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#mechanisms

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jan
“…organisms are nothing like mechanisms, and…they have fascinating properties that cannot be explained by a complicated machine, however complicated. They can only be explained by complex systems. The distinction is this. A Harrier jet engine is a complicated machine, but a small organism, a single-cell amoeba, is a complex system. And the difference is either they have re-entrant loops that can't be mapped, they are never fully determined or determinable, not entirely predictable. But that doesn't mean there's chaos. There is a sweet spot in everything between order and disorder. And it is that at which all existence seems to settle, and particularly life.”
—Iain McGilchrist, Metaphysics and the Matter With Things (transcript)
#iainmcgilchrist #organisms #mechanisms
#mechanisms
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AfricaUnion

Draft continental #strategy on free movement developed

Free Movement of Persons is an integral part of the #African #integration and along with the African #Passport is one of the flagship projects of #Agenda #2063.

Pursuant to this goal of integration, in January 2018 the Protocol to the Treaty establishing the African #Economic #Community relating to free movement of persons, right of residence and right of establishment was adopted by the #AU Assembly. This was followed in March 2018 with the Agreement Establishing the African Free #Trade Area, the Protocol on Trade in #Goods, the Protocol on #Trade in #Services and the Protocol on Rules and #Procedures on the #Settlement of #Disputes.

As a follow up to this, the #AfricanUnion (AU) and the Regional Economic Communities ( #RECs ) have developed a draft joint continental strategy to accelerate the Right of Entry for the Protocol to the treaty establishing the African Economic Communities relating to the Free Movement of Persons, Right of Residence and Right of Establishment. The strategy aims to ensure that RECs and Member States popularise and promote the adopted African Passport as one of the key #mechanisms through which free movement of persons will be realised.

English au.int/en/articles/draft-conti
French au-int.translate.goog/en/artic

#Afrika#afrique#africa
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Heron&Fox Photo

A #Photograph of a #Soviet-era #Molnija pocket #watch.
Based on a stolen Swiss design, Soviet watchmakers improved on the design until their copy only lost about 15 minutes a day.
The #clockwork #mechanisms are on display, including #gears and #ruby #bearings.

Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/i

A macro view photograph of the internal clockwork of a pocket watch, centered on three ruby bearings showing their tops on steel casing and brass gears underneath.
#PocketWatch#MacroPhotography#Macro
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the roamer

@janhoglund

Excellent talk by Iain McGilchrist, with so many deep insights into how "mechanisms" destroy personal authenticity, common sense, spontaneity and humanity in our lives. Deeply true.

We must fight to maintain the remnants of unmechanised interaction. In our work, in our personal lives.

Mastodon to me is one small but important part of that battle.

#IainMcGillchrist #Spontaneity #authenticity #CommonSense #mechanisms
#MastodonCulture

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CynthesisToday

#introduction

Chemical engineer by training and profession. Spent my last working decade in the network and transport layers, plus security architecture. Retired now.

Never used the bird, ran from the faceplant and tightly constrain other social. Watched #Explore here for a bit and found interesting and welcoming positivity. Hoping to find a community to exchange and discuss ideas.

Fan of science fiction and original research in mammalian biology, microbiology and systems/network biology.

#biology#microbiology#systemsbiology
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PeterKRogan

Nice to meet you on Mastodon.ca! ​🇨🇦 ​Intro:Ph.D. (Yale '87); research in #Genomics, #Cytogenetics, #Bioinformatics, #Humangenetics. Established biotech co, #Cytognomix (2009; cytognomix.com). Produce #Software to estimate #Radiation exposure (#Biodosimetry), #Chemotherapy response, interpreting #Gene #Variants, #RNA #Mechanisms, #Geostatistics #Epidemiology of COVID19. Also #Professor emeritus, adjunct in #Biochemistry & #Oncology #WesternUniversity @PeterKRogan, progan@uwo.ca

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Rokosun

How petrol pumps know when to turn themselves off

youtube.com/watch?v=fT2KhJ8W-K

Some of these everyday things in our life are #designed in extremely clever ways that simply #learning how it works can blow your mind. This #video is an example of that, and it #explains all of the #mechanisms involved in such a simple and intuitive way that anyone could understand it. Definitely one of the best #explainer #videos I've seen.

Thumbnail of the video from YouTube. It shows a petrol pump cut in half and the text below reads "I cut one in half to find out"
#YoutubeVids#Educational#SteveMould
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The Lazy Fox

507 Mechanical Movements

Interesting site for those who are interested in mechanics.
507movements.com/
#mechanicalmovements #mechanics #mechanisms #diy #makers

*507 Mechanical Movements*
> Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements, now Animated for the Internet.
507movements.com nerdica.net/display/a85d7459-9

507movements.com507 Mechanical MovementsFive Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements, now Animated for the Internet.
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