If you've made a Glitch.com app using the Twitter API, there's no doubt that their announcement of ending free API access will impact you โ we're just not sure how yet and are following along with you all to find out what this will look like.
That means there's no better time than right now to use the apps that made Twitter a community-built experience, like @Luca's fedifinder.glitch.me, before API support goes away.
Wind chills atop Mount Washington could drop below -100; troposphere could briefly dip below summit
The extreme cold that's gripping the entire state could be setting up for an unusual weather phenomenon at the region's highest peak.KC Downey (WMUR)
Meanwhile in California, the decision today is to wear biking shorts or pants as itโs approaching 60degrees todayโฆ..
La Mรจre des Dieux - An de Rome 547. Claudia Quinta saving the stranded ship carrying Cybele's stone meteorite, "The Image of the Mother Goddess of Mount Ida."
This is Table No. 89 of: "Figures de l'Histoire de la Rรฉpublique Romaine Accompagnรฉes d'un Prรฉcis Historique," by Silvestre David Mirys (1799). gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1โฆ
This book is a great resource for anyone interested in Roman history.
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Figures de l'histoire de la rรฉpublique romaine accompagnรฉes d'un prรฉcis historique ou Tableau philosophique et politique de l'origine des progrรจs et de la dรฉcadence de la libertรฉ chez les romains... / d'aprรจs les dessins de S. D. Mirys... @GallicaBnFGallica
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Reflections on the 1970s
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern
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APOD: 2023 February 2 - Reflections on the 1970s
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Evidence for a core set of microbial lichen symbionts from a global survey of metagenomes
Lichens are the archetypal symbiosis and the one for which the term was coined. Although application of shotgun sequencing techniques has shown that many lichen symbioses can harbour more symbionts than the canonically recognized fungus and photobionโฆbioRxiv
12 years ago, my 2nd book, The Science of Kissing (Hachette, 2011) came out. Itโs about the neuroscience, biology, evolution, history, real chemistry & potential future of connection.
With #ValentinesDay around the corner, would fellow #science & #culture nerds on #Mastodon be interested in a few facts & stories from the book?
In eastern Congo, a large, slow-moving landslide is accelerating and putting a community at risk. A new NASA study using satellite data shows how changing water usage in the city of Bukavu influences land movements near and just below the surface.
More: go.nasa.gov/3HWeEob
#NASAEarth
Scientists Track Tropical Landslide Creeping Below an African City
A large, slow-moving landslide is accelerating in eastern Congo, putting a community at risk. New research exposes geologic hazards amid unprecedented urban sprawl.Tony Greicius (NASA)
#NASAEarth
Before I took the Switch with me, but games on the Deck just run better.
Eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities will receive $11.7 million to build the next generation in STEM and conduct data science research using AI and machine learning.
More on this opportunity from our Science Mission Directorate & @NASASTEM: go.nasa.gov/3Yq9run
#NASA
NASA Awards Millions to Historically Black Colleges, Universities
NASA is awarding $11.7 million to eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through the new Data Science Equity, Access, and Priority in Research and Education (DEAP) opportunity.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
Really proud that my institution had a meeting and decided that ChatGPT is actually already covered in our existing honor code, no need for rapid response or crazy task forces, just remembering what we already agreed on. colorado.edu/today/2023/02/03/โฆ
This is a welcome antidote to the usual innovation amnesia.
Faculty assembly talks ChatGPT
At its recent monthly meeting, the Boulder Faculty Assembly agreed the CU Honor Code covers ChatGPTโs use by students, but more discussion is needed on the pluses and minuses of the tool.CU Boulder Today
Coins depicting Mater Deorum Turrita sitting on Iron or Stone Meteorites?
Plate 8 from "A New System, or, An Analysis of Ancient Mythology: wherein an Attempt is made to divest Tradition of Fable; and to reduce the Truth to its Original Purity," by Jacob Bryant. (1774)
Full book: archive.org/details/analysisanโฆ
Depiction of Mater Syriae with Thunderbolt symbol.
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by Francesco Bartoli (1670-1733).
There is another version by Jacob Cronovius in the Charles Walker Collection.
Drawing of seated Goddess, inscribed Mater Deor et Mater Syriae D.S.
Ashby notes this as being Pietro Santi Bartoli in Cod. Ottob. 3105 f. 85. Volume 2; Folio No. 32Watercolour World
Unfiltered Flathub is approved to be provided as a third party repo you can enable for Fedora 38! In the next release, if you enable Flathub as a third party repo, you will get everything on Flathub and not just the Fedora Flatpaks.
#Fedora #Flatpak #Linux
Proposal: fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changesโฆ
Approval: pagure.io/fesco/issue/2939
๐ก A small book for readers who donโt like to read longer texts. Some readers only read the titles and imagine the rest of the book. Can you imagine? This book is for them.
reading time: 1min
fragmentscenario.com/fragmentsโฆ
#NASA
Australiaโs new $5 banknote will feature Indigenous history instead of King Charles
Government backs Reserve Bank decision to replace Queen Elizabeth IIโs portrait with design โhonouring culture and history of First AustraliansโJordyn Beazley (The Guardian)
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Do you wish for planets? We do! There are more planets than stars in our galaxy. And @NASAHubble reveals the birth of stars in our galactic neighborhood in the Tarantula Nebula, home to the hottest, most massive stars. go.nasa.gov/3RsBMOh
#NASAExoplanets
Hubbleโs New View of the Tarantula Nebula
A snapshot of the Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is featured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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Iโm going to be restarting my substack soon. Posted an update here.
Proton 7.0-6 out now fixing EA App, Ubisoft Connect and games on Steam Deck / Linux
Video: youtu.be/3MzMv8dK96E
Article: gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/steaโฆ
#SteamDeck #Linux #Gaming #Proton
Proton 7.0-6 out now fixing EA App, Ubisoft Connect and games on Steam Deck / Linux
More weekend goodies from Valve have arrived! Proton 7.0-6 is officially out now, fixing up many bugs like the EA App and Ubisoft Connect.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#NASA
Home โ NASA-ISRO SAR Mission (NISAR)
NASAโs first global SAR mission, in partnership with ISRO, providing data for studying hazards, changes in glaciers and ice sheets, and global environmental change.NASA-ISRO SAR Mission (NISAR)
See NISAR in @NASAJPL's clean room today at 5pm ET (2200 UTC). Set to launch from India in 2024, it will measure the movement of Earthโs surfaces to provide info on trends that affect global challenges like food security. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1LyxBโฆ
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#NASA
How Fairy Tales Break All The Rules
Fairy tales are fun to read not least because they violate every rule of what makes "good" literary fiction: Instead ofkottke.org
Another Rosetta Stone
Two ancient clay tablets discovered in Iraq in the 1980s and possibly smuggled illegally to the United States during the Iran-Irkottke.org
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Help us see space from a new perspective!
Try your hand at applying different filters to images captured from our space and ground-based telescopes for the Astrophoto Challenge. The best submissions will be highlighted on the Astrophoto Challenge website: go.nasa.gov/3RsSiOl
#NASA
Layoffs on TikTok
Just about everything on the web is on TikTok, and going viral there too, so it shouldn't be a surprise that people who've been lakottke.org
A take for the ages, but FYI: this is a repost of a YT video by the Indian comic @AiyyoShraddha
orig link: youtu.be/Nivva7G1XFw
The Seventh World of Trappist-1
Illustration Credit & Copyright: Michael Carroll
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APOD: 2023 February 1 โ The Seventh World of Trappist 1
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
The Sauce That Survived Italy's War on Pasta
The Futurists tried to abolish pasta and all they got was this delicious dish.Sam Lin-Sommer (Atlas Obscura)
Help us see space from a new perspective!
Try your hand at applying different filters to images captured from our space and ground-based telescopes for the Astrophoto Challenge. The best submissions will be highlighted on the Astrophoto Challenge website: go.nasa.gov/3jxZRXp
#NASA
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Hey stargazers: this month Venus and Jupiter cozy up, the constellation Auriga makes a worthy target, and there are two star clusters you can find using Sirius and a pair of binoculars. โจ
Details and downloads: solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatchiโฆ
#NASASolarSystem
NASA Skywatching Home
Whatโs visible in the night sky? Get skywatching tips and resources from NASA.NASA Solar System Exploration
After @MIT, Dr. Ron McNair's research included electro-optic laser modulation for satellite-to-satellite space communications, and led him to apply to be a NASA astronaut.
Ron McNair is seen here training for his first mission, STS-41B (launched #OTD in 1984). #BlackHistoryMonth
#NASAhistory
#nola #neworleans #Louisiana #science #education #space #nasa #blackhistorymonth
End-To-End Tests with Content Blockers? - Chris Coyier
I was reading Eric Baileyโs recent piece Modern Health, frameworks, performance, and harm the other day. Itโs excellent and you should go read it.Chris Coyier
Had another nice chat with @BrodieOnLinux today. Keep an eye out on his Tech Over Tea channel for the video!
youtube.com/@TechOverTea/featuโฆ
Tech Over Tea
Generally Tech Over Tea is going to be a show about technology but sometimes we might diverge from that, ok I won't lie it might be kind of often that we diverge but that's what makes it fun.YouTube
#ISS
Spacewalkers Relax, Science Continues as Station Orbits Higher
Two astronauts took the morning off on Friday following a spacewalk the day before while the rest of the Expedition 68 crew conducted the latest space experiments and lab maintenance tasks.blogs.nasa.gov
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You can read more about that work in this interview with @anildash thenewstack.io/anil-dash-on-maโฆ
Anil Dash on Mastodon Joining Fastlyโs Open Source Program - The New Stack
Richard MacManus (The New Stack)