Meet Tracy Hudspeth: Communications Specialist at NASA Office of Small Business Programs
As another inspiring Hispanic Heritage Month concludes, we wanted to take the moment to highlight one of our own, Tracy Hudspeth. Tracy Hudspeth is theGarrett Shea (NASA)
NASA’s Webb Discovers New Feature in Jupiter’s Atmosphere
Narrow jet stream near equator has winds traveling 320 miles per hourNASA Webb Telescope Team (NASA)
First Artemis Crew Trains for Mission Around Moon
Four astronauts are busy training for Artemis II, the first mission to carry humans on NASA’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft,Rachel H. Kraft (NASA)
"It's important to remember that the 'drugs' aren't just the pills we stash in our medicine cabinets. Ask yourself this: is it really acceptable that we only bothered to test sex differences for general anesthesia in 1999? Turns out women wake up faster than men, regardless of their age, weight or the dosage they've been given."
From Cat Bohannon's highly recommended book Eve.
#Books #SciComm #Bookshelf #bookstodon
the best article i've read so far on the bandcamp SNAFU
welcometohellworld.com/they-ca…
They can and will ruin everything you love
by Miranda Reinert In March of 2022, Bandcamp was acquired by Epic Games, the folks behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine. While the change in ownership raised eyebrows and triggered endless jokes, the site seemed to stay running much the same at first.Luke O'Neil (Welcome to Hell World)
This moves me so much. It is still too little, but it is a seedling we need very much. No more support for permanent occupation and collective punishment. Never again.
Via xsite @jackmjenkins
The Campbell family foundation is finally working opencollective.com/campbell-ar…
Check it out if you like art and politics from the grassroots to the #mainstreaming
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Poet Lemn Sissay explains how the fostered, adopted and orphaned children are central to popular culture - think of Superman, Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker - and yet, society still sees them as “a problem waiting to happen, rather than a solution” …TikTok
Ten years ago, with @cfraisserios, we were dissatisfied with averaging windows in genome scans and decided to calculate FST90 (the 90th percentile of the FST distribution) and FSTmax (the maximum FST of the window) instead. We struggled to convince the reviewers that this was a good idea. We now have a paper we can cite to justify that it's the right approach. Why FST90 in addition to FSTmax? Because in true data FSTmax is full of rotten SNPs. #PopGen
Humble Bundle has a load of simulators ready in this bundle gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/humb…
#Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck #PCGaming
Humble Bundle has a load of simulators ready in this bundle
Enter the simulation! With the Living in a Simulation Humble Bundle, you can live out your wild fantasies of farming, building and more because you love these jobs as a game right?Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Virophages are viruses that infect giant viruses, typically resulting in a lower burst size for the giant virus. In our latest preprint we report virophage-like sequences associated with insect poxviruses.
Their genomes of these elements are really interesting. This also opens up the possibility that hyperparasitic viruses are associated with a much broader range of DNA viruses than is commonly thought.
doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.16.562…
#viruses #virology #poxviruses #GiantViruses
Polinton-like Viruses Associated with Entomopoxviruses Provide Insight into Replicon Evolution
Polinton-like viruses (PLVs) are a diverse group of small integrative dsDNA viruses that infect diverse eukaryotic hosts. Many PLVs are hypothesized to parasitize viruses in the phylum Nucleocytoviricota for their own propagation and spread.bioRxiv
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Very cool - would these be the first virophages of an animal virus? Congrats to you and Zach.
Any interest in a bsky invite? I'm splitting time here and there now, there's a decent community over there (and no jack dorsey in sight)
@ariskatzourakis has a nice paper on vertebrate elements academic.oup.com/mbe/article/3…
Phylogenomics of the Maverick Virus-Like Mobile Genetic Elements of Vertebrates
Abstract. Mavericks are virus-like mobile genetic elements found in the genomes of eukaryotes. Although Mavericks encode capsid morphogenesis homologs, their viBarreat, Jose Gabriel Nino (Oxford University Press)
Planetary Annihilation devs reveal Industrial Annihilation, it's like Factorio blended with an RTS gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/plan…
Planetary Annihilation devs reveal Industrial Annihilation
The developers of Planetary Annihilation (well, some of them at least) have announced Industrial Annihilation, a full sequel that blends in factory building with the RTS elements.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Relaxing minimalist building strategy game Tiny Atolls fixed up for Linux gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/rela…
Relaxing minimalist building strategy game Tiny Atolls fixed up for Linux
Tiny Atolls was released at the end of September and while I enjoy it a lot, it did come with a rather broken Linux version, which has now been fixed up.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Sweet Dreams Alex is a wholesome puzzle and construction game gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/swee…
Sweet Dreams Alex is a wholesome puzzle and construction game
Mixing together puzzles and room building, Sweet Dreams Alex is a rather wholesome idea for a game about keeping away nightmares and it's out now with Native Linux support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
If you want to go down that road
I do not really want to, I already read all these "arguments" of DRM proponents far too many times. I already know the next one is « Then electricity is a DRM too, because you can not play your games without it! ».
I find it very disappointing that people who are OK with DRM-gated games distribution (it is a choice, one I respect) feel obligated to say « DRM used for distribution is not DRM! » instead of admitting « I am OK with DRM for distribution, as long as this is the only DRM in use. ».
Hey, I will even give an example: I already bought many games with DRM-gated multiplayer, because I am OK with that as long as I do not plan to ever play multiplayer in these games. Even if I would rather buy a build with multiplayer fully removed, I can make a compromise for these games. See? Not that hard. I did not have to pretend that « DRM does not count when it is only gating access to multiplayer. ».
Chilly survival-adventure Kona II: Brume is out now gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/chil…
Chilly survival-adventure Kona II: Brume is out now
Developer Parabole just released Kona II: Brume, a follow-up to their chilly adventure from 2017 that has you step back into your role as Detective Carl Faubert.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
KDE Plasma 6.0 now scheduled for release 28th February 2024 gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/kde-…
KDE Plasma 6.0 now scheduled for release 28th February 2024
The KDE team are hard at work to make the next major release of the KDE Plasma desktop environment, my current favourite desktop and the one used on the Steam Deck. Now, we actually have something of a proper roadmap to Plasma 6.0.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Check out the XDC 2023 talk on HDR + Color Management for Steam Deck / Linux desktop gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/chec…
Check out the XDC 2023 talk on HDR + Color Management for Steam Deck / Linux desktop
The X.Org Developer's Conference - XDC 2023 has been going on for the last few days, and there's some good talks happening including a nice overview across two talks going over the state of HDR and Color Management.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
@palmoildetectives #PalmOil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #PalmOilKILLS #Conflictpalmoil
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What is Halloween’s most terrifying tale? Palm oil greenwashing and ecocide in your treats!
This #Halloween, as you revel in the spooky tales and creepy costumes, remember that the most terrifying tale of all isn't enjoyable folklore—it's the horrif...YouTube
APOD: 2023 October 19 - A Sunrise at Sunset Point
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Before I looked closer I thought this was a starlink train which made me sad. I'm still sad about starlink ruining the sky but this compound image of a lunar eclipse is beautiful
Edit: I think this is a solar eclipse?
A Sunrise at Sunset Point
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Ratcliffe
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231019.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2023 October 19 - A Sunrise at Sunset Point
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Microsoft comes under blistering criticism for “grossly irresponsible” security
Azure looks like a house of cards collapsing under the weight of exploits and vulnerabilities.Ars Technica
(if it's a 35mm film, though)
Twitter isn't a dying video game where you have little to no profit incentive. You can do some serious shit with sock puppets and bots, and people would absolutely pay $1 to spread misinfo, unsolicited advertising, etc.
All, the U.S. just vetoed today's UN security resolution calling for a ceasefire: usun.usmission.gov/explanation…
So, here's what I want to encourage everyone to do.
1. Call your reps. Everyone. As much as possible, try and make it a call. Make the phones ring so much, the office can't operate.
Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on a UN Security Council Resolution Drafted by Brazil on the Situation in the Middle East - United States Mission to the United Nations
We are on the ground, doing the hard work of diplomacy. And while we recognize Brazil’s desire to move this text forward, we believe we need to let that diplomacy play out, especially when Secretary-General Guterres, President Biden, Secretary Blinke…United States Mission to the United Nations
We already try to eliminate single-use plastics but this was what finally tipped me from “Ugh I don’t have time to worry about *completely* avoiding plastic” to “Jfc fine everything’s going in glass or metal.”
bonappetit.com/story/can-you-p…
ETA: Muting thread, good luck out there.
Can You Put Plastic in the Microwave?
According to experts, storing food in plastic containers is bad and microwaving food in plastic containers is even worse. Here’s why.Ali Francis (Bon Appétit)
The Governable Spaces book page is up ucpress.edu/book/9780520393943…
My book publisher spouse notes, "Not every book is allowed to be that neon, you know"
Governable Spaces
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.University of California Press
【Armored Core VI】Today We Defeat The Maiden
Tip: https://streamelements.com/brodieongames/tipPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrodieRobertsonVideoPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/brodierobertson...YouTube
The Economist used global excess deaths to arrive at the true death toll from the pandemic with a 95% confidence interval.
"Although the official number of deaths caused by #COVID19 is now 7m, our single best estimate is that the actual toll is 27.5m people. We find that there is a 95% chance that the true value lies between 17.8m and 30.8m additional deaths."
1948: Creation & Catastrophe (Full documentary)
Through riveting and moving personal recollections of both Palestinians and Israelis, 1948: Creation & Catastrophe reveals the shocking events of the most pi...YouTube
Station Science 101: Growing Plants in Space
As NASA plans missions to the Moon and Mars, a key factor is figuring out how to feed crew members during their weeks, months, and even years in space.Space Station Research Integration Office (NASA)
Like the legend of the phoenix, we're resurrecting Mozilla Send, an end-to-end encrypted file share service, and bringing it under our wings as Thunderbird Send. In this clip from S1E5 of the ThunderCast, developer Chris Aquino gives us a sneak peek of the new - wait, old - er, reborn project!
Learn how #Thunderbird Send will help you overcome your file upload woes, respect your privacy, safeguard against abuse, and hopefully change your #email experience for the better.
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