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Former Anti-Abortion Leader Alleges Another Supreme Court Breach

Years before the leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a landmark contraception ruling was disclosed, according to a minister who led a secretive effort to influence justices.

in reply to Muse

I know... this all goes back to the Reagan Era, but never this bad. Judges of the Supreme court MUST be held to the standards other judges are in regards to recusing themselves from cases that they have a personal interest or connection to. That is the Minimum that needs to be put in place.







Happy #caturday! Foster cat Rey is lounging on the sofa with me. She’s come a long way!


Book Review: Be Creative: Making A Living in the New Culture Industries by Angela McRobbie

In Chapter Two, ‘Unpacking the Politics of Creative Labour’, McRobbie examines conceptually the idea of creativity by dissecting ‘the romance of being creative’ as a new form of governmentality; or, how young creative professionals believe in passion and happiness in the workplace as compensation for precarious jobs. In the current labour market, for example, the role of unions is diminished and has been replaced by skills of ‘self-management’ to achieve success in an uncertain market of creative labour; this entrepreneurial or start-up mentality is part of the professionalisation of being creative and a marker of middle-class status. This chapter is key to understanding McRobbie’s perspective on the ideological role of creativity in the changes to the cultural economy in the UK since the late 1990s.



it has been a minute since i posted a sleepy casey, so here is a sleepy casey


#Artemis teams from home and abroad came together to celebrate @NASA_Orion’s first voyage to the Moon.

Orion is set to pass behind the Moon on Monday, Nov. 21, making its closest approach of about 80 mi (130 km) above the surface at 7:57am ET: go.nasa.gov/3AvqilJ
#NASA

in reply to NASA

Yes, it's me, the german alien drone. Right now I'm playing #LastManStanding with Wladimir #FCKPTN and #Lawrow who failed. #IAEA is watching them. Cheers!


“The risk is that [a Twitter collapse] might lead to a dash towards popularity on some other platform, attempting to reproduce the status quo ex, ante rather than taking this ‘social crash’ as an opportunity to reflect on what went wrong [in academic online cultures] and how we might avoid the same thing happening in future.”

blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

in reply to Mike Ananny

What I find most hopeful & intriguing about this moment is the potential to be intentional about scales of communication — to celebrate something other than celebrity academia, to recognize the challenge & value of curating small conversation, to be skeptical of calls to “change the world.”

in reply to Muse

I've visited Brisbane a few times. I was impressed by all the bed and breakfasts I've used there. The level of cute was very high. At one there was a shop dedicated to cats nearby!


Spacecraft get selfies, too.

While teams performed a checkout on the @NASA_Orion spacecraft, these images were captured of the outside of the vehicle.

The #Artemis I mission is just a couple days from reaching the Moon: go.nasa.gov/3ELtv37
#NASAArtemis #Artemis

in reply to NASA

When a spacecraft takes a selfie is the photo free or is there someone who owns the photo rights 🤔


Mark your calendars! We are launching a massive demo update on 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔!

✅Full gamepad & Steam deck Support
✅Level Design Enhancements
✅Hundreds of Quality of Life Improvements
✅Improved AI
✅Rebalanced Gameplay
✅Art Pass
✅Performance Optimizations

🔊

#gzdoom #gamedev #screenshotsaturday


in reply to Charles Gaba

The server octodon.social is not one of the servers recommended for new users through joinmastodon.org or our official apps; when you find a server to join on your own, I cannot guarantee what kind of experience you will have.
in reply to Eugen Rochko

Thanks. So basically if you join an instance not listed on the main website as an “approved” or “blessed” one you’re taking your chances? That’s important to stress for new users especially given the massive Twitter influx.


Just days from reaching the Moon, the @NASA_Orion spacecraft captured this selfie while flying through space.

The #Artemis I mission is preparing us to bring astronauts to the Moon. go.nasa.gov/3TQ8BUX
#NASA





Don't store #TOTP in #Bitwarden for your online accounts

prezu.ca/post/dont-use-totp-in…



@Friendica Support I want to delete a post which was accidentially saved to a folder. How to do it? Only thing I see is a pop-up saying that I will be deleting the post, but no button or anything else to be clicked. See screenshots: #1 Firefox on Android, #2 Firefox on Windows.

TIA

in reply to ITMC GmbH

@ITMC GmbH To remove a post from its saved folder, you need to open its conversation page. Meaning from the Saved Folder search, you have to tap/click “View in context” or the equivalent in German (probably “Im Zusammenhang betrachten”). In this context the Saved Folder name will appear as a label below the post body, alongside a cross icon. Tap/click the cross icon to remove the post from the Saved Folder.
in reply to Hypolite Petovan

@Hypolite Petovan Thanks a lot. Told the user and it worked. But this process isn't very intuitiv, isn't it? Suggestion: Clarify, what "View in context" means. I.e.: "For any action on this post view it context." with "view it in context being the link as it is right now.
in reply to ITMC GmbH

I think you can also click the time. ("posted 2 days ago") then you get the display page. (like a 'single post view') there you should be able to delete, too
in reply to ITMC GmbH

@Hypolite Petovan But, I think, the main problem is the selection box. Why is it there, if it isn't enabling any action at this place on this post? 😉


On the third day of the #Artemis I mission and over halfway to the Moon, @NASA_Orion maneuvered its solar arrays and captured the Moon.

Flight controllers used cameras to inspect part of the crew module and European Service Module. Follow along here: go.nasa.gov/3tMuJVH
#NASAArtemis #Artemis

in reply to NASA

🖖🏼these are truly amazing times we live in. Thank you for sharing this.


What part of your culture would you take to space? For astronaut John Herrington, the first Native American in space, it was a traditional Chickasaw Nation flute. Herrington’s missions took him from the top of the world to under the sea. More: go.nasa.gov/3V6aZrA #NAHM
#NASA

in reply to aTastyT0ast

@Gargron Handsome! I almost thought this was our cat Winston. They have some similar features.


"ActivityPub Four Years Later: The Good, the Bad, and the Fedi" by @rolltime youtu.be/vnciCz83t70

A friend just linked me to this talk; it is a great overview of where we're at with ActivityPub and the fediverse, from a technical and cultural POV.

in reply to Nolan Lawson

thanks for sharing the talk! It’s been cool to see some of the things I talked about be proven true (or false) with the twitter meltdown.


A #Landsat view of the stadiums built in and around Doha for the #WorldCup. go.nasa.gov/3AsZeUu
#NASA


After astronaut Pete Conrad stuck the landing of the Apollo 12 Lunar Module #OTD in 1969, mere feet from Surveyor 3, his 1st word as he became the 3rd person to step on the Moon was "Whoopee!" He was so excited, he accidentally pointed his camera at the Sun, frying its circuits!
#NASAhistory


Almost 180k new users joined #mastodon yesterday, a new record. This third #twitterMigration wave happened after Musk's Twitter 2.0 ultimatum to #Twitter workers. Each wave is stronger than the previous one. Here is my updated plot showing the three consecutive waves.


Well done comrades 👏

“Eli Lilly CEO says insulin tweet flap “probably” signals need to bring down cost”

arstechnica.com/science/2022/1…





AI Generated Art

Random 2AM AI Art

When I asked my PC to paint "The Lost Woods"

#stablediffusion #aiart #aigenerated #thelostwoods #art

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#25YearsAgo today, STS-87, the 8th Space Shuttle flight of 1997, launched on its way to the @Space_Station. One of the notable achievements from this mission: Takao Doi became the first Japanese citizen to walk in space!

Check out other STS-87 highlights: go.nasa.gov/3ArHqsC
#NASAhistory



Where do moons come from? We asked a NASA expert.

Planetary scientist Joe Renaud walks us through some of the many theories of how the unique and captivating moons in our solar system came to be: solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/ove…
#NASA

#NASA




If you're looking for a film or video game #composer, I'm your guy! Shoot me a DM and let me help you out! 😀

Here's a link to my reel: youtube.com/watch?v=wNBlyUsgsE…

boosts also appreciated :BigBlobhajHug:

#gameDev #indieDev #composer #vgm

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Spider-Man: Miles Morales on Steam Deck (30FPS Mode) - SteamOS 3.4

Smoother than the defaults, much more consistent than 40/45FPS.

youtu.be/O4rYKT-hqt0

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

this is so cool. Thanks for the video looks great on these settings. Watched on peertube. 👍👍


PLEASE BOOST: Right now Mastodon is only receiving appr. $21,000/month through Patreon.

This is not enough to handle the 1 million new accounts that will be made this week.

Currently, only 4,720 patrons are donating to Mastodon.

However, if everyone chips in $2/month, this will ensure the continued survival of Mastodon!

Be a hero! Donate now! patreon.com/mastodon



I thought that as an intro, I can list my most recent article, published in Quanta Magazine!

Fav quote: “There are galaxies that we haven’t discovered that are very big, very close by, and have unusual properties, and they are not in our current catalogs even after all these decades of studying the sky.”

#science #journalist #astronomy

quantamagazine.org/the-endurin…

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