wsj.com/story/how-to-use-masto…
How to Use Mastodon, the Social-Media Platform Blocked by Elon Musk’s Twitter
Mastodon could be the future of social media—if you can figure it outJoanna Stern (Wall Street Journal)
This Christmas song makes me laugh hard. It is soooo Spinal Tap
@Christoph S You might like it too @Cass M
The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) (Official Music Video) [HD]
You're watching the official music video remastered in HD for The Darkness - "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" (2003).Celebrate this holiday season...YouTube
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25 Brightest Stars in the Night Sky
Image Credit & Copyright: Tragoolchitr Jittasaiyapan
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221218.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2022 December 18 - The 25 Brightest Stars in the Night Sky
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
I've seen this one before. I still love this season's greetings card!
And for the dog lovers, these doofuses!
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A front page article on the Washington Post telling people how to get started with Mastodon?
That’s a big deal.
washingtonpost.com/technology/…
A guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodon
How to get started on social-media site Mastodon, whether you're leaving Twitter or just looking for people who have.Heather Kelly (The Washington Post)
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"The dark edges between the thalli are called the prothallus, and are where the fungal partner is present without the algal partner" — Dr. Mike Simms, Lichenologist, personal correspondence.
The searching fungi draws borders on stone.
Pen and ink drawing of 'Fuscidea cyathoides', growing on quartzite, Inishowen peninsula, Ireland, as part of an art-research residency with Artlink Fort Dunree, throughout 2022
A lichen that is coloniser and collaborator, teaching me something about porous edges and permeable places. Apparently, after growing for thousands of years, they create spaces where they (co)exist.
There is a lot to unpick here, and a lot to learn.
Then and now.
Discover the differences and similarities between launch and recovery during the Apollo missions and the #Artemis I test flight around the Moon. See how @NASA_SLS and @NASA_Orion broke records and passed milestones: go.nasa.gov/3YxSjU4
#NASAArtemis #Artemis
Then and Now: Apollo to Artemis
More than 50 years ago, NASA sent the first humans to the Moon through the Apollo program. Now, NASA is preparing to send the first woman and first person of color to the lunar surface as part of the Artemis program.Jason Costa (NASA)
#ISS
Controllers Evaluating Soyuz After Successful Thruster Test
NASA and Roscosmos continue to evaluate an external leak that occurred Dec. 14, from the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module of the International Space Station.blogs.nasa.gov
Servius' list of the Pignora Imperii shoud be corrected, according to Falconet: I am convinced that instead of acus matris Deum, one should read caus, the same word as cautes.
From Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pignora_…
The first item on the list: "The needle of the Mother of the Gods (Acus Matris Deum), kept in the Temple of Cybele on the Palatine Hill."
No not a needle, but a stone, indeed, a meteorite.
What Elon Musk is doing with Twitter and journalism is a dominance ritual much like the ones the 45th POTUS was pulling. The best response is to leave Twitter and ignore the Mediocre Bond Villain #MBV.
Reporters Need to Pull Out of Trump’s Dominance Rituals
Not long ago I was talking with my colleague David Kurtz. We agreed that in many respects the big mainstream media players – the 'MSM'Josh Marshall (TPM)
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Baby man musk is still blocking links to profiles here while he wants to be thanked for bringing people "free speech".
That is such little man energy... little tiny man.
GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 (@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Would love to see the Muskrat get around this. Scan it ;)Mastodon
#NASAExoplanets
Hubble Views a Star-Studded Cosmic Cloud
A portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 appears as a roiling wall of smoke studded with stars in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
Art Trend of 2022: How AI Art Emerged and Polarized the Art World
Artificial intelligence has been around for years, but AI-generated artwork has really taken off in 2022. With its growing presence and its rise in implementation, AI has proven to be a powerful yet controversial tool in the art world. Its use leads many to ask several questions: Is it art? Is it cheating? And who does the credit go to?
Art Trend of 2022: How AI Art Emerged and Polarized the Art World
2022 has been a year full of monumental moments for AI artwork. Learn about the rise of AI art and the controversy around it.Madyson DeJausserand (My Modern Met)
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(it's early days and the search tool needs some refinement but someone's making a start, so that's good)
#10YearsAgo today, the GRAIL mission ended as its twin spacecrafts, Ebb and Flow, deorbited to the lunar surface. The mission created a detailed gravitational map of the Moon, providing insight into its structure and composition.
Learn more about GRAIL: go.nasa.gov/3Hv4XNU
#NASAhistory
GRAIL - Moon Missions - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Launch and mission summary for NASA's GRAIL mission, launched in September 2011 to measure the moon's gravity.NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Dark chocolate might have health perks, but should you worry about lead in your bar?
Dark chocolate bars tested by Consumer Reports exceeded California's daily maximum allowable dose levels for lead or cadmium. But a toxicologist says eaten in moderation, it's nothing to worry about.NPR
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Pretty sure all dark chocolate only comes in single serving packages regardless of the size of the package.
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Did you find the set of videos by the university of Twente? If you want to know more about #OpenScience, you may find something you need there! From things as simple as “what is open science” to “data management” etc..
Fantastic Journeys: Middle-earth and Beyond
We’ve teamed up with WB Games for our newest bundle. Get games like Middle-earth: Shadow of War Definitive Edition and LEGO The Lord of the Rings. Plus, pay what you want & support charity!Humble Bundle
The Best Book Covers of 2022
> The book cover is one of my all-time favorite design objects and a big part of the reason I love going to bokottke.org
History Of DXVK: Vulkan Makes Linux Gaming Possible
DXVK is one of the most important pieces to the Linux gaming puzzle but have you ever been curious about it's early history and how we got here.==========Sup...YouTube
I'm so happy!
I applied as uopeople student with sheerID and storytel and I got accepted. I thought they will reject me but they did not 🎉
Also, I'm happy to see the university I'm in is listed among other universities, it's like pointing and saying "oh I'm there" (I know it sounds dumb 😂)
AveryMD - Twitch
I'm one-half of Future Proof Games, creators of Rosette Diceless (https://rosetterpg.com), Exploit: Zero Day (https://exploitzeroday.com/), The Majesty of Colors (https://majestyofcolors.com), and Ossuary (http://fpgam.es/Ossuary).Twitch
I just want the Trappist-1 system,
7 planets shining bright,
From TRAPPIST-1b to TRAPPIST-1g,
Each one a cosmic sight.
I don't need any presents,
Just the wonder that you bring,
Your planets orbiting around,
The star that makes them sing.
I just want to explore you,
Discover all your secrets, too,
From rocky worlds to gas giants,
The mysteries you hold true.
Chorus:
All I want for Christmas is you,
Trappist-1, oh how true,
All I want for Christmas is you,
The beauty of your cosmic crew.
#ISS
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+233,337 in the last week
Once a VR true believer, a “wearied” John Carmack leaves Meta
Departing CTO rails against "inefficiency" and "self-sabotage" in the Meta ranks.Ars Technica
How does NASA celebrate the holidays?
@NASA_Astronauts and our space storytellers share the details in a special episode of our Curious Universe podcast: go.nasa.gov/3YAjyNR
#NASA
Bonus: Happy Holidays from NASA!
Before we return with season five in 2023, celebrate the holidays with us! Join Goddard news chief Rob Garner, NASA social media lead Stephanie L. Smith, and astronaut Shannon Walker on this special, holiday-themed bonus episode.Gary Daines (NASA)
“Hey, this is great! Talk about being a spaceman, this is it!”
Watch as Ron Evans, the #Apollo17 command module pilot performed a deep space EVA to retrieve a film canister on the outside of the spacecraft: apolloinrealtime.org/17/?t=257…
#Apollo50th
#NASAhistory
Apollo 17 in Real Time
A real-time interactive journey through the last landing on the Moon. Relive every moment as it occurred in 1972.Apollo 17 in Real Time
Oh my.
@Mediaite conservative writer Isaac Schorr misread the Twitter account @joinmastodon as "John Mastodon," and said that the open source social media software was named after this imaginary person. mediaite.com/opinion/hypocrisy…
Hypocrisy and Fear All the Way Down at Twitter
After you’ve drawn such a strong distinction on speech and human freedom, you can’t make any mistake about the side on which you belong.isaac-schorr (Mediaite)
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Earth from space has us like 😍
An astronaut onboard the @Space_Station took this photo of Isle Royale National Park in April 2020, while the park’s islands were partially covered in snow. 👩🚀📸go.nasa.gov/3WbqtLK
#NASAEarth
The Frozen Landscape of Isle Royale
The park is one of the most isolated natural areas in the continental United States and the site of long-running ecological studies.go.nasa.gov
#Landsat 8 captured this natural color image of Saba Island, an active stratovolcano located about 140 kilometers east of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea.
🌋 go.nasa.gov/3j6wdYV
#NASAEarth
Saba Island
The quiet Caribbean island has been a destination for divers looking to spot corals and sea urchins.go.nasa.gov
Saba Island - the shortest commercial runway in the world!
Skip to 2:20 for the landing:
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[Winair] Cockpit view Landing at Saba (SAB/TNCS)
Turning Final at 2:00 min. Cockpit view Landing at Saba (SAB/TNCS)Aircraft Type: Twin OtterDate: 31-10-19Shortest commercial runway in the worldYouTube
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Relic Chinampas in Mexico City
Many of the canals and floating fields used by ancient civilizations in the Valley of Mexico were lost as lakes were drained, but some examples of the watery fields remain in Xochimilco.go.nasa.gov
A rare December sandstorm in China darkened skies over several major cities.
This image from @nasa’s Terra satellite, taken on Dec. 12, shows plumes of sand and dust from the Gobi Desert spanning parts of Hebei, Shanxi, Liáoníng, and Jílín provinces. go.nasa.gov/3BBZbGb
#NASAEarth
Winter Sandstorm in China
A rare December sandstorm in China darkened skies in several cities.go.nasa.gov
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