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Why is the nonsense phrase “vegetative electron microscopy” turning up in fake scientific papers? Add two-column formatting to the list of things AI doesn’t understand. retractionwatch.com/2025/02/10…
Via @Researchbuzz
Snippet of a legitimate article from 1959 where vegetative in one column aligns with electron microscopy in the other

As a nonsense phrase of shady provenance makes the rounds, Elsevier defends its use

The origin of the phrase? The phrase was so strange it would have stood out even to a non-scientist. Yet “vegetative electron microscopy” had already made it past reviewers and editors at several j…
Retraction Watch
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By expanding taxon coverage to 10 horseshoe bat species, we identify new variants of SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2, & report convergent functionally important residues that could explain wider patterns of susceptibility across mammals. nature.com/articles/s41559-025… #biodiversity #genomics

Comparative genomics provides insights into chromosomal evolution and immunological adaptation in horseshoe bats - Nature Ecology & Evolution

A comparative analysis of bat genomes, including five newly assembled chromosome-scale genomes, provides insights into the diversification of horseshoe bats and reveals molecular adaptations with a potential role in antiviral immune response.
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#genomics #biodiversity

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Let us make it clear to the People - this is not cost cutting. This is destruction of American institutions built over decades, this is vandalism, this is revenge firing of skilled employees and expertise.

Real cost cutting requires planning, financial analysis, transparency, dialogue and surgical instruments, not machetes.

This is a hostile takeover of the U.S. govt. by a bunch of wealthy lunatics, who are seeking power and wealth for themselves and no one else.

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What is Doge and why is Musk cutting so many jobs?

US President Donald Trump’s new agency is tasked with slashing costs - but faces opposition.
James FitzGerald and Holly Honderich (BBC News)

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Butters says happy Caturday! #Caturday
A closeup of an orange cat looking to the left
#Caturday

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Steam Deck update gets a small battery life boost with the Frame Limiter gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/stea…

#SteamDeck #Steam #Linux #SteamOS


Steam Deck update gets a small battery life boost with the Frame Limiter

Valve released a new Steam Deck Beta Client update for February 14th, showing the love to battery life with a little extra juice.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #Steam #steamos #SteamDeck

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Why is it so easy ☠️

#linux #windows

#linux #Windows
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try it on Aeon 😀
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What catnip? 🐈‍⬛
Photo of a black cat laying on a hardwood floor with catnip everywhere. A majority of the nice smelling catnip is embedded in the cat's fur, almost as if a certain sweet kitty cat was doing a gator roll on it. Cat looks like an everything bagel, except the "everything" is exclusively catnip.

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Why settle for ordinary when you can have Hyprland? 🤌

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Customizing Hyprland to Your Liking

Got Hyprland? Let's see how to configure and customize it.
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I'm now runnik on Hyperland for about 2 years and it's just great. Way better than Sway.

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Parhelia at Abisko apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250215.ht… #APOD

APOD: 2025 February 15 - Parhelia at Abisko

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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#APOD
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Heres mine that I found up in Wyoming.
A sun dog in the sky, up in the state of Wyoming. Shot from a snow covered road in winter.
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AppArmor out, SELinux in for openSUSE Tumbleweed.

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#linux


openSUSE Tumbleweed Ditches AppArmor for SELinux

openSUSE Tumbleweed has changed its default mandatory access control (MAC) system.
Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
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@ZYPHYSIQUAXA Good to hear 😄

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The School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin is hiring an Ad Astra Fellow in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal_u…

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Sending much love and solidarity to all the public health workers who have been inexplicably fired from government agencies today. The world is far less safe as a result.
CDC source: “We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff. They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”

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NASA Inspires High School Engineering Club nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-in… #NASA #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #LearningResources #NextGenSTEM #STEMEngagementAtNASA

NASA Inspires High School Engineering Club - NASA

A group of enthusiastic high school students recently visited NASA to learn about facilities and capabilities that enable the agency’s researchers to explore,
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#NASA #armstrongflightresearchcenter #learningresources #nextgenstem #stemengagementatnasa

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«Behind bars» by Iritxu

#photography #Salzburg #monochrome #iritxu #blackandwhitephotography #35mm #Austria

Monochrome photography from Salzburg, Austria.
#Photography #blackandwhitephotography #austria #35mm #monochrome #salzburg #iritxu

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Summary of the 10th DSCOVR EPIC and NISTAR Science Team Meeting science.nasa.gov/science-resea… #NASA #EarthScience

Summary of the 10th DSCOVR EPIC and NISTAR Science Team Meeting

Introduction
Earth Observer Staff (NASA Science)
#NASA #earthscience

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2024 State-of-the-Art Small Spacecraft Technology Report is Released nasa.gov/general/2024-state-of… #NASA #General #S3VI

2024 State-of-the-Art Small Spacecraft Technology Report is Released - NASA

NASA’s Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute (S3VI) is pleased to announce the official release of the highly anticipated 2024 State-of-the-Art
Sonja Caldwell (NASA)
#NASA #general #s3vi

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Thank you @mediaarchaeologylab for a super fun Open Social Skillshare today!
@media archaeology lab

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NASA Sets Coverage of Firefly’s First Robotic Commercial Moon Landing nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-set… #NASA #CommercialLunarPayloadServicesCLPS #Artemis #EarthSMoon

NASA Sets Coverage of Firefly’s First Robotic Commercial Moon Landing - NASA

With a suite of NASA science and technology on board, Firefly Aerospace is targeting no earlier than 3:45 a.m. EST on Sunday, March 2, to land the Blue Ghost
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#NASA #artemis #earthsmoon #commerciallunarpayloadservicesclps

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An Afternoon of Family Science and Rocket Exploration in Alaska science.nasa.gov/learning-reso… #NASA #CitizenScience #Heliophysics #ScienceActivation

An Afternoon of Family Science and Rocket Exploration in Alaska

On Tuesday, January 28th, Fairbanks BEST Homeschool joined the Geophysical Institute for an afternoon of rocket exploration, hands-on activities, and
NASA Science Editorial Team (NASA Science)
#NASA #citizenscience #heliophysics #scienceactivation

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Yo amo Internet, un romance que crece en el día a día

(texto de 2014)

"Nosotr@s amamos Internet. Aunque es difícil de explicar. O no. Lo bueno es que lo podemos hacer entre varias personas.

Sentimos pasión por Internet, queremos a Internet, defendemos a Internet, construimos Internet"

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Yo amo Internet, un romance que crece en el día a día | Sursiendo

Carta de amor, dentro de la campaña #YoAmoInternet Nosotr@s amamos Internet. Aunque es difícil de explicar. O no. Lo bueno es que lo podemos hacer entre varias…
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Deckbuilder fans should check out this new Humble Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/deck…

#Gaming #Deckbuilder #IndieGames #SteamDeck #Linux #PCGaming


Deckbuilder fans should check out this new Humble Bundle

If you love deckbuilders you may want to take a look at the just launched Deckbuilder Bonanza Humble Bundle as there's a few treats inside.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #indiegames #gaming #SteamDeck #pcgaming #deckbuilder

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Happy valentimes!
#oldknees
Panel one: an american robin stares pensively, thinking to itself "everywhere I look, I'm reminded of him..." Panel two: the robin looks closely at two beetles copulating Panel three: the robin side-eyes two houseflies mating Panel four: the robin observes two damselflies fornicating
#oldknees

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Get over 30 games including Hardspace: Shipbreaker right now via Prime Gaming gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/get-…

#HardspaceShipbreaker #Gaming #PCGaming #PrimeGaming #Linux #SteamDeck


Get over 30 games including Hardspace: Shipbreaker right now via Prime Gaming

Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for February 14th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #gaming #SteamDeck #pcgaming #PrimeGaming #HardspaceShipbreaker
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Thanks for sharing! I there are some great games on that list.
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🎉 Behind the scenes of Nextcloud Hub 10 launch - It’s the recording day!

Greetings from our amazing team who are as brilliant on stage as they are passionate in their craft! 😉

Netxcloud Hub 10 backstage
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Sign up for the online launch event on February 25! ⚡

nextcloud.com/hub10/


Nextcloud Hub 10 global launch - Nextcloud

Nextcloud Hub 10 will be launched on February 25th at 2 PM (CET) in an online event. Register now to join the live presentation!
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"Nextcloud is, by far, one of the best tools I've experienced in a very long time."

ZDNET's Jack Wallen shares his love of Nextcloud, and how to escape #BigTech cloud to protect your data privacy. 🕵🏾

What do you use to protect your #DataPrivacy?

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7 apps that helped me escape the cloud - and protect my data privacy

If you're tired of knowing that a third party has access to your data and content, it's time to move away from cloud services that may be selling your information or using it to train their LLMs.
Jack Wallen (ZDNET)
#BigTech #dataprivacy
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DNS Blocklists, Linux on all Desktops, Custom Android and a bunch of self hosted services incl. Nextcloud of course. Meanwhile also in tandem with Collabora Office.

Thanks for that and keep the pace, very appreciated.

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A Stellar Bouquet nasa.gov/image-article/a-stell… #NASA

A Stellar Bouquet - NASA

This image, released on Feb. 12, 2025, is the deepest X-ray image ever made of the spectacular star forming region called 30 Doradus. By combining X-ray data
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Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert is a very beautiful place.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Ilford Delta 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7, yellow filter
⚗️ Spieker Film Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhite #MonochromePhotography #35mm #Brussels #Bruxelles

Black and white photo of a passage covered by a glass roof, with tiny shops and cafes on each side, and people walking along. The frame of the roof is leaving a diagonal shadow on the far side in the evening sun.
#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #Bruxelles #35mm #Brussels #filmphotography #analogphotography #believeinfilm #monochromephotography

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i'm not a rock climber but whenever i see those high walls in cathedrals i want to scale them and touch the ceiling

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@renchap’s #Plushtodon planning for the @Mastodon Strategy 2025 in Paris.

#hardatwork

Mastodon’s plushie sitting at a table with folded glasses on his trunk, coffee mug and a small croissant from one side and a notebook with a pencil from another.
#plushtodon #hardatwork @Mastodon @Renaud Chaput
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Valentine’s Day for my dude

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SteamOS-like Bazzite Linux has some nice growth thanks to great handheld PC support gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/stea…

#Bazzite #Linux #SteamOS #LinuxGaming #OpenSource


SteamOS-like Bazzite Linux has some nice growth thanks to great handheld PC support

There's no need to wait on Valve releasing SteamOS 3 for everyone thanks to Bazzite. Some really impressive work continues to go into it, and it appears they're enjoying some nice overall growth.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#opensource #linux #linuxgaming #steamos #bazzite

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Get Tomb Raider I-III Remastered and STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter cheap in Fanatical's Prestige Collection gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/get-…

#Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck


Get Tomb Raider I-III Remastered and STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter cheap in Fanatical's Prestige Collection

Another great deal you can grab here with Fanatical's Prestige Collection - Build your own Bundle (BundleFest 2025), with a whole bunch of quality games in it.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #gaming #SteamDeck #pcgaming

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Can I get a sanity check on something?
If you're reviewing a new handheld gaming device like the Legion Go S, would you benchmark it against other handhelds like the Steam Deck and ROG Ally, or, say, a bunch of expensive gaming laptops instead?

Because that's what PC World did, and I'm equal parts baffled and angry.

Bar chart comparing average FPS in Metro Exodus 1080p Extreme, no RT mode for five different laptops. The Alienware m16R2 achieves the highest FPS at 50, and the Lenovo Legion Go 5 scores the lowest at 8.
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i saw that windows central didn't include the steam deck in their's either, sure it's not a windows device....but it's literally the most popular
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@gamingonlinux Wow. And you have to assume they have one.
As far as this review goes, I mean, at least pick ONE handheld to compare it against that isn't twice as expensive, doesn't have a dedicated GPU, and doesn't consume 5x the power? 😒
@Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮
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@gamingonlinux even if you want to raise objections about not a Windows device, you absolutely CAN rock a Deck as a Windows device. When it launched, a lot of people did exactly that, reflexively, before everybody figured out "this thing is actually great the way it ships."
@Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

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Bringing this highly requested feature to #Mastodon and the fediverse is not as trivial as some might think, but quote posts are coming. Here is our latest write-up about our progress:

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/…

Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon

Sharing our thinking and progress on bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon, with a goal to create a safe and respectful space for everyone.
Mastodon Blog
#mastodon

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Zed gets smarter with AI-powered edit predictions!

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#linux #opensource


AI-Powered Edit Predictions Have Shown Up On Zed

Zed's Edit Prediction anticipates your next move, making coding sessions more spontaneous.
Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
#opensource #linux

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Which one? Comment! 😆

#linux

There are two students sat on their respective tables, one of them is thinking of getting married to the one sitting in front, the other is thinking, “Which distro should I try this year?”.
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Been using Void (installed from chroot image into LVM volume) for about half a year now, extremely pleased. Took a week or so though to get it going. But since then happiest camper I've ever been.

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Hubble Captures a Cosmic Cloudscape science.nasa.gov/missions/hubb… #NASA #Astrophysics #AstrophysicsDivision #EmissionNebulae #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #HubbleSpaceTelescope #Nebulae #StarFormingNebulae #TheUniverse

Hubble Captures a Cosmic Cloudscape

The universe is a dusty place, as this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image featuring swirling clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula reveals.
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#NASA #astrophysics #astrophysicsdivision #goddardspaceflightcenter #hubblespacetelescope #nebulae #theuniverse #starformingnebulae #emissionnebulae

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🚨 BREAKING 🚨

The UK is rogue in trying to order a backdoor to Apple encryption.

US lawmakers slam the UK's secretive order, calling it what it is:

🔥 'Dangerous' for global cybersecurity
🔥 'Effectively a foreign cyberattack'

The Home Office must back off ✋

#encryption #surveillance #e2ee #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #Apple #privacy

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#Apple #Cybersecurity #privacy #encryption #Surveillance #E2EE #ukpolitics #ukpol
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It couldn't be clearer: Encryption is online safety.

It keeps our data secure from hackers. Our systems secure from global bad actors. Our rights secure from State oppression in a digitalised society.

Sign and share our petition to save Apple encrypted data ⬇️

#encryption #surveillance #e2ee #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #Apple

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Keep our Apple data encrypted

It is reported that the Home Office has ordered Apple to build a backdoor into its encrypted services so that they can get hold of content that any Apple user has upload to the cloud. Encryption keeps our private information safe and secure.
38 Degrees
#Apple #Cybersecurity #encryption #Surveillance #E2EE #ukpolitics #ukpol

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Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater releases in August gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/meta…

#MetalGearSolid #MetalGearSolidDelta #Gaming #LinuxGaming


Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater releases in August

KONAMI announced that Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is going to be launching on August 28th, with pre-orders now live.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#gaming #linuxgaming #metalgearsolid #metalgearsoliddelta

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Fedora has got into hot waters with this one. 😮

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#linux #opensource


Open Sue! OBS Studio Threatens Fedora With Legal Action

Another day, another Linux-related drama. This time, it's OBS Studio and Fedora going at it.
Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
#opensource #linux
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@diegopappalardo Possible for offering a tailored experience for the users of Fedora, but it can backfire if not done correctly.

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