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Very happy to share our new publication in PLOS ONE:

KIPEs3: Automatic annotation of biosynthesis pathways
doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0…

Excellent work by Andreas Rempel (Bielefeld University) and Nancy Choudhary (@PuckerLab @tubraunschweig #Bioinformatics #OpenAccess



Planet Earth from Orion

Image Credit: NASA, Artemis I

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231118.ht… #APOD

#APOD


A bad sign: Flowers spreading in Antarctica 🙀

weatherandradar.com/weather-ne…



Park Junction, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.

The southern end of the former Reading Railroad.

All the pixels at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/44…

#photography

in reply to Matt Blaze

More commonly, tilting the lens is used to allow *more* objects to be in focus. For example, a landscape photographer photographing a deep field of flowers might tilt the lens downward, keeping flowers on the ground in focus from close to the camera into the distance. But it can also be use to force parts of the frame that would otherwise be in focus to become soft and dream-like.
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in reply to Matt Blaze

... Using tilt for selective focus (or artificially defocusing large parts of the frame with a photo editing program) can, for some subjects, create an illusion that a full size subject is actually a miniature model. The effect isn't fully understood, but it generally requires a high perspective and using selective focus to mimic the very thin depth of field characteristically found in macro photography.
This entry was edited (2 years ago)


Powerful reportage by Brandi Collins-Dexter on cryptocurrency and Black Americans in @WIRED: wired.com/story/what-can-crypt…

> Families with generational wealth never need to resort to get-rich-quick schemes, ... while “we’re told to go back and invest our savings in Bitcoin.”



Mainland serow Asia
@palmoildetectives #PalmOil #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #PalmOilKILLS #Conflictpalmoil
youtube.com/watch?v=21spH_-q4t…


SaSa Class of 2022 nasa.gov/general/sasa-class-of… #NASA #General


Minority Serving Institution Partners nasa.gov/general/minority-serv… #NASA #General



2022 SaSa Graduate Student Mentors nasa.gov/general/2022-sasa-gra… #NASA #General


I'm deeply moved by @claudiachwalisz's essay on governance in collaboration with the more-than-human world: medium.com/@claudiachwalisz/mo…



From time to time in Zebras Unite board meetings, Jenn Brandel drops this insane wisdom on the interstitium, a newly discovered feature of all our bodies.

Now it is for everyone!

On Radiolab: wnycstudios.org/story/intersti…
In Orion: orionmagazine.org/article/inte…


in reply to Eugen Rochko

It's obvious that she will stay there until github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i… is fixed so that she can scroll through more #birds 😀
in reply to Eugen Rochko

the second she laid eyes on it, it was her chair. That’s kitty law.
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in reply to TimKarr

....and now Lionsgate, one of the world's largest film production and distribution companies.

This is a major coup for Media Matters for America, which has led outreach to this latest list of major brands to pull ads from the deadbird site:

seekingalpha.com/news/4038340-…

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Today we have @mirkobrombin the developer of Bottles back on the show, I may have scheduled the upload for the wrong time... oops

Video: youtube.com/watch?v=26ny4cZQQE…
Audio: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…

in reply to Brodie Robertson

one of those unfortunate project names which is hopeless to google for. thankfully 'linux bottles' worked fine.
@BrodieOnLinux @mirkobrombin
in reply to Brodie Robertson

I just love MB's work. He's one of the best independent FOSS developers out there, on par with @gloriouseggroll


😭😭😭 newyorker.com/humor/sketchbook…
in reply to Dave Rupert

wow, I literally cried when they got home and explained “cat”. That hits.


Cars are fucking dumb. Replace cars with bats! kottke.org/23/11/replace-carsw…


The last time I posted art here was SO long ago! And yet... while writing this... I think it's time for a snack break 🥞

:ko_fi: ko-fi.com/jamkats/shop
#illustration #cuteArt #CatArt #pancakes



The European Commission has had enough of Musk's deadbird site -- at least enough to stop paying him for the privilege of swimming in a toxic waste dump -- and people are talking about that.

Which reminds me:

Please don't beat up on people who leave that toxic place, even if you believe, however righteously, that they should have left long ago.

They're doing the right thing now. Thank them, and encourage others to do the same.

politico.eu/article/no-more-ad…

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in reply to Muse

I'm up to posing the challenge, but I almost certainly not up to meeting it 😀


BEST NEW XMAS SONG EVAH!

youtu.be/g0hbBDTFzcY?si=8A8pdZ…



Celebrating Astronaut Alan Shepard’s 100th Birthday nasa.gov/image-article/celebra… #NASA #AlanBShepardJr #FormerAstronauts #HumansInSpace #PeopleOfNASA #ProjectMercury


Artemis II Astronauts View SLS Core Stage at Michoud nasa.gov/image-article/artemis… #NASA #Artemis #Artemis2 #HumansInSpace #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter #MichoudAssemblyFacility #SpaceLaunchSystemSLS



Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update brings Half-Life: Uplink, Steam Deck support - get it free for a limited time gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/half…


"Estamos viviendo en una época donde nuestro modelo de crecimiento básicamente gira en torno a deshacernos de las cosas”.

René Repasi es miembro alemán del Parlamento Europeo que lidera los esfuerzos para aprobar una ley que establezca el derecho a reparación para los consumidores europeos ⤵️

bbc.com/mundo/articles/c4n8q4y…




Sure are a lot of people commenting on my latest video about how they take the Steam Deck to poop, you filthy filth

youtu.be/otuG30-eH0c



Inventory Tetris with roguelike exploration and combat Backpack Hero is out now gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/inve…

#IndieGame #Linux #SteamDeck

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

I am totally addicted to this game, special attention has been paid to item balancing, it is possible to build very different builds on each run. And the story mode allows you to discover the mechanics¹ and subtleties of the game gradually.

¹ For example, in story mode, there is no question of mana at the start (so no magic item), nor of hast (a very powerful mechanic for those who master it).



NASA Wallops Supports Hypersonic Rocket Launches nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #WallopsFlightFacility


Narrative-focused expansion Astral Planes released for Stellaris gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/narr…

#Stellaris #PCGaming #Linux



Shake up an AI-controlled robotic world in Soul Tolerance releasing in December gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/shak…

#IndieGame #Linux #PCGaming



Former State Sen. Tran is indicted again, this time for unemployment fraud


All I can say is... Why is Trump still out there and not in a Jail Cell? Political Criminals Deserve No Special Privileges. We don't

End Days For Another Republican Politician, Scammer and Crook

#RepublicanScammer #RepublicanCrimes #Massachusetts




System76 have some great discounts on various Linux hardware gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/syst…

#Linux



Bite-sized cafe management sim with a noir-like setting Zipp's Café is out now gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/bite…

#IndieGame #Linux



The way my wife arranged our Christmas decorations along with leftovers from Easter looks like we’re worshipping a pagan god.



Astronauts accidentally dropped a tool bag on a spacewalk, and you can see it with binoculars. “This isn’t even the first tool bag to reach orbit.” livescience.com/space/space-ex…

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