Ration Club · Luma
Ration Club is a weekly communal meal at Newspeak House that has been running ever since it was founded in 2015. It's open to anyone who'd like to meet the fellowship and find out more about the...lu.ma
A look behind the curtain to understand the cost of running the #openweb - Open-Media-Network
This was the mess of https://activism.openworlds.info during the #twittermigration we had to keep removing thousands of off-topic accounts to keep...opencollective.com
Exposing Scientific Dogmas - Banned TED Talk - Rupert Sheldrake
Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, is a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. At Cambridge University he worked in developmental biolo...YouTube
Enceladus by Saturnshine
Image Credit: NASA; ESA, JPL, Cassini Imaging Team, SSI; Color Composite: Gordan Ugarkovic
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APOD: 2023 February 5 – Enceladus by Saturnshine
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Tabula exhibens Cometas à Nato Christo quorum saltim situs ex Histori. (A table exhibiting the Comets after the Nativity of Christ, with their locations from History.)
Theatrum Cometarum by Stanisław Lubieniecki.
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Merged into a single image file, depicted here are some of the comets seen in the common era (not sure if Gregorian or Julian calendar): 0 CE (Stella Magorum), 68/69, 367, 405 (399/400), 457, 594, 677, 729, 829, 837, 838, 1000, 1005, 1009, 1039, 1066, 1092, 1097, 1098, 1106, 1107, 1172, 1180.
Theatrum Cometarum (1668) by Stanisław Lubieniecki.
A taste of one of the best resources on comets and their historical occurrences. Tons of charts and illustrations.
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"I said, the wind machine is no longer romantic at full speed!"
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Microbial foods for improving human and planetary health - PubMed
The current food production system is negatively impacting planetary and human health. A transition to a sustainable and fair food system is urgently needed.PubMed
Core genes can have higher recombination rates than accessory genes within global microbial populations
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This is a predictable signal, as core genes will be the most likely to share homology to facilitate recombination (homologous recombination rates increase with genetic similarity)
Core genes can have higher recombination rates than accessory genes within global microbial populations
Homologous recombination rates tend to be highest in the most conserved parts of bacterial genomes.Asher Preska Steinberg (eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd)
and thx for the link 🙏
(I fear that the species boundaries become a bit fuzzy if mutator lines keep sparking in between, i.e. because they have lowered the threshold for hohomologous recombination. I recall such observations by rich lenski and miro radman crossing Salmonella/E. coli but don't have the paper at hand right now)
Gene flow and introgression are pervasive forces shaping the evolution of bacterial species - Genome Biology
Background Although originally thought to evolve clonally, studies have revealed that most bacteria exchange DNA. However, it remains unclear to what extent gene flow shapes the evolution of bacterial genomes and maintains the cohesion of species.SpringerLink
The "Saviksue" or Cape York Meteorite, used by locals for centuries, shown to Peary in 1894. The main mass was renamed Ahnighito by Peary (it was also called the "Tent"). Other pieces include the Woman and the Dog.
Photograph in Part 5 of "Northward Over the Great Ice," Volume 2 by Robert E. Peary (1898). archive.org/details/northwardo…
“I want better for #Twitter than the awful existence that Musk has charted. But mostly, I want better for us.
Figuring out places to be, ways to keep connections alive, find new methods of sharing experiences with others has been my driving factor…My hope is that we won't simply replace one monolithic platform with another….That we'll try new things, build new things, find new ways to connect that don't simply replicate the patterns of the past but instead move toward…”
The future of #Mastodon is up to us.
We choose the content & what to highlight & celebrate. On #Twitter & other platforms, we became used to posting & expecting the most infuriating/outrageous/triggering news. It became sport & spectacle & promoted narcissism.
We have an opportunity to actively share in other ways here. Curate curiosity. Build on each other’s ideas.
@Gargron & team have given us a chance to do things differently. So far, I’m optimistic.
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Gene editing company hopes to bring dodo ‘back to life’
Company is raising further $150m to pursue research on dodo which became extinct in 17th centuryFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
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With funds from a grant through @NASAArmstrong, scientists studied how arctic ground squirrels retain muscle and bone mass while hibernating, which could apply to future astronauts on long-duration space missions: go.nasa.gov/3HUpHNF
#NASA
Could NASA’s Studies on Hibernating Squirrels Help Astronauts?
Can studying sleeping Arctic ground squirrels help astronauts and further NASA’s mission?Cody Lydon (NASA)
ABRoot Reinvents The Immutable Linux Distro
Most immutable linux distros make use of Libostree but it's not the only tool out there, today we're looking at ABroot the tool used to make VanillaOS immuta...YouTube
Meteorite discovered in Oregon City, 1902, now know as the Willamette Meteorite. Postcard from 1906. 🤩
Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag Meißen, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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A small etched part of the Krasnojarsk Meteorite shown to Pallas in 1772 by Medvedev. On display at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Captmondo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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NASA Scientists Join White House Cancer Initiative
NASA scientists are working with doctors and researchers across the federal government to help cut the nation’s cancer death rate by at least 50% over the next 25 years, a goal of the White House’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative.Sean Potter (NASA)
A meeting of two worlds 🌊🐦
The waters off Australia’s famed Eighty Mile Beach are inhabited by whales, dolphins, and dugongs, while its sandy coastline is one of Australia’s most important environments for migratory shorebirds. go.nasa.gov/3YbUWtP
#NASAEarth
Eighty Mile Beach
This stretch of coastline in Western Australia is a popular recreational site for people and an important stopover site for migratory birds.go.nasa.gov
#NASAEarth
News from NASA 🚀
Astronauts make updates to the @Space_Station, @VP gives two former @NASA_Astronauts the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, and @NASAPersevere finishes its sample depot for #MarsSampleReturn.
Experience launches and more, virtually: go.nasa.gov/3la9CeY
#NASA
NASA: Virtual Guest
Since 2020, NASA has invited the public to be virtual guests at launches and milestone events.NASA
I feel the need...the need for speed! 💨
The Douglas D-558-II "Skyrocket" was first flown #OTD in 1948. One of the early transonic research airplanes, the Skyrocket later became the first aircraft to fly 2x the speed of sound.
More about the D-558-II: go.nasa.gov/3Ru386H
#NASAhistory
D-558-II Skyrocket
The Douglas D-558-II "Skyrockets" were among the early transonic research airplanes like the X-1, X-4, X-5, and X-92A.NASA
Have you had snow yet this year? ❄️
February’s Snow Moon will last for about three days, peaking Feb. 5 at 1:29 pm ET (1829 UTC). The name Snow Moon is attributed to heavy snow in the northeastern United States: go.nasa.gov/3JFO1oP
#NASAArtemis #Artemis
The Next Full Moon is the Snow, Storm, or Hunger Moon
The next full Moon will be on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. The Moon will appear full from early Saturday morning through early Tuesday morning.NASA Solar System Exploration
NGC 2626 along the Vela Molecular Ridge
Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby & Mark Hanson
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APOD: 2023 February 4 - NGC 2626 along the Vela Molecular Ridge
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Mount Washington wind chill: New Hampshire summit fell to minus 108 F, likely lowest recorded
The summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, dropped to a mark that is likely the lowest wind chill ever recorded in the United States.Dinah Voyles Pulver (USA TODAY)
APOD: 2023 February 4 - NGC 2626 along the Vela Molecular Ridge
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Post-modernism is a dead philosophy that still rules the #mainstreaming
A. Post-modernism is a dead philosophy that still rules the #mainstreaming Q. Zombie ideology A. Then we are zombies… Q. Speak for yourself 🤣 I’ve rejected post modernism in its entirety. I’m…Hamishcampbell
How a society built on science and technology can rely on a philosophy that says there's no such thing as objective truth is absurd. Some truth may be fuzzier than others, but of course there are objective truths, and if anyone thinks that's not the case, go wrestle some wild lions and bears -- It doesn't matter what your opinion on the matter is, you're gonna die because they're bigger and stronger than you.
(link is broke, tho)
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A part of the Krasnojarsk Meteorite shown to Pallas in 1772 by Medvedev, at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.
Eunostos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Polaris and the Trail of Comet ZTF
Image Credit & Copyright: David Ibarra Gomez
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APOD: 2023 February 3 - Polaris and the Trail of Comet ZTF
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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