Comet C2014 Q2 on December 25, 2014.
Paul Stewart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: flic.kr/p/pzUnFT
Christmas Comet C/2014 Q2
The clouds stopped data collection early, so not much tail. WO FLT132 refractor and QSI583wsg with 0.8x reducerFlickr
"Comet" by Heorhiy Narbut (1919).
Heorhiy Narbut, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
PCI SIG exploring #optical interconnect
"Optical connections will be an important advancement for #PCIe architecture as they will allow for higher performance, lower power consumption, extended reach and reduced latency”
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PCI-SIG® Exploring an Optical Interconnect to Enable Higher PCIe Technology Performance
PCI-SIG® today announced the formation of a new workgroup to deliver PCI Express® (PCIe®) technology over optical connections. The PCI-SIG Optical Worwww.businesswire.com
#NASAExoplanets
The Exoplaneteers Quiz
What kind of exoplanet explorer are you? Take the quiz to find out, and get the perfect planet for you!go.nasa.gov
"Music of the Universe" by Simon Cook.
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Music of the Universe (acrylic on canvas) by Simon Cook
Buy Music of the Universe (acrylic on canvas) by Simon Cook as fine art print. ✓ High-quality museum grade. ✓ Perfect reproductionMeisterdrucke
"Starry Night" by Jean-François Millet (~1850-65).
Jean-François Millet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
#ISS
Astronauts Relax Before Space Delivery, Cosmonauts Prep for Spacewalk
Expedition 69 is awaiting an orbiting U.S. cargo craft carrying over 8,200 pounds of science and supplies for delivery on Friday.blogs.nasa.gov
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RDA & ReSA: Policies in Research Organisations for Research Software (PRO4RS)
This Working Group is co-convened with the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) and aims to create a community of stakeholders involved in promoting and/or implementing policy that supports research software at the research institution level (e.g., unRDA
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Towards a post-pandemic future for global pathogen genome sequencing
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic had a major impact on the field of pathogen genomics. This Essay discusses innovations that have enabled routine pathogen genome sequencing, as well as how genome sequences can be used to understand and control the spread of i…journals.plos.org
【Black Mesa】Our Journey Is Almost Over
Tip: https://streamelements.com/brodieongames/tipPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrodieRobertsonVideoPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/brodierobertson...YouTube
Look, I get it. You always are connected to high-speed internet you've got all your streaming services, so the idea of losing different types of physical media may not mean much to you especially if you're not old like I am and you're used to having everything in physical media anyway. But take this for example:
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Disney just delivered potential death blow to DVDs and Blu-rays — here’s what’s happening
DVDs and Blu-rays could soon go the way of the VHSNick Pino (Tom's Guide)
SFMTA is proposing to reduce speed limits on a variety of streets, but SFMTA’s own data shows that only reducing speed limits — using signs — doesn’t decrease speeds.
SFMTA should reduce travel lanes by installing protected bike lanes.
My full statement: docs.google.com/document/d/e/2…
San Francisco Will Lower Speed Limits on These 23 Streets
The $400,000 change will affect several streets around some of San Francisco's most tight-knit and busy roadways.George Kelly (The San Francisco Standard)
Everything you wanted to know about being a Trustee of the RSE Society but were afraid to ask - Society of Research Software Engineering
Volunteering as a Trustee The RSE Society is organising its annual elections for the Board of Trustees and we are looking for volunteers! As a charity, the Society needs a few of its members to take on the formal responsibility for some aspects of ru…Evelina Gabasova (Society of Research Software Engineering)
Web Environment Integrity Is Being Tested In Chrome!
When we last talked about Web Environment Integrity I didn't think Google would already be in the stage of prototyping it but here we are, there is already s...YouTube
Is climate change the same as global warming? Not quite.
The warming of Earth — or global warming — is just one factor that makes up a range of changes that are happening to our planet, which is climate change.
And @nasa is studying all of it: climate.nasa.gov/
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#NASAEarth
Home – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
Vital Signs of the Planet: Global Climate Change and Global Warming. Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA.Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
Has the Bear Market Called Crypto's Bluff?
New from me at @coindesk: coindesk.com/consensus-magazin…
Has the Bear Market Called Crypto's Bluff?
Despite crypto's problems, there is hope in the industry's capacity to enable more creative and democratic kinds of governance, Nathan Schneider writes.Nathan Schneider (CoinDesk)
It’s not news that #beef production has an outsized environmental impact, but I appreciate this comparison to #coal:
"Relative to other food sources, beef is uniquely carbon-intensive. [cattle] produce seven times as many GHGs per calorie of meat as pigs do, and around 40% more than farmed prawns do. This makes beef a bigger outlier among foods than coal is among sources of electricity: burning coal generates just 14% more GHGs than burning oil, another common fuel.”
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Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhouse-gas emissions
Cattle are a surprisingly large producer of greenhouse gasesThe Economist
BioArtBot (bioartbot.org/) is a project for learning synthetic biology through creative expression.
A liquid handling robot "prints" the submitted drawing with microbes onto a petri dish. It places a few cells at each location, and over a few days these cells multiply until each "pixel" is actually a microbial colony (it uses strains of genetically modified E. coli).
The artistic value of the drawing I submitted is negligible, but my daughter is very happy with the result.
@danwchan Thank you Danny!
Unfortunately I missed the #solsticeschool2023 hashtag (and a lot of interesting presentations!), but I signed up for your talk (I hope to be able to connect in time 🙂 )
Teams from @nasa & the @DeptofDefense completed the latest recovery tests for the crewed #Artemis II mission off the coast of San Diego.
The recovery teams are modifying timelines and procedures after the successful recovery of @NASA_Orion after Artemis I go.nasa.gov/458GWEL
#NASAArtemis #Artemis
#NASAExoplanets
Webb Spotlights Gravitational Arcs in ‘El Gordo’ Galaxy Cluster
A new image of the galaxy cluster known as “El Gordo” is revealing distant and dusty objects never seen before, and providing a bounty of fresh science.Isabelle Yan (NASA)
For Honor is looking great on Steam Deck!
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For Honor from Ubisoft gets Steam Deck support!
Hey deckers, Liam here with a fresh game tip for you as we have a bit of a win from Ubisoft here because they recently upgraded #ForHonor to support #EasyAnt...YouTube
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RPG Legends: Baldur's Gate & Beyond
Get games like Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition, and Neverwinter Nights: Complete Adventures. Pay what you want & support Active Minds!Humble Bundle
You know your backlog problem is real bad when enhanced edition of 20y old game you haven't had the time to start get their own bundles.
And you already have everything from previous steam sales (and maybe even bundles, but you can't remember).
Deceive Inc. is a lot of fun on #SteamDeck
Deceive Inc is a lot of fun on Steam Deck
A little tip to go check out #DeceiveInc on #SteamDeck as it’s a lot of fun. Key provided to me by Gamesight and it was my choice to cover this because I tho...YouTube
What science is ahead for the #Crew7 astronauts on their stay aboard the @Space_Station?
An experiment to improve sleep quality in space and on Earth, quantum research, and studying microbial growth: go.nasa.gov/43Fw67X
#NASA
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 to Conduct Scientific Studies on Space Station
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to conduct scientific investigations on the orbiting lab.Carrie Gilder (NASA)
#Tecnoafecciones Las empresas tecnológicas aplican políticas anti-reparación que obstruyen la capacidad de les usuaries para reparar o actualizar sus dispositivos por su cuenta.
⚒️ Reparar es un deseo genuino de contribuir a un entorno más sostenible y respetuoso con el ambiente.
reparadores.club/
"Christopher Nolan's #Oppenheimer explores the work of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer & colleagues to create the atomic bomb.
Yet, the film fails to depict a key part of the story, using 2 female scientists as stand-ins for ALL of the women who contributed."
Hundreds of women were essential to the Manhattan Project, including Nobel Prize winning physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer. But they are largely absent in the #film.
businessinsider.com/women-manh… #HistoryRemix #science #history
The women that Nolan's new film 'Oppenheimer' completely ignored
Women serving in key roles like explosion techs, librarians, and hematologists were essential to the Manhattan Project.Katie Hawkinson (Insider)
Who Were the Calutron Girls of Oak Ridge?
One of the most iconic photographs from the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, TN features two rows of women sitting in front of imposingly large machines covered with meters and dials.oakridgenew (Explore Oak Ridge)
It might be difficult to follow source material about Oppenheimer and tell a story with more women in it. Women were isolated. Men took credit for their work. Their involvement wasn't well documented.
I believe Nolan made an effort to depict them. It might have been a difficult job.
Here's an article from LLNL about Lilli Hornig. In the article she talks about being isolated from her peers.
ICYMI: I recently spoke to the Ubuntu crew on Ubuntu OnAir
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Ubuntu Desktop Indaba - July 2023
In this new episode of the Ubuntu Desktop Indaba, we sat down with Liam Dawe, the creator and editor of @gamingonlinux We asked him all sorts of questions ab...YouTube
Deceive Inc. quickly became a favourite multiplayer game
Deceive Inc. from Sweet Bandits Studios and Tripwire Presents released back in March and it recently became Steam Deck Verified. After playing quite a few hours, it quickly became a favourite on desktop Linux and Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#JamesWebb
Hey people!
Please (continue to) join Mastodon!
#Mastoart #ArtWithOpensource #illustration #joinmastodon #digitalArt #upthemastos
#JamesWebb
Youths!
Webb observed galaxy cluster El Gordo, a cosmic teen that existed 6.2 billion years after the big bang. The most massive cluster of its era, it’s a perfect gravitational magnifying glass, bending & distorting light from distant objects behind it: go.nasa.gov/3YkoBCp
#JamesWebb
Webb Spotlights Gravitational Arcs in ‘El Gordo’ Galaxy Cluster
A new image of the galaxy cluster known as “El Gordo” is revealing distant and dusty objects never seen before, and providing a bounty of fresh science.Isabelle Yan (NASA)
What could be better than experiments in space? Experiments on the Moon!
#OTD in 1971, Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott performed his feather and hammer experiment on the Moon, demonstrating that without air resistance all objects fall at the same rate. go.nasa.gov/47cbHuk
#NASAhistory
The Apollo 15 Hammer-Feather Drop – Moon: NASA Science
At the end of the last Apollo 15 moon walk, Commander David Scott (pictured above) performed a live demonstration for the television cameras.Moon: NASA Science
My favourite moon experiment was when the new camera refused to work, so some highly trained for anything moonwalker hit it with a hammer, a very expensive camera, a very expensive hammer, and the best part is: the camera started to work!
Only its tripod was never designed to absorb such a blow, and I recall the crystal clear video slowly tilting over, coming to rest pointing directly at the sun for a brief moment before going permanently dark.
Anyone else remember this?
He was just existing, experiencing queer black joy, and was murdered for it. Rest in power O’Shae. out.com/news/oshae-sibley-stab…
#oshaesibley #blacklivesmatter #queerblacklivesmatter
28-Year-Old Gay Man Killed For Voguing At a Gas Station
O’Shae Sibley was reportedly attacked after dancing to music by Beyoncé.Bernardo Sim (Out Magazine)
#JamesWebb
#JamesWebb
Youths!
Webb observed galaxy cluster El Gordo, a cosmic teen that existed 6.2 million years after the big bang. The most massive cluster of its era, it’s a perfect gravitational magnifying glass, bending & distorting light from distant objects behind it: go.nasa.gov/3DDfSBF
#JamesWebb
Webb Spotlights Gravitational Arcs in ‘El Gordo’ Galaxy Cluster
A new image of the galaxy cluster known as “El Gordo” is revealing distant and dusty objects never seen before, and providing a bounty of fresh science.Isabelle Yan (NASA)
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