Prolonged heavy rains in northern Australia set off new plant growth across Channel Country.
More vegetation grew in areas like the Lake Eyre Basin, seen in these enhanced-color images from @nasa’s Terra satellite.
🌧️🌱: go.nasa.gov/47jc9a5
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A Series of Inundating Events
Repeated heavy rains in Australia set off waves of new growth across Channel Country.go.nasa.gov
APOD: 2023 August 7 – The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
#OTD in 1971, the Apollo 15 Command Module "Endeavour," with astronauts Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin aboard, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean to end their mission. Although 1 of the 3 main parachutes collapsed, the crew was unharmed.
Read: go.nasa.gov/3QixFFR
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How to give advice on the internet without being an utter menace
If you don’t think you need to read this post because you’re always giving Good, Helpful Advice as a Good, Helpful Citizen, this one is for you. I’m sure you probably mean well, b…Another angry woman
Hi! I’m Djigr, evolutionary #biologist, #paleontologist , #artist and published #paleoartist ! I work on various subjects such as #temnospondyls (#crocofrogs from the past) and 3D molecular structure prediction by AI.
I do #scicom and #sciart on feathered #dinosaurs and #evolution, am known for my fake TV journal #CROW+ that teaches about #crow biology!
I’m a co-founder of Chicken Wings Dinosaurs, which produces cute and cool paleoart
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The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars
Credit & Copyright: Abe Jones
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APOD: 2023 August 7 – The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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Op-Ed: A plan for preserving a habitable earth by Julian Cribb
Renowned and prolific science communicator and author Julian Cribb writes this op-ed piece for Palm Oil Detectives. He addresses the world’s most pressing needs for survival as we descend int…Palm Oil Detectives
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Add engineer position at CNRS, France. by civodul · Pull Request #10 · hpc-social/jobs
Hi! Here's a commit adding a new job offer. Thanks for this great initiative!GitHub
NVK the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA merged into Mesa
Well, it happened! The open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs named NVK has been officially merged into Mesa.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Modrinth announce their Minecraft launcher is now in Beta
Now available for more people to test, with more features and bug fixes the Modrinth launcher for Minecraft is now in Beta.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Baldur's Gate 3 is now Steam Deck Verified
One of the biggest RPG releases of all time on Steam, Baldur's Gate 3 has now been given the Steam Deck Verified badge of approval from Valve.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Jackbox Party Pack 10 is coming in October
The Jackbox Party Pack 10 was announced recently, giving another set of amusing games to play with friends and family and it's coming in October.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Heroes of Might and Magic III game engine VCMI 1.3 out now
Here's another fun open source reimplementation for you: VCMI is for running Heroes of Might and Magic III on modern systems with plenty of enhancements and a new release just went out.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
When I call #mainstreaming people insane, i actually mean this. Common sense is now the illness of 40 years of worshipping the #deathcult, so they is little "sense" left.
This is a problem we need to work past urgently #climatechaos #geekproblem
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The other obelisk from Sais, Urbino (1969).
Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
"Piazza di Minerva, Rome, Italy" photograph taken between 1890 and 1900.
Photochrom Print Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
NGC 1360: The Robin's Egg Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Dong Liang
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APOD: 2023 August 5 - NGC 1360: The Robin's Egg Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Evidently you can win this game, but what a demotivator for post-grads!
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PhD Simulator - A Text-Based Game by Mianzhi Wang
A completely random event based text game. Simply make your choice at the beginning of each month and see if you can graduate in time. All outcomes are determined by the random number generator and do not take them seriously.research.wmz.ninja
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Well, I'm over it now.
I wasn't even interested in an academic career. But when a professor asks if you want to go for a doctorate, you say "Hell, yes!"
After a year, I was ready to admit this wasn't for me. And another year to figure out what to do instead. (I also needed that time to finally stop running away from other issues, but that's another story.)
When I tell you that your favorite VCs sit around in chat rooms with nazis, you think I'm joking. 🤷🏿♂️
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Woke means Black. It's a Black saying.
Passing a law called "Stop woke" or saying "I'm anti-woke!" is equivalent to passing a law called "Stop Shabat Shalom" or "Stop Ni-Hao," but then trying to claim that you are not anti-semitic or sinophobic. It makes no sense.
Most of these VCs, writers, and politicians are irredeemably racist, and hate you on a visceral level.
Richard Hanania, Rising Right-Wing Star, Wrote For White Supremacist Sites Under Pseudonym
Hanania is championed by tech moguls and a U.S. senator, but HuffPost found he used a pen name to become an important figure in the “alt-right.”Christopher Mathias (HuffPost)
When you say "No, anti-woke doesn't mean anti- Black! It also means [things that aren't Black] too!" that's like saying "No, anti-Shabat Shalom isn't anti-semitism! They hate [group that isn't Jewish] too!"
Because woke means Black. Woke is a Black saying. Saying that you are anti-woke means that you are anti-Black.
And racists and Nazis hate Black people, Jewish people, women, LGBTQIA people, and many other marginalized groups. Racist men do not care about your reproductive rights.
If you know that these anti-woke people are anti-black racists, with dangerous white supremacist and eugenicist beliefs, who are trying to enable ethnic cleansing to create a whites only ethnostate, and you support them anyway? You are deplorable.
If in 2023, you still don't realize what these dudes believe, and that they are serious in trying to implement it, and you let these racists decide how Black history should be taught, and how Black people should be allowed to vote? You are misguided.
The @pixelfed account danger zone, soon with account migration support!
Wondering if I should limit migrations to Pixelfed servers, or allow Mastodon/Firefish 🤔
#NASAEarth
NASA PACE - Home
PACE's technologies will provide unprecedented insight into Earth's ocean and atmosphere, which impact life by regulating climate and making Earth habitablego.nasa.gov
An ocean of color 🎨
Swirls of phytoplankton and sediment colored the coastline of Vancouver Island in shades of turquoise and green. The @NOAA-20 satellite captured this image on July 26, 2023. go.nasa.gov/3KrDOvI
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Vancouver Island’s Colorful Coastline
Swirls of phytoplankton and sediment brightened the island’s coastal waters in July 2023.go.nasa.gov
Rethinking The Ubuntu Linux Desktop Installer
Ever since 18.04 Ubuntu has had both a Full and Minimal installation option but in future versions that may be changing as Ubuntu is in the process of rethin...YouTube
How much public space we’ve surrendered to cars. Swedish Artist Karl Jilg illustrated.
How much public space we’ve surrendered to cars. Swedish Artist Karl Jilg illustrated. by criticalDruidCyclingEU (Cycling Europe)
A reminder that the Detroit police department is still running hopelessly flawed facial recognition software against a database of mugshots built up over generations of racially biased policing.
They keep arresting the wrong people — and the victims are always Black.
Liam O'Neil
05 August
"For over 700 years, the Japanese have been using a special method called Daisugi (台杉) to grow trees without cutting them down. It started in the 14th century and involves planting trees for the future and then pruning them like large bonsai trees. By doing this to cedar trees, they can get high-quality wood that's straight, smooth, and perfect for building.
"With Daisugi, instead of chopping down the trees, they carefully prune them so they can keep growing and producing wood. This way, they can sustainably use the wood while also making sure the trees stay healthy and continue to live for a long time. Daisugi shows how people and nature can work together, using resources wisely while protecting the environment."
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"Mars as seen from moon Deimos" by Lucien Rudaux (before 1947).
Lucien Rudaux (1874-1947), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Eating Spaghetti Ice Cream in Germany
You don’t need a fork to eat this plate of spaghetti. Just a spoon will do. And that’s because it’s not actually spaghetti. It’s Spaghettieis—vanilla ice cre...YouTube
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