All the cool things we are learning about our ancient ancestors!
With many projects around the world proceeding despite the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers across a variety of fields made multiple exciting breakthroughs on human origins, gaining more insight into topics ranging from food and drink to interspecies cooperation.
Telling us more about our food, our health, our close relatives and ancestors, and even our animal friends, these 14 new discoveries scientists made this year shed more light on what it means to be human.
Fourteen Discoveries Made About Human Evolution in 2022
Smithsonian paleoanthropologists reveal the year’s most riveting findings about our close relatives and ancestorsRyan McRae (Smithsonian Magazine)
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Seriously, try it! (this is a quote toot btw)
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Don't know what to paint? You can't go wrong with a happy little tree. :bob_ross: #mastoartEmerald Social
Don't know what to paint? You can't go wrong with a happy little tree. #mastoart
Tesla's Stock Price Hits a Multi-Year Low
Tesla has lost over $800 billion in market value in the last year — a decline fueled by Musk’s sloppy work at TwitterNikki McCann Ramirez (Rolling Stone)
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Behold Miss Ukraine's National Costume
Miss Ukraine has turned up to the Miss Universe competition as a Sister of Battle pic.twitter.com/UtCkCGzaFe— Ben Sledge (@BenSledge) December 23, 2022 It's not often that a national costume at the Miss Universe pageant can be described as "badass.Neatorama
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It's about time to try #yearCompass
yearcompass.com/
I tried last year but didn't finish
What I did to was fruitful though
All my friends who I recommended it to enjoyed it too
It takes awhile, so it helps to start early
Year compass helps you reflect and close out your year and prepare for the next
YearCompass
YearCompass | The booklet that helps close your year and plan the next one.yearcompass.com
- factor in people not being on your schedule!!!
- give yourself buffer time before and after event to wind up and wind down for it. (this is a me one)
Victories
1. how do you measure a victory/accomplished a goal (again think about freebies too!)? What does it take for you to be satisifed?
2. How do you celebrate afterwards?
3. Take note of what worked, what didn't, what adjustments were made in the process
4. How does a victory impact the goals for the year? How does it contribute to your momentum?
5. Do you have a defined time or cycle during the year when you re-revaluate?
And so this is Christmas... TV's strange reluctance to indulge in seasonal fun - Comedy Chronicles - British Comedy Guide
Comedy was once the staple of British television - and particularly so at Christmas. Now it feels a third consideration at best. But how did the present set of events come to pass?British Comedy Guide
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This is Suffering #shorts
Why do you do this to me game#gaming #cultofthelamb #linuxgaming #steamdeck #gamingonlinuxTwitch: https://brodierobertson.xyz/twitchDlive: https://brodierobe...YouTube
Future Proof Plays: Welcome to Elk - 2022/11/27 - CWs in description
CW: The game contains scenes including deaths and children experiencing murder. Alcohol abuse, sexual assault, prostitution, violence and offensive language.
This was a weird one. First: it has the best knees in video games, hands down. Second: it gets shocking towards the end of the stream when it switches formats of storytelling and gets kinda graphic in its descriptions of harm and death. The game is (according to the devs) about storytelling, and I begin to see some of what they're trying to do in that back half, but I wish the beginning had been a bit tighter in getting to the thesis.
This was part of my game studio's Future Proof Plays series of streams. Check out our upcoming schedule and our entire set of archives (including my partner's streams) over on YouTube. Follow me over on Twitch to watch my streams live.
Welcome to Elk: welcometoelk.com/
Twitch: twitch.tv/averymd
Mastodon: irrsinn.life/@melissa
Music album "Petal" by Broke For Free
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Future Proof Plays
Future Proof Plays is our stream series where we play small indie games. Catch us live on Twitch: https://futureproofgames.com/streams/YouTube
Library Extension (for web browsers)
Library Extension lets you instantly see book and eBook availability from your local librarywww.libraryextension.com
More Linux Distros Break H264 GPU Acceleration
After Fedora and OpenSuse decided to break there MESA packages I thought we were done talking about this whole patent encumbered codec situation with h264, h...YouTube
Looks like Proletariat is unionizing, somewhat living up to its namesake.
cwa-union.org/proletariat_join…
Proletariat Workers Become Third Group of Activision Blizzard Workers to Form Union with Communications Workers of America
Workers at Activision Blizzard’s Proletariat studio have announced that they are forming the Proletariat Workers Alliance/CWA and have filed for a union representation election. More from @CWAUnion:Communications Workers of America
*starts up out of a doze* shoot, game went up today!
waiting outside, on call is a conversation-based lyric game about that stressful period when something you care deeply about needs to be done and you can't do it. It's about trying and potentially failing to distract yourself from that stress. It is about conversations that start, sputter for a while, and die off.
I hope you all like it.
edit for hashtag: #ttrpg
What a nice surprise! I picked up this clivia at the nursery a few days ago, when I went to get a big pot for the pothos. It had a tiny slender orange reed - the guy said it would flower at some point, but I wasn’t expecting it so soon.
I’m told these are great plants for dark corners, so if you have some low light you may want to consider one. They’re quite nice. 😀
#houseplants #clivia @houseplants
Hello #Mastodon friends,
I have reported this fake account (in photos), where someone is impersonating me in many comments using my photos & bio to promote their writing. If this indieauthors.social account replied to you, don’t be duped.
Aside from reporting, there’s little I can do, but welcome any #tips. This happened on #Twitter & it’s disappointing to see it again here. But on social media, so it goes.
Xbox Game Studios talk more of their titles on Steam Deck
For the third time, Xbox Game Studios have talked up about their games on the Steam Deck and what compatibility to expect for it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
ICYMI: the #SteamOS 3.4 update for #SteamDeck was a big one!
gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/stea…
SteamOS 3.4 is out now for Steam Deck
Pulling in tons of improvements for desktop mode, along with a healthy dose of bug fixes elsewhere, the SteamOS 3.4 update for Steam Deck has been released.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is visible in the linked video around 4:20
That is the best for #SteamDeck and this title? It looked almost unplayable to me.
ProtonUp-Qt v2.7.7 adds support for NorthstarProton to play modded Titanfall 2
ProtonUp-Qt, the very useful installer app to get different compatibility layers on Steam Deck and Linux desktop, has version 2.7.7 up adding in new tools.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Bots Are Stupid is an ultra-precise programming-platformer
Up for a challenge and love programming? Well it seems that Bots Are Stupid might be a good fit for you. An ultra-precise platformer where you don't directly control things — what could possibly go wrong?Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Get a copy of Worms Revolution Gold Edition free during the GOG Winter Sale 2022
Another free game giveaway is here. GOG are giving you a chance to grab Worms Revolution Gold Edition free during their Winter Sale 2022.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Tutorial: Install a Nextcloud development environment for Mac
📄 Nextcloud App Development Tutorials: 1 step closer to creating an app! https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-app-development-tutorials/🛠️ Nextcloud develo...YouTube
A site called Mastinator (mastinator.com) has started aggregating and republishing toots without permission. It creates accounts with your handle and follows you to get your toots (e.g., @aral@mastinator.com, which, just to make clear, is not me).
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Check out the Nextcloud & @openproject Integration Setup tutorial!
In this tutorial, you can learn how to set up the integration as a system administrator and connect Nextcloud as a user.
#nextcloud #nextcloudintegration #opensourcesoftware
go.nextcloud.com/r/r3x
OpenProject Nextcloud Integration Set up
Setting up the OpenProject and Nextcloud integration as a System Administrator.Connecting Nextcloud as a user.YouTube
Definitely a problem Valve need to solve with the Steam Deck is forced game updates. For single player games especially, you shouldn’t be forced to update to play.
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r/SteamDeck - Valve please let us launch without updating. If the game is single player this sucks to find out before a flight
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A little something from
🐾Team Sintti🐾
A Meeting at Midnight
A "meet, feed & greet" 🐾Team Sintti🐾 style... What a privilege ❕🎦December 19th, 2022YouTube
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Peaness - How I'm Feeling
New single "How I'm Feeling" taken from their debut album "World Full Of Worry" out May 6th. Directed, filmed and edited by Marieke Macklon. BTS footage, dro...YouTube
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Screaming Orphans - Happy Together [Official Music Video]
"Happy Together" performed by Screaming Orphans (© 2019)http://www.screamingorphans.com"Happy Together" on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/lifeinacarnivalWritte...YouTube
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Peaness - irl
What a fun and silly video! For those born pre 1990, irl is an online chat acronym for “in real life” - our song irl is about your online persona not alignin...YouTube
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Nature Photographer of the Year
NPOTY 2022 results - Nature Photographer of the Year
The overall winner, category winners, runner up and highly commendeds of the Nature Photographers of the Year-Contest 2022.Nature Photographer of the Year
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"Oh hai!"
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10 Ways How to Overcome Challenges Life Throws at You
Learning how to overcome challenges is a necessary life skill on the road to success. While there are different kinds of hurdles to face, there are methods to help ease the way.madhu nair (University of the People)
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