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The Fall of Phaeton Mythological Symbols Comets/Floods | Randall Carlson - Kosmographia Clips 004.2

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The Fall of Phaeton Mythological Symbols Comets/Floods | Randall Carlson - Kosmographia Clips 004.2

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Comet 1962.8-Humason on September 4, 1962.

Donn, Bertram; Rahe, Juergen; Brandt, John C., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Rotated.

#comet

Comet 1962.8-Humason on September 4, 1962. Donn, Bertram; Rahe, Juergen; Brandt, John C., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Rotated.
#Comet

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The Medusa Nebula apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230317.ht… #APOD

APOD: 2023 March 17 - The Medusa Nebula

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
apod.nasa.gov
#APOD
in reply to NASA

The Invisible Universe
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The Invisible Universe
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Still wondering why your Twitter posts have alt text but your Mastodon posts don't. Many blind social media users have moved over to Mastodon because of usability concerns.

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"Old undated photograph of Daedalus and Icarus from west wall, shortly after excavation; Pompeii."

Ancient Roman frescos of Pompeii, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

"Old undated photograph of Daedalus and Icarus from west wall, shortly after excavation; Pompeii." Ancient Roman frescos of Pompeii, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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Comet Hale-Bopp C1995O1.

Miketsukunibito, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

#comet

Comet Hale-Bopp C1995O1. Miketsukunibito, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
#Comet

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The Fall of Icarus, fresco from Pompeii, 40-79 CE.

Sofia Suli, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

The Fall of Icarus, fresco from Pompeii, 40-79 CE. Sofia Suli, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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Someone reported esmail.xyz/RWuD71 and after looking into it, it turned out to be a pornhub link so I deleted it. Keep reporting people 👍

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"Seven Liberal Arts" by Cornelis Schut (~1630-1655). Figures of liberal arts from left to right: Astronomy — Music — Grammar — Geometry — Rhetoric — Dialectics — Arithmetic.

Cornelis Schut, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

"Seven Liberal Arts" by Cornelis Schut (~1630-1655). Figures of liberal arts from left to right: Astronomy — Music — Grammar — Geometry — Rhetoric — Dialectics — Arithmetic. Cornelis Schut, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

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"Phaeton" by Hendrik Goltzius, after Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem (1588).

National Gallery of Art, Public Domain via nga.gov/collection/art-object-…

"Phaeton" by Hendrik Goltzius, after Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem (1588). National Gallery of Art, Public Domain via https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.152774.html

Phaeton

Hendrick Goltzius, Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem
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laser ducks
My kind of ducks!

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1984
hehehehehe!
in reply to Muse

Muse
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@Katherine Bond You are well prepared for when the toilet paper runs out! XD
@Katherine Bond

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Umm...

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Fine, Fuck you redbubble.

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Yeah...nah!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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I made a song entirely from artists singing "yeah"

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So, Mastodon.social had a security breach and all private and follower-only messages were openly available.

This should serve as a reminder that DMs here are in no way private or secure.

Kinda a big deal

in reply to Sören

Eugen Rochko
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@chucker @reneestephen User archive takeouts are deleted after 7 days. Yes, we did rely on high-entropy randomly generated filenames to secure access, which normally would not be a problem with a correctly configured bucket policy.
@Renée @Sören
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sanguish
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@Gargron @chucker @reneestephen I hadn’t seen it mentioned elsewhere, so I posted the screenshot from my email.

It happens to everyone, and I have no doubt that you’ve tightened things up. I’m glad that it wows found and fixed.

The DMs thing is the only concerning part to me.

@Eugen Rochko @Renée @Sören

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Ridiculous.
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STARVATION WAGES at the "Happiest Place on Earth"?

In my view, if Disney can afford to compensate its CEO to the tune of $27 million, it should not be paying the workers who run their theme parks so little th...
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Great site: doubledouble.top/

DoubleDouble - Music Downloads

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The Lafayette Martian Meteorite was mysteriously found in Purdue's collection in 1931.

SI National Museum of Natural History, CC0 via si.edu/object/lafayette-stone:…

#meteorite

The Lafayette Martian Meteorite was mysteriously found in Purdue's collection in 1931. SI National Museum of Natural History, CC0 via https://www.si.edu/object/lafayette-stone:nmnhmineralsciences_1370424

Lafayette (stone) | Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution
#meteorite

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There are good reasons to force the divestiture of TikTok from ByteDance — but it could come at a very high cost, especially if China won't agree to a sale.

I tried to sort through my very mixed feelings:

platformer.news/p/tiktok-nears…

One, it will prove hugely disruptive to thousands of Americans who now make their living, either in whole or part, as TikTok creators. Two, it eliminates a huge amount of speech — including political speech — from the internet. Three, it will massively benefit YouTube and Meta, delivering them billions in advertising revenue and millions of new users at the same time the government’s antitrust enforcers are working to reduce the size of those giants. Four, it seems likely to further splinter the internet, as more governments threaten to ban foreign apps in the name of national security, whether they have been found to pose a legitimate risk or not. (What’s to stop India, which banned TikTok before anyone else, to ban Facebook or Twitter on similar grounds? What if that serves as a pretext for suppressing internal dissent?)

TikTok nears the endgame

Breaking off TikTok from ByteDance might be the right thing to do — but it will come at a high cost. PLUS: How Twitter keeps competitors off its For You page
Casey Newton (Platformer)
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PLUS: @zoeschiffer with another wild story from inside Twitter

platformer.news/p/tiktok-nears…

Twitter has been down-ranking the corporate accounts of its competitors, including TikTok, Snap, Meta, and Instagram, Platformer has learned. The change, which was rolled out in December, means that tweets from these accounts are not recommended to users who do not follow them, and won’t show up in their For You tab, we’re told. The down-ranking has been applied to more of TikTok’s accounts than any other company’s, according to internal documents obtained by Platformer. At least 19 of TikTok’s corporate accounts, including @TikTok_US, @TIkTokSports, and @TikTokSupport, are included in the down-ranking list, compared to three of Snap’s corporate accounts and two of Instagrams. Publicly available data shows that engagement on tweets from @TikTok_US saw a sharp downturn in January.

TikTok nears the endgame

Breaking off TikTok from ByteDance might be the right thing to do — but it will come at a high cost. PLUS: How Twitter keeps competitors off its For You page
Casey Newton (Platformer)
@Zoë Schiffer

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Comet Tago-Sato-Kosaka, 1969 G, on January 2, 1970.

V. M. Blanco and Arturo Gomez, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

#comet

Comet Tago-Sato-Kosaka, 1969 G, on January 2, 1970. V. M. Blanco and Arturo Gomez, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
#Comet

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Compound Microscope used by Joseph Jackson Lister (~1830-1850).

Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Compound Microscope used by Joseph Jackson Lister. A604181 Pt1 Science Museum Group Collection Online. collection.sciencemuseumgroup.…

#microscope

Compound Microscope used by Joseph Jackson Lister (~1830-1850). Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Compound Microscope used by Joseph Jackson Lister. A604181 Pt1 Science Museum Group Collection Online. https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co444383/compound-microscope-used-by-joseph-jackson-lister-compound-microscope

Compound Microscope used by Joseph Jackson Lister | Science Museum Group Collection

Microscope, English, 1830-1850, given to Lord Lister by his father J.J. Lister in 1849
collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk
#microscope

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Recent volcanic activity has been observed on Venus for the first time.

Scientists made the discovery by poring over archival radar images of Earth’s twin taken in the '90s by our Magellan mission. Our VERITAS mission is set to investigate: go.nasa.gov/3mP5f9O
#NASA

NASA’s Magellan Data Reveals Volcanic Activity on Venus

In a first, scientists have seen direct evidence of active volcanism on Earth’s twin, setting the stage for the agency’s VERITAS mission to investigate.
Tony Greicius (NASA)
#NASA

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🔴 Live in just a moment with more #Yakuza 0 youtube.com/watch?v=wK7uBEoPWv…

【Yakuza 0】Real Estate Broker Extraordinaire

Tip: https://streamlabs.com/brodierobertsonplaysPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrodieRobertsonVideoPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/brodierobertsonT...
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#yakuza

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"Allegory of the Seven Liberal Arts" by Maerten de Vos (1590).

Maerten de Vos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

"Allegory of the Seven Liberal Arts" by Maerten de Vos (1590). Maerten de Vos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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#mastogau
#mastogau
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Ansgar Trinkmann
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okay, ich fragte, weil ich verstanden hatte, dass offenbar mehrere Instanzen davon betroffen waren.

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We've confirmed 5,000+ exoplanets. These include planets covered by lava seas, jewels blowing in alien winds and worlds with burned atmospheres darker than night. We also know of planets where we think the skies sparkle ✨ Each is a wonder! Exoplanets.nasa.gov
#NASAExoplanets

Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System

NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program, the search for planets and life beyond our solar system.
Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
#NASAExoplanets

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Recent Mastodon Social security issue email went out.
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Because bandcamp is so important to the future of music, so are its workers' efforts to form a union. Bandcamp in general has been fair & equitable to artists, let's support efforts to make it the same for workers
bandcampunited.org/

Bandcamp United - Home

We are a union of workers at Bandcamp - We are Bandcamp United.
www.bandcampunited.org
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ICYMI: Big Steam Deck News - Ray Tracing, LAN Transfers and MORE

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Big Steam Deck News - Ray Tracing, LAN Transfers and MORE

Your latest #SteamDeck news round-up. Plenty of fun stuff like #SteamOS 3.4.6 and a big Steam Client upgrade too! Apologies for less videos lately, my right ...
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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

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I would love to have a Steam deck and a cooling rig for it but money dear boy.

Ah well back to using Batocera on my 14 year old desktop.

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Should We Be Discussing This In Class #shorts #Gaming youtube.com/shorts/gx8mBk3eHlM

Should We Be Discussing This In Class #shorts

What a game#hogwartslegacy #HarryPotter #Gaming #shortsTwitch: https://brodierobertson.xyz/twitchDlive: https://brodierobertson.xyz/dlivePatreon: https://br...
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#gaming #shorts

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Nasa says: "Good Night, sleep tight."

#catsofmastodon #catcontent #katzenbild

(And for our archive #catwuschel)

Cat Nasa sleeping
Cat Nasa sleeping
#CatsOfMastodon #catcontent #catwuschel #katzenbild

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Recent kitten update. #catsofmastodon
1/2 of calico kitten in the back garden, on a freshly trimmed, just starting to green for spring, Ivy bank.
#CatsOfMastodon

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Twitter just made bookmarks public.

Which makes me wonder: what's the point of likes -- especially now that both likes and bookmarks are public?

Thankfully, Mastodon bookmarks are *still* private.

twitter.com/TwitterSupport/sta…

Twitter: We love Bookmarks for saving Tweets to revisit later. Starting today on iOS, you’ll now see the total number of times a Tweet has been bookmarked on Tweet details.
in reply to Chris Trottier

Eugen Rochko
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It's a full circle to favourites. Favourites were originally social bookmarks (think del.icio.us). You save something for later, but the author gets notified.
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Rigo Wenning
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@Gargron we should not underestimate this "social" function as the favorite thingy has direct access to the endorphine center cc/ @nitot

So whatever birdsite does, the distinction between favorites and bookmarks is essential, because favorites are also a messenger.

@Eugen Rochko @Tristan Nitot✓

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This was the founding text of our two mastodon instances 5 years ago github.com/Openmedianetwork/op…

We are still providing #openweb services and coding projects for radical grassroots actavism


Campaign and Activism outreach text

Activist and NGO installs of a #4opens twitter project (Mastodon) to help people move off the #dotcon world. - Openmedianetwork/openweb
GitHub
#openweb

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"The ideal #poverty rate in America is zero. Why settle for anything less? Why accept the boring, pernicious best-we-can-doism that has captured the inequality debate in recent years?"
Gift link:
nytimes.com/2023/03/16/opinion…
#poverty

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Pilot Luke Czepiela landed a Piper Super Cub airplane on an 88-foot-wide helipad 56 stories above the ground. The Super Cub is known for its ability to land and take off in short distances, but this is crazy! kottke.org/23/03/landing-an-ai…

Landing an Airplane on a Tiny Helipad on Top of a Dubai Hotel

As I've discussed previously, the Piper Super Cub is an amazing short takeoff and landing airplane that can, under the right con
kottke.org

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LLMs used for exam cheating.
Tweet image: Several transparent ball pens carved with exam notes.
in reply to Esther Mondragón

Danny (he/they)
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Oh my gosh these pens are very similar to this banger of a film I saw this past weekend called Bad Genius (2017)

Please let me know your thoughts if you end up watching it.

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The whole of Andy Warfield's talk "Building and Operating a Pretty Big Storage System (My Adventures in Amazon S3)" is great, but this bit about the economics of multi-tenant storage systems is super important: youtu.be/sc3J4McebHE?t=1282

This is the fundamental way that multi-tenant cloud economics differs from traditional systems, and possibly the single most important thing about the cloud.


FAST '23 - Building and Operating a Pretty Big Storage System (My Adventures in Amazon S3)

Building and Operating a Pretty Big Storage System (My Adventures in Amazon S3)Andy Warfield, AmazonFive years ago I decided to leave my faculty position at ...
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Comet me, bro!

Astronomer Caroline Herschel, born #OTD in 1750, was the first woman credited with discovering a comet and the first woman to earn a salary as a scientist. She went on to discover 7 additional comets in her lifetime! #WomensHistoryMonth
#NASAhistory

#otd #NASAhistory #womenshistorymonth

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A fragment of the Nantan Meteorite that was found (1950s) in Guangxi, China.

shi zhao, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: flic.kr/p/pqceZ

#meteorite

A fragment of the Nantan Meteorite that was found (1950s) in Guangxi, China. shi zhao, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/pqceZ

南丹铁陨石

1516年的陨石雨,陨落于广西南丹县里湖乡甲木村西南山坡,1958年发现.重680kg。为粗粒八面体铁陨石（Fe91%; Ni7%）,1992年8月放在北京天文馆
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#meteorite

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