Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! This year, we'd like to highlight some of the amazing women on the Webb telescope team — plus the Webb women who inspire them. ⬇️
#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2023
#JamesWebb
#JamesWebb
Heidi Hammel Biography Webb Telescope/NASA
The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide.go.nasa.gov
Hear the stories of women who make a galactic difference on Earth, from driving a rover on Mars to studying our changing planet: bit.ly/3TfB489
Commemorate #InternationalWomensDay and follow @WomenNASA to discover their stories.
#NASA
Women at NASA: Celebrating Women's History Month
Astronauts. Thermal Blanket Technicians. Planetary Protection Officers. In our Women’s History Month podcast episode playlist, meet some of the women who are making a difference at NASA.SoundCloud
Comet Lovejoy - C2014 Q2 on January 10, 2015.
gianni, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr: flic.kr/p/qtoyRS
Comet Lovejoy - C/2014 Q2
Info this night 10/01/2015 1h total exposure time @1600 ISO (4 shots @3200) 38 shots , each 90sec Canon EOS 50D CentralDS 80/480 Apo Triplet @400mm (0.8x) Youtube transit video -> click hereFlickr
The explosion of a giant star left behind a pulsar. Winds travel near the speed of light into a chaotic collision as charged particles and magnetic fields crash into surrounding gas, creating this pulsar wind nebula. go.nasa.gov/3ZuIRB2
#NASAExoplanets
Vela Pulsar Wind Nebula Takes Flight in New Image From NASA’s IXPE
About 10,000 years ago, a giant star exploded in the constellation Vela, leaving behind a dense object called a pulsar that appears to brighten regularly as it spins, like a cosmic lighthouse.Beth Ridgeway (NASA)
#NASAExoplanets
Extreme Planets - Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
This artist's concept depicts a planetary system discovered by Aleksander Wolszczan in 1992 around a pulsar.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
I’m at a Spotify event where CEO Daniel Ek just announced what he calls the “biggest change” to the app since launch of mobile over a decade ago.
It’s a TikTok-like visual feed with clips of music and other stuff, replacing the main tab. Thoughts?
How Tolkien Conceived of the One Ring - By Muddle Not Masterstroke
Inspired by a reread of The Lord of the Rings, Robin Sloan has been reading The History of The Lord of the Rings, a four-volume bokottke.org
Protection against potential moon pathogens 😷
In preparation for the first Apollo Moon landing, the first Mobile Quarantine Facility arrived at @NASA_Johnson in Houston in March 1968. Read about the features of the MQF! go.nasa.gov/3F9rrBT
#NASAhistory
55 Years Ago: The First Mobile Quarantine Facility Arrives in Houston
On March 6, 1968, in preparation for the first Apollo Moon landing, the first Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) arrived at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), now NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, for testing and evaluation.Kelli Mars (NASA)
Next Wednesday, hundreds of French universities are organizing a full-day event around Nextcloud Hub in Paris, thanks to ESUP-Portail - a consortium promoting open-source software use in higher education.
Register now for free!
French universities organize Nextcloud day to connect communities - Nextcloud
ESUP-Portail is a French consortium of higher education institutions that promotes the use of open source software in higher education.Fabrice Mous (Nextcloud)
Kottke AMA Update
Hey gang, I just wanted to provide a quick update on the upcoming kottke.org AMA (ask me anything). You've collectively asked almokottke.org
Many @nasaearth satellites use light to study Earth from space.
Light from the Sun bounces off Earth and to the satellite’s sensor. Each wavelength of light tells scientists something about the surface below. Julia and her team make sure those sensors are extremely precise.
#NASAEarth
The Oliver Meteorite was found in Nebraska, USA in July 1984.
Photographer: Rodney Start, Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)
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Julia Barsi also works with the @NASA_Goddard GLAMR lab, where scientists test sensors before the satellite is sent to space.
They shine laser light at the sensor to see how it responds to different wavelengths. This information helps scientists interpret the satellite data.
#NASAEarth
Julia Barsi is one of the many #WomenInScience at NASA who help us learn more about our home planet.
Follow along this #WomensHistoryMonth as we highlight more female-identifying scientists at NASA.
#NASAEarth
On this #InternationalWomensDay, meet Colleen Townsley.
She manages Hubble's Integration and Test Team, completing on-the-ground tests of things like new flight software and procedural changes before they're sent up to the orbiting observatory.
Ship of Harkinian, a PC port of Ocarina of Time has a feature-filled upgrade
Do you love the classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time? Clearly a lot of people do, and the PC port Ship of Harkinian just recently had a great sounding upgrade.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Comet Medal instituted by Frederik 6th 1832, Denmark.
"It represents Urania sitting with a compass as well as a globe and carries the phrase: NON FRVSTRA SIGNORVM OBITVS SPECVLAMVR ET ORTVS (not in vain do we observe the decline and rise of the constellations) and the inscription COMETA VISVS (the comet observed) with a field for name inscription on the recipient. It was given to astronomers who found new comets, including the designation."
Nationalmuseet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Keyoxide Mobile gets new funding!
NLnet approves new funding for Keyoxide Mobile.Berker (Berker’s Scribbles)
#NASASolarSystem
Science Findings - Mission Juno
NASA's Mission Juno will explore Jupiter, seeking to unlock secrets of the giant planet and our solar system.Mission Juno
Subnautica gets upgraded and now Steam Deck Verified
Subnautica, the hugely popular watery open-world survival adventure has a fresh update out that notes it's now Steam Deck Verified.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#SC23 Celebrates Thirty-One Women in #HPC for Women’s History Month
Credit to @women_in_hpc's Cristin Merritt for this series
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#IWD2023 #InternationalWomensDay
SC23 Celebrates Thirty-One Women in HPC for Women's History Month • SC23
Meet Annie from Google Cloud and Amanda from Purdue University, the first two of thirty-one women in HPC we are profiling during March.Cristin Merritt (SC22)
Free and open source 6DOF flight racer Fly Dangerous has a huge second update
It's fast, it gives you six degrees of freedom (6DOF) and it's open source too! Fly Dangerous just had it's second big upgrade since entering Early Access.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Build magical colonies and manage resources with lasers in Scorchlands
Set in a fantasy world of magic and talking animals, Scorchlands is a peculiar city-builder now in Early Access.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Humble Choice for March has some fun picks like BIOMUTANT, Jurassic World Evolution 2
Another fresh month and a new Humble Choice bundle has landed, here's what's inside and what compatibility to expect on Steam Deck and Linux Desktop.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Starfield from Bethesda launching September 6
While we have no idea how well it will work on Linux and Steam Deck with Proton just yet, we at least now have a date. Starfield from Bethesda is releasing September 6th.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Bassikounou Meteorites fell in Mauritania on October 16, 2006.
Meteorite Recon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
from @emilymbender @dair-community.social feature in NY mag
"Bender remains particularly fond of an alternative name for #AI proposed by a former member of the Italian Parliament: “Systematic Approaches to Learning #Algorithms and Machine Inferences.” Then people would be out here asking, “Is this #SALAMI intelligent? Can this SALAMI write a novel? Does this SALAMI deserve human rights?”
The Apple II Age
" ...a magisterial history and a gift to all curious technophiles. " - Claire L. Evans, author of Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the InternetLaine Nooney
#NASAhistory
Augmented Reality Ski Goggles
The other day on the chair lift, my kids and I were talking about our top skiing speeds (me: low 40s, them: 50+) and one of us menkottke.org
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Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures | American Civil Liberties Union
In the last few years states have advanced a record number of bills that attack LGBTQ rights, especially transgender youth. The ACLU is tracking these attacks and working with our national network of affiliates to support LGBTQ people everywhere.American Civil Liberties Union
APOD: 2023 March 8 – Artificial Night Sky Brightness
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Still Life | Conner Griffith 2022
Composed of over 1000 engravings from the 19th century, Still Life is a meditation on subject/object dualism. The film explores the idea that we live in a world…Vimeo
Happy #InternationalWomensDay!
From studying air quality to sea ice, women at @nasa help us learn more about our home planet. 🌎👩🔬#IWD2023
Follow along this #WomensHistoryMonth as we highlight more female-identifying scientists at NASA.
#NASAEarth
Crypto-tokens are a decentralized casino and a cult that is ruining countless lives.
There is absolutely no benefit to society. We need a global and permanent ban on this crap.
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r/Buttcoin - Stories of Crypto Family Tragedies (Reddit Group Therapy)
345 votes and 123 comments so far on Redditreddit
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