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-yall be tuning in for various midweek reasons. awesome!
-the next post you see from us will probably be a rather big announcement
-if the planets align technically you could listen to RFF for almost a day and a half straight and not hear the same song
-we are getting quite close to 200 contributing artists milestone. such wow!
keep telling listeners and artists about your fedi #community #radio
listen, submit, contribute:
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Drag Story Hour Forever
Sunday, March 19
10am - 3pm
Two events:
Drag Story Hour Defense
@ The Center, 208 W 13th St
Queer Antifascist + Abolitionist Celebration
@ AIDS Memorial Park, W 12th St/7th Ave
We keep our queer community safe.
Not the cops, not electeds, not the attorney general.
* Full statement/declaración completa: bit.ly/dsh-statement *
Hora de cuentos drag para siempre!
Domingo 19 de Marzo
10am-3pm
2 eventos!
Defensa de hora de cuento drag
@ The Center, 208W 13th st
Celebración queer abolicionista y antifascista
@ AIDS Memorial Park
Nosotres mantenemos nuestra comunidad queer a salvo
No les polis, no les polítiques, no la fiscal general
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#ISS
SpaceX Resupply Mission Launches to the Space Station
A SpaceX Dragon launched on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket at 8:30 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying more than 6,200 pounds of research, hardware, and supplies to the International Space Station.go.nasa.gov
"The Astronomer (Stargazer)" by Carl Spitzweg (~1860).
Carl Spitzweg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
German Armillary Sphere by Caspar Vopel (1542).
Science Museum Group, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 via German armillary sphere, 1542. 1880-48 Science Museum Group Collection Online. collection.sciencemuseumgroup.…
German armillary sphere, 1542 | Science Museum Group Collection
Armillary sphere brass with wood globe on brass stand, diameter of base 2 1/2 ins, outside diameter of meridian 4 1/2 ins, by Caspar Vopel of Cologne, German dated 1542collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk
This game got really over shadowed by a lot of releases around the same time but I should get around to playing it
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RT @hifiRush
Hi-Fi RUSH is topping the charts in critics' hearts! (And we hope in yours, too! ❤️)
Play it today on Xbox Series X|S via Xbox Game Pass and PC!
twitter.com/hifiRush/status/16…
#NASA
Research Flies to the Space Station on SpaceX CRS-27
NASA’s 27th SpaceX commercial resupply services (CRS) mission is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in March.Ana Guzman (NASA)
#NASA
Universal Numbers Library: Multi-format Variable Precision Arithmetic Library
Omtzigt et al., (2023). Universal Numbers Library: Multi-format Variable Precision Arithmetic Library. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(83), 5072, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05072Journal of Open Source Software
#NASAEarth
The surge of rain pushed rivers beyond their banks and forced evacuations from several communities.
For comparison, NASA’s Aqua satellite captured an image of the same area on March 5, 2022, during drier times.
Details: go.nasa.gov/3mTusjx
#NASAEarth
Floods Swamp Australia’s Northern Territory
Days of rain have swollen rivers and lakes in the sparsely populated territory.go.nasa.gov
Great Art Explained: Georges Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Say what you will about The Algorithms, but YouTube's reliably informs this art history lover of every new episode of Great Artkottke.org
A fragment of the Viñales Meteorite that fell on February 1, 2019 in Cuba.
Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr flic.kr/p/2naZzkd
The Many Faces of Viñales, a Witnessed Meteorite Fall in Cuba 2019
Viñales is a witnessed meteorite fall, one of the rarest natural phenomena that human beings experience.Flickr
A modern colorized version of the Flammarion Engraving by Houston Physicist, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Original from « L'atmosphère : météorologie populaire » by Camille Flammarion (1888).
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What An Easy Game #shorts
And then he died#hogwartslegacy #HarryPotter #Gaming #shortsTwitch: https://brodierobertson.xyz/twitchDlive: https://brodierobertson.xyz/dlivePatreon: https...YouTube
"Paris Exposition: Eiffel Tower and Celestial Globe, Paris, France, 1900. Eiffel Tower and Celestial Globe. Brooklyn Museum Archives, Goodyear Archival Collection."
Neurdein, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons.
What better way to welcome spring than a party? Please join us for an open house-style Saturday afternoon celebration at the Biotech Without Borders community biolab in Queens NY. We welcome friends—new and old—to see our wonderful Long Island City facilities. Meet our members, find out about workshops, lectures and community projects happening in the coming months. Ellen says she hasn't made DNA cocktails in awhile but is willing to give it a try...
Food - Drinks - DNA Hijinks
We're located in Suite 319, you may have to call/text the lab phone (7086371289) to enter.
Biotech Without Borders is a member-led, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, community biolab founded in 2017 to serve the New York City community. See our website for more details!
Comet C 2013X1 Panstars with NGC 7293 (Helix Nebula) on June 5, 2016; by Gerald Rhemann.
This image shows the encounter of comet C 2013X1 Panstars with NGC 7293, the Helix Nebula, on 5 June 2016. The Helix Nebula is formed when a dying star puffs off its outer layer. This is a mosaic image of two panels. This is a mosaic image of two panels.
This image shows the encounter of comet C 2013X1 Panstars with NGC 7293, the Helix Nebula, on 5 June 2016. The Helix Nebula is formed when a dying star puffs off its outer layer. This is a mosaic image of two panels.Royal Museums Greenwich Images
Star Map by Elizabeth Shurtleff (~1930).
Elizabeth Shurtleff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Bear | Season 2 Official Teaser | FX
It’s not a reopening, it’s a rebirth. FX’s The Bear returns this June. Only on Hulu.Subscribe now for more The Bear clips: http://bit.ly/SubscribeFXFX’s new ...YouTube
#NASA
NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures Rarely Seen Prelude to Supernova
The rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star – among the most luminous, most massive, and most briefly detectable stars known – was one of the first observations made by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in June 2022.Jamie Adkins (NASA)
#NASA
NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures Rarely Seen Prelude to Supernova
The rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star – among the most luminous, most massive, and most briefly detectable stars known – was one of the first observations made by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in June 2022.Jamie Adkins (NASA)
#NASA
¡Nos encontramos en el #MozFest 2023! 🥳
Del 20 al 24 de marzo se realizará el Mozilla Festival, una celebración anual pensada para y por personas que aman #Internet ❤️
Desde Sursiendo facilitaremos dos sesiones. Puedes conocerlas en este link:
➡️ sursiendo.org/2023/03/sursiend…
Sursiendo participa del MozFest 2023
Entre el 20 y el 24 de marzo de 2023 se llevará a cabo el Festival Mozilla, un encuentro pensado por y para las personas que aman Internet.Sursiendo
The New Ubuntu Linux "Flavor" We All Expected
After Canonical and Ubuntu decided to drop Flatpak support from there flavors it seemed inevitable that someone was going to make a flavor to bring them back...YouTube
Image showing the observatory of El Caracol at Chichen Itza from the 1932 Sigvald Linné archeological expedition at Teotihuacán, Mexico.
Sigvald Linné, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits and some cleanup.
When the Artemis III @NASA_Astronauts land near the Moon’s South Pole, they’ll wear an advanced spacesuit.
Join @nasa and @Axiom_Space as we reveal the design to allow more mobility and protection for future lunar explorers: go.nasa.gov/42eF2la
#NASAArtemis #Artemis
NASA, Axiom Space to Reveal Artemis Moon Mission Spacesuit
A spacesuit prototype of what NASA astronauts, including the first woman, plan to wear on the surface of the Moon during the agency’s Artemis III mission, is set for reveal during a televised event hosted by Axiom Space beginning at 10:30 a.m.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
go.nasa.gov/3YSPhIZ
#ISS
Biology, Botany, and Training Fill Crew Schedule Ahead of Cargo Launch
The Expedition 68 crew members spent their day carrying out biological research, harvesting vegetables, and prepping for a commercial resupply mission delivering more than 6,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station.go.nasa.gov
@NASAWebb catches the rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star – among the most luminous and most briefly detectable stars known. The star, 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, is destined to explode. go.nasa.gov/3YL5D6I
#NASAExoplanets
NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures Rarely Seen Prelude to Supernova
The rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star – among the most luminous, most massive, and most briefly detectable stars known – was one of the first observations made by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in June 2022.Jamie Adkins (NASA)
@rvannieuwpoort and I finished our blog post on the roles of research software: doi.org/10.54900/9akm9y5-5ject…
I'm sharing this here because a bunch of people contributed to the roles and examples; we think we credited everyone for these contributions in the post - thanks very much for your help
Defining the roles of research software
In November of 2022, the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) and the Netherlands eScience Center organized a two-day international workshop titled “The Future of Research Software.Rob van Nieuwpoort (Upstream)
I gave a new talk today at SIAM #CSE23
"How RSE Community Identity Leads to Improved Research Software Practices"
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7683966
How RSE Community Identity Leads to Improved Research Software Practices
Abstract. Research Software Engineers (RSEs) have developed a strong sense of community identity. This identity includes a culture and set of practices that help define the community and its membership.Zenodo
Moderating the Fediverse
Mastodon and other federated networks create new paradigms for moderation that put more responsibility in the hands of communities and server owners.lu.ma
Kottke 25: One More Chance for Hypertext Tees
In celebration of the site's 25th anniversary, I've turned ordering back on for Kottke Hypertext Tees for the next day or so. Hekottke.org
GPT-4
We’ve created GPT-4, the latest milestone in OpenAI’s effort in scaling up deep learning. GPT-4 is a large multimodal model (accepting image and text inputs, emitting text outputs) that, while less capable than humans in many real-world scenarios, ex…openai.com
Ready to take control of your digital life? Move from iCloud to Nextcloud today! ✨
Discover how easy it is to make the switch to our open source cloud in this article from opensource.com.
opensource.com/article/23/3/sw…
Switch from iCloud to Nextcloud
If you're wary of committing your data to cloud services controlled by a corporation but love the convenience of remote storage and easy web-based access, you're not alone.opensource.com
📬 Special Delivery!
On Sept. 24, 2023, the #OSIRISREx spacecraft will deliver a capsule of precious asteroid material to Earth and @USPS just announced there will be a stamp to mark the occasion! nasa.gov/osirisrex
#ToBennuAndBack
#NASASolarSystem
OSIRIS-REx
OSIRIS-REx traveled to near-Earth asteroid Bennu and is bringing a small sample back to Earth for study. The mission launched Sept. 8, 2016, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.NASA
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But of course. Rude, reasonable chicken are so much more agreeable!
A word of warning though. The slippery are very crafty, take notice!
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in reply to Muse • • •So I looked things up; not all of that is in my active vocabulary. So whatever the original signs were possibly meant to be warning against, in the bar where they seem to be now they have become lifestyle blinkenlights, amusing to learners of Mandarin, maybe Cantonese, and inspiring conversation if you end up at the bar and have time for chatter.
Pay attention to your safety, it says on the left. (Dull like any pickpockets warning in a public space.) 注意安全 zhùyì ānquán. Hilariously bad translation to English. 坡道路滑 pō dàolù huá - on the surface this is "Slope path slippery [when wet]", or watch your step. But. Hongkong, my dictionary says, may use 波 bō for (not only) women's breasts, or hinting at male homosexuality. Titties! And while one radical is different 波 v 坡 - may well be an intended pronunciation thing here; gleefully selected ambiguity in soft bō and hard pō. You know, just if you were thinking this sign draws your attention
... show moreSo I looked things up; not all of that is in my active vocabulary. So whatever the original signs were possibly meant to be warning against, in the bar where they seem to be now they have become lifestyle blinkenlights, amusing to learners of Mandarin, maybe Cantonese, and inspiring conversation if you end up at the bar and have time for chatter.
Pay attention to your safety, it says on the left. (Dull like any pickpockets warning in a public space.) 注意安全 zhùyì ānquán. Hilariously bad translation to English. 坡道路滑 pō dàolù huá - on the surface this is "Slope path slippery [when wet]", or watch your step. But. Hongkong, my dictionary says, may use 波 bō for (not only) women's breasts, or hinting at male homosexuality. Titties! And while one radical is different 波 v 坡 - may well be an intended pronunciation thing here; gleefully selected ambiguity in soft bō and hard pō. You know, just if you were thinking this sign draws your attention to where you put your feet now.
The "chicken" is translated as in chick, girl, but it is used in a derogative manner; the adjective 潑辣 pōlà is like shrewd; bold or vigorous. Chicken 雞 jī as in prostitute. (No word of warning in there, or I don't understand 四水 sìshuǐ (from 四川 Sìchuān, the province; 水 is water, or taxes/extra income on the side). Possibly a dialect thing?
The "strange juice" is just that; we are offered no explanation. 果汁 is guǒzhī, fruit juice usually. 奇 qí (I found that font hard to read) as in 奇怪 qíguài is just wonderful, strange, weird, unusual: the combination I'd say is sexually suggestive, implicitly so, if my instinct is any good here. Forbidden fruit, breasts, juice, slippery glass floors...? A strip club interior, or where you are supposed to, erm, get right to it in the lounge?
Burning man? Just make sure to drink enough if you're staying since you might exhaust yourself.
(These notes could make a nice improvised Mandarin class, methinks.)
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