An Apollo 8 Christmas Dinner Surprise: Turkey and Gravy Make Space History - NASA
On Christmas Day in 1968, the three-man Apollo 8 crew of Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders found a surprise in their food locker: a specially packedJennifer Ross-Nazzal (NASA)
Staff Bioinformatician/data analysis for Spatial omics
Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty
Come join us in #Heidelberg as a #staff bioinformatician to analyse spatial (meta)transcriptomic of host-microbiome interactions
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Staff Bioinformatician
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"I, Joseph R. Biden Jr., do hereby grant a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all current United States citizens and lawful permanent residents who, on or before the date of this proclamation, committed or were convicted of the offense of simple possession of marijuana, attempted simple possession of marijuana, or use of marijuana, regardless of whether they have been charged with or prosecuted for these offenses on or before the date of this proclamation"
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A Proclamation on Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana, Attempted Simple Possession of Marijuana, or Use of Marijuana | The White House
In Proclamation 10467 of October 6, 2022 (Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana), I exercised my authority under the Constitution to pardon individuals who committed or were convicted of the offense of simple possessi…The White House
"Undiscovered bird extinctions obscure the true magnitude of human-driven extinction waves"
Cooke et al. 2023 nature.com/articles/s41467-023…
Meanwhile my neighbor, a cat owner, tells me that domestic cats "only" kill birds that are ill or weak in some way, therefore helping out wild populations stay healthy. The stench of wishful thinking can be felt from across town, cf.:
"The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States", Loss et al. 2013 nature.com/articles/ncomms2380…
Don't be mislead by the statement: "Un-owned cats, as opposed to owned pets, cause the majority of this mortality", because "we define un-owned cats to include farm/barn cats, strays that are fed by humans but not granted access to habitations, cats in subsidized colonies and cats that are completely feral".
Undiscovered bird extinctions obscure the true magnitude of human-driven extinction waves - Nature Communications
The true number of human-driven bird extinctions is likely larger than we think. Here, the authors combine recorded extinctions with estimates from the fossil record to suggest that ~1400 bird species have gone extinct since the Late Pleistocene.Nature
These dangerous f-ers have really good shelf-life. Need to get back into growing chili. Fun stuff.
Smoked and dried habanero red savigna.
Maybe 4 years old?
(edit: don't know if cursing on this instance)
Winter #Solstice today for those of us on the north end. I don’t have any “solsticey” photos but thinking celestial I have this one of the #MilkyWay that I took while in N. #California last August. Our solar system orbits around the galactic center once every ~225 million years so if there was an equivalent galactic “winter solstice” point there have only been about 20 of them since our sun was but a wee protostar and all of us were just a glint in its eye.
#photography #astrophotography
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from GamingOnLinux
It's coming up on Christmas now, and so GamingOnLinux will be going into it's usual mostly hibernating state to take a little break to recharge.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Compartimos «Lo mejor del Infoactivismo Latinoamericano 2023» 🙌 👉Proyectos e iniciativas que se destacan por el uso estratégico y creativo de la información y la tecnología para el cambio social en la región.
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Lo mejor del Infoactivismo Latinoamericano 2023 | InfoActivismo.org
Acciones destacadas por el uso estratégico y creativo de la información y la tecnología para el cambio social en la región.La redacción (InfoActivismo.org)
Steam Deck Verified picks for the 2023 holiday season gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/stea…
Steam Deck Verified picks for the 2023 holiday season
Need some fresh games for the holiday season? Got you covered here with some more games that have recently become fully Steam Deck Verified so you can click play and enjoy.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Godot 4.3 dev 1 brings major rendering changes - plus W4 Games on console support gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/godo…
#Godot #FOSS #GameDev #GameEngine
Godot 4.3 dev 1 brings major rendering changes - plus W4 Games on console support
The team working on Godot Engine have released the first snapshot of Godot 4.3 which brings with it some big rendering changes that sound quite exciting overall.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
APOD: 2023 December 22 - 183 Days in the Sun
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Already decided what to do after ownCloud & Dracoon were purchased by US file sync & share firm Kiteworks?
Due to popular demand we organize a second webinar about a quick and easy way to secure your file collaboration platform - upgrading to #Nextcloud!
Find all the details in our blog!
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Kiteworks acquires ownCloud & Dracoon - Nextcloud
Today, US based file sync & share vendor Kiteworks announced their acquisition of ownCloud and Dracoon. Nextcloud offers a free hands on migration service and takes over the remaining runtime of the contracts.Jos Poortvliet (Nextcloud)
183 Days in the Sun
Image Credit & Copyright: José Zarcos Palma
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APOD: 2023 December 22 - 183 Days in the Sun
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Why Does Invidious Even Exist
Many people in the FOSS world are aware of the Invidious project but why was it made in the purpose, what value does it provide.Full Episode: https://youtu.b...YouTube
ABBA’s concert which is performed by avatars of the band has made £322.6M since it opened in May 2022. Kiss has announced plans to be the first US band to create a similar show.
As other artists see how much money there is to be made I wonder if we’ll see such shows from long dead artists (a permanent Michael Jackson hologram/avatar concert) or younger artists who simply want to multitask like Taylor Swift or Drake.
I can’t imagine this is a trend limited to boomers.
@Gargron A virtual performance means money for nothing and chicks for free.
Uhh…I mean the band can profit from past performances while servicing fans.
The fans are used to watching lip-synced concerts on screens anyway, so it’s an increment of abstraction that may make little difference, unless you’re seated in orchestra, the performer is dead, 30-ft tall, or a conversant AI.
It will metamorph, like TV stopped being a stageplay, taking advantage of the new mediums.
What’s a Flying Monkey? - Little Red Survivor - Medium
Why flying monkeys take sides with the narcissist. How to keep your cool and survive the narcissistic and emotional abuse when the flying monkeys attack.Cherilyn Christen Clough (Little Red Survivor)
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I needed to understand the angles on Threads federation in a more rigorous way, so I took a few days to think through and write up my sense of the benefits, risks, and available risk mitigations, along with loopholes that need closing and questions to discuss with fediverse administrators.
This is a blisteringly hot subject for me, so it's hard to keep my head cool enough to understand other people's trade-offs, but I'm trying.
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Untangling Threads - Erin Kissane's small internet website
Back in the fall, I wrote a series of posts on a particularly horrific episode in Meta’s past. I hadn’t planned to revisit the topic immediately,erinkissane.com
[EDIT: I neither am nor personally know these people. I am a very tired fan who saw an ask. If you have a piece of real advice, please click the link and take it to THEM. If you have snarky comments, take them to the sea. It won't care either but it's a lot less likely to hurt your feelings than I am.]
The team behind the 90's animated series ReBoot has recently found their original D1 masters, and they want to transfer them to a more current format for archiving and potential re-release.
The catch is, that would require a working D1 tape deck, and those are really hard to find. So if you have a line on a D1 deck, please let them know; it'll help out a lot of fans:
tinyurl.com/yb69etyr (links out to facebook)
NASA Flies Drones Autonomously for Air Taxi Research - NASA
Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia recently flew multiple drones beyond visual line of sight with no visual observer.Jim Banke (NASA)
I'm getting started with a #CoSocialCa Holiday Hangout!
CoSocial members and anyone else welcome on Jitsi jitsi.cosocial.ca/2023HolidayH…
@ntnsndr we _just_ recently spun up a Cloudron for "ops" purposes -- running the wordpress blog, email for working groups, the jitsi.
I plan on migrating the Members Discourse from Digital Ocean to this server.
I'd like to use Mastodon as the single-sign-on, need to do some future experiments there.
We're "professionally" hosting the CoSocial Mastodon server for scale / without single points of failure, and will for other official services like Pixelfed.
LIVE IN A BIT:
This game is garbage... but waifus
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【Neptunia】We Are The Maho Fan Club!!
Tip: https://streamelements.com/brodieongames/tipPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrodieRobertsonVideoPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/brodierobertson...YouTube
apex was always an exercise in frustration for me, and oddly enough I found Fortnite to be way more "fun" despite my initial revulsion. The whole thing just feels more casual and it's really all I have bandwidth for mentally in the fps genre.
Speaking as someone who played doom shareware everyday after school I surprised myself with actually liking Fortnite.
No build is the only way to play, lol.
This FOSS Blogger Hates My Stallman Video
I have achieved greatness, I have now annoyed the one and only creator and author of Tech Rights a very long running FOSS or Free Software blog but his entir...YouTube
How people represent laughter online in different languages:
askfhsjkd
khit khit
lwkmd
7777
rsrsrs
and more
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How people laugh online - Rest of World
How do French, Vietnamese, Japanese and other people laugh online? While laughter is universal in person, written languages have their own specific terminology.Ravi Hiranand (Rest of World)
NASA Astronauts Test SpaceX Elevator Concept for Artemis Lunar Lander - NASA
NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Doug “Wheels” Wheelock participated in a recent test of a sub-scale mockup elevator for SpaceX’s Starship human landing systemNASA
Artemis II Crew Visits White House - NASA
Artemis II crew members (from left) CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid WisemanNASA
Richard Scarry - Cars and Trucks and Things That Go tote bag
Buckle-up for a fun-filled day of planes, trains, automobiles . . . and even a pickle truck! Featuring hundreds of clearly labeled vehicles, this is the perfect book for little vehicle fans from the one and only Richard Scarry.Out of Print
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Three Galaxies and a Comet
Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett
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APOD: 2023 December 21 - Three Galaxies and a Comet
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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"Parrots learn to make video calls to chat with other parrots, then develop friendships, Northeastern University researchers say"
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Parrots learn to make video calls to chat with other parrots, then develop friendships, Northeastern University researchers say
Pet parrots in a new study led by Northeastern researchers loved using iPads to call fellow birds to chat while forging lasting friendships.Schuyler Velasco (Northeastern Global News)
Steam Winter Sale 2023 is live, along with The Steam Awards voting
It is that time again! Valve launched the Steam Winter Sale 2023 and The Steam Awards are also open for voting for your favourite titles now too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
As the Arctic Warms, Its Waters Are Emitting Carbon - NASA
Runoff from one of North America’s largest rivers is driving intense carbon dioxide emissions in the Arctic Ocean.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
The Talos Principle 2 gets Steam Deck Verified, plus a big Beta update is out gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/the-…
#SteamDeck #SteamDeckOLED #TalosPrinciple2
The Talos Principle 2 gets Steam Deck Verified, plus a big Beta update is out
Need a new puzzle game to add to your collection? Good news for you, as The Talos Principle 2 has now been bumped up to Steam Deck Verified status after testing from Valve.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Kennedy Space Center Looks Ahead to Busy 2024
Another jam-packed year is in store for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as the momentum of a busy 2023 is carried forward into the new year. On theJamie Groh (NASA)
Albert Cardona
in reply to Albert Cardona • • •There are newspaper articles about these studies:
"Human-driven extinction of bird species twice as high as thought, study says" theguardian.com/environment/20…
"Killer kitties: cats are eating 2,000 species, including hundreds that are at risk" theguardian.com/environment/20…
#CatsOfMastodon
Killer kitties: cats are eating 2,000 species, including hundreds that are at risk
Phoebe Weston (The Guardian)Sam Levine
in reply to Albert Cardona • • •Responding to misinformation and criticisms regarding United States cat predation estimates - Biological Invasions
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