Unciv the open source remake of Civilization V is heading to Steam
Unciv is a popular open source remake inspired directly by Civilization V. It's been around for a while now and it's finally heading to Steam.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
EVERSPACE 2 developer gets a 1.65 million Euro grant from the German federal parliament
EVERSPACE 2 appears to be quite a success for ROCKFISH Games, not only is it doing well on Steam with a Very Positive rating in Early Access but they just got a big bonus from the German federal parliament.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Dwarf Fortress on Steam is a smash hit, devs confirm future plans (like Linux support)
It was pretty much a given that Dwarf Fortress was going to be popular on Steam, but the smash hit it has become is quite a surprise on just how well it's doing.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
I've hit 28K subscribers on YouTube. Wow. 👍🥳
Gaming On Linux
The official YouTube channel for GamingOnLinux.com the best Linux gaming news website this side of planet earth. Don't come expecting high-level gameplay or pro stuff.YouTube
APOD: 2022 December 8 - Orion and the Ocean of Storms
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Polychromatic for managing Razer devices on Linux v0.8 out now
Polychromatic, powered by OpenRazer, is a front-end UI for users to easily manage their Razer devices and a new release is out now with version 0.8.0.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#NASAhistory
Galileo - Overview
Galileo was designed to make the first study of Jupiter and its moons and magnetosphere from orbit. The orbiter carried 10 science instruments and a atmospheric probe.NASA Solar System Exploration
EA open source Fonttik, helps devs check text size & contrast — plus patent pledges
As part of their original initiative about sharing patent pledge to not go after others on accessibility, EA have recently released Fonttik as open source to help game developers. Not only that, they've pledged more of their patents to this goal.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Linux Mint 21.1 now in Beta with full Flatpak support
Linux Mint 21.1 is now available in Beta to get testing, based upon Ubuntu 22.04 with kernel 5.15 it's a long-term support release so you'll be able to continue using it until 2027 before needing a major update.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Orion and the Ocean of Storms
Image Credit: NASA, Artemis 1
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APOD: 2022 December 8 - Orion and the Ocean of Storms
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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getting peer pressured into doing cardio (with cat ears on)
#NASAJPL
#NASASolarSystem
#NASASolarSystem
10 Things: Our Home World From Afar
“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” - Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11NASA Solar System Exploration
go.nasa.gov/3F8lJ2h
#NASAExoplanets
Hubble Observes a Mystery: 'Cotton Candy' Planets
"Super-Puffs" may sound like a new breakfast cereal. But it's actually the nickname for a unique and rare class of young exoplanets that have the density of cotton candy. Nothing like them exists in our solar system.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
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Time for a Mars “close-up”! 📸
About every 26 months, the orbit of Mars makes its closest approach to Earth – and December 8 is the next time!
This Hubble image shows Mars before its closest approach back in 2016: go.nasa.gov/3iMazJ9
#Hubble
New Hubble Portrait of Mars
Hubble Space Telescope took a photo of Mars on May 12, 2016, when Mars was 50 million miles from Earth, revealing details as small as 20 to 30 miles across.NASA
Stargazers: Tonight Mars will slip behind the Moon for viewers in parts of North America, Europe, and Northern Africa.
This is called a lunar occultation! Check your preferred stargazing app for the time in your area. Learn more ⬇️ go.nasa.gov/3uvBqvN
#Hubble
What’s Up: Skywatching Tips from NASA
Watch the latest video in NASA’s “What’s Up” series to discover the skywatching highlights for this month.NASA Solar System Exploration
Volodymyr Zelensky Is TIME's 2022 Person of the Year
Volodymyr Zelensky’s success as a wartime leader has relied on the fact that courage is contagiousTime
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Intel using DXVK (part of Steam Proton) for their Windows Arc GPU DX 9 drivers
Intel recently announced a big driver update for their Arc GPUs on Windows, because their DirectX 9 performance was bad. Turns out, they're using the open source DXVK which is part of Steam Play Proton.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#NASAUniverse
'Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations
"Super-Puffs" may sound like a new breakfast cereal. But it's actually the nickname for a unique and rare class of young exoplanets that have the density of cotton candy. Nothing like them exists in our solar system.Rob Garner (NASA)
#NASA
NASA to Discuss Climate Research, Mitigation Efforts
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will discuss the agency’s climate portfolio at 11 a.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 8 from NASA Headquarters in Washington.Gerelle Dodson (NASA)
#NASA
NASA Sets Coverage for SWOT Water Survey Mission Launch
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
Fifty years ago, Apollo 17 launched from @NASAKennedy, bringing a geologist, bacon, and what turned out to be super-handy duct tape to the lunar surface.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at our last crewed mission to the Moon: go.nasa.gov/3FywKeD
#NASA
50 Years Ago: Apollo 17
Not long after midnight on Dec. 7, 1972, the last crewed mission to the Moon, Apollo 17, lifted off with three astronauts: Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ronald Evans. Experience the Apollo 17...nasa (Tumblr)
According to the NASA feed today is the 50's anniversary of the launch of the last moon rocket.
It's been 50 years since a human left low earth orbit.
new account @tebicat
this one will probably still be my main for a while, but who knows
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Earth has lost 561 square miles (1,453 square kilometers) of salt marshes in the past 20 years, a new @nasa study using #Landsat data shows.
Degrading marsh habitats releases carbon dioxide – a greenhouse gas – into the atmosphere. go.nasa.gov/3UEtIdg
#NASAEarth
NASA Scientists Map Global Salt Marsh Losses and Their Carbon Impact
Earth has lost 561 square miles of salt marshes over the past 20 years, according to a new NASA-led study of the first consistent global accounting of salt marsh locations and changes.Kate Ramsayer (NASA)
#NASASolarSystem
EPIC :: DSCOVR
Daily natural color imagery of Earth from the EPIC camera onboard the DSCOVR spacecraft.epic.gsfc.nasa.gov
hey what's the lightning bolt rainbow flag about?
Shine bright like NGC 2031 💎
Hubble's next #StarrySights image shows a cluster that resides about 150,000 light-years from Earth in an extremely dense region of the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way.
For more: go.nasa.gov/3Hgfc8z
#Hubble
Hubble Beholds Brilliant Blue Star Cluster
In the top left corner of this starry sight, the globular cluster NGC 2031 shines brilliantly.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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at this point can someone just patch the mastodon api onto misskey?
yeah it's an ugly api (i think it was written before mastodon terminology was finalized, also sends everyone's bio with each post) but it has good app support, so...
Unlike the 15 rock cores collected to date, 2 samples taken by @NASAPersevere are filled with broken rock & dust. Studying these could help teams design safer missions & equipment, especially for future Mars astronauts. go.nasa.gov/3YgdutY
#NASAJPL
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Gets the Dirt on Mars
The mission’s first two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – could help scientists better understand the Red Planet and engineers prepare for future missions there.NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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