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Sols 4396-4397: Roving in a Martian Wonderland science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-439… #NASA #Blogs


Just published! A book chapter with Morshed Mannan and Tara Merk on "Cooperative Online Communities," open acess for all: taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-…


2024 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #AmesResearchCenter #General #NASACentersFacilities


NASA Participates in Microgravity Science Summit nasa.gov/humans-in-space/comme… #NASA #LowEarthOrbitEconomy #CommercialSpace #HumansInSpace


X/Twitter getting left further behind by everyone else: Bluesky, Mastodon and Threads.

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My one grandmother had stacks of this stuff! Including the flour sacks with patterns for making children's toys!

Fashion History: Feed Sack Fashion


Because we're talking about history here, all sewing history moment blog posts will be written based on research from scholarly sources, such as peer-reviewed articles, books, journals, etc. I will always list the sources I used in a bibliography at the bottom of the post, in case you want to do some further reading!

Without further ado, our first sewing history moment will be focusing on an innovative and resourceful way in which 20th-century North American women outfitted their families- sewing garments out of flour and feed sacks...

flour sacks

flour sacks 2

@Joyce Donahue @Katherine Bond @Sam Smith

in reply to Muse

A fascinating example that bucks the usual trend that once something becomes affordable, it is no longer deemed desirable.

For example, gelatin molds were considered high cuisine when only the moneyed class could afford it. After Jell-O made it affordable to everyone, it transitioned from high cuisine to dated kitch.

But here? Feed sack fashion culturally transitioned the other way - from an embarrassing necessity to try and hide to becoming a sign of resourcefulness.

This shows that it's possible to make a philosophy of "nothing goes to waste" culturally fashionable. And if something is fashionable, manufacturers may cater to that demand.

in reply to Muse

Excellent point @Isaac Kuo!
Secondhand shopping has become popular again for pretty much the same reasons. Someone comments on something I'm wearing. I say, "Found it in an opshop". (Australian for secondhand store) They smile and give me a nod for being a skilled treasure hunter.


Finally! The Hydroxychloroquine study by Gautret et al. has been retracted. I wrote a critical post about it in March 2020, days after it came out. scienceintegritydigest.com/2020/03/24/t...

RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:d635f…

Thoughts on the Gautret et al....




Cutting-Edge Satellite Tracks Lake Water Levels in Ohio River Basin nasa.gov/missions/swot/cutting… #NASA #SWOTSurfaceWaterAndOceanTopography #JetPropulsionLaboratory #WaterOnEarth


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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

And for the people who keep asking privately: no I'm not leaving Mastodon, you can relax, just not personally checking the replies any more (if I can help it) and mostly have the tab closed now.

Replies are too noisy and toxic with my follower count here with all the reply-bros being annoying.

Much love.

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

Huh, was not expecting WhatsApp to be on that list. I didn't know you could even follow people there. Not berating, just surprised.


NASA Sets Coverage for Roscosmos Spacewalk 63 Outside Space Station nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-set… #NASA #InternationalSpaceStationISS #ISSResearch #Missions


Nexus Mods new cross-platform app v0.7.1 released finally supporting upgrades - better modding for Linux / Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/nexu…

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Mastodon #research 🚀

I’m working on my master’s thesis at the University of Vienna, and I’d love your input! My research focuses on sustaining long-term user activity on Mastodon, contributing to a more active Fediverse. If you have a few minutes, please take my short survey:
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Your thoughts will contribute to meaningful research. Feel free to boost this post so we can reach as many users as possible. Thank you so much! 🙌

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Artemis II Core Stage Moves to High Bay 2 nasa.gov/image-article/artemis… #NASA #Artemis2 #KennedySpaceCenter #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter #SpaceLaunchSystemSLS


Mañana!
📢 Lanzamiento del informe "Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio", donde miembros de la Coalición #MigrarSinVigilancia discutirán cómo proteger los datos personales de las personas migrantes y activistas que acompañan la lucha.

📅 Mié. 18/12/24
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Join Michael Meeks from @CollaboraOffice as he introduces the latest updates for Nextcloud Office!

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youtu.be/LF4PnKbsBVc



Approaching my 10 year mark as a (paid) Software Engineer, I just had my first experience getting laid off. At least it wasn’t performance-related, and they are offering a letter of recommendation.

So, now I’m on the market! Resumé and contact info at johnryan.dev

You may DM me with questions but serious inquiries only, please.

#GetFediHired #SoftwareEngineer #Developer #IT #SysAdmin




Orion Spacecraft Tested in Ohio After Artemis I Mission nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #GlennResearchCenter #Artemis #HumansInSpace #OrionMultiPurposeCrewVehicle #OrionProgram


NASA Missions Spot Cosmic ‘Wreath’ Displaying Stellar Circle of Life nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-mi… #NASA #Astrophysics #ChandraXRayObservatory #GalaxiesStarsBlackHoles #GalaxiesStarsBlackHolesResearch #MarshallAstrophysics #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter #StarClusters #Stars


Near to the Heart Nebula apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241217.ht… #APOD
#APOD
in reply to NASA

To me, the thing in the lower left looks more like an anatomical heart, even though it's name is the fish head nebula.


Fedora Asahi Remix 41 brings AAA gaming to Apple Silicon with Linux gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/fedo…

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Jovian Vortex Hunters Spun Up Over New Paper science.nasa.gov/get-involved/… #NASA #CitizenScience #PlanetaryScienceDivision


The Steam Deck Stars Bundle on Steam has some top Deck Verified games for cheap gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/the-…

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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

great games, already have three of the for of them. Want to check out the last one now...


Crescent County is an open-world "witch-tech" delivery life-sim where you travel around on a motorised broom gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/cres…

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Tempest Rising looks awesome and this RTS is launching in April 2025 gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/temp…

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I know this is just a software update or whatever, but since the xz attack, it always makes me worry.


#Mastodon propone un nuevo estándar de atribución

#fediverso

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Transforming Space Exploration: NASA and Northrop Grumman’s Digital Engineering Collaboration nasa.gov/organizations/ocio/dt… #NASA #DigitalTransformationDT


NASA Stennis Celebrates Key Testing, Operations Milestones in 2024 nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #StennisSpaceCenter


Orion Spacecraft Tested in Ohio After Artemis I Mission nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #GlennResearchCenter #Artemis #HumansInSpace


A Game About Digging A Hole has you dig the stupidest biggest hole possible to find potential secrets gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/a-ga…

#IndieGames #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux



Drill-ship survival game Volcanoids adds big mech spiders and tanks that drill up through the ground to say hi gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/dril…

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On the face of it, this opportunity looks great - paid artist-in-residencies at the Max Planck institute!
e-recruiting.pro/jobposting/56…

€8k seems like a good fee, until you notice that it's for four months. That's a bit less than minimum wage (€2080) in Germany. I don't know if that's taxable, but even if it isn't it still doesn't seem great when it seems they're looking for an artist with an established practice, to collaborate with people probably earning much more.

That said it looks fantastic compared with Goldsmiths in London - they have a similar four-month residence with no artist fee at all, apart from £250 per month to cover costs. arebyte.com/digital-art-reside…

It seems researchers are provided with space in order to do their work, but artists should accept the offer of 'free space' as payment for doing the work that they do in it. I just don't understand this...

This entry was edited (1 year ago)
in reply to Alex McLean

I have a theory about this - outline: 'work' is paying people to coerce them to do things they don't want to do, so why pay people for doing something they enjoy? Work as a performative anti-art. I may explain this further at a future point!
in reply to Syntə

Yes that even works for people with life of leisure thanks to an independent income! There are a lot of residencies designed for those people that are basically expensive paid-for holidays with a studio.
In most people's reality though, art is hard work and is generally a search for meaning rather than happiness.


Wilderness survival roguelike Wayward adds creature territories, deities, item stacking and lots more gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/wild…

#Wayward #IndieGame #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck



Are there any PhDs in law/social sciences/public policy out there in the fediverse who would like to help hammer global, regional, and local AI Policy into shape? The AI Policy Lab at Umeå University is looking for a staff scientist/policy analyst for a full-time, permanent position. #getfedihired #academicchatter

Last day to apply is January 15th!

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Stoneshard major upgrade brings an upgradable fast-travel caravan system, cooking, new locations and more gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/ston…

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#Introduction Hi #fediverse ! We’re the European Southern Observatory, and we design, build and operate ground-based telescopes.

One of them is our Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction in #Chile. It will have a 39 m mirror, and its rotating enclosure will weigh 6100 tonnes, or about 700 mastodons!

We’re looking forward to chatting with all of you about #astronomy

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If you are still using Klarna, get rid of it (you should not have used it anyway).

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