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The United States of Guns. “America is a stuck in a Groundhog Day loop of gun violence.” kottke.org/23/10/the-united-st…

The United States of Guns

Like many of you, I read the news of a single person killing at least 18 people in Lewiston, Maine yesterday, which comes on the h
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And, as in the movie Groundhog Day, escape from the loop is possible only with a profound change in one's worldview.

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Farlight 84 players reporting bans on Steam Deck / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/farl…

#SteamDeck #Linux #Farlight84

Farlight 84 players reporting bans on Steam Deck / Linux

Farlight 84 is a hero-shooter battle royale from Farlight Games that currently has a Steam Deck Playable rating but it appears with the latest update, it's causing bans to happen like we saw previously with Apex Legends.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #SteamDeck #farlight84

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#Technoaffections is a project to rethink technology in a feminist and decolonial way 🌿🧑‍💻

To reconnect with technologies from the affections and care to create other possible futures, which are dignified and technodiverse.

Read, join and share!
↪️ sursiendo.org/tecnoafecciones/…

Tecnoafecciones. Acciones para (re)conectar y transformar las tecnologías – Sursiendo

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#technoaffections

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Commander Callie Continues Moon Mission in NASA’s New Graphic Novel nasa.gov/news-release/commande… #NASA #NASAEnEspañol #EBooks #LearningResources #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #Technology

Commander Callie Continues Moon Mission in NASA’s New Graphic Novel - NASA

Fictional astronaut Callie Rodriguez continues exploring space as the first woman to walk on the Moon in a new issue of NASA’s First Woman graphic novel
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#technology #NASA #ebooks #spacetechnologymissiondirectorate #nasaenespanol #learningresources

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IXPE Untangles Theories Surrounding Historic Supernova Remnant nasa.gov/missions/ixpe/ixpe-un… #NASA #IXPEImagingXRayPolarimetryExplorer #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter

IXPE Untangles Theories Surrounding Historic Supernova Remnant - NASA

NASA’s IXPE telescope has captured the first polarized X-ray imagery of the supernova remnant SN 1006, expanding our understanding of the relationship between magnetic fields and the energy streaming away from exploding stars.
Beth Ridgeway (NASA)
#NASA #marshallspaceflightcenter #ixpeimagingxraypolarimetryexplorer

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#PhD positions available in my group for Fall 2024 - projects focusing on #GiantVirus diversity and #evolution. Opportunities for both molecular wet-lab and #bioinformatics research.

The lab is fun, supportive, and inclusive, and we have many cool new viruses we are studying, so come join us!

Please boost and spread the word!

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PhD position in viral evolution and diversity

Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!
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#Evolution #bioinformatics #PhD #giantvirus

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A question: Why, when I search for my personal account from Meduza’s masto.ai instance, do I see that I’m supposedly “suspended”?

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Romantic Evening 🕯️
Comic by War and Peas: 1. A witch and a man are entering a room full of candles. He says, "Aww, how romantic!" 2. "All the candles!" 3. "And this beautiful floor painting!" 4. He now sees that there is a pentagram painted on the floor. He goes, "Wait a minute." You can see the witch holding a knife behind her back.

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New from me: "An AI engine scans a book. Is that copyright infringement or fair use?" cjr.org/the_media_today/an-ai-…

An AI engine scans a book. Is that copyright infringement or fair use?

As artificial intelligence programs have become ubiquitous over the past year, so have lawsuits from authors and other creative professionals who argue that their work has been essential to that ubiquity—the “large language models” (or LLMs) that …

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ooh looking forward to reading! I just saw that my last book was on a list of ingested ISBNs

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Commander Callie Continues Moon Mission in NASA’s New Graphic Novel nasa.gov/news-release/commande… #NASA #NASAEnEspañol #EBooks #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #Technology

Commander Callie Continues Moon Mission in NASA’s New Graphic Novel - NASA

Fictional astronaut Callie Rodriguez continues exploring space as the first woman to walk on the Moon in a new issue of NASA’s First Woman graphic novel
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#technology #NASA #ebooks #spacetechnologymissiondirectorate #nasaenespanol

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HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED 2 - Turbocharged is good fun with some issues on Steam Deck / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/hot-…

#SteamDeck #Linux #HotWheels

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED 2 - Turbocharged is good fun with some issues on Steam Deck / Linux

Milestone sent over a copy of HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED 2 - Turbocharged to the GamingOnLinux Steam Curator and after blasting through various races, here's some thoughts on Steam Deck and desktop Linux compatibility.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #SteamDeck #hotwheels

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Day 26 of #photoctober2023 is "rainy" and "shot abroad"

Well, it rains a *lot* here. Like, a *lot*. I definitely don't need to go abroad to find rain!

I have literally dozens of these to choose from but I'll limit myself to four because that's what fits in a post.

I really love the soft cool tones that Fuji film stocks get in this sort of weather - these are all Superia X-Tra 400, except the evergreen which is Venus 800 #BelieveInFilm

Close up colour photograph of some dried out beech leaves on a tree on a wet day in winter. The leaves are hanging heavily with raindrops, and they have an almost papery quality to them. They are a soft brownish orange colour, which contrasts with the cool grey tones of the blurred background.
Colour photograph of a tangle of bare winter branches with waterdrops on them. The branches are thin and dark in colour, and they are covered in hundreds of small waterdrops that appear as white points of light. Some of the branches closest to the camera are in sharp focus, falling away to a blur in the background. There is a slightly haziness to the image that comes from a misted up lens, and the colour tones are cool soft greens and greys.
Close up detail of part of an evergreen tree in winter. Only a small portion of the foliage is in sharp focus, towards the top right of the photograph - heavy round waterdrops catch the light and hang from the very tips of the leaves. The rest is a soft blur of deep cool emerald green, with occasional points of light where there are more waterdrops.
Colour photograph of some young spring leaves on a tree branch in the rain. The branch closest to the camera is in sharp focus, and it has tiny green leaves spread in clusters along its length, with the remains of little pink buds at the centre of each cluster. Many of the leaves hang heavy with waterdrops. More blurred branches can be made out in the background. There are a couple of streaks of falling rain visible in the photograph. The colour tones are cool soft spring greens, pinks and greys.
#believeinfilm #photoctober2023

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Can't believe it's #WindowFriday again.

#BelieveInFilm #FensterFreitag #SilberSalz35 #Photography

Old window with somehow retro curtains from the 70ties viewed from the street.
#Photography #Fensterfreitag #windowfriday #believeinfilm #silbersalz35

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Arp 87: Merging Galaxies from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Harshwardhan Pathak

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Three large galaxies are shown, the rightmost two in collision. The galaxy on the far right is a large spiral galaxy with one arm connected to an unusual polar galaxy on the left. The smaller galaxy on the far left is thought to be far in the background.

APOD: 2023 October 24 – Arp 87: Merging Galaxies from Hubble

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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oh i can't wait to try this one! In January good visible around midnight on northern hemisphere

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La comandante Callie sigue su misión en segunda novela gráfica de NASA nasa.gov/news-release/la-coman… #NASA #EBooks

La comandante Callie sigue su misión en segunda novela gráfica de NASA - NASA

La astronauta de ficción Callie Rodríguez continúa explorando el espacio como la primera mujer que camina en la Luna en un nuevo tomo de la serie novelada “La
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Commander Callie Continues Moon Mission in NASA’s New Graphic Novel nasa.gov/news-release/commande… #NASA #NASAEnEspañol #EBooks

Commander Callie Continues Moon Mission in NASA’s New Graphic Novel - NASA

Fictional astronaut Callie Rodriguez continues exploring space as the first woman to walk on the Moon in a new issue of NASA’s First Woman graphic novel
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#NASA #ebooks #nasaenespanol

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Hello!

I'm going to try using this more to get used to it, so first things first: here are Gerry and Ffion 🐰💕

A photograph of two bunnies enjoying a snack of spinach

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Submit Your 2024 Event Proposal to NASA Glenn nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #GlennResearchCenter #Events

Submit Your 2024 Event Proposal to NASA Glenn - NASA

Solicitation posted: Oct. 26, 2023Proposal form URL: https://osirris.grc.nasa.gov/request/request.cfmProposal submission deadline: Nov. 24,
Kelly M. Matter (NASA)
#NASA #Events #glennresearchcenter

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First fall snow in the mountains tonight. Excited to get out and shoot some wintery Sierra Nevada mountains again this year.

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This 1960 ad from my local paper
“Girls will be boys” Jantzen clothing ad for a cardigan and sweater suggesting girls can wear a “college boy’s clothes” “Girls wouldn’t be girls if they could resist copping or copying a college boy’s clothes. But this year, Jantzen has pulled off the greatest male robbery of all time! Inspiration for these marvelous shaggy sweaters, blazing argyles and luscious baggies came direct from fashion source Jantzen for Men.”

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Squadron 42 finally 'feature complete', CIG talk up Vulkan support for Star Citizen gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/squa…

#Vulkan #PCGaming

Squadron 42 finally 'feature complete', CIG talk up Vulkan support for Star Citizen

It's been a long road getting here but it seems we're inching closer to Cloud Imperium Games actually releasing Squadron 42, their cinematic single-player space adventure set in the Star Citizen universe.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#Vulkan #pcgaming
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our org did a big watch party (some of us even hanging out together in a hulouse up in manchester) and... gosh heckie, the whole weekend was made of pure hype - also worth noting that the concept of Linux support is brought up regularly, and with support from the dev team, who also want that to happen 😀
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Alex
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is "feature complete" code for "let's create a brand new roadmap so dumb users can just give us their money and we will start a new huge project just to 'justify' this new money request"?

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NASA Glenn Seeking Proposals to Support 2024 Events nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-gle… #NASA #GlennResearchCenter

NASA Glenn Seeking Proposals to Support 2024 Events - NASA

Oct. 26, 2023
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Paradox announce the Victoria 3: Colossus of the South expansion gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/para…

#Victoria3 #Paradox #Linux

Paradox announce the Victoria 3: Colossus of the South expansion

Victoria 3: Colossus of the South is the next expansion for Paradox Interactive's 19th century strategy game bringing with it the young nations of South America.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #paradox #Victoria3

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Announcing general availability of the world's first commercial cloud computer

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The Cloud Computer / Oxide

The world's first commercial cloud computer.
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New Blog Alert: Diversity & Inclusion in #ResearchSoftware

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Some fresh insights from an International Workshop at 2023 IEEE eScience Conference facilitated by the URSSI ‘Charting the course’ project (urssi.us/projects/policy/about…), based at NCSA @ UIUC, and supported by the Sloan Foundation.

The workshop served as a catalyst for a much-needed dialogue about advancing diversity in research software; we've got pieces of a roadmap at this point, albeit with a long way to go.

URSSI Blog

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Orionids in Taurus apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231026.ht… #APOD

APOD: 2023 October 26 - Orionids in Taurus

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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Peter VL ⛔
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It would make a great title for a metal song, don't you think? 🤔🤪

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It was a great honor to receive the Gabbay Award in Biotechnology and Medicine with Ray Deshaies last night for our work on PROTACs and Targeted Protein Degradation.
Image of Craig Crews and Ray Deshaies at the Gabbay Award Ceremony

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Here's how to fix METAL GEAR SOLID 2 and 3 on Steam Deck / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/here…

#SteamDeck #Linux #MetalGearSolid

Here's how to fix METAL GEAR SOLID 2 and 3 on Steam Deck / Linux

For the impatient, it turns out there is a way to make METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version and METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version actually work on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #SteamDeck #metalgearsolid
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eh, debatable, it's two clicks (select game, select package) if you have protontricks already installed, three if you have to install protontricks first, plus no digging around on the net and hoping you get an official file and not an infected one.

if you play new releases a lot through steam I'd always recommend having protontricks installed though.

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A woman. An immigrant. A scientist.
A Nobel Prize winner. And thanks to her pioneering research, a #COVID19 vaccine.

Dr. Katalin Karikó. statnews.com/2020/11/10/the-st… #HistoryRemix #science #history

Katalin Karikó, as a PhD student chemically synthesizing RNA in 1980 while working in the RNA laboratory of Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

The story of mRNA: From a loose idea to a tool that may help curb Covid

Scientists have dreamed about the possibilities of custom-made messenger RNA. The pandemic may turn those possibilities into realilty.
Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe (STAT)
#science #history #COVID19 #historyremix
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And she's just published a memoir.

penguinrandomhouse.com/books/7…

@liztai


Breaking Through by Katalin Karikó: 9780593443163 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A powerful memoir from Katalin Karikó, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, whose decades-long research led to the COVID-19 vaccines “Katalin Karikó’s story...
PenguinRandomhouse.com
@Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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Valve released big new Steam desktop, Steam Deck and SteamVR 2.0 updates gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/valv…

#SteamDeck #SteamVR #Steam #Linux

Valve released big new Steam desktop, Steam Deck and SteamVR 2.0 updates

We have a triple update from Valve with SteamVR 2.0 now out of Beta, along with Steam Deck and Steam desktop upgrades so here's all the news.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #Steam #SteamDeck #steamvr
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I just got the new VR update. It completely broke desktop view, I keep getting a boot up error, the black window is still there, and now my library is empty in the VR menu, I have to start the game fom desktop.

And my 6700XT seems to be locked somewhere around 60 fps and I can't figure out why, I can turn my settings all the way down and get the same framerate as when I have auto settings.

I may have to dual boot windows.

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Wayland Suffers From Extreme Bikeshedding #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/4JVBA44BtLo

Wayland Suffers From Extreme Bikeshedding

Whilst everyone in the Wayland are trying to improve Wayland the problem is everyone has vastly different ideas about what that means and what should be don...
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Moo #Memes
#Memes

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piglet in books
This is a good luck piglet. She just received her favourite thing: a muddy puddle! (I don't think she likes the boots much, though)
@Joyce Donahue
@Joyce Donahue

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right kitty
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh gasp! BWAHAHAHA!

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French puppy
Paint me like one of your French puppies!
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@Carsten Raddatz @Christoph S
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Ticks many boxes!
Model-like allure ✅
Cute ✅
Proud feature display ✅

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At the #NextcloudConference @katrin keynoted: we need to fix the carbon footprint of the internet.

The Green Web Foundation is working towards a fossil-free internet by 2030.

#Climate #GreenInternet #OpenData

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Nextcloud Conference 2023 keynote speaker: Katrin Fritsch - Nextcloud

Introducing Katrin Fritsch, tech and climate researcher and consultant, who will be giving a keynote at this year’s conference! Katrin is a researcher, writer and consultant on technology, climate, and feminism.
Mikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)
#opendata #Climate #nextcloudconference #GreenInternet @katrin fritsch

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cat beans
Beans, beans, the magical fruit!
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Jay Bryant
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Showing the murder mittens, too, in case you think you can safely touch them beans. 🙂
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Muse
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@Jay Bryant True! Though, right now they are in poddling pose. Let's make biscuits!
@Jay Bryant

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The mess our #mainstreaming has made if the Israeli Palestine conflict, is building
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#mainstreaming

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Hi how is your day going

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Ice Cubes is now available as a proper macOS application! If you had the iOS app installed on your mac, you can remove it and install this one instead.

This is the first version. A lot of macOS-specific features will be added in the future!

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‎Ice Cubes for Mastodon

‎Ice Cubes is a fast, reliable and beautiful Mastodon client. You can connect to any Mastodon instance and use the various features this app offer. - Browse your home, federated and local timeline - Push notifications.
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