@NewsDesk@flipboard.social avatar NewsDesk , to random

More than a decade after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 mysteriously disappeared with 239 passengers on board, investigators have been unable to locate it. Now, Malaysia says an American robotics company called Ocean Infinity is resuming a hunt for the wreckage on the seabed of the Indian Ocean, where the jet is believed to have gone down. Read more from @
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@miramarmike@cloudisland.nz avatar miramarmike , to random

"Landing"

A view from behind the cockpit seats of a small passenger plane, looking out over a runway as it approaches to land. The pilot, wearing a headset, is centered in the shot, facing the windshield. The runway is visible stretching ahead, with the approach end clearly marked with white lines and lights, leading towards a body of water in the distance. The dashboard is visible between the seats, showing several analog gauges and a digital display screen. A second person's head and headset are partially visible on the far right.
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@NewsDesk@flipboard.social avatar NewsDesk , to random

The U.S. Justice Department says it has reached an agreement with Boeing that allows the plane company to avoid prosecution for its role in two passenger jet crashes that killed a total of 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Read more from @politico
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jdarais ,
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@NewsDesk @politico

"The government would have the option of refiling the charges later."

Sounds like a shakedown similar to the Eric Adams case.

@AlexSanterne@astrodon.social avatar AlexSanterne , to AcademicChatter group

Five years of no flying
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5 years ago, I realised that my travels were emitting way too much (up to 20 t / yr) and hence that my activity was not . I thus decided to completely ban air () and travel mainly by within .

5 years later (i.e. now), my professional travels' dropped by a factor 50, without impacting my records (compared to 2017 - 2019).

I wrote a post for the of @a4e about my experience. Check it out: https://astronomersforplanet.earth/five-years-of-no-flying/

cc @labos1point5 @LAM_Marseille @CNRS_INSU academicchatter@a.gup.pe icon AcademicChatter group @astrophysics @StayGrounded_net

Evolution of the carbon footprint of my academic travels since I started my PhD (in Orange) - in log scale. Blue dots are the number of peer-reviewed publications
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saarmuller ,
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@AlexSanterne @knud @brunthal academicchatter@a.gup.pe icon AcademicChatter group Hi Alexandre! You mention something very important: fully inclusive.
For people with physical disabilities attending from home is a fantastic solution.
Being rather severely hard of hearing my experience with the more informal part of meetings (do not underestimate its importance) is however very poor. I really need closed captioning, and currently that only functions acceptable if the speaker sees it as well. I have yet to see this realised.

AlexSanterne OP ,
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@saarmuller @knud @brunthal academicchatter@a.gup.pe icon AcademicChatter group Asynchronous online meeting (what I call social media) is also great for parents who have no childcare option.

But of course, old white men who are organising in-person only meeting don't care about being inclusive.