Vidal Valero, Myriam. “Thousands of Scientists Are Cutting Back on Twitter, Seeding Angst and Uncertainty.” Nature, vol. 620, no. 7974, Aug. 2023, pp. 482–84. www.nature.com, doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-025…
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty
A Nature survey reveals scientists’ reasons for leaving the social-media platform now known as X, and what they are doing to build and maintain a sense of community.Vidal Valero, Myriam
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(Acabou Chorare: Galvão/ Moraes Moreira)
Live now, snowrunner time!
New in @WIRED, reminiscing on @BuyThisPlatform with @daspitzberg and showcasing @exittocommunity progress:
You—Yes, You!—Would Be a Better Owner for Twitter Than Elon Musk wired.com/story/you-yes-you-wo…
You—Yes, You!—Would Be a Better Owner for Twitter Than Elon Musk
The platform's essential infrastructure should be controlled by a user-owned democracy.Danny Spitzberg (WIRED)
APOD: 2023 August 20 – A Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Wine 8.14 is out now and here's what's new
The open source compatibility layer Wine has a brand new development release available. Here's what's new and changed in Wine 8.14.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Deck recently had two Beta releases, here's what's changed
Valve has rolled out two updates for the Beta Branch of the Steam Deck within two days, August 17th and August 19th. Here's what's changed.Smellbringer (GamingOnLinux)
"The M45 Pleiades Cluster and the PanSTARRS c/2015ER61 Comet, that is moving away from us, is around the tenth magnitude."
gianni, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: flic.kr/p/WGLwrq
le Pleiadi e la cometa PanSTARRS C/2015ER61
the M45 pleiades cluster and the PanSTARRS c/2015ER61 comet, that is moving away from us, is around the tenth magnitude taken from 2400m on italian western alps, Colle di Sampeyre (CN), Italy Only 20 minutes of total exposure time @1600iso (90 sec e…Flickr
A Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin
Credit: Megan Hanrahan (Pierre cb), Wikipedia
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APOD: 2023 August 20 – A Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
"First place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Meteor showers: Geminid Meteor Shower from China, by Dai Jianfeng, China."
Dai Jianfeng/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
“Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst & uncertainty.”
That survey with only a 5% response rate went viral & got me wondering about other evidence & how the #ScienceTwitter #MastodonMigration was panning out.
So I updated my study tracker & wrote a new post @PLOS : absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/…
tl;dr There's been a big recent surge here; the future of #ScienceMastodon looks bright; ScienceX is materially diminished tho the network is still there.
How Is Science Twitter's "Mastodon Migration" Panning Out? - Absolutely Maybe
“Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty.” And Mastodon was the most common destination if they opened…Hilda Bastian (Absolutely Maybe)
"Second place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Meteor showers: Perseids 2021 over Dark Sky Park Poloniny, by Tomáš Slovinský, Slovakia."
Tomáš Slovinský/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Weirdest "Open Source" Software Licences
There are countless software licences out there, some of which you might consider open source, others maybe not so much especially when you start looking int...YouTube
"August 14, 2023 Meteors over Maunakea, Hawaii."
youtube.com/watch?v=pKvUyLF7iy…
2023/08/14 Meteors over Maunakea, Hawaii
ハワイ・マウナケア 星空ライブより、流星ダイジェスト 国立天文台と朝日新聞社提供 Source: Meteor Shower Live from MaunaKea, Hawaii Credit: Asahi Newspaper, NAOJ (National Astronomical Obser...YouTube
"Third place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Meteor showers: Gemini meteor shower, by Hao Yin, China."
Hao Yin/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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(I think he's supposed to be famous, but I have no idea who it is!)
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Easy Grounding Exercises
Two useful grounding techniques for times you feel overwhelmed, intensely anxious, or dissociated from your environmentStephanie Cordes (Dr. Stephanie Cordes, ND)
Fun article!
The Beauty and Brilliance of Germany’s ‘Cow Chapels’
“The shape of the interior feels sacred, but it’s not. It’s where the cows were fed.”
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"Reading 'What Lit The Great Fire of Chicago: Cow or Comet?', by Graeme Donald."
youtube.com/watch?v=PHJpp2TaY7…
According to this author the US Air Force studied the events on the night of Oct. 8, 1871 in order to start firestorms during WW2 (Dresden).
Reading "What Lit The Great Fire of Chicago: Cow or Comet?", by Graeme Donald
Was Mrs. O'Leary's cow the first anarchist to strike in Chicago? What else was occurring in the Great Lakes region? Learn about the Peshtigo fire and the atr...YouTube
I've seen this article before, but didn't post it. I am now, because really it's a great idea!
US Heatwaves Named After Oil and Gas Giants
“Any kind of extreme weather should be named after the fossil fuel companies. It’s a brilliant way to bypass media silence and denial, and get the message to the public. We are in a climate emergency, and the fossil fuel industry is to blame.”
‘People need to be riled up’: meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas giants
Guy Walton has christened two previous heatwaves this summer Amoco and BP in attempt to name and shame fossil fuel firmsOliver Milman (The Guardian)
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Resistir para existir en el territorio digital implica poner en el centro otros valores, intenciones, sueños, esperanzas y tecnologías.
Descarga la publicación «Política y prácticas de una tecnología autónoma: voces de la membresía de @mayfirst»
👉 sursiendo.org/2023/05/politica…
Política y prácticas de una tecnología autónoma: voces de la membresía de May First
¿Cómo diseñar tecnologías de forma consensuada, en apoyo a las personas y el planeta? Un artículo reflexivo y enriquecedor que explora nuestra relación con la tecnología y el papel que May First desempeña en esa relación.Sursiendo
Utility-scale solar and wind provided over half of new US generating capacity added in the first half of 2023, according to new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (#FERC) data. 17,017 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity placed in service through June 30, 2023, 5,867 MW (34.48%) came from solar, and 2,750 MW (16.16%) came from wind for a combined total of 50.64%.
electrek.co/2023/08/08/solar-w…
Solar, wind provided majority of new US generating capacity in first half of 2023
Utility-scale solar and wind provided over half of new US generating capacity added in the first half of 2023, according to new FERC data.Michelle Lewis (Electrek.co)
New study: "We find that scientists are overwhelmingly (95%) failing to publish their #code and that there has been no significant improvement over time, but we also find evidence that code sharing can considerably improve #citations, particularly when combined with #OpenAccess publication."
researchsquare.com/article/rs-…
#Impact #OACA #OpenSource #Reproducibility
Code sharing increases citations, but remains uncommon
Biologists increasingly rely on computer code, reinforcing the importance of published code for transparency, reproducibility, training, and a basis for further work.www.researchsquare.com
"Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty."
The #1 alternative is Mastodon!
Let's reach out to all our scientist (and non-scientist) friends and acquaintances and encourage them to join the Fediverse. If you still have an account on twitter, post some messages there with links to the Mastodon signup site. Let's welcome them here and provide some gentle hints on how to be productive here.
nature.com/articles/d41586-023…
#Scientists #twitter #Mastodon
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty
A Nature survey reveals scientists’ reasons for leaving the social-media platform now known as X, and what they are doing to build and maintain a sense of community.Vidal Valero, Myriam
"Third place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Comets: Hello Comet, shall we dance?, by Robert Barsa, Slovakia."
Robert Barsa/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
"This diagram compares the size of the icy, solid nucleus of comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) to several other comets. The majority of comet nuclei observed are smaller than Halley’s comet. They are typically a mile across or less."
ILLUSTRATION: NASA, ESA, Zena Levy (STScI), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
"First place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Comets: Neowise's metamorphosis, by Tomáš Slovinský and Petr Horálek, Slovakia."
Tomáš Slovinský and Petr Horálek/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
"Second place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Comets: Comet C/2020F3 (Neowise) with separate dust and ion gas tails and a green glowing coma, by Dietmar Gutermuth, Germany."
Dieter Gutermuth/IAU OAE, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Ok, this is pretty nice simple javascript made by @codepo8 to add a share to a “share to mastodon” link/button to any web site – and here christianheilmann.com/2023/08/…
Very nice job @codepo8
Should I be able to follow people on mozilla.social from friendica?
Mike Conley moved his account from fosstodon.org/users/mconley to mozilla.social/@mconley but when I try to follow mozilla.social/@mconley via contacts > add new contact I receive the info:
The network type couldn't be detected. Contact can't be added.
#Ottawa friends, any recommendations/experiences with Solar+Battery installs? Helping my folks out with deciding between a natural gas type system as opposed to a Solar+battery backup system (Which can use the federal Credit)
Also not sure from the website if you can do the 1k/kWh up to 5k rebate/grant and also do the up to 1k in batteries grant
(I think no, but unsure, meaning up to 4K for solar, 1k for battery/inverter etc. )
natural-resources.canada.ca/en…
Eligible retrofits and grant amounts
Eligible retrofits and grant amounts As part of the Canada Greener Homes Initiative, you have access to:natural-resources.canada.ca
Slight problem is that it's Canadian monopoly money, so lop ~25% off the top for USD equivalent. 😅
They have a 100A panel as things stand, but either way it's going to need some sort of retrofit, be it generator or solar
Yeah, here the problem that I'm helping them solve is the question of "when we get a tornado in July, hail/ice storm in August or blizzard in January, how do we still power the home?"
So all in one NG generator is appealing as all weather "always works" solution.
Alternative is a battery backup system, but that's not self sufficient unless you add Solar generation of some sort.
BESS costs could fall 47% by 2030, says NREL
The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has updated its long-term battery energy storage system (BESS) costs through to 2050.Cameron Murray (Energy-Storage.News)
1/2 Whilst I'm continuing to dig, something I noticed is that Enbridge has a program that works in tandem with the federal Greener Homes Grant up to 10K.
They retain the 5K max on solar, 1K per kW limit, but it looks like it decouples the "up to 1K" on batteries.
main page: enbridgegas.com/residential/re…
T&Cs: enbridgegas.com/residential/re…
I think you could feasibly do 5k grants in solar, 1k in battery infra, then be on the hook for: [continues in next toot]
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The cost difference in 5kW of solar and the 5kW grant (Any rough idea on what the real world cost/kW of solar installed is including labour and infrastructure?)
From there, out of pocket for a few grant worth of batteries?
"direct comparables" AKA the NG generator they're looking at is a Honeywell 22KW NG unit
generator + transfer switch is ~7k (costco honeywell 22kW model, unit here: honeywellstore.com/store/produ…) + labour and other fees
Honeywell 7065 22kW Air Cooled Home Standby Generator | Honeywell
With one of the most trusted and recognized names in home comfort and security, Honeywell generators offer power and protection during a power outage.www.honeywellstore.com
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