceder a el se puede usar la siguiente URL: Descargar_Musica
Hay avances sobre este tema, por ejemplo esta bitacora
He comenzado esta especie de portafolio con un pequeño bot de Telegram para descargar música desde YouTube. Para esto, he recurrido a las siguientes tecnologías:
Los cambios que he realizado recientemente son muy escasos. Mi conocimiento sobre javascript es relativamente superficial, por lo que he decidido aprender clases, módulos y librerías en javascript. Debido a esto, ahora se han realizado los siguientes cambios:
Creación del directorio data/descargar_musica/descargas
Con el fin de crear un sistema de control para bots unificado, he creado este directorio para que en el futuro, pueda agregar mas directorios de datos para cada bot. En esta situación en especifico, este cambio se hace por la necesidad de asegurar que si hay datos corruptos o incompletos, o un sistema de borrado deficiente, al modificar o borrar los archivos, esto no afecte a otros bots o al propio código fuente.
Creación de las librerias db_logging_system y telegram_logging_system
Con el fin de crear un código mas simple y fácil de mantener, he creado estas librerías universales, que permiten registrar a los nuevos usuarios que utilicen el bot y otra que registre los eventos en un canal distinto.
PD: Sigo sin entender mucho esto, pero ahi logre hacerlo funcionar.
Creación de un vídeo tutorial
Este bot no tiene mayor complicación. Lo único que requiere es que envíen un enlace y comienza a trabajar, sin embargo, siguen mandandole enlaces de spotify e incluso itunes. Si bajar música de estas plataformas fuera legal (y hubiese alguna ganancia aparte de practicar programación) seguro que implementaría una función adecuada, pero por el momento, esto no es asi.
Telegram tiene muchas funciones interesantes y una de mis preferidas son los bots inline. Es posible conseguir la url de un vídeo de youtube, usando el bot @vid y una vez seleccionado el vídeo, mi bot comenzará a trabajar.
Uso de los directorios data/descargar_musica/descargas y data/descargar_musica/info
En la revisión anterior, los vídeos se descargaban en el mismo directorio de ejecución. Sean estos archivos temporales o archivos completos, todos se guardaban sin reparo allí, por lo que si ocurría un error o el sistema caía abruptamente, este directorio que contiene los ejecutables, se llenaba de basura que era difícil de limpiar. Para esto, se ha creado el directorio descargas, dentro de uno asignado al bot en cuestión, donde irán todas las descargas realizadas y las que hayan fallado también.
el directorio info, existe en cambio para guardar datos permanentes que no son parte del código, como el vídeo instructivo mencionado previamente
Otros cambios
- Se agregaron mas registros para mas eventos (errores, eventos, arranque y comandos)
- Se limpió el código aplicando las nuevas librerías creadas
- Se optimizo el tiempo de respuesta del bot
- Se agregaron nuevos mensajes de respuesta
- Se agregaron nuevas instrucciones para situaciones no controladas
- En caso de introducir un enlace no reconocido, se agregó la misma instrucción del comando sobre_mi.
- En caso de haber un error al descargar, se agregó un mensaje de notificación.
- En caso de haber un error al convertir el archivo.
- En caso de haber un error al eliminar los archivos temporales.
Próximos cambios
El bot ya se encuentra en un estado bastante aceptable para lo que queria aprender, pero deseo aprender mas cosas, por lo que espero poder agregar lo siguiente:
- Registro particular para cada bot (sistema “Panoptic”)
- Control de depuración por comandos para el bot
- Control web para el bot
- Control general para todos los bots en el sistema
- Mejor registro de información común
- Mejor registro de información especifica
- Control personalizado de acuerdo al usuario
- Integración con otras plataformas de bot (discord, twitch, etc)
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w (@w@peertube.uno)
HACKLOG 2x20 - Attacchi SQL Injection
https://peertube.uno/w/76Zd1asV3NoxXeSAEVGvFU
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Cómo configurar Site Kit by Google para añadir un sitio web a Analytics y Search Console automáticamente
Cómo configurar Site Kit by Google para añadir un sitio web a Analytics y Search Console automática y fácilmente.https://lanzatu.blog/2021/12/14/site-kit-by-google/
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w (@w@peertube.uno)
HACKLOG 2x19 - Attacchi Command Execution (PHP)
https://peertube.uno/w/a6o2zC3L8rsi55hBDxz4fj
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2021 (@2021@streetartutopia.com)
This welcoming sculpture at a truck stop tire store in CO
Comments: This welcoming sculpture at a truck stop tire store in CO pic.twitter.com/IMKsNvKLfg— STREET ART UTOPIA 🖼️ (@StreetArtUtopia) December 7, 2021https://streetartutopia.com/2021/12/09/this-welcoming-sculpture-at-a-truck-stop-tire-store-in-co/
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Guía práctica RGPD en WordPress: adaptación legal de un sitio web
Guía práctica RGPD en WordPress para adaptar legalmente tu sitio web legalmente. Recursos y herramientas para hacerlo tú mism@ en tu web.https://lanzatu.blog/2021/12/08/rgpd-wordpress/
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Seguridad en WordPress: cómo proteger tu sitio web de los piratas informáticos
Seguridad en WordPress: Aprende a proteger bien un sitio web de WordPress con el método propuesto en esta guía.https://lanzatu.blog/2021/12/06/seguridad-wordpress/
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evawolfangel (@evawolfangel@chaos.social)
Und nun meine #Vorstellung auch auf deutsch: Ich bin #neuhier (und spät zur Party, ich weiß). Ich bin Reportage- und Tech-Journalistin, vergrabe mich gerade in allerlei Geschichten rund um #ITsicherheit #itsec, weil die erstens spannend sind und ich zweitens ein Buch darüber schreibe. Ansonsten schreibe ich viel über #KI, VR, Datenschutz etc für viele der großen deutschen Medien. Außerdem bin ich Speakerin und Moderatorin, und manchmal mache ich auch Radio.
Freue mich immer über Themenideen!
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w (@w@peertube.opencloud.lu)
Expediting the Brazilian Portuguese Documentation Process - LibreOffice Conference 2021
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
WPO en un hosting de élite: cómo optimizar un sitio web de WordPress
Cómo crear un sitio web inicial de WordPress y aplicar WPO para lograr un 100% de optimización del rendimiento en un hosting de élite como puede ser SiteGround o GreenGeeks.https://lanzatu.blog/2021/11/17/wpo-hosting-de-elite/
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Mi lista de plugins
Este post es una lista de los plugins más importantes que empleamos en los proyectos web de WordPress en Blogpocket.https://lanzatu.blog/2021/11/10/lista-de-plugins/
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2021 (@2021@voiceofeast.net)
From “Absolutely Not” To Absolutely Not Sure?
From “Absolutely Not” To Absolutely Not Sure? And FATF’s Games
Experts Ahmed Quraishi, Hassan Aslam Shad and Shahid Raza analyse PM Imran Khan’s “Absolutely Not” comment on the use of Pakistan’s airspace for US’ operations in Afghanistan. Has there been such an agreement with the US govt? Watch this program to find out. FATF’s grey listing of Pakistan was also discussed in detail. Syeda Qudsiya Mashhadi moderated the session.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_UZAzy8ZRI?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-gb&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&w=700&h=394]Business Management – Beginner to Advanced
#Afghanistan #FATF #Geopolitics #ImranKhan #Pakistan #USA #video
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Curso de MailChimp: funcionamiento básico (lección 1)
Esta es la primera lección de este curso de MailChimp (MailChimp básico) en el que aprenderás de manera práctica todo lo necesario para crear una lista de correo y enviar campañas.https://lanzatu.blog/2021/10/26/curso-mailchimp-funcionamiento-basico/
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Introducción al Método Blogpocket para crear, de manera eficiente y sin código, una web de WordPress optimizada (MAPA MENTAL)
Este artículo es una introducción (mapa mental incluido) al Método Blogpocket para crear, de manera eficiente y sin código, una web de WordPress optimizada.https://lanzatu.blog/2021/10/11/metodo-blogpocket-introduccion-mapa-mental/
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2021 (@2021@streetartutopia.com)
The U.S.A Freedom box
Street Artist Plastic Jesus By Plastic Jesus in Los Angeles (USA) near the Hollywood and Highland center escalators. More by Plastic Jesus on Street Art Utopia. Comments: By Plastic Jesus in Los Angeles near the Hollywood and Highland center escalators. More by him: https://t.co/xOhlRJbDT5 pic.twitter.com/geIzh79wpY— STREET ART UTOPIA 🖼️ (@StreetArtUtopia) October 10, 2021https://streetartutopia.com/2021/10/10/the-u-s-a-freedom-box/
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2021 (@2021@streetartutopia.com)
STAY SAFE (by Rasmus Balstrøm in Los Angeles)
Street Artist Rasmus Balstrøm By Rasmus Balstrøm with the help of Atlasgraffiti and @nikoteee in Los Angeles, California, USA. Part of BIO on Rasmus Balstrøm: “The political awareness has stayed with Balstrøm in his present artwork. He is known for his bold and straightforward way of using visual art to address current political issues, yet always keeping it humorous. This is seen in a variety of his pieces, notably his Danish piece “Spyttemanden og Ingerpigen”, a comment on […]https://streetartutopia.com/2021/10/07/stay-safe-by-rasmus-balstrom-in-los-angeles/
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How to Update WordPress Using SSH Terminal
The post provides step-by-step instructions for upgrading a WordPress website via SSH terminal console. It highlights the methods for backing up database and content, removing old directories, downloading the latest WordPress files, and copying these files into the root directory. Instructions also include the initiation of the upgrade process and ensuring updated changes post-process completion.https://geekrewind.com/how-to-upgrade-wordpress-from-command-terminal/
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Qué es y cómo crear una web de WordPress sin código, antes de la edición del sitio completo (FSE, por sus siglas en inglés)
En este post se explica qué es y cómo crear una web de WordPress sin código, antes de que se pueda realizar la edición del sitio completo (FSE, por sus siglas en inglés).https://lanzatu.blog/2021/09/28/crear-web-wordpress-sin-codigo/
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5 Ways Underpin Helps You Build Better WordPress Plugins
WordPress is not a framework, it's a management system. When building WordPress plugins, there's a few rough rules on how to use WordPress, but otherwise you're pretty much on your own to build your plugin's architecture. I use Underpin to help me create structure in my plugin. This post talks about 5 of the biggest reasons why I use Underpin, and how it can help you build better WordPress plugins It Logs Everything It Does Underpin comes with a robust event logger. This logger allows you […]
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Revolucionar tu web de WordPress con el Método Blogpocket y 5 herramientas que te ayudarán a construir sitios web más rápido
Queremos revolucionar tu web de WordPress y que aprendas a crear una Web Premium, un sitio web profesional listo para recibir tráfico y generar clientes potenciales.https://lanzatu.blog/2021/09/22/revolucionar-tu-web-de-wordpress/
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2021 (@2021@streetartutopia.com)
12 photos: Two children working to build the world of tomorrow (New York)
Land Artist Saype World in progress II, 11.000m2, biodegradable paint on grass by Saype in New York (USA) at UN headquarters. This stunning, ecofriendly land art showing two children working to build the world of tomorrow has been painted on the lawn of UN Headquarters, gifted to the UN by Saype and Switzerland. The artwork is a beautiful reminder of the need to work together for a better future. Photos by Valentin Flauraud. More by Saype on Street Art Utopia: World in progress […]https://streetartutopia.com/2021/09/21/world-in-progress-ii/
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HeyLiberty (@HeyLiberty@freeatlantis.com)
Then, dream for the America that can be and climb to her highest peak. Look out and imagine BIGLY for her, for her children. We can take pieces of what we remember her to be and include those in the new America God willing, together, and for LIBERTY!
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#Unity #Transparency #truth #peace #vigilance #loveyourneighbor #virtues #liberty #MAGA
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Volviendo al «WordPress simple» y un curso de WordPress para impacientes (7 vídeos de corta duración + bonus vídeochecklist)
Curso de WordPress para impacientes con el Método Blogpocket y Gutenberg (7 vídeos de corta duración y una vídeo checklist)https://lanzatu.blog/2021/09/14/curso-de-wordpress-para-impacientes/
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Cómo crear un sitio web de WordPress orientado a bloques de Gutenberg (a vista de pájaro)
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2021 (@2021@blog.clickomania.ch)
Die Untergangsspirale brechen
Während die Pandemie fortschreitet, ist das Verweilen in den sozialen Medien nicht angenehmer geworden. Der Umgangston hat sich verschärft, die Wogen gehen ständig hoch und man wird den Eindruck nicht los, dass manche Leute das Mass völlig verloren haben.
Ich teile die Ansicht von Reda el Arbi im Blogpost Dieser «Spaltung der Gesellschaft»-Bullshit, dass es eine Minderheit ist, die die Diskussion bestimmt, weil sie sich pausenlos und immer extremer äussert.
Allerdings sehe ich auch Leute, die sich geistig in gefährliche Kaninchenbauten verkrochen haben. Das hier ist ein solches Beispiel:
Klare Worte. Geht das schon unter #Gefährder? @fedpolCH #Covidioten pic.twitter.com/rR8WxSUsyA
— Covidioten (@CovidiotenCH) September 9, 2021
Hier eine interessante Einschätzung vom bekannten forensischen Psychiater Frank Urbaniok dazu. Daraus zwei Zitate:
Das Statement enthält eher «passive Drohungen» (würde sich freuen, wenn andere … würde (erst) selbst reagieren, wenn seine Kinder angegriffen würden) – ist aber nur ein Element einer Analyse. 5. Es ist schlecht, wenn solche Leute durch Agitatoren weiter aufgehetzt werden.
Und:
Es schadet der Demokratie und ist gefährlich, wenn Politiker und andere öffentliche Person in den sozialen Medien hemmungslos diffamiert, beschimpft, bedroht und damit zur Zielscheibe gemacht werden.
Gedankenlose, fahrlässige und ignorante Postings
Das bringt das Problem auf den Punkt. Die sozialen Medien drehen ständig an der Spirale. Das Resultat ist sichtbar: Und auch wenn es, wie oben erwähnt, nur eine Minderheit ist, so ist es trotzdem erschreckend, dass es in manchen Kreisen anscheinend völlig salonfähig geworden ist, Politiker als «Problem» darzustellen, das notfalls mit Gewalt beseitigt werden darf und muss.
[caption id=“attachment_18139″ align=“alignright“ width=“176″] Wie die vielen ablehnenden Kommentare zeigen, kommen solche Nazivergleiche auch von Leuten, die längst nicht in eine Schwurbler-Bubble abgedriftet sind.[/caption]
An dieser Eskalation beteiligen sich auch Leute, die es besser wissen müssten – mit Posts, die der Sache in keinster Weise dienlich sind. Da postet einer auf Facebook die Abbildung eines Gesundheitspasses aus dem dritten Reich und schreibt dazu «Nur so zur Erinnerung. (Ich ziehe hiermit keinen direkten Vergleich!)»
Es tut mir leid, aber genau das tut er natürlich. Er fügt der Reihe der unsinnigen Nazivergleiche (siehe hier und hier) einen weiteren hinzu und stellt die Massnahmen gegen die Pandemie, die keinerlei Zwang beinhalten, auf die gleiche Stufe mit der Medizin im dritten Reich, die insbesondere Zwangssterilisationen legitimiert hat.
Wie man so etwas tun kann, wenn man – wie der Autor schreibt – Eltern hat, die unter Mussolini aufgewachsen sind, entzieht sich meinem Verständnis.
Dieser Vergleich lässt sich auch mit dem häufig bemühten Wort, man müsse den Anfängen wehren, nicht legitimieren. Er macht nämlich das Gegenteil von dem, was er vorgibt: Er reisst die Naziverbrechen aus dem Zusammenhang und entwertet die Erinnerung daran. Und genau das erhöht die Gefahr, dass sie sich wiederholen.
Wenn Amateure an rhetorischen Kniffen scheitern
Polemik, Provokation und Übertreibung sind schöne rhetorische Mittel, die man effektiv einsetzen kann. Aber es braucht Verantwortungsbewusstsein und auch ein Können, diese Mittel richtig einzusetzen.
Was wir derzeit erleben, ist eine Überbeanspruchung dieser Methoden durch Brandstifter und Amateure, die meines Erachtens auch meistens überhaupt nicht in der Lage sind, zwischen einer faktischen Aussage und einem rhetorischen Mittel zu unterscheiden. Wenn Nationalrätin Magdalena Martullo-Blocher in der NZZ todernst verkündet, der Bund habe eine Diktatur eingeführt und ihr das hinterher tausendfach nachgebetet wird, dann ist das eben keine Rhetorik mehr, sondern eine Beschädigung der Demokratie.
Ich habe früher gern auch mit völlig überzogenen Vergleichen operiert – einfach, weil es Spass macht und oft auch erhellend ist. Dieses Stilmittel werde ich mir wohl ans Bein streichen müssen.
Es gehört zu den Opfern der Pandemie, genauso, wie der einstmals positiv besetzte Begriff des Querdenkers. Wenn wir eine Chance haben wollen, die sozialen Medien wieder zu de-eskalieren und die Sachlichkeit zurückzubringen, dann müssen wir vorexerzieren, dass Dinge genauso gemeint sind, wie wir sie schreiben oder sagen – und ein Covid-Zertifikat eben nicht 𝔊𝔢𝔰𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔱𝔰𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔰 nennen, nur weil damit unser Unwohlsein mit diesem Instrument so schön zur Geltung kommt.
Die Schwurbler freundlich auf ihre Medien-Inkompetenz hinweisen
Ich denke, wir müssen noch ein paar Dinge mehr tun. Meine Erfahrung aus vielen sozialmedialen Diskussionen mit Skeptikern, Corona-Leugnern, Impfgegnern und Schwurblern hat mir gezeigt, dass es bei manchen mit der Medienkompetenz nicht weit her ist. Diese Trugschlüsse sind mir am häufigsten begegnet:
- Korrelation wird mit Kausalität verwechselt.
- Leute verbeissen sich sosehr in einzelne Unstimmigkeiten, dass sie nicht mehr in der Lage sind, das grosse Ganze wahrzunehmen.
- Zahlen und vor allem Wahrscheinlichkeiten sind für manche Leute nicht einzuordnen.
- Die eigene Betroffenheit – man könnte es härter auch den eigenen Egoismus oder die Wohlstandsverwahrlosung nennen – wird nicht hinterfragt, sondern verabsolutiert.
Diese Punkte lassen sich in der Diskussion ansprechen. Und ja, manchmal wirkt man oberlehrerhaft dabei, und man fühlt sich höchst unwohl in dieser Rolle. Aber es ist sinnvoll, die Diskussion weg von den vermeintlichen Fakten auf diese Meta-Ebene zu lenken und den Leuten ihre Methode zu reflektieren. Bei manchen habe ich auch schon die Vermutung in den Raum gestellt, dass sie ein Doomscrolling-Opfer sind – so nennt man Phänomen, wenn Leute von schlechten Nachrichten gar nicht mehr genug bekommen können. Ob es hilft? Ich weiss es nicht. Aber es scheint mir einen Versuch wert.
Beitragsbild: Sie scheint eine Massnahmenkritikerin und Impfgegnerin zu sein (Noelle Rebekah, Unsplash-Lizenz).
#Corona #Evergreen #Facebook #SozialeMedien
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How to Install Drupal with OpenLiteSpeed on Ubuntu Linux
The post presents a detailed guide on how to install Drupal CMS on Ubuntu Linux with OpenLiteSpeed web server. OpenLiteSpeed, an open-source, lightweight web server, augments ease of CMS management through its admin panel. The guide covers steps from Drupal installation and setup to its deployment on OpenLiteSpeed, including detailed instructions on database and permission configurations.https://geekrewind.com/how-to-install-drupal-on-ubuntu-linux-with-openlitespeed/
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4 Ways To Generate Test Data in WordPress
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Cómo hacer con Gutenberg un sitio web en forma de agregador de feeds
En este artículo te enseñaremos cómo hacer con Gutenberg un sitio web de WordPress, en forma de agregador de feeds y usando Full Site Editing.
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Nuudel - datenschutztechnisch sichere Umfragen
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PeerTube, une application web de vidéo fédérée utilisant le P2P / présentation par Chocobozzz (JDLL 2018)
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Blogpocket Twenty: cómo probar la Edición Completa del Sitio (FSE, por sus siglas en inglés)
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How to Install Drupal with WSL on Windows 11
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Cómo crear una membresía gratuita con MemberPress
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erste-beitrag (@erste-beitrag@www.meskasblog.de)
Vergangenes Jahr schrieb ich meinen vorerst letzten Beitrag hier auf dem Blog. Ich hatte fast schon vergessen, was zu diesem Blog geführt hat. Doch nachdem ich mir den ersten Beitrag vom 23. Mai 2013 wieder ins Gedächtnis rief, wurde mir einiges klar.
Tatsächlich bin ich mir gar nicht sicher, ob das wirklich der erste Beitrag war. Wenn ich mich recht entsinne, entstand diese Seite hier […]
https://www.meskasblog.de/?p=10538
#facebook #instagram #persoenlicheEntwicklung #sozialeMedien
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Anmeldung bei einer WordPress-Seite nicht möglich: Anmeldedaten vergessen oder verloren
Ein Anwender hat im deutschen WordPress-Forum ein Problem geschildert, weil die Anmeldedaten (also Passwort und E-Mail) nicht mehr bekannt waren. Solche Probleme tauchen hier und da schon mal auf, weil z. B. die Webseite (das war hier der Fall) lange Zeit nicht mehr gepflegt worden ist. Wir hatten aber im Forum auch Fälle, wo sich der Eigentümer mit dem Webseitenersteller (z. B. einer Agentur) überworfen hat oder ein Angestellter, der die Webseite gepflegt hat, nicht mehr greifbar war.
https://haurand.com/anmeldung-wordpress-nicht-moeglich/
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How to Install WordPress on Windows WSL
The tutorial demonstrates how to install WordPress on Windows 10 using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2 with an Nginx HTTP server on Ubuntu 20.04 or 18.04. It includes steps for enabling WSL in Windows, installing Ubuntu on Windows 10, and setting up a Linux environment within Windows. The process also involves installing Nginx HTTP server, MariaDB server, and PHP for WordPress to function. After setting up these servers and creating a WordPress database, WordPress can be downloaded, installed and started through the server's IP or hostname.https://geekrewind.com/how-to-install-wordpress-on-windows-wsl/
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chats-und-communitys (@chats-und-communitys@dialogstadt.de)
Chats und Communitys
Chaträume für ehemalige Userinnen und User findet ihr hier:
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#Dialogstadt #Facebook #Telegram
Link: https://dialogstadt.de/zvsa · Homepage: dialogstadt.de
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Virgin "Open Source" vs. Chad Free Software
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2021 (@2021@edafe.de)
#allesdichtmachen: Gelaber statt Debatte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ-8Uf6jKwU&showinfo=0
“Ich schlage vor, lasst uns einfach Mal tauschen: Jan-Josef Liefers wird Corona-Spezialist und Christian Drosten und Melanie Brinkmann bilden das neue Ermittler-Duo im Tatort. Ich kann mir gut vorstellen, was dann passiert: die Infektionszahlen explodieren und der Tatot wird besser.”
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Cómo crear un sitio web de WordPress en GreenGeeks
En este post se revisa cómo crear un sitio web de WordPress en GreenGeeks, migrándolo desde una instalación en SiteGround.https://lanzatu.blog/2021/04/24/como-crear-un-sitio-web-de-wordpress-en-greengeeks/
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Como usar el Chat en Fediverse TV
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The Bridge - Sean Tilley
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arek (@arek@baal.ar76.eu)
Czym naprawdę są kontenery
Prawdopodobnie każdy zainteresowany jakkolwiek tematami IT słyszał już o czymś takim jak kontenery i od razu wie, że chodzi o takie rzeczy jak docker albo kubernetes. Wiadomo, że są obrazy w repozytoriach i można je łatwo pobierać i instalować.
Kontenery przedstawiane są jako lekkie maszyny wirtualne. Taka wirtualka, która nie marnuje RAM-u na utrzymywanie całego systemu operacyjnego gościa – kilka takich “wirtualek” (kontenerów) współdzieli system operacyjny, ale zapewnia separację dla uruchamianych wewnątrz procesów.
Oprogramowanie takie jak docker (zwłaszcza z jego modułem swarm) oraz kubernetes, to całkiem spore kombajny robiące mnóstwo rzeczy, których zakres funkcjonalności przekracza znacznie sam temat uruchamiania kontenera. Do tego obrosły jeszcze w cała gamę narzędzi, które wspierają administratora (lub developera) w procesach wdrażania, monitorowania i zarządzania usługami. Powstały również rozwiązania dla systemów innych niż Linux, np. Docker Desktop dla Windows, czy też jego odpowiednik dla urządzeń Apple'a.
Internet pełen jest artykułów, poradników, prezentacji etc. opisujących zalety konteneryzacji i ogólnie są to bardzo przydatne materiały, ale przy okazji każdej technologii dobrze jest (czasem) wiedzieć czym ona naprawdę jest i jak działa. Taka wiedza przydaje się zwłaszcza, gdy coś przestanie działać i żaden “wizard” i “kreator” nie wiedzieć czemu akurat nie potrafi pomóc.
Czym zatem jest naprawdę kontener i co dzieje się pod tymi wszystkimi warstwami skądinąd bardzo przydatnych narzędzi? [...]
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2021 (@2021@www.lealternative.net)
Alternative a Discord
Quali alternative a Discordo esistono? Abbiamo provato a riassumere alcune alternative possibile in questo articolo!
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BigBrotherAwards 2011: Facebook Laudatio (Teil 1 von 2)
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Full Ethical Hacking Course - Network Penetration Testing for Beginners (2019)
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Learn Python - Full Course for Beginners [Tutorial]
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2021 (@2021@lanzatu.blog)
Cómo pasar un WordPress desde Local a tu hosting
Aprende a pasar un WordPress de Local a tu hosting. Aquí vemos un ejemplo de SiteGround como destino.https://lanzatu.blog/2021/03/06/pasar-wordpress-de-local-a-hosting/
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2021 (@2021@www.chefblogger.me)
Corona Impfzentrum – Online Terminvereinbarungs / Buchungstool Webseite mit WordPress erstellen #WordPress #WordPressPlugin
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Como criar lives no Peertube
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2021 (@2021@streetartutopia.com)
Street Art by SHOK-1 (3 photos)
Airhead – London, UK By SHOK-1: www.shok1.com // Instagram // Facebook Dangerous Visions – St Petersburg Florida, USA Shaka – In Honolulu, Hawaiihttps://streetartutopia.com/2021/03/02/street-art-by-shok-1-3-photos/
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06. Trade-Free means you are free
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Howto: Open Your Pinetab Linux Tablet (Safely)
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SSL Root Certificates: Be Careful! How They Exploit You & Latest
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Raspberry Pi Headless Setup (In 7min) Step By Step
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2021 (@2021@palmoildetectives.com)
Pygmy Hippopotamus Choeropsis liberiensis
Pygmy Hippopotamus Choeropsis liberiensis
IUCN Status: Endangered
Location: The Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) is found in the dense forests, swamps, and riverbanks of West Africa, primarily in Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. They rely on the remaining fragments of lowland rainforest, particularly near freshwater sources, where they navigate through dense undergrowth using well-worn trails.
In the dwindling rainforests of West Africa, a rare and secretive #hippo clings to survival. The Pygmy #Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) is a shy, nocturnal #mammal dwelling in rivers, distinct from its larger, more familiar relative, the Common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius). Long before chubby #MooDeng 🦛💔 the baby pygmy hippo chonk became a social media sensation, the forest habitat of the beautiful pygmy #Hippo 🦛of #Guinea #Liberia 🇱🇷 #Africa was being razed for #palmoil, #cocoa and other crops. Unlike their river-dwelling cousins, Pygmy Hippos are primarily solitary, roaming through dense tropical forests in search of food. Their populations have been devastated by relentless deforestation, hunting, and habitat fragmentation, leaving them teetering on the brink of extinction. They now endangered. Such beautiful creatures deserve to be saved! There are now fewer than 2,500 individuals remaining in the wild. Fight back and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife every time you shop!
The forest habitat of the beautiful pygmy #Hippo 🦛of #Guinea #Liberia 🇱🇷 #Africa is being razed for #palmoil and other crops. They now endangered. Such a beautiful creature deserves to be saved! Fight back and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-Qp
Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterLong before chubby #MooDeng 🦛💔 the baby pygmy #hippo chonk became an #socialmedia sensation, #Liberia’s #forests were being pulped for #palmoil #cocoa and #tobacco #agriculture 😡 Help her and 1000s of others to survive! Be #Vegan and #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-Qp
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If chubby and cute pygmy #hippo 🦛named #MooDeng could talk, she’d tell us all to stop staring at her online and instead to take action to save her home! Sign the #petition, be #Vegan and🍓🌱 #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🪔🚫 @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-97b
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The Pygmy Hippopotamus is rarely seen because of their secretive, nocturnal habits and consequently not much is known of their ecology. This diminutive hippopotamus mainly inhabits lowland primary and secondary forests, close to rivers, streams and Raphia palm tree swamps sometimes being found along gallery forests extending into Transitional Woodland and the southern Guinea savanna.
Pygmy Hippos are significantly smaller than Common Hippos, standing only 70–80 cm tall at the shoulder and weighing between 180–270 kg (Saidu et al., 2022). Their compact bodies are adapted for navigating dense forests rather than open waterways. They possess smooth, hairless skin that secretes a natural mucus, acting as a protective barrier against dehydration and infection. This secretion has an unusual reddish tint, earning it the nickname “blood sweat,” though it has no connection to actual blood.
Unlike their gregarious relatives, Pygmy Hippos are solitary or found in pairs, with mothers keeping their calves hidden in secluded pools for extended periods. They are highly elusive and primarily active during twilight and nighttime hours. Camera traps in Liberia and Sierra Leone have shown that they move cautiously through forested wetlands, following well-worn trails that they mark with dung, a behaviour similar to that of their larger relatives.
Large areas of the original forest habitat, especially in Côte d’Ivoire, have been destroyed or degraded by commercial plantations of oil palm and other products, shifting cultivation, mining and logging, and hunting for bushmeat is increasing throughout the range (Mallon et al. 2011, FFI and FDA 2013).
IUCN Red List
Ecosystem Role
Pygmy Hippos play a crucial role in maintaining the health of forest ecosystems. By foraging on vegetation and dispersing seeds, they contribute to forest regeneration and seed dispersal. Their movements create pathways through dense undergrowth, benefiting other species by increasing habitat accessibility. However, their shrinking populations threaten these ecological functions, highlighting the importance of conservation efforts.
Predators
Few natural predators pose a significant threat to adult Pygmy Hippos, though young individuals are vulnerable to Leopards Panthera pardus, African Rock Pythons (Python sebae), and Nile Crocodiles Crocodylus niloticus. Camera trap evidence has also captured predation by African Golden Cats Caracal aurata and African Civet in some regions. However, human activity remains their greatest existential threat.
Threats
The Pygmy Hippopotamus Choeropsis liberiensis is facing a severe population decline due to habitat destruction, hunting, and increasing human pressures. Their remaining forested habitats are rapidly disappearing, leaving isolated populations vulnerable to extinction.
1. Deforestation and Habitat Loss
West Africa’s rainforests have been devastated by large-scale deforestation, with over 90% of the Upper Guinea Forest already lost. Shifting agriculture is the primary driver, with forests cleared at an accelerating rate to make way for crops and livestock. Expanding commercial plantations, particularly oil palm, rubber, and coffee, continue to erode remaining habitat. Mining operations, road construction, and infrastructure development have further fragmented the landscape, even encroaching into protected areas like Taï and Sapo National Parks. As human settlements expand, Pygmy Hippos are forced into smaller and more fragmented patches of forest, increasing their vulnerability.
2. Hunting and the Bushmeat Trade
Pygmy Hippos are increasingly being hunted, both opportunistically and for commercial sale. While not traditionally a primary target, they are killed for bushmeat in rural areas where alternative protein sources are scarce. Reports indicate that in some regions, commercial bushmeat markets have placed additional pressure on their populations. Their skulls, bones, and other body parts are sometimes used in traditional African medicine and spiritual practices. Additionally, free-ranging domestic dogs are known to attack and kill Pygmy Hippos, particularly young or weakened individuals.
3. Habitat Fragmentation and Isolation
The destruction of forest corridors has left Pygmy Hippo populations increasingly isolated, reducing genetic diversity and increasing the risk of local extinction. As forested areas continue to shrink, the lack of connectivity between populations means that even those in protected areas face long-term viability challenges. Habitat fragmentation also makes Pygmy Hippos more vulnerable to hunting, as roads and human settlements provide easier access to once-remote areas.
4. Competition with Humans and Livestock
With human populations in their range doubling every 20–30 years, there is ever-increasing pressure on natural resources. Domestic cattle increasingly compete with Pygmy Hippos for access to water sources, particularly during dry seasons. In many areas, pastoralists illegally graze their livestock inside national parks and reserves, further degrading critical Pygmy Hippo habitat. This competition not only depletes available resources but also increases human-wildlife conflict, often leading to retaliatory killings of Pygmy Hippos.
5. Climate Change and Environmental Pressures
Rising temperatures and prolonged dry seasons are altering the Pygmy Hippo’s habitat, reducing wetland areas essential for their survival. Changes in vegetation due to shifting rainfall patterns may further limit the availability of preferred food sources, forcing Pygmy Hippos to travel greater distances in search of sustenance. As forests become drier, wildfires pose an additional threat, accelerating habitat destruction and making remaining populations even more vulnerable.
Diet
Pygmy Hippos are herbivorous, feeding primarily on forest vegetation. They consume ferns, tender roots, leaves, and fruit from various trees and plants. Research from Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone, identified key food sources, including sweet potato leaves (Ipomoea batatas), cacao (Theobroma cacao), okra (Hibiscus esculentus), and creeping vines such as Geophila obvallata. Unlike Common Hippos, they are less dependent on aquatic vegetation and do not graze extensively on grasses.
Reproduction and Mating
Little is known about the reproductive behaviour of Pygmy Hippos in the wild. Captive studies indicate that they reach sexual maturity at around 4–5 years, with a gestation period of approximately 188 days (Lang, 1975; Tobler, 1991). Females typically give birth to a single calf, weighing between 4.5–6.2 kg. Unlike Common Hippos, Pygmy Hippos give birth on land, and calves are left hidden in secluded pools while their mothers forage (Galat-Luong, 1981).
Geographic Range
Historically, Pygmy Hippos ranged widely across West Africa, but their distribution has dramatically contracted. Today, they are found in fragmented populations in Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, primarily within protected areas such as Taï National Park and Sapo National Park (Ransom, Robinson & Collen, 2015). They prefer lowland tropical forests near rivers and swamps, where dense vegetation provides cover.
FAQs
1. How many Pygmy Hippopotamuses are left in the wild?
The exact population size of the Pygmy Hippopotamus is unknown due to their elusive nature and dense forest habitat, but estimates suggest fewer than 2,500 individuals remain in the wild. Their numbers are rapidly declining due to habitat loss, hunting, and human encroachment.
2. Why are Pygmy Hippos endangered?
Pygmy Hippos are endangered primarily due to deforestation, which has destroyed over 90% of the Upper Guinea Forest, their primary habitat. Additional threats include hunting for bushmeat, competition with livestock for water, and climate change, which is altering their wetland habitats.
3. How do Pygmy Hippos differ from Common Hippos?
Unlike their larger relatives, Pygmy Hippos are more terrestrial, reclusive, and nocturnal. They are about half the size of Common Hippos, lack the same level of aggression, and are adapted to life in dense forests rather than open rivers and lakes.
4. What do Pygmy Hippos eat?
Pygmy Hippos are herbivores, feeding on a variety of plants, ferns, fruits, and aquatic vegetation. Their diet consists of tender roots, leaves, fallen fruit, and occasionally cultivated crops like sweet potatoes, okra, and cassava.
5. Do Pygmy Hippos live in groups?
No, Pygmy Hippos are mostly solitary animals. They only come together for mating or when a mother is raising her calf. Unlike Common Hippos, they do not form large social groups.
6. Where can you find Pygmy Hippos?
They are found in the forests and swamps of West Africa, specifically in Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. Small, scattered populations may exist in protected areas like Taï National Park and Sapo National Park.
7. How do Pygmy Hippos mark their territory?
Pygmy Hippos use a unique method of territory marking by vigorously wagging their tail while defecating. This spreads their dung across trails and vegetation, signaling their presence to other individuals.
8. How long do Pygmy Hippos live?
In the wild, their lifespan is estimated to be around 30 years, while in captivity, they can live up to 40 years due to the absence of predators and consistent food availability.
9. Do Pygmy Hippos have predators?
Adult Pygmy Hippos have few natural predators due to their size, but young individuals are vulnerable to leopards, nile crocodiles, and African rock pythons. However, their greatest threat comes from human activities, including illegal poaching and habitat destruction.
10. Can Pygmy Hippos swim?
Yes, Pygmy Hippos are excellent swimmers and rely on water for hydration, temperature regulation, and protection from predators. However, they spend more time on land than Common Hippos and are well adapted to moving through dense forests.
11. Do Pygmy Hippos make sounds?
Pygmy Hippos communicate using a variety of sounds, including grunts, bellows, and squeaks. These vocalisations are used for warning others, mating calls, and communication between mothers and calves.
12. Are Pygmy Hippos aggressive?
Pygmy Hippos are not as aggressive as Common Hippos, but they are highly territorial and can be defensive if threatened. Their reclusive nature makes human encounters rare.
13. Are Pygmy Hippos good parents?
Yes, female Pygmy Hippos are very protective of their young. They hide their calves in dense vegetation or secluded pools while they forage, returning regularly to nurse them.
14. How do Pygmy Hippos reproduce?
Pygmy Hippos reach sexual maturity at around 3–5 years old. They have a gestation period of about six months, typically giving birth to a single calf. Twins are very rare.
15. How can we help save Pygmy Hippos?
The best way to help protect Pygmy Hippos is by supporting conservation efforts that focus on preserving their remaining rainforest habitat. Avoiding products linked to deforestation, such as palm oil, and supporting organisations working to stop illegal hunting and deforestation are crucial. Always choose products that are 100% palm oil-free to avoid contributing to biodiversity loss.
Take Action
The survival of Pygmy Hippos depends on urgent conservation action. Their habitat continues to vanish due to deforestation, mining, and agriculture. Individuals and organisations can help by:
• Boycotting palm oil to reduce habitat destruction.
• Supporting wildlife conservation efforts in West Africa, particularly initiatives that focus on habitat restoration and anti-poaching measures.
• Advocating for stronger enforcement of hunting bans and protection of remaining forest areas.
• Educating local communities on the importance of conserving Pygmy Hippos and providing alternative livelihoods to reduce hunting pressure.
Always choose products that are 100% palm oil-free to avoid contributing to deforestation and biodiversity loss.
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Further Information
Avedik, A., & Clauss, M. (2023). Chewing, dentition and tooth wear in Hippopotamidae (Hippopotamus amphibius and Choeropsis liberiensis). PLOS ONE, 18(10), e0291825. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291825
Eltringham, S. K. (1999). The Hippos: Natural History and Conservation. Academic Press. https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Hippos.html
Erazo-Mera, E., Younes, N., Horwood, P. F., Paris, D., Paris, M., & Murray, N. (2023). Forest loss during 2000–2019 in pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) habitats was driven by shifting agriculture. Environmental Conservation, 51(1), 55-63. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892923000310
Ransom, C, Robinson, P.T. & Collen, B. 2015. Choeropsis liberiensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T10032A18567171. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T10032A18567171.en. Downloaded on 15 February 2021
Saidu, J. B., Adewumi, A. A., Lameed, G. A., & Udo, A. J. (2022). Food preference of pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) in the Tiwai Island edge communities, South-Eastern Sierra Leone. Environtropica, 17, 014-026. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/386552939
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