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Google and Microsoft recently admitted their emissions are soaring as they build out data centers to power the AI boom.
But new analysis from The Guardian suggests the data center emissions of Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are 662% higher than the companies reporting.
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#tech #ai #datacenters #microsoft #google #apple #meta #climate
Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?
Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official figuresGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
NASA Mobilizes Resource for HBCU Scholars, Highlighted at Conference - NASA
NASA will spotlight its program to engage underrepresented and underserved students in science, technology, engineering, and math at the 2024 NationalAbbey A. Donaldson (NASA)
Engineer Zaida Hernandez - NASA
"I would say family and part of that 'first-gen experience' . Being born in the U.S. gave me a lot of opportunities that my family and parents were robbed ofNASA
Reaching New Heights to Unravel Deep Martian History! - NASA Science
The Perseverance rover is reaching new heights as it ascends the rim of Jezero crater (over 300 meters in elevation higher than the original landing site)! The rover is now enroute to its first campaign science stop Dox Castle (image in the far groun…science.nasa.gov
Initial temperature check for #Socialcoop members:
What would you think of enabling members to have [user].social.coop as their handles for Bluesky?
This would require no data storage or throughput from us, just a DNS record: bsky.social/about/blog/4-28-20…
How to set your domain as your handle - Bluesky
Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.Bluesky
- Love it, I would use it (16%, 2 votes)
- Fine, I guess (58%, 7 votes)
- I have reservations (reply below) (8%, 1 vote)
- Definitely not (16%, 2 votes)
I gave a talk** at Berlin Fediday this weekend entitled A Bigger, Better Fediverse. I talked about what has been happening on the Fediverse in terms of growth, but also what’s been improving in terms of trust and safety. I also talk about why these two dimensions go hand-in-hand, and how we can’t have one without the other.
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** Almost. There were technical issues, so I had to record the talk and then upload it. All the better for you!
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Berlin Fediverse Day | Berlin Fediverse Day 2024
The Berlin Fediverse Day is a Fediverse conference taking place on 14 September 2024 at c-base Berlin with workshops and lectures for interested people, newcomers and experienced users.Berlin Fediverse Day 2024
Audio Alchemy: A Premium Collection of Sound FX, Music, and Game Engine Plugins from Ovani Sound.
Download a library of royalty and subscription-free sounds for your game, film, or creative project. Pay what you want and support charity!Humble Bundle
Ottawa’s Fall Rhapsody - NASA
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this view of peak fall foliage around Ottawa, Canada on Oct. 14, 2020. Sugar maple leaves turnNASA
Station Science Top News: September 13, 2024 - NASA
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) researchers examined the structures of four titanium-based compounds solidified in levitators in microgravity and onSumer Loggins (NASA)
Lessons on Worker Ownership from the Main Street Phoenix Project
September 23, 2024 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Mountain Time Free webinar Register At the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Main Street Phoenix Project was founded as anMedia Economies Design Lab
Going Back-to-School with NASA Data - NASA
As students head back to school, teachers have a new tool that brings NASA satellite data down to their earthly classrooms.Charles G. Hatfield (NASA)
Steam Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest is live now
Running through until September 23rd at 5PM UTC — the Steam Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest has now launched. That's right, another mini-festival of discounts, demos and more.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Aura at 20 Years - NASA Science
Introduction In the 1990s and early 2000s, an international team of engineers and scientists designed an integrated observatory for atmospheric composition – a bold endeavor to provide unprecedented detail that was essential to understanding how Eart…science.nasa.gov
🎉 The Nextcloud Hub 9 launch was a hit!
If you missed it, catch the recording and explore all the new features and updates here:
💬 Share your thoughts and let us know what you think!
Love how you're making the videos available on a decentralized, community-run platform like Peertube, in alignment with your stated values!
Even better is how you've continued to engage with the community on this issue rather than just ignoring it and funneling users onto centralized surveillance platforms like YouTube! Way to go!
...Right?
#Nextcloud #Hub9 #Peertube #Youtube #FOSS #Google #Privacy #Decentralization
Why did you mention the "Nextcloud Social" app as an example of your commitment to the values of decentralization and federation, when you made it into abandonware by changing app interfaces and destroying it with a Nextcloud upgrade?
That sends the opposite message: that you hate decentralized and federated services, and that if anyone tries to integrate any social or federated apps with Nextcloud, you will destroy their hard work.
A newly discovered bacterium, Uabimicrobium helgolandensis, eats other bacteria and is a kind of 'bacteria of prey,' that should not even exist based on previous concepts about microbial cells. It could be a kind of microbial missing link, researchers suggest.
#biology #nature #life #cell #microbiology #science #research
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The "Incomprehensible" Cell - A Parasitic Prokaryote is Discovered
All complex life forms on Earth, including plants and animals, are made up of eukaryotic cells; they are more sophisticated than bacterial or archaeal cellCarmen Leitch (Labroots)
Episode 9 of The SDHQ Podcast is here, and this is a special one! We are joined by Liam from @gamingonlinux where we discuss our thoughts on current #SteamDeck news and whether we want to see a Steam Machine or Steam Deck 2 come first:
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- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
NASA Mobilizes Resource for HBCU Scholars, Highlighted at Conference - NASA
NASA will spotlight its program to engage underrepresented and underserved students in science, technology, engineering, and math at the 2024 NationalAbbey A. Donaldson (NASA)
Pessoal, uma oportunidade interessante, especialmente pra quem trabalha com ou é parte de algum movimento social. Mentoria em mídias sociais e comunicadores livres, com direito a bolsa. Os encontros são todos em inglês, o que pode ser complicado pra algumas pessoas, mas acho que vale a pena pelo menos dar uma olhada.
#FLOSS #Matrix #fediverso #mentoria
I'm thrilled to announce, especially on the occasion of the #Fediforum, that @medlab is launching an Open Social Incubator.Our mission is to support a cohort of community builders who could use extra support in getting to know and learning to use open social tools.
Participants will receive $3,500, hands-on support, and a peer community.
Please spread the word! Learn more here: colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2024/0…
Open Call: Join the Open Social Incubator
Apply here by October 4Do the online communities and groups that you participate in use digital tools that truly serve your values? Do you want to break freeMedia Economies Design Lab
55 Years Ago: Space Task Group Proposes Post-Apollo Plan to President Nixon - NASA
The Apollo 11 mission in July 1969 completed the goal set by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to the EarthKelli Mars (NASA)
Enlisted from Darkflow / Gaijin swapping from Easy Anti-Cheat to BattlEye gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/enli…
#Linux #SteamDeck #Enlisted #BattlEye
Enlisted from Darkflow / Gaijin swapping from Easy Anti-Cheat to BattlEye
Darkflow Software and Gaijin Network Ltd have announced their multiplayer online shooter Enlisted will be changing the anti-cheat sometime in the coming days.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Deck Verified - your game highlights for mid-September 2024 gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/stea…
Steam Deck Verified - your game highlights for mid-September 2024
Looking to pick up some more games for Steam Deck or Desktop Linux? Well, here's a whole bunch more that should work great.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 is a big powerful desktop-replacement class laptop gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/the-…
The TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 is a big powerful desktop-replacement class laptop
For people who have the need for something somewhat portable, with a lot of power, perhaps the TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 will be your next purchase.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Cyberpunk action-adventure Anomaly Agent gets Linux and macOS support gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/cybe…
#Linux #macOS #IndieGames
Cyberpunk action-adventure Anomaly Agent gets Linux and macOS support
Released back in January 2024, Anomaly Agent from Phew Phew Games went on to get an Overwhelmingly Positive rating from Steam users and now it's officially available for Linux and macOS.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
🚀 [Open Call] We’re seeking German-speaking workshop facilitators in Berlin!
If you have 5+ years of experience in facilitation and expertise in adult education, this opportunity is for you! Join us to deliver a training-of-trainers (ToT) focused on digital literacy for youth workers and educators.💡
Deadline to apply: Sept 22
🔗 tacticaltech.org/news/open-cal…
[Open Call] German-speaking Workshop Facilitators in Berlin
The What the Future Wants project is looking for facilitators of a training-of-trainers (ToT) for youth workers and educators which will be delivered in-person in Berlin, in the German language.Tactical Tech
PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation changes license for no commercial use and no derivatives (it's no longer open source) gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/play…
PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation changes license for no commercial use and no derivatives
There's been a bit of a furore in the emulation community lately centred around the PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation, which has now seen two license changes recently.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve make even more changes for Steam store pages gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/valv…
Valve make even more changes for Steam store pages
Valve are continuing to tweak how Steam store pages are displayed, along with giving developers more tools to show exactly what they want.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Design Researchers in Residence
Artificial
Apply now to join the new cohort of Design Researchers in Residence with projects responding to the theme of ‘artificial’
Each resident is provided with a commissioning budget of £6,000 and a bursary of £11,400, as well as studio space at the museum and a programme of mentorship, training and seminars from experts both in and outside the Design Museum.
All applications must be sent to artificial@designmuseum.org before 9am (UK time) on Monday 23 September 2024.
More info: futureobservatory.org/research…
An interview with the creator of Lutris gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/an-i…
An interview with the creator of Lutris
Want to learn a little more about Lutris, the popular Linux app for managing games, emulators and much more? Here's your chance.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
NASA Johnson Honors Hispanic Heritage: Meet Manuel Retana - NASA
Manuel Retana arrived in the U.S. at 15 years old, unable to speak English and with nothing but a dream and $200 in his pocket. Now, he plays a crucial roleSumer Loggins (NASA)
Go spelunking in the Don't Starve Together - Depths of Duplicity free update gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/go-s…
Go spelunking in the Don't Starve Together - Depths of Duplicity free update
I haven't checked back on Don't Starve Together for quite a while now, but Klei Entertainment continue to make it one of the most interesting survival games around and the latest free update is out now with Depths of Duplicity.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
4A Games and Zen Studios staying with Embracer Group gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/4a-g…
#4AGames #EmbracerGroup #Gaming
4A Games and Zen Studios staying with Embracer Group
Back in March there was the report that Saber Interactive split off from Embracer Group, with them potentially taking on 4A Games and Zen Studios.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Linux kernel 6.11 is officially out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/linu…
Linux kernel 6.11 is officially out now
Linus Torvalds announced the final release of the Linux kernel 6.11, as usual with a ridiculous amount of improvements, fixes, support for new and future hardware releases and everything in between.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
Intelligent and social Irrawaddy dolphins, also known as the Mahakam River dolphins or Ayeyarwady river dolphins have endearing faces. Only 90 to 300 are estimated to be left living in the wild. Th…Palm Oil Detectives
Mercury's Vivaldi Crater from BepiColombo
Image Credit: ESA, JAXA, BepiColombo, MTM
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240916.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2024 September 16 – Mercurys Vivaldi Crater from BepiColombo
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2024 September 16 – Mercurys Vivaldi Crater from BepiColombo
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
So worth thinking about! And a bit funny.
‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman
Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for.The Conversation
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in reply to Nathan Schneider • • •My own perspective is that I think this could be a low-hanging way for Social.coop to become cross-platform and to explore what it means to have a cooperative presence on ATProto/Bluesky. It would also advertise our collective existence there.
Personally, not sure I'd use it, as I already use my personal domain (@ntnsndr.in) on Bluesky.
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