Disappointed to learn Cohost has been started by people from the fediverse. You know what the fediverse is but you learned the wrong lessons from it. Yes, I also think some servers are not operated professionally and blocks often get misused, but that is not a reason to replace a free and open system with a locked down one. I wrote on why decentralization matters back in 2018:
blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/12/…
Why does decentralization matter?
Reasons why you should care about how your social network is run and structuredMastodon Blog
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@wikimediafoundation publica una carta abierta sobre el Pacto Digital Mundial de ONU para que
-Proteja y empodere a las comunidades
-Promueva y proteja los bienes comunes digitales
-Apoye a inteligencia artificial que empodere –no que reemplace– a las personas
wikimediafoundation.org/news/2…
Wikimedia Foundation and global communities call on UN Member States to protect Wikipedia and other public interest projects in the Global Digital Compact – Wikimedia Foundation
New open letter calls for UN Member States to include three key commitments in the Global Digital Compact that can allow public interest projects and the people who create them to thrive.Wikimedia Foundation
social.coop
A Fediverse instance for people interested in cooperative and collective projects. If you are interested in joining our community, please apply at https://join.social.coop/registration-form.html.Mastodon hosted on social.coop
Happy to share the latest manuscript from our lab, in which we propose that eukaryotes evolved from a genomic chimera of Asgard archaea and giant viruses.
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20…
This is a controversial topic, but we believe we have strong evidence to suggest a critical viral role in eukaryogenesis.
#viruses #protists #eukaryotes #evolution #TreeOfLIfe #archaea
Chimeric Origin of Eukaryotes from Asgard Archaea and Ancestral Giant Viruses
The details surrounding the evolution of complex cells remain some of the most enduring mysteries in biology.bioRxiv
As bizarre as this all sounds, I believe we have strong phylogenetic evidence supporting this model. Importantly, this model has also been proposed before by Phil Bell based on first principles or eukaryotic organization and similarities between the nucleus and virus factories formed by viruses during infection
The origin of viruses and their possible roles in major evolutionary transitions - PubMed
Viruses infecting cells from the three domains of life, Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya, share homologous features, suggesting that viruses originated very early in the evolution of life. The three current hypotheses for virus origin, e.g.PubMed
Slimbook reveal the upgraded Slimbook Fedora 2 with 14" and 16" models gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/slim…
Slimbook reveal the upgraded Slimbook Fedora 2 with 14" and 16" models
Slimbook and Fedora have teamed up again for a refresh of their Slimbook Fedora laptop with a second edition now available.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Fedora Linux 40 is officially out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/fedo…
Fedora Linux 40 is officially out now
Ready for some more upgrades? Today Fedora Linux 40 has now been officially released bringing with it big upgrades with GNOME 46, KDE Plasma 6 and lots more.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Trackline Express is a quirky, funny and unique journey gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/trac…
#TracklineExpress #IndieGame #Linux
Trackline Express is a quirky, funny and unique journey
Trackline Express is a game all about getting your train across an unforgiving desert, and it's a whole lot of fun coming from Bubblebird Studio who also made the cute Haven Park.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
East Coast quakes are felt farther than West Coast ones. Here’s why.
Across the subterranean United States, not all rocks were created equally.Frank Jacobs (Big Think)
af.gog.com/en/promo/20240423_p… (partner link)
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Download the best classic and new games on Windows, Mac & Linux. A vast selection of titles, DRM-free, with free goodies and 30-day money-back guarantee.af.gog.com
Shoot through a mass of alien cells in Swarm Grinder 1.0 out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/shoo…
Shoot through a mass of alien cells in Swarm Grinder 1.0 out now
Swarm Grinder is a repeatable action roguelite where you control a little mech, as you battle your way through a big swarm of cells that spawn various types of enemies. An interesting one if you enjoy games like Vampire Survivors.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Dudes thinking big thoughts: Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson and the lure of the rabbit hole
After B-list careers in their primary professions, these men have found their callings in the earbuds of the young.America Magazine
Khronos Group seeking proposals for paid work to improve OpenXR for Godot Engine gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/khro…
#GodotEngine #Godot #OpenXR #OpenSource
Khronos Group seeking proposals for paid work to improve OpenXR for Godot Engine
The Khronos Group, the overseers of many open standards like OpenGL, Vulkan, OpenXR and more are currently looking to pay someone to improve OpenXR in Godot Engine.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Rhythm-shooter roguelite KILLBEAT sounds like a real blast gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/rhyt…
Rhythm-shooter roguelite KILLBEAT sounds like a real blast
You don't see many roguelites like this! KILLBEAT blends musical rhythm shooting with fast-paced action to create something that looks rather fun.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Tracker Beeper - Bert Hubert's writings
A week ago, I finally got round to implementing an idea I’d been toying with for years: what if your computer made a little bit of noise every time it sent data to Google? From studying logs, I’d long known just how many sites send all your visits an…Bert Hubert's writings
Steam Deck Verified highlights for April 2024 gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/stea…
Steam Deck Verified highlights for April 2024
Here's another wonderful selection of games to add to your Steam Deck, after looking over what has been recently Steam Deck Verified to give you hopefully the best experience.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve tweak 4K screen scaling on Linux, plus more Remote Play fixes gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/valv…
Valve tweak 4K screen scaling on Linux, plus more Remote Play fixes
A fresh Desktop Steam Client Beta has been released, and it sounds like a useful one for those of you who do Remote Play.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
SteamOS 3.5.19 Preview out for Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/stea…
SteamOS 3.5.19 Preview out for Steam Deck
Valve released another small SteamOS Preview update for Steam Deck, along with an additional Steam Deck Client Beta update.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Base Your Linux Opinions On Reality
It's easy to get caught up in arguments about Linux and stop basing your opinion on what is really happening, this is never useful and should always strive t...YouTube
Intel Enabling Linux Driver Display Support For Upcoming "Battlemage" GPUs
Intel's open-source Linux graphics driver engineers have been busy working to enable the display support for the upcoming Battlemage graphics cards as the successor to DG2/Alchemist.www.phoronix.com
🚀 Stay tuned: Nextcloud Hub 8 will be launched tomorrow @ 2 PM CEST in an online event.
Register now to participate in the live presentation and be among the first to experience it!
Nextcloud Hub 8 launch event
Nextcloud Hub 8 will be launched on April 24th in an online event. Register now to participate in the live prentation and be among the first to experience it!Nextcloud
(even if I host and use daily a Nextcloud instance since 2017)
Nextcloud Hub 24 is here - Nextcloud
Nextcloud Hub 24 introduces user data migration, automatic file locking and dozens of other features.Jos Poortvliet (Nextcloud)
Feels like the right day to repost this quilt
(In case you didn’t hear yet, #NASA fixed the broken #Voyager I — jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyage…)
NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
After some inventive sleuthing, the mission team can — for the first time in five months — check the health and status of the most distant human-made object in existence.NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
I’ll be speaking at #AMRO24 in Linz, Austria on May 8! Come along to hear me talk about how the tech industry is much more overtly embracing government and military to protect itself.
More info here: art-meets.radical-openness.org…
Long Ago GNOME Was A GNU Project!?!?
You may have heard that GNOME is an acronym and at one point that as certainly true but that can't be said any longer however when it was the GNU Object Mode...YouTube
ch0ccyra1n is leaving fedi soon reshared this.
This looks fascinating. I will leave it here for reading later.
Historical markers are everywhere in America. Some get history wrong
like this
Completely mind boggling to me that we threw away 5 billion phones in 2022.
Some of those could have been repurposed: smartphones are hardly innovating any more. The most eco-friendly phone is the one you already have.
We need to publicly support communities like @postmarketOS who work on making these phones repurposable, and @gnome that work on making a polished mobile experience that serves people, not creepy corporations.
bbc.com/news/science-environme…
E-waste: Five billion phones to be thrown away in 2022
Billions of phones will be hoarded in drawers and cupboards or thrown away rather than recycled, studies suggest.By Victoria Gill (BBC News)
“The next step is to enable the spacecraft to begin returning”
<new line>
“science data again.”
Just had a brief moment there.
The blogging platform #Ghost is working on adding #ActivityPub integration. That means, among other things, being able to follow Ghost-powered blogs and comment on articles right from your Mastodon account. The website they made to explain their plans is really nice! This is what momentum looks like.
Building ActivityPub
Ghost is federating over ActivityPub to become part of the world’s largest publishing network.Building ActivityPub
Russian Who Bankrolled Trump’s Truth Social Set Up Dodgy Sex Pill Sites
So Postolnikov bankrolled Trump AND DeSantis among other influence games
#RussianSmokingFinancialGun #RussianInfluencers #TrumpMoneyGuy #DeSantisMoneyGuy #FollowTheMoney
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Win a Steam Deck OLED or a golden egg game bundle in Fanatical's Mystery Egg Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/win-…
Win a Steam Deck OLED or a golden egg game bundle in Fanatical's Mystery Egg Bundle
While it's a bit like throwing some coins into a well and making a wish, I'm not going to stop you if you want to give it a shot to win a Steam Deck, or a big bundle of games if you manage to find a golden egg in the Fanatical Mystery Egg Bundle.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
A big Palestinian Relief Bundle is live on itch.io
Supporting the Palestine Children's Relief Fund charity, the Palestinian Relief Bundle is live on itch.io.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Proton Experimental brings initial D3D12 for OpenVR, fixes Overwatch 2 crashes, a Horizon Forbidden West adjustment for NVIDIA drivers and more gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/prot…
Proton Experimental brings initial D3D12 for OpenVR, fixes Overwatch 2 crashes
A freshly squeezed cup of Proton Experimental was released today by Valve containing fixes for multiple games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux like Overwatch 2.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Dead Island 2 arrives on Steam boasting of Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/dead…
#DeadIsland2 #SteamDeck #PCGaming
Dead Island 2 arrives on Steam boasting of Steam Deck support
Dambuster Studios and Deep Silver have now finally released Dead Island 2 on Steam, after previously being Epic Games exclusive and they're boasting about Steam Deck support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Convite. Postales sonoras para el autocuidado digital de guardias indígenas, cimarronas y campesinas
#podcast
es un proyecto de sensibilización sobre autocuidados y cuidados colectivos
Climate damages by 2050 will be 6 times the cost of limiting warming to 2°
Study tracks the past costs of climate events and projects them into the future.Ars Technica
It’s #EarthDay & I’m giving a talk all about the global food system & its impact on the environment.
The agricultural sector is one of the most significant + immediately scalable places to have impact.
Since my talk isn’t public, here’s a great piece from @globalecoguy & the good folks at Project Drawdown. drawdown.org/news/insights/how…
#climatechange #science #food
How food and farming will determine the fate of planet Earth
Agriculture has disrupted the planet more than anything we have ever done, including burning fossil fuels. A sustainable future depends on recognizing this fact – and radically changing how we farm and eat.Project Drawdown
Some related facts I saved from this profound Stanford study:
- More antibiotics are fed to farm animals than are used in all of human medicine.
- 82% of global fish populations are depleted.
- By 2050, we will need 3 planets if we continue to eat the way we eat.
Spoons have enormous potential for humanity, but also pose risks, such as being left out on the table and dripping honey on things that shouldn't have honey dripped on them.
That is why we need to re-engineer our spoons to be aligned with human values like keeping our surfaces clean, saving excess honey, and promoting flourishing.
I'm thrilled to announce I've received $1 billion in series A funding to solve this problem at scale.
Do NOT Fear|🇺🇸🇺🇦🐊🦉🌊💙
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