#ISS
New York Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
Students from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 9 in Rochester, New York, will have an opportunity this week to hear from a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
Frank Chimero - There is a Horse in the Apple Store
There is a Horse in the Apple Store There is a horse in the Apple Store and no one sees it but me. I think,web.archive.org
Connecticut Parents Arrested for Letting Kids Walk to Dunkin' Donuts
"I have never felt threatened by a single person in this town until meeting those officers and the social worker."Lenore Skenazy (Reason Magazine)
At 9 I walked a half mile through Hollywood Hills to the grocery store with my younger brother (or alone!); we also just wandered our neighborhood independently.
I feel so lucky. It was wonderful.
In grade two — and I'm not exaggerating here — I had to take three buses, 45 km (~30 miles), and it took roughly an hour. Same thing on the way home.
The Sunday before school started, my mom took me on a dry run and, after it was done, said, "ok, you remember, right? Don't get lost."
Sometimes on the way home, if I felt like it, I'd skip the first two busses and walk the 5 km (3 miles) to where I caught the third bus.
I encourage designers of fediverse software to take a local-first approach:
Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud
A new generation of collaborative software that allows users to retain ownership of their data.www.inkandswitch.com
Translating xQc into human speak, buying fake meat supports pesticide run off into water streams, buying phones/shoes/really any consumer products supports sweat shops, buying anything with a lithium battery supports cobalt slave mining in the Congo.
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RT @Dexerto
“You’re trying to make people feel bad for purchasing a video game?”
xQc defends streamers that are broadcasting and playing Hogwarts Legacy
twitter.com/Dexerto/status/162…
As always, I have no idea whats going on in the world again. Ahh, just noticed, it's Twitter. I would use Twitter only for business reasons, nothing else.
Judging from the text and video footage, it's nothing new. People try to make others bad feeling for having wrong console, playing wrong game (remember Cyberpunk?) or just even having a wrong opinion. I don't care them. If people cannot argument and discuss, then just forget about them. Why even react to it... ?
Have fun and .
As we (humans) get to grips with how to scale up #hydrogen as an energy source (and for energy storage) and as part replacement for #fossilfuels, this new research (once again) shows that #microbes have beaten us to it and evolved their own solutions for energy - in this case using hydrogen power.
This new research in Nature Microbiology explores how hydrogen in seawater supports growth of multiple and diverse #bacterial species.
Fof those (like me) in #Melbourne , you may be interested that the research also includes study of this process within #PortPhillipBay sediments.
Learn more on:
nature.com/articles/s41564-023…
#microbiology #bacteria #ecology #MicrobialEcology
Molecular hydrogen in seawater supports growth of diverse marine bacteria - Nature Microbiology
Genome-resolved metagenomics, biogeochemistry, modelling and culture-based analysis reveal that marine bacteria consume H2 to support growth.Nature
Homology of DNA import systems in #archaea to the #conjugation transport systems in #bacteria.
New research in Nature Communications on: nature.com/articles/s41467-023…
#microbiology #HorizontalGeneTransfer #evolution
Archaeal DNA-import apparatus is homologous to bacterial conjugation machinery - Nature Communications
Bacteria can exchange DNA through extracellular appendages (‘mating pili’) in a process known as conjugation. Here, Beltran et al.Nature
Sine, Cosine TANGENT!!!! #shorts
Why do make me suffer like so#theworldendswithyou #twewy #Gaming #YouTubeTwitch: https://brodierobertson.xyz/twitchDlive: https://brodierobertson.xyz/dlivePa...YouTube
@nasa's upcoming flagship observatory, @NASARoman, clears another hurdle before 2027 launch. See what's ahead for the space telescope that will discover exoplanets and demo technology to enable their direct imaging (and so much more!): nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard…
#NASAExoplanets
High-Gain Antenna for NASA’s Roman Mission Clears Environmental Tests
Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have finished testing the high-gain antenna for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.Ashley Balzer (NASA)
#NASA
#ISS
NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Space Station Cargo Launch, Docking
NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 68 crew aboard the International Space Station.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
What explains recent tech layoffs, and why should we be worried? | Stanford News
As layoffs in the tech sector mount, Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer is worried.Stanford News
Shift Happens: A book about keyboards
The history of keyboards – from early typewriters to modern mechanical marvels – told in two beautiful volumes.Kickstarter
13,000 People From the Niger Delta Just Sued Shell for Years of Oil Spills
“As we speak, oil is spilling in my community every day, people are dying.”Georgia Gee (The Intercept)
like this
#NASAhqphoto
20230207 Astronaut Nicole Mann Downlink with Members of Congress
Explore this photo album by NASA HQ PHOTO on Flickr!NASA HQ PHOTO (Flickr)
Has ChatGPT Been Hacked By Redditors?!?!
ChatGPT has grown massively popular over the past few months passing 100 million monthly active users but during this OpenAI has been locking down the system...YouTube
I want to remember you a song written by an AI 3 years ago. And one of the commenter said this:
> I think it says a lot about humanity that every AI we feed info ends up with depression or suicidal tendencies.
a Eurovision song created by Artificial Intelligence: Blue Jeans and Bloody Tears
As Europe (together with Australia and Israel) are glued to their TV sets watching the 64th Eurovision song competition, we asked ourselves What makes a Euro...YouTube
#ISS
Station Science Picks Up on Tuesday as Resupply Mission Nears
The seven-member Expedition 68 crew was back on its full complement of microgravity research on Tuesday.blogs.nasa.gov
TechCrunch writes about Nextcloud!
"If you’re not familiar with Nextcloud, it’s a popular open source online storage application that you can run on your own server."
Anyone here NOT familiar with Nextcloud? 🤔😉
Shadow launches cloud storage service Shadow Drive • TechCrunch
Shadow is now officially a tech company with two different products. In addition to its cloud computing service that works particularly well for games, the company is launching Shadow Drive, a cloud storage service based on Nextcloud.Romain Dillet (TechCrunch)
The Kottke.org T-shirt, a Fine Hypertext Product
For much of the nearly 25-year lifespan of kottke.org, the site's tagline has been "home of fine hypertext products". Ikottke.org
Ouch, it's €54 with duties and shipping to Germany. But, if your half-joke about going to Amsterdam to see the Vermeer exhibit wasn't just a joke, I can buy one directly from you*.
*Some conditions apply, namely that you'd also have to be there on the 9th-10th of March 😬.
February Humble Choice includes Fallout 76, Thronebreaker, Pathfinder
Need some more quality games? Humble Choice for February 2023 is up with a fresh set of games and there's some good stuff included like Fallout 76.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Sisyphus Eternally Pushes a Boulder Up a Mechanical Incline in Ross McSweeney's Nimble Automata — Colossal
Artist Ross McSweeney designed an intricately detailed, laser-cut wood automation that glimpses inside the mythical mechanisms at work.Kate Mothes (Colossal)
Trackmania is looking great on Steam Deck and Linux desktop
Trackmania has released on Steam recently and thanks to the recent Ubisoft Connect fixes from Valve in Proton 7.0-6, Trackmania works great on Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#NASAExoplanets
GMS: Periodic Table of the Elements: Origins of the Elements
The periodic table organizes all the known elements by atomic number, which is the number of protons in each atom of the element.go.nasa.gov
Customizable platform fighter Fraymakers is out in Early Access gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/cust…
#IndieGame #PlatformFighter #Gaming #Steam #Linux
Customizable platform fighter Fraymakers is out in Early Access
With some really slick animations, the customizable platform fighter Fraymakers has launched in Early Access on Steam with Linux support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Colony builder Maia gets big optimizations, along with controller and Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/colo…
#Gaming #SteamDeck #PCGaming #Linux
Colony builder Maia gets big optimizations, along with controller and Steam Deck support
A name I've not heard for a while that I seemed to miss some emails on recently. Colony building sim Maia, from developer Simon Roth, had a rather big upgrade.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#NASAhistory
#BlackHistoryMonth
#NASAhistory
NASA - Preflight Interview: Leland D. Melvin, Mission Specialist
Interview with STS-122 Mission Specialist Leland D. MelvinMark Garcia, JSC
Heart disease studies and a closer look at space-resistant microbes are among the @ISS_Research on @SpaceX's next cargo resupply mission, scheduled to launch as soon as Friday, March 10.
Applications for media accreditation are due by Wednesday, Feb. 22: go.nasa.gov/3I4yzBh
#NASA
NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 27th Resupply Launch to Space Station
Media accreditation is open for SpaceX’s 27th commercial resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
Took a little fidgeting, but now VERIFIED by John Mastodon. Thanks, pal! ✅
You can do it too: themarkup.org/levelup/2022/12/…
How We Verified Ourselves on Mastodon — and How You Can Too – The Markup
One Twitter alternative’s verification system is simple, open, and freethemarkup.org
⚠️ For today's only.
All donations will be matched for me (too, again!): esmailelbob.xyz/en/#donation
So whatever you will send, I will receive it 😂
2 Things:
1) Is new design good for donations page or do I need to refine it?
2) Donate, donate!
Buckle up, this will be a bumpy ride! 🛩️ 🌨️
Scientists with @nasa IMPACTS took off from @NASA_Wallops and flew straight into snowstorms to learn how clouds form. ☁️
Read about what it's like onboard: go.nasa.gov/40ztmc1
#NASAEarth
The Snowy Day Stamps
I'd missed that the USPS released a set of stamps commemorating Ezra Jack Keats' The Snowy Day back in 2017. From the Smithsoniakottke.org
Trackmania on Steam Deck (Best Settings + Gameplay)
#SteamDeck #Trackmania #PCGaming
Trackmania on Steam Deck (Best Settings + Gameplay)
#Trackmania is now on Steam and works great on #SteamDeck thanks to the fixes in the latest #Proton update from Valve. Here's the best settings to get it to ...YouTube
APOD: 2023 February 7 – A Comet and Two Dippers
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Lisa Brewster
in reply to kottke.org • • •related: if you drive past horses and don’t say “horses,” you’re a psychopath
muse.jhu.edu/article/729223/pd…
Project MUSE - Poem Beginning with a Retweet, and: Talk of Horses
muse.jhu.edu