Games For Gaza raises over $200K for Medical Aid For Palestinians
Here's a chance for you to support Medical Aid For Palestinians (MAP) while also getting a little reward from the Games For Gaza Bundle on itch.io.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
"Because of the attritional nature of contemporary peer review (and the level of aggression frequently encountered), successes in both papers and grants are nowadays likely to be met not with celebration, but a sense of exhausted relief. The pleasure is always fleeting."
@TIR_scienceblog
totalinternalreflectionblog.co…
A riposte to the Red Queens
Good mentoring offers a rebuke to the cynicism of the Red Queens.Total Internal Reflection
#snails #snaillove #asymmetry bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nott…
Nottingham: Newly discovered rare 'lefty' snail looking for love
Despite 28 years of working on snails, Prof Angus Davison had not found a left-coiling one himself.BBC News
Banks pumped more than $150bn in to companies running ‘carbon bomb’ projects in 2022
Projects that risk 1.5C heating target operated by companies receiving financing from European, Chinese and US banksAjit Niranjan (The Guardian)
photos.app.goo.gl/66bvuo6E7bqw…
Getting ready for 5 year #boatingeurope expedition
13 new items · Memory by hamish campbellphotos.app.goo.gl
Halloween and the Wizard Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Richard McInnis
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231031.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2023 October 31 – Halloween and the Wizard Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
I'll do all of the official Textual widgets:
textual.textualize.io/widget_g…
If anyone wants to help, this is happening in:
github.com/davidbrochart/ypywi…
Textual - Widgets
Textual is a TUI framework for Python, inspired by modern web development.Textual Documentation
like this
like this
Thanks to @ntnsndr for this talk with Marjorie Kelly, author of Wealth Supremacy.
"Not only do we need to call out the bias and absurdity of the current system... but we need to take ourselves seriously as the next system." [my paraphrase]
Right on.
I also appreciated her quoting Robin Wall Kimmerer: "We are called to a movement made of equal parts outrage and love."
I'm glad I could catch the recording.
archive.org/details/kelly-weal…
Where I Went Wrong: Marjorie Kelly on Why Advancing Ethical Business Isn't Enough : MEDLab @ CU Boulder : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
October 30, 2023 11 a.m. to noon Mountain Time Free webinarFor over 30 years, Marjorie Kelly has helped to build movements like ethical investing,...Internet Archive
Gericht untersagt Datenschutzverstöße von LinkedIn
Landgericht Berlin gibt Klage des vzbv gegen die LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company weitgehend stattVerbraucherzentrale Bundesverband
Why Are Linux & Unix Admins In The Wheel Group??
If you've used a Linux system you probably know about the wheel group but have you ever thought about the origin of the term and why we even call it a wheel ...YouTube
This video prompted me to lookup wiki.debian.org/SystemGroups
I think it's broadly the same on Ubuntu but I wanted to understand the underlying basis and intended purposes anyway.
For example I might have been tempted to use the "staff" group for users in a workplace environment without being aware that it grants a priviledge a sysadmin may not have intended.
i always thought it was somehow related to the mouse wheel. The group of people actually sitting in front of the PC and can use the wheel of the mouse.
Thanks for that knowledge update 
Significant UX upgrade in Mastodon. If you're looking at someone else's post on a different server than your own, you no longer have to do multiple clicks and copy/paste to share the item.
You just put your own hosting server into the popup box and it shows you the post in context in your own timeline, and you can share it from there.
No this isn't perfect -- still too many steps.
But it's a major improvement.
Salts and Organics Observed on Ganymede’s Surface by NASA’s Juno - NASA
Data collected by NASA’s Juno mission indicates a briny past may be bubbling to the surface on Jupiter’s largest moon.Randal K. Jackson (NASA)
Report: Gen-X parents used to wear costumes over snowsuits!
"Atlantic Canada — A new report today revealed that 'Gen-X' Atlantic Canadians are making astonishing and implausible claims about past Halloweens in the region.
"Social media is ablaze with reports from East Coasters born between 1964 and 1984, claiming that Halloween used to be so snowy and cold that they had to wear their costumes over their snowsuits every year.
“'Seriously, I looked like a fairy princess sumo wrestler,' claimed Jennifer MacDonald of Truro. 'It was so hard to hang onto our pillowcases wearing our mittens too. We didn’t have fancy bags like kids have today or parents to carry our loot. My parents would smack me with a pillowcase of candy if I asked them to carry it for me!'"
read the rest, it's hilarious!
@Cass M 👋🏽🍁
Report: Gen-X parents used to wear costumes over snowsuits
Atlantic Canada — A new report today revealed that “Gen-X” Atlantic Canadians are making astonishing and implausible claims about past Halloweens in the region. Social media is ab…The Manatee
like this
Daily Minor Planet Volunteers Spot an Asteroid Passing Close to Earth - NASA Science
Volunteers working with The Daily Minor Planet have made the project’s first big discovery: an asteroid passing very near planet Earth.science.nasa.gov
The Slow Collapse of David Chang's Momofuku Restaurant Empire
Momofuku Ko's closure brings the restaurant group down to just two sit-down locations in New Yorkryan sutton (The LO Times)
25 Years Ago: STS-95, John Glenn Returns to Space - NASA
On Oct. 29, 1998, NASA astronaut John H. Glenn made history again when he returned to space aboard space shuttle Discovery’s STS-95 mission, nearly 37 yearsKelli Mars (NASA)
Accounts Receivable - NASA
ACH Credit is a payment method that allows a payer to initiate payment through their financial institution through the ACH/Federal Reserve network. ACH CreditNASA
you have a typo in the URL, you need this one:-
beowulfbash.com/
Afraid I won't be there, but have fun!
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 33: I Hate Mondays gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/buil…
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 33: I Hate Mondays
After I installed the Flash Player plugin my first thoughts were of Garfield.com, an award winning website which, while a bear to navigate back in the day, was home to a wide array of Flash based games and amusements based around the titular comic ca…Hamish (GamingOnLinux)
NASA X-ray Telescopes Reveal the "Bones" of a Ghostly Cosmic Hand - NASA
NASA's Chandra and IXPE data have been used to examine the pulsar wind nebula known as MSH 15-52 which is well-known for its shape that resembles that of a ghostly cosmic hand.Beth Ridgeway (NASA)
Steam Deck officially hits over 12,000 games Playable and Verified gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/stea…
Steam Deck officially hits over 12,000 games Playable and Verified
The little machine that just keeps on giving. The Steam Deck from Valve has now hit over 12,000 games that are rated Playable or Verified.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 reshared this.
Edit: We found an exception to the no preorders rule, purchased it immediatly :3
Frank visited Jupiter Broadcasting's studio in person during LinuxFest Northwest for an insightful discussion exploring Nextcloud's unique AI offering, and what's next for Nextcloud Hub:
LinuxFest North Jeff
We try and pull off one too many projects, but you can't argue with the results. We report on our week of rebuilds and rescues and having a blast at LinuxFest Northwest.LINUX Unplugged
Data From NASA’s WISE Used to Preview Lucy Mission’s Asteroid Dinkinesh - NASA
Researchers have utilized infrared survey data to refine the asteroid’s size and surface brightness in support of the Nov. 1 encounter by NASA’s Lucy mission.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
NASA, Partners Explore Sustainable Fuel’s Effects on Aircraft Contrails - NASA
Contrails, the lines of clouds left by high-flying aircraft that crisscross the skies, are familiar sights, but they may have an unseen effect on the planet –Ryan M. Henderson (NASA)
From Chris Brink: "It is not difficult to construct a university ranking. What is needed is not so much any technical skill as enough blind self-confidence to tell the world that the arbitrary choices you have made in constructing your ranking actually represent reality."
universityworldnews.com/post.p…
#Academia #Rankings #Universities
@academicchatter
Academic rankings: The tide begins to turn
The development of academic rankings has reached an inflection point as some of the world’s leading universities – concerned about fundamental fla...University World News
Discord for Linux gets Flathub Verified gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/disc…
Discord for Linux gets Flathub Verified
Discord, the massively popular messaging platform for text, voice and video has now been fully Verified on Flathub and so it's now official from the developers.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
God of War and Uncharted coming to GOG, plus a fresh game giveaway gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/god-…
God of War and Uncharted coming to GOG, plus a fresh game giveaway
Seems like GOG have really managed to pull Sony onboard with more games coming. They've confirmed both God of War and UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection are coming to GOG.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Rusty Red Waters in Madagascar - NASA
Iron-rich sediment colors the red-orange waters of the Betsiboka River Delta in Madagascar in this image taken by an astronaut on the International SpaceNASA
Wine 8.19 out now with Mono updates and more DirectMusic work gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/wine…
Wine 8.19 out now with Mono updates and more DirectMusic work
The Windows compatibility later Wine version 8.19 is out now as the latest development release on the road to Wine 9.0. Here's what's changed.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
See SWOT Mission’s Unprecedented View of Global Sea Levels - NASA
Data on sea surface heights around the world from the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission yields a mesmerizing view of the planet’s ocean.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
Aral Balkan
in reply to Glyn Moody • • •vagabond
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •bs2
in reply to vagabond • • •I saw an interview with Amitav Ghosh about his new book_Smoke and Ashes_. I think he was saying that indigenous peoples, colonized have had their worlds destroyed like this for 100s of years. Maybe the death cult is getting all of us now or something. There was a William James quote, must be from a 100 years or more ago, about how the current generation was wasting away the inheritance of the next generation at an unprecedented rate.. How to stop it?
@aral @glynmoody
vagabond
in reply to bs2 • • •@bsmall2 @aral
Have been using the #deathcult hashtag as a synonym of #neoliberalism, which is old fundamentalist capitalism that has come in waves, look at "classical liberalism" of the Victorian era that lead to the Irish and Bengal famines. And the last 40 years of mess in the west.
This is a mess we need to compost agen.
bs2
in reply to vagabond • • •@Hamishcampbell
I think the deathcult tag a good idea.. I just wonder if it should be pushed further to cover Nukes, MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction.. maybe the "classical liberalism" excuse to do stupid stuff is one aspect of a deeper, older problem...
I hope I'm not diluting the important attention-focusing effect of the tag though too.
@aral @glynmoody