Station Science Top News: Dec. 6, 2024 - NASA
Astronaut cognitive performance remains generally stableLinda E. Grimm (NASA)
Scientific American delivers a scathing article about the theologists holding the majority in the US Supreme Court. It’s so good, and so tightly written, that it’s difficult to pull an excerpt without wanting to also include the lead in and follow up. I’ll tempt you with some opening paragraphs, but the article is brilliant and deserves to be read.
“In five instances, Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion confused nitrogen oxide, a pollutant that contributes to ozone formation, with nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas.
You can’t make this stuff up. This repeated mistake in the 5–4 decision exemplifies a high court not just indifferent to facts but contemptuous of them.”
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#supremecourt #ScientificAmerican #corruption #failingempire
The Supreme Court’s Contempt for Facts Is a Betrayal of Justice
The Supreme Court majority’s recent decisions about homelessness, public health and regulatory power, among others, undermine the role of evidence, expertise and honesty in American democracyScientific American
Mary W. Jackson Portrait Revealed - NASA
On Dec. 6, 2024, NASA leaders unveiled a portrait of the late Mary W. Jackson, pioneering aerospace engineer and mathematician at NASA’s Langley ResearchNASA
NASA Invites Media to Panama, Austria Artemis Accords Signings - NASA
On Wednesday, Dec. 11, Panama and Austria will sign the Artemis Accords at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Following the signing ceremonies, NASANASA
NASA invita a los medios a firma de Acuerdos de Artemis con Panamá y Austria - NASA
El miércoles 11 de diciembre, Panamá y Austria firmarán los Acuerdos de Artemis en la sede de la NASA en Washington. Tras las ceremonias de firma, elNASA
Leader of NASA’s VERITAS Mission Honored With AGU’s Whipple Award - NASA
Suzanne Smrekar, geophysicist and principal investigator of the agency’s upcoming VERITAS mission to Venus, is NASA JPL’s first recipient of the prestigiousAnthony Greicius (NASA)
NASA's Hubble Celebrates Decade of Tracking Outer Planets - NASA Science
Encountering Neptune in 1989, NASA’s Voyager mission completed humankind’s first close-up exploration of the four giant outer planets of our solar system.science.nasa.gov
#Opensource needs an answer to Microsoft Teams. And now, there is one!
Tired of vendor lock-in and high prices? Want a secure and private communication platform?
Nextcloud Talk has what you need!
See what Nextcloud Talk can do for you 👇🏽
Nextcloud.com/blog/Nextcloud-t…
The open source answer to Microsoft Teams - Nextcloud
Introducing Nextcloud Talk, an open-source, privacy-respecting chat and video conferencing platform for digitally sovereign collaboration.Kim Pohlmann (Nextcloud)
NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from US Students Abroad - NASA
Students from U.S. military families based overseas will have the chance to hear NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station answer theirNASA
2024 Be An Astronaut Campaign - NASA
Every four years, NASA opens its doors and welcomes thousands of applicants to join a new class of astronauts that will push human spaceflight to new depths.Dominique V. Crespo (NASA)
Convocatoria 2025 @sursiendo – Directorio de personas y colectivas que hacen diseño con #SoftwareLibre
Si te interesa sumarte a la base de datos o si ya formas parte y quieres actualizar tu información ¡es tu oportunidad!
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Convocatoria 2025 - Directorio de personas y colectivas que hacen diseño con Software Libre | Sursiendo
En Sursiendo queremos seguir creciendo nuestro Directorio de diseñadoras/es que trabajan con herramientas y programas de Software Libre, en cualquiera de las…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
"The American Library Association reports that 4,240 book titles were targeted for censorship nationwide in 2023, a 92% increase over the previous year.
Nearly half the books were about LGBTQ subjects, and communities of color made up 47% of those targeted."
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New California law prohibits public libraries from banning books
The American Library Association reports that 4,240 book titles were targeted for censorship nationwide in 2023.McKenzie Diaz (KSBY News)
Raspberry Pi 500 and Raspberry Pi Monitor are available now gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/rasp…
#RaspberryPi #RPi #Linux
Raspberry Pi 500 and Raspberry Pi Monitor are available now
Just in time for the holiday season, Raspberry Pi have launched two new bits of hardware for you to tinker with the Raspberry Pi 500 and an official Raspberry Pi Monitor.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
OBS Studio 31 released with first-party YouTube Chat features, new NVIDIA filters and Linux improvements gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/obs-…
OBS Studio 31 released with first-party YouTube Chat features, new NVIDIA filters and Linux improvements
OBS Studio has a brand new stable release available! The awesome free and open source video capture tool OBS Studio 31.0.0 is out now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
EA pledge another 23 accessibility patents for public royalty-free use gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/ea-p…
EA pledge another 23 accessibility patents for public royalty-free use
EA did another actually genuinely great thing here. They've expanded their previous patent pledge for game developers to use without problems.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam sets a new record with 39 million concurrent users online gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/stea…
Steam sets a new record with 39 million concurrent users online
Over the weekend the Steam store from Valve managed to smash another record, something it has done repeatedly this year and it shows no sign of slowing down.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Minimalist mini-game filled survival city-builder Dawnfolk gets a release date and new demo gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/mini…
#Dawnfolk #IndieGames #Linux #LinuxGaming
Minimalist mini-game filled survival city-builder Dawnfolk gets a release date and new demo
Dawnfolk from developer Darenn Keller is absolutely lovely, a minimalist survival city-builder with each tile having a little mini-game. Really unique and one you need to keep an eye on.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
itch.io store was taken down by Funko due to "trash AI Powered" phishing report gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/itch…
#Gaming #itchio #PCGaming #IndieGames #Funko
itch.io store was taken down by Funko due to "trash AI Powered" phishing report
This was an interesting one to come back to today. Game store itch.io was taken offline recently, due to a "bogus Phishing report to our registrar".Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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I'm grateful for this Jacobin review essay by Robert Gorwa that features my recent book Governable Spaces: jacobin.com/2024/12/internet-d…
Read the book for yourself, free here: ucpress.edu/read/books/governa…
Can Democracy Survive Online?
The dream of a democratic web has turned into a nightmare of moderation crises, content mines, and billionaire overlords.jacobin.com
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my birthdays today and, keeping with family tradition, i waited to open my boxes on a group facetime with my family.
turns out this box was not a present but rather a three month supply of PrEP. whoops.
The HOPE XV talks are finally up on YouTube! Here’s a link to mine, where I covered AI and Solarpunk:
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HOPE XV (2024): AI, Solarpunk, and an Uncertain Future in Computing
Friday, July 12, 2024: 8:00 pm (Marillac Auditorium): For more than a year now, "AI" has been the tech world's most expensive obsession.Channel2600 | Invidious
I said it before...and I'll say it again... and here is another recent case of it in **Wired **
Pump and Dump, Soft or Hard, it's all a Scam.
Once More As Always CRYPTO CURRENCY IS A SCAM
#CryptoCurrency #Memcoins #PumpNDump #CurrencyScam #CryptoScam #AvoidCrypto
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There is a bit of real money involved by miners who have purchased ungodly amounts of computing power, and who have to work to get their money back plus profit. After all bitcoin is based on proof of work.
But the value of bitcoin is still based on the value of privacy of transactions. That's why cash was invented.
Somebody send me a bitcoin receiving address or QR code and i'll send you $20 worth, just for giggles. It's just funny money to me now that it has appreciated 100 times what i invested (20 cents x 100 = $20).
Easy, just download a wallet app (or get account on coinbase), set it up and generate a receiving address. Hard part for converting to dollars is you have to sign up to an exchange, like coinbase, then you have to set up a wire transer to a bank to deposit cash. Or just let it sit for 5 years and it will be worth 10 times that much, lol.
The science behind winning a Nobel prize? Being a man from a wealthy family
A lot of talent is wasted in a world where more than half of laureates come from households in the richest 5%Torsten Bell (The Guardian)
Went down to the shore today to fetch some seaweed for the garden. This variety of seaweed was super striking compared to the abundant olive and green going on.
Unsure what it is, the shape would say bladder wrack (Fucus Vesiculosus) but I'm not sure because of the colour
“Within the party Ronald Reagan once led so capably, it is increasingly fashionable to suggest that the sort of global leadership he modeled is no longer America’s place,” McConnell said. “But let’s be absolutely clear: America will not be made great again by those who are content to manage our decline”
McConnell had his chance to do something useful about Trump and he failed. He is a coward. He has personally done more damage to the U.S. than almost anyone else over a career of obstructionism and "legislative terrorism." politico.com/news/2024/12/07/m…
Steinacleit stone circle and cairn (also called Stein-A-Cleit; Siadar; Shader) on the isle of Lewis up on a boggy moor. "This bundle of stones on a low hill above a loch was originally interpreted as being the remains of a large chambered cairn and stone circle." Photos June 2021.
#StandingStoneSunday #PreHistory #IsleOfLewis #Scotland
A remarkable transition:
Kenya is Africa's leading country when it comes to renewables.
In 2000 fossil fuels contributed 60% to electricity generation.
Today it is 6%. In 2023 electricity was from almost 50% geothermal, 20% wind+solar and 22% hydro.
APOD: 2024 December 8 – Aurora around Saturns North Pole
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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