25 years ago #today, Voyager 1 became the most distant human-made object in existence, surpassing Pioneer 10, which held that mantle for 25 years prior.
More about Voyager 1 and why it will remain our most distant probe for years to come go.nasa.gov/3Xw7cVu
Poster: @NASAJPL
#NASAhistory
On a collision course 💥
This week’s #HubbleFriday image shows a spectacular trio of galaxies set to collide and eventually merge into one larger galaxy.
The galaxies, known to astronomers as SDSSCGB 10189, are within 50,000 light-years of one another: go.nasa.gov/3Z0YVK3
#Hubble
Hubble Views a Merging Galactic Trio
This Hubble Space Telescope image holds three galaxies set on a collision course. They will eventually merge into a single larger galaxy, distorting one another’s spiral structure through mutual gravitational interaction in the process.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
#Bacteriophages playing nice: Lysogenic bacteriophage replication stable in the human gut #microbiota: iScience
cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S25…
Bacteriophages playing nice: Lysogenic bacteriophage replication stable in the human gut microbiota
Virology; Microbiology; MicrobiomeiScience
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A diverse repertoire of anti-defense systems is encoded in the leading region of plasmids
A diverse repertoire of anti-defense systems is encoded in the leading region of plasmids
Plasmids are an important source of antibiotic-resistance genes that mobilize horizontally between bacteria, including many human pathogens.bioRxiv
They’re Making a Tetris Movie. And It’s a Thriller?
Well, I was not expecting the next video game to be turned into an edgy drama (an 80s Cold War techno-thriller, no less) to be Tkottke.org
The Story of Tetris | Gaming Historian
In 1984, during the Cold War, a Russian programmer named Alexey Pajitnov created something special: A puzzle game called Tetris. It soon gained a cult follow...YouTube
American drivers have a blinding headlight problem
Experts point to three main reasons drivers are blinded on the road: misaligned headlights, taller vehicles, and different-colored lights.Madison Hall (Insider)
GamingOnLinux
The official YouTube channel for GamingOnLinux.com the best Linux and gaming news website this side of planet earth. Run by 1 person. Don't come expecting high-level gameplay or pro stuff.YouTube
All Your Base Are Belong to Us — Zero Wing (and other classics) hit Steam
Zero Wing along with other shoot 'em up classics Out Zone, Twin Cobra and Truxton from Toaplan and Bitwave Games have their brand new PC releases out.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/tota… #Gaming #Linux #PCGaming #Warhammer
Total War: WARHAMMER III update gives everyone Immortal Empires
Creative Assembly and SEGA have released the 2.4.0 version update to Total War: WARHAMMER III and it's quite a big one.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam had 83,000 new customers every day in 2022
Valve has put out their Steam Year In Review for 2022 and while they didn't give us a new monthly active user count, there were plenty of other details shared.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
I've put a lot of work into this post so far entitled "So, er, what even is a co-op?"
Before I transfer it to the @weareopencoop blog, please take a look to help make it better! 💪
Comments that are welcome:
1. Help clarify confusing things
2. Correct spelling/grammar
3. Ask questions to go deeper or further into an issue
docs.google.com/document/d/13r…
(comments that are not welcome: "I don't like Google Docs" 🙄)
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So, er, what even is a co-op?
So, er, what even is a worker-owned co-op? When we founded WAO, we asked whether it was only “yogurt-knitting vegans” who set up co-operatives.Google Docs
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Google's chatbot panic; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/16/twe…
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You love Nextcloud apps, but how about creating your own? 💡
We now have development tutorials to help guide you every step of the way! Just check out our blog and get started! 😍
#Nextcloud #CreateYourFirstApp #Nextcloudtutorials
Nextcloud App Development Tutorials: 1 step closer to creating an app! - Nextcloud
Nextcloud is offering new development tutorials for developers interested in creating their own Nextcloud apps. Learn about our method and how you can get started today!Mikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)
2023 CX1 Meteor Flash
Image Credit & Copyright: Gijs de Reijke
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APOD: 2023 February 17 - 2023 CX1 Meteor Flash
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Temple of Cybele on the Palatine Hill in 1901, about 1507 years after its destruction in 394. I wonder what happened to the meteorite it contained? Perhaps lost after one of the several fires before 394 or destroyed in 394.
1901 Photo of Temple Remains in "The Great Mother of the Gods" by Showerman, Grant, 1870-1935. Source: archive.org/details/greatmothe…
Guide to Palatine Hill by Cassius Ahenobarbus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. With edit to include the location of the Temple of Magna Mater.
The great mother of the gods : Showerman, Grant, 1870-1935 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Reprinted from the Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin, Philology and literature series, v. 1, no. 3Internet Archive
APOD: 2023 February 17 - 2023 CX1 Meteor Flash
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
In the series entitled: "The Nummulosphere," Randolph Kirkpatrick proposes the theory that the meteorites, (certain comets and asteroids) are benthic deposits containing various types of Nummulites.
Cover of "Part 2: The Genesis of the Igneous Rocks and of Meteorites" showing the continuous rain of radiolaria in the benthos.
Read Part 1 here: archive.org/details/kirkpatric…
Read Part 2 here: archive.org/details/kirkpatric…
Read Part 3 here: archive.org/details/kirkpatric…
Read Part 4 here: archive.org/details/kirkpatric…
The Nummulosphere Part 1: An Account of the Organic Origin of so-called Igneous Rocks and of Abyssal Red Clays : Randolph Kirkpatrick : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Nummulosphere: An Account of the Organic Origin of so-called Igneous Rocks and of Abyssal Red ClaysBy R. KirkpatrickLondon. 1913.Github.Internet Archive
Maybe surprising to some...
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But not others.
Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample - NASA
Scientists have eagerly awaited the opportunity to dig into the 4.3-ounce (121.6-gram) pristine asteroid Bennu sample collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins,Rob Garner (NASA)
Oh, sweet, lookie here. This was always a cool feature when sharing tweets. Messages on iOS gets rich previews for Mastodon posts.
“The new integration means that when sharing a link to a Mastodon post, iMessage fetches details like the post text, author name, attachments and renders it inline in the conversation thread.”
9to5mac.com/2023/02/16/ios-16-…
iOS 16.4: iMessage now supports rich content previews for Mastodon posts - 9to5Mac
Here’s an iOS 16.4 surprise: the Messages app now supports rich previews for Mastodon posts when you share a link to a post in an iMessage conversation.Benjamin Mayo (9to5mac)
Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years
It costs a lot more to book a vacation rental these days than it did before the pandemic — despite leaders of the best-known rental platform touting their company as a bargain relative to traditional hotels.Cameron Sperance (The Points Guy)
#TeamJorge: la empresa fantasma israelí acusada de injerencia en elecciones de todo el mundo
mercenarios de la desinformación
rfi.fr/es/sociedad/20230215-te…
‘Team Jorge’: la empresa fantasma israelí acusada de injerencia en elecciones de todo el mundo
El proyecto de investigación Story Killers del consorcio Forbidden Stories revela la existencia de “Team Jorge”, una misteriosa empresa israelí que ofrece un arsenal de servicios ilegales: desde hackeo de correos electrónicos de rivales políticos has…Angélica Pérez (RFI)
Let's Test Some PCBs
GitHub - BlitzCityDIY/Modular_Melody_Maker: Files for the Modular Melody Maker project. Currently a work in progress.
Files for the Modular Melody Maker project. Currently a work in progress. - BlitzCityDIY/Modular_Melody_MakerGitHub
Virotest: a bioinformatics pipeline for virus identification in plants.
High-throughput DNA sequencing is being introduced as an emerging technology for viral diagnosis. Despite several tools being available, lack of standardized bioinformatic pipelines and price are major limitations for its implementation.bioRxiv
Blooms of #Cyanobacteria pose a significant threat to #freshwater systems including rivers driving both #eutrophication and its dire implications for freshwater species as oxygen availability plummets and also the additional threat posed by #cyanotoxins produced by some Cyanobacteria.
This new research in Scientific Reports takes a #metagenomics and Q-PCR approach to explore the composition of the Cyanobacterial populations and their cyanotoxin production gene in major rivers across the United States (in 2019) and identifies Microcystis as the key toxin producing genus across this study.
Find out more on:
nature.com/articles/s41598-023…
#microbiology #ecology #MicrobialEcology
Metagenomic mapping of cyanobacteria and potential cyanotoxin producing taxa in large rivers of the United States - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Metagenomic mapping of cyanobacteria and potential cyanotoxin producing taxa in large rivers of the United StatesNature
Unusual prophages in Mycobacterium abscessus genomes and strain variations in phage susceptibilities #phage
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Unusual prophages in Mycobacterium abscessus genomes and strain variations in phage susceptibilities
Mycobacterium abscessus infections are relatively common in patients with cystic fibrosis and are clinically challenging, with frequent intrinsic resistance to antibiotics.journals.plos.org
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Shitty news sites still barfing out these “Mastodon is losing users” crappy articles I see. Now it’s MakeUseOf just parroting The Guardian huh.
makeuseof.com/why-people-leavi…
Yes the numbers dropped from the Twitter leaver influx, it was always going to happen. However Mastodon retained a massive amount of those users fediverse.observer/stats = ~1 million additional active users versus before the Twitter crap happened.
Fediverse Observer checks all servers in the fediverse and gives you an easy way to find a home using a map or list.
Fediverse Servers Status. Find a Fediverse server to sign up for, find one close to you!fediverse.observer
What was your first PC GPU? I'll start.
My first was the nVidia Riva TNT2 Ultra. My parents got a Gateway gaming PC for me as a gift for graduating high school.
It was awesome. 😀
These charts are examples of what happens to servers when I, @atomicpoet, mention someone.
Basically, I generate a lot of nginx logs.
Now imagine what would happen if @Gargron sent out a link!
(Thanks @coco. Hope I don't cause your server to crash again.)
Australia keeps on revealing hidden natural wonders. We need to do a better job of protecting everyone!
"The Mongarlowe mallee, also known as the 'ice age gum', may be Australia's loneliest tree. Since its discovery in 1985, extensive searching has revealed the existence of just six trees from four sites. These trees aren't just rare, they're also old. Potentially Ancient Egypt, pre-Roman Empire or possibly even older, hence the name ice age gum. Estimates put them at anywhere from 3,000 to 13,000 years old."
Australias loneliest tree Mongarlowe mallee
Meet the Mongarlowe mallee. With only six individuals in existence, it may be Australia’s loneliest tree. It also poses the question – what can we do for a species that has so few individuals left?NSW Environment and Heritage
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The World's Oldest Trees
Trees make up some of the oldest known living organisms on the planet.Basil Camu (Leaf & Limb)
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【GoW 1】Booba
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Giant Virus Infection Signatures Are Modulated by Euphotic Zone Depth Strata and Iron Regimes of the Subantarctic Southern Ocean
#ISS
-Biology and Robotics Research Occupy Crew
A multitude of advanced microgravity research benefitting humans and robotics took precedence aboard the International Space Station on Thursday.blogs.nasa.gov
Swirling space spider? The Eye of Sauron? What do you see?
With unprecedented clarity, @NASAWebb took its first look at the dust, gas, and star formation of nearby galaxies in infrared wavelengths, which may help us understand how galaxies form. go.nasa.gov/3KaHfaL
#NASA
NASA’s Webb Reveals Networks of Gas and Dust in Nearby Galaxies
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope are getting their first look at star formation, gas, and dust in nearby galaxies with unprecedented resolution at infrared wavelengths.Jamie Adkins (NASA)
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Scientists at the University of Utah studied how snow worsens temperature inversions and air quality.
They found that the chance that air pollution would exceed national standards increased from about 5% to 22% when there was snow on the ground.
#NASAEarth
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