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Monitoring #phage-induced lysis of gram-negatives in real time using a #fluorescent DNA #dye |

nature.com/articles/s41598-023…




The “Science News Cycle” by Jorge Cham is my favorite of his wonderful PHD Comics series. #science #news
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

a FYI: a paper with data set, on where most of the distortion occurs, and what: D Wright, J Pei, D Jurgens, I Augenstein. Modeling Information Change in Science Communication with Semantically Matched Paraphrases. EMNLP’22 copenlu.com/publication/2022_e…. More in popsci article->tweet. The type of distortion: “Journalists tend to downplay the certainty and strength of findings from abstracts” and “limitations are more likely to be exaggerated and overstated”.
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

Haha! So great 🤗 I'm sending this to my sister. The Caltech queen will appreciate it.


Creeping, rising, falling, slipping – some parts of Earth are always moving. Using advanced tools and creative data analyses, @nasa scientists are monitoring Earth’s movements, which are usually too tiny for us to notice.

A few things we’ve learned: go.nasa.gov/3XpYrgw
#NASAEarth



The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii began erupting on Jan. 5, 2023 according to @usgs.

This image made from #Landsat 8 data shows a satellite view of the volcano from Jan. 11 overlaid with the infrared signature (in red) from the lava’s heat.
🌋: go.nasa.gov/3IRSVhZ
#NASAEarth



Why is sea level rising? Global sea levels are rising as a result of human-caused global warming, with recent rates being unprecedented over the past 2,500-plus years. @NASAJPL’s Ben Hamlington explains how our warming planet is causing sea levels to rise. sealevel.nasa.gov/understandin…
#NASAEarth


Kitten is just NOT in a cuddling mood tonite. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Still cute tho. I’ll deal! #CatsOfMastodon🐈
in reply to Jeffrey

Kitten: “and if you don’t know why, I’m not going to tell you.”


Preparations continue for Friday's spacewalk as the Exp 68 crew maintains ongoing microgravity research operations. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
#ISS
#iss


“Webb is bringing us closer and closer to a new understanding of Earth-like worlds outside our solar system, and the mission is only just getting started.” The first planet confirmed by @NASAWebb is small & rocky. Summer observations will tell us more! go.nasa.gov/3iLVzLM
#NASAExoplanets


I had somehow completely missed that Netflix is airing a six-part series based on Elena Ferrante's The Lying Life of Adults. youtube.com/watch?v=HqjQwZyJ5t…
in reply to kottke.org

I knew it was coming, but Netflix didn't advertise it to me at all, so I wasn't aware it's already out 🧐


‘Hallmarks of distrust’: AHPRA staff fear public at risk due to ‘super toxic’ culture
The national health regulator has been plagued by reports of widespread bullying, harassment and under-resourcing, creating fears the public is at risk of harm if staff are unable to properly investigate rogue surgeons and doctors.

leaked documents

Leaked documents reveal the national health regulator is dealing with bullying, under-resourcing and a poor corporate culture.Credit:The Age



Ernie Smith offers a quick guide to ten "early and influential" bloggers who helped shape the medium, including Justin Hall, Farai Chideya, Elizabeth Spiers, Erin Venema, and Jim Coudal. tedium.co/2023/01/04/10-bloggi…
in reply to kottke.org

@anildash your blog post from yesterday isn't showing up in your RSS feeds. Did you change platforms? A glitch somewhere?


Nice review on the increasing importance of large #transposons :

Giant Transposons in Eukaryotes: Is Bigger Better?

academic.oup.com/gbe/article/1…

"...the size limitations previously placed on mobilizable DNA units in eukaryotes may have been due in part to our inability to assemble large contiguous stretches of repetitive DNA in complex genomes."

#genetics #genomics



Microsoft folks: we’re not evil.

Also Microsoft folks: …

(Hey @EU_Commission, mind forwarding this to @EC_Commissioner_Vestager for me? She doesn’t seem to be active here but something tells me this might interest her.)

#competition #antitrust #eu #microsoft #edge #bing #mozilla #firefox

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in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

I must confess I do that regularly too. Mostly during loading times. Mine is not that smelly anymore but the hot air flow on the upper lip always feels nice




I Have Become E-Girl #shorts #YouTube youtube.com/shorts/g8Pf4hJKF7A


Japanese manhole covers are sometimes colorfully painted with brilliant scenes on them. Here's how these industrial artworks are made, from steel scrap to the painting process to the final pressure tests. kottke.org/23/01/how-beautiful…
in reply to kottke.org

YMMV, but I’d be immediately tempted to make them look like lots of different kinds of pizza!


Commander Moonikin Campos, having flown around the Moon & returned to Earth, has emerged from @NASA_Orion & is heading to @NASA_Johnson for evaluation.

Campos collected data throughout the flight that will prepare astronauts for future #Artemis missions: go.nasa.gov/3CYwRyv
#NASAArtemis #Artemis

in reply to NASA

How does the Astronaut Office feel about you treating Commander Moonikin like a dummy and leaving him trapped in Orion for over a month after splashdown?
The fact that the Commander was unable to get out of the capsule on his own after splashdown shows that he needed immediate help, yet, you left him stapped down for a month in the capsile? Really? What if some of his limbs detached during flight? Gotten a few loose screws? Cabin fever? (or Capsule fever?)


This nebula’s weather forecast? 200,000 degrees Celsius! 🔥

That’s the surface temperature of the dying star at the center of the nebula NGC 2440.

It’s shedding outer layers of material to create the complex structure seen in this #HubbleClassic image: go.nasa.gov/3HcVbzo
#Hubble




Biggest Misconception About Linux Flatpaks #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/tlVcVIFoK5I


LIVE: Preview the Jan. 20 spacewalk, where astronauts Nicole Mann and Wakata Koichi will install hardware for future power system upgrades to the @Space_Station. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1kvKp…

[Video embedded in original tweet]
#NASA

#NASA


Bluetooth support for the Stadia Controller is now live. R.I.P Stadia.

gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/blue…

#Google #Stadia #Gaming

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

I managed to update my Stadia controller to use bluetooth, but I can not for the life of me make it work under Steam. I assume I might need to do something to map the controller correctly, but for instance playing ARK I could not get the aiming to work, although I could move around using the controller.


LIVE: Preview the Jan. 20 spacewalk, where astronauts Nicole Mann and Wakata Koichi will install hardware for future power system upgrades to the @Space_Station. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1kvKp…
#NASA
#NASA


Matt Rogers, co-founder of Nest, has now turned his attention to keeping our food waste out of landfills by creating a trash bin that can turn your kitchen scraps into dry, odorless, nutritional ground for farms. pcmag.com/news/nest-co-founder…


With some kind help from @b0rk, I was able to get a list of followers that didn't automatically migrate over when I switched to me.dm as my instance; I've sorted the list of instances by how many accounts failed to move over, and interestingly it's a different list of instances than Julia saw when migrating. (This is a list of just the instances with >10 followers; there were 484 unique instances with failed migrations overall.) Anyone have an idea of how to make those instances retry migration?


A tribute to celebrities who died in 2022, arranged in the style of album cover for The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. These just keep getting larger and larger each year... kottke.org/23/01/sgt-peppers-t…
in reply to kottke.org

there’s an almost complete key on Chris’ Mastodon here: mastodon.social/@christhebarke…


"Nextcloud works with governments to create MS Office rival for the EU!"

betanews.com/2022/08/26/nextcl…



Tune in to @nasa TV at 2pm ET today to learn more about the Jan. 20 spacewalk. 📺 nasa.gov/live
#ISS
#iss @NASA



Watch live as teams work on @EuropaClipper, set to launch Oct. 2024 to see if Jupiter's icy moon Europa has the right conditions for life. Today, two sections of the spacecraft are being joined.

Chat with @NASAJPL at 1pm ET (10am PT, 1800 UTC): youtube.com/watch?v=nJ_D9o3Yem…
#NASA

#NASA


Isaac Newton's personal copy of Opticks, believed to be lost, has been rediscovered in an American engineer's personal library and will be up for auction in February. Starting price: $375,000. arstechnica.com/science/2023/0…


Check out the latest episode of Linux Saloon! 😀🐧

It's the Linux New Year edition!!!
😂🐧🥳

#podcasts #Linux
youtube.com/watch?v=o3gItw3Vnv…



If you want to read about how much of a shitshow Twitter has been since Elbon Moops and his Goons (you don't have to be smart or even competent to get riiiich) took over, here you go. theverge.com/23551060/elon-mus…
in reply to kottke.org

Jeebus, that’s a painful read. And the man-child at this point appears still to have learned nothing.
in reply to kottke.org

The whole story is grossy fascinating, but this quote hit it on the nose: “I feel it is important to point out that story behind the idea of the Midas touch is not a positive one. It’s a cautionary tale about what is lost when you only focus on wealth.”


The official trailer for season three of The Mandalorian, which premieres on March 1. Definitely something to look forward to. This is the way. kottke.org/23/01/the-mandalori…


Stellaris: First Contact story pack announced focusing on pre-FTL and cloaking

gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/stel…

#Stellaris #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux



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0️⃣ Ejecutar el programa con cualquier propósito.

1️⃣ Estudiar cómo funciona el programa y poder modificarlo.

2️⃣ Redistribuir copias del programa.

3️⃣ Mejorar el programa y poder compartirlo con otr@s.

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Out today: John Hendrickson's Life On Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter. "Hendrickson takes us deep inside the mind and heart of a stutterer as he sets out to answer lingering questions about himself and his condition..." bookshop.org/a/2966/9780593319…

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