Today is the #WinterSolstice, aka the official start of astronomical winter! ❄️
We’re celebrating with some snowy and solst-icy 🧊 photos taken from the @Space_Station.
See more: go.nasa.gov/3PLxj8l
#NASAEarth
Collection - Winter from the International Space Station
climate change, global climate change, global warming, natural hazards, Earth, environment, remote sensing, atmosphere, land processes, oceans, volcanoes, land cover, Earth science data, NASA, environmental processes, Blue Marble, global mapsgo.nasa.gov
Webb’s holiday card sorted! 🎄
NGC 7469 is like a cosmic wreath bursting with new stars. This galaxy is very dusty, but Webb’s infrared vision can peer through to observe features like the intense ring of star formation close around its bright center. esawebb.org/images/potm2212a/
#JamesWebb
Into the whirlpool! 🌀
Seen in this #HubbleClassic image, the Whirlpool Galaxy's striking spiral arms are star-formation factories; they compress hydrogen gas and create clusters of new stars.
This galaxy is located 31 million light-years away! For more: go.nasa.gov/3YI5JwO
#Hubble
Messier 51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy)
The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust.Rob Garner (NASA)
Life Lessons for 2023
I liked Yung Pueblo's list of life lessons from 2022 that he's bringing into the new year. Pueblo's bestselling Lighter: Let Gokottke.org
This 16-part series pushes all of our space history geek buttons. 🤖 Bring it on!
Explore previous episodes: jpl.nasa.gov/who-we-are/docume…
#NASAhistory
#NASAhistory
Donate to the RCN Strike Fund
Nursing staff across the UK are taking strike action to protect patients. You can help strengthen their picket line with a donation to the RCN Strike Fund.Royal College of Nursing
US dollar expected to exchange at EGP 26-27 by end-2023: dailynewsegypt.com/2022/11/20/…
My response: invidious.esmailelbob.xyz/watc…
"Fuck Me" - Eric Cartman "South Park"
THE NEXT TIME YOU DECIDE TO FUCK ME The Human CentiPad- Season 15 Episode 1 Every time cartman says "... Before you fuck me" Funnny All rights go to South Park, i did not create any of this, simply cut and editedInvidious
#ISS
Space Station Maneuvers to Avoid Debris After Conjunction Postpones Spacewalk
The International Space Station conducted a Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM) today, Dec. 21, at 8:42 a.m. EST.go.nasa.gov
Whisker Squadron: Survivor blends Vampire Survivors with a Star Fox-like shooter
A new on-rails survival rogue-lite shooter? Sign me up. Whisker Squadron: Survivor is from the same team as Race the Sun, and the first in the Whisker Squadron series. There's also a demo right now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
GameMaker makes a few more open source moves with extensions
Well, I have to admit I am surprised that the takeover of YoYo Games (who develop GameMaker) by Opera has been largely positive with them making more moves towards open source.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Want some application suggestions or tips & tricks for #linux? We share these kinds of picks each week on #DestinationLinux!
You can now see all of the picks we've ever done by going to destinationlinux.org/picks
DL Picks - Destination Linux
Episode Spotlight Tips & Tricks DL229czkawka (system cleaner)ls command tips DL228cheat.sh (Command-line Cheatsheet)Turn A Raspberry Pi into a Stream Link DL227ExplainShell.Destination Linux
Meet some #NASAExplorers who really rock!
These researchers at @NASAGoddard study Moon rocks brought back by Apollo astronauts to learn more about our solar system and our own origins in it. They’re prepping to do the same with rocks from @NASAArtemis.
NASA Explorers Season 5, Episode 2: Moon Rocks
Meet NASA’s rock detectives. Using tiny samples of lunar rock brought back by Apollo astronauts, these NASA Explorers are looking into the origins of our Moo...YouTube
"Environmental impact assessment of online advertising"
sciencedirect.com/science/arti…
The paper (from 2018) estimates that online advertising has a carbon footprint of 60Mton CO2e. This compares to a total footprint of all ICT of about 1.3Gton CO2e, so about 5%.
Hirbawi Kufiya - Home of the Palestinian Scarf
Buy the original and authentic Palestinian scarf from the last kufiya factory in Palestine. Hirbawi can deliver Kufiyas around the world.Hirbawi Kufiya
Cancel your holiday plans, we're going to the Moon!
With the urgency of the Space Race in full effect, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Bill Anders, and Jim Lovell launched from @NASAKennedy #OTD in 1968.
More about the first crewed mission to the Moon: go.nasa.gov/3j6pVsc
#NASAhistory
To the Moon and Back: Apollo 8 and the Future of Lunar Exploration
In mid-August of 1968, astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders received a call telling them to cancel their winter holiday plans — they were going to the Moon.Karl Hille (NASA)
The itch.io winter sale is live for you to stock up on indies
gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/the-…
The itch.io winter sale is live for you to stock up on indies
Game store itch.io has their own big Winter Sale now on, where you can save big and support one of the smaller stores along with plenty of indie games.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Deck shipping update for Asia notes a few issues but plenty get it this year
Valve and Komodo have given an update on the shipping of the Steam Deck through Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#ISS
NASA Spacewalk Postponed Due to Debris Avoidance
While flight control teams were preparing for today's U.S. spacewalk, updated tracking data on a fragment of Russian Fregat-SB upper stage debris showed a close approach to station.go.nasa.gov
Missing the birds? Here is beautiful hand-made phylogeny of birds! No, not THAT bird.
by @albertonykus, more:
deviantart.com/albertonykus/ar…
If you're interested, please fill in this form:
forms.gle/9wWRgKpSwoo4MQX89
Feel free to share with friends who are also interested in elegant abstract puzzle games.
BIG NEWS: Pawoo.net, the world's 2nd biggest Mastodon instance, has just been acquired.
The entity acquiring them is the Mask Group, a business that also runs mstdn.jp and mastodon.cloud. They are also active in the so-called "Web 3.0" space.
If you haven't heard of pawoo.net, it's because many instances have de-federated from it.
finance.yahoo.com/news/mask-ne…
Mask Network Acquires Pawoo.net, one of the largest Mastodon instances
The Social Coop Limited (Social Coop), the entity affiliated with Mask Network has acquired Pawoo.net, one of the largest Mastodon instances. The new team...PR Newswire (Yahoo Finance)
What Are The 14 Punctuation Marks You Need To Know? - UoPeople
What are the 14 punctuation marks? What’s the difference between a semicolon and a colon? A dash and a hyphen? Find out more about them here.madhu nair (University of the People)
Please help spread the word about this lovely 24h event starting in 45 minutes:
Live stream: live.eulerroom.com/
Line-up: sun.tidalcycles.org/
People all round the world celebrating the longest day or night, by typing code into their computer to make patterns. 72 performances, one performance every 20 minutes. Enjoy !
nextcloud.com/blog/the-new-tra…
The new Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework fails to make US cloud services GDPR compliant - Nextcloud
On Friday, March 25th the White House announced the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy framework. The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework is the most recent scheme on how data privacy should be managed on an international level between the EU and US.Mikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)
#podcasts
youtube.com/watch?v=Pn7qTmol84…
Sun Halo at Sixty-three Degrees North
Image Credit & Copyright: Goran Strand
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221221.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2022 December 21 - Sun Halo at Sixty three Degrees North
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Mozilla to Explore Healthy Social Media Alternative
In early 2023, Mozilla will stand up and test a publicly accessible instance in the Fediverse at Mozilla.Social.Steve Teixeira (The Mozilla Blog)
APOD: 2022 December 21 - Sun Halo at Sixty three Degrees North
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
👩🚀📸: go.nasa.gov/3jhgWVc
#NASAEarth
Strait of Messina
Sunglint, waves, and ship wakes are visible on the waters between Italy’s Calabria region and Sicily.go.nasa.gov
Police vs. Atlanta: The Battle Over Cop City
Atlanta is building a $90 million state-of-the-art police training facility that activists call “Cop City.” Major corporations like UPS, Home Depot and Delta...YouTube
Linux rap battle continues. unfortunately !
Sorry but distrotube started it (https://youtu.be/9IODmcCWVwE)and brodie called me out too ;_;(https://youtu.be/kv8QF_Bduhg)I'm just replying leave me alone....YouTube
Let's throw some gasoline onto this "fire". d:
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Calling me out for a rap
Dragging me into your crap
if I send you a SIGTERM signal
you can never handle it with trap
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Damn, that was gold! 😂
Sharing this oldie but a goodie of a song/performance from Taylor Mac: If you see something, say something
If You See Something Say Something
The inimitable Taylor Mac comments on the world from the subwayBigAndSlowInc | Invidious
The Human Brain May Not Be Shrinking After All : ScienceAlert
Humans take a lot of pride in their brains.Carly Cassella (ScienceAlert)
like this
This map shows lightning flashes detected by a sensor on the @Space_Station in the span of two minutes during a Dec. 13 storm. 🌩️
Size represents number of lightning flashes. Colors indicate flash brightness. The data are overlaid on a @noaa GOES image. go.nasa.gov/3hNlp1c
#NASAEarth
Lightning in the U.S. South
Dangerous thunderstorms and destructive tornadoes lashed the U.S. South amid a sprawling winter storm in December 2022.go.nasa.gov
Elon Musk Can’t Fix Your Commute
In this very entertaining and informative video essay, Adam Kovacs details why Elon Musk's futuristic transportation ideas likekottke.org
What will the Moon look like on your (or your pet's) next birthday, your anniversary, or on another special day?
Check out the Moon phase for each day in 2023, courtesy of our Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Scientific Visualization Studio:
#NASAMoon
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