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Mariner 7, launched #OTD in 1969, along with its twin Mariner 6 launched a month earlier, were sent to Mars to study its surface and atmosphere during close flybys. @NASAMars

Left: Mariner 4 photo of Mars, 1965
Right: Mariner 7 photo of Mars, 1969
#NASAhistory



From 2010 to 2021, the average range of electric vehicles sold globally has almost tripled (from 80 miles to 220 miles). (via @clive) hannahritchie.substack.com/p/e…
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We are on our 2nd EV and it's been our experience that range numbers tend to be significantly inflated, particularly during cold or hot weather. And those range values are for new batteries; range decreases with the age of the batteries.


Overview of the Einsteinturm, or Einstein Tower, in Potsdam.

Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.



Apr 21
Snakes, Bats, and Glowing Things: Field Genomics in the Amazon Jungle
Fri 7:00 PM - Sat 1:00 AM
Biotech Without Borders

How do scientists do disease surveillance and study biodiversity through the lens of genomics? Citizen scientist Blacki Migliozzi joined a group of jungle field researchers to find out.

Through anecdotes and stunning photography he will walk us through what it's like to work with big cats, primates, birds, bats, frogs, snakes and many other kinds of organisms. He'll also provide first-hand observations of the habitat loss endangering these ecosystems as well as the dangers scientists put themselves in when doing this important work.

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!



I....I really don't know how to describe this video. Bobby Fingers made a diorama of when Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial (which, weirdly, occurred almost exactly halfway through Jackson's life). kottke.org/23/03/a-diorama-of-…
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That video is fascinating and certainly the weirdest thing I've seen in a while — and totally enjoyable.

Thanks for pointing it out.



With three major new rules this year ("the pitch clock, a ban on the infield shift and limits on pickoff throws"), MLB hopes to speed the game up and to showcase the players' athleticism more effectively. nytimes.com/2023/03/27/sports/…


This recently rediscovered and deciphered stone slab is the oldest map of Europe "for which we can identify the territory it depicts". It's around 4000 years old and depicts (in 3D!) an area in Brittany, France. bigthink.com/strange-maps/euro…



Roguelite dungeon crawler Netherguild arrives on Steam gamingonlinux.com/2023/03/rogu… #IndieGame #Linux #PCGaming


An old favorite link of mine: "This is my personal account of curing my asthma and hayfever by deliberately infesting myself with the intestinal parasite hookworm." web.archive.org/web/2006071903…
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I found this site, Consensus, that uses "AI" to find scientific studies to questions. Hookworms seem to be somewhat effective. consensus.app/results/?q=Do%20…


Left 4 Dead 3 appears in Counter-Strike 2 files gamingonlinux.com/2023/03/left… #L4D3 #CS2 #Gaming #Steam


Halls of Torment is classic Diablo meets Vampire Survivors gamingonlinux.com/2023/03/hall… #IndieGame #GodotEngine #Linux #Gaming


Aurora Over Arctic Henge apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230327.ht… #APOD
#APOD


The HUGE influx of #mainstreaming people are going to be bringing a lot of what for us #openweb natives is easy to see as prat'ish behaver to the #Fediverse. Let's keep this polite and try hand holding before biting 😀
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Heise covered the big Nextcloud Hub 4 release on Ethical AI and other exciting news. Read more in the article below!

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@tomassplatch stay tuned, more news on this soon! 😀
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Tomas Sprlak
will the launch video be available ? I didn't have time to watch the event...


Aurora Over Arctic Henge

Image Credit & Copyright: Cari Letelier

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230327.ht… #APOD

#APOD
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any reason why you’ve stopped adding alt-text? You can add it now after the fact…


A slice of the Allende Meteorite, observed to fall on February 8, 1969 in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International). Color edits.

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#meteorite

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"Comets and Shooting Stars Dance Over Paranal"; a meteor with Comet C/2011 L4 (Pan-STARRS) and Comet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) taken March 5, 2013 by ESO Photo Ambassador Gabriel Brammer.

ESO/G. Brammer, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

#comet #meteor



I said: I want de cup of de tuna sauce...not that I wanted a D-cup!


"The Fall of Phaeton" by Johann Heiss (1691).

Johann Heiss, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.



Better yet piss people off with a controversial opinion and defend it so strongly that you come out ahead
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RT @Schaffrillas
Some YouTube advice: if you're a channel just starting out, I'd recommend not making videos with universally agreed upon titles like "Spider-Verse is a Masterpiece" or "Why Gravity Falls is Amazing". No one's gonna click on that because no one needs to hear what they already know
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"Engraving from Smith's Illustrated Astronomy from 1848 of the Cincinnati Observatorys 11 inch Merz and Mahler refracting telescope installed in 1843."

Smith's Illustrated Astronomy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

#telescope



Meteor over Schreckhorn by Lenn Verjans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

#meteor



The Benld Meteorite fell on September 29, 1938 in Illinois, USA; it is a "hammer," since it penetrated a car.

Shsilver at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

#meteorite



"The Great Refractor of the Astrophysical Observatory Potsdam (AOP), Germany; it was finished in 1899."

H. Raab (User:Vesta), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

#telescope



"The Astronomer" by Louis Marie Marc Antoine Bilcoq (1786).

Louis Marie Marc Antoine Bilcoq, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.



Marble Statue of Urania.

Hans Thorwid / Nationalmuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0 via collection.nationalmuseum.se:4…

Color edits.

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"The Fall of Phaeton" by Francesco Caccianiga (~1775-1777).

Fabrizio Garrisi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.



Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) next to Messier 44.

Oliver Stein, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

#comet


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A screenshot of a social media post that reads,
"2029: My tv starts flashing red with an alert because I lied to Amazon Prime about how many people are in my living room watching Trolls 5. They send 15 cops in riot gear and they kill my dog. Im not allowed to shop at Whole Foods for two weeks."


Robert Hooke type microscope with a reconstruction of the lamp, objective and black glass plate with sections of cork (1675).

Science Museum Group, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 via Reconstruction of lamp. 1965-460 Science Museum Group Collection Online. collection.sciencemuseumgroup.…

#microscope



The Estherville Meteorite fell on May 10, 1879 in Iowa, USA.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

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#meteorite





Microscope of the Leeuwenhoek Type made in Paris by Michael Butterfield.

Science Museum Group, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 via Microscope of the Leeuwenhoek type. 1954-289 Science Museum Group Collection Online. collection.sciencemuseumgroup.…

#microscope



"Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek" by Jan Verkolje.

rob koopman from Leiderdorp, netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: flic.kr/p/6HUN7U

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A slice of the Faith Meteorite that was found in 1952 in South Dakota, USA.

Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

collections.museumsvictoria.co…

#meteorite

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Fuji Under Polaris by Victor Porof, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.


I Don't Think That's A Normal Wall Run #shorts #Gaming youtube.com/shorts/KuEg5ZnHyp8


"Claudia Quinta" by Lambert Lombard (before 1566).

Lambert Lombard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.

Higher but not great quality: arthive.com/artists/96487~Lamb…

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