'Tis the season to test for #COVID before family gatherings. So with the holidays upon us, a reminder that U.S. households are eligible for 4 free at-home tests from USPS. Sign up at special.usps.com/testkits
Keep loved ones safe & stay healthy this winter, my friends ❄️
6 am – Film Photography
Shot on Kodak Porta 400.
#PhotoMonday #FotoMontag #Photography #Photo #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #CanonFTb #Kodak #KodakPortra #Nature #Trees #MastoArt #Fog #Forest
Seeing Sagittarius C in a New Light - NASA
A star-forming region, named Sagittarius C (Sgr C), is seen in exceptional detail in this image from Nov. 20, 2023, thanks to the Near-Infrared CameraNASA
PRIME-1 Simulation - NASA
A team of engineers participate in simulation training for the Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, inside the NeilNASA
NASA OSBP Celebrates Small Business Saturday 2023 - NASA
Small Business Saturday is an annual holiday that encourages shoppers to support local businesses. Taking place on the Saturday following Thanksgiving, itGarrett Shea (NASA)
Today's programming mood music:
R̲ob Z̲ombie - Hellbilly Deluxe (Full Album)
youtube.com/watch?v=SM9_RHVCsx…
NASA to Highlight Inclusion During Bayou Classic Event - NASA
NASA is bringing a clear message to the 50th Annual Bayou Classic Friday, Nov. 24 and Saturday, Nov. 25 – while exploring the universe for the benefit of all,LaToya Dean (NASA)
«Con la herramienta #Mapeo el pueblo Waorani en Ecuador cartografió todo lo que peligraba con los permisos que el gobierno otorgaba a las petroleras y lograron suspender proyectos de extracción en sus tierras».
Una historia que nos cuenta María Álvarez Malvido de Digital Democracy, desde donde desarrollan la herramienta.
Puedes leer la charla completa aquí ⤵️
sursiendo.org/2023/11/mapas-te…
Happy Monday!
Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance.
For those who didn't see it, I had a major article come out this weekend—an attack on the concept of "gender ideology" and a call for Catholic curiosity about queer experience.
Check it out: americamagazine.org/faith/2023…
The trouble with ‘gender ideology’
Can we learn to see gender in its real complexity?America Magazine
NASA’s Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of Milky Way - NASA
The latest image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, including never-before-seensteve sabia (NASA)
APOD: 2023 November 20 – The Horsehead Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Portal: Revolution is an upcoming fully-featured Portal 2 prequel mod gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/port…
Portal: Revolution is an upcoming fully-featured Portal 2 prequel mod
Well this is exciting! Modders sure do some amazing stuff with Valve games. Portal: Revolution releasing 5th January, 2024 is a new story with original characters, spanning over 8 hours of gameplay prequel to Portal 2.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Ist das so gewollt?
Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Microsoft hires Sam Altman and Greg Brockman after OpenAI talks break down. Both former OpenAI employees will join a new Microsoft advanced AI team.Tom Warren (The Verge)
Okay, everyone who was in one of those "wouldn't AI coming to adventure games be disastrous/improbable/weird" conversations we had at @adventurex earlier this month should probably pay attention to this.
Point and click adventure Zarathustra uses AI Art and AI Voices
gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/poin…
As someone who cannot art for shit, I can absolutely see why a person would do this. And it's not like they're charging money for the game. But I find it somewhat disheartening in a field of game development where "lovingly handcrafted" is kind of a given.
And, at the risk of sounding both precious and pretentious, the implications for the genre as an art form should this prove to be worthwhile are worrying.
Well spotted, @gamingonlinux
#AdventureGames #PointAndClick #GameDev
Point and click adventure Zarathustra uses AI Art and AI Voices
Well this is sure to be an interesting one and will no doubt spark up some comments - Zarathustra is an in-development point and click adventure that looks intriguing but the way it's made will raise some eyebrows.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
I always find the idea that someone "can't art" to be a failure of our educational and social systems.
There are so many ways to art. The biggest thing that makes art is time and a willingness not to give up. Even visually unappealing stuff finds an audience when there's enough passion & truth behind it.
Massive success is iffy sure but AI art won't fix that. If everything can look phenomenal then something else will be the reason for success.
Point and click adventure Zarathustra uses AI Art and AI Voices gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/poin…
Point and click adventure Zarathustra uses AI Art and AI Voices
Well this is sure to be an interesting one and will no doubt spark up some comments - Zarathustra is an in-development point and click adventure that looks intriguing but the way it's made will raise some eyebrows.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
I've tried using AI as a shortcut for gaming artwork to reduce workload but I've never found it to be very consistent & this looks the same... Passable with a cursory glance but adventure game scenes are often viewed for extended periods.
So far AI art is good for a laugh but it has no vision & no genuine originality so I don't think artists need fear yet.
well, it was bound to happen.
i see a lot of people in the diy ml sphere who train datasets for stuff like this with only ethically sourced material (eg self-made or CC0 stuff). any words on that from these devs?
Hunt: Showdown is broken on Steam Deck / Linux due to Easy Anti-Cheat gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/hunt…
#SteamDeck #AntiCheat #EAC #HuntShowdown
Hunt: Showdown is broken on Steam Deck / Linux due to Easy Anti-Cheat
Hunt: Showdown, a popular multiplayer game has been broken on Steam Deck / desktop Linux due to Easy Anti-Cheat.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
A friend keeps wanting me to play Dead by Daylight with them, but it uses Easy Anti-Cheat and I haven't played anything or done anything on my windows box in over a year. Running Fedora with a decent system.
Not sure if it would flag and stop me there either. Does Easy Anti-Cheat work with any games in Linux now?
GE-Proton 8-24 fixes Yakuza 5 Remastered cut-scenes and pulls in D8VK gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/ge-p…
GE-Proton 8-24 fixes Yakuza 5 Remastered cut-scenes and pulls in D8VK
A rather interesting release for GE-Proton has arrived! GE-Proton 8-24 for Steam Deck / desktop Linux has some good game fixes and pulls in the exciting work of D8VK.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Polychromatic app for managing Razer devices v0.8.3 out now gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/poly…
Polychromatic app for managing Razer devices v0.8.3 out now
Need help managing various Razer devices on Linux? Polychromatic v0.8.3 is out now with improved hardware support powered by OpenRazer.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.10 released gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/hero…
Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.10 released
Dear supporters of the fheroes2 project and Heroes of Might and Magic 2 players! After a month of tedious work, we are presenting a new version of the fheroes2 engine - 1.0.10.fheroes2 (GamingOnLinux)
Twelve of the world’s wealthiest billionaires produce more greenhouse gas emissions from their yachts, private jets, mansions and financial investments than the annual energy emissions of 2m homes, research shared exclusively with the Guardian reveals.
#climateChange #climateCatastrophy #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint
theguardian.com/environment/20…
Twelve billionaires’ climate emissions outpollute 2.1m homes, analysis finds
Research shows impact from lifestyles and investments of likes of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Elon MuskSandra Laville (The Guardian)
I thought I’d kick my feed off with an #introduction 😊
Hi! I’m Isabel, a next-gen #scicommer, #cyberneticist and #podcaster based at the #AustralianNationalUniversity ☀️
My research interests include #science in #popculture (particularly #solarpunk), the #cultural meanings of science, and the relationships between people, the natural #environment, and #technology 👩🔬🤖
I also co-host #Sci_Burst, a science in pop culture podcast, which you can learn more about here: linktr.ee/sci_burst
sci_burst | Instagram, TikTok | Linktree
View sci_burst’s Linktree. Listen to their music on Spotify here.Linktree
ENERGY PARASITES
PIKSEL (NO) FESTIVAL 2023
Parasitic approaches to energy and energy distribution
November 23rd-25th 2023
Full program now online:
no.piksel.no/
@aramba
@tegabrain
@lowtechmagazine
@bgola
@bengrosser
@jmoll
@damjanski
@mediengruppe_bitnik
Climate and extinction crises move too slowly for us to pay attention – here’s the answer
It seems we are having a hard time paying sufficient attention to the climate and extinction crises. This is because the causes for the most part move slowly, without the flashy drama that can focu…Palm Oil Detectives
Is AI replacing us or joining the workforce?
Gen Z thinks AI needs ethical fine-tuning. Find out how Nextcloud's ethical AI helps to balance data privacy and progress concerns of the young work generation!
#FutureOfWork #Nextcloud #EthicalAI
nextcloud.com/blog/ai-in-nextc…
AI in Nextcloud: what, why and how - Nextcloud
Over the last year, AI has become a popular topic. Some is hype, some is substance. Some is good, some is bad. We want to give you the good, not the bad, and ignore the hype! AI has a ton of opportunity – but also risk.Mikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)
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Of late the "in" colour to paint houses is: grey. Boring grey. "Boring" green at least blends into the lovely countryside. "Boring" white at least reflects a lot of heat radiation during summer. It's also very in to wear black all day at work, then go out and party in black.
Ah, nothing like safe choices!
How about more FUN choices? How about choices that are creative? How about choices where people aren't terrified of being seen to be like "lower" status people like women or people of colour.
The Horsehead Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson & Martin Pugh, SSRO, PROMPT, CTIO, NSF
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231120.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2023 November 20 – The Horsehead Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
#Socialcoop Loomio / recent discussions:
Explicit rules should be added to server "Rules": loomio.com/d/NVQsFHkU/explicit…
Changes to the fiscal hosting arrangements for social.coop: loomio.com/d/bHO9Nizd/changes-…
On-boarding Q&A for New Members!: loomio.com/d/weg1CJB5/on-board…
More: loomio.org/socialcoop
Explicit rules should be added to server "Rules"
Right now, Social.coop only has two "Rules" in the admin settings:Loomio
As a cooperative, social.coop is based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity.
See the Social.
Miss Universe (or any beauty pageant regardless of gender) makes me wince. But I have to admit that my guilty pleasure is the "national costumes".
This is "Great Britain's" entry. BWAHAHAHA!
We own you all, because we own the English language!
This is Ireland's entry. Good on you for emphasizing that you are a multicultural country!
Canada trying for the same emphasis. screeeeeeeam!!!
Back side of dress: double scream!
South Africa: can we all appreciate a moment of taste and restraint!
You can see them all on Buzzfeed.
The US looks like Las Vegas meets a grade school theatre production!
What Each Of The 2023 Miss Universe National Costumes Were
I also love how Miss Netherlands was literally a tulip.Matt Stopera (BuzzFeed)
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Biologist J. B. S. Haldane once quipped that if there's a God, the Creator seems to have “an inordinate fondness for beetles.”
Why? Well, 1/2 of species described in #science are insects (among eukaryotes). Of those, >1/3 are beetles, at ~400,000 known species.
I’m fond of these critters bc I began my career working with Plagiodera versicolora, a particularly cute beetle.
Now some entomologists suspect there may be just as many parasitic wasps but that’s a tale for another day.
Toward an annual budget
Please see below for a proposed post to the full membership—please share comments here before I circulate it there next week:Toward an annual budgetWe in the Finance Working Group have determined that the co-op should develop a cohesive annual budget…Loomio
You Should Write More Useless Open Source Software
When you first started programming you probably were doing it for fun but over time you might have got too stuck into writing important but in many cases bor...YouTube
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Passes Away at Age 96
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, a passionate champion of mental health, caregiving, and women’s rights, passed away Sunday, Nov. 19, at 2:10 p.m. at her home in Plains, Georgia, at the age of 96. She died peacefully, with family by her side.The Carter Center
Portrait of Woman with Cat
Model: Collibrina (and Jackson as the cat)
From a great session this spring. There's a little Vermeer inspiration in this.
#Photography #ModelPhotography #Collibrina #LawrencesView #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday
Day 4: Ten Days, Ten Films.
This is a lot of fun!
Over ten days you pick an image from a film without any title to give away where it is from, so that people can guess. You can also nominate others to do the same. That way more people are in on the game! (or not–your choice 😀 )
But remember: NO SPOILERS! If you recognise a film, don’t say what it is! Say something that indicates you know, but allows others to guess as well. Your messages then become helpful hints!
@Katherine Bond
#TenDaysTenFilmsTenFriends or #TenDaysTenFilmsNoFriends
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“It is just over,” journalist @caseynewton told The Post.
“If you wouldn’t join Gab, or Parler, or Truth Social, there’s no reason you should be on X. I think it’s time for journalists and publishers, in particular, to acknowledge the new reality and to get the heck off that website.”
washingtonpost.com/technology/…
Antisemitism was rising online. Then Elon Musk’s X supercharged it.
Antisemitism has long festered on the internet, but the Israel-Gaza war and the loosening of content moderation on X have propelled it to unprecedented levels.Elizabeth Dwoskin (The Washington Post)
Elon Musk's Jet
in reply to Elon Musk's Jet • • •15 mile (13 NM) flight from KEDC to AUS
~ 85 gallons (322 liters).
~ 571 lbs (259 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $477 cost of fuel.
~ 0.8991 tons of CO2 emissions.