Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) and Globular Cluster Messier 71.
Ravenshoe Group, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Kottke 25: It’s Membership Time!
Good morning! Tomorrow marks 25 years of blogging here at kottke.org and it's been more than three months since I returned fromkottke.org
Seen in a staff bathroom in a business in the Castro, San Francisco
How to save 51 billion lives for 68 cents with simple Engineering
Using the power of engineering and brilliant inventions to save lives!!! Great times collab-ing with Bill and Melinda Gates! Pre-order a paper microscope here- https://www.foldscope.Mark Rober | Invidious
Apollo 9 splashed down #OTD in 1969 after completing its 10-day mission. It was the last crewed spacecraft to splash down in the Atlantic Ocean until Crew Dragon Demo-1 in 2019, 50 years later!
Watch a video with highlights of the Apollo 9 mission: go.nasa.gov/3ITxtaZ
#NASAhistory
Apollo 9: 'A Hell of a Ride'
50 years ago, we tested the capabilities of our Moon landing spacecraft in Earth’s orbit. Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott and Luna...YouTube
“Rutgers’ unions representing faculty, grad students, and adjuncts pass strike-authorization vote”
“The union hasn't said when or if it will call a strike, but a union leader said she doubted members would wait "months" to take action.”
#DIYMethods, our zine-based-conference-by-mail about experimental social research, is back! Proposals are due April 15th. Last year we distributed packages with ~1 kg of nerdy methods zines to 90 some participants. Maybe this year it will include you? Send in your pitches!
Been riding the Amtrak and visiting the west US for the past week. Overall, the train vibes are way more fun than any plane I've ever ridden, but I am incredibly frustrated to watch cars going by on the highway faster than the train.
The experience has me joining the High Speed Rail Alliance. hsrail.org/ The US needs to catch up with the rest of the world.
High Speed Rail Alliance
High speed rail is about the uniting promise of travel, updating our infrastructure to provide more opportunities, and bringing us together, connected by rail.High Speed Rail Alliance
I've been doing NYC to Chicago and NYC to Toronto for my trips. It's more expensive than plane which is a bummer, but it's a nice trip. Also my last trip to Chicago got cancelled over and over because of weather and eventually I had to book a plane cause it was eating into some planned events.
I'm all for better passenger rail lines and I think the fight for them may also have intersections with pushing back on increasing freight rail profit margins via potential nationalization.
Turn-based colony builder on the red planet Terraformers is out now
After a while in Early Access, Terraformers from Asteroid Lab and Goblinz Publishing / IndieArk is officially out now with the 1.0 update.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Everything Everywhere All at Once!
I loved Everything Everywhere All at Once so much when I saw it in the theater last spring. It caught me in a low moment and sweptkottke.org
Stephanie Hsu ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Audition
EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: https://bit.ly/3BmRzYdConnect with Deadline online!https://www.facebook.com/deadline/https://twitter.com/DEADLINEhttps://www.instagram....YouTube
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Imagine you’re a 25 year old staffer in Congress responsible for drafting legislation, meeting with constituents, writing speeches & responding to lobbyists. You also make recommendations for how your boss should vote.
Here's how you might start the day: sheril.substack.com/p/morning-… #science #politics
Morning On The Hill
A few hours as a legislative staffer.Sheril Kirshenbaum (Unelected Representative)
Action-RPG in Early Access 'Last Epoch' adds in online multiplayer
A day many players have been waiting for, Last Epoch has finally added in multiplayer amongst a number of other big changes to this action RPG.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Railbound gets Steam Deck Verified with a new update
Railbound looks great, a relaxing puzzle game about fixing train connections and travelling the world and now it's Steam Deck Verified.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver 525.47.13 out now
Over the weekend NVIDIA released a fresh small update to their developer-focused Vulkan Beta driver.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Slick tactical space RPG 'Relic Space' is out in Early Access
Relic Space combines together smooth turn-based movement (think like Jupiter Hell) with tactical combat, RPG mechanics and 4X elements.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
At AWO Berlin-Mitte, 600 team members work with Nextcloud Hub, using Files, Talk, Deck, Tasks and more to communicate, share, plan and collaborate around often very critical, personal data.
Read on to learn why AWO choose Nextcloud!
"Calliope, Urania and Terpsichore" by Pierre Mignard 1st (~1600s).
Pierre Mignard 1st, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edit.
Rainbow Tree
Image Credit & Copyright: Eric Houck
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230313.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2023 March 13 – Rainbow Tree
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
A fragment of the Alby sur Chéran Meteorite that fell in France sometime in February 2002; photo taken at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.
Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Great? Hmmm...
like this
Orange Floof: "If I fits, I sips!"
like this
Meteor Crater by Attila Geréb (2015).
Attila Geréb, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Remastered 4K 60fps,AI)
(Digital Remaster) The original file was restored and processed at 480p quality in 2160р60fps. DONATION 💵 https://www.MusRest | Invidious
"Minerva among the Muses" by Hendrick van Balen the Elder and Lucas van Uden (~1620s).
Hendrick van Balen the Elder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
Orrery, tellurium or planetary model made for Charles Boyle, the fourth Earl of Orrery by John Rowley, Fleet Street, London (~1712).
Science Museum Group CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 via Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery. 1952-73 Science Museum Group Collection Online. collection.sciencemuseumgroup.…
Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery | Science Museum Group Collection
Orrery, tellurium or planetary model, c. 1712, made for Charles Boyle, the fourth Earl of Orrery by John Rowley, Fleet Street, London.collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk
APOD: 2023 March 13 – Rainbow Tree
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Comet Lemmon, GC 47 Tucanae, and the SMC on February 16, 2013 by Ignacio Diaz Bobillo.
Born digital photograph entitled 'Cosmic Alignment: Comet Lemmon, GC 47 Tucanae, and the SMC' by Ignacio Diaz Bobillo on 16th February 2013. Taken with Canon 1000C camera; Vivitar 135mm f/6.3 lens; ISO 800; 20 x 300-second exposures. Highly Commended in t
Born digital photograph entitled 'Cosmic Alignment: Comet Lemmon, GC 47 Tucanae, and the SMC' by Ignacio Diaz Bobillo on 16th February 2013. Taken with Canon 1000C camera; Vivitar 135mm f/6.3 lens; ISO 800; 20 x 300-second exposures.Royal Museums Greenwich Images
"Galileo Demonstrating the New Astronomical Theories at the University of Padua" by Félix Parra (1873).
Museo Nacional de Arte, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits and cleanup.
The Diepenveen Meteorite fell on October 27, 1873 in Netherlands.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
"Hercules crowned by the Muses" by Alessandro Allori ~(1568).
Uffizi Gallery, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
catalogo.uffizi.it/it/29/ricer…
The meteorite that fell in Komaki City, Japan on September 26, 2018.
名古屋太郎, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
I wonder what your success rate would be if you do the opposite of everything Jim Cramer says
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RT @KanekoaTheGreat
2022: Jim Cramer recommends Signature Bank.
2023: Signature Bank shuts down.
How does he do it?
twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/st…
Inverse Cramer ETF
Tracking the stock recommendations of Jim Cramer so you can do the opposite.Inverse Cramer ETF
"An Allegory of Astrology" by Placido Costanzi (1700s).
Placido Costanzi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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