How do we practice democracy in everyday life?
@ntnsndr talking with @Rushkoff on #TeamHumanShow about this and more on the launch of his new book, #GovernableSpaces just made my day. I’m getting a few copies for our local library and high school.
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cc @baratunde and the #HowToCitizen team
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Ep. 284 Director of the Media Economies Design Lab and author of Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life.Team Human
Vampire Survivors gets a new bonus stage, 2 new characters, 4 new weapons
Vampire Survivors continues to expand with more free content, and the latest update is out now that sees you battle it out in space with new characters.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Extraction horror shooter Level Zero: Extraction will get Steam Deck support gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/extr…
Extraction horror shooter Level Zero: Extraction will get Steam Deck support
Level Zero: Extraction is an upcoming extraction horror with high-stakes asymmetric PvPvPvE and FPS combat, and according to the developer they will add Steam Deck support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Single-player extraction shooter ZERO Sievert adds controller support - now much better on Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/sing…
#SteamDeck #Linux #ZEROSievert
Single-player extraction shooter ZERO Sievert adds controller support
ZERO Sievert is a top-down pixel-art single-player survival shooter from CABO Studio and Modern Wolf, and now it should be a lot nicer on Steam Deck or Desktop PCs with controllers.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Grab more great games in the Humble Creative Sandbox Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/grab…
Grab more great games in the Humble Creative Sandbox Bundle
Here's a pretty darn good selection of games that you can pick up in the Humble Creative Sandbox Bundle.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
This new #palmoil tool does not include a single brand from #India #China #Indonesia or #Malaysia, the four largest consumption markets for palm oil, accounting for the majority of demand, and, likely, an even greater percentage of deforestation due to lax due diligence requirements.
We're not going to solve supply chain deforestation by only focusing on global north demand.
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PalmWatch: Tracking the Impact of Big Brands' Palm Oil Use
Discover how major brands' palm oil use drives deforestation and environmental change with PalmWatch, an open-access tool powered by data science and open-source intelligence.palmwatch.inclusivedevelopment.net
@MxAlba @palmoildetectives The efficiency/productivity/yield argument is an inaccurate and dangerous #palmoil industry talking point. I did a piece exploring this back in 2021
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Palm oil’s high yield masks environmental impact
Advocates see higher yields per hectare as a path to sustainable palm oil, but face scepticism around land conversion and life-cycle emissionsCoroneo-Seaman Joe (China Dialogue)
The HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementation gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/the-…
The HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementation
If you were hoping at some point to see HDMI 2.1+ on Linux with AMD + Mesa, you're out of luck right now as it's simply not going to be happening.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa, NVK, is now ready for prime time gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/open…
Open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa, NVK, is now ready for prime time
The future of NVIDIA hardware on Linux is here with the open source Vulkan driver NVK in Mesa, as there's now a Merge Request to have it shipped by default.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve fixes Remote Play on Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/valv…
Valve fixes Remote Play on Steam Deck
After recently releasing a big Stable Steam Client update for Steam Deck and Desktop PCs, I highlighted that Remote Play was broken on Steam Deck - and so Valve has now fixed it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
"Tens of millions of users trust us to safeguard their data and ensure secure collaborations. It has been an incredible journey witnessing numerous organizations embracing the principles of freedom and privacy."~ @Karlitschek , Founder of Nextcloud
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Frank Karlitschek | Nextcloud | Customer Story | Linode
Frank Karlitschek had used Linode for personal projects and believes that it’s one of the best places for people to run Nextcloud.Linode, now Akamai
The State Of Accessibility Tools On Linux
Accessibility tooling exists on Linux but the issue is much of what exists hasn't been properly updated in many years so it's continuous suffering from bitro...YouTube
And it is so much worse with Wayland at the moment (and for the unforeseeable future) when it comes to screen readers.
github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcom…
Support for Arbitrary Modifiers (Accessibility Keybindings) · Issue #425 · xkbcommon/libxkbcommon
Just want to say thank you for all the hard work on libxkbcommon. It's a great project and I'm grateful that somebody else has written the complexity of keeping keyboard state :) I'm here to talk t...GitHub
Julius Caesar and Leap Days
Image Credit & License: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Wikimedia
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APOD: 2024 February 29 - Julius Caesar and Leap Days
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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It's been a long time coming (well, not that long, really) but NVK is now ready for prime time:
collabora.com/news-and-blog/ne…
You can expect to see NVK show up in your favorite distro some time this year.
NVK is now ready for prime time
As of today, NVK is now a conformant Vulkan 1.3 implementation on Turing (RTX 2000 and GTX 1600 series), Ampere (RTX 3000 series), and Ada (RTX 4000 series) GPUs.Collabora | Open Source Consulting
I'm so grateful to be on the great @Rushkoff's Team Human podcast today: teamhuman.fm/episodes/284-nath…
I love this show, and it means the world to be able to talk about my new book, Governable Spaces, with one of my heroes.
Nathan Schneider
Ep. 284 Director of the Media Economies Design Lab and author of Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life.Team Human
Aeolis, Myrina Tetradrachm. Apollo of Grynium.
EttuBruta, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Editorial Cartoons: Berryman Award Winner Jen Sorensen
Jen Sorensen accepts the Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons at the National Press Foundation awards dinner in Washington, D.C. Fe...YouTube
I was recently honored to receive the Berryman Award for editorial cartooning from the National Press Foundation. Sharing a couple pics from the awards dinner in Washington, DC. I had a great time (and got to meet Al Roker!)
Photo credit: Lisa Nipp for NPF
Hey Jen, if you know any political cartoonists looking for gigs, send them my way. See my profile for cartoons I had done last year. Thanks.
In our latest #Mastodon for Android release, we're making it easier than ever to share profiles using QR codes, among a number of other usability improvements:
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Mastodon for Android update
In our latest Mastodon for Android release, we're making it easier than ever to share profiles using QR codes, among a number of other usability improvements.Mastodon Blog
I feel like we're about half way through NEO #TWEWY and it's only getting better
LIVE SOON:
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【NEO TWEWY】What comes next makes you drifted
Tip: https://streamelements.com/brodieongames/tipPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BrodieRobertsonVideoPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/brodierobertson...YouTube
The Marshall Star for February 28, 2024 - NASA
For the first time in more than 50 years, new NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations are operating on the Moon following the first successfulLee Mohon (NASA)
MAF Announcement - NEPA Public Notice - NASA
Draft Environmental Assessment – Lease for 50 Acre Business Park.Marcelo Dasilva (NASA)
Rust Lang ENDORSED By The US Government!?!
THIS IS NOT A DRILL, the US government is endorsing Rust Lang. Ok that's kind of joke but they did recently release a press release and report about the impo...YouTube
ch0ccyra1n is leaving fedi soon reshared this.
I actually agree that memory safe languages should be used more often. But my worry is that someone takes that general principal as an absolute.
As in rejecting projects made by C because the US government said so. Policy makers who don't understand what is going on could draft stupid legislation, businesses (or other such entities) with non programmer leads could make stupid policy.
It'd be great if I'm just paranoid thpugh
MAF Announcement - CNET Article about MAF - NASA
Link to the CNET article: https://www.cnet.com/science/space/features/building-artemis-inside-americas-moon-rocket-factory-nasa-michoud-assembly-facility/Marcelo Dasilva (NASA)
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NASA Invites Media, Public to Solar Eclipse Events in April - NASA
On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, giving people in 15 states the opportunity to see the Moon completely block the Sun,NASA
NASA Kennedy Seeks Nominations for 2024 Chroniclers Recognition - NASA
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is asking members of the news media to nominate former colleagues they deem worthy of honoring as a space programNASA
Splashdown 101: Joint Team to Recover Crew, Orion After Moon Missions - NASA
When Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen return to Earth after aElyna N. Niles-Carnes (NASA)
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Completes Scientific Mission on Space Station - NASA
After months aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 is returning to Earth. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli and Roscosmos cosmonautAndrea Lloyd (NASA)
5 years later Valve finally gives Windows compatibility tool Proton a logo gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/5-ye…
5 years later Valve finally gives Windows compatibility tool Proton a logo
Can you believe it? Proton, the compatibility layer that allows Windows games to run on Steam Deck / Linux PCs didn't actually have a proper logo for over 5 years.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mission Manager Update: All VIPER Flight Instruments Installed! - NASA
The VIPER team continues to push forward with the build of the flight rover that’ll go to the surface of the Moon. As of this writing, all of VIPER’s flightRachel Hoover (NASA)
NASA, SpaceX Test Starship Lunar Lander Docking System - NASA
As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign that will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon, crew will need to move betweenNASA
Mission Manager Update: All VIPER Flight Instruments Installed! - NASA
The VIPER team continues to push forward with the build of the flight rover that’ll go to the surface of the Moon. As of this writing, all of VIPER’s flightRachel Hoover (NASA)
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