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I never really did an #introduction, just jumped in and never went back to Xitter.
A bit of an explanation now - I've transplanted to #Kobe #Japan from #Pittsburgh for my #ProfLife 4 month Fall sabbatical - with my family!
We #Homeschool our kids, so this worked out well (next yr Kid1 will head to college - last opportunity for this sort of adventure, so I snatched it). Wish me luck!
Thanks all who follow or just come across & boost - you mastofriends have all been gracious and kind! 🙏🏽
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in reply to Das

I'm quite interested in following your sabbatical experience in Kobe.

We returned from Australia this year & are considering Japan for the next opportunity when the kids are older.

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Sheril Kirshenbaum
Thank you! This looks interesting and very helpful. I will certainly reach out as we think more seriously on this. I hope you have a wonderful experience!


Last week I spent time w a bunch of kind & creative folks in LA to chat about the science of food w Chef Marcel Vigneron, Daisy Rosas Vargas & the wonderful team at the National Academies Science & Entertainment Exchange. It was delicious. Photo: Zachary Dripps
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Sheril Kirshenbaum
@geekgrrl They are using PTC (phenylthiocarbamide) strips to test whether or not they are supertasters


A short surprise appreciation by @tim on the occasion of @jkottke's birthday kottke.org/23/09/happy-birthda…
in reply to kottke.org

Happy birthday Jason. Thank you for your dedication. Have a nice trip to Montreal. A bit too early for the colors, but there should be some anyway 😀


Record-Setting NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Return from Space Mission nasa.gov/press-release/record-… #NASA
#NASA


Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition arrives on Steam in 'early 2024' gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/hori…

#Sony #SteamDeck #Linux #PCGaming



MangoHud v0.7 out now adding presets support like on Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/mang…

#Gaming #Linux #OpenSource




The Talos Principle 2 from Croteam launches November 2 gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/the-…

#TalosPrinciple #Gaming #PCGaming

in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

Talos Principle 2 seems fairly priced but the lack of native Linux support is a let-down


Survive The Fog is an upcoming third-person survivor-like action rogue-lite gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/surv…

#IndieGame #PCGaming #Linux



Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Finally Coming To Steam gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/tony…

#PCGaming #SteamDeck #Gaming



On December 1st, companies in Jamaica will be held to the Data Protection Act.

Now more than ever it's crucial to ensure compliance and keep your data secure.

Read our blog to learn how Nextcloud can provide you a quick and easy solution.

nextcloud.com/blog/companies-i…



This is a really nice touch recently added to Mastodon: when you search for profiles, it now shows you if they've completed link verification for a domain.

All the more reason for folks who want to verify their identity on Mastodon to do so. See docs.joinmastodon.org/user/pro… for docs.



Well, that's my childhood!
youtu.be/8BxOnvPtNO4?si=o7OiZ-…


Join us this October at events around the world!

🇦🇪 GITEX Global - UAE
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Register to meet the #Nextcloud team

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STEVE and Milky Way Cross over Rural Road apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230927.ht… #APOD
#APOD
in reply to NASA

the phenomenon is caused by a 25 km (16 mi) wide ribbon of hot plasma at an altitude of 450 km (280 mi), with a temperature of 3,000 °C (3,270 K; 5,430 °F) and flowing at a speed of 6 km/s (3.7 mi/s) (compared to 10 m/s (33 ft/s) outside the ribbon).


A Bizarre Time In Debian Linux Packaging #Linux youtu.be/TTIs6fuLmeE



Is mammals’ time on Earth half over?

A new model suggests that in 250 million years, all land will collide into a supercontinent that boosts warming & pushes mammals to extinction. @Carl_Zimmer has the details.

nytimes.com/2023/09/25/science… #science



The KDE Plasma Feature Nobody Wanted #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/1Nh_ntC41ds
in reply to Brodie Robertson

how about super+alt+ctrl+numpad ++F13+linus opens the linux kernel git repo


The new website for Lima (Linux Machines) is almost ready.
Huge thanks to Balaji Vijayakumar
lima-vm.io/


You've got to be shitting me.

I JUST migrated over from Stitcher.

in reply to Matt Glaman

@ntnsndr We get it. There isn't enough revenue to justify the expense of maintaining these apps/services, but why not offer to open source this instead of just killing it off.
in reply to Kevin + Drupal + Beard

seems like the sort of thing where the major assets are hosting and bandwidth more than special software.


#Google is trying again to convince you, YES YOU, to contribute for free to Google Maps.
Please don't.
It is 100% #proprietary, Google has full control over the data you added and people can only access Google Maps over proprietary channels where Google dictates the rules. This gives them too much power.

Contribute to #OpenStreetMap instead, it's a project by the community, for the community.

openstreetmap.org

#OSM #GoogleMaps #PSA #scam #capitalism #OpenData

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It was such a joy to have @shamikalashawn as a guest in my Intro to Social Media class—she did an incredible lecture on Black futurism, Black Twitter, and design fiction for a social app. If you don't know her work, you can start here: shamikalashawn.wixsite.com/tec…

(She is on the job market btw)

in reply to Nathan Schneider

it was such a pleasure, thank you as always for the opportunity 🙏🏾


in reply to Muse

@Bob Lai Oh, I'm all about project-based learning. It may mean I end up rejecting an offer I've just had to return to learning at Melbourne University. They aren't proving to be terribly progressive.



Thank you to everyone who is using #Nextcloud to regain control over their data, and trust us as your digital workspace and collaboration platform!

We hope you'll enjoy all the new things in our latest Nextcloud Hub 6 release! 🎉

nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-h…



Been listening to this a lot today.

youtu.be/2RIHzB5HlKw

#np #nowplaying



NASA Awards Aerospace Model Systems Fabrication Follow-On Contract nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-aw… #NASA
#NASA


🚨#FacialRecognition in public spaces turns us all into walking barcodes.

We're joining 170+ civil society orgs & experts from across the world to say:

🚫#StopFacialRecognition surveillance now🚫

Our statement⤵️ sursiendo.org/2023/09/global-s…



Wow, all 67 episodes of Moonlighting will be available to stream on Hulu starting Oct 10. I loved this show as a kid and am curious to see how it holds up. deadline.com/2023/09/moonlight…
in reply to kottke.org

I think that the answer is poorly, but I could be mixing up shows I tried watching 10 years or so ago...
in reply to kottke.org

I watched and loved it too, but I think I’m just going to start cringing now to avoid the rush



In a somewhat unexpected twist, the understanding WCAG page about not having two-dimensional scrollbars had two-dimensional scrollbars.

w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understandin…

But don't worry, ya boy PR'd a fix rather than just complain.

github.com/w3c/wcag/pull/3430




ChimeraOS Linux 44 out now with improved support for various handhelds gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/chim…

#Linux #SteamDeck #ROGAlly #AYANeo



"... a significant portion of the #Fediverse, at least for now, runs on pure enthusiasm, and sometimes on donations from supporters or some occasional banners. There’s currently no sustainable commercial model here, and it seems that there is no intention to implement one yet."

kaspersky.com/blog/what-is-fed…

Why would we? A centralised revenue model for...

"... an association of independent social networks..."

...is basically like trying to create one for everything on the web. It's bananas.



Heads up for @gnome extension developers: you'll have a bit of extra work on your hands for the upcoming Fedora 39 release, as GNOME 45 is streamlining the way extensions are developed, moving to ESM modules.

If you haven't already, check this guide on how to port your work to the most recent version of the flagship desktop environment for Fedora Workstation!

Video: youtube.com/watch?v=OBnMl8Jk_R…

Docs: gjs.guide/extensions/upgrading…

#Fedora #Gnome #Linux



The Chilling Update for Vampire Survivors has a teaser trailer gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/the-…

#SteamDeck #VampireSurvivors #IndieGame #Linux

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