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See you later, SWOT! ๐Ÿ‘‹
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite has been encapsulated in a payload fairing, which will be placed on a @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It's scheduled for launch on Dec. 15 at 3:46 a.m. PT from Vandenberg Space Force Base. go.nasa.gov/3W4vUMb
#NASAJPL


PCGamer wrote a silly article about the Steam Deck giveaway, because people kept spamming things like โ€œ/claimโ€ in the chat.
According to PCGamer they were Linux commands ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ the title even said โ€œspamming Linux commandsโ€œ, their writer has apparently never watched Twitch or played an MMO.
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux ๐Ÿง๐ŸŽฎ

That's the confirmation I need. Many people don't even know what Linux is and if we want the base to disclose it, as if it were the gospel.



Fun fact: X-ray brightness mainly depends on the size of the star. In other words, the bigger the stellar sparkler, the brighter it will glow in X-rays. โœจ
#NASAJPL
in reply to NASA

Seems funny to put a Star on NASA.

Lovely picture, Iโ€™m stunned.



Earth has about 370,000,000,000,000,000,000 (quintillion) gallons of water, with some sources easier to access and use than others. The water budget tells us where that water is โ€“ key information that helps better plan for the future.
#NASAEarth


SWOT, launching Dec. 15, will survey nearly all water on Earthโ€™s surface for the first time. It will measure the height of the worldโ€™s ocean, rivers, and lakes, helping scientists track how fresh and saltwater bodies change over time. 5 things to know: swot.jpl.nasa.gov/news/74/5-thโ€ฆ
#NASAEarth


Bill Clinton youtu.be/UhKqeA-CSVc
in reply to Brodie Robertson

best part is chat unanimously just posting ???? to this when it happened




a screenshot of google search results has to be the funniest piece of evidence you can point to.

"then explain this"

lol


fedi.9til.de/@binarycat/109486โ€ฆ



how did we get a word that means both "big" and "syntax transformation"

(macro)


fedi.9til.de/@binarycat/109486โ€ฆ




Students in Charlevoix, Michigan, will hear from @NASA_Astronauts @astro_josh during a space-to-Earth call that will air live at 10:15am ET on Monday, Dec. 12, on NASA TV. ๐Ÿซ๐ŸŒฒ
go.nasa.gov/3Pcq3SM
#ISS
#iss


Windows compatibility layer Wine v8.0 has a first Release Candidate out gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/windโ€ฆ #OpenSource #Windows #Linux
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Curious what happens on federated networks once a profile picture has been updated.
in reply to Nick Moline

Nothing apparently, at least not initially. Mastodon must cache third party profiles for a period of time.


Due to the lull in human activity, some birds changed their birdsong during the pandemic. atlasobscura.com/articles/birdโ€ฆ


This seems like a very nice game bundle with Gears Tactics, Warhammer Mechanicus, Hard West and more - humblebundle.com/games/tacticiโ€ฆ (partner)


Steam has a Turn-Based Festival going on with some great games gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/steaโ€ฆ #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux


Flying dogs that live on a whale, Flock of Dogs sounds weird and you can try it free gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/flyiโ€ฆ #FreeGame #Linux #Gaming


Students in Charlevoix, Michigan, will hear from @NASA_Astronaut @astro_josh during a space-to-Earth call that will air live at 10:15am ET on Monday, Dec. 12, on NASA TV. ๐Ÿซ๐ŸŒฒ
go.nasa.gov/3Pcq3SM
#ISS
#iss


Over the past couple weeks, Hubble explored #StarrySights! โœจ

These new Hubble images showcase the beauty, science, and cosmic activity that star clusters contain.

Hungry for more? Check out Hubble's star cluster Flickr album: go.nasa.gov/3UKRPXy
#Hubble



You can get with this, or you can get with that. ๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿ”ด

Astronomers analyzed data from @NASAHubble through two different filters to piece together how a type of star cluster not found in our Milky Way formed at an unusually young age. More on the findings: go.nasa.gov/3FGzqa4
#NASA

#NASA

in reply to Nick Moline

Strips out the formatting, but still works. Ok, I like this, this works


So it seems if I want things to federate properly to Mastodon, I need to not have separate title and content, how about if I just put in content with no title, does that work?


How do fuller posts end up on federation


I'm curious how a fuller post (i.e. one with a title, etc) looks through federation.


Esta semana participamos del Foro Soberanรญa Tecnolรณgica en #Mรฉxico, como parte del encuentro de la Red Tierra Comun y Feminist AI Research Network

๐Ÿ“บAquรญ pueden ver un fragmento de la charla que compartimos junto a Redes AC, @tierra_comun y Stefanรญa Acevedo.

๐Ÿ‘‰ youtu.be/SCBvQtQJYJU



I like the fediverse but I'm not sure I'm liking the mastodon software, I'll keep investigating
in reply to Nick Moline

Other me here checking out a Friendica instance. I kinda like it, I like that it is PHP based, I like that it is less branded, I like that I can write longer posts, and I like that it supports multiple protocols in addition to ActivityPub.


Targeted for launch aboard a @SpaceX Falcon 9 no earlier than Dec. 11, at 2:38 a.m. EST, our tiny Lunar Flashlight satellite will head to an orbit around the Moon where it will use lasers to light up dark craters to hunt for hidden water ice. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3hhggys
#NASATechnology
in reply to NASA

It makes me sad you guys are using SpaceX. โ˜น๏ธ
in reply to NASA

Most of us cannot keep working batteries in our flashlights and you do this!


The Best Books of 2022, compiled from dozens of "best of" lists and featuring authors like Emily St. John Mandel, N.K. Jemisin, Kenji Lรณpez-Alt, Stacy Schiff, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Ed Yong. kottke.org/22/12/the-best-bookโ€ฆ


Thank you for sharing this #NASAMoonSnap with us!

Our #Artemis missions will lay the groundwork for taking the next giant leap โ€” sending astronauts to Mars.
#NASAArtemis #Artemis



Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing, is coming out with a new book called Saving Time. "Our daily experience, dominated by the corporate clock, is destroying us. It wasn't built for people, it was built for profit." bookshop.org/a/2966/9780593242โ€ฆ


Alaska holds 40% of U.S. surface water resources but is largely unmonitored due to its size and terrain.

The upcoming SWOT mission will collect data to help fill gaps in these remote places and provide valuable info to local decision-makers. go.nasa.gov/3W2FUFN
#NASAJPL

in reply to NASA

Pushback on who should be a decision maker
the decision-makers need to be indigenous ppl with ties to the land. Prioritizing agency worker decisions continues to enable oppression.


By #TrackingWorldWater, SWOT will allow scientists and water managers to understand how often streams experience low- and high-flow conditions and develop a reference point to evaluate current conditions - all from the vantage point of space. youtube.com/clip/Ugkx9lRtaXCnPโ€ฆ
#NASAJPL


This is so, so cool! A whole bunch of #DIY #Modular #Synth modules!

Looks like most of them also offer #schematics if you don't even want to order the #PCBs and panels.

kosmodulargrid.com/



Think...smallโœจ
@NASAHubble captured this view of a tiny fraction of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy. It's one of our nearest neighbors, ''only'' about 200,000 light-years away. go.nasa.gov/3HjOuvL
#NASAExoplanets
in reply to NASA

please consider using a text description for your images so that ppl using screen readers have more accessibility.


Electronic Signatures are simpler & speed up processes.

With eID Easy back-end, this app enables you to quickly send a file needing a signature to the recipient.

Once signed, the new document appears directly in your Nextcloud instance! apps.nextcloud.com/apps/electrโ€ฆ



Now for the grand #StarrySights finale!

The last image in our star cluster celebration shows NGC 1850, about 160,000 light-years away.

It includes ultraviolet observations, which are ideal for detecting light from the hottest and youngest stars, as seen in this luminous view.
#Hubble



If you remember yesterday's new image, this is another pointing at the same cosmic object โ€“ plus different filters were used with Hubble's camera. Find out more about this pair of images โฌ‡๏ธ go.nasa.gov/3FDHRDj
#Hubble

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